I've had this story on my computer for a really long time now, like before the Season 7 finale but my muse left me and I haven't had the interest to continue this story. But recently my muse and writing bug have returned. So here we go…..

The rating is starting out as "T" but it could change to "M" later.

Disclaimer….I don't own them. I really really wish I did but unfortunately I don't.

Chapter 1

JJ rubbed her eyes as she attempted to read the file in front of her. To say she tired was an understatement. After the long night she had, she was downright exhausted. Henry had come home from day care with a cough and fever, JJ had spent the majority of the night in her son's bed comforting him and keeping an eye the fever. The fever broke around 4am which allowed JJ a few hours of sleep before she had to get up and get herself and Henry ready for their respective days. Unfortunately, 4 hours wasn't enough sleep for her these days.

Since she and Will had split taking care of Henry fell solely on her. Not that she would ever complain, she loved her son more than life itself but it was beginning to take its toll on her. She would've broken sooner if it weren't for friends, her family. They had all stepped up to help her as much as they could and as often as they could. One teammate in particular had gone above and beyond to help her.

When Morgan had learned of Will's leaving, he threatened to beat the crap out of him for what Morgan deemed "being the stupidest man alive for walking out on a great son and even greater woman." JJ hadn't been able to hide the blush which crept onto her cheeks when she heard him say it. She was truly touched by his words and even more so by his actions that followed. When he could, Morgan would come by after work to play with Henry to give JJ time to unwind and get things done around the house. He even cooked them dinner on more than one occasion, surprising JJ with his level of culinary skills.

The more time they spent together the closer she and Morgan became. They'd known each other for years as both friends and teammates but after Will's departure they'd learned more about the other in those few months than they had in the 7 plus years of knowing each other.

"Tired?" the voice next to her asked, rousing her from inner monologue. JJ nodded. "Henry's feeling better?"

JJ smiled at Morgan's genuine concern for her son, "Yeah. Thankfully his fever broke early this morning so he was able to go to day care."

"Good." Morgan replied before returning his attention back to the file in front of him. "If you guys need anything, just let me know ok?" He said nudging her with his elbow before flashing her one his mega- watt smiles.

Nodding and smirking JJ couldn't help but think how lucky she was to have a friend like Derek Morgan in her life during this time. Hearing Garcia start the briefing, JJ turned her attention to her friend.

"Ok kiddies, today you will be jet setting to hills of Pasadena, California where the local police are dealing with, well they aren't sure what they're dealing with" Garcia started before pressing a button her remote bringing up pictures of a white male and female in their early to mid-thirties. "Meet Mr. and Mrs. Sean Higgins. He's a commercial real estate broker and his wife, Katherine is a stock analyst. Very wealthy and successful couple, they've been married for 3 years, no children." Clicking the remote again, she brought up two new pictures of the same couple, this time they were very bloody and very much dead. "They were found two days ago by Katherine's older brother James who, when he didn't hear from his sister, went over to their home and found them like this. Police have ruled it a murder-suicide but her brother James insists his sister would never do anything like this"

"If it's a murder-suicide why are we being called in?" Prentiss asked as she twirled her pen in her hand and looked around the table at her teammates who wore the same confused expression as her.

"Oh well, that's a good question and I am getting there but first let me introduce you to couple number 2" Garcia replied bringing up photos of another young couple "Meet the Silver's, David and Stacy. They own a successful marketing firm in Downtown Las Angeles. Yesterday morning Stacy died in a car accident and at first glance it looked like just an accident. That is until the police inspected her and found that her break line had been cut. They've ruled her death a homicide and the number one suspect, " Garcia paused waving the remote towards the screen behind her causing one of the photos to move front and center. "Husband David. According to friends and family the young couple had been having marital trouble and just three weeks prior to her death had returned from a couples retreat."

The team sat silently, all still very much at a loss as to why the deaths of the three people on the screen warranted them being called in.

"Baby girl, I still don't see why we're being called in" Morgan asked as he turned his attention from the video screen to his tablet, skimming ahead to see if the big 'reveal' was upcoming.

Garcia started to reply when she was beat to it by Hotch "Both couples recently attended and returned from a couples retreat which many believe to be nothing more than a scam and in fact our first victim, Sean Higgins contacted the police to say as much. And according to Katherine's brother both she and Sean were telling family and friends the same thing and that they intended to go to the authorities to expose the retreat for being nothing more than a glorified spa aimed at draining money from couples who were not only having marital troubles but were also very wealthy."

Garcia nodded in agreement before finishing where Hotch had started, "Right and after their deaths were ruled a murder-suicide the issue was sort of dropped except for big brother James who told police his sister told him they were being threatened by someone from the retreat's staff. Now she never told him who but he did say both his sister and brother-in-law were afraid yet still determined to come forward"

"And not long after they both end up dead" added JJ as she scanned through the information on Sean and Katherine Higgins.

"Right and the big whammy you are probably wondering what that is?" Looking around the table Garcia paused to see if any of her crime fighters had figured out what she was going to reveal next. When none of them spoke up she gave them the answer. "Both couples attended the same retreat at the same time."

"And let me guess" started Rossi "both couples were going to blow the whistle on this so-called retreat?"

"Bingo. Give Mr. David Rossi a dollar" Garcia replied before picking up her own tablet and continuing. "Now David Silver is the obvious suspect in his wife's death but he, like the Higgins has said the whole couple retreat thing is a total scam and when the lead detective on the case heard both his and James Scotts stories he began to wonder what if it's true? So he decided to do a little snooping on this couples retreat which by the way is called 'Love's Haven' lame I know, but anyway when he started looking it he noticed that while there were many and there were many satisfied customers there were quite a few not so satisfied customers. He tried contacting some of them who refused to talk to him except to say the place was a rip off but it was who he didn't speak to that peaked his interest. Four years ago, Steven and Mary Clark, a litigation team from Dallas Texas were murdered during a home invasion. Now to any outsider their deaths looked and sounded just what they claimed to be, but to those closest to them they always thought it had something to do with 'Love's Haven' because not long after they returned from their time there the couple filed suit against owners Mark and Allison Shaw for fraud. Friends who the detective spoke with said the couple, while determined to see the suit through were afraid Shaw was capable of some nasty things and according said friends even threatened the couple not long before their deaths"

To say the team's interest was piqued would be an understatement. They were now all listening very clearly and Garcia was sure she could see their profiler wheels turning in their heads.

Reid was the first break the silence "what do we know about Mark and Allison Shaw?"

"They opened 'Love's Haven' about 7 years ago after what they claim was a rough patch in their own marriage and when they discovered how communication, openness and bonding had saved them they decided to share their vision with others. Now when they say others they really mean only those who meet their standards. Entry into their week long retreats is very exclusive with a screening process and list of criteria the couples have to meet not to mention there is a waiting list about 3 months long."

JJ scoffed "wow they charge $10,000 a couple for 7 days of communication and bonding? No wonder they didn't want anyone accusing them of fraud, they're making a fortune."

"Not to mention the criteria to get in" added Prentiss "Did you see what the couple has to earn in order to even be considered?" she asked looking around the table before continuing "Jointly, a couple has to earn no less than $300,000 a year and that's the lowest they will go for acceptance. Their ideal candidate it looks like must earn twice that."

"What I find more interesting" started Reid "are the physical requirements"

"What do you mean?" asked Garcia who was extremely confused. She was too busy being shocked at how much it costs for a couple to get help they could probably get almost for free if they had the right insurance. It never ceased to amaze her, the lengths at which some rich people will go to be happy.

"I see where he's going with this" answered Rossi "The couples can't be married for less than 3 years and no more than 10. The age requirement is 25 to 35 and they can't have been married more than twice. They want rich young married couples who at theses ages don't really know the values of marriage"

"They want impressionable people" finished Hotch

"Exactly, those other couples were right. This is a scam"

"Not to mention good looking ones" Prentiss mumbled as she looked the brochure Garcia had downloaded to their tablets. It earned her a few odd looks from many of the team but she quickly defended her opinion "have you looked at their brochure?" she asked looking from person to person "they might as well be advertising Barbie and Ken apply only. All their guests have the same look, young, beautiful, most are blonde and some of the couples literally look like Barbie and Ken"

"To go with what Rossi and Hotch just said about them wanting impressionable newly married couples, the fact that they all have to be somewhat rich shows the unsub is playing to their sense of vanity and to a certain extent their sense of acceptance" Reid became as he skimmed through the brochure on is tablet "married couples often looked to their elder counterparts for advice on what to do and what not to do in a marriage and the Shaw's are playing on that. When young couples get married they want to prove to those around them that they were right in their decision to take such a big step. Having money and getting married at a young age means there is a level of society that is watching and scrutinizing their every move. They need validation and that's exactly what this couples retreat gives them or at least it's what they think it's giving them."

"Well the screening process obviously is meant to weed out those they feel they can't manipulate or win over" added JJ who while listening to the whole notion of couples counseling wondered for a moment that if she and Will had sought counseling if they would still be together.

"How exactly are we going to investigate them?" asked Morgan who was directing his question solely at Hotch "I mean we can't just walk in and start questioning them or their guests. Other than the words of an accused murderer, four dead former guests and a grieving and obviously upset brother we don't have any proof."

Hotch nodded in agreement. He had actually thought of this when Garcia first brought this unusual case to his attention. Given the exclusiveness and private nature of not only the retreat but its owners and guests there was only one way they were going to be able to get any information. Nodding to Garcia to put the plan they had formulated into action he turned to Morgan "I thought of that and it's why we are going to take a different approach and send two people in undercover" Just as Hotch said the word "undercover" Garcia dropped two rather thick packets on the table, one in front of JJ and the other in front of Morgan

Morgan immediately picked up the packet, opened it and began going through the paperwork inside. JJ on the other hand, hesitated and to mask her uneasiness she simply looked over Morgan's shoulder at his paperwork.

Even though she tried to hide it Hotch noticed JJ's uneasiness immediately. He couldn't tell if it was the thought of going undercover or if it was going undercover with Morgan that caused her to be unsettled. "You names are Derek and Jennifer Steele from D.C. Morgan, you're a financial advisor and JJ you're a media consultant for a P.R. Firm. You've been married for 2 years, no children and your net worth is nearly $10 million. Garcia has created all necessary paperwork, ID's, resumes, business cards, bank statements, everything to convince the Shaw's are you who and what you say you are"

"Wow baby girl you out did yourself this time" Morgan complimented as he shuffled through all the paperwork in his packet, pausing when he got to his and JJ's marriage certificate. He fingered the document, silently wishing the last name on the document was different.

The last six months he spent with JJ and Henry had made Morgan come to some realizations about the current path of his life. One was that he was ready to settle down and have a family of his own. He'd always been a little jealous of what Will and JJ had together. They'd always seemed so happy which was why he was completely shocked when JJ told everyone Will had left her and Henry. Having lost his father at such a young age he felt for Henry and what he was going to miss out on. At first he just wanted to let JJ know he would be there for her and Henry no matter what they needed no matter the time. However, as time went on Morgan found he wanted nothing more than to spend all his free time with JJ and Henry and much to his surprise Henry wanted him around too, as did JJ. He and JJ had grown close over those months and Morgan again found himself wanting more, but this time only when it came to JJ.

Morgan was broken from his thoughts by Hotch "the two of you will be pretty much on your own"

That piqued JJ's interest for sure "how do you mean?"

"Garcia" Hotch said deferring to the technical analyst to explain further

"Well we will be able to communicate by cell phone but I won't be able to monitor your movements inside the compound. Their network is so isolated that if I tried to hack in the moment I were to type the word 'go' so to speak they would be on me in a second. It's not that their security system is super sophisticated it's just there is like no traffic for me to hide behind like a normal network so the moment I hack in, they will discover me. It won't keep me though from being able to monitor what they are doing. For instance, if they decide to check up on the two of you I will be able to see what they are searching for and if it looks like they are getting into an area we don't want them to I should be able to beat them to the punch and change, add or delete any information necessary."

"From what the detective has told us about the guests who were willing to speak to him, guests have access to the internet, cell phones, and freedom to move around the grounds." Added Hotch

Garcia scoffed "no doubt they monitor everything every guest looks at online so try not to use it for anything other than simple searches"

JJ took a deep steadying breath. "While Morgan and JJ are at the retreat the rest of us will be interviewing former guests, family and friends of the victims and digging up anything we can on the Shaw's. Detective Tane, the lead detective on the case thinks he may have an employee of the retreat willing to talk and tell us more about the layout of the compound and its security. Ok?" Hotch looked around the table at his team and waited for any questions when he got none he closed his file and tablet and stood up "Wheels up in thirty"

With that JJ quietly gathered her stuff and headed for the door. She wasn't sure what she was more nervous about, going undercover or going undercover with Morgan.

Well there is chapter 1. Please be sure to let me know what you think and if I should I continue.