Lacuna [Book 2]

seven

seven; i have spencer

I walked into the briefing room with my hair in a curled pony tail. The team was already standing around talking about the case. 

"She was raped repeatedly." JJ said and Emily raised an eyebrow. "Repeatedly?" She asked and JJ nodded. "That's what she stated." She said and I crossed my arms over my chest. "She'll still alive?" I asked and Derek looked at me. "Sleeping Beauty, you made it..." He said looking down at his watch. "15 minutes late." He said and I shrugged. "Well, I had to take Gemma to school and people drive like dicks." I stated and he snorted.

"Was she able to identify him?" Spencer asked and I glanced over at him. "She said he was white, with mean eyes and repulsive breath." JJ said and Anthony looked over at her. "Did he rape her in front of the husband?" He asked and JJ nodded. He looked over at me wondering where the rape kits where and I raised my hand. "I don't have a damn clue. Construction is taking longer than it should and they replaced everything of mine." I said and Emily laughed. 

"Wheel's up in 20." Hotch said and we began to walk out but he called my name. I sighed and turned around, looking at his tie. "Hadley-" He said and I cut him off. "I know. I'm late. It won't happen again." I said and he shook his head.

"Jack and I are going out to dinner after the case. He wants to know if you want to come." He said and I could have chocked on my spit right in front of him. "Uh, sure." I said and he nodded and turned to leave. I shook my head- feeling uncomfortable and then walked out of the office.

"So, you think the UnSub started out as a burglar?" JJ asked and Spencer began asking questions. "Wait, how did he get in last night?"He asked and everyone stood quiet as I stared out the window. Derek cleared his throat and I looked back at him. "What?" I asked and he looked down at the file. "Oh. Um...Everson said there was a noise outside the door. They were outside of their room for a few minutes, when they came back the man was there." I said reading the file and then I raised an eyebrow.

"His victomology is all over the map. 3 murders and he managed to kill men and women. Old and the young, black, white, Hispanic." I said and Hotch looked at us. "JJ and I are going to set up at the station. Dave, you, and Reid to the hospital. Walton, Hadley, Prentiss and Morgan, the LAPD detectives are waiting for you at the Emerson House." He said and we nodded.

"Derek who are you texting?" Emily asked and Derek looked up at the girl. "Azalea. She just finished up a case right now in Wilmington, NC, she'll be in LA in the morning" He said and JJ chuckled. "Wasn't Maxsten a CIA agent?" She asked and my hear sped up at the thought of the CIA.

"Yeah. They were both overseas in Israel." Derek said and I began scratching my forearm. "Hadley, you're gonna make yourself bleed." Emily said and I looked over at Derek. "Derek." I said and he looked over at me from his phone. "Yeah?" He asked and I breathed in deep.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked and he raised an eyebrow. "Tell you what?" He asked and I shrugged. Everyone's eyes were on us and I gulped and cleared my throat. "That... you and Azalea were friends." I said and he laughed. "I did." He said and I nodded slowly. 

"I ran into Brody the other day at the store isn't that crazy? It's been what months?" Emily asked and I shrugged and looked out the window.

Derek opened up the door to the Emerson house and I fixed my dark blue blazer and I walked in, behind Emily.

"Matt Spicer." The detective said and then introduced us to his partner. "Adam Kurzbard." He said and Emily smiled. "Hi. Emily Prentiss. This is Derek Morgan. Anthony Walton, and Hadley LaMontagne." She said and I stuck my hand out to both men, and they shook it. "So, what've you got?" Emily asked and Spicer sighed.

"We've got our hands full. This guys been across the city in a week. Seems completely random."  He said and I looked around the house. "The only thing that brought us out here were the bullets." Matt said and then Kurzbard spoke. "And the assault. All the victims were raped." He said and Anthony asked him a question. "DNA matched?" He asked and Adam shook his head. "He covers up." He said and I turned to Spicer. "Where were the Everson's?" I asked and he pointed upstairs.

"The were upstairs when the electricity went out." He said and I nodded and began walking up the stairs, stopping on the 3rd step.

I looked up and saw nothing but darkness. "Okay, so the lights go out and this guy starts banging  on the door." I said and Matt began speaking. "Why give him the heads up like that? Why not just break in?" He asked and Derek looked at the door. "Probably to get their adrenaline going. He likes a good fight." He said and Matt nodded.

"Well, he got one, the wife's real shook up." He said I sighed shaking my head. "So what's the plan?" Anthony asked turning to me and I blew out air. "Um, go to the lab, go over the DNA again. See if they have rape kits too. Also try to get some fingerprints from doorknobs." I said and he nodded. I walked out of the house after Matt and he turned to me. "So... what's your specialty? You seem like you're the head of something." He said with a small chuckled and I laughed. "Forensics and Profiling. I have a PhD in Forensics, so I guess you could say I'm the head of a very small forensic unit in the BAU." I said and he laughed.

I walked into the station next to Spicer and he turned to me. "This whole profiling thing? Is it easy?" He asked and I shook my head quickly. "No. I just finished school for it a couple months ago."  I said and he nodded and we walked into the room where JJ and Spencer were.

Spencer looked up at me and then back to the board. "This is pure evil." He stated and Spencer began info dumping. "Evil can't be scientifically defined. It's an illusory moral concept that doesn't exist in nature. It's origins and connotations have been in inextricably linked to religion and mythology. This offender has shown no sign of belief." He said and I smiled at him, missing him a lot.

"Hi- I'm uh Spencer Reid by the way." He said and I snorted and Matt looked at him and smiled. "Matt Spicer." He said and JJ smiled at him. "Jennifer Jareau." She said and her and Matt began talking about the interview. They left the room leaving me alone with Spencer.

"Uh...Leilani called. She said she might not come back." I said looking at the map on the board. "Oh... that sucks." He said and I nodded, sadly.

"Do you need help with the geographic profile?" I asked and he looked up at me and shook his head. "Uh...No I'm fine." He said clearing his voice and I nodded and a knock came from the door and I turned and saw Azalea.

She nodded her head towards the door- indicating that she wanted to speak with me. I left the room and walked out with her.

"What?" I asked and she raised an eyebrow. "Shaw told me you denied the CIA offer."She said and I tilted my head and squinted at her. "Why would I join CIA?" I asked confused and she raised an furrowed both of her brows. "Why wouldn't you want to?" She asked and I looked around the station.

"Because I love being apart of the FBI. I have my job here, and the team and-" I said but she cut me off. "Spencer." She said and I nodded. "Yeah. I have Spencer. Things might be rough between us right now, but to leave him? I can't do that." I said and I walked past her, being done with her and the conversation.

a/n:

q: how old is gemma now? in the first book you said 15 and now she's 17

a: right now, she's 17. in the first book when they met her she was turning 16.. so it's been like a little more than a year :)