Spencer meets a beautiful genius he begins to fall for. But, what if Tobias never died and has come back for revenge after so many years? The best way to destroy a man is to destroy the one he loves. Set after "100"
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
"I"ll be back for you…."
"You are a sinner…."
"Pray for your soul, boy…."
Dr. Spencer Reid twisted in his bed out of fear. He shook under the covers as his skin broke out in a cold sweat.
"I'm coming for you boy!"
Spencer ran through the corn fields, running, always running..
"Imma find you, boy!"
Spencer rounded the corner and fell on his face. He turned to see Tobias/Raphael hovering over him.
"You will pay for your sins boy. You will pay!"
Spencer woke with a start, shaking in fear. His breathing was labored, his brown locks drenched in sweat.
"It was just a dream,…." He said to himself. It had been 3 years since his kidnapping, but for some reason, he had been having a lot of dreams about it lately.
"Relax Spencer….he's gone, he can't even come back to hurt me…" He quietly said to himself as he drifted back to sleep.
Spencer walked into the BAU yawning, ready for what horrors had to pass in front of his eyes that morning. J.J had called them in early about murders in the Washington D.C area. It was only a 40 min drive from Quantico and an even shorter flight. They'd be there in no time. Once he entered the briefing room, he noticed his whole team already sitting.
"Sorry I'm late, I didn't hear my alarm" He said quietly, rubbing his face. The others looked at him with concern, but nodded in understand.
"We've got a bad one this time guys…" J.J said, her voice heavy
"When are any of our cases good?" Morgan asked
"Never, but, this killer is targeting children," J.J said, pulling up the pictures. Spencer's breath hitched in his throat as he looked at the pictures before him
"Last night, a family was found murdered. Both parents and 5/7 of their children were all found dead"
"I thought you said they targeted children?" Hotch asked
"Yes. Their target was the children. The parents were tied up and the children placed in front of them, each stabbed in specific areas 10 times. Twice in the calves, once in the stomach, once below the sternum, four times in the arms and twice between the shoulder blades. Each child bled out after about 10 minutes. Once they died, they slit the parent's throats" J.J finished, her voice full of despair. She had always taken cases where children died hard, but since she had Henry, she had an even harder time dealing with children's deaths.
"So this is some kind of sadist. A man who takes joy in the torture of children. He killed them slowly, the parents he seemed to only kill so they couldn't identify him, killing them quickly." Rossi explained
"You said only 5 were murdered. What happened to the other 2 children?" Hotch asked.
"They had been at a sleepover. 8 year old Anita and 5 year old Robert had been at a party and came home to find their family dead"
"So the unsub didn't plan this out well. He's unorganized, must not have completely studied the family, unless he wouldn't have missed these last 2 kids" Morgan stated
"Three weeks ago, there was a similar murder, all the children stabbed 5 times, the parents tied up and their throats slit. This also occurred in the D.C area"
"Ok, so, we have an unsub who targets children by stabbing them multiple times in front of their parents" Rossi summed up.
"Lets go, we don't know how long they will take between another kill. Grab your go bags, hurry" Hotch said as he walked out the door. The team followed, Spencer being the slowest.
"Hey," Prentiss said, approaching Reid "You alright Reid? You don't look so good"
"Oh yea, I'm fine, just tired. I didn't sleep very well last night" Emily nodded with understanding as they followed their team out the door.