The child is father to the man

by Annoying tourist

That day was both the greatest and worst day of Aaron Hotchner's life . His wife had bled out under the cruel hands of the Boston Reaper, but his beautiful- though premature- baby boy was miraculously born on that day. However, unbeknownst to Hotchner, someone else was also reborn and George Foyet's soul was given another chance at life, reincarnated as his nemesis's son. (HIATUS)

1. Chapter 1

A dull roar throbbed inside one of his ears, the other had gone completely deaf. He had completely lost his upper hand in the fight and now his opponent was wailing on him in a blind fury. Each blow dealt irreparable damage to his bones and soft tissues with sickening cracks and a heavy concussion made the world before his eyes ripple and distort like water. His back hit the floor…or the earth rose up and hit him in the back…he couldn't tell.

"You got me… I surrender", he gasped.

Another blow rattled the roots of his teeth in their sockets. The next one broke them loose. Eventually, he lost count and his face became throbbing, hot and numbed. He knew he was dead- or at least, if he survived, he would be absolutely messed up beyond the capabilities of any reconstructive surgeon.

He couldn't smile, but he would if he were able- because he could still hear the wails of the hysterical man in his barely functioning ear. These were the cries of a man who had lost everything that he had to live for.

George Foyet died at peace with the world. A peace far greater than what his victims had experienced under his hands. His body, roaring with dull but persistent pain, seemed to fade into unawareness and a beautiful, watery embrace surrounded him. It was dizzyingly hot- so hot it felt like it could penetrate to the marrow of his bones.

And then it was ice cold- several firm hands grabbed at him, almost with bruising strength, thunderous voices rumbled and he was pulled from his dark warmth and into the glare of the cold white lights.

George wondered: 'Is this hell?'

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Hello Criminal Minds fans, I hope that you'Ve enjoyed my humble little AU. I intend to write this as a multi-chaptered story centred around George Foyet. It was sort of inspired by that Criminal Minds episode where that unsub believed in reincarnation and tried to be reborn as a human baby in the hospital (you know the weird guy with the maggots).

Just for clarity, though: this story has a slightly different timeline to the original series. Jack doesn't exist and Hayley is pregnant around the time when Foyet kills her.