A/N: As promised, here is the next chapter! Thank you guys so much for reviewing, this story is getting so many more follows and favorites and I appreciate every review that I get! I just finished watching the new episode, wow! But there's so much for them to go through and I want to hit all the major points so keep reviewing so I can keep showing you! I can't explain how much I love that you all enjoy this, it's turning into my baby. Here it is! Review review, I have the next two days off we all know that means I'll write a ton sooo…. it's up to you when you get the next one! Thanks to you all again!
Wonder when they bite me
Do these bitches' teeth hurt?
Yes I am an icon, that's me on your T-shirt
Thought You Knew Better
Do your fucking research~Nicki Minaj
Opening her eyes slowly, Caitlyn sat up to see what had become her apartment. At first it felt like she was just staying the night, but after long cases and nights at the office the book cases and maps on the wall finally started feeling like home. She looked down seeing that she was still completely dressed from their last case. What really made her feel like she was at home was the young agent who was sleeping there beside her. The alarm went off. Caitlyn always was in the habit of waking up a minute before her alarm went off, Spencer explained that this was apart of her biological conditioning and she did it to herself whenever she complained that she couldn't sleep in. Spencer awoke slowly, cracking his neck.
"I think that is the longest amount of time that we've slept in almost three months." he stated as Caitlyn groaned.
"I need coffee. I need so much coffee that I should just get an IV of caffeine. Right through the blood stream." she said as Reid got out of bed and stretched.
"Did you know that small doses of sleep are actually better for you long term, the recommended amount of sleep for the average adult is eight to nine hours. But the body and brain function fully and their best on only five to six."
"It is too early for statistics, and I slept in a bloody shirt. I'm going to go take a shower." Caitlyn said as she stumbled her way to the bathroom. Spencer started the pot of coffee and tried to call Gideon before he went into the office. Straight to voicemail. The young doctor tried one more time seeing if the line was busy or not. It rang, and rang until it went to voicemail again. Caitlyn came out of the bathroom in a warm fuzzy bathrobe, hair up in a towel and poured herself a cup of coffee. After the first sip she closed her eyes and let out a sigh of caffeinated relief.
"What's wrong?" she asked, and the young doctor gazed up at her from staring at her phone.
"I tried to call Gideon and he didn't answer. And yesterday when I was going to stay and play chess with him he didn't even wait to tell me he was going home."
"He probably was exhausted like the rest of us… he'll probably be at the office when we get there today." she answered, looking at the floor.
"You think somethings up too."
"No I don't."
"Whenever you're not telling the truth you stare at the floor." Damn it.
"No, I was looking at your feet you slept in your shoes last night." Caitlyn tried to cover up, "now get in the shower we have to get back to work."
The couple walked into the office, now fully changed. But the tension was so thick you could almost cut it with a knife.
"Now I think something is up." Caitlyn said as she already saw Morgan with his go bag and not looking happy.
"What's wrong?" Caitlyn asked.
"We already have a case in Milwaukee." Morgan said, Caitlyn looked around his shoulder and saw Emily packing up her desk. Spencer stayed to talk Morgan while Caitlyn went over to her desk.
"What are you doing?" Caitlyn asked, the brunette didn't even look up.
"I'm leaving the FBI." she answered.
"What? Why? Emily you're one of the sharpest people on this team."
"I'm taking the foreign service exam, I told Hotch when he was putting in his transfer."
"Woah, woah, woah. I go to sleep, wake up and Hotch is leaving, Gideon is missing and you're leaving?" Caitlyn exclaimed.
"SSA Robertson," Caitlyn's hair stood up on the back of her neck when she heard the section cheif's condescending tone and knew she would turn around to see Strauss standing at the doors of the bullpen, "we have a jet to catch."
"You've got to be kidding me," she said under her breath, "You better be expecting a phone call from me Emily."
Caitlyn boarded the plane last, trailing behind Spencer. Both of them didn't have to say anything but just exchanged glances saying everything each other was thinking. JJ, Spencer, Morgan and Caitlyn crowded together on the front of the plane, Strauss sitting a couple seats behind them and looking over the case file. Caitlyn and Morgan were stoned face, there was nothing that they liked about this at all.
"You know from this angle, she almost looks human." JJ said quietly, Caitlyn turned around to get a look.
"Barely." she mumbled.
"I can't believe I couldn't even talk to Emily about all this." Caitlyn whispered.
"She was gone before I heard the news." JJ sighed.
"Now we're down two agents, and Gideon is MIA." Morgan grumbled.
"Has Strauss even been out of the offi-" Reid started unaware that their section chief was coming. JJ gave him a signal to be quiet as she finally approached.
"Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe it's protocol to brief everyone before we reach the crime scene." She said in a tone that made Caitlyn want to knock her in the face. Both her and Morgan looked down, while Spencer gave an awkward smile and JJ was an angel for doing what her nor Morgan could do, give her an answer.
"Yes ma'am." JJ smiled insincerely. She began to explain that the un sub was abducting women from very public places, with no witnesses. He holds them for 48 hours with no sexual assault and then dumps the bodies with their hearts carved out of their chest. Morgan slapped a picture down infront of Strauss and Caitlyn stared at her carefully to see her reaction as Spencer began to rant about how the un sub cut out the hearts of the women so crudely. The section chief made eye contact with Caitlyn, looking up from the photo.
"We're probably looking at someone in a psychotic break." Caitlyn said not breaking eye contact. "Someone who is very comfortable being around blood but as you can see, obviously doesn't have the skills of a surgeon."
"So do we have a working theory?" Strauss asked, Derek chuckled.
"Sure we do, someone really doesn't like women."
When the plane landed they made their way straight to the crime scene, the victim was wrapped in a blanket and they met the lead officer on the case. He thought that the un sub had a van or a truck in order to shield himself when he dumped the bodies. Derek, looking closer at the body asked if there were any prints found on what the victims were wrapped in. There were traces of paint, but no prints.
"He's trying to demean them, throwing them out like trash." Reid said with his arms crossed. Throughout the whole time Caitlyn couldn't stop looking at Strauss, the horror on her face as all the agents got face to face with the dead body on the ground. She also never thought that she would say that she missed Hotch, but was impressed at how Derek was stepping up. The last thing Caitlyn wanted to do was babysit Strauss on this case.
"This is your fifth victim, right?" Strauss asked with her arms crossed, the officer confirmed, "you should have called us sooner."
"I thought we had a handle on it." The officer said defensively, now Caitlyn REALLY missed Hotch.
"Apparently not." Strauss countered. JJ stepped in at the right time, taking her away from the side. Caitlyn, Reid and Morgan all looked at each other.
"I never thought that I would say that I missed Hotch. Like a lot." Caitlyn said.
"Preach, little shot." Morgan said under his breath. "I'm calling him." he said walking away. Caitlyn stood back and looked at the body with Spencer. Both bouncing ideas back and forth off of each other about maybe why the un sub was doing what he was doing when Strauss came up behind the two of them.
"Are you two flirting over here, or are you doing business?" she asked raising her eye brow. Caitlyn had to use every bit of strength in her body not to knock her out right there.
"Excuse me?" Caitlyn said, turning to face her directly.
"I just want to make sure that the two of you are giving this case your full attention. I do not condone dating between agents, especially on the same team. But Agent Hotchner stood up and gave a fair case." Strauss condescended.
"Yeah, and we all know that you don't trust his judgement." Caitlyn fired back, Spencer put a hand on her shoulder.
"Just letting you two know that I have an eye on you. You're still fairly new to this team Robertson, we don't want any googly eyes clouding any of my agent's judgement. Your success rate has gone down in your role during past cases. But I have to give it a little longer to determine whether it's just circumstance or," she looked Spencer up and down, "something else."
Morgan walked up as she was walking away and Spencer's light hand on Caitlyn's shoulder had turned into a death grip as if he was holding her back.
"I just got off the phone with Hotch. All the abductions have taken place twenty minutes before or after the schools had been let out. He thinks we could be looking at someone who works in the school system," Morgan began and then looked at Caitlyn, "you alright?"
"We might have a sixth victim and there's going to be no question in who the un sub is because it's gonna be me, I might kill her." Caitlyn mumbled under her breath.
"Let's get back to the station, I'm going to have Garcia get some information for us." Morgan chuckled, walking to the Sedan.
"Don't let her get to you, I don't think this is going to last long. Gideon is going to come back." Spencer said to her quietly as they walked closely next to each other.
"Whatever she can bring up what she wants about us, but literally to bring up exactly what we were talking about this morning, I swear she has some kind of special piss people off power." Caitlyn grumbled to him.
Another woman was abducted from a clothing store. The un sub was using his own child to lure his victims. Spencer was able to give a geographical profile while Morgan let the officers know what kind of vehicles to be looking out for, and that the people who live there probably know who the un sub is. Caitlyn tried to explain that since there was no sexual component, the un sub is trying to say by cutting the woman's heart out and that the un sub probably has borderline personality disorder. Morgan called Hotch, trying to get him to come out and get him to help on the case. Spencer was getting increasingly worried about Gideon and Strauss was getting on Caitlyn's last nerve. Caitlyn took a step out and took out her phone.
"Emily," Caitlyn said as she answered.
"Hi Cait." she sighed.
"We really need you out here. Strauss is really getting on my last nerve. Spencer is starting to get really worried about Gideon, Morgan is trying his best to make sure everything is how it should be but- if you aren't here and Hotch isn't here, the team isn't as strong as it could be." Caitlyn confessed.
"I already quit, I turned in my gun and my badge. Gideon will come back, you guys are all smart you'll solve this case."
"Strauss came up to me and Spencer and asked if we were talking about the case or if we were flirting." Caitlyn heard Emily gasp on the other side of the line as if they were in high school gossiping.
"No she didn't."
"Oh yeah," Caitlyn said, "she did. She even used the term google eyes."
"I wish that I could say I can't believe it, but I can." Emily said in her signature voice.
"He's already got another one, honestly Emily I wish that you would just tell me what was going on. You worked so hard to get onto this team and then you just left I just don't understand." Caitlyn said, hearing a doorbell ring in the backround.
"I have to go… Hotch is at my house?"
