Chapter 2

'Anna?' He asks gently, and her eyes meet his, confusion and fear swirling in those dark orbs.

'I... I'm sorry do I know you?' She asks hesitantly. Before he can respond, his phone rings.

'Look, come with me, alright?' He asks as he takes out his phone, he doesn't answer it until she nods hesitantly. 'Reid.' He says into the phone.

'Reid. We have a case. Get here now.' Reid flinches as he hears the anger in Gideon's voice, and then he hears the dial tone. He sighs and puts his phone away.

'Come on, this way, Anna.' He says gently as they walk towards Headquarters.

Reid opens the glass door for her and they stop at the reception desk to get her a visitors pass. They then proceed to the elevators.

'Is something wrong?' Reid asks her gently, when she hesitates before stepping onto the elevator.

'I don't really like small spaces.' She looks at the floor as she passes by him and places herself in the corner facing the door.

'Alright.' Reid says as he presses the button for the top floor. He could sense her discomfort but he doesn't know how to help so he allows the silence to surround them. Suddenly, he hears her humming to herself and he notices the fingers on her left hand tapping her thumb in rhythm with her humming. He doesn't say anything as the elevator stops on the top floor. He steps out and she follows him hesitantly.

'Reid, over here.' He flinches as Gideon's voice shouts over to him and he turns to see Anna against the wall, trembling in fear.

'Anna? Hey, its going to be ok. Come on,' he whispers gently. He holds out a hand to her but she pushes back against the wall. Just as Reid is about to say something else, he jumps as someone's hand descends sharply onto his shoulder.

'Reid, is everything ok?' Gideon says gently as his eyes connect with the trembling form of the young woman trying to disappear into the wall behind her. His eyebrows pull together as he gets a feeling of recognition shooting through him. 'Do I know you miss?' He asks.

'Gid... Gideon?' Her gentle voice reaches him, as her eyes slowly connect with his, and he gasps as he realises exactly who she is. Annastasia Sherman, the missing girl believed to be connected with the case, but also apparently, the daughter of the deranged psychotic narcissist Frank Breitkopf, Gideon saved her a long time ago, but he didn't recognise her in the pictures for the current case. Suddenly, she rushes at him and hugs him, and she refuses to let go as she sobs into his chest. He just holds her, comforting her.

Finally, her sobs slow down and her breathing evens out, as she looks up at Gideon. 'I've been trying to get to your cabin. Only you can help me.' She tells him gently, hope and fear making her dark eyes churn.

'Alright, come on, sweetie, I need to brief the team on the current case, which involves you, and also about your... parentage.' Gideon responds gently, as he leads her towards the round table room, with Reid following them, his face a mask of confusion. 'Alright, everyone take a seat. Don't worry, JJ, I'll explain it today.' Gideon tells everyone, as JJ goes to speak. Everyone sits down and Morgan looks at Anna, who is tucked securely under Gideon's arm. 'Alright, so we have all, except Reid, already looked at the case file. Families brutally murdered in their homes, with the young teenage daughters all having been tortured worse than the rest, with the teenage girls also showing signs of sexual abuse. Now, we already found that all these families seemed to have had recent contact with one Annastasia Sherman, who disappeared after her own family was killed. People suspect her as the killer but I know that that is not true.' Gideon told the room as Anna peaked out at everyone. He was about to continue when Anna left his side and stood tentatively in front of him, looking at everyone in the room.

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