Meet the father-in-law [Comprehensive]

-Virginia Quantico bau office-

"Hey guys, did you see the news, 'Gotham Giants to buy Daily Planet, rumored to be looking for a new love'—"

Penelope Garcia sprinted to Red's desk with her cell phone in hand, reading the news aloud.

As always, bau's "message queen" is outrageously dressed, and this week she dyed her hair pink with blue highlights, sporting exaggerated fruit-shaped jewelry and Japanese Harajuku-inspired clothes .After arriving at Rhett's desk, she knocked the coffee cup on the table, took a deep breath, and continued to complain:

"My God! The world of rich people is really incomprehensible. I also want to have a suitor who is willing to buy the whole company for me-what are you looking at?"

Before the official start of work, Garcia would always come to the desks of the team members to chat with everyone and gossip. After all, she has to face the computer alone every day, and needs a little life adjustment more than others.For the most part, the event has been well-received, but today seems to have been a bit of a surprise.

Morgan, Emily, and Rhett, all three of them gathered at Rhett's desk, staring straight at Hodge's office.Garcia followed their gaze, then looked back a second later, and punched Morgan in the shoulder.

"Hey Chocolate Boy, don't tell me there's another big case?"

"No, it's not a big case, baby," Morgan expertly switched to "* mode," "it's a big deal."

"A big event that helps us reduce the pressure of work, but also potentially leads to lower productivity-in other words, we have another intern, and Hodge just brought her into the office."

"Interns?" Garcia couldn't help raising her voice when she heard this, "Are we going to recruit interns recently?"

"In fact, bau has long provided intern positions, but our department is not very popular with interns," Emily Pantis curled her lips mockingly, "Welcome to the real world, Penelope .”

"So is Hodge interviewing her now?" Garcia glanced at Hodge's office again, the door was not closed, and she could only vaguely see a vague shadow through the shutters that were not fully closed.

"It is said that David has already interviewed once, and we don't know the details. We have not been notified about this before. But, do you know what is the most interesting thing about this, baby? This girl is the one I mentioned earlier Man, the female sniper we met in Bludhaven, she even told us 'look forward to seeing you next time', tsk, it seems that she has a plan for this internship!"

"Don't speak in such a sour tone, Derek, she just ignored you at the time," Emily immediately snarled Morgan mercilessly, "Did you notice her dress? God, that's Genuine Italian handmade customization, I must know her tailor!"

"Not just clothes, but also shoes, purses and watches." As elite members of the bau, everyone has top-notch observation and discernment, and has a certain understanding of luxury brands and advanced customization, even if Rhett sees it this way The same is true for the genius who seems to be "out of the world". "The salary in our department cannot afford her living standard. She must have other purposes in applying for Bau."

"Maybe she has a hero complex?" Morgan laughed loudly, "Or she is a die-hard fan of David? Oh no, maybe she is a die-hard fan of Hodge!"

A group of people were chatting and laughing when Garcia's cell phone rang suddenly. The woman in charge of the case took out her cell phone, and after seeing the calling number, she couldn't help but groaned helplessly.

"...Happy time is always short, friends, we have another case."

>>>>>

"Sit down, Ms. Pennyworth."

After bringing Elide into the office, Hodge pointed to the chair in front of the desk and signaled her to sit down.

"You can call me Elied, Agent Hotchner."

Elide sat down after replying, her back was straightened, her hands were naturally placed on her lap, and the appearance of sitting upright was full of aura.She doesn't look the same as she did back in Bludhaven, though, and now she looks more natural, peaceful and, of course, more ordinary.

If you see such a person, you will feel that she is confident, even arrogant, and able to act, but you will not feel that she is a soldier full of stories, and she has become less prominent and eye-catching.For their bau jobs, this is certainly a good thing, but for Hodge, it is not so pleasant.

Elide Pennyworth seems to have the ability to change the way she presents herself with ease... a profiler wouldn't like that.

"As we informed in the email, we are very satisfied with your performance and are willing to provide you with this internship opportunity. From today, you will become a member of our bau, and the internship period will be six months. Regarding the remuneration, Including salary, taxes, insurance, benefits, etc., I will explain it further to you later."

"...so you won't interview me?"

After about a second or two of silence, Elide asked suddenly. Her voice and expression were very clear and peaceful. She looked very relaxed, as if she was asking the most common and harmless question, and she didn't feel "questioned" at all. "There's something wrong with my boss.

"I trust Agent Rossi's decision, and I also trust his vision, not to mention that we have met in Bludhaven before... We have a certain understanding of you, Ellie."

"However," Hodge said as he leaned forward slightly, put his hands on the table, his brown eyes stared at Elied for a moment, and his eyes were full of exploration and examination, "You will be our team member, It will also become our family... You can pretend you haven't heard the following, but I hope you can answer me as honestly as possible."

"There is something wrong with your file. Any profiler who is competent in his job can find this out. Such a file can pass the review and be handed over to me. I believe you have some very powerful connections. "

"I think there must be some special reason and reason for you to appear in bau. I can not pursue this part of the situation for the time being. My only request to you is that during the internship, you can guarantee that you will not do anything harmful to our group or It's about any case. I don't need your guarantee, but I hope you will remember my words, because I will always pay attention to you."

When Hodge said this, he deliberately slowed down and lowered his voice. He declared his attitude in such a clear way: he is very serious.After saying these words, the man pursed his lips even more, looked at Elide sharply, and ordered the other party to give a reply in a silent gesture.

"If I want, I can work in most departments of this country. I choose bau just because I like it here," Elide maintained her meticulous sitting posture. Hodge's words didn't seem to have any influence on her, she There is still a sincere smile on his face, "I always think this is a department that belongs to heroes. You assist the police in arresting the most heinous criminals, and you are guardian angels in another sense."

"Believe it or not, joining bau has been my childhood dream."

Elide's expression was determined, her tone was sincere, and her eyes were even more radiant—she wasn't lying.Hodge only felt a strange feeling in his heart. He instinctively felt that the secrets hidden in Elide's file might not be limited to those two years of military service.

The man frowned slightly and was about to speak when there was a knock at the door.

It's Garcia.

"Hi, hello, I'm Penelope Garcia, a technician in the team, and I'm also in charge of case trials and briefings," the exaggeratedly dressed woman with a plump figure seemed a little uneasy, but she still rushed Come over and shake Elide's hand, "Nice to meet you."

"I am Elied, Elied Pennyworth."

"Sorry to bother you at this time, but—Hodge, we've just had a case..."

Seeing Garcia's expression of reluctance and reluctance, Hodge understood what she meant.

"How bad is it?" The man looked serious.

"It's very, very bad, I mean, I thought I'd seen enough perverts, but this..." Garcia said as she held up the file in her hand, her face turned slightly pale, "This is the one that makes me feel A particularly disgusting massacre, Hodge."

first pervert

"Hi everyone, my name is Elied Pennyworth, BAU's new intern," Elide, who was dressed in expensive clothes and did not look like an intern at all, looked around the entire round table with a standard smile , "Please give me your advice."

Except for Garcia, everyone in bau had met Elied before. After everyone briefly greeted each other, Hodge knocked on the round table.

"Very well, everyone is getting to know each other, hopefully the next six months will be a good one for us - Garcia, you can start."

"The Hartley family in Ross City, Michigan, was found murdered in their residence this morning. Except for the seven-year-old second son, the Hartley couple, the 12-year-old eldest son and the five-year-old youngest daughter all suffered varying degrees of abuse."

Garcia summed up the crime scene as concisely as possible. Her complexion was not good. In fact, after one crime scene after another photo appeared on the screen, everyone's complexion was not very good. Even Same goes for Rosie and Hodge.

"The police found the bodies of four people in the basement. The mother Lisa had eight fingernails pulled out on both hands. The direct cause of death was a heart attack; the father Lucas had part of his teeth pulled out. The five fingers on the left foot and the soles of the right foot Comminuted fracture, multiple fatal crossings on the body, died of massive blood loss; elder son Ronnie suffered comminuted fracture of his right little finger and ring finger, cut throat to death; younger daughter Lily had multiple strangulation marks on her neck, the cause of death was suffocation..."

"The only one who was not abused was the second son Max. His body was buried in a different place from the others. It was on the bed in his bedroom. The cause of death was an overdose of sedatives, preliminarily speculated to be barbiturates." Garcia switched pictures while talking, and what appeared on the big screen was a blood-stained tool hammer. "In addition, both Lucas and Ronnie's injuries were caused by blunt force blows, and this should be the murder weapon."

"Damn hell..." Emily stared at the picture dumbfounded, and murmured, "This is just..."

"Finally," Garcia pressed the controller viciously, as if all the horrible crimes and disgusting pictures would disappear like this, "As you saw before, Max was placed in a pose by unknown suspects. A pose with hands crossed in front of the chest, and a white feather resting on the chest."

"The unknown suspect's attitude towards Marx is completely different from that of other people, and all his actions show his remorse," Reid pointed at the screen with the ballpoint pen in his hand, "...but I don't think he has done anything after doing these things. would want to repent."

"We will discuss the specific situation on the plane. Garcia, I hope you will start investigating the Hartley family now, their respective jobs, schools, financial status, human relations, recent arrangements... everything." Hodge suddenly Closing the thin case information in his hand, starting with Garcia, assign tasks to everyone in turn.

After his gaze bypassed everyone, he finally stopped on Elide.Her eyes were calm, she looked silent but full of momentum, she was not affected by the bloody pictures just now - maybe she had already talked about the more disgusting pictures - and she was not affected by Hodge's behavior of hanging her to the end Any dissatisfaction.

When meeting Hodge's eyes, she seemed to have a little more... Expectation?

"Irid, you have half an hour to prepare—"

"I brought a field bag, and I will store it in the front desk secretariat. I can leave at any time, sir."

Except for Hodge, the faces of the remaining people immediately became colorful, and the way they looked at Elide changed. Morgan even sighed, "Our interns are really knowledgeable" half in joke and half in complaint.

Hodge also stared at Elide, or rather, he never took his eyes off the woman during the previous conversation.After hearing Elide's words, he chuckled lightly, and the corners of his mouth curled into a shallow arc.

"The bau is not the army, Elide, just call me Hodge."

>>>>>

Morgan came out of the kitchen with a cup of coffee, sat down on the separate seat next to Rossi, took a big gulp of coffee, and let out a long sigh of satisfaction.

"On such a morning, I need such a cup of black coffee without sugar!"

As usual, on the flight out, everyone sat together as much as possible, brainstorming with each other and discussing the case.Rosie reclined to the side, Emily and Hodge sat on one side of the four-seater, and opposite Rhett and Elied.There were computers on the four-seater table, and Morgan had just finished speaking when the fbi logo on the screen switched and Garcia was online.

"Oh baby, you are more refreshing to me than caffeine," Morgan immediately smiled and blinked at Garcia, "Any good news?"

"No." Garcia on the other side of the screen looked terribly serious. She pressed her lips tightly when she was not speaking, and two deep wrinkles were drawn at the corners of her mouth. "There is only bad news."

"I've got the first investigation report, and there are no unidentified fingerprints or fibers found at the scene, nor on the tool hammer... But they found a vise and a tooth extraction forceps at the scene, which- "Garcia said, taking a deep breath here, her voice sounded a bit vague, "There are only the fingerprints of the Hartleys on it."

"Wait, what do you mean—the two of them pulled out their nails and teeth by themselves?!" Rhett gasped, "Oh, this sounds painful!"

Emily, who was sitting next to Hodge, folded her arms and muttered in disgust, "It's so disgusting!"

"And I didn't take anesthesia, friends, considering my experience at the dentist last time, I feel more sympathetic to Mr. Hartley," Garcia spoke quickly, typing on the keyboard "crackling" with her hands, "I A preliminary investigation has been conducted with the Hartleys, who live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and have a property in Ross City, where they are on vacation."

"Middle class, both husband and wife have stable jobs, two sons are studying in a private school in Ann Arbor with good grades, daughter is still in kindergarten... a normal small amount of loans, no criminal record, can be paid on time every month Bills cleared... haven't taken care of a psychiatrist, divorce lawyer, etc. business in the last two years - very normal happy family."

"The unknown suspect forced the couple to self-mutilate in extremely painful ways. Considering the injuries on the two children, I think he used the child as a threat." Rossi immediately pointed out this point.

"Looking at these pictures of the scene, the unknown suspect tied the victim with rope and tape, and there are traces here, I guess he used special props to block the victim's mouth, maybe a gag, to prevent them from screaming, typical sex Abuse, abuse," Hodge said, pointing to the pictures of the scene on the table, then he looked up and looked at Elide who was sitting opposite him, with a look of comfort and encouragement on his face. With a gentle look, "What do you think? - Any idea is fine, Elied, don't be nervous."

Elide nodded slightly, and after staring at the picture on the table for a second or two, she reached out and pulled out Max's picture.

"As I said in the office before, the murderer's attitude towards Marx is completely different from other people. We should separate Marx from the whole case. He was not abused and died relatively mildly. He is more like the key to the whole incident. 'Bystander', the unknown suspect deliberately singled him out, perhaps because...Marx's role in this family is similar to the unknown suspect himself?"

"In addition, the dead and the feathers, I think of Anubis and Mayat in Egyptian mythology. Maybe in the delusion of the unknown suspect, he is playing the role of judge."

Elide looked at Hodge cautiously after saying this, and then looked at everyone around her.The conclusion she just said is not difficult to infer, but in the previous discussion, everyone in bau avoided this point, and even Hodge specifically asked her to participate in the discussion—everyone in bau was giving her Open the back door, Elide knew it well.

As Hodge said, the bau is one big family and as soon as she joins them, they treat her like one of them.

"Of course... I think you all know these things, I hope I'm not wrong."

"No, little girl, don't underestimate yourself." After Elide stopped, Rosie was the first to laugh, with a hearty voice, "I like your comment about feathers."

"The analysis is good, Elied," Hodge also gave a positive judgment. "There is not enough data now, and we can't draw more detailed conclusions. After the meeting arrives, Rosie, Rhett and Emily, you Go to the local police station, I'll take Morgan and Elide to the scene, hope we can find something new."