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Reid felt cold all around him, he began to struggle harder as the need to breathe started to become too much. His lungs begged for air but there was no air around him. Taking a breath would send him closer death's grip. Reid's eye widened as he watched Lily stop struggling, he felt his heart fill with horrible pain as he watched her drown and stop breathing. As hard as he tried, he opened his mouth to try and breathe on instinct. His lungs burned as water ran down his throat. His vision blurred as he felt the world drift away. In the last few seconds before the darkness overcame him, he thought he saw Morgan's face appear at the window.
Morgan
Morgan quickly grabbed a screwdriver from the emergency tool kit in the back on the SUV. Hotch was right behind him as they ran over to the bridge railing and looked over. They both nodded at each other, they had to save Reid and Lily no matter what.
"Emily, call an ambulance! Meet us down at the bank of the river," Hotch yelled before climbing over the rail.
Morgan quickly jumped over with him. Both let go of the railing and jumped into the river. Morgan looked down and immediately saw the red dodge charger at the bottom of the river, the river was not as deep as Morgan had thought. Morgan quickly swam to the car with Hotch at his side, they reached the car in record time. Morgan felt his heart freeze as he looked inside the car to see Reid and Lily unconscious. He brought the screwdriver up into his hand and hit it against the window glass twice, the window broke allowing Morgan into the car. Morgan noticed that Hotch had managed to break the front passenger seat window and was cutting through the rope that was connecting Lily's handcuffs to the door. Morgan grabbed the small knife he kept on his ankle and began to cut through the rope connecting Reid's handcuffs to the roof.
One more powerful cut into the rope allowed Morgan to get Reid free. He grabbed Reid around the waist and pulled him out of the car, he looked over to Hotch to see that he had managed to get Lily out of the car. Kicking his feet and using his free arm, Morgan swam to the surface of the river. He took a deep intake of air as he reached the surface with Reid and made his way over the bank of the river where Emily and Rossi were waiting.
Rossi took Reid from Morgan's arms and dragged him up the bank. Morgan coughed a few times before rushing over to Reid's side.
"He isn't breathing," Rossi said as he began CPR on Reid. Morgan went to Reid's other side and waited for Rossi to finish the first round of CPR. He quickly blew air into Reid's mouth and watched Rossi start CPR again. He glanced over to Emily as she took Lily from Hotch and began to give her CPR. He jumped as Reid jolted and coughed up a large amount of water. Morgan turned Reid's head and grimaced as he vomited water. Reid rolled onto his back and took a few deep breaths but didn't open his eyes.
"Take deep breaths, Reid," Morgan coached as he finally took in Reid's condition. Morgan and Rossi both looked at each other and both knew that Reid had been beaten again, they could see watery blood running from Reid's wounds and bruises across his face. Coughing filled the air, Morgan looked over to Lily to see her gasping for air and panicking. Emily grabbed her and began to try calm her down.
"Lily," Reid moaned causing Morgan to look to him. "I have..to save..Lily."
"Reid, she's safe. She alive and away from Jeremy. Just stay calm," Morgan said. "I'm going to roll you over and these handcuffs off you. Just stay calm."
Reid
Reid opened his eyes as he felt himself being rolled over, he struggled slightly when he felt a hand at the handcuffs around his wrists but calmed when he heard Rossi's voice. He couldn't stop shivering as his wet clothes stuck to him. Everything was so cold. He felt himself being rolled onto his back after his handcuffs had been removed and felt better as warm blankets being placed over him. He looked up to see Morgan and Rossi staring at him with small, relived smiles on their faces.
"Jeremy, where's Jeremy?" Reid asked in a small voice. "You have to keep him away from Lily."
Hotch quickly came into his view. "Reid, he's dead. He was dead in the car when we arrived to rescue you."
"I want to see him," a voice yelled, a voice he instantly recognised as Lily's voice. He couldn't help the small smile that came onto his face as he Lily appeared above him. She had blankets wrapped around her and her hair was soaking wet but she still looked beautiful to him. Her blue eyes looked sad as she looked at him.
"Spencer, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry this happened to you, please forgive me," Lily sobbed as she knelt down beside Reid.
"Nothing to forgive," Reid rasped before reaching his hand out from under the blankets. Her soft hand quickly grabbed onto his hand. "You did nothing wrong. I'm just happy that you are safe.
"I'm safe," Lily smiled before she leaned down and placed a kiss on his forehead. "Thank you."
Reid wanted to talk back to her but felt exhaustion quickly sweep over him. He tried to stay awake but failed.
Five hours later
Warmth was the first thing that Reid registered as he became more and more aware of his surroundings. It took him a few moments but he finally opened his eyes to see that he was in a hospital room. A small hand quickly grasped one of his hands. He looked over to see Lily smiling back at him.
"Hey Spencer, how are you feeling?" she asked.
"A very big headache and a few aches but I feel better now," Reid said as he smiled back at her. A small creak from the corner of the room caused Reid to look over, he looked over to see Morgan staring at him.
"Morgan, what are you doing here?
"I just wanted to stay and make sure you were okay. Garcia has been calling me for updates on the hour, every hour. Do you want me to go?" Morgan said as he rose from his seat.
"No, please stay," Reid urged as he sat up on his hospital bed, he winced at the pain in his ribs but ignored it. "I want to thank you."
"For what?" Morgan asked in confusion.
"You saved me," Reid answered. "Before everything went dark, I saw your face at the window. I know that you saved me. Thank you."
"Reid, I'm just happy that you are safe. I would never let anything happen to you. I want my daughter to know her uncle and I hate everything that happened between us. I didn't mean to hit you that night, I was just stressed and angry. I don't like talking about my past. Please forgive me, I don't want to lose you from my family," Morgan apologised.
Reid watched Lily for a moment before he turned to Morgan.
"Morgan, I forgive you for hitting me. I was just scared for a while. I trust you with my life and when you hit me, I was just shocked as I never thought you would do that. You saved my life and I want things to go back to how they were," Reid said before giving Morgan a small smile. "Besides, if you had never punched me, I would have never met Lily."
"Thank you, Reid," Morgan smiled.
Reid smiled back before he looked to Lily. "Shouldn't you be in a hospital bed? You should be under observation."
"They tried to make me stay in a hospital bed, I told them I needed to be near you. I wanted to be with my boyfriend."
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