Chapter 28

Spencer opened his eyes, staring at the stark white ceiling and florescent lighting overhead. He closed his eyes tightly against the brightness, turning his head before opening them again.

Scanning the room, he saw Derek sitting in the chair, and another glance told him Scarlett wasn't in the room. He looked back at Morgan, ready to ask where she was when he noticed the look on his brother's face. His nerves tripped into high gear. Something didn't feel right. His heart sped up against his ribs…

"What's wrong?" he immediately pulled himself into a sitting position.

Derek's eyes snapped over to his…

"He's up now baby girl…" he said into the phone at his ear. "Yeah- tell her we are on the way… right. Love you too. Tell her…" he said hurriedly hanging up the phone.

Spencer heard yelling through the phone and moved over to the side of the bed, pulling the IV out of his arm as he did. The pain that moved up his leg didn't even faze him. His eyes stayed glued to Derek's.

"Morgan… what happened? What's wrong? Where is Scarlett?" he asked, his voice raising as he fought down the panic in his chest.

"Hold up, Reid- wait…"

"Where are my fucking clothes?" he demanded, his eyes searching the room.

"I grabbed your go bag from the college dorm…" Morgan reached down and tossed the duffel to him. "They trashed the ones you were wearing…" he grabbed Reid's arm when Spencer's leg went out from under him.

"Hey… Hey! Kid!" Derek grabbed his shoulders and shook him a little. "Calm down! You're going to make things worse…"

"Where the fuck is my wife?" Spencer snapped as he shoved his legs into a pair of sweats, ignoring the warning and the pain. "What's wrong? Something happened… What's wrong with the baby?"

Derek scrubbed his face tiredly. "I didn't say…"

"You didn't have to… Scarlett would be here, unless something was wrong with the baby…"

"Reid… It's okay- they are all okay… Downstairs… wait!" Derek grabbed him again when he tried to walk and fell.

"For fuck's sake, kid… Calm down! We don't need the both of you freaking out… calm the fuck down!" he shouted at his friend.

"Let me grab you a wheelchair. You won't make it down there on your feet," he yelled at him.

"Watch me!" Spencer shouted. "Scarlett needs me! Didn't you hear her?" he looked at the phone still in Derek's hands.

Morgan gave him a look, turned and went out in the hall. When he came back in seconds with a set of crutches, Spencer scowled at him.

"Let's go, then…" Derek handed them over.

Spencer shoved his arms into a t-shirt, grabbing the crutches and followed as Morgan headed towards the elevators.

"What happened?" Spencer asked, nerves still fueling his adrenaline, helping him keep up with Derek's stride.

"Scarlett started getting back pain, so Penelope convinced her to have one of the doctors here check her out, just to be sure it wasn't contractions. Penny went down to stay with her as soon as I got here. Katy- didn't want you left alone."

"Kid… the doctors said she's in labor… They've got her on IV meds now, trying to stop it…"

Spencer whipped his head back to look at Morgan. "She's in labor? It's too soon…" he swallowed hard, willing the elevator to move faster.

"She's afraid, Derek… Jesus- can't you feel it?" he said without thinking. Morgan met Spencer's eyes.

"Yeah, kid…" Morgan moved them through the halls towards where Garcia had directed him. "Half the fucking world can probably feel it…" Morgan closed his eyes tightly, shaking his head.

"I talked to Mom… She called, I had to say something... Norie got on the line, too..." he mentioned.

Spencer gripped his hands into fists. "What did you tell them?" he asked, his voice turning quiet.

"What could I tell them? I said the same thing I did to you. The doctors are trying to stop the labor…"

They turned into a hall towards obstetrics and Spencer stood up straighter when he could hear Scarlett screaming…

He moved into the doorway, beating Morgan by seconds. He nearly slammed into Garcia as she blocked the entrance.

Reid eyed up the situation. Scarlett stood beside the bottom of the bed, shrieking at an orderly who was trying to grab her.

"What the fuck happened, Penny?" Derek asked, pulling her behind him when Scarlett kicked one of the orderlies, knocking him off his feet backwards and into the wall beside them.

"I don't know… She was panicking, her blood pressure went through the roof after they said she was in active labor… they tried to sedate her and she freaked… Derek- I don't know what set her off," she cried, grabbing onto his waist.

Reid pushed past the other two security guards, trying to get to Scarlett's side.

"You can't go in…" one of the uniformed guards stepped up to him.

"That's my wife," Spencer snapped. "Let me go to her, I can help!" he shouldered past the man and entered the room.

"Katy!" he shouted her name, over the sound of her screaming. "Scarlett!" he raised his voice. He noticed the direction she was looking in as she picked up an IV pole to use as a weapon.

One of the nurses, presumably the one who was trying to give her the sedative, was trapped in the corner, backed against the wall. Spencer saw the man's face and froze for a moment, startled by the resemblance. The nurse looked like a young version of Scarlett's abusive father…

Fuck… he thought, frightened for the man's life. If he could see it- what must it have looked like to her? Reid looked back at Scarlett's eyes. They were distant, unfocused…

He put himself between the man and where Scarlett stood threatening him.

"Scarlett!" he yelled her name again, desperately trying to pull her out of the flashback before she did something she would regret.

"KATY!" he tried again, grabbing the pole as she swung it at him. Gripping it tightly, he yanked it forward, pulling her closer. Face to face with her now, he took her by the shoulders, shaking her…

"Crazy girl! Stop! Stop NOW!" he shook her again. "That's not Rowan! Scarlett! Look at me! Not him! Look at me!"

Reid held her tighter as she struggled against him. He threw a look over his shoulder to his brother.

"Get him out of here, NOW for fuck's sake!" he told him, indicating the nurse. "She thinks it's Rowan!" he panted, struggling against her and trying to stay upright on his injured leg.

Morgan moved behind Scarlett, grabbing her into a bear hug as she swung at Reid.

"Garcia, go!" he said as Penelope grabbed the nurse by the hand, dragging him out of the room.

Scarlett shoved at the both of them, trying to go after them.

"Scarlett, stop- knock it off! He's dead! Rowan is dead! Remember! You saw him kill himself! You can remember!" Derek said into her ear. She panted heavily, shoving back against him, trying to break free from his hold.

"Scarlett! Please!" Spencer leaned down into her line of sight. "It's okay… it's okay! He's gone…" he told her. "Focus on me…"

"Please, Katy- I'm here now! Right here… See me!" he demanded.

He reached to touch her cheek and she bit at his hand, her eyes wild…

"Stop it!" Morgan picked her up off her feet, pulling her back. "It's Reid!"

"Derek, don't! You might hurt her!" Spencer reached over, wrapping his arm around her neck and holding her against his chest. He held her tightly, locking his arms behind her shoulders, pinning her arms between them.

Spencer sucked in a breath when her teeth sunk into his neck. She continued to struggle as she was restrained between the both of them.

"Breathe Katy," he begged her. "Please… come back to me."

Spencer saw the doctor move into the room, now that she was restrained between the two of them. He held up a needle, showing Spencer.

"I need to sedate her…" he told Reid. "It's for her own good; and the baby's…"

Spencer nodded, tears burning his throat.

"Do it," he said between clenched teeth, still holding her.

No sooner had they injected her, Scarlett slumped in his arms.

"Get her in the bed!" the doctor ordered. He held the IV line Scarlett had ripped out in her struggles and looked at another nurse. "We need a new line run…"

Spencer stepped back, allowing them to do their job and Penelope grabbed him around the waist, shoving him down into a chair.

"Sit, Reid… your leg is bleeding again," she worried over him.

Spencer ignored her, giving his attention to the monitors that were reading Scarlett's vital signs and the ones of their son's…

Scarlett's blood pressure was still dangerously high, but the baby's stats showed steady. He breathed a stressed breath, running a hand through his hair roughly, pulling the chair closer to the side of the bed.

"I'll have one of the nurses go ask your doctor to come up and check on you, poodle…" she said gently. He felt her stroke a hand over his hair before she moved away.

Morgan gave Penny a quick kiss as she passed him. He moved across the room, grabbed another chair and sat beside Spencer. He saw him reading the monitors, his eyes tracking several at once.

"Is she any better?" he asked, looking from the monitors to Scarlett.

Spencer's eyes flicked from the screens to meet Derek's face. "Her heart rate is returning to normal. Her blood pressure has started to drop, thanks to the sedative…" he shuddered slightly, the image of her out of control seared into his mind.

Derek noticed, reaching over to set a hand on his shoulder. "Reid…"

Another nurse came into the room, carrying restraints to strap Scarlett down. They both stood up. Spencer leaned against the bar on the bed.

"That's not necessary," he demanded, trying to stop her doctor from tying her down.

The doctor looked over at him. "I'm afraid it is, Dr. Reid. We can't take a chance she will wake up still in a psychotic episode…"

"What?" Reid shook his head. "No, it wasn't…"

"We won't risk our personnel just on your personal feelings… We are ordering anti-psychotics added to her medications…"

"You can't do that!" Spencer argued. "She's not in an episode- she has PTSD and had a flashback… I can guarantee-"

The doctor shook his head. "You can't guarantee anything, Dr. Reid. As long as she is my patient…"

"Then consider her no longer your patient!" Reid snapped. "I'll take her home…"

"She can't be moved…" the doctor argued.

"You are not giving her anything against her will. Especially not anything that might hurt the baby… I will have her doctor come here…" he told the older man.

"You-" Reid looked over at the nurse who was still moving closer to the bed. "Don't restrain her," he warned the man. "Step away from my wife…"

Morgan stepped in between the bed and the nurse, crossing his arms over his chest, flexing the muscles in his arms.

"He said step away," Derek reiterated the warning.

"We can't have our people working under your threats," the doctor snapped, angry that he was losing control of the situation.

"Then stay out," Spencer told him. "I'll monitor her until her doctor gets here," he narrowed his gaze at the man.

"You can't do that!" the doctor stammered indignantly. "You don't have authority to work here, or to bring in another doctor!"

Spencer took out his phone, making a call to their obstetrician. He turned his back on the other man.

"Watch him," Morgan grinned evilly.