Chapter 2

Aaron, Morgan and Will pulled up to Reid's apartment building. They walked up to the front door and Morgan pulled out his keys he had a spare set for Reid's apartment just in case of an emergency and Reid had his. They took the elevator up to the eighth floor in silence all three preparing themselves for what they might see just on the other side of Reid's door. They exited the elevator and walked half way down the hall till they reached Reid's door. Though Morgan didn't need a key the door was partially open and through that slight crack you could already smell the metallic of blood.

"Everyone put gloves on we can't afford anything being compromised." Aaron instructed

They all reached into their pockets and pulled out black gloves they were used to having to wear them it was part of their jobs after all. Morgan bent down to inspect the lock to see if it was broken or played with.

"Any foul play?" Will asked

"None that I can see the lock wasn't broken or picked at all." Morgan stood back up as Aaron was talking.

"So he either knew them and let them in or they were already here so they let themselves in with a key."

"So he might just have a boyfriend that none of us know about." Will said

"I really hope he wouldn't keep something like this from us." Morgan said more to himself then his other co-workers.

Morgan used two fingers to gently pushed the door open and all three stood at the now fully opened doorway. All they could do was stand there in complete shock at what laid before them.

Garcia and JJ entered the BAU Garcia went straight to her office to get to work on Reid's computer and JJ went over to his desk. Reid really wasn't a fan of using computers as high of an IQ that he had he really did prefer old school methods. So if there was anything to be found at work it would be at his desk and not on his computer. She could count almost on one hand the number of times she saw him use the thing.

She started to go through all of the loose papers on his desk Reid was surprisingly a very organised individual. She couldn't find much just some recites for lunches and coffee. Though she did notice that he was a creature of habit she had at least fifteen recites from the same coffee shop not too far from his house. She thought that maybe Garcia could check the security cameras to see of Reid ever came in with anyone. She headed down to Garcia's office to see if she could do that and see if she found anything out herself.

Garcia was typing away at her computer going through Reid's computer she honestly didn't expect to find much. Reid didn't have any social networking sites not even an email account he really did have no interest in any of that. Any recent activity on his computer was strictly work based and even that was low. She turned around when she heard her door open and in walked JJ.

"Hey you find anything at his desk?"

"Not much just some random papers and recites. You?"

"Nodda our boy wonder really does not like computers. Which is stranger considering he has a PHD in engineering."

"That's so he can build rockets." JJ said jokingly she had often wondered herself why he had a PHD in engineering it really didn't seem to fit.

"There is a coffee shop not far from his house I was wondering if you can see about pulling up their security cameras maybe he came in with someone."

"Sure what's the name?"

"It's Southwest Café." JJ said as she sat down in a chair by Garcia.

"Let's see what I can find."

Aaron, Morgan and Will slowly walked through Reid's front door. All they could do was just stand there and take in the site. There was blood smear on the walls, blood on the floor, the coffee and side table was broken, there was glass shattered on the floor, Reid's gun was on the floor over by a wall, and there were books and papers all over the place. The most disturbing was the two bloody hand prints on the floor and the trail of blood smear down the hallway towards the bedroom.

"Morgan and Will you work this room I'm going to go and check the bedroom. Look for anything that doesn't seem like Reid would own it."

Aaron made his way down the hall and into the bedroom though he couldn't help but fight to keep his heartbeat controlled. He knew this is where Reid would have been raped he knew this room would be worse than that of the living room. That's why he knew he couldn't let Morgan see it, he knew this would bring up bad memories and he didn't need that. Aaron walked in the bedroom and the smell of blood and sex was almost overbearing. There was rope tied to each bedpost Aaron could see blood on it from where Reid had been tied up. There were patches of blood on the bedding as well as the floor and walls. More broken glass from what Aaron figured was a vase on Reid's dresser laid on the floor. They would need a crime scene unit to run all the blood to see if it was all Reid's or not. Aaron walked over to the bed he could see the stains of dried semen he counted the number of stains and got twenty-two. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Everything about this was wrong what happened with Tobias was horrible to happen to Reid but this just seemed so much worse than that. This could very well be someone he knew someone he was dating and they did this to him. Everyone on the team had a soft spot for Reid how could they not he was so innocent and young. This always seemed weird to Aaron considering he's been an adult longer than almost anyone on the team. From the time he was ten he had to take care of his mother he never really had that security that a child is supposed to have. No one should have to endure what he went through but especially Reid he was just gentle he never did anything to hurt anyone. All of this was just so wrong.

Aaron looked around the room to see if he could find any photos or clothing that didn't belong. He began to search the room to see what he could find.

Will and Morgan were dissecting the living room apart. Will was currently looking at the floor where the bloody hand prints were. Morgan was checking Reid's gun to see if he fired it.

"He took it out of his holster but he didn't get any off."

"There's scratch marks on the floor. He fought the whole way down the hall it looks like."

"Reid's not good at fighting but he would have given it his all."

"Judging by the look of this room I would say he gave one hell of a fight."

"Let's look through some of these papers maybe he has a date book or something. Reid is a paper and pen kind of guy he must have something."

Will stood up and made his way over to the desk in the corner of the room. Morgan started to look around on the floor at the loose papers scattered around. After a few moments Aaron came back out. He looked pissed and there was something in his hand.

"What is that?" Morgan asked

"It's a camera I found it on a picture frame on his dresser across from the bed."

"Well I can't imagine Spencer would put that up." Will stated

"So that son of a bitch that did this to him has a camera in the bedroom." Morgan said

"We need to check this house and see if we can find any more. I'll go look in the washroom check out here and in the kitchen."

All three of them checked the entire house they had found six cameras in total that were hidden.

"So it's safe to say that Spencer does have a boyfriend or did until recently." Will said

"Garcia should be able to get the feed from them and we should be able to see who his attackers were." Aaron said

"What did you find in the bedroom?" Morgan asked

"We need a crime scene unit down here to take samples of all the blood. The bedroom looks just like out here there's glass and blood on the floor. I found clothing that wouldn't fit Reid but that's it no photos or day planner. What did you guys find?"

"No photos the floor has scratch marks from when Reid was dragged down the hall." Morgan said

"I found a journal in the desk drawer I didn't go through it." Will said as he held the small brown book in his hand.

"Good job Will that just might give us a name. Will call in a crime scene unit and skim over that Morgana and I will go talk to some of the neighbours someone must have heard something last night."

Just then Aaron's phone went off. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone it was JJ.

"JJ what do you have?"

"We have something, but it might be nothing. There's a coffee shop just a block from Reid's place it's called Southwest Café. Reid goes there every morning and after work for a coffee. Garcia was able to pull the one security camera the café has Reid is seen with the same man a few times a week but we can't really get a good enough shot of his face. If Reid is a regular then maybe this guy is as well."

"Good work JJ we'll go talk to the owner and see if he knows the man."

"What did you all find?"

"Will found a journal and we found some hidden cameras all throughout the house. There's a good chance the attack was recorded on them."

"Oh my god ok have you heard anything from Rossi or Emily?"

"No not yet. Stay at the BAU till we get there so we can start to go over all of this."

"Yes sir."

With that Aaron hung up the phone and turned to the other two waiting for him to update them.

"There is a coffee shop just a block away from here Garcia hacked their security cameras and found Reid. He's in there a few times a week with the same man but Garcia can't get a good enough picture of him. So Morgan I want you to go over to the Southwest Café talk to them and see if they know a name. I'll do the neighbours and Will make that call and go through that journal."

Rossi and Emily were still sitting in the waiting room at the hospital. The nurse had yet to come out to tell them that Reid was now in a room. As long as he was in recovery they couldn't go and see him. So they did the only thing they knew how they profiled.

"Why would Reid keep something like having a boyfriend from us?" Emily asked

"Reid's a private person we all are. I can understand why he would wait to keep something as personal as his sexual orientation from us."

"I can understand why he would feel that him being gay would make him stand out. At the same time though we're his family he should have trusted us with something like this."

"Maybe this was his first relationship we really won't know until he wakes up and we can talk to him. What I can understand is how none of us noticed that he was being abused."

"It was easy to miss he always has worn long sleeve shirts and pants. This guy obviously knew what he was doing there were never any marks on his face. Though I have to say I'm not surprised Reid hid all of this from us with his autism it's really not unexpected."

"Reid's what? Reid doesn't have autism."

"Maybe not officially but I'm willing to bet five thousand dollars that he does."

"Autism people can barely talk I can believe that Reid has ashburge syndrome."

"There's different levels of autism there's low level which are the ones that can't really talk or communicate. Then there are high level autism which is Reid. They have high level of intelligence, socially awkward, they keep to a routine as best as they can. Such as same coffee shop, same brand of clothing, etc. People with high level autism will fidget, they don't like the feel of certain things against their skin, physical interacts can make them feel uncomfortable. All of Reid's little quirks point towards high level autism."

"Do you think he knows that?"

"Probably but like I said it was never diagnosed. I'm not surprised that he has or had a boyfriend I'm more surprised that he has dated at all. I always figured he would be too awkward for that type of interaction."

"Ya he has grown a lot though since I've known him, but I haven't really known him much longer then you have. "

"I'd imagine he has grown a significant amount since being in the BAU he joined when he was only twenty-one."

"Maybe I should ask Morgan what he was like when he first joined. "

"Does it really matter?"

"Aren't you even a little bit curious what he was like?"

"Not really I know what he is like right now. I'm interested in seeing what he will continue to grow into, but the past doesn't really matter."

"Do you think he'll be ok?"

Rossi took a deep breath and slowly let it out. He'd be lying if he said he wasn't worried about all the physical and mental injuries he will have. The kid was young he really hadn't lived much in his life between going to school and his mother. Rossi silently made a promise to himself that if the kid pulled through it that he would start to slowly show the kid a different kind of life.

"I think he's a tough kid. He's been through a lot in his life and it's all made him mentally tough. He'll get through it and we'll all be there to help him along the way."

"Ya we will be."

Just then a nurse walked over towards then. Reid was in a private room in the ICU.