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Amari smiled at Hotch in greeting as she approached the rest of the team with Garcia. He sent a nod back at her, having to maintain his hardass boss facade in the office.
"Everybody, meet agent Prentiss. I've been filling her in on protocol." He announced to the team.
"Derek Morgan." Derek glanced over Amari's frame before he turned back towards Prentiss and introduced himself.
Emilt smiled, "Emily Prentiss. We can make nice later. What do we know?"
"The DEA raided what they thought was a hardened meth lab right here, in Northern Virginia, but they found this instead." JJ presented the case, the team watching as pictures popped up on the screen behind her.
"That could be a dispersal device for a chemical weapon." Amari frowned.
"Sophisticated. Homeland security's thinking Al Qaeda. They've developed devices that span the spectrum of sophistication, some as simple as soda bottles and paint cans." Gideon spoke.
"They're called al ikhteraa. Literally 'the invention'." JJ carried on.
"Do we know what the biological or chemical agent is yet?" Morgan questioned, being the one most experienced with bombs.
"No, not yet. The cell members bailed out through a tunnel. The DEA recovered a nextel 2-way and managed to intercept a message." JJ replied and a picture of a piece of paper with unidentifiable words popped up on the screen.
"That's not the transcript." Hotch observed.
"It's, no, it's in arabic."
Amari noticed Prentiss, who was staring at the screen and started speaking. "Our friends surprised us and eloped. We can no longer wait for the wedding as planned. We can deliver our gift at the next crescent." The team stared at her as she interpreted the message. "I lived in several middle-eastern countries growing up."
"Next crescent?" Amari nodded and questioned the words.
"Muslims sometimes use a lunar calendar. I'd have to look it up, next crescent moon is in two days." Reid was the one to reply this time.
"So whatever they're attacking, it's happening in less than 48 hours." Hotch said.
"That sounds like it, sir. Payment for the nextel is linked to this man. Jind Allah. Literally 'soldier of God"." Garcia filled the team in on the new information as she took over from JJ.
"That's pretty poor operational security for a sophisticated plot." Morgan observed.
Garcia nodded and pressed a button and more pictures popped up on the screen. "Two months ago, Jind Allah was captured leaving the U. S. Using a forged pakistani passport via Richmond international airport. He's been held as a ghost detainee in Guantanamo Bay ever since."
