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Morgan shoved Harry Monroe into the back of the police car before rushing to the SUV. "Hotch, I need to go and check on Reid at the hospital. Can you go in the patrol car with Harry back to the BAU?"
"Morgan, what's wrong?" Hotch asked as he rushed over to Morgan.
"Harry knows that Reid is still alive and so do his employers. He told me that they won't let Reid live for long now that he knows that code. Hotch, that means all of us are now in danger. We know the code, we are now targets."
"I'll arrange for a security detail to get placed on us," Hotch said. "Go to the hospital and check on Reid. I want his room on guard."
JJ - Fifteen minutes later
JJ and Alex watched as the nurses checked all his wounds. They both turned away as they checked on his eyes. It hurt both seeing their friend in such a severe state. Alex looked at JJ and saw the distant look in her eyes. She reached over and gave JJ's hand a small squeeze, JJ looked up at her and gave her a small sad smile. "He'll be okay, JJ. He's strong, we both know that. He'll get through this and he will be stronger. They may have taken away his eyes but they haven't taken away his spirit."
"They may have not taken away his spirit but they have damaged it," JJ said as she watched the nurses check the ventilator and heart monitor. The nurse picked up the clipboard and wrote down a few notes before walking over to JJ. JJ looked up at her with hopeful eyes.
"I'm going to go and get the doctor. I think we can remove the tube helping him breathe but I will have to get the doctor first. He is remarkably strong and he is recovering well," the nurse smiled before leaving the room with the other nurse.
"Recovering well," Alex smiled. "There is that strength we all know and love."
"Spencer is strong, he always has been. He was strong when he got kidnapped, he helped us find him even though he got scared and afraid. He has had his times of trouble but he has always come back stronger. He is more independent now than he was when he first joined the BAU," JJ began to say. "He looked so young when he came to the BAU, I was amazed that they had let him into the unit being as young as he was back then. He proved himself though. He could take anything that got thrown his way and he put some of the other profilers to shame.
JJ let out a little sad laugh before continuing.
"You should have seen his face when he first held Henry and we named him godfather. He looked so happy. I have never regretted my decision. Spencer is a wonderful godfather and I can't ever thank him enough for what he did. He hid Henry and kept him safe. He saved my little boy. He can't see anything anymore and that breaks my heart because Henry and him are always drawing pictures and reading together. They love watching cartoons together and they won't be able to do that anymore like they used to. Spencer is going to struggle with the challenges that are ahead of him. I know he can adjust to everything but I know that deep down he will hate me."
Alex sat up straight in her chair and looked JJ in the eyes. "JJ, why on earth would you think that?"
"He will hate me for asking him to look after Henry while I went out and had a girls night out. If I had kept Henry with me that night and not gone out, Spencer may have been able to get to his gun before they beat him to near death. He keeps his gun locked away when Henry is around. He doesn't want him to get hurt in any way. He's gonna hate me. He could have fought back and shot them."
"JJ, he is not going to hate you. We found evidence that Spencer got to his safe. We have no way of knowing if those men had been armed. Spencer loves Henry and he would die to protect him. You had no way of knowing that this was going to happen and none of this is your fault. Don't you ever think that and I can tell you now that if Spencer heard you say that, he would be angry with you for thinking that."
"Alex, you don't understand. I keep letting him down," JJ said before closing her eyes and rubbing her hands over her face. "I let him down when Tobias Hankel took him and I let him down when I didn't tell him about Emily. He has done nothing but support Henry, Will and me and I've done nothing but betray him. He came to my house crying and I lied to his face for ten weeks. He almost turned back to something horrible and it was my fault. I keep letting him down and I can't forgive myself for doing that. If he ever has children, he'll be unable to see them. He'll go his entire life without knowing what his child looks like. I keep ruining his life so I'm going to spend the rest of my life making it up to him."
"He loves you and you are his family, JJ. Don't ever think that you have ruined his life. You gave him the joy of having a godson and the joys of being a godparent. You had to lie to him about the Emily situation and you know that. You didn't let him down then. You supported him and you were the shoulder he cried on for ten weeks because he finds comfort with you. He told me about Tobias Hankel. He never blamed you for that. He knows that there are dangers of being in the field and unfortunately one of those dangers took him that night. Spencer can adjust to living blind with you helping him but he won't want you helping him out of guilt. He'll want you helping him because you have always helped him," Alex argued back gently before taking JJ's hand and squeezing it tightly.
"His mother doesn't know," JJ sighed. "How can we tell her that she can't look into her son's brown eyes again?"
Both of their heads snapped to the door as Morgan burst into the room.
"He's alright," Morgan said, out of breath. "You are all alright. Thank god."
"Morgan, what's wrong?" Alex asked as she looked at him in confusion.
"We caught the hacker that works for the people who hurt Reid. He said that they know he is still alive and that they won't let him stay alive as long as he knows that code. We've seen the code. We are all in danger."
Garcia - An hour later
Garcia looked into the interrogation room where Harry had got placed. He had barely aged since they had parted ways. She felt anger as she looked at him. There was a code that every hacker lived by and he had broken that code. He had succumbed to greed and used everything she taught him against her and for his own monetary gain. Hotch and Rossi came up to her side.
"Good job on destroying his system," Hotch said with a slight smile to his lips. Anything that made this man pay was good in his book.
"Thanks," Garcia smiled. "I shouldn't trust people so easily. It's my weakness and it keeps coming back to bite me in my ass."
"No, don't think that. Has ever trusting us bit you in the ass?" Rossi said. Garcia pondered for a moment before shaking her head.
"No, trusting the team has only ever helped me."
"I'm going to go in and question him," Hotch said. "I want to know the names of the men who beat Reid. Daniel will be here in moments with Anderson to see the interrogation."
"Hotch, sir. Maybe, I should go and speak with him. He won't tell you anything because he has faced law enforcement before. He isn't afraid. I think I can break him down enough for you to get information. He's handcuffed to the table and he can't hurt me," Garcia said. Hotch considered it for a moment before agreeing.
"You do have a past with him and that gives us an edge. Go in and speak with him. He had his rights and waived his right to a lawyer. You are right, he isn't afraid of law enforcement. The moment anything happens, I will be right there."
Garcia nodded before making her way into the room. She took a deep breath and opened the door.
Harry smiled as he looked up at her.
"Hello Penelope," he smiled. "Impressive virus."
"We need to talk," Garcia said calmly before sitting down at the chair. "Don't ever think you can hack me. I taught you well but not everything."
"Being an analyst for the feds has made you brave," Harry said.
"Oh, just wait," she said back. "I have questions and I know you have answers. Let's talk."
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