Chapter Seven: Explosion.


"Reid, what were you thinking?" Asked a familiar voice.

Reid was sitting in a leather chair, next to him was a small table and on the other side of the table was another leather chair. In the chair sat someone Reid knew...knew very well, looked up to, respected...but Reid soon realised that the man sat in the chair, couldn't possibly be sat in the chair...he was supposed to be...was apparently...dead.

"Reid, what were you thinking showing the Unsub that he was getting to you?" The voice asked again. "Have you forgotten everything I showed you about interrogating?"

"No...I don't forget anything..." Reid said jokingly.

The man's forehead creased. "Then why? Why did you let him see?"

Before he answered, Reid realised he had been here before...in this very chair, sat opposite the man in that very chair, in this very place...but the conversation had been about something else...something completely different, but he couldn't remember what exactly. "...I don't know. I couldn't help it...I just...he...he scares me."

"I know." The man said sympathetically.

"...I didn't...know what to do...and then he said he'd..." Reid looked at the older man with an expression that went far beyond sadness. "Said he'd killed you..."

"He did." Reid's stomach flipped; he felt like he was going to throw up.

"It's okay...I don't remember a thing...but Reid..." The man paused. "Keep an eye on him...and no matter what...do not let him beat you. You can do it...you can beat him."

"What?...I don't understand..." Reid told him.

The man in the chair started to fade away slowly; Reid could see through him. "Goodbye, Spencer."

"Gideon, wait! I don't understand!"

Reid's eyes fluttered open slowly. He looked around. His vision was blurred; he could only see colours and shapes. He pushed himself up with his hands behind his back...but he moved too fast and fell to the side.

"Whoa..." Someone said as they grabbed hold of him before he managed to hit the floor. Whoever it was, they put Reid back on the sofa; leaning him against the back. Reid's eyes were slowly re-adjusting to everything and he could see who the person was...it was Morgan. "You okay, kid?"

Reid looked down at his hands and then looked over at Morgan; he was sat on the sofa next to Reid. "What happened?"

"You passed out."

"How long was I out?" He asked moving his gaze down to his hands again.

"Just a few hours...three, maybe four, I'm not sure." Morgan stayed silent –just watching the younger man- for a few moments before standing from the sofa. Reid looked up at him. "Wait here...I'll go get what's his name for you..."

"Are Hotch and the others back yet?" Reid asked suddenly.

Morgan turned around to look at Reid; he was standing in front of the door. "Not yet...he said they should be back within the next few days...and Hotch doesn't want you leaving headquarters." He left the room before Reid had the chance to say anything.

Reid leaned his head against the back of the sofa and shut his eyes.

Reid was standing in front of a book case in a room. He wasn't sure whose room it was...but he didn't seem to care either. He traced his finger over the books as he looked over them. The door opened and someone came in...Reid knew this, but he continued to look over the books.

"What are you doing in here?" Questioned a voice.

"Looking at your books..." Reid answered. He could hear the others footsteps as he moved closer to him.

"Why?" Asked the voice; he was standing directly behind Reid, so close his breath was tickling his neck. The man didn't wait for an answer he grabbed Reid's shoulders and spun him round to face him. Reid smiled at the man holding him against the bookcase...he knew who this man was...it was L. The older man crashed his mouth against Reid's...it was fiercely passionate. Reid moaned as he felt L press against him...and then he gasped in pain; pulling his mouth away from L's.

L stepped back. Reid had felt a sharp pain in his stomach...he looked from L, down to his stomach and his eyes widened. His shirt was ripped...there was blood surrounding the ripped piece of cloth...he looked back up at L. It wasn't L anymore. It looked like L...but it wasn't L...his eyes were red, the same red as the one on Reid's shirt...it was Beyond. He was holding a knife in his hand...blood dripping down to the floor from the tip...Beyond had stabbed him, Reid realised slowly.

He looked back up to Beyond's face...and as Reid had thought the older man was smirking widely at him. He then plunged the knife into Reid again and again. Reid tried to yell out...but he couldn't.

Reid's eyes shot open and he sat forward quickly; breathing deeply.

"Spence, are you alright?" L asked as he walked over to the younger man; he had just entered the room when Reid woke up.

Reid's head shot up to look at L, who was standing in front of him and leaning over him. His eyes were wide and he swallowed hard; he looked down to his stomach. "Just a dream..." He mumbled to himself. L knelt down in front of Reid; an anxious look on his face. "You stabbed..." He stopped himself and swallowed again, as he realised what he had been about to say. "...Beyond stabbed me..." He corrected himself.

L's eyes widened in alarm. "That isn't possible-!" He said as he pushed Reid back against the sofa and looked over him quickly; searching for blood.

"It was a dream..." Reid explained.

"Oh..." L said quietly. He placed his feet at each side of Reid and sat on his legs; his face inches from the younger's. "What happened?"

"I told you...Beyond stabbed me..."

L frowned at him. "You said 'you stabbed'." He said in a confused, worried tone. Reid looked down; his face full of worry. He couldn't believe what he had said...he had almost said that L had stabbed him, not Beyond...how could he? He was horrified with himself. L grabbed his chin and pulled his face up; making Reid look at him. "You said 'you stabbed'."

"...I...I meant..." Reid sighed; he knew he had to explain...although he didn't want to explain his dream. "I was in a room, looking at...at these books...I-I don't even know where I was, I was just looking at the books when you came into the room..." He stopped as he remembered what had happened next; his face turning red.

L leaned in closer to Reid's face; their body's were now touching and their faces only a few inches apart. "Then what happened?"

"...Er...I-err, I turned round and then...I felt something, so I looked down at my stomach...there was blood everywhere, so I looked back up and i-it wasn't you there a-anymore...it was Beyond." Reid told him; most of his words had mashed together...but L had understood, most of it.

"You think...I and Beyond...are alike?"

This was exactly why Reid didn't want to explain the dream. He knew L would think his dream meant something...meant that he thought L and Beyond were similar to one another, besides their looks. "No! T-that's not what I said! I knew you-...I knew you would think that!" Reid tried to stand up but was pushed back down against the sofa as L pushed his weight against him. L grabbed Reid's chin again; pushing his head against the back of the sofa, making it so his head was bent backwards over the back of the sofa. He tried to pull out of L's grasp, but couldn't. "L-let go..."

"I was only asking...I did not mean to make it sound as if that was what you had said." L said as he leaned in closer to Reid's neck. He could see Reid swallow. He knew the younger man was nervous been in this kind of situation...yet, he couldn't help himself...lately he had found that every chance he got, he would put Reid in a situation like this. L pressed his lips against the side of Reid's neck...he started to kiss his way up the younger's neck as he felt him tense beneath him.

"L...s-stop...n-not here...s-sto..." Reid gasped as he felt L bite down –lightly. He could feel L's hand –the one that wasn't holding his face- move down the side of his body and pull his shirt out of his trousers, sliding his hand up it and stroking at his chest. L kissed across Reid's jaw-line to his mouth...as soon as their lips connected, L deepened, roughened the kiss. 'This is bad...he's not going to stop...and of all places, we're where I work...' Reid knew they shouldn't be doing this here of all places...even if they were just kissing...he knew they shouldn't be doing it here. L pulled away and started to kiss down Reid's neck; his grip on his face tightening. "L-...L, st-stop it...get off..." He started but stopped as he felt L un-doing his shirt. "Stop it...you need to stop!...A-anyone could walk i-in...please!"

L stopped what he was doing –as he heard how pleading Reid's voice was- and moved his face back up; he was pressed against Reid with his face leaning over the others. As he opened his mouth to speak, the conference room's door opened and in walked Morgan. He looked over at the two men on the sofa; a blank expression on his face. L turned to look at him; he saw something flash in Morgan's eyes...anger...before it disappeared quickly.

"Hope I'm not interrupting..." He said; his tone was as blank as his facial expression.

Reid tensed immediately. L smiled at Morgan. "Not at all." He said; Reid could hear the smirk on his face in the tone of his voice. "Feel free to stand and watch while we finish." Morgan's eyes widened in shock and anger as L turned back to face Reid.

"What are you doing?" Reid asked; his face was a burning red and his eyes were wide. L sighed and stood up from Reid; standing directly in front of him...blocking Morgan's view of him or so he thought, Morgan could actually see everything. Reid looked up at him with a confused look on his face. L looked down and pointed towards him; Reid's shirt was open. He quickly started to re-do the buttons. Once he had finished, L moved away and let Reid stand up.

Morgan watched as Reid walked over to the table; there eyes met for a moment before Reid looked away. "Beyond won't talk...I tried everything...all he says is that he wants to talk to you, kid."

"He did not say why?" L asked.

"Nope."

"I shall go see him..." L told them and before Reid or Morgan had a chance to say anything he had left the room.

******

L sat down in the chair in front of Beyond. "I asked for Spencer..."

"What...you do not want to see me? I thought I was the reason you hated Spencer...and you do not want to see me?"

"I hate him because of you...but that doesn't mean I don't like seeing him." Beyond told him; a smirk tugging at the corners of his lips.

"And why is that? Why do you like seeing Spencer?"

"I like seeing how scared he gets around me...you must have noticed. He starts to stutter...his breathing deepens and the way his chest moves as it does...his eyes flash nervously around, but always land back on me..." Beyond started but stopped himself; a smirk on his face...but there was an emotion behind it that even L couldn't quite place.

L stared at Beyond; his mind was working over time as he tried to figure out what Beyond meant...what the emotion was...why he spoke about Spencer with such...such...such interest? Amusement? obsession? Passion? Frustration?

Beyond snapped L out of his thoughts as he leaned over the table; still smirking. "Send Spencer in."

******

Reid was sat at the table, his eyes flashing to Morgan every few seconds. Morgan was sitting opposite the younger man; his eyes locked on him.

"Morgan, what is it?" Reid asked; his eyes not looking at the man opposite. Morgan frowned in confusion. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Morgan crossed his arms and leaned back against his chair. "What do you mean?"

Reid took a breath before speaking. "You're staring at me..."

"I am?" Morgan asked as he leaned forward against the table.

"Morgan..." Reid said in a somewhat irritated tone.

Morgan grinned for a second or two before it faded into a blank expression. "You know...you still never told me what your relationship is with him..."

Reid was taken back by Morgan's words. He fidgeted in the chair for a moment before looking at Morgan directly for the first time since they were alone in the room. "...Actually I did...I told you it was complicated..."

"That's not really an answer..." Morgan told him; staring at the younger man again.

"You didn't ask me a question..." Reid mumbled without thinking about what he was saying. Morgan gave Reid a look full of irritation. Reid sighed. "You asked what it was and I told you it was complicated...what else do you want me to say?" He said as he rubbed his eyes.

"I want to know why it's complicated..." Morgan told him.

Reid frowned at the older man. "Why? It has nothing to do with you...so, why are you asking me so many questions?"

"Tell me why it's complicated...and I'll tell you why I wanna know..."Morgan told him; he was grinning lightly...but somehow it was a serious look.

Reid stayed silent for a few moments. "I...we...you remember when I told you I was tied to a goal post by kids at school?" Reid asked as he looked down at his hands; Morgan nodded. "He was the one who u-untied me...we became friends quickly after that, we were both highly intelligent for our ages..." He smiled reluctantly as he spoke. "So we got along well. A little while after that L came to my house...with a-a friend of his, he'd said his friend wanted t-to meet me, I didn't see anything wrong with that so I-I let them both in. He seemed nice enough, I mean I found it strange how similar they looked but weren't related. Anyway, while L was in the bathroom...his friend started to act weird, he sat too close to me –I didn't like it- and started saying things...things about L I didn't like or really understand, so I got up to leave...to get L, when he hit me with something and I fell down, he continued hitting me..." Reid's eyes flashed to Morgan; he was frowning deeply...concerned, angry and something that looked like perplexity. Reid continued. "About a week later I woke up in the hospital...I don't remember where my Mom was, but L was laid in the bed next to me...he'd stayed there the whole week. He told me he'd sent Beyond away, that he wouldn't hurt me again...that he wouldn't allow it. A few years later –when I was fourteen- we were in a hotel...and well things led to other things...I was laid asleep in bed..." Reid looked at Morgan; his face had a very livid look on it and Reid couldn't stop himself...he continued –even though he was sure it would anger the older man even more. "...naked, when Beyond came around. He threatened L, saying something about how he was going to hurt me...so after he left, L woke me up and kicked me out, saying he had just wanted that and now that he had it I wasn't wanted around anymore...-!"

Morgan stood up abruptly; he was frowning with a few emotions Reid couldn't place...they were too mixed up together. "He kicked you out...after he forced you to...you were just a kid!"

Reid laughed; it was almost uneasily. "After all I just said...all you heard was that part –that is so like you-, and you assumed he forced me..." Reid laughed again; lightly.

"You were just a kid!" Morgan said loudly, angrily.

"I was fourteen, Morgan...I hadn't been a kid for a long time." He smiled. "So stop always thinking the worst of him..."

"How am I supposed to do anything else? First he brings his psycho friend to meet you, who ends up putting you in hospital...and then he sleeps with you, while you were underage...then kicks you out, saying he had taken advantage of you! Now his psycho's back trying to kill you!" Morgan moved over to where Reid was sat; the younger man stood up nervously as he watched Morgan move closer to him. "It's his fault your in this mess!"

"It's not his fault Beyond is how he is!" Reid yelled at him.

"Yeah...you sure about that? I mean, what do you know about L before you met him...about what he was like with Beyond. My bet is...he was exactly the same with Beyond as he is with you."

Reid's eyes widened. "W-what is that supposed to me?"

"When I came in...he was all over you –literally. I bet he was like that with Beyond at some stage...that's why Beyond doesn't like you, he's jealous and it got so bad that his jealousy evolved into hatred...which led to why he keeps trying to kill you!"

It was as if Reid hadn't heard most of what Morgan said. "Why would you say that...that he was like...like that with Beyond..."

Morgan sighed. "He told me. Beyond I mean."

"He's lying." Reid said quickly.

"He wasn't."

Reid stepped back from Morgan. "I-I have to go..." He said as he walked to the door quickly.

"Reid!" Morgan yelled as the younger man left the room. Morgan looked through the door and Reid was running out of the main office doors. '...Beyond's locked up...I guess he's not in any danger...'

******

Reid ran out of the main entrance of the building and down the street. He ran straight towards a black SUV...the one Morgan used. He pulled the key out of his pocket and just as he was about to put it in the lock...a wave of un-easiness washed over him, he stepped away from the car. He turned slowly and started to walk back towards the main building.

The next thing Reid knew...there was a loud noise and he was somehow sprawled out on the ground, his body twisted uncomfortably against a wall. His eyes were half shut...all he could see was colours of red, orange, grey and black...and then everything went black.


End of chapter 7!

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