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A/N: Here's the last chapter! Thanks for reading!
Continuing to walk towards the perfect spot on the Potomac River, JJ noticed something in the distance. "Derek are you seeing what I'm seeing?"
Looking up, he saw the man and struggling woman up ahead as well, "What the hell?! Get the hell away from her!" he yelled, running towards the man who seemed to be strangling a woman.
Suddenly, though it had only been a few weeks in FBI training, the things they had been taught came naturally. Morgan quickly attacked the strangler, separating him from the victim as fast as he could. JJ rushed immediately to the woman now gasping for air.
"Are you okay?" JJ asked once the woman had calmed slightly from her semi-hysterical state.
The woman simply nodded and JJ quickly pulled out her phone to quickly alert the police who were on the scene within minutes.
"So tell me again how two FBI trainee's managed to stumble on the District Strangler?" The lead detective said suspiciously. "It looks mighty suspicious to me that you just happen to show up as he's murdering his seventh victim and are easily able to subdue him like you claim to have done."
"We were just walking by..." JJ sighed, they had already recounted their story twice and it was obvious that this detective just wanted to rag on them for being Federal. Noticing Hotch walking over, she continued, "Look, he's FBI with the BAU and we were with him earlier tonight. You can talk to him if you have any more questions for us."
"Agents Jareau and Morgan." Hotch greeted the new recruits with something closely resembling a smile. "This case has been under investigation for a while. I commend you on your quick action."
"I still don't get how you just happen to be at the right place at the right time." The detective said, not bothering to hide his contempt at the young agents.
"It's easy detective." Rossi said quickly as he came up from behind Hotch, "If you were to spend more of your time doing your job, and less time questioning a good arrest, you might be in the right place sometime too."
With that, the detective huffed away. At the retreating figure, Rossi mused "I bet that guy has always wanted to be in the Bureau. If we were to look at his files, we'd find that he failed the exam several times over."
"His record will probably have notations of insubordination." Hotch added. "Not to mention he probably isn't married, or if he is he regards his wife in a low point of view, possibly not allowing her to seek work outside the home."
"Right, well that's all well and good sir" Morgan interrupted, "But we really need to be getting back to the dorm if there isn't anything else we need to take care of."
"My apologies" Rossi offered, "There is one last thing my unit and I would like to request of you."
"Okay" JJ nodded tiredly, a small yawn escaping her lips.
"We'd like to offer a standing invitation to join out unit at any time while you are in the FBI, but preferably when you graduate from the Academy." Rossi stated.
The two younger agents looked on at him in shock. The BAU was the most prestigious unit in the FBI. To have a standing invitation to join was like winning the Golden Ticket.
"I'd be honored." JJ said, after a moment's hesitation.
"I'd have to think about it." Morgan said, slightly surprising both himself and the others. "If I were to join the BAU, I'd want to do it as a profiler."
Hotch raised his eyebrow in surprise, most people in the FBI did want to become profilers, but the younger man's admission had surprised him. "Well, the offer still stands, regardless." Rossi smiled warmly.