SECOND CHANCES
This is my first criminal minds fic.
It's a De-aged Reid Fic, since I seem to have an addiction to deaging my favourite characters, as well as making them sick or torturing them. Unbeta'd so any mistakes are my own.
This fic is going to go on as long as I have ideas to write about as well as people who want to read this fic. I'll probably post a chapter once a week unless I'm sick or on holiday.
I'm also working on a Criminal minds/Harry Potter crossover series, where I am planning to de-age both Spencer and Derek in a potions accident.
Warning-the may be slash in later chapters, I am thinking of Hotch and Rossi getting together to become his Dad and Papa, if that is what you want.
CHAPTER ONE
"Good Morning guys" JJ greeted Morgan, Reid and Prentiss as she walked though the bullpen with a couple of files in her hands. "We've just received a new case and the briefing will take place in the boardroom in five minutes.
The three members quickly finished what they were doing and cleaned up their paperwork before they headed to the boardroom where they were joined by the rest of their team who had all been working in their offices.
Once everyone had sat down and turned their attention towards JJ, it was time to start the brief.
"There has recently been two disappearances in Las Vegas and our help has been requested by the local police force" JJ informed the team before giving a sympathetic glance towards the youngest member of their team, Dr Spencer Reid.
The whole team were well aware of how much the young genius hated any case that took place in his hometown. Not that any of them could really blame him, Spencer had a lot of bad memories of his childhood and being back home always seemed to remind him of them.
Reid's mother, Diana, loved her son to bits though she wasn't really capable of looking after her son properly due to her illness, which left him to face all the abuse that he received from the school bullies as well as his father William Reid alone.
The team had only just found out about the abuse that William had put his son though and every single one of them wanted to make the cold hearted man pay for every single horrible thing that he ever did to his poor and defenceless son.
"There have been two victims so far" JJ continued after she managed to get rid of her murderous thoughts. "Our first victim was Michael Snow, 25, who was abducted four days ago and yesterday Faith Davidson, 27, was reported missing. Normally they would have waited to call us but they want to put a stop to the Unsub before anyone else is taken."
"Where were they taken from?" Morgan asked as the team processed everything that JJ had told them. "Is there any links between our two victims?"
"Both victims were taken on their way back from casino" JJ answered after a brief glance at the files. "Michael Snow was taken on his way back from New York – New York and Faith Davidson was taken on the way back from MGM Grand."
"Wheels up in twenty" Hotch informed the team before they all left the boardroom before grabbing their go bags and headed to the jet ready to start their new case.
"Are you doing ok Pretty Boy?" Morgan asked in concern for his best friend and younger brother, Reid had been quiet since JJ informed the team that their newest case was in Las Vegas and it worried all of the team. Reid would usually be telling them all kinds of facts and figures about where the where going and what type of case it was, for the young genius to be quiet it meant that there was something bothering him and Morgan just wished that he knew how to make him feel better.
"I'm fine Morgan" Spencer replied, not that it really convinced any of the team. "I don't like being in Las Vegas but I'll be fine and I won't have any problems focusing on the case."
"None of us are doubting your ability to work on this case Pretty Boy" Morgan insisted. "I'm worried about you, we all are. "You're part of our family and we just want to make everything better for you, I just wish that I knew how."
"You do" Spencer replied as he smiled at his surrogate big brother. "You all do, just by being there for me makes me feel a lot better, this team is the closest thing I have to a family and I have no idea of what I would do without all of you."
"I'm sure that you would be fine without us" Morgan stated, not wanted Spencer to put himself down. "Though you're life would have been boring with my amazingly wonderful company to help you get though each day."
"Yeah I know" Reid laughed. "How will I ever cope without your amazingly annoying nicknames and your habit of dragging me out to bars even when I tell you that I don't want to go out."
"You also forgetting my amazing talent for kicking doors down, who would do that if I wasn't there" Morgan laughed knowing that Reid was just joking around.
"Not to mention your habit of slipping him your paperwork." Emily continued, laughing as Derek mock pouted at her and Reid.
"It's not as if I'm the only one who does it" Morgan sulked. "Admit it Princess you're just as bad as me when it comes to doing your own paperwork."
"I don't really mind helping you with your paperwork" Reid replied. "I just wish that you would actually ask me for my help instead of just sticking them in my pile when you think I won't notice."
"I'm sorry pretty boy" Morgan sincerely apologised. "Next time I promise that I will ask before I give you some of my paperwork."
"Thanks Morgan" Reid smiled at his best friend and older brother.
The rest of the team relaxed now that Morgan had successfully managed to cheer Spencer up a little bit, though it probably wouldn't last very long once they had reached Las Vegas.
As soon as the team landed they headed straight to the station so that that they could start their work on the profile.
"Our Unsub is white male in his mid to late twenties" Hotch started the profile an hour after they arrived at the police station. "He is relatively strong as he is managing to abduct and most likely carry his victims to his vehicle which is most like to be a van of some sort."
"Both of our victims have been abducted from a casino belonging to MGM Mirage" Morgan informed the police force. "So we believe that our Unsub is working somewhere within the corporation."
"The fact that no bodies have been found means that the victims are likely still to be alive" Reid continued. "Most Unsubs want to be recognised for their work, like they are showing off a form of art, so there is a good chance that we could find the victims alive."
"Our technical analyst is currently checking though all of MGM Mirage's staff" Rossi told the police. "She'll contact us once she has a list of names of the people who worked in the relevant casino on the night of the abductions."
The team continued to work on finding out more about the Unsub for another half an hour before Garcia had the name of their Unsub, Terry Richards, as well as an address and then the team where off.
As the team approached the Unsub's house they split up so that they could search the house. Reid was checking the garage when he felt a pain in the back of his neck.
Morgan entered the garage just in time to see the Unsub inject Reid with some strange substance before the young doctor dropped to the floor unconscious.
Morgan quickly subdued the Unsub before crying out for the rest of the team and checking on his fallen team member.
Hotch and Rossi were the first of the team to reach the pair and they were instantly panicked when they saw their youngest team member lying on the floor. That panic only increased when they noticed that Spencer had slowly started to shrink until he was the size of a small two year old.
To keep this story going I am going to need some prompts, whether it is things that you want me to add in my fic or ideas of names for the Unsub or their victims or many even some cases that I can write about. Any ideas will be most appreciated and I will try to include everyone, though no character death please.
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