Criminal Minds [Multiship] * H I A T U S *

《9 - Friends》

The agents, along with their trusted friends, exit the black Sedan.

Chris looked up at neon sign reading Gabriel's Sports Grill & Bar.

"This the place?" Angelo asked.

"Demon loves his sports grills, but when he's there, its after hours," Devin said.

"Let's get going then, shall we?" Kuza said, wrapping his arm carefully around Matt, and Devin wrapping his arm around Chris's elbow. He reached just a little above his shoulders, but was still pretty tall.

Chris looked over at Kuza and Matt, realizing how close they seemed.

They walk towards the entrance, leading to Ghost moving from Chris's side and knocking on the door.

A slit moved, revealing some dark brown eyes.

The slit closes and then the door answers.

"Devin, Kuza, its been a while," he smiled.

"Hey there, Ryan. We bought a few plus ones," Kuza said.

"Let's just hope Demon likes them," Ryan said, motioning us inside, and we walked in, seeing it was a semi-empty sports grill, but then move to the back, to see a private bar room, with a small stage where a singer stood, singing a soft song, making the mood around the dim room lightened.

They were then escorted to a large booth, where a few people sat, a short man in an expensive suit sitting between them as they all  shared drinks and laughed.

"Sir," Ryan spoke. "You have guests."

They all looked and Demon smiled.

"Well, I'll be damned. My good friend and my favorite little vixen. Its been too long."

"Good seeing you, Demon," Ghost greeted. "Hope you don't mind, but we bought some important people who need to talk to you."

Demon nodded. "I can see. Well, we're all friends here, aren't we, Christopher?" Demon smiled. "Or should I say Agent Christopher?"

Chris sighed as Angelo looked at him with scrunched eyebrows.

"Yeah, Chris is fine," He mumbled.

Demon smiled and nodded. "Very well. You all should step out, then. Have a seat, the rest of you, don't be shy."

The people he was with got up and left, while the agents, along with Kuza, Matt and Devin took their place and Ryan left.

"So, to what do I owe this special visit?" Demon smiled. "Any drinks? Food? Feel free?"

The others took a look at the menu while the agents worked.

Angelo took a deep breath and spoke. "We work for the FBI, and there's someone we're looking for, who we may believe be one of your people."

Angelo held up the newspaper cover of the Roadkill he pulled from his jacket.

"Well, this turned out much more  interesting that I expected," Demon's eyes widen. "You believe that Scranton's favorite serial vigilante could be a Cobra?"

"We have to explore every possibility," Chris said.

It was present that he was nervous, not just because Demon was a powerful and very respected mafia leader.

Angelo then showed pictures of the Pepper crime scene and the Watkins crime scene.

"First one is of a rapist, second was a child molester," Angelo said.

"Hmmm... Gruesome," Demon said, more inpressed than disgusted.

"Think any of your guys could pull this off?" Angelo asked.

"You show this picture to half of them," Demon said, pointing to the Pepper crime scene photo. "I guarantee a great amout of them will become vegetarians. Definitely not my people."

Angelo sighed in disappointment.

"But I will provide help anyway I can, set out some watchers for you all," Demon said. "But if I were you I'd ask ol' Misery and his band if clown misfits. Wouldn't surprise me if that little card of his, Ash, did this mess and forgot to clean up."

"Misery and Ash?" Chris asked.

"Another gang, just causes as much trouble as teenagers on Spring Break, but nothing too serious, just some pranksters who were in some fight team or something," Kuza shrugged. "But they can be proven dangerous sometimes."

"You think one of their people did this?" Angelo asked.

Demon shrugged. "Beats me. Ask the fools yourself."

We nodded before Demon spoke.

"Before you leave, I would like a private word with Agent Cerulli, if that's alright?" Demon asked, smiling.

Angelo was going to say something, but Chris stopped him.

"Its fine, Ang," Chris said.

Angelo hesitated, but nodded as Demon and Chris got up and left.

"They seem to know each other," Devin said, sipping a martini.

"They're closer than you think," Angelo said, and got to ordering a drink.

Kuza and Devin looked at each other, but then shrugged as Kuza pulled Matt close to him and the four of them engaged into a conversation.

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Okay, so, a bit of a spoiler before continuing: You're all going to get to know a little bit more about Chris in the next chapter, and maybe a liiiiiiittle bit of romance.

I know its taking forever, but trust me this IS a Cricky story no matter what.

All in good time. :)

♡~ sapphire.