Written for the CM Weekly Prompts Forum
October Week 2
Open Character Prompt: A member of the team has to go on a risky undercover assignment and things don't go as planned. (Suggested by Alice Fang Cullen.)
So warning: Multi-chapter! I have no idea how many chapters this might be but due to the fact this is for a prompt I am breaking my 'four chapters must be written before I post a chapter' rule. So this maybe a little slow. Take comfort in the fact that I know where I want to go with this. I know the ending. I know the stresser for the unsub.
Ok if you know me than you know who the main character is... come on you know you want to guess. Humor me and pretend you do not know. Ok you have 7 guesses. Guess 1-Hotch. No, guess again. Emily-nope try again. Rossi-No. Morgan-Great guess but no. Garcia-Well she is in a lot of my fics, yet she is not the main character for this one. Reid-You guessed right. I like that man a whole lot.
The teen rating is mostly for a one sentence that says that two people were involved in a certain way. And well for the last sentence also. I PROMISE this story is not all an author's note. It is just a really long note before hand.
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Reid went over the plan again. Reid was going to bait the unsub. The unsub attacked tall men with a strict schedule. The unsub would grab them at wherever they were around 7:30 am. The unsub would kill the man and a woman, whom he had kidnapped and held before hand, within a week. The team had next to no leads when Reid suggested for them to bait the unsub.
"With what at treat?" asked Morgan
"Yes. We bait him with a victim." Reid suggested
"Where is there a tall brunette man?" said Morgan
"Right here." said Reid pointing to himself
"No kid, we are no using you as bait." said Morgan
"Do we have a choice?" Reid asked
As it turned out, they did not. The unsub was killing 2 people every 2 weeks. The only thing keeping him to that 2 week schedule was the fact he enjoyed holding victims. The unsub had killed about 8 people when the BAU was called in. The reason for the delay was there was a theory. One single theory: a secret lover's quarrel and then murder. The autopsy proved that the two had intercourse with each other a day or so before death. Yet it started to seem strange to the police that so many blond ladies were getting involved with brunette men and ending up dead. They chuncked the theory and called the BAU. The police had no idea where to start and had hoped the BAU would.
They had no such luck. The unsub had just dumped two more bodies a few days before Reid went undercover. There were more bodies than leads. The BAU had a little over two weeks before they would get called back. There were always more serial killers than teams to track them down. This team had one choice: Use Reid as bait.
Reid started his life as Robert Sulvin. A perfect victim in every way for this unsub. A routine set in stone, and a job no one would miss him from. Robert walked every day to and from work. Around 7:30am(hunting time for the unsub), Robert was in an alley way. Robert lived alone and only received phone calls once in a while at random times on a phone out in his name.
The fact Emily had spent a few years as some else was very helpful in making Reid into Robert. It was also helpful all "Robert's" calls were from the BAU. It was super helpful that the ally Robert walked in was full of FBI agents ready to get the unsub. It was a full proof plan. Just a super full proof not going to fail unless we all back out at once plan. It was...
Robert was walking home from work, which was also his path to work. The path was guarded by FBI day and night. Robert made no stops. It was just like every other night for the past week. Robert made it home that night. That evening Robert answered zero of the calls he received. When Morgan entered the apartment, no one was there.
Around 7:30pm, when Robert would normally get home, the unsub was inside his apartment. Once Robert entered the apartment, he was knocked out cold. For some reason there was a window in the very back of the apartment that was never guarded. One window was the hole in the flawless plan. The one thing that could tear it apart. Well torn it was.
Reid was tied up in the backseat of a van. All he could hope for was his team to save him within a week. It was weird to know you had at least a week left. When Reid had been taken by Tobias, he had no idea how long he might survive. Now Reid knew and he had a little bit of comfort in that. One week for his team to solve the case. One week to get a message to his team. One simple week to live or die.
"I see you are finally awake. Oh do not worry, this one is beautiful. You will fall in love at first sight. I know you are going to love her. I know I do. Now my house is modest but a good house. My parents spent their entire lives there. I always dreamed of raising a family there. We are almost there. Spencer Reid make sure to treat her right. We both know she is a prize. Here we are." said the unsub
Reid lost a lot of hope when the unsub said his real name. That meant his covered was blown. This could also speed up the unsub's time-table due to that fact he was a cop. He might not have that week after all. He had beaten the odds once but could he do it again?
This time more was at stake. Not only would he be trying to get himself out, he would also be trying to get another person out. That was going to be hard. Plus this unsub had a delusion but was organized. Escape was going to be next to impossible. Reid knew what was at the end of the unsub's delusion, death. So escape and playing into the unsub's delusion were not options. Death seemed to be the end.
Death and the total number of victims hitting 12. A serial killer for the ages and for the record books. People would be studying this unsub for years. Reid also knew his death would be studied the most to improve undercover tactics and change the rule book there. Would they find out all his little secrets or would he be reduced to Reid, FBI Profiler who was killed while undercover. Reid was unsure which would be kinder.
"Come Spencer we must not keep Claire waiting. She is a very patient woman but she has waited long enough for you." said the unsub.
"Who is Claire?" Reid asked.
"Why Claire is the love of my life. The two of you are going to meet and fall in love. That is what cops who are like you do. Take away love after people lose their parents. You will love Claire. Claire and I have waited for the two of you to meet. What a joy!" said the unsub
"Who are you?" Reid asked
"Cops should stop asking questions and just be happy. I mean I am giving you the love of my life after all. I love her and I am giving her to you. JUST ENJOY MY GIFT AND STOP ASKING QUESTIONS!" said the unsub, who was getting angrier.
Reid thought he saw his chance for escape when the unsub came to get him from the backseat. Reid was positioned to attack and waited patently. Just when the unsub opened the door, Reid's world went black.
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…..Next chapter coming out before 12/25/2089...That is the only promise, I can not promise any more than that.