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Hotch found himself outside of Reid's hospital room. He had passed the blood to the forensic team for analysis. He hoped they could find who the blood belonged to. He didn't want to open the door because deep down, it scared him to know that Reid was practically catatonic on the other side of it. He grabbed the door knob and opened it. He walked in and found Reid sleeping while Morgan watched television next to him.

"How is he doing?" Hotch asked as he stepped to the bed.

"He spoke earlier. One a few words. He said 'the girl with the pretty colours' and then he went to sleep. He's gone through a traumatic event and I think his mind is protecting him. Maybe a little of him slipped through."

"Let's hope more of him slips through so we get him back," Hotch said. "It's so difficult seeing him like this. He's usually so independent."

"I know what you mean," Morgan sighed. "I had to brush his teeth, comb his hair and feed him."

A knock came at the door making them to look to it. They saw Garcia standing there in a fresh set of clothes and a slighty refreshed look on her face. "I couldn't stay away too long. I just couldn't."

She walked to the bed and gave Reid a kiss on his forehead. "Hey sweetie, it's Garcia. I'm back."

"The unsub contacted me again. It looks like has a third victim that is still alive. He sent a small bottle of blood with a note. It said 'you can still save this one'. I sent it off to the forensic lab and I'm waiting for the results. Rossi and Blake are interviewing your neighbours. I want to know if any of them saw Reid get dropped off."

Garcia gasped as Reid tightly grabbed her wrist and stared at her. Morgan and Hotch both looked too. "Reid, it's Garcia. Can you hear me? You are safe now. Stay with us."

"Don't let him see me," Reid said in panicked voice. "Blood in my eyes and on my skin. Girl with the pretty colours will protect me. Protect me. Protect me from all the red. Have to hide now. Can't let him see me."

Reid's body relaxed and the glassy stare that scared them came back. He looked at the ceiling again.

"No, Reid. Come back," Garcia called. "Please come back."

"Garcia is the girl with the pretty colours," Morgan realised. "He thinks that you will protect him from the trauma he went through."

"What?" she said in confusion. "I don't carry a guy or have any kind of training to protect him. Why would he think that?"

"The rest of us might scare him because we do. I think you symbolise innocence to him and he is using you protect himself from what he saw. He's hiding so deep in his mind he has regressed into this state."

Garcia stroked her hand through his hair and kissed his forehead. "I'll protect you. I'm going to help you come back to us, baby boy. You need to come back so you can see Henry and tell him bad jokes and stories. You can sit with me and I can fix your knitting when it goes wrong. I know something bad happened to your mom and dad but I want you to know you still have a family here. We're still here and we'll catch this son of a bitch."

He smiled as he looked inside the deep hole that was once a well. His third victim was still asleep. It had taken effort to get her but it had been worth it. He had spent a large amount of money to get Spencer's friend but it was the only way he could show them. The Reid family wasn't innocent, especially the prodigal son of William Reid. He smiled as he remembered the screams of his Spencer. He loved them. The stupid bitch below had delayed all his plans but when she had come, he had got her.

"Sleep while you can," he said gently.

NO! DON'T LET IT SLIP THROUGH! KEEP IT BACK! JUST KEEP IT BACK!

"Mom, it'll be okay," he tried to assure his mother. He looked to the man.

NO!

"Don't do it," he begged, tugging on the restraints that held him against the wall. "Please, don't do this! Please!"

CAN'T SEE THIS! DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS! GO BACK TO THE GIRL WITH THE PRETTY COLOURS!

He watched as the man climbed the ladder and grabbed her hair.

"Please, please, please!" he begged with tears coming down his eyes. "Please, I'll do anything. Hurt me, kill me, I don't care. Just please let her go! I'll do anything to save her."

He places a knife to her throat. That sinister smile.

NO!

She is smiling at me as I sit in the library. I am small again but she is still big. My protector. She'll protect mummy and me. Wonderful colours.

STAY HERE AND DON'T COME OUT!

Garcia finished making the room more comfortable for Reid. She had filled it with colourful things if he woke up again. There was a guard posted outside the door and that made her feel safer. She had changed Reid into some other clothes, his own pyjamas. She had brought a lot of things with her when she had come back. A large blanket covered him that she called her 'get well blanket'.

She looked at him while holding his hand.

"I know that you don't want to talk about it but you have to. I'm going to talk to you and try make you realise that you are safe here. When you wake up, you can get better. We can find your mom and dad and put them to rest properly. I know that you want to protect people. That is what you do. You protect people, even if it means putting yourself in danger. The man who hurt your mother and father has someone else. They are going to die unless we can get a solid lead on finding this guy."

Reid continued to stare in front of him.

Hotch shook his head as he looked at the piece of paper. Blake and Rossi walked back into the room and saw his face. "What is it?" Blake asked. "Is it about that blood sample you called us about?"

"I got the results back," Hotch said shakily. "The blood belongs to Emily."

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