Truth Unravelled

FBI, Right?

I've decided to skip to the main point in my story instead of writing Alex and Spencer's training and introductions to the team since I figured it would be best to get the plot rolling. Sorry if that disappoints anyone, but there is a high likelihood that I will post those as connected one-shots at some point after the story is finished if people are interested, and I can make them interesting.

Disclaimer: Criminal Minds, Alex Rider. Yeah. Totally not mine.

Current Status: Alex - 23 ½ years old. "Jaxon" - 29 years old. Spencer - 27 ½ years old.

Enjoy...

June 13, 2009

Alex was sat at his desk, trying to ignore Spencer and Morgan's bickering and accomplish his paperwork at the same time, when Hotch came out of his office with JJ. Alex looked up when he heard the door click open, and Spencer, noticing his shift in attention, followed his eyes to where Hotch was standing.

"We have a case," he said flatly, and he and JJ entered the conference room.

Alex met Spencer's eyes as he stood up, straightening the papers on his desk as he did so. He flicked his eyes towards the conference room, wondering where this new case would bring them. Alex had done a lot of traveling when he'd been with MI6, too, but working for the BAU was nothing like MI6. With the FBI, he was given the information he needed, and most importantly, to Alex at least, he had his team to watch his back.

Said team started to move in the direction of the conference room. Alex jogged towards them and fell into step with Spencer. "Where do you think we're headed?"

"No clue," was Spencer's reply, before lowering his voice so that only Alex could hear him. "Was it just me or did Hotch look especially worried about this case?"

"I thought we weren't supposed to profile each other, Spence?" Alex teased. He stopped walking and looked Spencer in the eyes. "But, you're right. Only one way to find out."

It was a testament to how long the two had been with the BAU that their teammates barely even glanced back at the two of them. The whole team was close. That was a fact; it was hard not to be close with the people you relied on to watch your six. But, none of them could measure up to the trust that Alex had built with Spencer. Spencer knew things about him that the team couldn't even begin to fathom, and that was the way Alex preferred it. If he got his choice, he would just finish his FBI career and forget all about his beginnings in the world of espionage. Unfortunately, Alex knew that secrets like his rarely stayed buried for long. Sooner or later, the team was going to find out. Alex was just hoping it would be later.

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When the team was all seated in the conference room, JJ started with her presentation of the case. "June 8, local law enforcement officers in Brandon, South Dakota found the bodies of Kate and Matthew Michaels (both 23 years old) stabbed to death in their cars by what appeared to be model planes. Their one-month-old son, Jacob, was left alive in the backseat."

JJ clicked a button and the photo of the couple's bodies appeared on the screen. She clicked again and the body of a young man, "June 10, they found the body of Ian Moore (36) in an old car at a scrapyard. Cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the head.

"And finally, last night," JJ clicked and the body of a severely burnt woman appeared on the screen, "Lyla Cooper (26) found burnt to death inside her home."

"What's the connection between the bodies?" Morgan asked.

"Here's where it gets strange," JJ responded, "First off, this city hasn't had a murder in 12 years, making the four within 6 days shocking to them. But after this last death, they recognized a similar symbol left at each crime scene."