Disclaimer: Criminal Minds isn't mine! Neither are it's characters :(
Notes: Lots o' cussing in this chapter
I know sometimes it's annoying when another character has a big part in the story but I swear that's not the case here. I just had to give a CERTAIN character in this chapter some background so when they appear later you won't be like "Who the fuck was that? Where did that person come from?".
Just trust me on this one it'll make sense in later chapters.
I know it may not seem like it based off of this part of the story but it for sure is MORGAN and REID centric with tons more cute moments. But what's a story without all the drama, right?
In this chapter we see some more of what a handful Spencer is. And Morgan gets a surprise phone call that may just change things.
"Got to get to work. I don't know what I'm gonna do with you." he looked over at the baby in the passenger's seat who was taking it upon himself to untangle himself from the straps. "Stop that".
The little boy looked at him and wrinkled his nose "dat".
"What are you a parrot?" Andy's lips quirked. Driving down the street he saw the garage and pulled in "I need fucking money and you need to be changed".
Spencer continued his mission of getting himself loose which was quickly becoming fairly easy. Parking the car, Andy got out and rushed over to the passenger's side and yanked the kid out. Strolling further into the garage he scanned the room for the answer to his current problem. This kid needed to be changed and he'd be damned if he did it. He didn't even have anything to do it with. 'The system has to be beyond fucked to leave a child in that woman's care'.
Not comprehending how Gerty was possibly able to keep the other children she raised alive with how fucking sick in the head she was was blowing Andy's mind.
Spotting his target he strode over to her. "I need a favor".
"Do I look like the kind of person who does favors?"
Looking her up and down he grinned. Her white wifebeater was covered in mechanic's oil, her loose ponytail was falling apart and the slacks were hanging past her hip exposing a pair of her boyfriend's boxers she threw on.
"The kid needs to be changed" he leaned forward and tried to hand the little boy over.
"What are you deaf? Wha'd I just say?" narrowing her eyes she turned and walked away.
Spencer, just wanting to be let down started squirming in the man's arms. Andy tightened his grip which caused the kid to whine and cry out.
"You wanna tell me why you brought a kid here?"
Andy turned his glare from the kid to the man who now stood in front of him. "It's Gerty's. Listen Dom I need your help. You gotta get Dex to help me out here." he nodded towards the little boy in his hands.
Dominic cocked an eyebrow "What's the problem?".
"The kid needs a new diaper. I don't have money. And I don't know the first thing about kids in general let alone a baby." as he finished his tiny rant of an explanation, Spencer started to whine louder causing Andy to grimace.
Annoyed at the man's reaction, Dominic took it upon himself and moved closer, grabbing the baby from the younger man's possession and lifted him up to smell him. Spencer wriggled and cried trying to reach back out to Andy who smirked and walked away. Dominic took the little boy further into the garage and towards his car. "Dex" he yelled out as he looked into his vehicle.
The slim brunette walked over to him and peered into his car trying to see what he was looking at. "What's up?".
"I need you to watch the kid"
"What?"
Dominic gave her a look and she sighed. "Dom.. I'm not watching Andy's fucking kid".
"It's not for him" he handed the crying little boy over and got into his car.
Before she could argue further he drove off out of the garage. "Fuckin' fuck" she cursed under her breath. She took a look at the small human crying in her arms and cringed. "Okay okay.. shhhh shhhh". She tried bouncing him up and down in her arms but it did nothing to calm him. "Stop crying everything's fine". His squirming started back up and she put him down.
Spencer marched over to a nearby toolbox and dug inside. "Hey hey hey!" Dex ran up and took his little hands out of the box and pushed it away. "What do you think you're doing?".
"dat" Spencer pointed towards the tools in the box and looked flustered.
"I don't know what that means but that is not yours" she pointed at the toolbox.
A cellphone ringing caught her attention and she looked over her shoulder at Andy answering his phone. "Yeah. No. You're the fucking one who kicked us both out. Yeah you can come get him. Alright.. ALRIGHT.. shit. Bye.".
"What was that about?" she nodded towards his cell.
Andy walked over and stared down at the little boy. "Gerty wants the kid back. Spencer back.".
"Bitch is psychotic. I know you need money and a place to crash but have some fucking respect for yourself. She's hardly got a dime for herself let alone YOU. And what's with the kid? Why do you even have him and better yet why am I being forced to watch him?". Dex looked up at Andy from her crouched position where she was holding onto Spencer's little arm to keep him from moving forward towards the tools.
"I don't know. I just saw her for the first time in months. I didn't even know she had the kid or even his name until two seconds ago when she said it on the phone. I went over there for some cash and she flipped out on me and pushed me and the kid out of the house."
Dex looked at him skeptically. "Again.. like I said.. she's psychotic".
"Yeah" he looked past Dex and at the little boy by the side of her "Spencer" he called out trying to gain the boy's attention "Spencer". The little boy was fixated on the toolbox.
"He's not a dog" the brunette huffed.
"Doesn't mean he doesn't know his own name. SPENCER." he tried again and this time the little boy looked over. Andy smiled smugly and reached into his pocket taking out his phone. He handed it to the little boy who beamed.
Dex laughed "He's gonna end up deleting all your contacts or breaking your phone and you're gonna kill him".
Right as Andy decided to question what he just did they heard a car pulling in and looked up to see Dominic driving back in.
The older muscular man got out of the car with a couple of bags in hand and knelt down near the huddled group and put the bags down beside him.
"Wha'd you get?" Dex tried looking over to see what was inside the bags.
"Things he needed" Dom looked around and when he couldn't find anything he thought appropriate he pulled off his shirt and laid it on the floor. Andy and Dex looked at each other in confusion and back at Dom as he grabbed the boy and laid him down onto the shirt. He pulled a bag of diapers out of the plastic bag and ripped it open.
"You sure you know what you're doing?" Dex questioned warily.
Dom gave her a look and pulled the baby's pants down and got to work on his task.
"I'm never having kids" she complained as she saw the mess.
Dominic chuckled and as he finished up he pulled up the little boy's pants and stood him up. Right away Spencer started to walk off. Dom watched him make his way over to the toolbox and got up off his knees and walked over to join him. "So why do you have the kid?".
Dex smiled and looked at Andy already knowing the answer, having asked the question earlier herself.
"Gerty kicked me out and I happened to be holding the kid when she did it. She's coming over right now to get him."
Dom nodded and watched as Spencer tried to reach into the box. He grabbed the boy's little hands and closed the box. When Spencer whined, Dom raised an eyebrow and opened the box up, the whining stopped. He closed it again and it started back up only to stop again when he closed it. Andy laughed and shook his head. Dex looked more than amused "He's got potential. Imagine the manipulating he could do with that little face.".
Night arrived and Gerty still hadn't shown up at the shop. During the day the three adults each took turns taking care of Spencer while each working on their respective vehicles. Most of the time having Spencer sitting in the backseats of the cars they were working on so they could keep a better eye on him and know where he was. They learned instantly that, left unattended, even for a second, this little boy had a habit of wandering.
When he was finally off the clock Andy scooped the boy up and let the others say their goodbyes to the child before getting into his truck and taking off back towards Gerty's.
Morgan was just about to leave the office when he got a call. "Morgan. You sure? Alright I'm on my way." he flipped his phone shut and raced out the glass doors. Once out of the building Morgan hopped into his car and headed towards the police station.
Inside the building, Morgan used his badge as access and was led towards the the jail cell.
"What are you doing here?" the young girl stood up and walked towards the bars. "Where's Spencer?" she tried looking past him.
"He's with child services" Derek stepped forward.
"WHAT" the girl's eyes widened. "What the fuck did you do?" she spat.
"Why did you leave your son at my door, Nancy?" Morgan asked calmly.
"Why did you give my son over to CPS?" Nancy shot back angrily. "Do you have any idea what's going to happen?".
"Who did that to you?" Morgan nodded towards her face.
Nancy narrowed her eyes and huffed, turning around to go back to sit on the bench. "Who do you think?".
"Is Ross here?"
"Nope but his friends are. He got them to beat the shit out of me for taking "HIS" kid. "HIS". He doesn't even fucking like him or me yet when I leave he loses his shit"
"Why'd you leave the kid at my door?"
"I knew.. well I THOUGHT you'd protect him. Apparently I was wrong." Nancy put her face into her hands.
"What's he need protecting from?"
"Oh you can't be that dense. You know what Scott is. I'd never let him harm my child but there's some things you just can't fucking control in life. He beats on me.. he beats on him. He's ONE. He manhandles him like a rag doll, the same way he treats me. I thought by just getting out of there and leaving Spencer with you that you could protect him and Scott would never be able to find him. Even if he found me he'd never know I left him with you. You could have taken care of him." she rubbed her face and rested her elbows on her knees.
"Beats on him?" Morgan was furious. He couldn't imagine anyone being able to harm the little boy who had been with him earlier.
"Yes. He hits him and he hurts him and I ALWAYS.. ALWAYS jump in and stop him and get my ass handed to me doing so but I don't care. I'd die for that little boy and I probably WILL once Scott gets a hold of me. Because even if he doesn't like us.. I took something that was his. But now.. now what the fuck was it for? I got him away from that monster just so you could put him in fucking child services hands. Do you know how they treat those kids? What kind of homes they put them in?" Nancy groaned and stood up.
"You left him at a door" Morgan started.
"An FBI agent's door!" she countered, pacing. "How was I to know you'd toss him off to CPS?".
"What did you want me to do? raise him? with my job?"
"Have you been fucking listening? YES. Yes that's what I wanted! Now it's too late. Scott's boys saw me they know I'm here. He's probably headed here now. FUCK." as the last word left her mouth she pounded her first into the wall.
"AY" Morgan yelled in a scold "Don't do that".
"You need to get him. You need to get him out of there.. FUCK I don't know. He's not safe there. He's safe with you. Please." Nancy looked at the agent with pleading eyes. "If Scott gets to him...".
"He won't. He's safe where he is." Morgan assured her.
After knocking on the door Andy waited with the child held in between his chest and his right arm. He was holding the plastic bags, supplies courtesy of Dom, in his left hand. Becoming impatient he lifted his hand with the plastic bags and used it to knock again.
The door slowly opened and Gerty peeked her head out. "What do you want?".
"To deliver the kid. Where the fuck were you? You said you were coming to pick him up." Andy pushed his way past her and entered the house, putting Spencer down and taking the plastic bags to the kitchen.
"Tired of him already?" she grinned.
"He's not my responsibility. I'M not getting paid for him you are." she started to talk again but he waved her off and rushed out of the house. Shutting the door behind him and racing to his car. He didn't want to spend a minute more than necessary with her psycho ass.
Once the door shut, Gerty turned her attention towards the one year old. "You need a bath" she scowled. Lifting the little boy into her arms she marched up the stairs with him.
"Just get me out of here. I need to get my son back." Nancy gripped the bars tightly and looked up at Morgan.
"You were arrested for a reason I can't just get you out and I already told you Spencer is fine"
"He was fine with you. Who knows who the fuck he's with now!" Nancy let out a deep breath and let her forehead fall onto the metal bars. "Could you please just go check on him at least? I trust your judgement. If you see him and you can come back and tell me he's fine I'll quit bitching. Deal?".
Morgan shook his head, lifting his hand to rub the back of his neck "Fine".
While in the bathroom, Gerty turned on the bathwater and waited for the tub to fill. Spencer sat on the tiled floor examining it. A loud knock coming from the front door had her leaving the room.
The phone call from the FBI agent surprised Carol. It surprised her more when he requested to go and see the child she had placed earlier. Agreeing to meet up with him after hearing his concerns and more of the background story of the little boy, she got ready and headed for their get-together.
Spencer had his little palm flat on the floor feeling the cool tile when the bathroom door creaked back open.
"Hey, Spencer. Did you miss daddy?".