Note: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF CRIMINAL MINDS CHARACTERS! Enjoyyyyy "Star...Gazer." Reid had been staring at the board for a whole hour now, and Serena couldn't help but get frustrated.
"Can't you think of something?" She demanded. "All you've been doing is staring at a map!"
Reid looked a little taken aback. "Well if you calculate the-"
"Oh, whatever. You clearly don't want to help anyway." She started to leave.
"That's not true!" She heard him protest as she closed the door.
Serena saw Rossi standing outside, and went to join him. After a few minutes of silence, she said,
"What did Hotch say to you?"
Rossi sighed. "He asked why I didn't tell him sooner."
"And?"
"Nothing." He gave Serena a look, and went back inside, leaving Serena to stand outside alone in the cold.
If Rossi wasn't ready to tell her what that lady did to him, she wouldn't ask. It must have been really bad. The things the team was doing for her...she really shouldn't have yelled at Reid like that. Suddenly, Reid burst out from the doors.
"Hi." He said awkwardly.
"Hey."
"Listen I'm sorry I-"
"No, I should be the one apologizing. You're doing everything you can. I know you care. Let's just go find Kylee, alright?"
"Yeah, yeah. Let's um, go do that."
"Kylee's phone must be off, because I can't seem to get a signal."Garcia's voice filtered through the phone.
"I've been trying to figure out what the Star Gazer is in their letter, and I think I've got it. You see this symbol in their coded letter? The dots? Those dots form a constellation. It's a bit hard to tell, but I'm pretty sure it's Canis Major, the Great Dog constellation."
"So, what? They're star enthusiasts?" Morgan scoffed.
"The Canis Major is a well known constellation. You don't have to be an expert to know it." Reid replied, pointing to his own drawing of the constellation on the board. "Tonight's going to be clear. Canis Major can be seen in the Northern Hemisphere from December to March." Reid reread the coded message in his head. Then, to everyone's surprise, he threw a book to the window and frantically tugged on his tie. He yelled out in frustration, ruffling his hair.
"Reid, what's wrong?!" Serena yelled. She had never seen Spencer act this way.
"Son of a bitch…"
Serena hadn't heard his cuss that much either. Morgan and Hotch just walked in.
"Damn, Pretty Boy. Did you just throw a book?" Morgan bent down and put the book back on the table.
"I should have solved this in a few minutes, instead I did it in more than an hour. And if that's why thousands of people die, I'll throw a lot more than just books."
"Woah, woah, Thousands? Spence, we're only talking about Kylee Ivanova here, and possibly her girlfriend Alayla!" JJ exclaimed, giving the genius a bewildered look.
"No." Reid replied. "Thousands.."
"Read us the letter." Hotch replied calmly.
The doctor sighed and read aloud, "Your last deposit wasn't enough. Lady is disappointed. You can make it up to us, if you bring the Lady's wanted subject in. Make sure it's someone close to Tranquil. A friend. If you cannot do so, then you know what the Lady will do. And you know our orders. If you get the desired subject, bring her to Canis Major. There we will discuss the reward. On another note, the Lady is planning an event at Canis Major later on the moon's day, at sext. A massive bombing. And we will all have a front row seat."
"Dammit." Rossi sighed and ran his hand over his hair.
"Where is this Canis Major?" Serena asked frantically.
"Canis Major's literal translation is large dog. And I'm pretty sure there's this huge complex of buildings in town. The name of the place is called Skylos Plaza." He paused, but everyone on the team looked confused.
"And?" Morgan asked.
"Skylos means dog in greek." Reid stated, as if that was obvious.
"Ah."
"And the moon's day?" Rossi asked.
"Monday. And sext is midday, noon."
"Reid," Hotch said. "What would we do without you?" The young genius smiled.
"Garcia says there's a grand opening at Skylos Plaza today. At noon." Morgan reported.
"Well, we only have half an hour before that happens!" Prentiss exclaimed, looking at the clock.
"If we move quickly, we can make it." Hotch said. "JJ, notify SWAT!"
Serena stayed where she was. Reid looked at her confusingly.
"Serena? Uh, are you gonna go?"
"My friend, Alastair. He's at Skylos Plaza today. He told me." She replied.
"Oh. Well, you can call him!"
"You know that's against protocol, Reid."
"Then the faster we get there the faster we can get him out. Let's go!"
When they pulled into the entrance of the plaza, they saw the chief of police talking with a very agitated man.
"What is this?!" The man said. "I have a grand opening in a few minutes!"
"Yes, sir, we understand. If you would let me finish, we have reason to believe-"
"I don't care what you believe! And who are you?!" The man rudely interuppted the chief and poited a judging finger at Hotch.
"I'm Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner of the Behavioral Analysis Unit, FBI." Hotch replied.
"FBI?!" The man turned back to the chief. "Heh...so you brought some fancy guy from the FBI to back you up."
Serena felt Reid rush forward. "Reid!" She hissed. This wasn't his fight.
"Sir, you do know there's a fucking bomb under your building right?" Reid asked.
"Reid-" Hotch tried to stop him.
"And we are trying to get everyone out of this building before that shit explodes. But we might just forget to save you and leave you behind. Then boom. Would you like that, sir?!" Reid yelled.
"I-" The man was speechless
"No? Then I suggest you let us do our fucking job before we have a replay of 9/11!" And he stormed off.
"There's a bomb?" The man quivered. Reid had left him quite shaken.
"Yes, sir, and we need to evacuate the building before it explodes." Hotch replied.
"O-okay!" The man said, and rushed off to make the announcement to patrons. Soon they heard "All patrons! Attention! This is an emergency evacuation! I repeat! An emergency evacuation! Please do not take the elevators. Make it calmly to the exit!"
"Where's Reid?" Serena asked, looking around.
"Let him cool off for a bit." Rossi advised.
"Wait. The unsub must be nearby! They said 'And we will all have a front row seat.' That means all of those swords with X's guys and Merissa are here!" Serena exclaimed. Prentiss perked up and scanned the crowd.
"Alright. Chen and Prentiss, go around and search. And if you find Reid let him join you. We can't lose Lady X again." Hotch ordered. Serena and Prentiss ran off.
After SWAT made final searches and determined everyone was out of the building, everyone was pushed back. Nobody knew how loud or how big this bomb was going to be. Except for Reid.
The young doctor came running back, holding the coded message in his hand.
"Guys!"
"Hey, Pretty Boy's back." Morgan said smiling.
"Guys, that bomb, it's not just going to explode. It's filled with nitro-"
"Reid, I don't want to hear science right now. What is it going to do?" Hotch yelled. The crowd around them was super loud, and Hotch's head was starting to hurt.
"After the explosion, it's going to emit a poisonous gas-"
That was all Hotch needed to hear. "How far away do we have to get for it to be ineffective?"
"Too far!" Reid yelled back.
"Dammit." Rossi said, who had been listening to the conversation.
"So, what, we have to defuse it before it explodes?" JJ asked.
"It also has heat sensors. If it senses many people within 2 minutes of explosion time, it'll do it early!" Reid said.
"We have 10 minutes." Morgan checked his watch. "Bomb tech said they need at least 6 and a half to defuse it. Most likely longer."
"Maybe send in only one person?" JJ suggested.
"It takes a lot of people to defuse a bomb. A whole team of people." Rossi replied.
Suddenly, they all saw as 10 people from Bomb Tech trooped into the building in their protective gear. Hotch tried to stop them, but they were too late. The last person in the line closed the door, and the team watched nervously.
"It's easier to defuse the gas." Reid said flatly.
"So?" Morgan asked.
"I told them to defuse that first. It would kill more people."
"So the explosion may still happen."
"Correct."
The team was closest to Skylos Plaza, but still very very far away. With 4 minutes on the clock, they boarded a chopper to view the building from the air.
"Aaron, you okay?" Rossi asked. Hotch was rubbing his ears.
"Yeah. It's just, really loud, you know."
Rossi gave him a worried look.
Serena's POV (first time doing POV let's see how this goes hehe)
Not long before Hotch dismissed Prentiss and I to go search for Lady X, I broke apart from her. I said it would be easier if we split up. She seemed reluctant, but let me go.
I scanned the crowd, looking for any sign of an X tattoo. That's when I saw him. I aimed my gun and said, "FBI, turn around!"
When he did, I was surprised. He didn't look any much older than 18. The expression on his face was nothing more than just confusion and terror.
"Show me your tattoo." I ordered.
"No." He replied and took off. I chased him.
Pretty soon, I had him cornered. "Nowhere to run! Now tell me where Lady X is!"
Before he could answer though, the bomb went off.
Author's Note: Omg it's been what, four days? Sorry I tried to make it up to you guys by writing a really long one. Anyways, please leave a review if you can, and a follow and favorite would be appreciated! Thanks for reading!