Garcia was busily uploading the last few cases the BAU had worked, into CODIS when Emily came in.

"Morning Garcia." She said.

"Good morning… I'm just logging our last few cases into the national database. We don't have anything new coming in do we? Nothing's come across my desk…" She asked. Her voice was barely above a whisper, which Emily thought was a little strange at first, but not really strange enough to set off any real alarm bells.

"No, I haven't heard anything either. Actually, it's about something else." She said.

"What is it?" Garcia asked.

"I got a call this morning from the chief of the local Major Crimes Unit…" Emily began.

"Wait… that's Kevin's team, if they aren't passing along a case to us then what's this about?"

"Kevin's sick, as in way too sick to be here, so they're wondering if you wouldn't mind, especially since we don't have an active case at the moment, pulling some double duty and helping them out."

"Yeah, yeah I can totally do that." She replied. This whole time she'd been avoiding meeting Emily's eye. She hadn't turned to face her, instead she'd kept her eyes on her work, diligently transferring files. The sooner Emily left, the less likely she was to discover that Garcia wasn't exactly a hundred percent either.

"Garcia, are you alright?"

"Of course, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?"

"You're being unusually focused, and quiet. Normally you'd have made at least three witty comments by now. What's up?"

"Nothing… I just let myself get behind and now I'm mad at myself…" Garcia lied, not looking at Emily. Though it wouldn't be a total lie and she got sick, if she could manage to get ahead now, even that might not be so bad.

When Reid's train came to a halt and his usual stop, he bolted out the nearest set of doors and immediately doused his hands in hand sanitizer, which, this time of year, he rarely went anywhere without carrying; but he still had to make his way through yet another crowded train station where most of the people around him showed obvious signs of illness.

It was a relief to exit the train station and rejoin the more open street. Since it was January, most people for whom it was at all practical would rather drive than walk, so sidewalks weren't nearly as crowded.

By the time he walked up to the building, JJ had just pulled in.

"Morning Spence…" She replied happily as she walked up.

"Morning…"

"I would've been earlier but they closed all the schools and daycare centers, so I had to come up with a backup plan for the boys. HOw's your morning going?"

"The subway station is like one giant petri-dish." Reid replied as he opened the door for them both, letting JJ in first. As soon as the door closed behind them, he was once again dousing his hands in sanitizer.

"You really hate this time of year don't you?" She asked.

"You have no idea…" He replied as they stepped into the elevator.