JJ followed him out of the cabin, while Hotch went over to Rossi. Rossi had gotten a handkerchief out of his pocket and was pressing it to the still bleeding wound.

"Dave are you alright?"

"I'm fine Aaron; you should go check on Reid."

"JJ is with him she can handle him. It's best not to crowd him; let me see your hand."

Rossi gave it to him "I think you're going to need stitches." Hotch stated after looking at the cut; a deep curved line that ran the length of the palm.

Rossi sat on the vacated log and everyone in the cabin was trying to come to terms with the scene they had just witnessed. After a couple of minutes JJ called into the cabin asking for Morgan. He rushed out, and came back in supporting Reid. Rossi got off the log and put it by the fire, Morgan helped Reid to sit than took a step back.

"Rossi, I am so sorry, I was sure you weren't real. It was just getting too painful, I just wanted to wake up."

"Wake up?" Emily asked

"I dreamt you guys were here so many times, that you had finally come to my rescue that I was going to leave this mountain. But every time I would wake up alone. I just wanted the dream to be over, it was too painful to keep pretending."

Morgan went and knelt down in front of Reid and took his hand.

"Pretty boy, we are here, and I promise you we are going to take you back home."

Reid smiled at him with tears in his eyes than took his hand back. He hastily wiped his eyes and wrapped his blanket tighter. Hotch had left the cabin, when he returned he was carrying a first aid kit. He went over to Rossi and bandaged his hand. As he worked he called over the rest of the team to the table. As they talked Reid went over to the storage area and started removing the boards, he called over

"When do we leave Hotch?"

"In the morning, it's started to snow and night is going to fall soon. It's too dangerous to leave now."

Reid scoffed and put the boards back in place using a lot more than necessary. He then went over to the fire added another log, then picked up his bowl of water walked over to the table and added it to the pot. Reid then headed for the door. Hotch came to over to him and blocked his way slightly

"Reid you understand right why we can't leave right away?"

Reid ignored him and walked around him, Hotch lightly grabbed his arm but Reid pulled away

"Reid, this is your home, is it alright if the team sleeps here tonight?" Hotch asked changing the subject

"You're the boss, it's your decision." Reid said with slight contempt and hostility

Reid left the cabin to attend to his chores. Hotch ordered the others to unload the cars. As they unloaded the vehicles they kept an eye on Reid as he went to the back of the cabin, then into the woods returning with a bowl full of snow, and lastly with only JJ remaining outside to watch grabbing the bucket from the side of the cabin. JJ and Reid went inside together; Reid walked over to the fireplace and put down his bowl and bucket. Emily walked over to him she put his in front of the fire, she then handed him his squirrel and knife. She then took a hasty step back and went back to setting up camp. Reid skinned his squirrel he put the skin on the earth and the squirrel in the pot. Once his work was done Reid sat on his log, rubbing his foot and watching his friends.

Morgan was moving the plank table against the wall near the door when he noticed something

"Hotch come take a look at this." He said quietly

Hotch came over and Morgan pointed to the knife marks in the table: twenty in total.

"It looks like Reid's calendar; he made a cut for each day he's been here."

Rossi suddenly called Hotch for help, Hotch went to help him and Morgan set up the plank and log against the wall. Night was coming and wind whipped around the cabin. It grew extremely cold in the cabin, so cold that everyone could see their breath, and even Morgan, Hotch, Emily, JJ, and Rossi shivered slightly in their winter gear. Reid was also shivering and huddled in his blankets, but his only response to the cold was to put another log in the fire, to make sure it didn't go out. Morgan went over to him

"Pretty boy, could I throw some more wood on the fire?"

"No. No, mustn't waste wood. Wood will become scarce, than one dies. Must converse wood." Reid said remotely and woodenly as if he had repeated this mantra to himself many times.

"Reid we are all going to leave in the morning. Even if we get snowed if for a couple of days we'll still have plenty of wood. "

Reid shook his head and huddled further in his blanket. Morgan seeing Reid was not thinking rationally and was running on pure instinct decided to take charge. He signaled to Emily and they pulled Reid off the log and took him to a sleeping bag by the door. Reid struggled but he was too weak to put up much of a fight. After they set him down, JJ came over and wrapped up in a couple of blankets the team had brought.

"Reid it's alright, there's plenty of wood, and we brought blankets and sleeping bags." Seeing that Reid was glaring daggers at Morgan who was piling wood on the fire JJ added "Hotch and Emily can bring in more firewood would that help."

"They'll have to hurry the sun's almost down."

Hotch and Emily quickly went to the door and hurried outside. By the time they returned though Reid had fallen asleep curled up on a sleeping bag and buried in blankets.

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