Hey guys this is a short chapter but I think It gets the point across alright. Hope you ebjoy it and thanks for the reviews on the last chapter! ~ Iama Sipe

Morgan glanced at the clock. It was 2:35am and Reid still wasn't back. He was beginning to worry about the kid. After all like he'd told him they were in LA and it was still dark out. Morgan saw only one thing he could do. He pulled out him phone, and dialed Hotch's number. It rang and rang

"Come on." Morgan said to the phone. Then to his relief, he heard a voice on the other end of the line.

"Hotchner." The voice said.

"Hotch, Reid left two hours ago and isn't back yet. I'm starting to get worried about him." Morgan said and hoped Hotch wouldn't excuse it as not Important.

He waited and waited until finally, after what seemed like ten minutes Hotch said, "Why did he leave?" And he actually sounded genuinely concerned.

"He said he said he needed to clear his head and then just left." Morgan explained.

"And you let him?" Hotch asked.

"I figured he wouldn't go too far. Do you think we should look for him?" Morgan was getting more worried by the second.

"I'll call the others. Just wait out in the parking lot and we'll split up." Hotch said and before Morgan could even say "Okay", he hung up. Morgan did as he was told and waited In the parking lot. Before long the whole team was rushing about, splitting into teams, and heading off to look for their youngest member. The girls JJ and Elle went together, Gideon said he'd drive around on his own and look, and Morgan went with Hotch. While walking around, Morgan began to feel a bit guilty. He should have gone with Reid. Now as he and Hotch walked along the sidewalk, glancing in every direction, he was worried his mistake might have just cost Reid his life.

Meanwhile, Reid was still lying in the alley, struggling to stay awake. He felt no pain, but he knew he was loosing blood fast, and that it wouldn't be long before he would be gone. It was cold…very cold, and his body felt numb. As he lifted his hand limply from his stomach, he saw the terrible sight of the blood covering it. And though everything was kind of blurry and coming in and out of focus, he could see his front was all red. It was getting harder and harder to pull in a full breath and Reid couldn't move at all. That's when he heard it. The familiar voices Morgan and Hotch. They sounded far away, but he knew it was them all the same.

"Reid!" He heard Morgan say, and then heard footsteps come up next to him. "Hotch! Hotch!" Morgan yelled. There was another pair of feet that ran over and then both men kneeled down next to Reid. Hotch's face didn't show it, but he was horrified by the sight before him. Reid was covered in blood and there were bruises all over his face.

"Morgan call and ambulance." He said.

Morgan flipped open his phone and said , "God damnit! Hotch there's no signal here!" "Then find signal!" Hotch yelled. Morgan ran off to find signal, while Hotch stayed beside the injured and very weak looking Reid.

"H-Hotch." Reid said in a barely audible and somewhat strained whisper.

"It's okay. Just be still." Hotch told the younger man, trying to keep his tough guy act going for Reid's sake.

"Hotch…a-am I going to…t-to…" He Didn't finish the sentence but Hotch knew exactly what Reid was about to ask.

"Don't say anything Reid. You're going to be just fine." Hotch said. Still trying to resist the urge to freak over the whole incident. He took Reid's cold, limp hand to comfort him. A trickle of blood came from a gash on Reid's forehead. He sighed and asked Hotch,

"W-will you stay with m-me?" Hotch's throat closed up. The only time his team had ever seen him cry was when Haley died. Now he his eyes were threatening to let the team see that side of their unit chief again. That's when he heard an ambulance approaching.

"Reid it's okay they're here. Just hang on." He said. Reid's eye's were getting droopy, and his breaths were getting raspier by the minute. When he didn't respond, Hotch yelled, "Reid! Snap out of it! That's an order!"

"Just..stay." Were Reid's last words, before his eyes closed and darkness overtook him.