Give You Hell (Criminal Minds)

1.00 - Katherine Martin

September 4, 2002

A young brunette sat on a bench across from a small coffee shop. Her mood seemed dull until two men walked towards the cafe.

"Excuse me" She calls to the men, rushing toward them.

"Can I help you?" The taller man asks.

"Um, yeah, uh, well, maybe not you, but he can" The girl stutters, turning to the shorter man.

"Katherine" He smiles slightly.

"You remember me?"

"How could I forget my own daughter?"

"Uh, hi, I'm Aaron Hotchner, everybody calls me Hotch. I work with Gideon" The taller man smiles, holding his hand out for the girl to shake,

"Katherine Martin. Everybody calls me Ziggy"

"Ziggy? That's unusual" Hotch smiles slightly, looking down at the girl.

"I'm a huge David Bowie fan. My favorite song was Ziggy Stardust. So my mom started calling me Ziggy, and it just stuck"

"How is your mom?" Gideon asks.

"She died... When I was 15. Suicide. Which is ironic because she always listened to Don't Try Suicide by Queen"

"How old are you? 20? 21?" Hotch asks.

"Um, 20"

"20... Wow. I think you were about 3 when I last saw you. I can't believe you remember me" Gideon speaks in awe.

"My mom told me stories. Mostly about how you left us for the BAU, but, to me that just made you sound so much cooler than I remembered"

"You think I'm cool?"

"I do. I think you're cool. And I think your job is cool. I'm currently in the FBI academy actually"

The shorter man smiles slightly, "FBI? Aren't you a little young?"

"I'm really smart. Photographic memory. And I skipped third grade"

"What kind of future are you looking for in the FBI?" Gideon asks.

"I was actually looking at joining the BAU. Unless you can't work with family then I totally understand-"

"No, it's fine. You absolutely can work with family and I'm sure everyone will love you. And I would love to get to know you more" Gideon reassures her, sending her a calming smile.

***

May 14, 2004

"Yes, dad, I know. One sugar, a little creamer, lots of milk" Katherine giggles, holding the phone between her shoulder and her ear as she carried two coffees up the street.

"That's my girl. Now hurry up or you'll be late" Gideon tells her.

"I'm half an hour early"

"And what is the motto? It's better to be half an hour early-"

"Than one minute late. I know. Look, I'm basically at the door, I gotta go"

"Okay, hurry up, I wanna introduce you to everyone" Gideon tells his daughter before ending the call.

Katherine somehow manages to grab her phone and put it back into her pocket as she walks towards her destination. Once she gets close enough, she sees a familiar face standing outside.

"Spencer Reid?" She asks with wide eyes.

"Ziggy? Hey" He smiles as she finally reaches him.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" The girl asks.

"I work here. What are you doing here?" The boy asks.

"I work here. It's my first day. What unit are you in?"

"BAU. You?"

"Me too"

Spencer nods, "Cool, I'll walk you in"

The two walk inside together, immediately spotting Gideon as soon as they step out of the elevator.

"There she is" He smiles as Ziggy hands him his coffee, "I see you've met our genius, Spencer Reid"

"Yeah" Katherine nods, "We actually already knew each other. We met in the academy" She informs her father.

"Oh, that's great! That means you won't be uncomfortable around everyone because you know someone. You have a friend" The man smiles.

"I'm sorry, am I missing something here?" Spencer asks, as the rest of the team walk over to the trio.

"Are those donuts I can smell?" A tall dark-skinned man asks.

"Uh, yeah, these are for you guys" Katherine smiles, opening the box of donuts as everyone stares at them with bright smiles.

"Everyone, this is Katherine Martin, my daughter. She works here now so I want you all to treat her like your very own little sister. Katherine, this is SSA Derek Morgan" Gideon points at the man.

"Nice to meet you" He smiles shaking her hand.

"This is our technical analyst Penelope Garcia"

The bubbly blonde wraps her arms around Katherine in a hug, "Hi! I can already tell we're gonna be best friends" Ziggy smiles with her, squeezing her just as tight.

"Our media liaison Jennifer Jareau"

"JJ" The blonde smiles, shaking Ziggy's hand, "Great to meet you"

"SSA Aaron Hotchner, our unit chief, who you've already met" Hotch shakes the girls hand with a smile.

"And you've also apparently already met Dr Spencer Reid" Spencer smiles at the girl as she looks between the team.

"It's great to meet all of you"

"Okay, introductions are over, everybody get back to work" Hotch orders causing everybody to scatter back to their desks, "It's good to have you here, Kid" Hotch smiles before walking to his office.

"Don't worry, I can tell everybody already loves you... Doll" Spencer whispers to the girl before walking to his desk.

"Come on, I'll show you around" Gideon smiles, wrapping an arm about his daughter's shoulder.

"So, how's Uncle Dave?" The girl asks, walking beside her father.

"He's good, I think. He retired though. I'm surprised you remember him. Maybe you could give him a call sometime" Gideon suggests.

"Maybe I should"