It was finally happening.

The day that she has been dreading all week is finally upon her.

It's not actually that bad, but moving to a new unit and having to be introduced to everyone, not knowing people. It's going to be awkward.

Putting her thoughts aside and making sure that a kind smile was present on her face, she made her way over to the elevator and clicked the button for the floor she will be working on.

After a painful silence, the elevator doors opened and on the other side stood someone who Lauren hadn't seen in years.

They hadn't noticed as they were looking down at something in their hand but Lauren was absolutely sure that it was them.

Elizabeth Carter, Lauren was sure about it.

She recognised her from her old unit, how could she not, she looks the exact same.

Lauren stepped out of the elevator making the girl look up from her work.

Elizabeth looked at her, looked back down at the papers In her hand and then slowly scrunched up her face as she looked back up at the person who stood in front of her.

"Lauren?"

"Lauren Turner?"

"Omg is it you!" She asked with a hint of excitement in her voice, all she needed was the conformational nod which was sent her way for her to practically leap in her arms and start jumping up and down.

An over exaggeration some might say but it's justified.

The two used to be such close friends until their work caused them to slowly drift apart.

It was a miracle that they were in each others presence again, it must be a sign.

After the two finished hugging and quickly catching up.

Elizabeth picked up the papers that she dropped from when she noticed Lauren and walked off to go and talk with two detectives that Lauren was unfamiliar with.

Lauren carried on as she sat at her desk situated in the back behind a detective Reid.

She slumped into her chair as Elizabeth walked back up to the desk.

"We're desk buddies."Elizabeth smiled at Lauren as she slumped into her chair.

Elizabeth was just about to say something to Lauren again when hotch walked over.

"No time for introductions we have a case"hotch slammed down a case file.

Elizabeth stood up walking over to Lauren who had opened the case file.

Lauren walked into a room where Elizabeth had led her.

She took in her surroundings, it was very similar to her old office conference room.

Glass walls, large table with many chairs surrounding it, a white board up the front.

It was nothing special but she guessed that she would be spending a lot of time in here from now on.

She took her seat next to Elizabeth as she was the only person who she really knew well there, and she was beckoning her over.

She sat down and waited for the person up front to begin talking when someone sat on the other side of her.

A man with a charming smile on his face, looked at Lauren and introduced himself as Derek Morgan.

He looked like he wanted to say something else to her before the person up the front began to talk about the case.

She looked over at Derek as he pushed his chair back with a scrape and walked closer to the front where he stood and listened.

"22-year old,heather woodland" Derek said as he made himself known to the team.

"Before she left for lunch,she downloaded an email with a time-delayed virus attached.the killers virus wiped her hard drive and left this on the screen " hotch handed something to Gideon

The agent that Lauren identified as Gideon walked over to one of the nearby walls after looking at what hotchner gave him.

"For heavens sake,catch me before I kill more.I cannot control myself." Gideon read aloud.

Elizabeth tapped the girl as they looked at the photo Gideon was standing next to.

A framed photo with the inscription on the bottom William heirens
The lipstick killer 1945

"It's the same message."Elizabeth states the obvious,Lauren just laughs

"I can see."Lauren smiled

"He never keeps them for more then 7 days which means we have fewer than 36 hours to find her" hotch explained,Elizabeth was getting a bit too exited.

Not because the girl was missing but because she and Lauren were back in the same unit which she loved.

"They want you back in the saddle. You ready?" Derek questions Gideon.

Lauren didn't know what happened to him but was interested in his answer, he seemed quite cool.

"Looks like medical leaves over, boss."
Someone who Lauren didn't know said, he had glasses and looked like a bit of a nerd, but a sweet nerd.

"That's Spencer Reid." Elizabeth whispered into Lauren's ear when she saw her staring at him for a while.

" They sure they want me?" Gideon said, unsure of himself.

Lauren didn't know why he sounded so unsure, she was pretty sure that he used to be an excellent detective.

Lauren sees Hotchner nod and reply to him that the order came from the director.

Gideon turns to look at the photo and says to the team " Well, we better get started."

All the detectives stepped onto the plane,Lauren stood motionless as hotchner walked up to her.

"Every this is special agent turner,she has been transferred here for a case"hotchner introduced.

Lauren sent a wave and sat back down next to Elizabeth.

Gideon walked up and joined the rest of the team and Reid read something from a file.
"His first victim was 26- year old Melissa Kirsh. Stab wounds, strangulation."

The Guy who sat next to Lauren before in the conference room spoke up
"Wait, wait. Back up, back up. He stabbed her... and then strangled her to finish her off?"

Gideon replied " Other way around. Why do you think he started using the belt with the second murder?"

Lauren grimaced slightly but continued to listen as Dr. Reid spoke.

"Strangulation with your bare hands is not as easy as one would believe. He tried, probably found that it took too long..."

"So he stabbed her instead." Derek retorts.

"And realised it would be hours cleaning the blood up." Aaron spoke trying to make sense of it.

"Next time our boys got a method"Derek paused for a second " the belt"

Gideon nods at the explanation and replies "He's learning, perfecting his scenario. Becoming a better killer."

Elizabeth scrunched her face looking at Lauren,who was massaging her head,trying to make sense of everything.

Everyone makes their way over to the conveyor belt and tries to find their bags.

Lauren and Elizabeth hang back a bit and chat around with eachother.

Elizabeth looked over at Lauren and saw her making quick glances towards Reid with curiousity.

"Reid huh?" She whispered to the girl who suddenly became all awkward and red.

"What? No, what are you talking about. I was just looking at his bag. It's- it's nice."

"Okayyy" Elizabeth chuckles under her breath and placed her arm around Lauren's shoulder as they continue walking to catch up with the others.

They had already gone through the metal detectors and were waiting on the two girls.

When they caught up to them, Derek nudged Reid and made the two girls look over to him as he told them " He never stands with his back to a window. When I was between him and a doorway,  he asked me to move." Derek said, talking about Gideon.

Hotchner came up behind them.

"That's hyper vigilance. It's not uncommon in post-traumatic stress disorder." Reid explains to the group why Gideon was acting so shifty.

"Just how much disorder are we talking about." Derek asks unsure.

"Morgan, it's been six months . Everything's okay." Hotchner reassured him.

Lauren just looked at them confused as she tried to work out what they were even talking about.

The two girls walked into the building behind Morgan and Reid.

Elizabeth was still teasing Lauren about Reid.silently pointing at Reid and her and making a love heart with her hand like a child.

"This is special agent Gideon,special agent Morgan,special agent Carter,special agent turner and our expert on obsessional crime,special agent Reid."hotchner introduced everyone.

"Doctor Reid."Gideon corrected

"Dr.Reid our expert on well"he paused "everything and after two years busting my butt in this office,I hope you remember me"hotch said.

After hearing the introductions and the way Reid was described Lauren glanced over at him just as he so happened to look in her direction.

When their  met eyes she quickly looked away and cursed herself as her cheeks held a slight blush.

Elizabeth after catching this interaction just smiled to herself and shook her head, knowing she was going to tease Lauren after the meeting.

The office chuckles after Hotch's joke, which causes Lauren to place her attention back to the room instead of the tense situation.

Gideon looks over at the board and begins explaining the situation.

"He's willing to travel with the body." He starts

"Then he drives a vehicle capable of concealing one." Hotch continues.

" One in 7.4 drivers in Seattle owns an SUV." Reid speaks up.

Lauren just nods along.

As everyone converses, Gideon looks back over at the victim boards. The first board has photos of the first victim, Melissa Kirsch.

"Explorer with tinted windows." Derek realises.

"Explorers rate higher with women." Reid speaks.

Elizabeth examined Lauren as she agreed with everything Spencer said.Spencer and Lauren sending glances to each-other from across the room.

"But how do we know that it's his car." Derek questions

There were various pictures on the board,Lauren examined them but her eyes fixed back on Derek.

"ted bundy drove a vw bug."Derek pointed out.

"What about a jeep Cherokee?"hotch asked

Reid glanced at lauren for a second before speaking "jeeps are more masculine."

Gideon glanced at the group " we all know how the unsub feels about asserting his masculinity"

"When did the Bureau become involved with the case." Hotch questions

A Seattle agent answered " After the fourth body. He dumped that one out of state."

After hearing this Hotch turns and looks to Gideon and says "on purpose."

Elizabeth gasped,the team stared at her,Gideon motioning her to shush "oh sorry was that out loud carry on."Elizabeth apologised.

"If so,the knowledge of law enforcement does suggest a criminal record"Reid explained,Lauren listened attentively as Reid spoke

Elizabeth teasing reid from across the room,mouthing stuff to him.

Derek interrupted the teasing by clearing his throat and saying "or that he watches television. May I?"

He gets handed a file and him and Hotchner look at it whilst Elizabeth peers over their shoulder to look aswell.

"So you wanna see our suspect list?"the agent asked.

Elizabeth nodded "no we won't look at a suspect list until after we come up with a profile.it keeps our perspective unbiased" hotch told the agent.

"Yeah I was gonna say that,we don't want the suspect list."Elizabeth agreed with hotch.

"Oh yeah sure."Derek Nudge the girls arm.

"When do we sit down with your task force?"gideon asked.

"Four o'clock"the agent said.

Morgan looked up from the file that him and Elizabeth were looking at.

"An accurate profile by four o'clock today?"derek asked

"Yes Derek."Elizabeth answered "oh that was rhetorical."

Gideon answers that it's no problem whilst not really paying attention to what was being said.

He slowly walks to the victim boards which made everyone look at him including Lauren and Elizabeth who shared a glance before doing so, with a look of 'what's he up to?'

Hotchner clears his throat and throws a pointed look towards Gideon, curious to his behaviour.

"Agent Gideon, where would you like to start?"

With a determined look on his face Gideon walked up to one of the photos, it was the second victim Anne Cushing.

Lauren squinted her eyes to try and make out the photo as it was very blurry.

He pointed at it and then turned around to face his team and said " let's start at the site of the last murder."

Lauren nodded and followed everyone else out of the room.

It was never like this in her old unit, she was never as involved as she is now so she found it exhilarating yet overwhelming at the same time.

Elizabeth, Gideon and Morgan were grouped together and were currently visiting the site of the last murder in hope for some kind of clue.

Gideon walked further up ahead at where the body was found and Morgan followed behind with Elizabeth in tow.

"Creepy isn't it?" She asked out of nowhere.

"What?" Morgan turned around and looked at her with a smile on his face.

"The sight, it's really creepy, it's given me goosebumps."

"Yeah, it is, I don't know how Gideon's so chill about it all." He answered her whilst chuckling slightly at her random antics.

An officer suddenly appeared by Elizabeth's side and started talking to the two whilst gesturing to Gideon

"So that's gideon?the gideon.the one that caught that guy Adrian Baal,in Boston"

Derek answered for Elizabeth, not knowing how she would respond,  it could be something mature but it could also be something extremely sarcastic, for example " no it's Elton John." So was probably better not to chance it.

"Yep. That's him. But catching him cost us six agents."

Gideon was still in his own little world when Morgan and Elizabeth walked up to him.

" 22 year old Anne Cushing was found right here. Nails clipped just like the others. He wants them to fight back."
Derek explained as he looked around the area.

This made Elizabeth look down at her nails and realise that she should really fix them, a few were broken and the week old nail polish was chipping on the edges.

"My nails really need to be done look at the polish it's chipping"Elizabeth said,showing Derek her chipped nails

"Not the time."Derek laughed looking at gideons disapproving gaze.

Elizabeth just ignored his stare and went back to looking at her nails and wondering when she should try and find time to get them done cause she was a busy girl.

She decided that she was gonna take Lauren with her to get them done together at the salon later.

"But not enough to hurt him. And he left the belt around her neck." Gideon decided to continue the conversation about the murder.

Gideon passes the photo back to Morgan knowing that Elizabeth most likely shouldn't be trusted with it.

"He's probably in his early twenties"Gideon explained.

Derek shook his head and Elizabeth nodded "what's your reasoning." Derek questioned

"Youthful arrogance."

"Oh I thought you just guessed."Elizabeth said with a slight smile whilst Derek just laughed.

"He probably did." He whispered in Elizabeth's ear.

Gideon turned away and looked around. Derek sighed.

"He clothed the body before dumping it." Derek stated to the two.

"That's a sign of remorse." Gideon added on.

"Really?" Elizabeth questioned, she was unsure, because  if they were really that remorseful then why did they do all of that in the first place.

"It's not consistent. Look where we are. His opinion of women is pretty clear don't you think?" Derek said as he ignored Elizabeth's last statement.

Elizabeth scratched her head,deep In thought while Gideon spoke.

"They're disposable."

"Why show remorse by taking the time to dress her but then drop her here?" Derek asked, a bit confused.

"I agree,it doesn't make sense."Elizabeth nodded.

Gideon stopped to think about what he said, while Elizabeth nodded because she agreed with Derek, it was strange behaviour.

A fluffy ball of sand and sunshine came bundling along barking excitedly towards Lauren, Hotchner and Reid. The three had been placed together and when they were leaving the conference room earlier, Elizabeth made sure to make little love hearts with her fingers towards a very awkward Lauren who was attempting to ignore her and Reid who wasn't sure what she was even doing.

Reid looks a bit startled and steps back, which happens to be right next to where Lauren is standing.

The dog stood there wagging her tail and panting with a sort of lopsided grin as the owner grabbed their collar to stop the dog from getting any closer to the group.

"Sandy, no, no, no. I'm so sorry."
The man who introduced himself as David Woodland just a minute ago apologised.

" No it's okay. It's what we call the Reid effect." Hotchner says to the man.

"Happens with children, too. I'm Agent Hotchner, This is Special Agent dr.Reid and Turner." Hotchner finished.

After introductions Lauren couldn't help herself and slowly bent to the ground until she was eye level with the Golden Doggy.

She scratched her around her ears and stroked the top of her head. Lauren had always adored dogs, she used to have a similar dog like this when she was younger.

"You look to young to have gone to medical school." David remarked in response to Reid's introduction.

Lauren was sitting on the floor now as the dog was lying on it's belly next to her with its tongue sticking out.

"They're ph.D.s three of them."Reid explained which made Lauren lift her head up to Reid who smiled down at her.

Lauren thought that was quite hot and was secretly proud of him for being such a genius.

"Are you a Genius or something."David asked.

She nodded but then stopped, thats what Elizabeth wanted. Elizabeth wasn't even here and she could feel her teasing her.

Hotch started petting the dog too, along with Lauren as he grew increasingly bored of the conversation.

" I don't believe that intelligence can be accurately quantified- but I do have an IQ of 187 and an eidetic memory and can read 20,000 words per minute.    Yes I'm a genius." Reid spoke to the man, confident in his mental abilities.

Laurens cheeks flushed red, she didn't know why, he was just saying how  he was a genius. Hotch turned to look at her.

Her rosy cheeks stood out and he smiled as she realised, Hotch saw her cheeks causing him to slightly smile at her. He then turned his attention back to the conversation

Lauren, who didn't know all of this extra information was actually very impressed.

All of a sudden , a bark from the dog disturbed them.

"Sandy, you get a lot of attention, don't you?" Aaron asked the dog a rhetorical question whilst continuing to stroke their fur.

" yeah, Heather loves this dog. I feed her when Heathers away. Usually she's fine, but .... lately she won't eat. It's almost like she can sense something's wrong."
David explained to the detectives.

Reid turned back around to look at the room and Lauren copied his Actions.

" Not Sense. Smell. Our apocrine sweat gland releases secret ions in response to emotional stress." Spencer told the man

Lauren looked up at him again when he said this, you learn something new every day...

Hotchner nodded his head towards David and told him " Sandy's worried because she knows you are."

David nods in understanding whilst glancing over his shoulder to look at Reid who was browsing through the magazines on the dresser.

All of a sudden Reid asked a question
"David, does your sister drive a Datsun z?"

"No but she's in the market for one."David explained "how'd you know?"he asked curiously.

Reid picked up a magazine from the dresser,showing it to them while sandy barked at him.

"Come on sandy."David called after his dog.

Lauren finally getting up off the floor while sandy ran after her owner.

"There's an immediate relationship established between a buyer and a seller,a level of trust." Spencer said " if I want to coax a young women into my car."

"I offer her a test drive."hotch said nodding his head.

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