Hello everybody! Tiny tiny update... Sorry, it's taking me ages to update this story (I'm like updating every two or three days!). I'm currently working for the International Film Festival in Buenos Aires (translating movies!) and I'm really busy! Plus, yesterday another niece was born! So now, I'm super aunt! Enough of this...

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This is going to be shorter than other chapters...


Chapter VIII

11:55 AM

SSA Morgan and SSA Prentiss arrived to the suspect's house, followed by the SWAT team. They got together to go over the latest instructions. Two SWAT men would go in first, then Morgan and Prentiss and lastly, the rest of the SWAT team. Only Morgan and Prentiss had the authority to take the suspect in.

After everything was set up, they got ready for the raid. Morgan took out his gun and signaled with his head to the men in front of him to start moving towards the door.

Then, his phone started ringing.

"What the hell?" he thought. Emily was right behind him with the same question written all over her face.

Morgan checked the ID of the called and knew that if Rossi was calling him, it meant that something had happened.

"Rossi, we're already in front of the house." Morgan whispered into his phone. He didn't want the suspect to know they were right outside. Surprise was key in these cases.

"Get out of there! It's a trap!"

Indeed, surprise was key in these cases, although they were the ones to receive a surprised welcome.

In less than a split of a second, Morgan's mind assessed the situation around him. The two SWAT men opened the front door of the house, Rossi yelled over the phone...

Two plus two equals four. He realized what was coming their way.

Rapidly, he turned around, using his body to protect Prentiss, and screamed as loud as possible, "RUN!"

He saw how a startled Emily did her best to turn around as fast as she could, trying hard not to think about the men already inside the house. The other SWAT men started shouting and running when a hellishly loud explosion was heard behind them.

Morgan knew they weren't far enough. Blue and orange flames geysered high into the sky, eating everything in their way. The great hot hand of the explosion slapped Morgan on the back with such fury that he staggered forward by the force of the blow, falling on top of Emily, who instinctively sheltered her head with her arms.

A veil of blackness covered Derek's senses taking him away from the hot nightmare.


11:55 AM

SSA Dr. Spencer Reid checked his watch again. Five minutes. He grabbed the handrail to prepare himself for the next fall. He swallowed hard and said: "You should get ready. We have five minutes before the next" he hesitated "dropping."

Linda sat down to Reid's right and handed him the can of gas with a whispered "Just in case." Reid smiled nervously.

The blonde girl took the handrail with her good arm, resting her broken wrist on her lap. Before when she took Reid's phone with that hand, she needed to swallow several times to avoid passing out from the excruciating pain, but she dismissed it because the man needed her help. So now, she would let that arm down and try to survive the next few hours without the use of it.

On the other corner of the elevator, Sebastian Malucci sat down straight, taking hold of the handrail, without sparing a look toward the man he had previously attacked or the girl by his side.

Reid looked at his phone and wondered why the team hadn't call. He eagerly expected some news from them. They had a lead, or at least that was what Hotch had said. Had it been true? Were they already taking the suspect into custody and making their way to release them? He wished in his heart that was the case, but when the red light in the elevator's display started tilting, he knew what to expect.

Four floors this time. He closed his eyes and felt the pull of the drop. They were flying down without control, covering floors at the speed of light.

Until the nightmarish capsule got to an abrupt stop and an overwhelming silence flooded the air.


She was right behind her team member when his phone started ringing. "What the hell?" she thought to herself.

In a matter of seconds, upon listening to the caller's words, Morgan's facial features displayed a mixture of anger, fear and haste.

Then, she saw how his muscles tensed when he screamed: "RUN!"

SSA Emily Prentiss turned around and run. Thousands of questions wandered around her head, but she would look for the answers later. Would there be a "later"?

She heard the explosion. She felt the heat. She fell to the ground under Morgan's body. She embraced the darkness.


More will be coming soon!!! This one was just to give you something to read. I swear next chapter will be more informative and longer... Thanks again for reading and reviewing!