Takes place right during the kidnapping of Maeve. Season 8 Episode 12 Zugzwang. I was EXTREEMLY SAD AND UPSET THAT THEY KILLED MAEVE OFF...ssoooooo I wrote a fanfiction on how the events that day should have happened. I do not own Criminal Minds though I would not mind meeting them. This is my first Criminal Minds fanfic. Please review!
~Our Happy Ending~
Chapter 1
The atmosphere in the small shady loft was tense. The team outside paced anxiously awaiting for any sighs so they could enter. That's when they heard it; a gunshot. Hotch, JJ, Morgan, Blake, and Rossi took a glance at one another right before all burst through the door and headed up the stairs. The situation looked bad. Hotch entered and found Diane holding a death grip around Maeve as she swung her gun around like a delusional person. Hotch could hear Spencer shouting something at them all but he wasn't listening at first. What was he shouting? Hotch thought as he listened more intuitively, looking down at Spencer.
"Stay back! Stay back!" Spencer stumbled getting up from the floor. Spencer glanced at his team, his face engulfed in distressed, as he returned his gaze back to the two women in front of him.
"Diane…Diane" Spencer began pleadingly "there's still a way out of this." Diane doubted his words as tears ran down her face.
"You never wanted me!" her voice wavering as she looked Spencer right in the eyes.
"Never! YOU LIED!" Diane spat, tightening her grip on Maeve. I can't believe it! What is so damn special about this woman? She's not hot, not even cute…I'm…I'm the sexy one…why does no one want to be with me? I'm a genius! Why can't anyone accept that I was right and she was wrong? My theory was correct, yet everyone's one her side! Diane's thoughts though were cut short as the young FBI agent answered her.
"I didn't…Diane, I offered you a deal and you can still take it." Reid paused momentarily to catch his breath. "Me for her. Let me take her place" Spencer stated loud and clear while a rush of determination mixed with fear bubbled up inside of him. Diane paused and took a second to really register what was happening.
"You would do that?" Diane questioned, her voice almost leaving her.
"Yes" Spencer said without any hesitation.
"You would kill yourself for her!?" Distraught and pain lingered in those words as Diane began to fully realize that she wasn't wanted…she was never wanted.
"YES" Spencer replied, once again without a single breath of hesitation. That's when Diane started figuring out that no matter what this was a losing battle.
"Thomas Merton" Maeve said, eyes widening, as she struggled to get out of Diane's tight grip. She knew now…she knew that Spencer was lying the whole time when he said he didn't love her, and now she fully knew the extent of how much he truly cared for her. Tears formed in her eyes as she looked at the mysterious man that stood in front of her.
"Wha-Who's Thomas Merton?" Diane trembled sounding more and more frantic as streaked her face. Her fingers death gripped the gun in her hand.
"He knows" Maeve replied still not taking her eyes off of Dr. Spencer Reid, "He knows…"
"Who's Thomas Merton?!" Diane asked again confusion filling into her "WHO IS HE?!" she snapped making the gun dig just a tad bit more into Maeve neck.
"He's the one thing you can never take from us." Maeve spoke, standing her ground. She took a moment to fully take in her mystery man in front of her. Spencer. He was everything she ever dreamed of and more. His intelligence greatly surpassed many and she knew by phone calls alone that this was the one she has always waited for. He wasn't bad on the eyes either. Tall and thin with just enough geekiness to make him adorable yet hot at the same time. She silently cursed herself as she knew that all this going on right now was her fault.
Just then Maeve felt the hand that was gripping her right shoulder tighten and saw a flash of silver go up. Was that the gun? A bullet ran through the air and everything suddenly went dark, as she felt her body hit the cold stone floor, a piercing pain shot to her skull.
Spencer stared blankly ahead of him as the long blacked haired girl crumbled to the floor of the dirty apartment. Diane lay there with blood seeping out of a bullet hole in her head, right between the eyes, tears still visible on her face. Spencer snapped his head around just in time to see JJ lower her gun, a mixed look of fear and confusion seared across his face.
Everyone around JJ stared in silence at the scene before them. As Reid registered what JJ had just done he had a look of guilt and confusion spread across his face. None of that mattered at the moment though. All he cared about was Maeve. Was she ok? Was she hurt? He saw Rossi walk over towards Diane's body and keel down putting two fingers to her neck just in case. He shook his head and brought his phone out to call the ambulance and coroner.
Spencer then ran over to his lover and checked for her pulse. Even though he knew that JJ had saved her, his heart still pounded every step of the way until finally the moment of truth.
"Please be safe…please" the young doctor wavered. Was she ok?...There was no internal bleeding was there?...What about her head?...So many questions popped into the young genius's head as he hesitantly reached two fingers out and placed them on her neck. The team watched from the sidelines as their youngest member prayed that everything was OK...
Spencer smiled as he felt a slight vibration under his fingers. There it was, the beacon of life was still there! The feeling of knowing that she was alive overwhelmed Spencer in words he could not describe. He knelt down lower and pulled Maeve into hug as he sliently cried over her. The team looked worried by this until Ried spoke up towards them beaming "she's fine, she has a pulse! It seems that she fainted from shock. Though she does have a nasty bump on her head." Everyone in that dark apartment seemed to let out a collective sigh in relief as the tension in the air started to subside. The young doctor looked down at Maeve and shook her gently.
"Maeve?... Maeve?...it's me Spencer. You're ok now. I got you and I will never let you go again." Almost instantly Maeve's eyelids fluttered open as she looked up into the Carmel eyes of her boyfriend. "Spencer" she smiled and raised her hand to touch his cheek. "Thank you…for saving me..." Spencer leaned in and spoke very sweetly, "Maeve…I-I just-" Spencer stammered unaware of what to say next. "You look so beautiful." Spencer finally sputtered as he stared into the wonderful green abyss of her eyes. Maeve's face slowly filled with a red blush as she smiled.
"I've-I've wanted to say this for a long time now…" Spencer began as he cleared his throat, keeping his eyes interlocked with hers. "I-I love you Maeve! I love you so much and I'm sorry I didn't say it sooner. I-I just- "Spencer trembled as his heart stammered faster and heat rose to his face in embarrassment. "I-I'm just so glad you're safe now."
Maeve reached her left hand up and sweetly caressed his left cheek as she smiled and replied "I love you too Dr. Spencer Reid. You are my savior."
Both were on the verge of tears as she tried to sit herself up. She struggled at first but thanks to Spencer helping her she easily sat up, leaning against him, and looked around the room. She first spotted Dianne right near her. "Is she-" Maeve never finished her sentence as she saw Spencer nod his head. "Yeah she's dead, Rossi checked. You don't have to worry anymore." Maeve then took notice to a few more FBI agents standing near the front of the room by the door.
"Thank you so much, everyone." Maeve said as she noticed they were staring at her and Spencer.
"No, thank you." Blake said as she turned to the side to let some paramedics into the room. A few of them headed over to where Diane was and brought out a stretcher and body bag as two other paramedics rushed over towards Maeve.
"How are you feeling miss?" one of the paramedics asked. He was muscular man with short black hair.
"My head really hurts and I have some bruising…but other than that…" she started then looked at Spencer, "I'm much better." Reid smiled as he held her hand.
"That's good. You still need to get checked out fully in the ambulance though. Can you walk?" The other one asked. He was shorter than the first with sandy blonde hair and tired looking eyes.
"I-I think so…" Maeve responded as Spencer stood up and reached his hand down to help her up. She struggled at first and Spencer caught her. He helped lead her back towards the stairs. While passing the team Reid said that he wasn't leaving her and Hotch just nodded saying
"We'll meet you at the hospital in a little bit. We have to clean up here. Go with her."
"Thank you…for everything" Spencer agreed looking back towards Maeve and asked "Ready to go?"
"Yes, I'm sick of this place. I want to be able to live again and the sooner I go to the hospital the sooner I can leave and we can finally go on a real date." Maeve established and Spencer gave a light laugh.
"I'd like that. I'd like that a lot." Spencer agreed as he opened the door at the bottom of the steps pausing for a quick second to take in his girlfriend, "after you madam".
END OF CHAPTER
I'm still not sure if I want to make this just a one shot or continue on. If you would like me to continue on please reply. If you don't want me to and you think this is better as a one shot still write me reviews because I love reading them! :) :D This is my first Criminal Minds fanfic but I love the show so much that I watched 9 seasons in about 2 - 2 1/2 months. Hahahaha yeah apparently I have no life hehehe.