Reid looked around at the shack, looking for anything usual, trying to ignore the sharp pain in his head as he felt the blood drip down his face. A new persona of Tobias kicked open the door carrying firewood.
"What are you staring at, boy?" He said
"You're not Raphael" Reid said
"Do I look like Raphael?" He snapped
"Thank you for burning those... keeping us safe" Reid said
"Don't try to trick me" He said firmly
"I would never try and trick you" Reid said firmly
"You're a liar" He said
"I'm not a liar" Reid said
"Lying's a sin" He said firmly
"I'm not a liar" Reid said as the man grabbed Reid's foot and placed it on his lap.
"This will be over quickly if you just confess your sins" The persona said simply
"I'm not a sinner" Reid begged
"We're all sinners" He said taking off his shoe and sock.
"The lord spoke unto Moses saying, "speak unto all the congregation of the children of the lord " and say unto them, ye shall be holy, for I, the lord your god, am holy" Reid quoted
"You know Leviticus" The persona stated
"I know every word of the bible. I can recite it for you" Reid said
"The devil knows how to read, too" The persona mocked
"I'm not a devil. I'm not a devil. I'm a man. My name is Spencer Reid, and I have a mother, and I have a father just like you, and they taught me the bible. Let me just recite the bible" Reid begged
"Time to confess, Spencer Reid" The persona said as he hit Reid in the foot with a leather strap.
"Confess" He demanded
"I... I don't have anything to confess" Reid cried before getting hit again.
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"Hey, I have got a list of narcotics anonymous meetings. Someone's name and number is written on it, but this looks to be about 12 years old" Lilith said to Gideon as they continued to search the house.
"Try it. There are no bad leads" Gideon said as he pulled away some wallpaper to reveal writing on the wall.
"Is that Latin?" Lilith asked
"Honora partum tuum. Honor thy father" Gideon explained as Lilith left the room and walked past the bathroom to find JJ trying to clean herself up. She spun around, pulling out her gun.
"Hey, hey, hey. JJ, It's me. Are you all right?" Lilith asked shocked
"Uh... yeah. I'm sorry. You scared me" JJ admitted
"I'm sorry. I'm talking tomorrow morning to some guy who knew Hankle from narcotics anonymous. Why don't you come with me, get out of the house?" Lilith asked
"Yeah" JJ agreed
"Ok. Great" Lilith said simply
"Lilith" JJ said softly
"Yeah?" Lilith asked
"Do you… do you hate me?" JJ asked and Lilith stepped closer to her.
"Why would I hate you?" Lilith asked confused
"He got taken because of me" JJ said softly
"Ok, listen here JJ. None of this is your fault, understand?" Lilith said firmly
"How come none of this gets to you?" JJ said
"What do you mean?" Lilith asked
"Spence is your best friend, your only sort of family as far as I understand. He has been kidnapped by an unsub and you… you are acting like it doesn't bother you at all" JJ said simply
"She's right. You've haven't even blinked" Hotch said walking into the conversation.
"I… guess... maybe I compartmentalize better than most people. I know that Reid needs me at my best right now" Lilith said, trying to hold back her tears.
"Hey, guys! I think I got something!" Morgan called out as he found a door to an underground cellar.
"Tobias Hankle! F.B.I.!" Morgan called out before walking in with Hotch to find a body, sitting up.
"Tobias Hankle. Tobias" Morgan called out but the body didn't move. Hotch moved forward to find the body had a gunshot in his forehead.
"I think we just found Hankle's father" Hotch muttered
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"You need to eat" Tobias said as he carried in a pig.
"What's your name?" Reid asked
"Tobias" Tobias answered
"Tobias? Who was here before?" Reid asked
"It was probably my father. I'm sorry if he hurt you" Tobias said sadly
Tobias dropped the pig and took of his belt.
"What are you doing?" Reid asked as he wrapped it around Reid's arm
"Don't. Please don't" Reid begged
"It helps. Don't tell my father. He doesn't know they're here" Tobias said as he pulled out a vial of dilaudid.
"Please. I don't want it. I don't want it. Please" Reid begged
"Trust me. I know" Tobias said simply as he injected the drug and Reid passed out from the effects of the drug.
"Spencer, please go to the other room" His father William said to a 10-year old Spencer.
"Don't treat him like a child" Diana, Reid's mother said
"I'm not going to have this conversation in front of him" William argued
"Statistically, children who grow up in 2-parent households attain 3 more years of higher education than children from single-parent households. attain 3 more years of higher education than children from single-parent households" Spencer stated
"We're not statistics, Spencer" William snapped
"I'm not crazy" Diana said
"If you refuse to take care of yourself, I can't help you" Willian argued
"I do take care of myself" Diana argued
"What day is it?" Willian asked
"That's not fair" Diana said softly
"I'm out of ideas, Diana" William said packing his bag.
"Well, you could take Spencer with you, just for a little while" Diana said
"Don't do this" William begged
"You're weak" Diana spat
"You're right. Good-bye" William said to Spencer before walking out.
"I'm not weak" Spencer muttered
"I know, honey" Diana said softly and hugged him.
"I'm not weak. I'm not weak" Reid muttered as he came out of his drug induced state.
"I don't give a damn whether you're weak or strong. Yell all you want, boy. Ain't no one gonna hear you where you are" The persona of Tobias's father, Charles said firmly
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"Tobias Hankle. I haven't thought about that boy in probably 10 years" The man said to Lilith and JJ.
"So you two were in a program together?" JJ asked
"He should tell you, but yeah, I was his sponsor. Small town. We all get lumped together. Me, I was just a drunk, but Tobias, he was a whole different sort of animal" The man said softly
"So, what was Tobias' drug of choice?" Lilith asked
"Dilaudid" The man said
"Drugstore heroin" Lilith said
"He used to cut it with a psychedelic. That boy was looking to escape as far from reality as he could get. Addicts don't get excuses, but if someone ever needed to self-medicate, it was that boy" The man explained
"Why is that?" Lilith asked
"You know anything about his daddy?" The man asked
"We think Tobias Hankle may have murdered his father" JJ said
"Good for him. You know, Tobias' mama ran off with another man when he was 7. His dad went section-eight, started preaching about sin, end-of-the-world stuff. He beat Tobias silly.
He burned a cross in his forehead when Tobias was 10. If Tobias wore a hat, he beat him more" The man explained
"Is there anyone Tobias would turn to if he was on the run?" Lilith asked
"As far as I know, he never left home. You know, honestly, between his habit and the old man, I'm amazed he's still alive" The man explained
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