Title: The Unknown Threat

Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds

Summary: A new danger in closing in on one of their own. While investigating a new string of deaths, truths with come out. Sequel to "The Mysterious Dr. Reid" and "Physics Magic…Bullet".

A/N: Hey everybody. Life is still crazy, seems to be the way of things. I will continue to update once a week. I'm really trying. Thank you SOOOO much to my lovely reviewers and everyone that has been following this story. I want to let y'all know that I have the next parts of the story pretty much mapped out, but have not decided on an ending yet. So...we will all have to read and find out what happens. Thanks for following. As usual, please feel free to R&R.


Chapter 7

The BAU team watched in shock as Dr. Reid made his way through the bullpen toward the elevator bank.

Morgan turned back to his boss, "Hotch, we can't just walk away now."

Hotch seemed to think for a moment as though reaching a decision, "No, we can't. Reid is one of us. The sooner we help catch these guys, the sooner they bring him back."

"Good," Garcia quipped, "They can't just come in here breaking up my family like they own the place."

Everyone nodded as they felt the same way.

Hotch turned toward his team, "We need to take the information Reid gave us and run with it. There's not much we can do tonight and Reid is in safe hands. Everyone go home and get a little sleep so we can start fresh tomorrow. Garcia I'll have you pick apart Pearson's life. I want to know everything." He specifically looked at Morgan, "And as soon as they open in the morning, I want you and Dave down at New Peace to start tearing them apart."

"Not a problem," Morgan said quickly.

"Everyone meet here at seven tomorrow morning. Get some rest."

The team filed out toward the exit, thinking of sleep and the young genius they weren't sure they really knew.

~CRIMINAL MINDS~

The quiet elevator ride down and subsequent walk across the lobby allowed Reid time to evaluate the two agents accompanying him. The taller man with salt and pepper hair was obviously the higher ranking between the two. The other agent, a younger blonde man, revealed his slightly inferior position through subtle body placement and the way he addressed the older agent. Reid also noted oddly that the two seemed to be strangers to one another. They must either be new partners or this could just be a special assignment. Great, Reid thought, more people thinking I'm special. For once can't I be normal?

It was now dark outside the building and Reid realized this had only been going on for a day. So much had changed in that one day. They approached a generic black SUV in the parking lot like any other agency vehicle. Reid made a move to get in the back on the passenger side when a hand reached out for his shoulder. "Other side please," said the older agent, with no expression on his face.

Reid shrugged his shoulders and walked around to the other side. The "boss" agent made for the driver seat while the blonde agent took the front passenger seat. The only thing to break the silence was the sound of the engine coming to life, then they rolled away.

"So…where are we going?" Reid asked carefully a little while later. He tried to find confidence, these men were here to protect him, not treat him like a criminal.

The blonde agent turned slightly in his seat to offer a small, half-reassuring smile, "To a safe house here in D.C. Don't worry Dr. Reid, everything will be taken care of."

Reid was slightly shocked at the attitude change. Apparently they were decent men underneath, just took their jobs seriously.

"Ok…"Reid answered and silence once again fell over them. Reid had pretty much every map encoded in his brain so he knew where they were and where they were likely going.

They traveled for about ten more minutes when Reid noticed they were approaching a traffic light. The light was green so the SUV did not slow down. After that moment, everything became a blur. There were lights shining through the car from the right side that were way to close and approaching too fast. Reid was aware of a sickening crunch on the passenger side of the car and broken glass flying. There was a brief moment where gravity seemed to vanish, just to reappear violently as the vehicle fell onto its left side then the roof and continued to scrap the pavement. As they finally came to a halt, the men were cast again in silence, the only sound their heaving breathing.

Reid's brain slowing caught up to what had happened. They must have been in an accident. That was the only explanation for why he was upside down in the vehicle. He looked down to assess any injuries. There were cuts from glass across both his arms that bled slightly through his long sleeve dress shirt. He also felt a deep gash on his cheek. So far, so good. Nothing major. He then attempted to reach for his seat belt. The click was deafening and with a thud he landed. He moved to push himself up to sit on the interior roof of the car and found pain shooting through his left arm. He instantly realized what was wrong…his arm was broken. Well, specifically his radius and ulna. He must have hit the left side in the crash as they were flipping. He felt nervous and relieved at the same time. In a crash this violent, he was lucky that was his worst injury and one that would heal rather quickly and simply.

He glanced at the two men in the front of the SUV. The "boss" was also working at getting himself untangled from his seat beat. He looked no worse for wear aside from some small cuts similar to Reid's. The vehicle appeared to have no glass intact on it at all. The blonde agent hung from his seat belt, knocked unconscious from the wreck. There was a small trickle of blood coming from a gash on his head that dripped down below him.

There was the sound of sirens in the back ground. Reid also noticed footsteps around him, people walking around the car. Relieved that help had come, he began to attempt to crawl through one of the broken windows.

The footsteps came to the passenger side. A man crouched down to check the blonde agent, fingers went to his neck. "He's still alive," he called back to another person.

"Fix that," came the reply.

Reid watched in horror as the hands through the window snapped the young agent's neck. Panic began to rise up in Reid as he realized this was not help. They were the ones that caused the accident.

The older agent was out of his seat now right way up. The feet had moved around to their side of the car. Hands reached through and pulled the man through the window. He gave a small cry of protest.

Reid's heart thudded against his chest as he waited for them to take him or kill him as well. How had they found him so fast?

Hands suddenly grabbed Reid and jerked him through the broken window. He grunted in pain as they pulled on his broken arm. He was dragged to his feet, which thankfully still worked properly and was pushed toward the other vehicle, a black cargo van. Reid noted that the front of the car had a battering ram type object attached and had actually sustained very little damage in the crash.

Still dazed from the wreck, Reid suddenly noticed there were now handcuffs on him, binding his throbbing arms behind him. At the back of the car, the door was opened and his was shoved inside, crashing onto his face. Doors were closed again, and the car took off. What had felt like an hour to Reid likely only took a matter of a couple of minutes.

Getting his bearings, Reid lifted his head to look at who else was in the back of the van. The salt and pepper haired agent was there talking low and fiercely to another man.

"You weren't supposed to hit that hard, you idiot!" he said in a harsh whisper. "You could've killed me."

"Look, I'm sorry. We didn't think we were going that fast," answered a pudgy older man.

The "agent" leaned back in the seat, "Well, you have to explain to Mr. Pearson why you are bringing him damaged goods." He gestured toward Reid's broken arm.

Reid closed his eyes and lowered his head. This is really not good.


Dun, Dun, Dun...haha. Sorry about any errors, I have to write these pretty quick. Let me know what you think. See you all soon. :)

~M~