Her eyes fluttered open. She blinked to adjust to the darkness surrounding her. She was the basement of an old house. This she only knew because she could hear the ancient furnace clunking away in a corner not far form where she was tied. The last she could remember before waking in this place was leaving the bus stop near her apartment. Her building was directly behind an old storage facility, the quickest way home was to walk through an narrow alleyway between two of the storage buildings. She was nearly out when a she felt a dull pain in the back her head, and everything went dark. A dim light flicked on above her head and light footsteps approached her. She turned her head toward the person. The shadowy figure of her captor was all that was visible to her in the dim lighting. The mysterious person lowered themselves to her eye level. Wisp of dark hair framed a pale face, illuminated by deep green eyes. A dark grin spread across the young face, as a flash of silver entered her view and she became aware of the large carving knife in her captors hand. An inaudible scream escaped her lips as blood spilled from her suddenly open throat.
"I don't see why you insist on my going." Spencer Reid sat in the passenger seat of the dark coloured car as it sped down the road, seeking a spot for the forced boys night out.
"Because Reid, I said so." Derek Morgan grinned slyly at his youthful colleague, "You need to spend more time with people who aren't serial killers."
"But a night out with you."
"Well if I have it my way, we won't be spending the whole night together." He flashed Reid another grin, to which the young doctor responded with an eye roll and a sigh. Reid was hopeless with women. When faced with an attractive girl he found his palms sweating, and he would begin to spew out random statistics and facts that made him seem even more awkward and nerdy than his general appearance already suggested. In short Dr. Reid, factual genius, woman illiterate.
Reid phone vibrated in his pocket, he pulled it out and observed an message from JJ.
"Got a case, be in BAU Room in the next hour."
"Fun's over Morgan." Reid said attempting to hide the slight relief from his voice as he showed Morgan the message.
Morgan sighed at the phone, as he changed course for Quantico, "Duty calls."