The Beauty and the Geek
"Can you hand me that?" I asked Spencer pointing to the frosting I had made
"How are the cookies coming?"
"Slowly, I'm fighting the urge to eat them all." I tell him and he puts his hands on my waist from behind me
"So Mrs. Reid, do you want a trick? Or a treat?" He asked in my ear then kissed my neck, I giggled turning around and kissing him on the lips
"Well Dr. Reid I think I'll take a treat." I tell him and he kissed me passionately then suddenly our phones went off, I grabbed mine and looked at it, "But sadly duty calls"
"Oh, my fighters of crime, I hate to call us all in on this Eve of all Hallows Eves, but there are wicked things afoot. Last Halloween, 11-year-old Joshua Parker disappeared in San Diego." Garcia tells us then suddenly the lights went out, "Uh-oh."
"Generator should kick in." Aaron tells us then it kicked on
"That was spooky." Spencer says, "Joshua Parker- that name isn't in any of our missing children case files. What do we know about him?" He asked
"Chronic runaway and disciplinary problems. San Diego P.D. never classified it as an abduction." Aaron tells him
"This morning, Joshua turned up in a pumpkin patch 10 miles from where he was last seen." Garcia adds
"I know this case. Same thing happened in L.A. last year." Kate pointed out
"Yeah, that would be Tommy Wilcox, 10 years old. He was found at Venice Beach on October 30." Garcia told her
"He went missing the previous Halloween, too."
"Yeah. And he died a few hours after they got him to the hospital." Garcia says
"I thought they caught that guy. He had a bunch of stalker pics of the boy, didn't he?" I asked
"Yeah, he confessed and plead guilty." Morgan added
"Yes and yes. That would be Rodney Tanner, pedophile sex offender, all-around icky person, currently residing at Chino state prison." Garcia said
"So what do we have, a copycat or a coincidence?" Morgan asked
"We also need to consider the possibility of there being a partner." Spencer mentioned
"How's the Parker kid doing?" Rossi asked Garcia
"He's physically stable, but he's vacillating between catatonic and completely freaked out."
"So I'm guessing he's not talking much." Kate says
"If the pattern holds, another boy will go missing tomorrow night." JJ points out
"And we're headed to San Diego to prevent that from happening. Weather permitting, wheels up in 30." He tells us, I slowly stood up and Aaron walked over to me, "I want you to stay here and help Garcia." He says and I look at him confused
"Why?"
"Because you are do any day down and I would rather have you here in case that happens." He says and I rolled my eyes
"Alright," I tell him and he left, Spencer walked up to me and I gave him a kiss, "Be safe."
"You too" He replied and left
"To the lair oh wise one." I tell her and she giggled as we made our to her office
Spencer POV...
"Thank you for waiting." The doctor tells me and JJ as she walked up to us, "Well, his physical prognosis is actually quite good. He's exhausted and slightly dehydrated, but somebody made sure he ate, maybe even gave him vitamin supplements."
"Were his muscles atrophied by any chance?" I asked her
"Yes. Badly. He's going to need physical therapy, but in time he should make a full recovery."
"What about splinters and puncture wounds? Any sign of those?" I asked
"Yes. Both."
"When do you think he might be able to talk to us?" JJ asked her
"Uh, no time soon, I'm afraid. It's his mental state that concerns me. He's sedated now, but when he first came in, he was unable to communicate and extremely agitated."
"How so?" I asked
"He was violent, tried to escape several times, kept screaming, "let me out, let me out." We restrained him and that only made things worse. I can't even imagine what he's been through. Excuse me for a moment?" She tells us and walked away
"Let me out. What was he in?"
"A box. A wooden one, and I'm guessing it wasn't very big." I told her
"Makes sense. Splinters, no physical activity. What about the puncture wounds?"
"Nails. The box was probably homemade."
We make our way out of the hospital and pass y the maternity ward, I stopped and looked at all the newborns in the bassinets they were in, JJ walks up to me and puts her hand on my shoulder, "You okay?"
"Yeah, just thinking about Liz, she's due any day now." I told her and she rubbed my back
"Are you scared?" She asked me
"Completely, I don't want to end up disappointing my child."
"Spence you could never disappoint anyone, especially not your child, trust me I know. Your child is going to grow up with 2 parents who love each other so much, would do anything for each other and who love him or her more then anything." She says and I smile at her
"I'm also scared that if something happens to me or Liz on cases, we've come close so many times I just..."
"You guys made a promise to each other that no matter what you would come back to each other, make that same promise to your child. Will and I promised each other that Henry would never be without one of us, if it gets to close to him losing either one of us Will and I would decide to call it, throw in the towel and be done with all the danger." She says and looks at the babies, "Have you guys thought about who is going to take care of the baby when Elizabeth comes back?"
"She wants to hire a nanny who is available 24/7, I suggested a live in one but she doesn't want to for...obvious reasons." I tell her and she smiles, "She thought about asking Jessica ut she already has her hands full with Jack and her job."
"Well 24 hour nannies are hard to find, and I agree with Elizabeth on the live in one, unless you had her live in the pool house you guys have."
"JJ that's it, we barely use that thing and it's big enough for the nanny to live in." I said and hugged her, "Thank you" I told her and she patted my back
"Anytime Spence."
"Just got off the phone with Morgan. Tanner didn't take either of those boys and he doesn't have a partner. He was attention seeking." Rossi tells me and JJ as him and Hotch walked over
"So it's a single unsub." I pointed out
"Wow. A pedophile willing to go to prison just for some spotlight. Talk about desperate." JJ says
"The glory of stolen thunder." Rossi brought up
"The ego's a powerful motivator. What's the status on Joshua Parker?" Hotch asked us
"He's still sedated." I told him
"Even if he weren't, he's in pretty bad shape mentally. I doubt he'd be able to give us much." JJ added
"Excuse me, agents. We got our street patrols doubled and the press is ready for a statement." The detecive says walking over
"Good. Time to get the word out." Hotch says and walks away and I follow
"It's gonna be dark soon." Rossi mentioned
"We're canvassing the entire area. Hopefully he doesn't get far." I hear the detective tell Morgan as I look at the garage door
"All right, keep us posted."
"Nobody saw anything." JJ tells them
"Even if they did, it's Halloween. He could be in costume. We could be looking for Sponge Bob for all we know."
I hear JJ whistle, "Hello over there. Share, please."
"Hey, kid, speak your mind." Morgan told me
"The transcripts." I tell them walking over, "Sorry, the transcripts of the police interview with the first victim's mother, Charlotte Wilcox, I read them."
"And?" JJ asked me
"Mrs. Wilcox, do you remember anything unusual about the night Tommy disappeared? No, nothing. Are you absolutely sure? There's nothing. Anything might help. I don't know. Toilet paper maybe. Sorry, ma'am? I went to the store to buy toilet paper and when I got back I couldn't find it. But what could that have to do with anything? Oh, god, I can't believe this is happening."
"Tommy took the toilet paper. He was out Tping houses." Morgan pointed out
"Hunter Olson was egging houses." Rossi added
"Joshua Parker had disciplinary problems. Bad boys all around." JJ says
"We should deliver the profile." Morgan tells us and we walk away but my phone rings, it was Garcia
"Hey Garcia what's up?"
"Hotch I need to talk to you." I tell him running over and he looked at me
"What's going on?" He asked me and the others looked over
"Liz is on her way to the hospital, Garcia said she started having contractions an hour ago."
"Are you serious?" Morgan asked me
"Why would I joke about that?" I asked and he smiled shaking his head
"You need to be there, I'll have them prep the jet for you." Hotch tells me
"What about..."
"Reid, don't worry about it we can handle the case, go be with Liz." Hotch says and I smile at him then grab my bag, everyone wished me good luck and I left
Elizabeth POV...
"Why did the contractions have to start now?" I asked Jessica as she stood next to me rubbing my shoulder and Jack sat in the chair by the window playing his game, I had Garcia call her to meet us at the hospital so she could focus on the case.
"Because babies are unpredictable, remember how Haley had Jack 3 days after her due date?" She asked me and I smiled
"Oh she was so pi..angry" I said looking at Jack then another contraction hit, "Ow ow ow ow."
"Breathe, breathe you're ok." She says and I took deep breaths and the contraction went away
"Thank you for being here Jessica"
"Of course, it's not a problem, it's my nephew after all." She tells me and I smile
"I just hope Spencer gets here in time."
"Aaron told me he was on his way to the jet and that he will call me when he lands." She reassured me and I nodded my head.
After a few more painful contractions they told me it was time for the epidural, after that was in I laid in the hospital bed, the contractions felt more like spasms now but still kind of hurt a little.
"Alright shall we see how close you are now?" The doctor asked me walking into the room with a nurse and Jessica stepped out with Jack, the doctor put on gloves and started checking how dilated I was, "Well you're almost at 10, we'll start getting everything prepped."
"No wait my husband isn't here yet." I told him
"I'm sorry Elizabeth but once you reach 10 you're going to have to start pushing."
"But..."
"I'm here, I'm here." Spencer says rushing into the room, "Sorry I'm late" He tells me and kissed my head
"It's ok, although I was worried I was gonna have to do this by myself." I tell him with a smile
"I would never let you do this by yourself" He says and I kissed him
"Alright are you two ready to become parents?" The doctor asked us, he sat on the chair in front of me and told me to start pushing.
Aaron POV...
I was sitting on the jet after it came back for us reading over the case we finished, I looked out the window at the sunrise and my phone beeped, it was a message from Liz. I opened it and smiled then got up walking over to the others and woke JJ up then showed them all the picture Liz sent. Morgan clapped me on the back, JJ and Kate hugged me and Rossi shook my hand.
Elizabeth POV...
I sat in the bed holding my baby with Spencer sitting in the chair next to me when there was a knock at the door, I looked up and saw Aaron standing there with the others behind him.
"May we come in?" He asked quietly, I nodded my head and they all came into the room, Aaron shook Spencer's hand and the others hugged him, Aaron came and stood next to me, "How are you doing?"
"Exhausted." I laughed and he smiled, I looked at the others, "Everyone, I'd like you to meet Alexander Aaron Reid" I told them introducing them to mine and Spencer's son
"He is so adorable" JJ says and everyone congratulated me
"May I hold him?" Aaron asked me and I smiled
"Of course" I said and he bent down taking his nephew from my arms
"Has Jack met him yet?" He asked and I nodded my head
"He's so excited to have a cousin." I tell him and looked at Spencer, he nodded his head and looked at everyone else
"How about we give them a minute" He tells them and they nod their heads and walked out, Spencer followed them shutting the door behind him
"So me and Spencer were talking..."
"He can take a few weeks off with you if that's what you're wondering." He tells me and I laughed
"Well thanks but that wasn't it." I say and he looked at me confused, "We want you to be Alexander's godfather." I say to him and he smiles
"I would be honored."
"Of course you'll have to share duties with JJ" I mentioned and he chuckled, he handed Alexander back to me and kissed me on the head
"Congratulations little sis." He says
"Thank you big brother."
A/N: I know it's short I'm sorry, future chapters though are going to be in Spencer's POV until Elizabeth is done with maternity leave. Also once again if you would like to submit a cute scene to be put in here please PM it to me. Thank you guys for reading I hope you enjoyed this chapter