A/N: Hi gang! Cataract surgery is simply amazing. So I did some writing. I promised you all a follow up to Family Matters. I keep my promises.

All rights to the Criminal Minds characters belong to the scum sucking low lives at Mark Gordon Studios, CBS and ABC Studios. By what I read on Twitter, I hope I'm writing better stuff than the current writers at the formerly wonderful show known as Criminal Minds.

*Jedi Knight bow*

Chapter 1

Cait Hotchner looked at the clock in her glass windowed small Georgetown classroom on a Monday and saw her junior level students doing the same. They started to dive for their bookbags. "Hold up; all of you," she said. They all immediately stopped what they were doing. Cait smiled at them, showing her the respect they had for her.

"Wednesday's class will be in the Bryant lecture hall in the Howard Sciences building; however for two hours. If you have an eleven clock class, the second hour will be posted online later in the day. My senior criminal psychology class and online auditing Master studies students get the front row seats. But I expect you all there as well, sitting behind the seniors and taking serious notes. Notes that we will discuss on Friday," she said. "Now," she smiled, "you can go."

Reaching for his bookbag, Jose, one of her students looked at her. "Doctor Barkley? That's the big new technology lecture hall on campus. What gives?"

"You are going to hear about criminal psychology up close and personal." Jose hiked an eyebrow. "From the team the FBI has tasked to analyze them; and then hunt them down with their profile; and with a whole lot of technology," Cait smiled.

"The BAU," Jose asked. Cait smiled at him with a point.

"I'm not missing that," Natalie Corbin said.

"I wouldn't if I was you," Cait smiled. "Your final grade depends on it." The class shook their heads, knowing Cait, heading out the door. Cait smiled shutting down her laptop with her lecture notes.

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Cait walked into the BAU bullpen the next morning and poured herself another cup of coffee after JJ filled hers. She shook her head at JJ. "I thought major university coffee sucked; this sucks more."

JJ laughed. "Welcome to working for the federal government." Cait added her usual amount of half and half she had stashed in the fridge.

She shook the container, looking at JJ. "Is my husband robbing this?"

JJ smiled. "I can't give away that information Dr. Barkley."

"Dave too?" JJ smiled.

"I've got two asses to chew," Cait smiled, heading for the steps. JJ laughed, walking back to her desk.

Section Chief Cruz came in the glass BAU doors as Cait was about to take her first step up. She noticed the Bullpen agents lifting up their heads at Cruz's arrival and stopped. "Relax all of you," Cruz smiled. "I'm with her," he said, pointing at Cait.

"So Chief Cruz," Cait smiled, "you're gonna back my ass while I chew out the Unit Chief and Senior Profiler for stealing my half and half?" Cruz smiled.

Morgan, leaning against Emily's desk smiled at the two of them, taking a sip of his coffee. "Chief Cruz," he smiled. "I think the good doctor doesn't need back up on that," he laughed. Reid and Tara smiled at Cruz as well.

"Agent Morgan," Cruz smiled. "I'm here to back up the Unit Chief and Senior Profiler." The entire bullpen laughed. Dave came out of his office. Cait smiled at Cruz as they went up the steps together.

Cait looked at Dave as he lovingly put his arm around Cait's waist and kissed her cheek. Cait kissed his cheek back. "I love you too," Cait demurely smiled and then glared at him. "Stop using my half and half you Italian asshole. You have how many zeroes in your bank account but you can't afford buying your own creamer?" The entire Bullpen snickered.

"I'm your armed back up Agent Rossi," Cruz smiled.

Dave shook his head at Cait and looked out over the Bullpen. "Say it all together children."

"Busted," all the agents answered.

Dave looked at Cait. "You happy?"

Cait smiled. "Yeah," kissing his cheek again. "But bring your own damn supply of half and half in," she growled, entering Aaron's office. Cruz and Rossi followed her in as the Bullpen laughed more.

Aaron was on the phone. "Representative Styles, I and the BAU are appalled at a four year old girl losing her life; and with the graphic details of her murder." Cait walked to lean against Hotch's credenza taking a sip of her coffee as Cruz and Rossi sat down in the desk chairs. "That said this is not a BAU case." He listened for a moment.

"Representative Styles," Aaron said. "I'm so, so sorry this young girl lost her life in this horrible fashion in your district. But it is not a BAU case. When you called Technical Analyst Garcia yesterday, she combed through every database in the state of Mississippi and the surrounding states. There are no matching cases with the three things we look for in a serial case. That being victimology, MO and signature. I'm sorry sir; this is not a serial case." Aaron listened more.

Cait winked at Dave. "Hammer time," she whispered. Cruz nodded as Dave pointed at Cait.

"Representative Styles, with all due respect sir; you've got a lazy ass sheriff and his investigators that don't want to do the work. I would highly suggest you kick them in the butt. And have them call in the Mississippi State Crime Lab to assist on this case. But I'm sorry sir; this is not a BAU case." Aaron listened more. "With all due respect sir; my supervisor is sitting in my office as we speak along with my team's senior profiler and unit co-founder. I can put you on speaker phone if you'd like to talk to them."

Aaron smiled, hanging up the phone as the representative on the other end hung up on him. He looked at Cruz. "How does this newly elected, junior representative get my phone number?"

"Aaron," Cruz smiled. "It's Washington politics. He knows someone. I'll put the fire out."

"Thanks Mat," Aaron smiled.

"But that whole convo sounded like a great intro for the BAU's lecture tomorrow," Cait smiled. Aaron looked at her. "Ooooo honey; don't give me the glare. You've been stealing my half and half. I've already busted one ass," she smiled, pointing at Dave. "Paybacks are a bitch." Cruz hiked an eyebrow at Hotch with a smile.

"I thought that was part of the marriage vows?" Hotch smiled. Cait pointed at Dave. "Him I can't explain." Cait and Cruz smiled. "I'm in Doc; I really am. What cases do you have in mind? We'll need to present them to the team at ten."

Cait smiled. "That gives the four of us an hour to talk."

An hour later the four of them walked into the usual bullshit session in the Round Table Room. Those at the table greeted Chief Cruz as the four sat down. "Let's get started," Hotch said. He looked around the table. "As you all know, we are giving a presentation tomorrow to Cait's senior criminal psychology class as well as her online students that are in the Master's program at Georgetown."

"Will is going to be there Doctor Barkley," JJ smiled. "He's got the day off."

"Will," Morgan asked.

"He's working on his Master's to jump up a few paygrades and taking Cait's online class. They only have to show up for three classroom sessions. Having two boys, the extra money wouldn't hurt," JJ explained. Tara smiled at her as Morgan gave her his point.

"The first case we've selected is from the February of 2007," Hotch said, nodding at Garcia. She put up some pictures from the old file.

"Wait a minute," JJ said. "That's the case we worked with Will in New Orleans."

Cait smiled at her. "That makes it a perfect case to present. Will being there gives a perspective that will be unique. We have the lead detective that called in the BAU. We show the students both sides of the equation." Cait looked at the team at the table. "And you all did profile the hell out of this case. With the Houston lead being the key," she smiled at Garcia.

"I agreed with Cait," Mat said. "It gives both sides and views of the job you all do."

"I think it's a great idea," Tara said. "But I've got my own homework tonight Dr. Barkley," she smiled.

Cait winked at her. "I think you can handle it Dr. Lewis," she smiled.

"JJ, I've read that file and I concur," Dave said. "It was a helluva case you all brought home."

Hotch silently eyed Reid who noticed. "I'm good Hotch," he smiled. Emily smiled as well, rubbing Reid's shoulder. Tara looked around the table and saw absolutely no reaction from the others. Reid smiled at her. "Tara, that case was the one that made me start collecting sobriety coins. It's not a bad memory. I'm proud of that."

"You should be kid," Dave smiled. Reid got the Morgan point. Reid beamed.

"And that part will be left out," Hotch softly said. "Reid shares that with us as his friends. That doesn't need to be public knowledge." The team all nodded their heads.

"Thanks Hotch," Reid smiled.

"The second one," Cait said.

"Whoa," Morgan responded. "How many are we doing?"

"Three," Cait smiled.

"In an hour," Morgan asked.

"In two hours," Cait smiled. "When I have my online students in the lecture hall, that's how much of my time they get."

"Why you make the big bucks," Morgan smiled. Cait rolled her eyes as Garcia put up the pictures for the next case.

"This one," Prentiss asked. "Really? This one wasn't serial."

"But all of you, especially you Emily, profiled the hell out of it. And it brings home to my students how much the team works with CARD with child abductions."

Morgan looked at Cait. "How many of our old cases have you read?"

"All of them since Aaron became Unit Chief and most of you were in the unit," she smiled. Morgan just looked at her.

"I'm afraid to ask the third one," he said.

Cait smiled. "Dave's second case back." Dave looked at her. "I know we can't leave you out of the equation." Dave looked at Cait more. "I know your ego." The rest around the table snickered. "But that one was all of you. Emily discovering the different level of roses; Reid with the carrion beetles; you and JJ talking to Townsend," she said looking at Morgan. "And Aaron and Dave absolutely profiling the snot out of Henry Frost. It's textbook."

"Shit," Tara said. "I gotta lot of reading to do tonight."

"You're not the only one Dr. Lewis," Cruz sadly smiled.

"I think they're perfect Cait," Reid smiled.

"So do I," Emily said.

"Garcia," Hotch said.

"I'll have all the visuals ready to go sir," she smiled. Cruz smiled at her. "I've just got to trust the Georgetown tech geniuses to pull it off."

Cait smiled at her. "I've got the Georgetown geek squad all over that." Garcia beamed.

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A/N: CARD is Child Abduction Rapid Deployment.