Addicted to You

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a/n: alright friends, brace yourself for lots of angst, violence, mentions of past abuse, lots of Russian translations, and some cute fluff at the end.

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Atticus had grown into her role as Avtortiet (Authority) almost too well. And every night when she came back to the penthouse Hotch had set up as a safe house, Spencer got a further taste of just how hostile of an environment she must've grown up in. 

The first day she had as the boss, her men showed her their lab. Being a chemist, she could see about 15 things that were done incorrectly. 

"Неудивительно, что вам нужен лидер. Это место в нескольких днях от взрыва. Жалкий. (No wonder you people need a leader. This place is days from blowing up. Pathetic.)"

Running the drug portion was almost second nature to her. That was the easy part. What wasn't easy was dealing with those who dared to disobey her. 

"Ты не думаешь, что мы должны доложить твоему отцу? (Don't you think we should report back to your father?)"

"Нет. И знаете почему? Потому что сейчас я говорю о тебе. И на вашем месте я бы дважды подумал, прежде чем сомневаться во мне и не обращаться ко мне по титулу. (No. And you know why? Because I call the shots now. And if I were you, I'd think twice before doubting me and not addressing me by title.)"

"Правильно. Приношу искренние извинения, Авториет. (Right. Deepest of apologies, Avtoriet.)"

The other easy part was wearing nice clothes and jewelry, and just being able to walk around the nicer parts of Jersey with Spencer. 

"I won't lie, Bubba, it's kinda impressive how well you've earned these people's trust."

"Yeah, well it's easy when they're all mindless sheep who do anything I say, that and you could say it's in my blood."

Her phone rang in his pocket and he placed it in her open palm. 

"God damn it.", she muttered, reading the Russian contact, "Какие? (What?"), Spencer instantly recognized the venom that filled her voice, as he and the team had been listening to it for the past 2 weeks.

"У нас проблемы. (We have trouble.)"

"Ближе к делу. (Get to the damn point.)"

"Мы так и не получили денег от нашей последней поставки. (We never got the money from our last shipment.)

"Проклятые идиоты! Разве ты не умеешь что-нибудь делать правильно?! (You damn idiots! Don't you know how to do anything right?!")

"Извините, Авториет-- (We're sorry, Avtoritet--)"

"Не надо. Вы знаете, где меня встретить. (Don't. You know where to meet me.)", she promptly hung up. 

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"I don't understand why you need people to babysit me.", Spencer pouted once they got back to their penthouse. 

Atticus sighed while strapping herself up, "Because. While my leadership may not be exactly real, my enemies definitely are. Especially now that they've decided to not pay up."