4
Pain
Edenton General Hospital
"Is he alright?" Hotch asked immediately when he saw Dr. Robins come toward them.
"He'll be okay. He's a little malnourished and slightly dehydrated but other than that he's alright. Now, I'm not sure how his body'll react after being treated so well. He might get a fever and seem like he's sick, but it's just his body adapting." She explained. She sighed and looked at the floor for a moment.
"That boy has been beaten probably everyday for the past two years. He's had several broken ribs and his right arm's been broken once. From the looks of it it probably happened almost a year ago. Another strange thing I noticed is that he has scarring, but it's all very faint. Most of it's almost invisible. Whoever did this knew what to do so there was hardly any physical evidence."
"Is that all?" J.J. asked, looking ever still distressed.
"I wish it was, honey," Robins said. She hesitated before she continued. "He's been sexually assaulted. For a very long time. If I had my guess, for the past two years."
"Oh, god." J.J. said, turning around and covering her mouth.
"Thank you." Hotch said. Robins nodded and walked away.
"J.J.," Emily said, holding her shoulders. "You have to keep it together, alright? We need you to be at your best, alright?" J.J. nodded and wiped her eyes.
"I'm sorry, I…he's so sweet. He's never hurt anyone in his life. And…and something like this happens to him? It's not fair, Emily." She said quietly.
"I know, J.J., but he needs us. We have to find the monster that did this to him, and we need all of us to do it, alright?" Emily said. J.J. nodded, and sniffed.
"Alright," Rossi said. "Are we going to keep him here?"
"We can't," Gideon said, speaking for the first time since they'd left the farmhouse. "This man specifically sought out his victims and made sure to kill them exactly how he planned."
"Which means he'll do anything to get Reid back." Hotch said.
"So why do we have to take him out of the hospital?" Rossi asked.
"Hospitals are easy to break into if you know how they work," Hotch said. "And judging by how well his broken bones were set and the lack of scarring he has to have some sort of medical background."
"He could easily break in and get to Spencer right under our noses," Gideon said. "We have to take him back to the station with us." They nodded.
"Rossi, come with me back to the house. Finding Reid and knowing what he did to him changes the profile completely. Gideon, go tell Morgan what's going on and then follow us. Prentiss, go with him. J.J., call Garcia." Hotch said.
Edenton Police Station
"Hey there, sugar, did you guys catch our baddie?" Garcia asked, smiling.
"No, Garcia, we didn't," J.J. said. "But-"
"Then what do you need me to look for darling, my eager fingers await your commands."
"Garcia, listen to me," J.J. said. "I don't need you to look for anything. We went to the guy's house and we didn't find him. We found…we…god…"
"How many bodies, J.J.?" Garcia asked, cringing and leaning back from the computer screen.
"No bodies, Garcia, we found…Reid."
Penelope nearly dropped the phone. "Wh-what? Oh, oh my god is, is he dead? Is he hurt? Is he okay? What happened-"
"Garcia, relax," J.J. said. "He's alive but, but he's not exactly okay…"
J.J. told her everything that they knew and everything that had happened since they went to the house. Once she got to when they found Spencer, it only took about thirty seconds before she started to cry. And when J.J. had finished, she was not only upset, but irate.
"I'm going to find this 'Master' person and tear his freaking face off!" She said, sniffing. "I swear I will."
"We're bringing him there right now," She said. "And, when you see him, take it slow. You have to make sure he remembers you before you can touch him. And if you do hug him, take it very, very slow. He gets really scared when people he doesn't recognize touch him."
"Okay," Garcia nodded and wiped her eyes. "Alright. I'll make sure the sheriff knows what's going on and I'll see if I can find a place that he can sleep."
"Thank you, Garcia."
"Anytime, honey." Garcia put the phone back on the cradle. She snatched her purse off of the desk and rifled through it, tears still not gone. She took out her wallet and opened it, flipping to one of the many pictures she had inside.
She smiled at it, laughing lightly but still crying. Brown eyes, a halfway waved hand and an awkward smile looked back at her.
"You're okay," She said. "Our baby's okay."
There were a lot of people in this room. They all wore the same uniform. None of them had badges like Morgan, Prentiss and J.J. had.
J.J. had to remind me who she was. And I couldn't believe I had forgot. She was such a good friend to me.
There were so many people. And it was loud, it was very, very loud. I don't like loud.
In the back of my mind I heard those horrible snapping sounds and felt ghost pains in my back. I held my arm, drawing myself in and looking at the floor.
The snaps got louder and louder and it was like I was right there again.
"SCREAM FOR ME BOY!" My hands were bound in shackles above my head, the bullwhip tore into my back, making me scream and writhe in agony.
SNAP!
"I SAID SCREAM!" I had to obey Master.
SNAP!
I screamed as loud as I could, begging and pleading.
"MASTER, PLEASE! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME, PLEASE!"
SNAP! SNAP! CRACK! SNAP!
"GAHHUHH! PLEASE, MASTER, PLEASE! STOP, MASTER PLEASE!"
The whip ripped my skin in a fury, making me sob and scream, my voice becoming weaker and more strangled. It wasn't long before I couldn't scream anymore. And that made Master angry.
CRACK!!
"I SAID SCREAM!" I tried. I tried so very hard to please Master. But I couldn't scream as loud as he wanted me to. He stood in front of me, his face close to mine.
Tears leaked down my cheeks, like the blood on my back.
"I said scream, boy." He hissed.
"I can't, Master," I rasped. "I c-can't. I'm s-sorry, I'm so-sorry. Pl-please-"
"That's not being a very good boy," Master said darkly. "That's being a bad boy, isn't it?"
"N-no, Master, please!"
SNAP!
It sliced across my chest.
"Please!" I still couldn't scream, I could barely yell.
SNAP! CRACK! SNAP! SNAPSNAPCRACK!! CRACK!
"Oh, please! Please, Master…" SNAP! I cried out to the best of my ability, trembling and crying. When it stopped all I could do was whimper.
"Are you going to be a good boy, now?" Master asked.
"Y-yes, Master-"
Morgan watched the young boy freeze. He watched the rise and fall of his chest increase rapidly. His eyes squeezed shut and he started trembling. He winced and whimpered in almost a rhythm. When tears started to fall Morgan went over to him.
"Spencer," He said, touching his shoulder. "Spencer, look at me." The boy's eyes snapped open, terrified, gasping.
"M-Morgan?"
"Shh, it's alright, Kid. What's wrong?" He asked. Spencer looked around at the busy police station.
"It's loud, Morgan," He whispered. "It's very loud."
"Did it make you remember something?" He asked. Spencer nodded, his hand clasped over his arm, lower lip trembling.
"No one's gonna hurt you here, alright?" Morgan said.
"Oh my god!" A voice a few feet away exclaimed. Spencer jumped and Morgan looked up.
Garcia looked at him, her eyes wide and disbelieving. "You're…you're here. You're okay," Spencer looked at her, tears still in his eyes, still scared. "Oh, honey, you don't remember me, do you?"
He shook his head.
"It's Garcia, you remember? The fun one with the computers?" She came toward him slowly, steadily, making sure not to scare him. Spencer looked at the floor, his mind searching.
He knew she looked familiar, and she didn't look like she would hurt him either.
"Garcia…" He whispered. His eyes lit up suddenly, like a light switch had been flipped on. "Garcia." He said louder. She gently put her hand on his shoulder. He winced.
"It's okay, it's okay, I won't hurt you, sugar. You remember me?" She asked quietly. He nodded slowly. "Can…can I hug you?" Spencer hesitated. What if she did hurt him? No, Morgan was there, Morgan wouldn't let him get hurt. He nodded again.
She hugged him tight, like Emily had.
Garcia was smiling, tears in her eyes. "We got you, honey. No one's gonna take you away again. You're safe now."
Safe. I don't know what that means.
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