𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 | 𝖼𝗆，𝗌.𝗋

𝟢𝟢𝟣

NATALIA WAS SAT AT HOME, WATCHING TV since she had nothing better to do with her time. She had just paused the movie when her phone started ringing, she immediately picked it up.

"Nat, I need you to come in." Hotch's voice echoed through the phone.

"Uhh, sure. What's up?" Natalia asked, standing up and walking to her bedroom to get other clothes on.

"Better to tell you in person." Hotch said before the phone cut out. He'd hung up.

"Seriously?" Natalia mumbled before putting her phone down, changing out of her comfortable clothes and into clothes she could work in.

She tied her hair into a high ponytail, grabbing her phone and keys, turning lights and everything off before she left the house, locking the door behind her.

Natalia walked down over to her car, unlocking it and climbing in. She drove to the BAU and when she got there, she locked her car and went straight inside.

She dropped her keys off at her desk, locking them inside one of her drawers before Morgan walked over to her, "Come on, we're going to get Gideon."

"Really? Even after Boston?" Natalia raised an eyebrow, walking with Morgan who shrugged.

When they got there, Hotch was already talking to Gideon, who was looking at photographs of the most recent missing girl.

"They want you back in the saddle. You ready?" Hotch asked Gideon.

"Looks like medical leaves over, boss." Spencer sighed, looking past the three agents and at Gideon.

"They're sure they want me?" Gideon asked softly.

"The order came from the Director." Hotch nodded.

Gideon turned back to his wall of pictures, "Then we better get started."

When the team made it to the airport, Natalia stepped out the car with her bags, the only girl on the field with all boys can be stressful, but not when you get along with them.

The team got in the private jet, getting their stuff in the luggage area before all sitting down and discussing the case as the plane began flying.

"His first victim was 26-year-old Melissa Kirsch." Spencer said, looking at the case files, "Stab wounds, strangulation..."

"Okay, wait, wait. Back up. Back up." Morgan started, leaning on the back of Hotch's chair, Gideon next to him, "He stabbed her and then strangled her to finish her off?"

"Other way around." Natalia sighed, looking over at Morgan from beside Spencer.

"Why do you think he started using the belt with the second murder?" Gideon asked, looking at Spencer.

Spencer shook his head slightly, "Strangulation with your bare hand is not as easy as one would believe. He tried, probably found that it took too long."

"So he stabbed her instead." Derek nodded.

"And realised it would be hours cleaning up the blood." Aaron — Hotch — said with a slight nod.

"And next time, our boys got a method." Derek said, "The belt."

Gideon nodded once before looking at Derek, "He's learning." He then looked back at the others, "Perfecting his scenario. Becoming a better killer."

"Wonderful." Natalia mumbled sarcastically, sighing as she said it.