Sequel to Moving On
Mike and Bex have been at their new assignments for a few months now. Mike is looking at things far out of his normal range of cases while Bex is facing a demon that has haunted her past for ten years now. Will both of them be ab...
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The next night, the team split up to do some surveillance around the city. Although they had faith in their list of news reports, they also decided to scope out places that could be deemed the lion's forest. Bex came running in that morning with the idea. "We should go on the hunt ourselves." She said as they all gathered into conference room.
"What do you mean?" Tara asked.
"Like Reid told me yesterday. We've got to trust the profile. The profile says he's got to have the perfect person. The person has to fit the mold of the character. So what if he's not looking at news stories? What if he's looking at places that could equal the lion's forest that he's supposed to be king of?" Bex further explained, feeling more and more confident in her theory.
"I like it. So what places are you thinking?" Rossi asked.
"I was thinking places like the mall or the bar. Places where he could watch people approach others and potentially get rejected or not even approach people at all." Bex further explained.
"If their rejected and don't get back in the game, then they're seen as cowardly or if they don't approach anyone that they keep staring at then it's the same punishment. So who do we know who to keep a watch on?" Luke asked.
"Well, as Bex said, the person has fit the mold of the character, so they have to give off a lion like presence, mane like hair, strong, etc." Spencer answered.
They did surveillance of the mall during the day. They split it up into sections so that everything could be covered. Come night time, Rossi paired everyone up and sent them to the local bars. "Can I ask you a question?" Luke asked, looking over at Bex as they waited for their drinks.
"Sure, what's up?" Bex turned so that she was facing him as she leaned against the bar.
"Why don't you get the newbie rath from Garcia?" His face was completely serious. He was still trying to figure out why it seemed like Penelope Garcia hated him so much yet she loved the agent standing next to him.
That caused Bex to laugh. "I've worked with the team before. On this very case, actually. Unofficially and officially."
"Damn, so you're not as new as I thought." He chuckled, shaking his head before thanking the bartender as he grabbed his drink.
Bex just smiled as she too thanked the bartender and took her drink. "Nope, just new to you." She teased him as they walked over to an empty table.
"So what did you mean by unofficially working on this case?" He then asked as they sat down, hoping that he wasn't stepping over any lines. He figured if he could get on the good side of everyone else on the team then maybe Garcia would lighten up.
"You caught that, huh?" She then took a sip of her drink. "I'm surprised you didn't put two and two together. The fourth victim of when this all started, was my sister. It's why her crime scene photos aren't up on the board. It was Spencer actually who vouched for me to become part of the investigation after I joined the Bureau. Still reminds me to this day, that I know our unsub best even though there are days where it doesn't feel that way."
