Criminal Minds: Danika

Reaper

Danika's POV:
I head to the BAU and see Hotch in a brown quarter zip.

"What's going on?" I scoff at how he never comes to work looking casual.

"Nothing." He mutters as he frantically looks through files.

"Yeah, sure looks like it." I scoff.

"Not now, Danika!" He scolds.

"You looking for this?" I ask and hold up a file that's sitting on the edge of his desk.

He rolls his eyes at me but then pauses and takes the folder from my hands. His eyes flicker up to mine momentarily and he mumble a "Thanks."

Hotch's POV:
I head outside with Rossi after talking with Foyet. I'm about to open the car door when I stop and see Danika arriving in a taxi.

"You have got to be kidding me." I say through clenched teeth.

"Shit, you're still here." She states awkwardly and I narrow my eyes at her.

"I told you that you're not on this case!" I growl as I storm over towards her.

"I thought you could use the extra-." She starts saying but I grab her by the shirt and slam her back up against the car.

"When is it going to get through your thick skull-." I start saying getting even angrier.

"Aaron, I think a fresh set of eyes could be helpful-." Dave starts offering.

"Stay out of this Dave!" I order pointing at him with a warning glare and he backs down.

"Get in." I order as I pull her off the car and then open the door.

She huffs as she gets in the back seat and I slam the door closed as I make my way around to the drivers side. My heart is racing from not only anger but worry.

There was a reason I didn't want her to come along on this case. She's exactly The Reaper's type. The younger they are the more time he spends with them. Not to mention she was recently stabbed with a cross by a priest.

Dave gets in the passenger's seat and the car is quiet. We get to the precinct and I drag Danika out of the car into the building. I can tell she's having a hard time keeping up but I'm not thinking about that right now. I'm thinking about the fastest way to get her back home.

"I can walk myself." She huffs as I finally let go of her when we enter an empty office room.

"You've really done it now." I scold and she rolls her eyes.

"You can't really expect me to stay out of a case like this, come on-." She starts saying but I slam her up against the wall and cover her mouth with my hand.

"You don't get it do you?! Of course you don't! You threatened not only the Italian government, but the Vatican as well!" I growl and take my hand off her mouth when she starts purposely slobbering over it.

"But we got the guy, didn't we?" She smirks and I narrow my eyes.

"You're lucky you're not in prison right now!" I shout and I turn to see everyone in the office stop their work and look at us.

I let her go and call for a car to come pick her up and bring her to the airport.

"Fuck it, I'll take the bus." She scoffs and walks out, leaving me standing there with a phone in my hand.

Danika's POV:
I get on the bus and go to the back row. There's maybe seven people on it including the bus driver. I look out the window and shake my head thinking back to how angry Hotch looked when he saw me get out of the taxi.