Diana Reid was many things. A woman, An ex-wife and a woman diagnosed with schizophrenia. Above all, though she was a mother. She would be the first to admit she wasn't the best mother. For most of Spencer's adult life, she was in one institution or another; for most of his childhood, she was mindfully absent. So when she received the call that he was injured, she flew over there.
She wasn't sure what to expect when she arrived at the hospital, she'd seen Spencer in various states over the years. He was an FBI agent and although she was vehemently against his career choice at first but had long since learnt to live with it. The downside of being his mother was seeing him in pain. Only when she finally got to the hospital did Spencer not seem to be in any pain. He seemed to be almost... peaceful. She took a shuddering breath as she entered the room.
She ignored the blonde who sat opposite Spencer and walked to his bedside.
"Oh, spencer" she whispered as she ran a hand through his locks. The blonde near her coughed
"Uh, Mrs Reid?" she said. Diana looked up
"Oh please call me Diana" the woman smiled and held her hand out to shake Diana's.
"I'm Penelope Garcia… Spencer and i… we work together" she said quietly. Diana nodded
"What happened to my boy Garcia?" she asked. Garcia gulped, she began to fiddle with her keys as she tried to figure out how to tell Diana what had happened.
"He was shot" Diana laughed
"I can see that Miss Penelope, I'm asking why he hasn't woken up… my spencer always wakes up" Garcia sighed.
"The bullet splintered into his bloodstream, they performed emergency surgery to get rid of the splinters. He had a body scan to make sure the bullets were out of his body. Which it is but... The trauma to his body was well for want of a better word. Traumatic so the doctors they put him into a medically induced coma."
Whilst Diana was processing the news Derek Morgan was summoned into the director's office. He had been in the office trying to figure out why Reid was attacked when he had been summoned. With dread, he entered the room only to find it occupied by Riley's guard. Derek looked between the two and sighed.
"I'm not going to say anything," he said. Paul smiled at him
"I know"
"Then why am I here?" Derek grunted. The director handed him a file, and suspiciously Derek opened it. Only he found something he never expected. Pictures of Reid and a girl who he guessed was Riley. They were young, maybe fourteen or fifteen. Derek looked up
"What's this?" he asked. The director urged him to continue looking through the file. So he did and in it were many more pictures of the pair. Mixed in was the photo of a tall man who seemed to be chaperoning them. He was coated in leather and had a scar across his mouth. He seemed familiar but Derek couldn't place why. When he was finished he turned to Paul.
"Why do you have surveillance of an FBI agent?" he asked. Paul frowned
"That's your takeaway from this?" he asked. Derek shrugged
"Reid is like my brother, I don't know you. I don't know Riley, now tell me what the hell is going on" he demanded. At his request, the director stood up and walked around his desk to sit in front of Derek.
"What I am about to tell you can not leave this room, is that understood?" Derek nodded.
The director took a deep breath and told what knew of Reid's tale.
"The woman in that photo is Riley Reid…. Doctor Reids' wife." When Derek didn't react the director continued.
"Mrs Reid is the sister of someone who the American government has been hunting for close to fifteen years. A Mr Rober Myers, more commonly known as-
"Bobby Murder, he's responsible for half of America's drug trade and the murder of an FBI agent but nobody could ever pin him," Derek said aloud. The director nodded as he continued with his tale.
"Yes, now his sister Riley was friends with Doctor Reid. I am not privy to the details of how they became friends I just know they did. Riley was different to her brother, she tested his criminal lifestyle and wanted out. Unfortunately, he was her guardian so she didn't really have anywhere to go. So she and the doctor hatched a plan. To this day we are not sure how she did it but she forged Mr Myer's signature on a note with his permission for her to get married. Doctor Ried and Riley then used that as a cover. She had changed her last name. After Mr Myers threatened them Spencer convey Riley to go to the police and in exchange for protection Mrs Reid would give evidence on her brother's wrongdoings."
Derek sat back, he knew that Spencer was a little eccentric but it seemed the young man had put his life on the line for someone he loved again. Derek took a deep breath
"Why are you telling me this?" he asked, The director hung his head.
"We are aware the BAU is looking into the possibility that Reids shooting was planned. We think it was, I just need to report your findings directly to me." Derek rolled his eyes.
"With all due respect sir, why not just ask Agent Hotchner to report his findings to you?" he asked.
"Agent Hotchner doesn't know about witsec and Riley Agent Morgan, you do. Now are you going to do as I ask?" he asked. Derek looked between the two men and ran a hand over his head.
"Yes sir," he said. The director grinned
"Excellent, now you are dismissed and remember, not a word of this to anyone" Derek nodded and left the office. Wondering just what exactly Reid had gotten himself into.
