I'll Wait (CM fanfic)

“Hotch” Morgan whispered down his communications device “We’re just about to go in” he informed before nodding at the S.W.A.T team and kicking the door down unnecessarily. They all ran into the apartment and did a quick sweep “What the...?” Morgan began as he looked around the basically empty apartment. He quickly checked the bedroom that contained nothing but an empty double bed, the bathroom that only had the basic appliances and the lounge that was just an empty room.

“Hello?” Hotch called through the communicator “What’s going on?”

“This place is empty” Morgan said “Looks someone hasn’t been here for weeks” he began to walk round again but there wasn’t really much to look at. It wasn’t until he turned back around to face the door did Morgan realise there was a table. He swiftly walked over to it and picked up the book that was laying open. On the page read an address that was circled with a thick red pen “Hotch, i think we’ve got something”

“C’mon Garcia, give us some good news” Prentiss begged down the phone after they had all re-grouped. Reid was acting a little nervous as he paced the room.

“Why wasn’t she in her apartment?” he questioned.

“Calm down wonder boy” you could hear Garcia smile through the phone that was on loud speaker “The address that Morgan found is right around corner from Hanna’s apartment. Turns out it’s just an average sandwich deli run by a man called Benny Jones”

“If it’s just average then why did Hanna circle it?” Hotch asked.

“Well, i did some background research and it turns out that six years ago the deli nearly went bust. The only thing that saved it was an outside investor. And you want to know who that investor was?”

“Who?”

“A Miss Alex Rose Black”

“Right, Morgan you and i will go to the deli” Hotch began “Reid you stay here and wait for Gideon. He just called and said he’s on his way back now. Prentiss, you go back to Hanna’s apartment and see if we missed everything”. After a brief nod, everyone set on their assigned tasks.

Benny sighed as he came back from his coffee break and began serving the new line of customers. He was unusually busy so he didn’t notice when two men, one African American and one middle aged, walked straight up to the counter and by-passed the rest of the cue.

“Excuse me, can we talk to Benny Jones?” the middle aged man asked.

“That’s me” Benny clarified as he finished serving a young couple.

“Do you mind if we ask you a few questions?” the African American asked.

“I’m a little busy, do you mind coming back once i’ve closed?”. The two men looked at each other before pulling put their ID badges.

“We’re Agents Hotchner and Morgan from the Behavioural Analysis Unit at the FBI. I’m sorry but we can’t wait”

Benny glanced at the ID badges. These were the people Hanna had warned him about.

“Give me a sec” he told them before walking around the counter and grabbing a sign that read ‘Be back soon’ and placing it on the cash register.

“This might take a while” Agent Morgan stated but Benny just shook his head.

“We can talk in the back” he led them through the door and into the stock room. Agent Hotchner looked a little surprised that this is where they would be talking but he brushed it off.

“We’d like to start by...”

“Let me” Benny interrupted “You’re looking for Hanna right?”. Both agents glanced at each other before nodding slowly. “Look, she’s had a really tough life. And i mean tough. We’re fairly convinced that God has a personal vendetta against her” there was a short pause “Hanna has a way of knowing absolutely everything but she never uses it to her advantage unless she’s in a life or death situation. But there’s something she doesn’t know. And that’s why they want to kill her. So i’m not asking you, i’m telling you. Give her a break and don’t push her buttons”

“Ok” Agent Morgan said after an awkward silence.

“You’ll find her outside the park gates, eating her lunch”