Disclaimer: Criminal minds does not belong to me! yeah, this story has been bubbling in my head for a while... hope you enjoy! Also, this is just a starter chapter so it's short, kinda like a prologue, next chapters will be a lot longer!

One phone call. That was all it took for Spencer's Reid's life to completely change. Just that one phone call, ringing in the early morning, to turn his life upside down - of course he didn't know it then, he never dreamed of such a fate happening, but it did, and for once, the boy genius was speechless.

"Hello?" Spencer sighed, holding the phone between his ear and his shoulder - now was really not a good time, he had files to sort out and Hotch was wanting his report on the last case in, on his desk, by noon - he didn't need to be plagued.

"Hello, yes, is this... ah...Spencer Reid?" A female voice asked, almost like she was reading from a script. He didn't recognise the voice, and he would've remembered which meant, well... it meant a lot of things, none of them good. He gulped.

"Yes, speaking" He replied, stopping what he was doing and leaning back in his chair, attracting the attention of Prentiss who looked up in confusion.

"I'm Sandra Milne, from Child protective services, and was wondering if we could have a quick word" She stated, her voice brash and sharp, almost like she was in a rush - or extremely stressed.

"Child protective-" He started to say before realising his mistake and looking away from prying eyes, dipping his head and hiding behind his long brown hair, "What have I got to do with it? If it's about a case I'm sure my boss-" But the woman cut him off, leaving him more confused than ever.

"No, no, this isn't about a case" She told him, as if that was obvious, "This is on behalf of your sister" She told him and Spencer almost dropped the cell phone, brown eyes widening considerably.

"S-Sister?" He stuttered, or rather squealed, making Morgan look up at him in shock and for JJ to stop walking and stare at him.

"Yes, your sister... Cora Reid" And when those words were muttered, Spencer could've sworn his heart stopped.

Cora sat watching the people below her go on with their daily lives - shopping, meeting friends, laundry - all of it seemed so trivial really, when she thought about it. All those things that people thought were life or death were so... cliché and, to be quite frank, a waste. If only her mother were here...

Cora shook her head - dammit, don't think about that, she cursed, standing up from the window sill and looking at her small suitcase which was packed with, well, everything she owned - which, in case you haven't guessed, wasn't a lot. She sighed heavily and plonked herself on the small, creaky bed at the orphanage - she really hated it here, everyone was a jerk and the owners were darn right nasty.

Apparently, child protective services had tracked down a half brother of hers, living only a few miles from where she had stayed all her life - ironic huh? Cora shivered involuntarily - she had been let down her whole life, surely this would only be another disappointment under the belt. Why would a guy she had never met want to disrupt his whole life for her? It made no sense.

Who would want such a broken girl anyway? She didn't even want her so why would anyone else? Exactly.

And anyway, it would just lead to more danger for him, her estranged half brother, by taking her in - her mother's debts hadn't been cleared yet which only meant one thing - they were out for her blood, and Cora didn't know if she had enough strength to fight them.

A.N) there we go, like I said, just a starter chapter - longer chapters to come IF people like it, so yeah, please tell me what you think - it's my first story ever! thank you! :)