Double Trouble
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Warning: This may contain spanking
THANKS FOR ALL THE REVIEWS, THIS IS MY FIRST CRIMINAL MINDS STORY
"Good morning, baby girl!" Morgan announced as he came up from behind Garcia, trying to catch her off guard.
"Uh, I will show you a good morning," Penelope rebutted, trying to cover her nervousness. 'Damn, working with the best profilers makes it really difficult to lie.' Pen thought to herself. She just put on a huge smile and walked off to her office.' Just breathe and walk, P, breathe and walk, ' Pen muttered to herself.
Although Garcia thought she had pulled the wool over Morgan's eyes, her unconscious movements only increased his suspicion that something was up. Maybe it was time to take this up to the next level. Making his way up the steps, he knocked on Hotch's door,"Hey Hotch, you got a minute man."
"Yeah sure, what do you need Morgan?"
"Well, I was just wondering if you had noticed Reid acting strange or anything out of his normal?"
"No, actually I have not seen much of our resident genius, why do you ask?" Hotch was interested in why Morgan had this kind of question.
"Well, call it a gut feeling or hunch, but I feel like there is something going on between Garcia and Reid, and no not in a dating way, but in a sneaky sort of way. I caught Penelope in a lie, and then they both walk in at the same time today and exchange a weird glance. I just know something is up, but what I do not know."
"Morgan, I will talk to Reid and see if I can get anything from him. As soon as I have I will call you." Hotch was now starting to wonder just what this duo was up to and just how involved they were.
Hotch stepped out of his office and saw Reid sitting at his desk. " Reid, can you come into my office for a minute please?" Hotch watched with curiosity as Reids eyes flicked up to Garcia's office. 'Yep, there is something going on ,' Hotch thought to himself.
"You need something Hotch?" Reid asked as he stuck his head in the door.
"Yeah, have you noticed anything strange about Garcia lately, Morgan is concerned something is going on and you know how Penelope can let her heart get her in trouble. Just want to make sure we have no more situations like Battle again."
"Oh, no Hotch, um, Garcia seems normal, or as normal as she can be to me." Reid answered. But unknowingly he had started rocking back and forth on his feet, a nervous tick he had that he could never cover.
"Reid, you would not lie to me would you? You know how I feel about lying and that only gets you into trouble. I would hate to have to remind you about your little discussions Gideon had with you when you did something that was dangerous or wrong would I?" Hotch spoke with clear authority, making sure Reid remembered how he was reprimanded the last time he got caught in a dangerous lie. The look on Reid's face let Hotch know that he was remembering right now.
"Spencer Reid, my office, NOW!" Jason Gideon yelled down into the bullpen, his paternal feelings were at the spewing point. Spencer had just came in from a case with Morgan and from Gideon's reaction, he knew that Morgan must have let him in on the problem.
"Thanks again MORGAN." Spencer hissed as he walked by Morgan and headed up the stairs. As he reached the top of the stairs he turned and made sure Morgan saw Reid's disappointment that Morgan had told on him.
"Sorry bro, not going to let you get hurt, even when you think you know better." Morgan said with an air of confidence that he had done the right thing.
Reid's answer was to coldly turn his shoulder and enter Gideon's office. But, his sense of bravado was short lived as he entered Gideon's office." Yeah, Gideon did you need to see me?"
"Need to see you? No, what I need to do is to knock some sense into you but, first things first, I want to explain what in the hell was going through your mind when you lied to Morgan and Hotch to send them to the wrong location so you could confront the unsub all by yourself. Are you trying to get yourself killed? Well, let me tell you right now, I will NOT TOLERATE this type of actions" Gideon was yelling at Reid now.
"OK, OK I get it Gideon , you are upset, but let me…"
"Upset, you think I am upset, Reid I am furious. You could have been killed'
"I know that, but at the time it seemed like a good thing." Reid countered, his own ire starting to rise. How dare they feel like he could not take care of himself, how dare they treat him like a teenager," and by the way, I made a decision and I went with it so deal with it."
"Deal with, oh I am going to deal with it right now. Spencer, I know that you did not have repercussions from choices in your youth, but you do now. You purposefully lied to us, and then you put yourself in harms way and when we are done you will never do this again. So go grab you go bag and meet me at my car." Gideon hated the thought of having to spank Reid, but he knew Reid looked up to him as a father figure so it was time Gideon started treating Reid more like a son.
"Wh-wh-what?" Reid asked with a hitch in his voice. He could tell by Gideon's face that he was not in the joking mood and that whatever he was getting ready to do he was not going to change his mind.
"No room for discussion, go! NOW!"
Reid had never seen Gideon so upset, so he did not hesitate. He stopped by his desk, looked over at Morgan and said'"I hope you are happy now, tattletale."
"Nope, never am when I see my lil' brother do something deceitful and dangerous. See ya tomorrow Reid." Morgan looked him straight into the eyes as he spoke, hoping Reid saw just how upset and scared he had been for Reid.
The ride to Gideon's house was short and quiet. "Get in the house, go upstairs, put your stuff in the spare room, I will be there in a minute."
"What? You can't tell me what to do ." Reid was starting to get nervous and when he did he became belligerent.
"NOW! Do not push me Spencer." Gideon yelled as Reid ascended the stairs, stomping all the way. "Also, cut out the temper tantrum, not going to change my mind."
Spencer sat on the bed thinking about his actions and now the consequences, no one had really cared before, and now he was uncertain he liked having people to care.
KNOCK, KNOCK!
"Can I come in ?" Gideon asked."
"Yes, come in, would it matter if I said no?"
"Nope, probably not."
Gideon sat down beside Spencer and turned to look at him eye to eye. "Reid, I will not tolerate you putting yourself in unnecessary danger and I will not tolerate you lying to us. We are a family and we take care of each other, but we can't if you lie to us. So since you acted like a child, I am treating you like a child." Reid never knew what was happening until he was face down over Gideon's knees and felt the first swat.
SWAT! "OWWW! Gideon, what are you doing, you can do this,stop, OWW! Gideon I am not a child OWWW! That hurts."
SWAT! " Well, son this is supposed to hurt, this is to remind you that you do not lie, SWAT! Or put yourself in danger, SWAT! Do you understand me."
SWAT!SWAT!SWAT! " Yes, Yes I understand you, pleeease Gideon no more," Reid pleaded as his backside was on fire now, he never thought Gideon had this much strength in him. But then instead of stopping, Gideon lifted right knee and lowered his left knee making Reid's sit spot a prime target.
SWAT!SWAT! "You will not lie to any us again understood."
"Un-Unhuh"
SWAT! SWAT! "You will not put yourself in unnecessary danger, is that understood?"
"YES, Please it hurts , I will not be able to sit down."
"OK, then if you are clear on this then we are done, do not ever make me have to do this again, do you understand me? But, if I hear of anymore lies or deception, I will not hesitate to do this again." Gideon now had righted Spencer and was letting him cry.
"Oh no, clear on that Hotch. No need to rehash old times." Spencer answered Hotch, hoping against hope that they would never get caught. 'Oh, Garcia, I hope you are good, because I have a feeling that you and I are about to be up the creek and you know who will bring the paddles' Spencer thought to himself.