Sitting on the edge of his seat Spencer Reid felt as though he were waiting for the proverbial shoe to drop. Whatever words were said had his friend horrified. He could feel the fear coming from her in tidal waves. The sensation hung in the air thick as smoke. It was too much to take. With one quick motion of a hand Reid snatched Garcia's cell from her.

"Kevin you need to stop this no...", Reid's rant was cut off by the realization that the line was already dead.

"H...he..he tried to kill Morgan", Garcia's voice was barely a whisper. It was so low in fact that for a few seconds Reid was positive she hadn't spoken at all. There was no way that he heard her right. It was all imaginary.

"He said he will come for all of you one by one. Oh god Spencer, he wants to hurt you all", Garcia stammered as she threw herself at him. In less time than it took to take a breath she had her arms wrapped tightly around his neck and her face buried in his shoulder. He could feel her whole body shake with every sob. Crying, she was crying on his shoulder. He was flabbergasted. Since when did a woman cry on him? Since when did a woman put her arms around him? And more importantly, since when did he become Garcia's rock? "Damn it should be Morgan not me" he couldn't help but think before remembering why they were at the hospital in the first place. And then Her words rang inside his head loud and clear.

"Gar...I umm..mean Penelope, what did you say about Morgan?"

"Kevin tried to kill him", she squeaked. "He said he cut his breaks and then he said he'd come after you and the others unless", her words drifted off into silence.

"Unless what?"

Reid pushed Garcia's head up off his shoulder and lifted her chin up so he could see her eyes. Tears covered the irises. Her pupils were very dilated and glassy. Damn he hated seeing her like that. Where was the joker grin she normally wore?

"Un..Unless I um...go speak with him".

"WHAT? No...and I mean there is no way I am letting you do that. So don't even think about it."

"But he means it. You didn't hear him Spencer. But I did. He will find a way. I can't let him hurt any of the people I love. Think of JJ. What becomes of Henry if something were to happen to her? And we just got Emily back. I'm not watching her go back to the grave now. An...". Reid placed two fingers against her lips stopping her rambling before she got the chance to get all gooey over Rossi or Hotch. That was something he really did not want to hear.

"Nothing is going to happen to anyone. We won't let that happen."

"You can't Promise me that" she spoke around his fingers. "Please just let me do what I have too" she begged as she took both his hands in her own.

Looking at her face and feeling her hands in his Reid was lost. What did she mean by "what I have to do"? And did she really think he'd let her do whatever it was alone?

"What is it you think you are going do?"

"Kevin wants me not any of you. So if I leave he will follow me. I have to go."

"On um...no. You are not serious."

"Reid please let me do this. If you are my friend you will. I have to go before Hotch gets here and everyone else comes back."

Slowly Garcia let go of his hands and picked her cell up off the floor where it had fallen when she threw herself at him. She turned and placed it on the nearest chair.

"You could trace me using that" she said half smiling.

She put her hands on both sides of Reid's face and kissed him. "Goodbye my sweet doctor. Take care of our family." She breathed across his lips.

Then while Reid was still trying to adjust to the fact that she had kissed him Garcia spun around and ran.