Gone too Soon
A Criminal Minds fanfic. The events of this story take place in season seven. The first chapter almost right away in the season.
The inevitable has happened and Dr. Spencer Reid has been killed . . . in action. When he goes in to talk down an unsub he finds himself in the one place he never thought of. Now five months later a new female agent is coming in taking his place. An agent who seems to maybe know more about the death of the fellow agent she's replacing. But soon everyone starts seeing and hallucinating their deceased comrade. They start to think they are just seeing things but are they really? Is he actually dead or is he hiding in the shadows waiting to come out? Or is there something bigger at play here?
Chapter 1 Playing with Fire
The BAU team was all in the FBI with most of them in the bullpen. The only ones that weren't there were Hotch and Rossi as they have their own offices. Well technically so does Derek Morgan but he goes out of it often to talk with his friends and co-workers.
While everyone was talking which happened to be JJ, Penelope, Emily and Derek while Reid was playing his fingers against the cup of coffee in his hand. He was a little jittery as he kept looking up at the others when they snatched glances at him. But when they looked away he would be looking at the cup or at the floor. He felt on edge.
"You okay Reid?" wondered JJ from the side as she looked at him
He looked up as the others were all looking at him as they noticed that something was off. He couldn't exactly tell them what it was because they wouldn't conform to it especially in a heartbeat. They would be against it actually if they knew the actual truth.
"Just thinking." said Spencer right there
"About what?" wondered Penelope Garcia as she looked at him as well
But before he could answer and say anything both Hotch and Rossi came in the room. Hotch was holding a case folder. It was an indication saying that they have a case. So Reid and the others all got up following them to the conference room. They all sat down in their usual spots at the table or close to their usual spots if possible. They all opened the tablets while in Spencer Reid's case a manila folder.
"Okay Garcia." said Hotch
Garcia jumped up kind of like a bunny and went right over to the screen as she grabbed the remote. She clicked a button as pictures appeared and filled on the screen. There were pictures of about four places on fire.
"Okay so as of right now there have been four buildings all around that have been set on fire. There are no casualty's but there are people who are seriously hurt. We got called in on the case because it is now a serial arsonist or so that's what it seems." said Garcia right there
"And where is this located?" wondered Emily
"Right here in Washington DC." said Garcia as she clicked on another button "The houses are scorched and badly burned that they are afraid this is going to happen again. The need our help."
"Four places torched and burned up right here. Why haven't wee been asked sooner to be a part of this case?" wondered Derek as he looked around
"Well they thought this was all several different people at the time until they found a marker or an MO that says otherwise that it is the work of just one person." told Hotch right there
"Yes this right here." told Garcia as a new picture was put on the screen of a room with a circle on the ground where there was a metal hoop melted in the ground and it was not burnt inside. She then brought up more pictures that looked exactly the same at three other places "That's the ignition point."
"That's interesting. Do they know what that is exactly?" wondered Derek
"Unfortunately, no. But the CSI's are on it." replied Garcia
"Alright JJ do you think you can take a look and see if there are other cases similar in other states and look for that marking in particular. It will be a dead giveaway." said Hotch
"Yeah of course." said JJ
"Emily you are going to come with me to the police station and we are going to get started on the profile." Hotch continued
"I will get everything together." said Emily Prentiss as she looked up from her tablet
"Then Derek, Rossi and Reid I want you to go to the last location of the fire there might be something there that can help. I would also like you to talk to witnesses that are still there." finished Hotch
"Alright let's go." said Rossi
Everyone got up and went out of the conference room as they grabbed their things and the stuff that they need. They went in separate FBI cars as Hotch, Emily and JJ went into one to the police station as JJ was going to do her searching there, while Derek, Rossi and Reid took the other FBI van to go to the last location of the fire.
They got to the location and stopped. Three doors to the van opened up as they all got out. Rossi got out from the driver's seat, Derek from the passenger's seat and Reid from the back. They closed the doors and they walked the streets as they got to the building. It was really burnt to a crisp as it looked like nothing was salvageable.
They went inside as they looked all around the place. Reid stood in one place as he couldn't believe it. So many got burnt and hurt by the fire that was here. They didn't lose their lives but it's going to greatly affect them. He walked through rubble that was around.
"Hey pretty boy." said Derek
"Yeah." said Spencer
"Are you sure you're okay?" wondered Derek
"Yeah I'm fine." replied Spencer
All of a sudden there was a blaze of sounds coming from a building nearby. The three of them looked at each other and got out of the building. Two buildings down there was a fire coming out of it.
"What the!" shouted Derek
"Who's doing this?" wondered Rossi
"I think he's still in there." said Spencer as he started going in
"What are you doing Reid?" shouted Derek to him "Reid! Reid! Come back here!"
But Spencer ignored him and went inside the building leaving the other two agents flabbergasted. A couple seconds later there was a line of people coming out but there was no Spencer Reid. Derek and Rossi looked at each other not believing this. Derek put his hand to the holster and started walking towards the building.
A sound erupted and a blast in front of them as the whole building instead of bursting into flames everywhere burst into a flame bomb. The whole building was gone. They stood there waiting and waiting for their friend to come out. But as the minutes went on he didn't come.
"Reid! Reid!" shouted Derek as he went to the building
Derek and Rossi ran to the building as a crowd of people appeared. They started walking all around the place where there was rubble everywhere and things were in flames scattered around. They looked around but didn't find anyone there.
"Here!" shouted Rossi from the side "There's someone here."
"Reid!" shouted Derek going over and took the debris off the body
There was a body there burnt to a crisp. It looked hard that they couldn't identify it. But they noticed something around the waist. They leaned down as it was a holster and they found a something right by it. A small black book, Rossi grabbed it and opened it up.
"Oh god." said Rossi at what he saw
"Rossi no. No. Please no." said Derek right there
"I'm sorry. It's . . . it's . . ." Rossi's voice cracked right there "It's Spencer."
"No he wouldn't. He couldn't. He can't. This can't." stuttered Derek
"We have to call the others." replied Rossi
The two of them were there as tears came out of their eyes crying over their deceased comrade, co-worker and friend. They just lost a really great man. A really smart guy. They couldn't handle or cope at all.
All of a sudden there were noises of ambulances and police cars coming. The other FBI car came. Out came Agents Hotchner, JJ, Emily and even Penelope came out as well. They walked over as they saw Rossi and Derek there with sad, depressed looks.
"Morgan, Rossi!" shouted Hotch as all of them came over
"Where's Reid?" wondered Penelope
Rossi and Derek shared a look not knowing what to say or how to say it. Derek was over by the body just wanting to be there right by it as close he could but he found a piece of broken wall where his head was leaned against it. Rossi was in an open space with his knees up and he was scratching the back of his head.
"Guys where's, Reid?" asked Emily right there
"He's . . ." started Rossi but his voice cracked as he was holding Spencer's FBI credentials badge "We found this."
"What is it?" wondered JJ looking at it
"It's Spencer's." said Rossi then looked at the body right by Derek as the others all looked over at it "He's . . ."
"No!" shouted Penelope as she started running over but JJ kept her back
All four of them looked at the body at lost for words. It couldn't be. Their world was practically crashing down. They lost what they thought was Emily Prentiss but it was a hoax. But now they lost an actual agent and this time it was real. They were all there in their spots as the police and firemen came over.
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