Finally the next chapter. So sorry it took so long, I wanted to make sure I didn't mess anything up. Also I like to thank all of you for reading this story and for the reviews. I'll try to get the next chapter out by the 17th, the 18th at the most.
Happy Reading and Enjoy!
Chapter 11
They say when something tragic happens your life flashes before your eyes. That didn't happen to him. The only things he saw were smiles and tears. Everyone he knew flashed through he mind with smiles on their faces, then the smiles disappeared and the tears showed up.
Spencer blinked a few times to clear his mind. The blinking didn't quite work but the pain did. It moved through his body like lightening. He tried to push back the pain to hear what his team was saying but he wasn't having any luck. The more he tried to focus the more his vision started to go black.
How did this happen? Everything was done the right way so something like this wouldn't happen. What went wrong? What did he miss? The questions went through his mind as everything around him faded away.
Five Hours Earlier
They spent half the day going over the case and had just pulled a profile together. They were waiting for one of the analysts to use it and find their Unsub. Spencer had called Lila just before lunch and told her that he probably wouldn't make it in time for dinner. She wasn't happy about it but understood. Now he was with the team canvassing the block the victims were all last seen.
Two of them had visit a bookstore and the other two a hair salon. They pieced it together that the Unsub stalked them before abducting and killing them. Cassie and Nathan were interviewing everyone in the hair salon, while Oliver and Jace took the bookstore. Spencer walked up and down the street making notes of possible workplaces or go-to stores, while writing down camera locations.
The whole thing took two hours. They went back to the FBI building to compare notes and have the analysts go over all the cameras Spencer found. They found that the two women from the bookstore work for the same company, one them went to high school with one of the hair salon ladies. The other two coincidentally share a family. The bookstore's sister's husband was cousins with the salon's brother's wife. That confused them all so much that they simply ignored that fact and just called them relatives. Even if it wasn't a professional thing to do.
Two more hours when by and the analysts finally found something, at the exact same time a call came through for another abduction on that street. Their techs when over the videos got an ID and texted a photo to the team. Who had left to get there before the UnSub got too far.
The team got lucky. The woman he was abducting was fighting back. They arrived just in time to see her kick his knee in and causing him to go down. Spencer got out of the car with his gun drawn and rushed towards them when he saw the UnSub get up and try to grab her again.
"Step back from the woman and get down on the ground now." He commanded.
The UnSub turned around and looked at him. Spencer repeated the message. He ignored it again and drew a weapon. He fired two shots at Spencer before the others fired on him. Both Spencer and the abductor went down.
Cassie watched Oliver check the UnSub, Jace and Nathan went to check out the victim. She turn to get orders from Spencer. She rushed to his side when he didn't appear to be moving. While removing the vest she noticed it didn't have any bullet hole on it.
"Guys get over here, Reid's been hit. Jace call for ambulance. Nathan, Oliver, I need more light." She yelled.
The men rushed over and beamed their flashlights on Spencer's body. They found the wounds. One bullet hit him in the shoulder and the other his waist just below where the vest didn't cover. Jace gave a status update on the ambulance while Cassie and Oliver applied pressure to the wounds.
"I feel like there is something else we should do." Nathan spoke with worry laced in his voice.
"Find his phone. Call Lila Archer, he's staying with her. She'll want to meet us at the hospital." Oliver replied looking at other man.
Nathan padded Spencer's pockets and found his phone. He took it out and found Lila Archer in the contacts. The woman answered on the second ring.
"Hello?"
"Miss Archer?"
"Yes, who is this and why do you have Spencer's phone?" She demanded.
"Miss Archer, I'm Agent Collins. One of Agent Reid's BAU students."
"Yes he spoke of you. Why do you have his phone? What happened?" She was now panicking.
Nathan closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "Ma'am, Agent Reid was shot and he's unresponsive. The ambulance just showed up. We didn't know who else to call, Agent Harris said to call you because Reid was staying with you."
"I'll take care of everything after I talk to the doctor. I'll meet you at the hospital in twenty minutes."
"Okay. Thank you." They hung up.
He watched Cassie jump in with Reid. Jace was telling a uniform to take the victim to the station for a statement and placed another to stay with the body. When he was done, the three remaining agents got into their SUV and followed the ambulance. It was going to be a long night for all of them.
Lila called a friend after hanging up with Agent Collins. She didn't want to take Livvy to the hospital until she knows how badly things are with Spencer. After breaking a few traffic laws she made it to the hospital and found two agents standing at the front desk.
"Are you two on Spencer's team?"
"Yes. I'm Agent Collins and this is Agent Harris. Follow us, we'll take you up to where they have Agent Reid."
The three of them was silent on the elevator ride up. When they stepped off they saw a doctor talking to Cassie and Jace. Lila rushed over quickly.
"What's wrong with Spencer Reid?"
"Are you a friend or a relative?"
"He's my daughter's father. What's wrong?"
The doctor nodded. "Agent Reid was shot twice. The bullet that hit his shoulder missed everything vital but didn't exit, we'll have to remove it. The one that hit his waist nicked his spleen and again it didn't exit. He'll have to go into surgery and get his spleen repaired before the damage gets worse."
"So why aren't you in there?" She almost yelled.
"We need someone to authorize the surgery?"
"I'm authorizing it. Get in there and help him."
"Ma'am by law you can't. Now I have a nurse on the phone with Agent Reid's medical proxy as soon as she comes back we'll start the surgery. In the meantime you and Agent Reid's team can sit in the waiting room." He informed them and walked away.
Lila let out a frustrated yell and stalked to the waiting room with the FBI agents following her. She sat down and looked at all of them. They all looked worst for wear with somber expressions on their faces.
"What happened?" She asked them softly.
The female looked at her, "We got the call that our UnSub was abducting someone else. When we got there she was fighting him off. Spencer rushed forward when he got up and tried to grab her again. He yelled for the suspect to get down, the suspect turned on him with a weapon and fired two shots before all of us fired our own. The guys checked the victim and the suspect and I turned to get orders from Spencer, that's when I found him laying on the ground not moving."
Stupid idiot, how can you do this? Were you thinking about Livvy and Lexi? She yelled at him in her head. She can't believe he would risk his life like this.
A nurse walked in and told them that Spencer's medical proxy has been reached and gave the doctor the okay for the surgery. After that things in the room were quiet. Each person lost in their own thoughts. The quiet was broken by Lila's phone.
"Hello?"
"Lila, its Derek." The man said panicked, she knew how he felt.
"What do you need?"
"I'm just calling to let you know that the team and I are on our way. In case you didn't know I'm Spencer's proxy. I'm sorry about that Lila. We'll be there in a couple of hours."
"Don't worry about it Derek. I know why Spence didn't pick me or Elle. His other team is here, I'll see if one of them with go down and meet you at the front desk."
"Appreciate it. Have you called Elle yet?"
"No, I wanted to wait until after the surgery. I didn't even bring Olivia with me."
"Okay. I'll let you handle that. It will be better to hear it from you anyways."
"Derek you have every right. Better yet your position in Spencer's life tops me or Elle, you and the girls are tied. Neither more than the other. Put that in your thoughts as you straighten out your feelings for Spencer. We'll talk more when you get here."
"Alright Lila. See you in a couple of hours." They hung up.
She looked at the other team. "Spencer's team will be here in a couple of hours. Could one of you go down and meet them?"
"I'll do it." Oliver volunteered.
"Who is Derek? Spencer mentioned him." Cassie asked.
"Derek Morgan is, for better or worse is Spencer Reid's other half. He's also a teammate on Spencer's BAU team." She answered.
They all nodded. Their boss's private life was none of their business. The only thing they were looking forward to was meeting the other team. They wanted to know if some of the stories were true.
There was only so much he could handle. Anything involving Spencer wasn't one of them. Derek had been through hell ever since meeting the young genius. From the anthrax to being kidnapped to getting shot in the leg and everything in between and after. Now his pretty boy was in the hospital yet again for getting shot by an UnSub.
Why the hell would Spencer give a bunch of BAU rookies a serial case as their first field case? Was he even thinking about the consequences? Did he think about the girls before he made that decision?
More and more questions flooded his mind as he sat on the plane with the team, they were waiting for Strauss. She wanted to come along to see things for herself. The others were all lost in their thoughts, none of them have spoken since walking onto the plane.
The only thing Derek knew was that as soon as Spencer was cleared by the doctor they were taking him home and he was going to stay there. He was going to follow his original plan, attach himself to the genius' side. For now on where one goes the other follows and that won't be open for discussion. Its wasn't that he didn't trust Spencer, he did, he just didn't trust everyone else apart from their team, his family, and Spencer's family. When all this is done and his pretty boy is healed, they will talk to Strauss and work something out so Spencer will be able to see the girls more often.
"Morgan what did the hospital say?" Emily asked.
"The nurse told me that Spencer was shot twice. One bullet went into his shoulder and the other in his waist, it nicked the spleen. Also according to her the shot missed the vest by a centimeter. They needed my permission to do the surgery because I'm Spencer's proxy."
"Is he going to be alright?" JJ asked.
"She said he was. I told them not to give him narcotics. I also talked to Lila, she said that the team is there."
"That's good. I have some questions for them." Strauss responded looking up from her book.
"So do I." Hotch added.
The rest of the trip was silent. They arrived a half hour earlier than they thought. Morgan called Lila back on the way to the hospital. There were two agents standing at the front desk, both of them stepped forward but only one took charge.
"I'm Agent Collins and this is Agent Harris. Miss Archer is upstairs with Agents Williams and Adams."
"We'll do introductions upstairs after I talk to the doctor." Morgan informed them stepping away and moving towards the elevators. The team followed.
The ride up was quiet. Lila was standing in front them when the doors opened. She moved towards Morgan and wrapped her arms around him. Derek did the same and held her tight as she started to cry. He suspects this is the first time since she arrived so he let her cry. A long moment later she finally settled down and stepped away. Rossi handed her a handkerchief, she smiled and thanked him.
"I'm sorry Derek."
"Don't be sorry. Is he still in surgery?"
"Yes but a nurse came and told us that the doctor was just finishing up."
"Alright lets go wait for him."
After several minutes a doctor came in. They all stood up.
"Agent Reid is going to be fine. The surgery went really well. He'll have to be on desk duty for awhile."
"Thank you doctor. When will he be cleared to fly?" Derek didn't waste any time.
"The day after tomorrow. We'll monitor him to make sure that no infections occur, if none do you can take him home."
"Can we see him?" JJ asked.
"The nurses are taking him to his room. Someone well come get you, but only two at a time."
They nodded and watched him leave. Lila was on the phone as soon as he left. With the way she pulled it away from her ear, Derek knew that she was talking to Elle. What surprised him was that she handed the phone over to him. The phone call with Elle was not a happy one. She yelled at him for not being there to protect Spencer. He yelled at her, telling her that it was not his fault, it was Spencer's for agreeing to take the job. The two of them continued to yell at each other until Lila took the phone from him.
There was no way in hell he will let Elle blame him for this. He begged Spencer not to stay, but the genius was too damn stubborn to listen. Yes he should have tried harder or taken a few days off and fly to LA to be with him. But he didn't because things between him and the genius were fragile and they both needed the space even though, and he knew, it made them both miserable. No more space because he was going to make things right between them.
Twenty minutes later a nurse came in and gave them Spencer's room number. Derek told them that he wanted to be last so it will give him more time with Reid. His team understood. They let Lila go first, she had to leave before Livvy woke up. Then the LA team went next, followed by Rossi and Hotch, Garcia and Strauss, and finally JJ and Emily. The girls left and nodded at him to go ahead. He stepped into the room and looked at his pretty boy. He didn't know what to do or what to say first.
When Spencer woke up and saw that he was in the hospital his first thought was that his family was not going to be happy. He watched the nurses leave, things were quiet until Lila came in and started yelling at him. She kept yelling 'what were you thinking?' every five seconds. After she finished she just glared and told him she had to go home to their daughter and explain how irresponsible he was and she'll be back with Livvy later. Before she walked out the door she informed him that Elle knew and was not happy either. Spencer groaned when she walked out.
Then the team came in. First was the LA team then his family. The LA team just told him they were happy he was okay and that the AD gave them a few days off. Rossi and Hotch came next. Rossi told him that it will be a long time before any of them let him out of their sight. Hotch told him that he is never doing something like this again. Strauss just asked him what happened. He told her everything. Garcia threaten him. Told him that if he does something like this again she will put a tracker on him and super glue Kevlars to his body. JJ and Emily were different. JJ mothered him while Emily lectured him. She gave him the lecture on proper procedure on capturing a suspect. He just laid there and didn't say a word.
He was just about to relax when the door opened again and Derek Morgan walked through. The two of them looked at each other. Spencer felt overjoyed that Derek was there. He was weary too because he can't handle anyone else telling him how irresponsible he was. None of that happened. Derek rushed forward and kissed him. He responded immediately. They separated needing air. Spencer moved over a little and Derek climbed onto the bed. Both laid there not saying a word. A nurse had walked and was going to say something but Spencer just shook his head. She turned around and left.
"Pretty boy, you scared me today. I'm not going to yell or lecture because I know the others already did that. Honestly right now I just want to lay here and be happy that you pulled through."
"I'm sorry. I don't know what happened but I'm going to find out."
"No. Strauss, Hotch and the team are going to find out. You are going to stay here for a couple of days then we're taking you home. The doctor says bed rest for a couple of weeks and desk duty for three after that."
"Derek..."
"No. Listen to me Spencer. I should have said this in the beginning. I love you. I've loved you for years and will continue to love you even after we're dead. It shouldn't have taken me this long to say it but I was too scared that if I did you would change your mind. Those four months were my way of showing you how I felt. Why didn't you see that?"
Spencer's emotions were in a jumble. Derek loves him. He waited to here those words for years. It hurt him that he hurt Morgan by not seeing what the other man had showed him the first four months they were together. He was going to fix that.
"I was scared too. In my mind I didn't think it was real. That you didn't really have feeling for me. That you were just bored and I was someone you trusted. I'm sorry for that and I will try really hard to make it up to you. I love you Derek. Always have and always will."
"Oh Spencer. I'm sorry too. All this could have been avoided if I had just said something."
Spencer smiled. "Its on both of us. The only thing that matters now is that we confessed and things will be better between us."
"Well almost. Remember those first four months. That is what's going to happen when we get back home. I'm not letting you leave my side. When you want to visit the girls I'm going with you. No questions."
"I think I can live with that. Being close to you all those months made me really happy. Spending the rest of my life close to you sounds really good. We'll just have to stop taking unnecessary risks at work."
"Good plan. Now lets get some sleep. Elle and Lexi are on a plane headed here. Lila told me she and Livvy will get them and they will be here later in the day."
"Alright. I love you Derek."
"I love you too, baby boy."
None of them said another word as they slowly slipped into sleep. Their team make sure that the nurses left them alone. All of them were happy that the two men finally stopped being stubborn and confessed their love. Even Strauss was happy about it.
