Saviors- Chapter 1

Destruction

"........this plot wouldnt leave me alone, so here it is!"

'Reid? Why won't you save me? Reid?' the child asked.

'Who....who are you?' Reid asked, his voice trembling.

'You already know.'

'No...no I don't. Please just tell me.' Reid begged.

'Silly- my name is Spencer. Bu you already knew that.'

Reid suddenly realized that the boy was himself- but 15 years younger. But he couldn't figure out why he needed to be saved, or how this was happening. Without warning, Spencer walked towards Reid, and stroked his left cheek.

As soon as the boy's fingers touched Reid's cheek,he remembered. The horrible thoughts of what had happened to him 15 years ago flooded his mind. Reid cried out in the pain of the repressed memories,and collasped onto the floor.

'NO! STOP IT! PLEASE, HE'S JUST A LITTLE BOY!' Reid shouted. 'NO!'

'Reid, why won't you save me?' the little boy asked as Reid watched what horrible things the man who appeared as if by magic did to him.

'NO!!!!!!!!!!!!' he shouted as the man raised the knife to Spencer's small arm........

"Reid! Reid!" Hotch shouted as he shook Reid. "Reid, wake up!" Reid jolted up, gasping as he recovered himself from what appeared to be another nightmare.

Reid looked around him. He was in the conference room with the round table, which held all their case briefings from BAU's team of expert profilers (which Reid belonged to) were all looking at him with concern. He had never fallen to sleep before like this, and certainly had never screamed out 'NO!' in his sleep before, either.'

"Reid? Are you alright man?" Morgan asked. He had been the closest one to Reid at the moment, so he gently squeezd his young collegue's shoulder.

"Um......." Reid sighed. He ran his fingers through his hair, and started staring at the ground. "I-I'm not so sure anymore.'' he admiited.

"You know you can talk to us Kid.'' Morgan said.

"Yeah, I know. But thi-this is something I need to figure out on my own.'' he mumbled, hoping they hadn't just heard him.

"And what exactly is this?" Hotch asked. "You just said this was something you'd rather figure out on your own. Does that mean this has happened before,Reid?"

'Crap.' Reid thought. 'Me and my big moth.'

"Um........... yes. This has been happening for a while now, acually. I-I can't really explain things right now, but...um.....do you think it would be alright if I took some time off? Maybe visit my mom at Bennington?" Reid asked.

Hotch was shocked by Reid's quesiton. Reid didn't normally ask for time off, which meant that there had to be something wrong. And he was acting suspicous. He knew Reid wasn't teliing him the whole truth.

"Sure,Reid. I think some time off would be best. And your mom always likes it when you come to visit. '' He turned around to face JJ. ''Go ahead and start the briefing. Reid and I will just step into my office to discuss matters further." he said.

"Okay. Sure, we will fill you in on the jet." JJ said. Reid and Hotch walked out the door......

Hotch's Office.

"Reid, what's going on?" Hotch asked.

" I guess I just haven't been sleeping well, and need to step away for a week or two.'' Reid repsonded weakly.

"Enough guessing. Tell me the truth." he said sternly.

Reid realized there was no way of keeping this a secret any longer. He had no choice but to tell them. "I've been having these.....nightmares.....about myself as a child. And my father? He would, um, find new ways to.....hurt me." Reid said. He tried to make his voice sound strong; as if the dreams meant nothing to him.

"What do you mean 'hurt'?" Hotch asked. He heard Reid's voice crack as he confessed about the nightmares, and he was begining to think that there was more to the story than what Reid wa letting on.

"He-he would hurt me........with knives, or-or whatever else he-he could find." he choked out. He stared down at the floor, letting his hair cover his face.

"Reid, did.........did this actually happen?" Hotch realized what Reid had meant when he hid his face, and the no answer he got after his question let Hotcdh know he as right. Reid had been an abused child.

"Reid, answer me." he demanded, but gently.

Reid looked up, a single tear drop in his eye. "Yes." he whispered.

Reid looked down again, so did Hotch. Silence crept into the air until Hotch finally spoke up. "How long do you need?" he asked.

"A week would be fne." he mumbled. Hotch wrote something down, and gave it to Reid.

"I don't want to see you back int his office for another two weeks." he said. "Go home."

Reid nodded, and left the office........

Conference Room

Hotch came back in the conference room just as JJ finished talking. "BE on the jet in five." he annonced as the team walked out the room.

Morgan stopped walking once he was next to Hotch,though. ''Is he alright?" he asked.. Hotch looked at Morgan, thinking of what to say. "Let's hope so." he mimbled as he left the room. Morgan had heard him, and sighed, truely concerned that one day they would lose Reid forever......

BAU Lady's Room

Emily Printiss and Jennifer Jaurea walked into the bathroom together to put their hair up in a pony tail, knowing the chance of getting to shower in the next 24 hours would be fairly slim. They made light conversation as they searched their purses for their pony tail holders, or, in Printiss' case, a rubber band.

As Prinitss pulled her hair up, she griminced. "Ugh, do you smell that?" she asked.

JJ sniffed the air. "Ew, what is that?" she said as she turned around to face Printiss.

"I have no idea........." she turned around, and noticed there was smoke coming from the air vent. "JJ, what is that?" she pointed to the vent.

"What appears to be the source of the smell......'' her voice stopped, as she grew light-headed. She gripped the wall for sppoert, but still fell. Her eyelids felt heavy, and she could barely see.

"Printiss?" JJ coughed out. But she couldn't see or hear her. The last thing she saw was a man dragging something towards her.......

BAU Jet Take-Off (a/n- sorry, dont know technical term!)

Morgan had been the first one to arrive at the jet. He decided to take advantage of that, and pulled out his phone. He tried to get a signal, but he suddnely started feeling dizzy. He dropped his phone, and fell to his knees. He felt hands cover his mouth, but couldn't stop the attacker......

Garcia's Office

"No!" she shouted angerly at his computer. "Why? What did I deserve to lose you dar solitare game?" she cried out to it. Angerly, she accepted defeat, and closed her labtop. She looked at all her figurines and fuzzy pink pens, reminding herself to smile.

Garcia's stomach growled, so she reached for a candy bar. Just as she moved her arm, she cried out in pain. Her head suddenly hurt horribly. She put her head on her desk, and, before she knew it, was asleep. Although she was unconscious, she could still feel the cold hand of a stranger grab the back of her throat......

Reid's Apartment

Reid sat on his bed, and tried his best not to think about the nightmares. He tried to focus his thoughts on positive things, but was unsucessful. It always came back to the dreams, and all Reid wanted to do was push the dreams away.

He sighed, and decided to get a glass of water. He tiredly got up from the laying position he was in on his bed, and ealked to his small kitchen.

To Reid's surprise,he wasn't alone in his kitchen. A man wearing a ski mask in all black sat on his marble conter. efore Reid could react, the sranger was beside Reid, and pinning him by his throat against the wall. "I had special orders as to how to take you. Boss told me to make sure you were conscious, and that were awake when she sees you. She told me you were something special, unlike the others.'' he said, his voice sounding muffled.

"Now, we're going to silently walk out this room, and we're not goint attract any attention. And if you do? This bullet goes throught your head.''

"............ok, i hope that didn't suck. and im so sorry 2 my LC fans- updates will most likely be in the summer, or hopefully sooner!! please r&r!!!"