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This one may be a little hard to understand. It's late and I may have also messed up the grammer. I don't know. the concept is there.
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Wow, these chapters just keep getting longer and longer!
"Let me tell you about my team. Agent Morgan faught to protect his identity from the very people who could save him, Why? Because trust has to be earned and there are very few people he truly trusts. Reid's intillect is a shield which protects him from his emotions and at the moment his sheild is under repair. Prentiss overcompensates because she doesn't yet feel she's part of the team. She needn't worry. Every day Agent Jareau fills dozens of requests for our team and every night she goes home hopeing she's made the right choices. Garcia fills her office with figurines, and color to remind herself to smile as the horror fills her screens and Agent Gideon is in his way damned by his profound knowledge of others which is why he shares so little of himself yet he pours his heart into every case we have. I stand by my actions and I stand by my team and if you think that you can find a better person for the job... good luck." ~ Agent Hotchner
Reid ran up and hugged JJ," I'm glad you're alright." He muttered.
"You too. Prentiss is ove sitting on the ambulence. They are bandaging her head. Small cut. Nothing major." she pulled away and smiled.
"I'll see you in a bit." He smiled and walked over to where Prentiss was. She saw him and stood up, almost knocking over the peramedic and letting the blanket fall. She ran and leapt up into his arms, almost knocking him over in a hug. He stumbled then wrapped his arms around her.
"I'm sorry! I shouldn't have been so mean!" She hugged him so tight he had troubles getting breath. He smiled and cleared his throat so she would let go. He held her waist so she wouldn't move away from him.
"It's ok. I made you nervous and made work hard for you. I should be sorry." He said," I'm glad your ok." He hugged her again, a little less agressivly. She grabbed his hand and walked back over to the paremedic.
Reid walked into the room and looked through the window into the interrogation room. He could see through the two way mirror that the girl they had arrested was quietly humming to herself. She was smiling like she was just here to talk. Hotch opened the door ans went in with the girl, slowly sitting down.
"I'm Agent Hotchner, but I assume you know that." He said.
"I do. I also know you plan to use me to catch him." She smiled at Hotch and leaned back in her chair.
"No, we don't, really. I just have a few questions." He said, calmly.
"No. I don't want to answer your questions." She stood up slowly and walked over to the one way mirror and smiled," I want you, Dr. Reid." Reid jumped back, even though he knew he couldn't be seen. She was just guessing he was there. Assuming.
"What if Dr. Reid doesn't want to come in?" Hotch asked lightly, as if it didn't matter.
"Oh he does. He does. I have a secret for him, about his friend. Erin. Yeah. And I have a lot more." She turned and walked back over to where Hotch sat and leaned down to his ear, whispering something. Hotch suddenly stood up and left the room, much to the girl's amusement. He burst into the room they were in moments later.
"Reid, come here." Hotch demanded. When he came over Hotch put a hand on his shoulder and turned so they were looking away from the others.
"What's going on?" Reid mumbled.
"She says that if she doesn't talk to you then the girl they have will die... and Erin will be the one to do it. I need to call Morgan and make sure he is still with Erin. Go in and act normal. Ask her the questions. see what she wants to tell us. I'll come in later and try to force as much out of her as I can." Hotch nodded and Reid left without glancing back at the other three in the room.
The girl was sitting again when he entered but her smile brightened when Reid walked in and sat down," I have a few questions." Reid muttered to himself, looking at the papers in his hands.
"Alright."
"Which murder did you commit?" Reid risked a glance up at her and she smiled.
"The one with the pictures in her hands. Like my art? He said I had gone overboard. Took too long to do it. I don't think so. It was perfect. By the way you don't have to worry about your lady friends. We just wanted you to back off a bit. The song was meant for something else." She smiled at him and touched his hand reassuringly. He pulled it back and scratched his head.
"Heh, uh... what was it meant for?" He asked.
"Oh, you'll see. you'll see." She looked down at her hands and seemed to slump slightly.
"Is something wrong?" He asked.
"Yeah. You'll see. It should be here any moment. I just want you to know, when the time comes, I want you to do it." She nodded at her hands in her lap then went silent.
"Want me to do what?" He asked. She shook her head," Did you do it all by yourself, or did you have help?" He tried.
"By myself." She muttered quietly.
"Really? You're strong. I wouldn't have been able to hang her up. She was dead when you hung her right?"
"Yeah. She was dead when I hung her and slit her throat." she sniffed and he tried not to studder.
"I w-wouldn't have been able t-to lift that much. You look so much tinier than me." he smiled weakly but she didn't look up to see.
"Size doesn't matter." She started chipping her nailpolish off. The door opened and Prentiss came in, leaning over him and whispering in his ear.
"Another package. Come on." she rubbed his shoulder then walked out. He stood and gathered his papers but was grabbed by the wrist before he could leave.
"Dr. Reid, promise me when the time comes, you'll do it." Tears had welled up in her eyes as she stared up at him.
"I don't know if I can promise that." He stammered.
"you have to. I don't want it to be Agent Morgan or Hotchner. They are just..." she let him go and slumped away.
"I-I promise." Then he turned and rushed out and to the room the others were in. There was a small package on the table. Hotch picked it up when Reid entered and handed it to him.
"You noticed the invisible ink on the other letter, is there anything on this one?" Hotch asked. Reid looked it over very closely for a few minutes and then handed it to Hotch, shaking his head.
Hotch opened one end and pulled out a DVD. Reid bit his lip and jumped when Prentiss took his hand. He glanced down at their intertwined fingers and then smiled at her. Hotch put the DVD in the player nearby and Morgan wheeled thetv over to the end of the table so they could all sit, and they did.
The video started with the original report JJ gave when they started the investigation, then music started. Clips of the whole team started to flow across the screen, but all the clips were skewed sideways and cut off at the chin or neck so that only the abdomins of the team could be seen, like a strange music video.
A clip of the team standing in a line at a news conferance came up. It was cut off but not skewed to the the song started words scrolled across the screen.
The BAU team tries so hard...
"What song is that?" Hotch asked.
"Meant to live by Switchfoot." JJ answered.
And knows so much...
Can it make the right choice?
The skewed clips came back up and another song started.
This is for you, Agent's Hotchner, Reid, Morgan, Rossi, Prentiss, JJ and Garcia.
A freeby. Song: AfterLife by Avenge SevenFold
The song hit it's lyrical part and Reid jumped when he could hear his own voice in the back ground of the music saying something to the effect of 'No comment' and the other's voices were mixed in. Occassionaly there were words on the screen, as if telling a story.
Cause we've been waiting for you
Then it showed Hotch bringing the girl into the station. There hadn't been any reporters. No one filming.
"This was them! They filmed this!" Reid exclaimed, Then it had JJ and Prentiss' feet standing on a gravel road talking to eachother. Reid recognised their shoes. JJ moved away and he heard her speaking frantically but couldn't understand through the music. Suddenly she burst into a dead run the way JJ had gone.
You'll be back soon anyways, this peace on Earth's not right.
Then there was debri flying everywhere and smoke. the scene cut away and showed Morgan sitting outside the school in a small green prius, since Reid had taken the SUV. He was tapping on the door and singing to himself but it was from above and they could only see his arm.
With our backs against the wall, no Pain no sign of time, we're much too young to fall.
Make a choice Scrolled across the screen and there was a blip of something else. Reid covered his mouth to keep from being sick as another clip came up of him. It was Prentiss running up and hugging him, cutting off their heads. the problem was that the camera followed her from the ambulence into his arms. There was someone holding it.
When I think of places I don't belong I come to grips...
Then the screen went black and big red letters scrolled across the screen
WITH LIFE AND REALIZE THIS IS GOING TOO FAR...
Then there were two short blips and then the word Choose. and the movie cut off. Morgan turned to Reid.
"What did you see, Kid?" He asked.
"You didn't see it?" He practically shouted.
"No, our minds don't work as fast as yours." JJ said softly.
"The clips that went by too fast were either of the girl we have in custody or of a girl tied to a chair. He want's us to choose between them." reid rubbed his face with his free hand.
"Between as in let her go they let the hostage go?" Morgan asked.
"No. They want us to kill her or they kill the girl." Reid answered so quietly they almost didn't hear.
"How would you get that out of the video?" Morgan asked, frustrated. reid glared at him.
"I didn't. When I left the room with the girl, who surprizingly still remanes unnamed, she made me promise. she said,'Promise you'll be the one to do it.' I put two and two together. They say choose. They sent her here as a pig to slaughter." Reid covered his eyes with his free hand.
"We need to talk to her." Hotch said.
"I'll do it. I know what to ask her now." Reid stood up, Prentiss standing with him, him leading her without even realizing it. They got to the door and she turned him to face her.
"It'll be ok. We'll figure this out." she touched his face lightly then he walked into the interrigation room alone.
"Dr. Reid." the girl said, wiping tears from her eyes.
"Call me Spencer." he said, sitting down.
"Spencer. I'm Angelica." She said, wipeing her eyes.
"Angelica, I won't kill you." Reid stated calmly.
"You have to. That girl..."
"Will die if you don't help us. I will not shoot you." Reid nodded to himself.
"This is the only way." She muttered.
"No, it's not. Angelica, why did he send you? Why not someone else?" Reid asked, trying to catch her eyes. she didn't look up," Please help me, Angelica."
"If I tell you all of that you won't be able to save her." Angelica sneered.
"I don't care about you, I care about her! Please tell me what you know so i can save a helpless, scared little girl get away from a psycho planning to kill her!" Reid shouted, his voice choked with tears.
"He isn't a psycho, I love him and he is a genius!"She shouted.
"That's why you killed for him?" Reid asked. she sighed and sat back in her chair.
"I fell in love with him about a year and a half ago. he said he was starting this movement. Based everything on uplifting music and praise to God. We all thought it was wonderful. I loved him. then he started to brainwash the others. he started telling them things , just to see if they would listen. They did..." She looked down.
"When did the murders start to happen? Why?" Reid whispered.
"He wanted us to follow him unconditionally. He killed a man that tried to hurt Erin. Her boyfriend was with us at the time but still skeptical. After the first murder he became bloodthirsty and earned more followers." She looked at the window.
"They don't have to be there, if you only want me to hear." Reid said.
"I'm a little embarrassed. I killed Sarah because he had fallen for her. He was slowly gravitating to her and I couldn't stand it. He had already had two of us murder to show loyalty, teaching us how to do it the way he would so you wouldn't see the differance. I convinced him Sarah was turning against us. He believed me but forced me to kill her. I went overboard with the angel wings because I was scared of what he was becomeing, what I was becomeing and what both of us could be convinced of. "
"So you didn't want to kill her?" Reid touched her hand that was on the table, much like she had done his earlier, but she didn't flinch away.
"Oh, I did. so bad. But then I relized that it wasn't me. He had brainwashed all of us to be jelous for him. I don't love him that much. He started to see it. He told me I had to be arrested for his plan to work. I found out through the others that he was going to make you kill me. I want it to be you because I know at least you'll feel some remorse for me as a person. the others would feel bad but not like you. Please. I'm scared." Tears started falling down her face in steady streams.
"How old are you, Angelica?" Reid asked softly.
"I'm sixteen." they both jumped when something hit the two way window from the other side. Reid knew it was Morgan throwing a fit. Sixteen was really young.
"Can you tell us where we need to go to get this girl?" Angelica shook her head no," Can you tell us her name?"
"Her name is Layla. She is sixteen also. " Angelica nodded as if correcting herself.
"Can you tell me who everyone is in this picture?" Reid lay the first picture in front of her.
"Erin, Jeff, Mary, me, Sarah, James and Grey." She pointed to each in turn.
"What about this one." He put the second up to her, somehow he had ended up witting next to her, thier shoulders touching. this was dangerous but he needed her to cooperate.
"Erin, Jeff, Mary, me, James, Andy, River, Louis. We took a new one when Sarah and... And grey had been killed." She shook her head and wiped her eyes.
"You were close to Grey?" Reid asked, leaning close to her like a father talking to a young child. He wrapped his arm around her as she started to sob.
"He loved me, I couldn't see it until it was too late. I killed for HIM! When i killed Sarah I lost Grey forever!" she broke down compleatly and started crying loudly. Reid hugged her closer for a moment then stood slowly to leave," Spencer!" He looked down at her," I don't want to die for him!"
"I won't let you. We're going to catch this son of a bitch." reid's voice broke and he turned and left without another word.
O.O I made Reid curse! sorry if you don't like the language, I just thought it fit.
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