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Holding each other, Will and JJ stood at the door. The scene in the front of them was just too much to take in.
The first glimpse of their son doesn't inspire much confidence that he will be alright. He was covered with a gown and a blanket, a thick bandage covering right shoulder was sticking out his gown. With weak legs, gripping his wife for support, Will took a step at a time to near the bed. Tears rolled down his cheek when he saw his beloved Henry. With IVs on his hand, a ventilator for breathing and a sling around his shoulder, Henry looked fragile and paler than the white blanket he was wrapped in.
JJ sat on the bed and kissed Henry's forehead. Will walked to the other side of the bed and stretched out his hand to touch his son but stunned when he saw how shaky his hand was.
Will watch as Henry's chest rise and fall.
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Everything was hazy. There were voices around him, but he couldn't exactly make out what they were saying.
His body felt heavy. It was comfortable to just be, but he knew someone was talking to him, and he doesn't know if he wanted to take any effort to understand what they were saying.
"Kid…"
That particular word made sense. Morgan had found him, his team had found him. Reid doesn't know if he should be happy after all that happened, he doesn't know if his team would ever forgive him for not protecting Henry.
Suddenly, he could feel a wave of uncomfortable feeling. Something was not right at the moment.
His body wreathed in pain.
His entire body started to move in a way it shouldn't and having no control of what was happening, he knew it was not a good sign.
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Morgan's eyes shot up to the paramedic in panic. "What is happening?"
"The drugs in his system is causing convulsions."
Morgan closed his eyes and he shook his head. Looking back the paramedic, Morgan mumbled. "Please do something!"
"There's nothing we can do. We can't give him anything until we know what sort of drug pumped into his system."
"You got to be kidding me, man!"
Morgan's heart broke as Reid's started to convulse again. Morgan gritted his teeth in anger as he couldn't do anything but watch until it ended.
Morgan held Reid's hand.
"You're okay, Reid. You're okay."
Morgan kept saying it like a mantra until they reach the hospital.
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JJ and Will ran their way to the waiting room when they heard the news about Reid from Rossi.
"Morgan!" JJ called as she ran towards Morgan. "How is he?"
"I'm not sure. I haven't heard from his doctor yet."
"But you ride with him to the hospital, is he alright?" Will asked next.
"He was unconscious. He was …" Morgan stopped, hesitated, not sure he should continue.
"He was what, Morgan?" JJ demanded.
Morgan exhaled loudly. "He was drugged, JJ."
"Oh, no." JJ ran her fingers through her hair.
The world can't be more suffocating than this.
"How's Henry?" Morgan asked, hoping he could divert their attention from Reid.
"He's okay, not awake yet but he will be alright."
"Morgan, please tell me you have Gabriel and his men in custody."
Morgan shook his head.
"What?" Will nearly shouted. "He got away?"
Morgan shook his head again. "He's on the way to the morgue."
"Family of Spencer Reid?"
Morgan, Will and JJ's chat was cut short by the doctor's call. They quickly turned to the side and met a man in blue scrubs.
"I'm Agent Morgan. How's is he?"
"Dr. Reid has suffered some extensive injuries but luckily none of them are life-threatening. In time, the lacerations and bruising will heal, though it will hurt for a while. He has three cracked ribs, broken ankle.
"And?" Morgan knew that wasn't the end.
"What got concerned us the most is the drugs he was administered with, so we tested his blood right away and found that Dr. Reid was given a combination of sedatives and hallucinogens."
"Will he be alright?" Will asked.
"We have him on an EKG to monitor his heart rhythm. What I wanted you all to know is until the drugs are flushed out of his system, we can't give anything for pain as it would be dangerous for his heart.
"What do you mean you can't give him anything? With the injuries, he obviously will be in pain."
"I'm sorry. The next twenty-four hours are going to extremely difficult for him, I think it would be helpful if someone familiar could stay with him."
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Three days, that's how long Reid has been in and out and Morgan had never left his side. Morgan could still feel his blood turning into ice each time he remembered how they found Reid. The sight of Reid unconscious body lay sprawled could still make his heart drop to the pit of his stomach.
Morgan was holding onto Reid's hand. Things have been very hard, especially for JJ and Will. Henry had finally woke up, but the incident seemed to have a large impact on the kid and Reid being unconscious was not helping either.
Morgan rubbed his tired hand down his face.
"How is he?"
Morgan looked up and meet Hotch's eyes. "The same."
Hotch noticed the dark circles and the tired look plastered all over Morgan's face. He knew Morgan wasn't sleeping well. No one on his team has been sleeping well.
Hotch stepped closer to the bed, his eyes on Reid's face.
"He will be okay." Hotch said as he placed a reassuring hand on Morgan's shoulders.
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Later at night, Morgan was standing at the window when he saw Reid's eyes slowly blinked. The very next moment, Morgan was in the line of Reid's slight. Morgan watched as Reid's eyelids fluttered and his eyes searched the surroundings frantically.
"Reid, it's okay." Morgan said softly, as he gently squeezed Reid's hand.
Reid blinked again. "How's ... Henry?"
"He's okay."
"Gabriel said..." Reid licked his own lips. "He said he shot Henry."
Morgan swore internally. He would kill Gabriel again just for this. Morgan also knew Reid wouldn't stop until Morgan told him the truth so Morgan said it anyway.
"Henry sustained a gunshot wound to his right shoulder."
"It's all my fault." Reid's face scrunched in pain.
"No, Reid. It's not."
Reid tried to turn his face, but Morgan didn't let him. Morgan pulled Reid against him and hugged him close. At first, Reid didn't react, but after a moment, he held Morgan's T-shirt and cried deeply with his face pressed into Morgan's side.
Morgan wished he could end Reid's misery. He knew Reid would blame himself for what had happened to Henry.
"Reid, please…"
Morgan stopped when Reid was breathless in his arms and the steady beep of the heart monitor spiked to a high-pitched scream.
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