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Hotch rushed into Garcia's room as soon as he had heard her call. He looked at the screen and saw another link.
"Everyone get in here" Hotch yelled out the door. A few seconds later the entire team had placed themselves inside Garcia's office.
"Kevin is ready to try and trace this guy" Garcia told Hotch as he finger hovered over the clicker on her mouse. She didn't really want to press the button but she knew it was the only way for them to save Reid. She just hoped she didn't have to watch Reid get tortured. It broke her heart to see her junior g-man hurt again.
She had watched him die and come back once before. She wouldn't be able to watch him die again.
"Press the link" Hotch said nervously before running a hand through his hair.
Garcia pressed the link and two windows appeared on the screen again. One of them showing the team while the other showed the basement again. They all stiffened as the unsub walked into the view of the camera, the mask searing itself into their minds so that it would invade their nightmares later.
"Welcome back. I hope you've had a fun two hours. Dr Reid has certainly provided me with some enjoyment. His screams are so beautiful" the unsub sighed happily.
Garcia just wanted to see Reid. She just wanted to see if he was still alive.
"What did you do to him?" Hotch asked. The finger inside the box had shown Hotch that this unsub was prepared to do the worst. He knew that Reid had become more confident and stronger since his kidnapping with Tobias but he knew Reid was also fragile. The rest of the team saw Reid as the baby of the group that needed to be protected.
Hotch felt another wave of guilt as he realised he had failed to protect Reid.
"I simply watched him squirm and then I played tic tac toe. I had some fun. It is time to play another round. Are you ready?" the unsub told them before leaning closer to the lens of the camera.
"Yes" Hotch said, he just hoped that Kevin was getting somewhere with tracing the bastard down.
"I believe Dr. Reid had something to say to you first. Don't you Dr. Reid?" the unsub said before looking over to someone they all knew was Reid.
The unsub turned the camera. The entire team watched Reid come into view, they saw Reid was shaking and tears were rolling down his face. He was once again standing on the chair with the noose around his neck but they saw something was wrong. His breathing was heavy and the sides of his shirt were completely covered in blood. He was bleeding, they knew he had lost quite a bit of blood due to pale complexion of his skin.
His knees buckled slightly making the team panic that he might fall. Reid took a deep breath in and steadied himself.
Morgan felt helpless as he watched Reid, his little brother, cry. Morgan knew that Reid was struggling but he knew Reid had a fighting spirit. They just needed to find him before the unsub destroyed it.
"Say it" the unsub snapped causing Reid to flinch slightly. Reid turned towards the camera and started to speak to them. His lip quivered furiously.
"T-Today I st-stand in front of you. In your helpless little view. I-I-I blame you all for this wreck. I b-b-blame you as I
hang by the noose by my n-neck" Reid cried and sobbed as the words came from his lips.
Hotch knew that Reid was only saying what he had been told. The rest of the team look at each other with tears wanting to escape their eyes.
Reid was struggling. They needed to find him now was the thought that echoed through each of their minds.
Reid
Reid sobbed as he felt the words escape his lips. He hated himself for saying them. He hoped that Hotch and the rest of the team knew he wasn't the one behind the words.
They probably hated him now.
"Even he blames you. You could always lose the next round on purpose and get rid of him. Let's get started" the unsub taunted before he walked over to Reid with a strip of duct tape. Reid barely struggled as the unsub smoothed the tape over his lips.
Reid's eyes widened as the unsub brought out a bloodied knife from his belt. He knew the blood was his own.
"If you do anything to help them, I will take something much more than a finger. Do you understand me?" the unsub threatened as he held the tip of the knife under Reid's chin.
Reid nodded carefully, he let out a small whine as the unsub made a small cut under his chin.
The unsub walked over to his laptop and pressed the enter button. The small window appeared on the screen again along with nine small lines. Reid closed his eyes as the team began to try and guess the word that could save his life.
He didn't want to watch the image of the hangman. He wasn't allowed to help the team, he didn't want the unsub to take another finger or worse. He could hear the team as they tried to guess the word.
"A" he heard Emily's voice say.
"E" Morgan said. Reid could hear the worry in Morgan's voice. He didn't like hearing it. Morgan was the strong one on the team, Reid counted on that. It was one of the things that kept it strong in the FBI.
"D" Rossi said. Reid caught something in his voice. A kind of confidence that the others did not have. Reid knew that Rossi had a hunch about the word.
"The answer is abandoned" Rossi almost yelled down the camera.
Reid opened his eyes and saw that the timer had stopped and that the word was on the screen. Reid let out a small breath of relief through his nose.
"It looks like you still want him around. Well done Agent Rossi" the unsub smiled before he looked over to Reid. Reid shifted slightly at the gaze.
"Your daddy abandoned you didn't he? When you thought you had another father figure he went and left you too. You will forever be abandoned by those you think love you. Even them" the unsub taunted before he pointed over to the camera where the team was watching.
Reid stared into the unsub's eyes as he felt anger rush through him. His team was his family and they would never abandon him.
"You look-" the unsub began to say before a ringing noise filled the room. The unsub walked over to his laptop and hit multiple keys before he let out a fustrated and angry scream.
"YOU BROKE THE RULES!" the unsub yelled at the camera. He stormed over to Reid and ripped the noose from around Reid's neck. Reid was confused for a moment before the unsub grabbed his collar and threw him to floor.
Reid groaned and whined as his body slammed into the ground, he looked over to the screen and saw the team had been muted. They all seemed to be screaming at the screen but Reid couldn't hear them. Reid let out a muffled yelp as the unsub whipped his body round onto his back. Reid felt the dirt and dust on the floor hit the cuts on his back.
Reid hissed when the unsub ripped the tape away from his mouth. The unsub took the knife out of his belt and straddled Reid.
"Get off me!" Reid grunted as he felt the unsub's weight on his chest.
This guy weighs a tonne Reid thought.
Reid yelped again as the unsub backhanded him across the face. Reid panicked when felt the unsub put his hand into his mouth and grabbed his tongue. The unsub pulled Reid's tongue painfully so the tongue was straight and his mouth was open and placed the knife halfway down at the side. The unsub turned to the screen of shocked faces.
"Stop the trace or I cut this little shit's tongue out."
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