Part of a Team - Criminal Minds Fanfiction

Chapter 3 - Compulsion

"Here we go." Fleur put some baked goods on everyone's desks.

"This is why you're my best friend." Elijah hummed.

"Hope you all enjoy." Fleur chuckled.

"I'm sure we will." Morgan picked up a croissant.

"Reid, are you still playing with yourself?" Elijah turned to him.

"What?" Morgan blinked.

"He's still playing chess against himself." Elijah pointed.

Morgan sighed and turned around.

"It helps my brian work faster, by being both competitors I can see how the other will think." Reid explained.

"So... How do you actually play chess?" Elijah asked.

"You don't know?"

"Not at all."

"Eli, you literally played it with me last week." Morgan turned.

"Oh, I didn't know what I was doing." Elijah shook his head,"I was just moving things and stealing your pieces when you weren't looking."

Fleur laughed and shook her head as Gideon came down, moving one of Reid's pieces.

"Check. Checkmate in three moves."

Reid furrowed his brow, looking down at his chessboard confused,"What?"

"You know, you'll beat him when you start learning." Morgan put his newspaper down.

"Learning what?" Reid looked over at him.

"How to think outside of the box." Fleur tapped her head.

Reid looked back at the chessboard as Elle walked down the stairs,"Question for you."

"Try me." Elijah turned to her.

"The Footpath Killer. Why did he stutter?" Elle shrugged.

"Come on, Elle. We've all asked him and he won't say." Morgan shook his head.

"He wants us to figure it out." Fleur leaned back in her seat.

Elijah blinked,"Maybe there is no reason."

"Well, whatever the reason is, I'm up for a challenge." Elle hummed.

"Good. Because these go to you." A blonde walked in, placing a bunch of files on Elle's desk,"Special Agent Jennifer Jareau. JJ if you'd like."

"I like her." Elijah pointed.

"Elle." She shook JJ's hand.

"Greenaway. Highest number of solved cases in Seattle for the past three years. Speciality in sex offender cases, you previously worked with Agent Howards before she came to the BAU."

"Not bad." Elle nodded.

"You know your stuff, JJ." Elijah smiled at her.

"Well, I'm the unit liason. My specialty is untangling bureaucratic knots. You'll probably talk to me a lot, my door is always open. Mostly because I'm never in my office. So just... Call me on my cell, okay? We'll talk." JJ walked off.

"I'll give you her number." Fleur assured Elle.

That's when Hotch walked past, exchanging a few brief words to JJ as he past her,"BAU Team, can you meet me in the Conference Room. I need to show you something."

Everyone left their desks, heading to the Conference Room and sat down.

"This is from the Pheonix Office, Bradshaw College in Tempe. Six fires in seven months." Hotch showed the team.