Special Agent Angel (Criminal Minds fanfiction) [Season 1]

Plain Sight

"Make a wish," Elle told Reid as a cake was placed in front of him with the candles lit.

Reid tried blowing out the candles but they never went out.

"Come on, man. Blow, baby! Blow!" Morgan teased.

"I thought you were full of hot air, Reid," Elle joked.

"Come on, Reid,"

Samarra rolled her eyes "They're trick candles, Spence. Ok? They're gonna come back on every time,"

"Oh, daughter to the rescue," Morgan laughed as he brought Sam into a side hug, who only pushed him away.

"Daughter, seriously..."

"Isn't it amazing he knows what he knows, and he's only 24?" Hotchner asked Gideon.

"Imagine what he'll know by 50," Gideon said.

"Hope you like chocolate," Elle told Reid.

"Agent Hotchner," An agent called over.

"Aw, look, you blew wax on the cake, man," Morgan complained.

"Sorry," Reid said.

Samarra decided to walk over to be next to Gideon as he watched the news.

"You having fun?" Gideon asked the girl.

"Yes, definitely," Sam said sarcastically "I'm definitely having fun,"

"What do you think he wished for?"

"Wishing he could take that hat off," Samarra noticed Spencer look over at her and recognized his calculating look "Should probably head back to the party side before he realizes something's wrong,"

"Is something wrong?"

Sam shook her head "Nothing I can't handle,"

"Sorry, guys, the party's over," Agent Hotchner told the team, allowing Samarra to release a sigh of relief.

***

"We're going to San Diego," Agent Hotchner announced to the team once he entered the briefing room.

"Not for the surfing, huh?" Morgan asked.

"They're calling him the Tommy Killer," JJ explained as she gave each member a folder.

"6 women raped and murdered in their homes in the last 3 weeks," Agent Hotchner reported as he sat down.

"6 in 3 weeks?" Elle questioned.

"That's a short fuse," Gideon noted.

"And getting shorter." Agent Hotchner said "The first 2 were 8 days apart, then the next 4 in 2 weeks,"

"Rapid escalation." Reid claimed, "Do you think he's regressing to a psychopathic frenzy?"

"No, he's too controlled for that," Agent Hotchner pointed out "See you on the plane,"

"Why the Tommy Killer?" Samarra voiced.

"You know rock opera?"

Sam looked confused.

"Well, this unsub glues his victims' eyes wide open,"

Samarra looked down at the picture she was holding "He wants them to see him,"

"And feel him," Gideon added.