Hello I'm Min, This came to me in Algebra one day last year and I just rediscovered it. It is set one year after Reid leaves the BAU. This is AU, set after episode Zugzwang, but Meave survived. Has been two years since Zugzwang. Wrote as if Meavae has a sister, never really specified in the show. This was beta'd Kitwarrior24.

Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds or "Because of You" by Kelly Clarkson


Reid walks into his house and sees that it is a mess. He started to freak as he sees there is blood everywhere. He runs to his daughter's room and sees that she is fine, just red and hoarse from crying for a long time. He goes into the next room. He is startled by what he sees, Meave, his wife and the baby's mom, is lying in a pool of her own blood in the closet. He rushes to her and puts his hand on her throat to feel a pulse. He sighed in releif as he felt her weak pulse. Reid dials 911, then puts his daughter down to search the rest of the house. Afterwards he called his boss.

"Spencer, this is getting weird. You're the fifth officer to call me and tell me this. I don't mean to sound rude but I'm really stressed. I'm calling the BAU." said John.

"I get it, I really do. If you have to do it, then do it. I want this son of a bitch caught." said Reid.

"Thank you, Reid." said John before he hung up.

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Derek Morgan sat at his desk and stared at the picture of his team. It was taken last year the day before Reid's last day. He missed the man he called a brother, if he was honest with himself. At the time the photo was taken he had no idea his life would change forever. Yes he had been mad, and he may have hit a few people but he was just upset. He could not stop looking at the picture of the whole team.

"Morgan," called Garcia "We're meeting."

"Okay, I will be there in a few minutes." said Morgan

"Four days ago in Mcalcian Virgina, Sarah Lee, 27, was attacked in her home, Three days ago, Meghan Tori, 32 was also attacked in her home." said JJ as she flashed a picture of a pretty brunette with a big smile in her face, and another brunette with brown eyes and a small smile in her face. "Two days ago, Lilly O'Brein, 33, was also attacked in her home, and yesterday Meave Reid, 31, was attacked in her home with her one year old daughter present. Sarah, Meghan, and Lilly were all shot but Meavae was stabbed five times in the abdomen. The doctors say it is a miracle that she is still alive."

"Wait, did you say Reid?" said Hotch

"Yeah, it is actually Reid's wife, according to the police report." said Garcia

"Reid has a wife!" yelled Rossi

"Yeah and a daughter." said Blake

"I thought Reid left because he couldn't handle the pressure of the job?" said Morgan

"He left for both reasons, apparently." said Hotch in honest disbelief at what the paper in front of him said "Wheels up in thirty. JJ, when we land, you and Rossi go check the latest site. Morgan, go check on Meavae, and Reid. Don't give Reid an attitude, we need him to cooperate."

As the team landed, with Garcia in tow, Morgan was furious at Reid for leaving, but insanely eager to see him again. The team walked through the front door and saw that they already has a space set aside for them. The scene before JJ and Rossi was so bad, that they barely made it in the door and they could already tell the extent of the damage. There was blood everywhere. They made their way to the baby's room and saw it relatively unharmed except for some blood here and there. They went to the bedroom and just stopped. Blood saw on the walls and on the ceiling; the floor was covered in blood. There was what looked like parts of guts on the floor. JJ had to leave so she didn't throw up all over the crime scene.

"Let's head back" said Rossi,

As Morgan walked through the gates of the elevator, he immediately saw Reid and he went to see him. He put a hand on Reid's shoulder and Reid jumped. It was obvious that he hadn't slept since the attack. As soon as Reid saw it was Morgan, he relaxed.

"I know that you're angry Morgan and you should be, but please help us, help her, please Morgan." Reid basically begged of Morgan

"Reid, Reid!" yelled Morgan "Of course I forgive, Why did you really leave the BAU, Reid?"

"I left because I couldn't deal with it, the job, and because Meave had just given birth to our daughter Kiana, and I didn't want to end up like Hotch, no offense to Hotch. And because I was scared that I wouldn't be a good dad. I was also afraid that an Un-sub would use them against me." said Reid in a mindless babble. Morgan smiled, glad somethings stayed the same.

"Wow! A lot of reasons" said Morgan

"Yeah I guess." said Reid

"Reid what happened that day?" said Morgan

"I left for work, I work at the police station here, you know, and then I got a weird phone call. All that was on the other line was really deep breathing and so I hung up. As I left that day I got this weird feeling, like that something bad happened. I tried to shake the feeling, but I couldn't, so I went straight home to see her, instead of meeting some friends after work. When I got home there was a mess which was really weird, because Meave is, like OCD for cleanliness, so I went to check on Kiana and she was red and hoarse from crying, and the feeling got worse and worse all this time. I went to our room and she was on the floor in the corner lying in a pool of her own blood. I went to her and felt a pulse so I called 911, then went to search the rest of the house. The way he got in was through the front door while she was making Kiana lunch." said Reid in kind of a rush, like he didn't want to discuss this any more, and he probably didn't.

"Forced entry?" asked Morgan

"No, Meave left the door unlocked, she forgot to lock it." said Reid

"Does she always lock it?" asked Morgan

"Yeah, whenever I'm not home." said Reid "She hates to be alone, She keeps thinking something like this would happen, I guess she was right."

"Yeah, I guess she was." said Morgan as Reid's phone started to play "Because of You" By Kelly Clarkson. Morgan glanced at him in surprised,

"It's her ring-tone for her sister, this is her phone actually." said Reid

"Hey, I'm not judging!" said Morgan as he put up his hands in surrender.

"Sorry I'm on edge right now." said Reid

"Lets head back to the station." said Morgan

Hotch and Blake walked into the police station and were directed to Reid's boss, John O'Conner, a tall blurry type of guy, that was obviously worried and definitely out of shape.

"Ah, Agent Hotchner and Blake, I presume." said John, who was obviously the type who thought women belonged at home, not out in the field.

"Yes, that is us."said Hotch who saw what Blake saw in like two seconds.

"Well, I can't tell you how happy I am that you are here." said John

"Happy to help." said Blake. She was irritated as f*** with this guy and his stuck up attitude. She hated when guys were like that, she was so sick of it.

"Blake." said Hotch in a warning voice.

"Sorry, Hotch" said Blake

"Well, over here are the stuff a Miss JJ told us you would need." said John in the most stuck up way he possibly could.

"Thank you" said Hotch in a cold tone, that was so unlike him in the field that she had to laugh, quietly, though judging by the look Hotch gave her, was not that quietly.

"Blake, you need to act better with him in the room."

"I know, but he irks me so much." said Blake in an irritated tone.

"I know, He irks me too." said Hotch. JJ and Rossi walked in the room and you could tell that it was bad. "How bad is it?"

"Pretty bad, Hotch, this home is so disturbed that it is a miracle that she survived, let alone the baby." said JJ in obvious discussed. Morgan walked in and right behind him is ... Reid!

"Reid!" hollered JJ

"Reid!" yelled Garcia

"Reid." said Blake, Rossi, and Hotch.

"Hey."said Reid embarrassed at the attention he was getting. Hotch smiled as he noticed that somethings never change.

"How is she doing?" asked JJ

"She wasn't out of surgery when we left." said Reid, holding back tears.

"Oh, Reid, I'm so sorry. We didn't mean for you to leave before you knew anything, Did we Morgan?" said Garcia

"She's right, Reid. I'm sorry I made you leave." said Morgan

"No, it's alright I want to help catch the son of a bitch who did this to her." said Reid in anger

"Ok, lets profile." said Rossi. Just then Reid's phone went off.

"Hello? Oh yes Dr. Holly? Thanks for letting me know, yes I'll tell our family. Alright bye." said Reid

"Well?" yelled the team

"She made it through, She's alive." said Reid in relief.

"Yeah!" yelled the whole team. Reid pulled out his phone and called Meavae's sister to tell her the good news. Meavae's sister was crying by the end of it.

Reid turned to leave. As he got outside a cloth went around his face, and his world went black.


Author's note: Hey I wrote this so all you guys who read my first story, can read my second. Don't worry Reid's not going to die but he could. HMMMM an interesting twist. This is really OOC, just FYI. Please R&R. Thanks!