Authoress Note: Here's chapter 11. Thank you for those who have faved, alerted, and reviewed this story it means a lot. This will be set during The Fisher King Part 2. The group finally figures out the case, but will they figure it out before it is too late to save the girl. I hope you enjoy. The more reviews that I get the faster this will be updated, but I would like to thank the one that has been reviewing for almost every single chapter.
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Chapter 11
The Fisher King Part 2
The hypothesis of surviving intelligence and personality – not only surviving but anxious and able with difficulty to communicate – is the simplest and most straightforward and the only one that fits all the facts. - Oliver Joseph Lodge.
June 8, 2006
Juniper hadn't slept and it was already the next morning. She was busy looking at the numbers trying to figure out what exactly the numbers could have been from. She rubbed her eyes tiredly as Spencer walked into the room with a cup of coffee.
"Here." He said softly handing her the cup of coffee that he carried in for her to have. He figured that she was going to need it since she and him both were trying to figure out the numbers together and she was trying to figure out the riddles that were written on the papers that they all had received.
Juniper turned around and faced him taking the cup of coffee from him. "Thanks." She said tiredly.
"Are you sure that you don't want to take a nap?" He asked her becoming more concerned about her.
"I'll sleep when I'm dead." She told him as she took a sip of the coffee that he had brought her.
"Did you figure anything out yet?" He asked her, as he took a sip of his own hot cup of coffee.
Juniper shook her head. "These quotes... they aren't easy to figure out." She told him as she bit her lip examining them once again. She wasn't telling him the entire truth. She was actually afraid of how the unsub knew her.
"Juni is something wrong?"
"It's nothing." She said pushing it aside.
"Juni you can't lie to me." He told her placing his hand on her shoulder and turned her to face him so he could look into her eyes.
"How did the unsub know me?" She asked softly looking into his eyes. Her cheeks were slightly flushed.
"I have no idea." He told her softly. "I am sure that we will figure out how he knows us all."
Juniper nodded her head. She went back to what she was looking at before Spencer had her turned to face him.
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"Spence..." Juniper said looking close at the items that they had.
"What?"
"We have to get to Garcia... these items they are things that someone would collect... 1969... has to be the right year... it's the year of the book." She told him.
Spencer's eyes went wide realizing that was what they were missing all along. "Let's go." He told her.
"No you go and tell her." She told him.
Spencer left the room and went to go and find Garcia.
Juniper slouched down in her chair running her fingers through her hair She was tired and wasn't going to admit that, this case was far too important than anyone getting sleep.
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Juniper looked at the riddle that was on the white board that Garcia had written. She knew that they were going to need help. "Spence..." She said softly looking at her best friend.
Spencer looked at Juniper and knew what she was thinking. "Juni..."
"Spence you have to. If this guy knew your mother..."
"God..." He quickly grabbed the phone and dialed the number to get the closet FBI building close to Las Vegas Nevada. "Hi this is Dr. Spencer Reid of the Behavioral Analyst Unit here in Quantico. I need the closest FBI building that is near Las Vegas Nevada. Thank you..."
Juniper walked up to him knowing that this was hard for him to do. She placed her black manicured hand on Spencer's shoulder giving it a light squeeze.
"Hello this is Dr. Spencer Reid out here in Quantico. I need someone to go and pick up my mother from Las Vegas Nevada. She is in Bennington Sanitarium. She's a patient there... I think she might be in danger... thank you." He hung up his phone and ran his fingers through his hair.
Juniper looked at Spencer. "Spence... everything will be fine." She said softly to him. "You go take a break and I will try to see if I could figure out this riddle on the white board until your mom gets here."
Spencer nodded his head knowing that Juniper was right about that. "You should rest though." His voice was laced over with concern.
Juniper squeezed his shoulder lightly. "I'll be fine. Don't worry about me." She told him softly, as she went right back to work with what she was doing trying to figure out the riddle. "Just go and get some rest. We need that brain of yours." She told him softly.
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Juniper bit her thumb cutely trying to figure out what was this riddle. "This makes no sense..." She shook her head lightly trying not to knock the small reading glasses that she had upon her nose. "I am good at medieval readings, but this is utterly crazy." She muttered as she continued to read it over and over and over again.
Spencer comes into the room with his mother.
"This is where you work?" Diana asked her son.
"This is actually where we all meet. My desk is right out in the bullpen." He told his mother.
Juniper jumped a little when she heard their voices. Juniper turned around and looked at the two of them. "Spence... you could've given me some warning." She told him softly.
Spencer rubbed the side of his neck. "Sorry." He told her. "I thought you heard us coming into the room."
Juniper shook her head. "Sorry I didn't ear you. I've been busy trying to figure out this riddle here." She told him blushing a little bit.
"Juniper Evans wonderful to see you again." Diana told the younger woman hugging her a little bit. Diana always saw Juniper as a daughter of hers even though she wasn't.
Juniper smiled. "It's wonderful to see you again Diana." She said, as she removed herself from Diana's grasp. She went back to looking at what was written on the board.
"Any luck Juni?" Spencer asked, as he licked his lips.
Juniper let out a sigh. "How did I know that you were going to ask that Spence..." She shook her head. "I didn't figure anything out yet." She told him. She let out a frustrated sigh running her fingers through her short hair. "I wish I could figure this out."
"Spencer why did you bring me here?" Diana demanded.
"I thought you would be in danger. The unsub... I mean the bad guy he might have been with you." He said softly. He hoped that they could figure it out. "Mom do you think you could watch the video that was sent to us and see if you know the man in the video."
Diana nodded her head.
Juniper nodded her head telling Spencer to play the video as she went back to reading the poem/riddle again.
Diana listened to the video that Spencer had played. Her hand shot up to her mouth. "That's Richard Gardner..."
Juniper turned and looked at Diana. "Richard Garner?"
Diana nodded her head. "I didn't think that Rebecca was a real person. He talked like she wasn't a real person." She told them.
Juniper's eyes widened.
Garcia came into the room. "I found out the information that you wanted... the name that came back was Richard Garner." She saw the surprised look on the two younger agents faces. "You already know?"
"Yes."
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"He gave me a picture with an address on it." Diana said handing the photo to her son.
Juniper looked over Spencer's shoulder seeing the photo. "That's not far from here." She said in surprise.
"We have to go." Hotch said to them.
Spencer looked at Juniper. "Juni stay here." He told her softly.
"Spence... the rules state that everyone has to go. I may be a forensic scientist, but I am also an agent. I will be fine." She said, as she followed them out of the room.
Spencer's eyes followed his best friend's form. He couldn't help, but have a feeling that this might not end very well. He walked out and saw her strapping on her bullet proof vest. He watched her bare shoulders move a little bit. His face flushed a little bit. He watched her slip on a different kind of shoes instead of the ballet slippers were upon her feet. She slipped a pair of black running shoes on just in case she had to run.
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Juniper, Spencer, Hotch, Morgan, and two other agents went inside of Richard Garner's house. They slipped up the stairs slowly trying not to let anyone know that they were coming.
Juniper stayed close to Spencer as they hid behind the wall so they didn't get seen by Richard.
"Mr. Garner..." Spencer said, trying to get Richard to hear him.
"Spence what the hell do you think you're doing?" She hissed softly into his ear. She knew that he was going to do something very stupid.
He handed his gun off to one of the agents.
"Spencer..."
"Reid what are you doing?" Hotch asked.
Juniper carefully took her gun and handed her gun to the other one. She knew that he wasn't making a smart choice. She wasn't making a smart choice either.
"Evans..." Hotch said giving her a warning tone.
"Don't worry about it Hotch. We're going to try and talk him down." She looked at Spencer fairly quickly. "When ever you're ready." She said softly.
"What ever you do stay behind me." Spencer told her.
Juniper tried to bite back a laugh. She thought that it was funny that he was trying to keep her from getting hurt. "Spence... I'll be fine, nothing to worry about." She told him as she followed him. She wasn't going to allow him to protect her. She didn't see the point really.
"Richard Garner..."
"Say the sentence." Richard said.
"I can't."
"Say it Percival and Guinevere."
"I'm not Percival and she's not Guinevere." Spencer said trying to keep himself calm.
Richard showed that he had a bomb strapped to him.
"Uh Morgan... Hotch you might want to get down stairs." Spencer said, trying to keep his voice calm. "Mr. Garner, Juniper and I are just going to have a nice chat."
"Say the phrase." He told them.
"I can't." They both said at the same time.
"Heal me."
"The question is can you forgive yourself?" He asked, trying to keep calm.
"Can I forgive myself? No..." He said hitting the button.
Spencer and Juniper ran out of the room.
"Hold still Reid... Evans." Morgan said putting the fire out on Reid's pant leg and Juniper's vest.
The two of them got up.
"Damn wasn't expecting that one." Juniper said wincing a little bit.
"Let's go we got to get the hell out of here." Hotch ordered them.
They went to the stairs and Spencer stopped at the top of the stairs.
"Reid we got to get the hell out here the house is on fire."
"Wait a minute give me a minute to think." He said very fast.
"What do you remember Spence?" She asked.
"She's in the basement."
The four of them ran down the stairs. They found her in the room.
"I am shackled." Rebecca said, sobbing.
Juniper looked at Spencer. "Spence do you have the key?"
Spencer felt around for the key. He found it and unshackled her.
"We got to get the hell out of here." Hotch said as he hoisted the girl up into his arms.
The four of them escaped from the basement and out of the house.
Juniper ran her fingers through her hair and tried to take deep calming breaths. She ended up sitting on the curb trying to keep herself calm.
"You alright baby cakes?" Morgan asked her.
"Fine." She said looking up at him running her fingers through her hair.
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Juniper looked at Spencer. "You should go and see your mom." She told him softly.
Spencer looked at Juniper and bit the inside of his lip. "Are you going to come in with me?"
Juniper took her vest off and looked at him. "Are you sure that you want me to go in there with you? I mean this is important to be with your mom." She told him softly as she fixed her shirt so she could cover the navel piercing that she had gotten done a while ago. She didn't want Spencer to know since he wasn't one for body modifications and piercings. She ran her fingers through her hair. She didn't know what to do.
"It might help." He said softly. "I was thinking of going with my mom to Las Vegas to make sure that she is fine getting there." He told her softly.
Juniper bit her lip. "Spence..." She said softly as she looked at him. "And you're going to ask me if I want to go."
Spencer nodded his head. He bit his lip. "So will you?" He asked softly.
Juniper bit her lip and thought about it for a few seconds.
"Please? She would love to have you along for the plane ride." He said softly.
Juniper let out a sigh. "Alright." She said softly as she looked up at him. "I will go with you."
Spencer smiled at her. He knew that it was a good choice. He knew that Juniper had a calming aura around her that his mother liked. It was just going to be easy for her to keep his mother calm. He headed into the room to let him mother know that the girl was saved. "Mom we saved her." He said looking at his mother. He noticed that she was writing. "Mom..."
"Is it lunch time yet?"
"What?" Juniper asked coming into the room.
"I have a lecture coming up after lunch and the student will be there."
"Can we come to the lecture?" Spencer asked jestering to him and Juniper.
"Have you two read the material?"
"I've had it read to me and my friend here has had read it." Spencer said, with a smile on his face.
"Oh that's the best way being read to isn't it?"
"Yes, mam." He told her softly.
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Juniper sat on the plane with Spencer and Diana. She listened to Spencer read to his mother. She had a small smile on her lips as he read to her. She was glad that she had gone with him on this trip. It actually gave her a chance to see the two of them interact together like they did when she was younger. She rested her head on Spencer's shoulder listening to him read to his mother. She closed her eyes after this case this was one of the shortest yet one of the longest cases that took man power and many many sleepless hours. She was probably the only one that had missed out on sleep. She wasn't happy about it, but it was a precursor to what was going on around her. She felt her eyes get heavy and she drifted off to sleep listening to his voice.
Diana looked at Spencer and a smile came to her lips. "She likes you." She said.
"What mom?"
"She likes you." She said again. "She really likes you. She wouldn't sit with you if she didn't like you like you."
Spencer's face went red. "Mom Juniper and I work together."
"Yes, but you two have been best friends for years." She told him. She looked at the sleeping girl. "She is right for you Spencer. She is your other half."
Spencer shook his head. "She deserves so much better." He told his mother.
"She loves you Spencer I could've told you that she loved you when you were younger. All the signs were there."
"Mom... I can't be her boyfriend. It is against BAU code." He told her.
"Against your code? Spencer... she is good for you. Don't let her get away from you." She told him softly.
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June 9, 2006
Juniper and Spencer got up onto the plane to get back home to Quantico.
"Ready to go home and get some much needed rest?" Spencer asked her softly. His mind kept flashing back to when she had fallen asleep on his shoulder. Maybe his mother was right about him and Juniper. Maybe she and him were good together. He just didn't want to admit it or even that lose the best thing that he had ever had in his life. The best friend that would always understand him better than anyone else.
Juniper smiled. "Yeah. Sorry for falling asleep earlier. I wasn't expecting to be that tired." She told him softly. Her cheeks were dusted over with blush. She wasn't one to fall asleep. She hated sleeping on planes.
"It's alright you were tired. This case took a lot out of us all." He said to her with a smile.
Juniper laughed lightly. "Ain't that the truth. I am just glad that we found her." She told him as she sat back in the seat that she was sitting in. "You should rest."
"Rest? We both should get some rest." He told her softly as he sat down across from her.
Juniper laughed lightly. She wasn't going to admit it was his voice that had put her to sleep. She tried to get as comfortable as she could.
Spencer got comfortable as well.
The two of them slowly drifted off to sleep. Neither one of them were going to admit to one another what feelings that they had towards one another.
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That is the end of chapter 11. Now that the Fisher King Case is over a new case will arise and it will test Juniper and Reid even more. Chapter 12 is going to be edited, but the full version will be written on a different site. I will post it in the next chapter where the full version of the chapter will be. Tell me what you think. What do you think will happen in the next chapter? Reid and Juniper will be going undercover, but what do you think that the undercover case will be about. Will they be an engaged couple or a married couple? Please Review.
