Hey everyone! Sorry it's taken so long to get this chapter up. I've been really busy since school came back from winter break. Plus, i had a serious case of writers block! Thanks for sticking with me though. I'll try to have chapter 4 up soon. Well, enjoy!(:
Emily quietly walked up the front steps to the door, gun trained for anything that might happen to appear. She slowly turned the doorknob to discover it is unlocked.
Yes! Now I better tell Reid that we can get in this way.
Emily released the knob and pulled out her phone, still cautious of anything that may come out from the darkness around her.
She listened to the ring, waiting, wishing for him to answer, but nothing.
Well, maybe he just didn't get it out quick enough.
She tried calling him again, even a third time, still no answer. She thought for a second that she actually heard it ring from inside the house, but she shook that thought off. "Why would he go in alone?" she said to herself. "He is a genius he wouldn't do that."
Worried, she decided to go check out back where she last saw Reid go.
She ran, actually she practically sprinted, to the back. Nothing, and no one was back there.
Confused she approached the door. As she looked down she noticed something on the ground. Blood? She suddenly became scared. She looked up at the door. Right at the doorknob was a light, bloody handprint.
Calm down Emily. You don't know that it's Reid's. But, what if it is? What if he is hurt, or dead! Oh my god.
Everything started flooding onto her at once. She pulled out her phone to call the team.
"Hotch, Reid's missing!" Emily said chocking down a cry.
"What?" asked Hotch alarmed.
"Hotch, there is no time for this! I'll explain things when you get here." she demanded.
"Okay, we are on our way. Emily?"
"Yeah?"
"Be careful."
"I'll be fine."
She hung up the phone and ran up to the window. She tried looking in but it was way to dirty.
Damnit! Why Reid? Why does it always have to be him? Why not me. I could handle myself, and I wouldn't have to be so worried. Oh God!
Emily noticed something over slightly from the door. She raised her gun and walked over to it. It was Reid's gun.
Soon the rest of the team arrived.
"Emily tell me what happened!" Hotch demanded in his expected hostile tone.
She explained to him what they had decided and where he disappeared to the last time she saw him.
They went around back to check out the scene.
"You said the front was unlocked right, Prentiss?" asked Morgan.
"Yeah." she said muffling back another cry.
"Come on. We need to go see if anything is inside. Especially if Reid is." With that Morgan and Prentiss went around front to try to find Reid.
Meanwhile...
The dark, mysterious man was carry, well actually, he was dragging Reid through the woods. Down about a mile to another dirty, old house. It was pitch dark outside and the trail wasn't visible in the dark. The man would figure out where to go with the agent from there.
He threw Reid out on the floor of the basement, and left to go upstairs. The basement was hidden by a old bookcase and a lever hidden on the left side.
The dark man then, once again, disappeared into the night.
Prentiss and Morgan entered the front door. The house was dark and freezing, with no working lights or heat.
They checked every room in that house and came up with nothing, no one, and no clues. Except for a map of the area with a small trail highlighted on it.
They studied the map and realized that the trail highlighted was right beside them. They went out to show the rest of the team.
Morgan, Prentiss, Hotch, Rossi, and JJ all gathered around the map, while Morgan and Emily explained exactly where is should be compared to where the were.
The team looked around some and after 30 minutes of searching, found the was secluded and hidden by branches and leaves.
Rossi, Morgan, and Prentiss went down the trail looking for something to give them the slightest hope that Reid was okay. Especially Emily.
She couldn't help but blame herself as she worried about him. What was she going to do if something had happened? If he was dead? She loved him and never told him. Even though she had always told herself the only reason she didn't admit it was because he would never feel the same. She knew that if there was any way he survived this, she had to tell him.
Everything started getting clearer, as Reid opened his eyes. Where was he? How did he get here? Wait, he was with Emily at that house! Something hit him over the head, or someone actually.
Suddenly everything that happened was coming back. When they split up, the dirty window he tried to see in, the door he had approached, and the dark, mysterious man that approached him.
He sat up, but as he did he got a sharp pain in the ribs. He could tell he had broken some because it was hard to breathe. How was he going to get out of here? And Emily! Was she okay? Did the dark man get her too? If he had where was she?
He had so many questions while sitting in the dark, damp, cold basement. It looked like a death chamber in there. The walls, ceiling, and floor were all grey. There were heavy chains in the corner of the room. Why was he not in them? Reid didn't know, but he was glad he wasn't.
Morgan, Prentiss, and Rossi walked the mile down to the second old house. It seemed like it took decades to reach it, mostly because it was so dark and they had no clue where Reid was.
When they saw the house they all looked at each other. Soon they were up to the front door. Morgan swiftly kicked in the door and they all entered one by one with Prentiss in the lead.
The moved throughout the house quietly as to not alarm any unsubs that may be inside.
Nothing.
They checked every room and again came up with nothing.
Great, now who knows where to go? Thought Emily as tears began to form in her eyes.
Reid heard something. Talking it sounded like. A woman and two men. They sounded like Rossi, Morgan, and Emily. He forced himself over to the door, as pain welled up inside him from his broken ribs.
He listened hard at the door hoping that the team really was there.
"I can't believe nothing is here." said Rossi.
"I know. Why would this guy have a map with the route to this house highlighted if there was nothing here at all?" asked Emily.
That was all Reid needed. He knew his team was there to save him, and more importantly, Emily was okay.
Reid began kicking the door as hard as he could. He knew pounding on it with his hands wouldn't do any good. He was in so much pain he could barely move his arms.
The team heard the beating. It startled them at first but then they realized it was coming from the other room. They walked in and listened.
"The bookcase!" shouted Morgan, as Rossi and Prentiss started looking around.
Prentiss found the lever on the side and pulled it down. Right enough, there was a door.
Morgan prepped himself to kick in the door.
"Hold on Morgan!" Rossi said.
Morgan gave him a confused look as the older agent yelled through the door.
"The door in coming in if anyone is near it you need to back away."
Reid took the order given by his superior and backed away from the door.
Rossi nodded at Morgan and he kicked in the door.
Reid sat on the floor with blood on his head and his hand holding his ribs.
Prentiss ran and collapsed in front of him, trying to hold back her tears.
"Oh my god Reid you're alive!" she said while she began crying.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Nothing major just a few ribs. Are you okay Em?"
"I'm fine. You scared me to death!"
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be. I'm just glad you are okay."
Morgan had called Hotch and the team and had an ambulance on the way.
Reid sat in the hospital bed waiting to be told when he would be discharged.
The doctor told the team that Reid had nothing serious. Just a few broken ribs and a small concussion. The team was relieved he was not seriously injured. He said that Reid could go ohm the next day.
They all went in to talk to Reid and see how he felt. After they all talked for a while they decided he needed to get some rest and all of them left, except Emily who said she wanted to talk to him alone for a minute.
"What's wrong Em?" Reid asked with a cute, confused look on his face.
Emily gave him a reassuring smile. "Nothing. I just have something I think I need to tell you."
Reid nodded in reaction.
Emily sat down beside Reid's bed and looked him straight in the eyes. He could see that she had obviously cried earlier that night. He wondered why she would cry over him. His thoughts were interrupted when she began to talk again.
"Reid, we work together. We have been friends for years, and you are my best friend. When you disappeared tonight my heart sunk. I was so scared, I didn't know what to do. Then I got to thinking. What would I do if you were dead, and I never got a chance to tell you how I have felt for a long time."
He gave her another confused look, and he looked in her eyes. She was so serious. It almost gave him chills.
"When all this happened it triggered something. Something that told me I can't wait another minute. Our lives are to crazy for me to not tell you the truth, no matter how much my head tells me that this is going to backfire."
She looked at him for acknowledgement. All he could do was nod.
"I'm in love with you Reid. And it's okay if you don't feel the same. I jus-"
She was stopped by a light hand over her mouth. A tear ran down her cheek as he gazed into her eyes.
Well, here's chapter 3. Hope you like it. Sorry it's so long. Kinda had a big thought to fulfill here. Thanks for the reviews everyone!(:
