A/N- Okay so I'm not so sure about this one... but I'm going to post it anyways (it is another 3-part oneshot).... I hope everyone likes it...

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Hotch groaned as he re-read the memo in front of him for the fourth time. He knew that nothing good was going to come from what he was reading. He had been with the FBI long enough to know that "that a little healthy inter-department competition" was never a good thing. Hotch looked down at the memo again and sighed.

Attention All Unit Chiefs:

In an order to boost morale, Senior Director Madden has requested that an Inter-Department Skills Competition be set up. All Teams are required to participate. There will be four skills categories and every member of your team will be required to participate in one event. Points will be awarded for those who finish in the top there in each category. The two teams with the most points at the end of the Skills portion of the competition will then compete in an obstacle course, only four member of the team will be required to compete in the final event. This event will take place at the annual FBI Family Picnic and therefore a highlight of the day. This is all meant in to be in fun and spark a little cross team rivalry.

The four Skill Categories are as followed:

Shooting

Hand to Hand Combat

10-Mile Cross Country Run (points will be awarded for the top three male and female finishers)

History of the FBI Trivia Contest

Remember all team member must compete in one of the above events (therefore more than one team member can be entered into the same event, so long as all events are covered.)

Please have your list of Team Members and the Event in which they will be competing in e-mailed to Agent Dooley no later than Friday. More Details on times and locations to follow.

Hotch began making a mental run through of his team and all the other agents he could think of that would be participating in certain events. Deciding that he needed to talk to the team he called all of them into the conference room.

"So what's up Hotch, new case?" Morgan asked as they all walked in and sat down. Their latest Media Liaison was out on maternity leave, though it wasn't much of a loss, so all new cases were being filtered through Hotch directly. He had decided that as much trouble as they had been having trying to replace JJ since she left, it was best to not even bother with one while Agent Craig was out. If it wasn't for the fact that he knew how happy JJ was running her own team, he would have been begging at her feet to come back. She had only been gone two years and they had already been through six different liaisons.

"No not yet. I got a memo today. It seems that the FBI has decided to boost morale by having a little inter-department competition." Hotch tried to hide his smirk as Reid groaned, physical skills competition were not necessarily his thing.

"Really?" Amy asked. "Sounds like fun."

"There are four categories. Everyone on the team has to compete in one event. Points will be awarded for the top three in each event and then the top two teams will compete in an obstacle course at the Annual FBI Picnic."

"What's the categories?" Emily asked, her competitive juices already starting to flow.

"The first one is Shooting." Hotch replied.

"Well chalk that one up for Team White House Communications." Morgan laughed. "None of us a prayer of beating JJ." JJ was long considered one, if not the best shot in the FBI. She was consistently the top scorer in the shooting revalidation test for the past six years. "What else?"

"Hand to hand combat, a 10-mile cross country run and a FBI trivia contest." Immediately Reid's ears perked up; Trivia now that was something he could do.

"I think it's safe to say we have that last category wrapped up." Morgan teased as he put his arm around Reid's shoulder and Reid couldn't help but blush.

"Okay so Reid for the trivia category. Morgan, you up for the Hand to Hand combat?"

"Sounds good to me." Morgan said as he already began sizing up his competition. He was fairly certain that his best competition was going to be Agent Anson on JJ's team. They are gone head to head in the ring a couple times in the gym and he was good.

"I'll take the shooting, I know that it's a foregone conclusion but I like a challenge." Amy laughed.

"Oh JJ will just love that." Emily snickered. "I'll take running. I run 7 miles on the weekend, I think I can boost that up to 10 before the race."

"Okay good. I think I will do the running as well. If you want we can start meeting after work to run together." Emily nodded. "Okay so that leaves you Rossi? What's your pick?"

"Oh hell I'll go with Amy. Maybe one of us will get lucky." Rossi laughed.

"Wishful thinking." Emily teased.

By late afternoon the entire Bureau was a buzz about the competition. It was early but already there was some serious smack talk going on. Just as Hotch was about the leave for the night, he got an email indicating times and dates for the skill events. The first event was the Trivia Contest, which was scheduled for next Friday. Then the shooting event was the Saturday after that; along with the hand to hand combat event that afternoon. Both were expected to draw huge spectator crowds; although most everyone had all be resigned the shooting event to JJ. Then in three weeks would be the 10 mile run. Hotch was happy to see that this would allow him and Emily some time to train before the event. Then everything concluded the following weekend with the Annual FBI Family Picnic and the obstacle course.

"It's going to be an interesting couple of weeks." Hotch said with a slight laugh before turning off his computer and heading home.

It was late when JJ finally arrived home. She found Emily helping AJ with her homework.

"Hey how are my two favorite girls?" JJ asked as she kissed Emily on the cheek and AJ on her head.

"Since when do kids learn fraction's in first grade?" Emily groaned as she pointed to AJ's homework. It was a well known fact that Emily hated math. She was a firm believer that god invented calculators for a reason. "You're home late."

"Yeah I ran by the shooting range for a few minutes." JJ smiled.

"Trying to freshen up your skills for the competition?" Emily teased as she scanned AJ's homework to make sure it was correct.

"What competition mommy?" AJ asked while waiting for Emily's approval that her homework was done.

"All the teams at work on going to compete in a skills competition." JJ replied.

"Like the Olympics?"

"Something like that." Emily smiled. "Homework looks good." AJ nodded and took the paper from her mom and put it in her math folder.

"What are you competing in?" AJ asked her mothers.

"I'm competing in the shooting competition." JJ answered.

"And I'm going to be running a 10-mile race." Emily said turning to JJ. "Speaking of that; Hotch and I are going to start a little after work training session to get prepared."

"So you and Hotch unh?" JJ said with raised eyebrows. "Should I be concerned?" JJ teased.

"Very funny." Emily stuck out her tongue, causing AJ to laugh.

"What about Uncle Derek? What is he doing?"

"The hand to hand combat. Uncle Reid is doing the trivia contest," Emily couldn't help but laugh as JJ groaned. Just as everyone was already handing the crown to JJ for the shooting contest, everyone knew that the trivia contest was just a competition for second and third," and your Aunt Amy and Uncle Rossi are going to be competing against mommy in the shooting contest."

"But you will win right mommy?" AJ asked her mother.

"Well I hope so." JJ replied and Emily simply rolled her eyes.

"Can I come and watch?" AJ asked as she started gathering up her stuff and putting it in her back pack.

"Probably not mine but we can go cheer mommy on when she runs." JJ told her daughter. She didn't want AJ around all of those guns. Plus she was afraid how seeing her mommy pull her gun out and shot something might affect her; even if it was just a dummy.

"Ok cool." AJ smiled brightly before running up to her room.

"What about your team? Who's competing in what?"

"Well me in the shooting obviously." JJ said with a laugh. "Agent Anson and Agent Teps in the hand to hand combat. Agent Toms in the trivia contest though even he knows he is basically trying for second. Agent Winters and Agent Michaels are competing in the ten mile run. You might have you're work cut out for you with Agent Winters. She's pretty good. She ran the NYC Marathon last year." Emily simply groaned and JJ laughed. "But don't worry I will secretly cheer for you."

"Secretly?"

"Well I have to cheer for my team; that would just be wrong." JJ laughed as Emily pulled her down to her lap. "Oh and get this, just some interoffice gossip; Agent Winters and Agent Michaels might be joining us in the breaking the rules category soon."

"Really?" Emily said with a raised eyebrow. She had met Agent Winters a couple times and she seemed nice. Agent Michaels was new to JJ's team. He was JJ's assistant but mostly he ran interference for JJ with nosy media people; he liked to think of himself as JJ's personal body guard. Emily was torn between smacking him up side the head for thinking that JJ couldn't take care of herself and hugging him for watching out for her. "You going to be a nice boss like Hotch and allow them to stay on your team together."

"Probably. They are really cute together. They remind me of us when we first started dating; although they aren't doing nearly as good a job of hiding it." JJ teased.

"So back to this competition thing; you going to be okay when the BAU beats you?" Emily said with a slight laugh.

"Keep dreaming honey." JJ said as she got up off Emily's lap and went to the kitchen to warm herself up some dinner.

The next week flew by for everyone. JJ was extremely busy with work and Emily was busy training with Hotch for the race. Emily was determined to give Agent Winters a run for her money; NYC marathon or not. It was just ten miles, surely she could keep for 10 miles. Morgan began working out in the gym every chance he could get, while Reid took all of one hour to brush up on his historical knowledge of the FBI. The shooting range was so over run with people wanting to practice their shooting that they had to start setting up appointments. Amy and Dave spent thirty minutes at day in the shooting range.

The smack talk had gotten progressively worse as the competition approached as well. Morgan and Agent Anson let it get the better of them and things in the practice ring got a little heated and Agent Anson ended up with a black eye. Rossi got into with another agent from another department who wanted to know if the 'old timer' was crazy for going up against JJ. All throughout the FBI, best friends were fighting with each other; husbands and wives were at each other's throats. It had become so bad that most of the teams Unit Chiefs had banned there agents with talking to other teams unless it was work related.

Finally the day of the first competition came around. Reid was slightly nervous, mostly because everyone had already declared him the winner and he didn't want to embarrass himself. The contest took place in one of the classroom auditoriums, with all the contestants on the stage. The place was standing room only; much the to Senior Directors delight. This is what he had been hoping for when he decided to have this contest. JJ arrived with a few members of her team and quickly found some seats, being sure to save one for Emily in case she showed up. As if on cue, the entire BAU walked into the room. JJ couldn't help but laugh at the smug look on everyone's face; knowing that they already had this on in the bag. As the walked down the steps to the seats Morgan had picked out for them JJ yelled for Emily. Emily turned around and JJ motioned to the seat next to her. Between Emily's training and JJ's work they hadn't spent much time together in the last week. Emily looked back and forth between her team and JJ.

"Emily you coming?" Morgan asked pointing to her seat. Finally Emily gave up and turned to JJ. She mouthed that she was sorry and then turned to go sit with the rest of the BAU.

"Tell me your wife didn't just diss you like that?" Agent Winters asked as she watched Emily take her seat next to Morgan.

"I think this competition has gone to everyone's head." JJ snickered.

"Well you know what they say, 'all's fair in love and war'."

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