A/N Sorry this took longer than I thought. Sadly still I own nothing. Enjoy your Reid. I know I enjoy mine. :)

"We had no idea" Morgan muttered.

Emily had joined the two love birds on the elevator ride. As they made it to their floor, Reid spoke up, "Case must be local, JJ said not to bring a go-bag."

Looking at the swarm of army personnel, "What's the Army doing here?" Morgan questioned.

"What the hell is going on?" Emily exclaimed. They stood there, confused and shocked. Eventually they headed off to the conference room. As they walked in they noticed JJ and another woman both busy with readying pills and water.

JJ immediately made introductions, "Guys, this is Dr. Linda Kimura, Chief of Special Pathogens for the CDC." Hellos were exchanged.

Dr. Kimura greeted the team, "I'm sorry to meet under these circumstances."

"What circumstances?" Reid interjected.

Before the doctor could continue Hotch spoke, "We need to get started."

JJ took her cue, "Last night 25 people checked into emergency rooms in and around Annapolis. They were all at the same park after 2PM yesterday, within 10 hours the first victim died. Now it is just past 7AM the next day, we have 12 dead."

Looking through the photos of the patients, "Lung failure and black lesions," Morgan began, then suggesting, "Anthrax?"

Reid disagreed, "Anthrax doesn't kill this fast."

"This strain does" Dr. Kimura stated, drawing a couple shocked expressions. The team continued to talk about the case, how to handle the media etc.

Wrapping up their briefing, Hotch began assigning jobs, "Reid go with Dr. Kimura to the hospital, interview the victims. Morgan and Prentiss there is a hazmat team that will accompany you to the crime scene. There's Cipro. Everyone needs to take it before we go."

"We don't know if its effective against this stain, but it's something." Dr. Kimura added. Everyone took a small cup with the pills and some water.

"This is really happening" Prentiss said, more as a reassurance it wasn't a bad dream.

"We knew this could happen," Hotch began. Morgan shot a glance at Reid. They shared a moment, both ensuring the other to be safe. "We've done our homework. We have prepared for this. This is it." Hotch finished.

Rossi toasted them in Italian, then translated, "May you live a hundred years."

So there Morgan sat, waiting in the hospital for Spencer to wake up. Anthrax. He still couldn't believe Reid had been infected with Anthrax. Guilt weighed heavy on Morgan's heart. He knew it wasn't his fault but he couldn't help but feel he failed to protect Reid again.

Just as he was about to slip back into another memory, Garcia burst through the door of Reid's private room. "Oh my poor baby," she cried, walking over to Reid's bed, taking his hand.

"Baby girl" Morgan breathed out, slightly ashamed at how weak he sounded.

"Oh, honey. It's ok. Our boy genius will be ok." Garcia went over to hug him. He relaxed into her arms. After sometime she pulled Morgan to arm's length, "but we do need to talk." Morgan nodded and Garcia continued, "Derek, Spencer asked me to do something yesterday when he was still in that horrible place." She had to stop.

Morgan shook his head, "Baby girl, you called me Derek. Please continue, you're scaring me." He knew she would only use his first name in serious situations.

"Ok. Well, he had asked me to do three things for him." Garcia began, "First he wanted me to record a goodbye to his mother. He knew it would be best for her to hear his voice." Garcia stopped letting out a sob, "Oh Derek he sounded so sad and scared. It just broke my heart."

Morgan wiped her tears away, "What did he tell her?"

"He told he hi, and that is was him. Then he said, 'I just really wanted you to know that I love you, and I need you to know that I spend every day of my life proud to be your son.' Oh Derek, I will never forget that."

Morgan nodded, grabbing Garcia into a hug again. Eventually releasing her, cueing her to continue.

Garcia understood, "Second he wanted me to find his real father. He wanted me to tell him about himself. He thought he should know his son." Garcia's voice broke on the last word.

"Oh, my baby boy really thought he was going to die. Why didn't he tell me anything? I mean I was right there." Morgan cried.

"Oh Derek honey that was the third thing." Garcia grasped Morgan's hands. "He told me he couldn't say goodbye to you in person. He knew he couldn't handle it. So he-he told me to tell you he loved you, and th-that he was sorry. He said he was sorry h-he couldn't spend the rest of his life with you. He was sorry for l-leaving you." Garcia broke down completely now, crying onto Morgan's shoulder. Morgan hugged her tightly. He couldn't hold it in any longer, so he cried. He cried, and cried, until no tears remained. 'You are not leaving me, pretty boy' Morgan thought as he looked over at his unconscious boyfriend.

Morgan didn't remember Garcia leaving. He only noticed that she had left when JJ walked into the room. JJ looked horrible, as if she hadn't slept in weeks.

"Hi" she said weakly. Morgan could only give her a nod. "So how is he?" Morgan didn't want to talk he was too tired, so he just shook his head. JJ understood that Morgan was entirely drained, but she couldn't hold in her own guilt any longer, "Did you know I was angry at him today?"

Morgan looked at her in shock. She continued, "He was being so distant and couldn't see that I was so worried about Henry and Will. I thought he didn't care, I mean he just gave me statistics and facts from the 2001 case." JJ stopped, her emotions getting the best of her.

Morgan stood and walked over to her, "You know that's just his defense mechanism right? Whenever anything hits a little too close to home he relies on facts. They are like a safety blanket for him. If anything that means he cared a lot."

"I know and that's why I feel horrible. I know that was what he was doing, but I just didn't care and got angry." JJ cried. Morgan hugged her tightly, wondering if this was how all the team's visits would be. If they were he simply could not handle it.

JJ, realizing how much guilt Morgan must be feeling, pulled back, "Oh, Morgan I'm sorry. How are you? Are you ok?"

Morgan avoided her eyes, "Ya, I'm ok."

"Morgan" JJ warned, "don't lie to me."

"I'm scared JJ. I mean, I can't lose him, not now. I just can't." Morgan sobbed, "I, I was going to propose JJ." She looked shocked but let him continue, "I hadn't planned anything, but once we got back from Vegas I knew I never wanted to leave his side. I want to spend the rest of my life with him, and now-now" Morgan couldn't continue.

"Oh, come here. It's going to be fine. Spence is going to be fine." JJ hugged Morgan rubbing his back. He hoped she was right.

A/N So now we are at Amplification. The next chapter will be the end. Don't worry though, Reid will wake up, Morgan will propose, Reid will say yes, and we will start the hunt for his father. The sequel will be dealing with his father. I don't know yet exactly how I want to incorporate him but i will tell you he is another character from another show. So yes the sequel will be a crossover. :) If you have any thoughts or concern please review. I actually like hearing from you guys :)