I don´t own Criminal Minds, I am simply just a huge fan of the show. Happens somewhere between Henry´s birth and Emily´s death.

Reid had been shot. Of course it was Reid. It was always Reid. Despite being terrified with concern, Morgan couldn´t help but to notice the irony. Yet again it was the smartest of them all who had gotten himself int trouble.

"Should we call his parents?" Rossi asked.

"Well, they do deserve to see him. We have to face the fact that he might not make it," Hotch said.

"Don´t say that," JJ said.

"His parents should know about this," Hotch said.

"We´ve never told them when something happened to him before," Emily said.

"Because it has never been needed, apart from the time with the anthrax, and then we couldn´t," Hotch said.

"Yeah, but what will Reid think about it," Morgan questioned.

"If he won´t make it and we don´t call his parents they´ll miss their chance of saying goodbye to their son," Hotch said.

They were all sitting in the ER waiting room. Garcia was on her way. Morgan felt that he had visited too many hospitals because of the kid.

"This is turning into a habit," Emily thought bitterly. Far too often had there been in situations where Reid´s life was on the line. She wasn't sure who she wanted to kick the most: Reid, the killer or herself. After all, this was all her fault.

The team had been looking for an unsub who was strangling girls in Boston. Reid and Emily had gone to look for clue in a empty warehouse, but the unsub, who had been involved in the investigation and therefore known that they would be there, had been waiting for them there. Emily had gotten cornered and the unsub, a man named Steve Conan, was about to shoot her when Reid provoked him with insults. It had taken the heat of Emily, but it had earned Reid a gun shot from Steve.

When Emily saw her friend fall down on the ground the first thing she did was shooting Steve in both legs so he couldn´t run away, and called ambulance. Shooting both legs had actually been unnecessary, but she had been too angry to stop once she started. Not that Morgan had given the killer much friendlier treatment when he arrived.

The others showed up only few moments after the ambulance and saw Reid being carried unconsciously up in it by paramedics. Steve lay on the floor, bleeding out and in great pain, but despite that the team couldn´t feel the least bit sorry for him. When Morgan saw him he had absolutely lost control and attacked the killer. Hotch and Rossi eventually had to drag him of Steve, but not before they had let Morgan give him a serious beating.

Once the man was arrested the team hurried up to the hospital.

When they arrived Reid was already in surgery and things weren´t looking good. The doctors said that there was hope, but it was slim.

And now they were just waiting, while debating on whether or not to call their friends parents, so they could be with their possibly dying son.

"Do you think his mom could handle it," JJ asked.

"Yeah, beside, will they even let her out of the hospital," Emily asked.

"I am going to call the hospital and see what they think about. If her doctors say it´s okay, we´ll send a flight for her," Hotch said.

"And his dad," Rossi asked.

"I´ll call him to," Hotch said.

"Do you think Reid will appreciate it," Emily asked.

"Well, they seemed to patch things up pretty well the last time they saw each other," Rossi said.

"Yeah, and even if they aren´t that close, he´s still Spence´s father. He deserves to see him," Hotch said.´

"Could you please stop talking like he´s dying," JJ said.

Nobody answered.

Diana Reid was on her way. So was William. Reid´s parents. It had finally been decided that it was right to let them know. In a matter of minutes they were going to meet the very people who had given birth that their sweet genius. Apart from Emily all of them had seen Diana, and Rossi and Morgan had both met William, but they hardly knew either one of them. And now their son´s live was in danger. Not the best circumstances to meet under. Especially not a mentally ill woman and a man who had left his family because his wife witnessed a murder.

Garcia was already there. She had cried out in JJ arms, but eventually gone out of tears. Morgan was still walking back and forth like he was about to explode, just as he had been doing for the past five minutes. He hated not being able to do anything. Rossi, Emily and Hotch just said quietly with concern and sadness written on their face.

When Reid´s parent, along with a nurse from the Mental Hospital, came into the waiting room the team tightened up a bit and stared at them. No one knew what to say or how to act.

They were about to wait for news about a beloved friends life, together with strangers who also cared for him, probably even deeper than they did. But who had also caused him a lot of suffering and pain.

They were about to wait with a woman suffering from schizophrenia to find out if her son was going to survive being shot in the chest by a serial killer.

They were about to wait with a man to hear whether his son, whom he had abandoned at the age of ten, would die.

This couldn´t get any more tragic or uncomfortable.

The team quickly rose when Reid´s parents noticed them. They could easily tell who they were by the FBI-west. Hotch just hoped they didn´t look to bad. It would do no good if they got

There was a short, awkward silence. Hotch stepped forward and shook the newcomers hand, one by one.

"Hi, I am Aaron Hotchner, Spencer´s friend and boss. I´m so sorry,"

"How is he," William asked.

"We don´t know, but he has been in surgery for two hours now. We are still waiting for any news," Hotch said.

"How did this happen," Diana asked and sat down.

"It was my fault," Emily said.

"No Emily. Don´t… just don´t blame yourself. This is not your fault, "JJ said.

"Yes it is my fault," Emily said.

"Will someone just please tell me what happened," Diana screamed.

"We were searching for an unsub, Reid and me, when we got attacked by him…

"What´s an unsunb," Diana asked.

"The bad guy we were chasing," Rossi explained.

"Anyways, I was in danger and Reid started to insult him to turn his attention to himself and… he got shot," Emily felt tear in her eyes to her embarrassment.

Diana broke down in tears.

"Don´t worry Diana. He´ll be okay," William said.

"You don´t know that," Diana screamed. "You don´t know a thing. Don´t tell me that my son will be okay, when you can´t prove it,"

Garcia started crying. JJ wrapped her arms around. When would that doctors come with those results?