Chapter 4:

Kate's P.O.V

I haven't known Reid for that long, but I quickly picked up that everyone has a protective side for him. I am not going to lie, I am pretty sure even I have a protective side for him now.

Morgan searching threw the papers piled on Jared's desk, he wore a permanent scowl at the lack of evidence in his desk area. I knew he just wanted to find something so that he could go be with Reid again.

I looked through his drawers, but nothing seemed out of place. Pencils, pens, a note pads, some paper clips, nothing that screamed "Hey I was looking to murder a member of the BAU."

After the desk was cleared, we took the SUV to his house in search of some shred of evidence to use against him. He was going to jail either way, but this way we could figure out his whole story.

For the first time since we were in the hospital, I got a little shut eye on the car ride. When I woke up the clock read eight in the morning.

We pulled into the driveway of a small, but quaint house. Flowers lined the window sills and the lawn was taken care of. The door had a beautiful stained glass window, in the sunlight the many colors were seen.

We walked up the walkway to the door and I was about to knock on it, but it opened before my fist could reach the wood.

A petite women stood in the entrance, a laundry basket in one hand and a phone stuck to her ear.

"Give me a call back Jared, I need to know where you are." She pulled the phone away from her ear and ended the call. How come nobody had contacted her? Now we would have to break the news to her.

"Hi, how may I help you?" She seemed like a generally kind women.

"My name is Kate and this is Morgan, we are members of the BAU for Quantico."

"Susan, my husband delivers mail for the BAU building, correct? Has something happened to him?" Her concern was unmistakably genuine.

"He… He was…" I couldn't help but trip over my words, but she waited patiently. Morgan took the opportunity to jump in and finish it for me.

"He shot one of the member of our team yesterday in the parking lot, we have a warrant to search your house."

"No. That can't be him, you must have to wrong person. Jared would never, he is a kind man."

"We are incredibly sorry, but it is true. I understand if you need a minute, but we do need to do our job." She looked ready to cry, but nodded solemnly and opened the door.

She set her basket on the chair and sat on the couch, looking down. Her lip quivered and tears began to well up at the corner of her eyes.

The first thing I noticed about the house was that it was just as old-fashioned as the outside. Morgan's phone rang and while he answered I looked around the house quietly.

"What?"

"Alright. We are looking around his house now, his desk didn't have anything." Morgan hung up and walked over to me in the kitchen.

"Hotch said that there is another person behind this. Jared has a partner, but they can't get him to tell them who it is." Morgan tried to hold back his worried look, but it shone through in the end.

"Reid will be alright, Garcia is there and we all know she can take care of him." He cracked a smile, which was all I was asking for. I walked around the corner and found a door that looked as though it lead to a basement, and it was pad locked. I walked back to Susan.

"Susan, is the basement his space?" She merely nodded and broke out into sobs.

"The key…" She took in shattered breathes.

"Is hidden in his pillow case. He.. He didn't think I knew… B-but I did." She broke down once more.

We walked over to the door and Morgan brought back the key, opening the door. I flicked on my flashlight and drew my gun as I am sure Morgan did as well. Each stair creaked in an eerie manner under our feet. When we reached the bottom of the steps I couldn't hold back a gasp at the unnerving sight.

A large computer displayed four different places, Reid's desk, the Metro Station, the library, and what scared me most. Reid's house.

Author's Note: Sorry this one was kinda short, but the next one is pretty exciting. :)