A/N: Hello again, everyone!

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My apologies if I made any mistakes but enjoy the chapter!

The chapter takes place the day after Halloween, November 1st.

"Where are you going, Séraphine?" Élise playfully followed Séraphine around the living room as she was cruising around using the pink walker. "Where are you going?"

Reid walked into the house and set his bags down, and locked in the security alarm, "Hi, everyone. I'm home."

Séraphine saw her father walking in and waved to him, "Dada!"

"Hi, my princess." Reid melted and immediately began hugging her. Smooching her forehead and cheeks, "How was your day?"

Séraphine giggled as Élise walked up to him and gave him a peck. "How was your day, bunny?"

"It was okay; we mostly did paperwork," Reid answered. "Rossi didn't show up, so…"

Élise patted his shoulders, "Aw. Well, he'll be happy to know that the Halloween Festival at Mendel has raised about $20,000 for ALS."

"Really?" Reid's mouth dropped.

Élise answered, "Yup. While I was at work, Maeve told me that they want her to plan the next fundraiser event."

"That's great," said Reid before turning his attention to Séraphine again. "I love you so much."

Séraphine babbled, "Dada. Mama."

After cooking and eating a healthy dinner of vegetable pasta, a leafy salad, and sugar-free fruit pudding, Reid offered to give Séraphine her bath and tuck her in.

"Are you ready, little girl?" Reid asked Séraphine after he had just finished reading Goodnight Moon to her. "Are you ready to go beddy-bye right now?"

Séraphine squealy yawned, "Ah…"

"Oh," Reid placed Séraphine in her crib and watched her drift into a deep sleep. Giving her a forehead kiss, "Goodnight, my Séraphine." He signed goodnight to her before leaving her nursery before walking into his bedroom, but not before his phone vibrated.

"Hey," said Élise, who had just gotten into bed just as Reid read a text from Garcia.

Hotch wants everyone in. 2 missing kids found dead. ~ Garcia

Reid sighed as he began to walk into the bathroom.

Élise knew, "Let me guess, case?"

"Missing kids, so yeah," said Reid before picking out some clothes from his clothes and going into the bathroom.

After taking a quick shower, Reid changed into a dark blue plaid dress shirt, cardigan sweater, tie, dress pants, and Converses. Reid placed his dress clothes into the hamper before leaving the bathroom and gave Élise a lip kiss.

After a quick brief in the roundtable about a case in Kansas, Reid quickly texted Élise.

FLYING TO KANSAS ~ SR

A few seconds later, Élise texted Reid right back.

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DOROTHY AND TOTO! ~ EBR

Reid chuckled.

The team was trying to keep themselves steady; even Reid, Hotch, JJ, and Rossi attempted to keep the water glasses on the mini table at ease due to the jet shaking from the turbulence.

After discussing more on the case, the jet shook again from the turbulence.

Rossi left the ME's office with Reid, shaking his head in disbelief, surprisingly amazed that he was idly eating a sandwich and was clearly unfazed by the gruesome sight of the bodies, "I'll never understand how someone can eat while looking at something like that,"

"If you let something like that get to you, you wouldn't make it past breakfast." Reid suggested, "I remember my high school science teacher sometimes keeping his lunch in the lab fridge where the frogs, rats, and other animals were used for dissection."

Rossi grimaced, "O…kay." He soon changed the topic; he and Reid stopped walking in the middle of the hallway, "Hey, uh…Spencer. I want to thank you, Élise, and your friends for raising all that money at Mendel for ALS research."

"Of course, Rossi," Reid appreciated Rossi's thanks before giving his condolences to him, "And again, I'm so sorry for your loss."

Rossi meekly shrugged his shoulders, "It's funny, though. We were divorced 20 years. And I never missed her as much as I do right now. My advice to you is never take anything for granted; not your marriage, not your child, not your relationships with your loved ones, not anything for the rest of your life."

"Promise," Reid vowed.

After a long day, Reid headed back to his hotel room and made a much-needed phone call. After the first ring, he sweetly answers, "Hello."

"Hello, my love," Élise replied. "How was your day?"

Reid answered, "Exhausting. Tornadoes, missing kids, and the unsub…"

"Oh, my…" Élise joked, making a Wizard of Oz reference, which made Reid laugh. "Sorry, love, I just put Séraphine down for bed."

Reid sighed. "Ah."

"But on the flip side, I'll send you more videos of Séraphine cruising in her little walker." Élise offered.

Reid sat down on the edge of the bed, "Please and thank you."

After a few seconds, "Sent to your phone." said Élise before she yawned. "I better get going. I love you, honey."

"I love you times pi," said Reid before hanging up and looking at his messages for the video of Séraphine cruising around in the living room as she was using the walker. He laughs as she waves to the camera. He turns his head when he sees Hotch walking into the hotel room.

Greeting Reid before setting his bag, "Hey, Hotch."

"Hi." Reid greeted him back before re-watching Séraphine cruising.

Hotch took off his jacket and looked over Reid's shoulder, chuckling at the video. "Aw."

"Yeah." Reid almost felt a lump in his throat. "She's growing up so fast."

The following day, after the latest victim's body was found, they concluded that the unsub was not taking body parts apart. He's putting a body together, prompting them to give the profile to the Wichita PD.

After so, Reid had a moment and found Hotch in the hallway after a short conversation with JJ.

Reid figured out that the unsub is looking for the perfect head.

Now, the team got news of another abduction by the unsub but left the younger brother as a witness just as Prentiss and Rossi go to a local university to talk to storm chasers. After figuring out that the unsub was trying to recreate someone he loves, Garcia manages to get a name.

22-year-old Travis James, who lost his seventeen-year-old big brother and his mom when a tornado hit their trailer park home and eventually ran away from the foster care system.

They concluded that Travis is trying to piece him back together and then bring him back to life.

The team split up; Reid, Morgan, JJ, and Lieutenant Beasley managed to find the unsub and rescue his latest victim.

Soon everyone took shelter, and by the sound of the tornado, Travis James did not make it.

Reid watched Shaun reunite with his younger brother Billy at the police station as he needed to make a much-needed call.

"Hey." Reid warmly greeted Élise over the phone.

Élise answered, "Hi, you. How was the case?"

"Strangely weird." Reid truthfully replied. "So the weather's supposed to break tomorrow. I should be home sometime in the afternoon. I'll call and let you know for sure."

Élise asked again, "Did you at least catch the guy?"

"Yeah." Reid rubbed between his eyes and scratched his eyelashes. "Sort of. It's kind of weird. You alright?"

Élise responded, "I'm—I'm fine. Opal's asleep, and I'm putting down this litter energizer."

"Can I speak to her?" Reid desperately needed to hear Séraphine.

Élise said, "Absolutely." After about two seconds, "Phone's on speaker. Hi, sweetie. It's daddy on the phone. He wants to…"

"Da…da. Dada…"

Reid melted at the voice of his little baby. "Hi, little lady. Sorry I can't be with you tonight."

"Hey!" Reid dashed into the living room to see Élise, Séraphine, and Opal playing together in the living room.

Élise greeted him with a lip kiss, "Just in time for the party."

Reid smiled at the sight of Séraphine giggling as she was using her walker and Opal following her. Wrapping his arm around Élise's body and pulling her closer to him, "I'm never going to take any of this for granted," Reid remembered what Rossi said to him during the case. "I love you all so much."