It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. William Shakespeare
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It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. William Shakespeare
Read more at: quotes/william_shakespeare_101458?src=t_stars

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves

- William Shakespeare

Chapter 01

BAU Headquarters
Quantico, VA

A whimpering groan echoed across the BAU bullpen.

"That does not sound good." Luke said.

"What is it?" JJ asked

"CODIS audit." Spencer replied. Not again. Why him?

"Again?"

"Emily." Spencer whimpered to the woman walking by. "I need help."

"I know the perfect girl and exactly where to take her to dinner." Emily replied, to the amusement of the rest of the team. "What's going on?" She asked as she continued to head to the coffee pot.

"CODIS audit."

"What?"

Spencer signed and followed her, because coffee. JJ followed because coffee. Luke followed because curiosity. "Every time someone new comes in to take over the CODIS program they audit all the exemplars to make sure they're accurate. And every single time mine comes back as improperly collected. Every. Single. Time." And they always acted like it was his fault somehow.

"Well, we have wondered about your DNA there Reid." Emily said. "So what did Hotch do?"

"Let them re-take it twice then on the third time insist on having a supervisor there to make certain it was done accurately. When it still came back improper he made them do an override."

"Well, go start the process. When the time comes I'll be all boss lady at them."

"Thank you." For all the joking there was something comforting about having her there.

"Wait." Luke said. "They re-do it and it still comes back wrong?"

Spencer sighed. "Their computer hates me."

"That's weird though."

"It's been like that since he joined the Bureau." JJ said.

"Maybe it was a glitch that day."

"No, they did us at the same time. Mine's always been fine."

"Weird."

"If anyone asks I'm down in the lab." Spencer said once his mug was refilled. Might as well get it over with.

Elevator then, and downstairs. But a couple of floors down a familiar face got on the elevator. "Hey Dorian."

Dorian Loker smiled when she saw him, a smile that did not reach her eyes. She stepped in to join him as the other agent in the car got off. "I was just coming to find you."

"Oh?" That was interesting. They'd gone out a couple of times after that Russian Mob case, but they never really hit it off that well and decided to just be friends. "What's up?"

"So things have been really weird in my department lately as I'm sure you can guess."

"Really?"

"Yeah, everything that's been on the news…"

"I don't follow the news. Or the office gossip."

"Really?" Dorian asked. Spencer nodded. "Oh. Well, um, anyway, I have some recordings and I need someone else to check the translation. Someone I can trust."

"And you can't trust anyone on your team?"

"I don't know." Her gentle smile shifted, revealing concern and perhaps even fear underneath. "I don't think so."

Okay, maybe they hadn't hit it off for a relationship. But Dorian was a fellow Agent and a friend. "Of course I'll help."

Her relief was palpable. "Thank you."

"No problem."

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Notes: Yes, I'm starting a new one. I'll explain why in the notes for the next chapter.

Set for CM between s12e12 and s12e13, roughly. Before s12e13 anyway and cannon to that point, more or less. I added Matt Simmons to the team because I wanted someone else around to make wise cracks.

No actual cannon notes for The Powers of Matthew Star, and no cannon characters but loosely set in that universe.

In no way connected to the last stories I wrote set in that universe.

This will be rated teen/mature, nothing too graphic in the way of violence of sexuality. Both will be mentioned but neither will be outright shown.