Cruel - Criminal minds enemies to lovers

Plane resentment (2)

"Wait, wait, wait- so you're saying you think that Bryant did this?" Emily asked as the team sat around the fire that Athena was starting, it was getting dark and colder.

"No, I'm saying that I know Bryant did this" she said before smashing the rocks together in her hands over the sticks and sparking an immediately impressive fire.

"I know it's outlandish to accuse a dude that we barely know but it makes sense. He's pissed at the team for not letting him on and even more pissed at me for messing up his 'plan' and calling you guys on the yacht. I'm sure he took the suspension pretty hard given how intense he was about this job- biggest suck up I've ever met and I'm friends with you losers so that's saying something."

"Aw guys- she called us her friends" Rossi teased.

"Don't read too much into it, it's just the concussion- I still hate you all" Athena smiled, he chuckled.

"No take backs- admit it, you love us really" Emily teased.

"I'd sooner get into another plane crash than say that" Athena joked.

"The Bryant theory does add up when you think about it. He saw you sitting in that seat on the last case, he would want at least a few members of the team to survive to know about what he did- how would he know where we were all sitting though? Surely that's a big risk to take that Athena would be the one to take that seat- the probabilities are far too mixed for him to assume she would sit there every time" Reid said.

"This is a guy who thought that sending an agent onto a yacht with no backup, no way to get the people on the boat out and no weapon all to show he was good for the job was a good idea" Morgan pointed out.

"We'll get Garcia to look into it when we get back- that seems like our best lead" Hotch nodded, he looked over and saw Athena sniffling.

"Are you okay kid?" Rossi asked her, all of them confused at her tears- including herself

"Y-yeah, yeah, I'm good. It's just-" she tried to play it cool before bursting into uncontrollable tears. The team stared in shock. She didn't know why she was crying but she had an overwhelming urge to that took over and before she knew it, she was sat on a log crying into her hands as the team watched awkwardly.

Everyone's eyes shifted to Morgan for answers.

"What do I do?" He mouthed in a panic to them as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

"Ow" she mumbled through tears at his hand on her wound, he moved his hand down from it apologetically.

"What is going on?" Rossi mouthed to Reid who shrugged and stared at Athena with an awkward concern that the rest of the team shared.

"Hey- what's going on?" Morgan eventually said to her softly.

"Rossi called me 'kid' and it makes me want to cry every time because he's like the dad I never had-" she cried, they all looked confused as she continued.

"And Gavin's not going to make it back in time to see his baby being born, my head hurts, I'm so fucking tired- and why the fuck do people keep trying to kill me?! Like all the time, just every 5 minutes someone is throwing a punch at me or plotting to murder me- what's up with that?!" She rambled through tears. The team were almost terrified at how she was opening up- this was very strange for Athena.

"And my shoulder hurts- I know I said it didn't but it fucking hurts so much man. I'm sick of getting hurt in that shoulder- I literally never get hurt in the other one! And! That fucking bird stole my necklace. I'm cold, I'm tired and I'm sick of people asking me what's wrong because it's everything and half of it I can't fucking say" she continued but forced herself to breathe before passing out from speaking so fast.