Before JJ could reply Reid cut in.
"JJ, you need to promise us that there will be no more secrets, I might be able to forgive if you can do that." Reid said. He didn't hate JJ, he was just hurt and upset that she kept a huge part of her life from him.
JJ sighed heavily and turned her back. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She couldn't tell them about what was currently happening. She was under strict orders to reveal nothing to no one, for the moment anyway.
"JJ?" Morgan prompted. He agreed with Reid, there could be no more secrets.
She sighed again and turned back around. "Guys, I'll be honest, I have some things going on at the moment." The team went to interrupt but she held her hand up to stop them. "However, I can't tell you and when I say I can't I really mean I can't. I'm under strict orders and even if I wasn't I'm not sure you should know." she held her hand up again when they went to protest. "This is some serious shit and you don't need to be mixed up in it but in saying that, if I'm ever allowed to tell you, I promise you I will. You deserve that." She said passionately. Even if she didn't want them to know, she would tell them, they were her family.
"Ok, I think that's fair. JJ obviously isn't allowed to say anything so we need to respect that." Hotch said with conviction. Hotch was pretty sure he was falling for the blond and he wanted to support JJ in anyway he could. He knew it must have been hard revealing her secrets to them and having more must be even harder for her. She needed support and help not judgment and pressure. The others nodded, confident the JJ would come to them in the future but they were going to keep an eye on her.
"So gumdrop, tell me about your life as the female James Bond!" Garcia said excitedly bouncing in her seat. Even though she was hurt about the situation she couldn't help but be proud of her best friend. The rest of the team chuckled along with the secret service agents and Agent Fray who were all clearly intrigued by JJ's story. Whilst James stood there with a slight smile on his face admiring JJ's bravery and confidence to tell her team.
JJ sat down in the seat and sighed. "Garcia, I was just a regular spy-"
James cut her off with a snort. "Yeah, right." He said as though that statement was absurd. JJ blushed at the praise. She didn't handle compliments well.
"What?" Rossi asked interested in the current situation.
"Yeah, how do you two know each other?" Emily asked.
JJ sighed. "Remember the agent I was partnered with for 3 months that I told you about." The team nodded. "Well, James was the partner and also my only contact whilst on the undercover operation." JJ said.
The teams mouths formed 'o' shapes. 'Great, they're stunned again' JJ thought with an eye roll. "Uhh, guys?" She snapped her fingers to get their attention.
"Oh sorry, just trying to process." Morgan said.
"So you, were partnered with this hunkilicious goddess of a man for 3 months?!" Garcia exclaimed taking in the man before her. Everyone laughed except Hotch who scowled. He didn't want to think of JJ and this man together, as jealousy cursed through him.
"Yes Garcia." JJ half sighed and half laughed.
"What did you mean when you said 'yeah right'?" Morgan asked now intrigued by the petite blond woman in front of him. He had to admit, it was pretty cool she was a spy.
"Well JJ said she was just a regular spy but she wasn't." at seeing the curious faces and JJ about to protest he continued. "She was the top spy for the CIA in the five years she was there. She was assigned all the top, high security missions and no one has ever been able to get anywhere near the level JJ was at since." James finished. He didn't want the blond to be unappreciated. She was a modest person who didn't think highly of herself but to James she was remarkable and he wanted her to get the admiration she deserved.
"You're serious?" Reid stammered. Not quite believing the woman who had become like a sister to him was the top agent in the CIA.
"No, he's just exaggerating." JJ said with an eye roll.
"Oh yeah, I'm serious." James replied to Reid. "JJ, I'm not exaggerating, do you know what they call you around the HQ in Langley, Virginia?" James asked as they others listened. At JJ's silence he continued. "They call you The Ghost."
JJ burst out laughing. "Seriously, The Ghost, I'm not a video game character." she laughed hardly believing the whole thing.
"Seriously, very few people have ever seen your face when you were an agent. All everyone knows these days back at Langley is that there was a CIA agent a few years ago who was the best of the best and nicknamed The Ghost because no one knew his or her name." James said with a serious expression on his face, trying to convince JJ that she really is an extraordinary person.
"That's…wow." Garcia said in awe.
"Yeah, that's unbelievable JJ." Emily said impressed.
The others nodded in agreement.
"I really wasn't as great as he's saying." JJ managed to stutter out. She was confused about all of this. She knew she was a good agent but she never thought that she was that amazing.
"JJ, you were absolutely amazing. I worked with you for 3 months so I should know. You don't give yourself enough credit." James said with a smile. JJ blushed.
"Ok, I see you still don't believe how great you are." James said and the team watching the pair in awe. He turned back to the team.
"Ok, you know every agent no matter what agency, has their speciality, the one or two things they're brilliant at?" James asked the team. They all nodded, intrigued by the whole conversation and impressed at their blond profiler.
JJ could feel her cheeks turning red with embarrassment. 'They didn't need to know all of this.' she thought. James was obviously on a mission though so she just sat back with a sigh.
"JJ's speciality is everything." The team looked back at James confused. "Stealth, guns, explosives, poisons, knives/blades, hand-to-hand combat, infiltration, seduction, deception, mind-body control, languages, assassinations, equipment handling, eidetic memory skills, medical training, survival skills, escape & evade techniques and manipulation are all of her specialities." James finished as JJ looked down embarrassed and worried how the team would take this.
The team and other agents were once again stunned into a silence.
