In the office, Fleur was at her desk and put down the phone. She could feel eyes on her,"What?"
"Well, we've only been here one hour and you've answered two calls." Morgan told her.
"Okay, and?" Fleur shrugged.
"You hate the phone, Fleur." Elijah hummed as he blew on his nails.
"I do not hate the phone." Fleur shook her head.
"Actually, you do." Reid then looked up at them,"Hey, did you know that Alexander Graham Bell and Eli Gray both simultaneously created electronic sound transmission devices? It came down to a race betwixt the two."
"Yeah, and Bell beat Gray to the patent office by a matter of hours. Common knowledge." Elle hummed.
"Why are you acting so weird?" Elijah looked up at her.
"Eli. We're sitting with a guy who knows there are eight hundred kernels of corn on the average cob-"
"Arranged in sixteen separate rows." Reid added.
"And you're calling me weird?" Fleur pointed.
"You're getting some loving, aren't you? You got a boyfriend." Morgan's eyes widened slightly.
"You are basing this on what, exactly? The fact I don't like the phone? That's all you got? That's your best? You've been a profiler for how long, Derek? That's weak." Fleur laughed.
"What's weak?" JJ asked as she walked over.
"Morgan thinks Fleur has a boyfriend~" Elijah smirked.
"Nothing." Fleur got up.
"Nothing. See? You just denied it." Morgan pointed.
"Do you?" JJ turned.
"It's more fun not to answer thar question." Fleur shrugged as they walked.
"That right there's a yes, baby. I knew it, I told you." Morgan crossed his arms.
"She didn't really admit to anything." Reid shook his head.
"Reid, trust me, you've got a lot to learn." Elijah winked.
"FBI Tampa has been investigating a series of murders over the past two months along Florida's Central Gulf Coast." JJ began the debrief as they all sat down.
"I consulted with the SAC down there, they had a very strong lead." Gideon nodded.
"And DNA evidence. All four women were killed by this man, Mark Gregory." JJ showed a picture.
"Wait, if they know who he is then he's not really an Unsub. Why are they calling us in?" Reid asked.
"They were unable to arrest him before he disappeared." JJ sighed.
"They let a serial killer get away? How long has he been missing?" Elijah blinked.
"About thirty six hours, along with this woman, Nicole Wegener." JJ then showed another picture.
"What do we know about the other victims?" Hotch asked her.
"They were all abducted within a sixty mile radius, tortured then drowned in hotel bathtubs. They were found a couple days after they were reported missing." JJ explained.
"Same geographical area and he's killing in hotels as opposed to private, controlled environments." Morgan leaned back in his chair.
"Well, he can pay for privacy in a hotel room." Elle shrugged.
"Let's just hope he's not heading for Orlando. It's second only to Las Vegas in numbers of hotel rooms." Reid explained.
"Well, knowing who he is, is certainly part of the equation, but it's a long way from knowing where he is." Fleur told them.
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FanfictionFleur Howards was taken on her walk from from school at age 7. Originally from France, she was trafficked across Europe. She was forced into intercourse with older men but also trained to kill. Before she was saved by the FBI at age 17, she had been...
