It was Nikki's first day back at work which she was thankful for. While she did love being able to stay with Sky and play she couldn't sit still anymore
Getting out the elevator Nikki walked into the bullpen, the first thing she saw was Derek flirting with Spencer. Laughing softly she set her bag on her desk and took off her black leather jacket
Today she decided to go with light blue skinny jeans, her red short sleeve shirt with her brown combat boots
Walking up to Derek she put her finger to her lips telling Spencer to be quiet. Spencer smiles and looks back at Derek
"Hey" Nikki whispered in Derek's ear "Ah!" He yelled jumping off Spencer's desk. Spencer started laughing as Derek spun around to glare at Nikki who was leaning against the desk laughing
"Arrow!"
"Oh, I would say sorry but I don't wanna lie" Nikki said wiping her eyes. Derek scoff as she went and hug Spencer "I'll get you two back for this" Derek promised pointing a finger at the guy he likes and his sister
"I'll be waiting" Nikki smiled before giving him a hug "It's so good to be back" she sighed. Just as she was going to sit down JJ walked past them "We got a case"
"Yeah" Spencer sighed looking at Nikki who groaned "Good to be back" Nikki shot him a glare before following JJ up to the room
"Kristy Taylor" JJ started as everyone sat down, Nikki was in between Derek and Rossi "Runaway, drug addict. She was reported missing 3 years ago from Farmington New Mexico, yesterday she turned up off a freeway outside of Rio Rancho" JJ pulled up pictures on Kristy body
"Sexual assault combined with ligature marks on her wrist and ankles. She was Asphyxiated" Spencer said looking over the files JJ handed the team "3 victims in 5 years, all women. They're connected by marks. Chains" JJ says pulling up photos of three women each one blonde and young
"Definitely sexual sadist he sticks to his type, all 16 and 19 and all blondes" Nikki looked over the photos "Hangs onto them for a while as well. Look at this, an average of 2 years between abducting them and killing them" Derek added "Low body count, long time frame. This guy is in control of his urges"
Rossi looked over at the trio. Nikki was sitting next to him with Spencer on her left and Derek next to Spencer "Too controlled. Sadists need new victims, new ways to torture. There are a lot of guys out there that like chains"
"Tell me about it" Nikki muttered subconsciously rubbing her wrist. Rossi heard and looked at her worriedly but continued on talking "Are we sure this is the same unsub?" he asked, promising himself to talk with Nikki later. Even if she took a week off of work he can tell something is still bothering her
"Kristy Taylor's autopsy report also indicates a second connection between these victims" JJ told him
"She was pregnant" Derek said, Nikki shifted uncomfortably in her seat, Rossi notices Aaron looking at her, Nikki gives Aaron a nod "She's given birth, very soon after the unsub killed her" JJ said "How soon after?" Emily asked
"Minutes"
"This unsub isn't our sexual sadist" Aaron said looking away from Nikki making her sigh, she knew she was going to be partnered with Hotch on this case, no one will ask about it but they both know they will get looks "The captivity and assault we've seen before, what we haven't seen is this signature. The role he forces these women to fulfill before he kills them...motherhood"
"Why would a sexual sadist make a woman carry his children?" Emily asked "Gary Heidnik kept a harem in a dungeon. His goal was to create a large family as a replacement for his own broken home" Reid informed them "This kind of makes me thankful" Nikki muttered to herself looking over the file once more
"Wheels up in 20" Aaron told them closing his file
Nikki got to her desk and took a seat powering on her laptop. She had 10 minutes to reply back to some emails from her home and the army. Now she might not work for them anymore but she was one of the best they ever have, she was a five-star general. The first one since Omar Bradely who passed in 1981 (This is real information) "Hey Angle" Nikki looked up to see Rossi standing in front of her desk
"Yeah, Rossi?"
"Could we have a chat real fast?" Nikki looked over the man, she couldn't see any ill intent "Sure" she quickly packs up her bag leaving it at her desk she followed the man to his officer "Have a seat" he motioned to the arm chairs across the rooms closing the door
"So what do you want to talk about?" Nikki asked, sitting down in one of the seats with Rossi sitting next to her. He looked at her for a few moments "How are you doing?" he asked instead. Nikki looked at him curiously but answered "I'm good"
"Are you really?" Rossi didn't ask in a conceding tone but he knew Nikki was lying to him. He knows the struggles of seeing something that reminded you of some of the hardest years of your life and Nikki not only remembered one but it was one that cost her and the boys half their team. That isn't something a week away will fix
Nikki took a deep breath, she knows Rossi is worried about her, so is everyone else on the team but Rossi was in the army himself, he knows how things work, he knows the signs, he does the same things she does. They don't sit with their back to the doors, map ever exit, sometimes flinch at the sound of gun being fired if they aren't expecting it and every time there is a thunderstorm they take cover when a thunder sounds like a bomb going off
"I will be okay" Nikki finally said with a small frown "Why was Aaron so worried about you? I also heard what you muttered about chains" Rossi asked cautiously knowing if he hit the wrong button she will pull back "Uh... Hotch has access to my medical files. He is the only one to have a full history of my heath expect the director himself, the army has my health files from the time I spent down in Russia but none of when I lived in Chicago before the move"
Nikki closes her eyes knowing she's going to tell him something only a handful of people know "When I got to Russia they did a medical eval on me, I wasn't in good foster homes before I was shipped off so I suffered a lot and it affected me a lot. The one thing that hurt the most is with all the abuse...I suffered damage to my stomach my doctors don't think I will be able to get pregnant" Rossi sucked in a breath
To know your colleague suffered through abuse is one thing but to know that abuse costed her the ability to have children of her own is a whole other thing
"Where I was raised, girls were given the choice at 17 to remove our reproductive organs"
"I never heard of anything like that"
Nikki shrugged knowing not many people down here would "No, not many would. We're given the choice we don't have to do it. Many girls did because they didn't want to give birth and have people attack but they do have family's, many of the girls married some guys in their year and adopted kids" Nikki smiled thinking of her nieces and nephews, none by blood but by heart
"Are you going to be okay with this case?" Rossi asked snapping Nikki out of her thoughts "Yeah" She nods playing with her hair "I will be, I know Hotch is going to keep me near him to make sure I'm okay throughout the case" Rossi sighed in relief knowing Aaron will keep Nikki safe "Alright, well let's go. We can drive to the jet together"
Nikki nodded and stood up following Rossi out. She couldn't help but think this case is going to be a mess
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Together Again (Criminal Minds/ One Chicago Fanfic)
FanficNikki Athena Angle born in Chicago being bounced between different foster homes before being shipped off to Russia when she was 6, where she was raised as a Agent. When Nikki turned 17, she was sent back to America and joined the U.S. Army as an Arm...
