Thanks to all those lovely people who review for the third chapter, it means a lot to me! This chapter is going into the Morgan's but mostly Prentiss's thoughts on Reid and you finally see them go into a case!

Same warnings and such.

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The hours passed and for once he felt normal again, he felt like himself. The smell of rotting, decaying flesh hadn't come back and the images stopped flashing. It felt wrong to be relieved, it felt wrong to feel, the first time in weeks, happy. Morgan and Prentiss on the other hand traded soulful looks, unable to tone down the worries that boiled within them. Yes, Reid has two weeks off but even now he seemed lost, lost within his head. The commotion before only supported their theory. Reid was different ever since that unfaithful accident, he was disclosed and hidden. Even before the event he sometimes responded to social outings but now he declined every last one. The rest of the team regarded it as an aftermath of being hit but Morgan and Prentiss felt something, they felt the coldness that linked from Reid, they felt the sorrow and despair that followed him and it was breaking them. They couldn't bear to see him like this, even now that he seemed calm and normal, but they still felt it. They thought of asking but Reid would deny it at every angle they tried. So they wait, wait and see when the time is right but a remember thought slithered into their minds, 'What if waiting meant death,' the thought lingered on, what if waiting would harm Reid. What if just standing around and hoping that Reid would get better would spiral into the dark and leave Reid in danger. It was a thought they tried to remove, a thought that the tried to expel with brighter thoughts but the truth is nothing in life turns out good without consequences, nothing in life just turns out good. There is always pain and suffering and more often it never gets bette, it never turns into rainbows and sunshine. It just is life.

Prentiss turned her gaze to Hotch's office, she could tell him her concerns but for some reason she felt uneasy about it. He was their boss but that didn't mean she had full faith in him. She would trust Hotch with her life, but it wasn't her life on the line here, it was Reid's and if Hotch felt like Reid was a liability then his Job would be put on hold and Reid's job was his life. Reid didn't have much of a family, his dad was gone and his mother was slowly disappearing, if Reid lost his job then that would be it for him. He wouldn't be able to look forward to the future. Her eyes than shifted to Rossi's office. Rossi was a man she trusted with her secret, a secret she dared tell no one, even her mother. Anything she said to him she felt could be hold within confidence. She decided. Keeping this between two people wasn't going to solve any problems, it would only produce regrets and sorrows. She lifted herself from the seat, determined. That was until JJ walked out of Hotch's office.

"Guys we've got a case," Her voice was drained and filled with sadness that only appeared on the worse of cases. If it was bad then this would have to wait. As much as Prentiss and Morgan wished to help Reid, a case was always a priority and maybe it would help Reid's mind to unwind and think clearly. She hoped.

"A woman was find mutilated and dumped in an old hiking trail just south of here," JJ pointed to the screen, a mutilated corpse thrown carelessly like an old rag in a mass of leaves and twigs was facing face down. Infested with breeding maggots that feasted on the decaying corpse caused Garcia to turn away in horror. Morgan and Prentiss closed their eyes in disgust and Hotch and Rossi showed disgusted faces while Reid sat there in horrid silence. It couldn't be. It had to be someone else, anyone but her. Then JJ clicked the button and there smiled a happy, vibrant girl. Her long brown locks perched finely on her shoulders and her eyes were a piercing sapphire blue that shone in the photo. It was her. Reid's heart sank, he didn't do anything, he knew about it and he did nothing at all. He felt his world begin to spin before him but held on her the case.

"Her name was Elena Stanford, she was reported missing three days ago when her mother said that Elena always stuck to a schedule of walking every afternoon from 3-4 pm and never came home, she knew that something was wrong," JJ paused, glancing at the bright happy girl, not willing her eyes to glance at the mutilate body, "She was found at 8:25 this morning by a daily runner."

"This unsub studied his victims, he knew when she went for walks and how long she did," Morgan pointed out, looking over the case file photos.

"Yeah he also dumped her in a common hiking area," Prentiss added, her eyes trailed to Reid, who still sat there staring at the photo on screen.

"Which means he wanted her to be found and since the runner was daily we can assume that she would have only be dumped there last night," Rossi added.

"Which means she was with in for three days," Reid mumbled quietly, all eyes landed on him, his eyes didn't remove from the screen to respond to the added attention.

"Alright guys let's get to work," Hotch declared as he got up out of his chair and walked from the room, soon followed by Garcia, Rossi and Morgan.

Prentiss on the other hand stayed, "Reid, are you alright?" She asked quietly, leaning forward, adding her full attention to Reid.

"Yeah, I just… knew her," Reid mumbled silently, his eyes soon cast down to the floor.

"I'm sorry," Prentiss genuinely replied, "If theirs is anything you need to talk about, please just say," It wasn't just for the girl's death but truly for whatever was wrong with Reid and Reid knew it too.

"Yeah, I know and I will, I'm just not ready yet," Reid explained, he wasn't ready, not until he knew what was going on with him. Not yet.

"Okay then," Prentiss nodded, understanding him as she reached out for his shoulder and gave it a reassuring squeeze before getting up and walking out of the room. Leaving Reid alone with the image of the young girl, her eyes staring forever at him, accusing him in every way. Accusing him for doing nothing, for not saving her when he had the chance.

Reid continue to stay in the room, he knew he had to get up and figure out who had done this, but his legs felt immobilized. His body felt numb from the cold he felt. He could have done something, yes, but another girl was properly in danger and now he knew what would happen, he knew he had to stop it from happening again with everything he has. He could save a young girls life and that's what his mind was set on. He could save someone.

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