Meanwhile, Rossi was chillin' (ok, more like steaming, but whatever) in jail.
"Do you not recognize me," Rossi asked the guard in a somewhat shocked tone.
"Nope," he replied, "can't say that I do."
"I'm none other than David Rossi," Rossi exclaimed.
"Who," he asked nonchalantly. His name was Sundin, according to his nametag.
"World-renown profiler, best-selling author, prestigious lecturer... Ring any bells?"
"Oh, you are the David Rossi," Sundin looked a little excited, as if suddenly recalling the "world-renown" profiler.
"Yes, I'm the David Rossi!"
"Sorry, never heard of ya'," Sundin said with a shrug.
"Oh you little..."
Sundin chuckled as the profanity bellowed out of Rossi's mouth.
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Back with the team, Prentiss and Reid had found something to do while JJ worked her magic and Hotch and Morgan gambled. Reid had been looking for a worthy chess opponent since Gideon's departure, and Prentiss made the perfect candidate. Intelligent, funny, and a lot easier on the eyes than Gideon ever was. The two found a chess board (it is still a mystery as to why that was lying around the police department), and the duel was on. The first few moves were made silently, the two staring each other down. Reid looking studious, Prentiss wiggling her eyebrows as she thought about her next move.
"A-Ha," she exclaimed, "Check. Some genius you are."
"Not so fast, my friend," Reid said with a wag of his finger as he countered.
The crowd of detectives was growing as the chess match got more heated. Beads of sweat formed on both players brows. Pretty soon it was more than just chess, it was war. And then...
"Checkmate," Reid yelled. He stood up and did a moonwalk of victory to the applause of the audience of detectives (we won't mention that they should have been working).
"Damn," Prentiss groaned and laid her forehead down on the table in shame.
"We're on the case," Hotch said, pointing his fingers to the conference room on the left like an air traffic control man.
"Let's roll," Reid said, a goofy grin pasted on his face. Prentiss moped behind as Reid pranced toward the conference room.