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Prologue

"My little Spencer, where are you?? Mommy is going to find you." Spencer is hiding in his mother's wardrobe, hoping that this time she will not find him so soon. Though his mom is busy with her work at school, she always spends whatever free time she has with him, and Spencer's favorite game is hide and seek.

Spencer shifts his position to make himself more comfortable, and while doing that his hand comes in touch with something hard. It was very dark in the wardrobe, and he couldn't see what it is but it seems to be a box. Spencer was curious to know what it is, so he takes the box, and leaves the wardrobe. It was a beautiful brown wooden box, with beautiful flowers engraved on the top of the box. Spencer tried to open the box, and realized that it was locked. He went to one of his mother's drawers, knowing that she keep all the keys to the house in there. He takes out a bunch of key's, which he thinks will be able to open the box. He tries the keys one by one, while he is trying the third key, his mother came in to the bedroom. "I found you!"

Diana smiles while she enters the bedroom. But her smile fades away immediately, when her eyes land on the box in front of Spencer. She moves over, and takes the box away from Spencer. Before he realizes what is happening, Diana is spanking him on his backside, warning him never to touch the box again.

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"Ring! Ring! Ring!" The alarm clock went off. Rubbing his eyes, Reid got out of his bed, and went straight to the bathroom. He washed up, and got ready for work. At the kitchen, while making his coffee, he was wondering what caused him to have that dream. He remembered that it happened when he was five years old, and it was the first, and the last time his mom had beaten him. He'd always wondered what was in the box that his mom was so anxious about, but he never dared to ask her, afraid that she might be angry. Since that day, he'd never seen that box again, not even when he packed his mom's things after she got sick, and was admitted in the asylum.

Looking at the clock, he knows that he needs to leave his house immediately or else he will be late for work. He knows how Hotch's face looks, if anyone of the team is late. Putting aside his dreams, he took his bag, and car keys, and leaves the house, wishing for a smooth day without a case.

Reid reached the BAU office 20 minutes later, and it seems like the rest have not arrived yet, except for Gideon and Hotch. Both of them are in their offices, starting on their paper work. Reid put his bag down, and began taking out case files to start his day. He'd just started typing when he heard. "Excuse me; may I know where Agent Aaron Hotchner's office is?" Looking up from his computer, he saw a pair of confident brown eyes looking back at him.

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