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Reid terminated the call from Garcia and dropped the phone in his pocket. He pulled his gun out of his holster and released the clip. Reid checked to confirm it was fully loaded and slammed it back. He holstered the gun, grabbed his FBI jacket and keys, and ran to the door.
Garcia ripped off her headset and leaped up from her desk. She ran down to the conference room.
The team was still strategizing a way to get Lily away from Dr. Miller safely when the doors to the conference room burst open, and Garcia ran into the room.
Morgan shot up from his chair when he saw the look on her face. "Garcia, what the hell-"
"I found something, but we have a major problem!"
"What kind of problem," Hotch asked.
"Well, I found Dr. Miller and Lily. I called Reid first and told him where they were. I asked if he would call you for backup, and he just hung up on me."
"Ok, Garcia, what did you find," Gideon asked calmly. She told him what she said to Reid and gave them the location of the building Dr. Miller was using.
Hotch pulled out his phone as he and the others ran out of the room and to the parking lot. He reached hostage rescue and gave them the situation. Putting his phone away, he piled into the SUV with the rest of the team.
Hotch drove, and Elle was in the front passenger seat. Gideon and Morgan were in the back. As they sped down the road, Elle asked Hotch, "Why did he do it? Why did he go alone?
"I don't know, but I'm going to find out when this is over.'
"I think Reid is what Lily needs to survive this ordeal. Dr. Miller believes she knows Reid, but she doesn't.
"I hope you are right," Elle said.
Morgan said, "I don't think Dr. Miller has any idea of what he is capable of; otherwise, she never would've taken Lily. We all underestimate him; I do it all the time. I think Dr. Miller is in for a surprise."
Spencer pulled off the road and shut off his headlights. He sat for a moment, trying to get his heart to stop pounding out the "Minute Waltz." He took several deep breaths and got out of the SUV. He walked to the building with only his flashlight for illumination. Reid reached out to try the door, and it clicked open before he could touch it. He slipped his gun from its holster and moved forward slowly.
He refused to think of Lily concentrating on FBI procedures for entering and clearing a building. His light showed only old broken-down machinery, and the smell of old newsprint lingered in the air. This building had been State of the Art sixty years ago, but now it was a wreck.
Reid shined the light around and saw an open door across the room. He entered and saw stairs going down. Reid descended slowly to another door that opened onto another hallway with the entrance to the right and left. He tried the door at his left and found it unlocked. He paused again, took more deep breaths, and opened the door.
Inside, Lily was sitting on the cot. She started to speak, but he cut her off. He walked over to her and knelt, putting down his gun and flashlight. "Shh, baby" she fell silent as he flicked on the light and looked around the room it was empty except for Lily and the cot.
"Where is she?" he asked as he untied her hands and then her feet. Lily started to throw her arms around him. He stopped her and said Is she in the building? Lily said I don't know. I have seen her for hours." Then Lily's eyes widened, and she opened her mouth, but before she could speak, a voice said from behind Reid.
"Dr. Reid, so good of you to join us. Now, back away from Ms. St John and stand up. Keep your hands where I can see them.'
Reid stood slowly and turned to see Dr. Miller standing inside the doorway with a gun pointed at Lily.
"I see you are good at following directions, Dr. Reid. You came alone. It is nice to see you are so predictable, coming to the rescue of your lovely lady.
Spencer said, "Actually, I am not here to rescue her. I don't care if you kill her. She's more trouble than she's worth."
Dr. Miller said, "Don't play games with me. You're completely devoted to her, Dr. Reid. I chose to take her first rather than kill you."
"Well, I see I fooled you just as I fooled my coworkers and Lily here." You see, I wanted to fit in for once in my life. Having a beautiful girlfriend like Lily here went a long way toward that goal, especially with idiots like Agent Morgan. Oh, I know they all thought I was trying to keep her a secret to "protect my privacy," but they all knew I was seeing someone. I couldn't wait to see Morgan's face when he met her and knew I was sleeping with a babe, his turn to be jealous for once." Spencer took a step toward Dr. Miller.
She said, "That's far enough, Dr. Reid. So, tell me why you don't care if I kill your lady friend here as you say she is beautiful."
"Because she constantly complains that I am never around. Always flying off for cases, gone for days at a time, like she doesn't do the same going off to take her stupid little pictures. But the real capper is that she is a lousy lay. I was going to dump her, but why not kill her? You give me that gun, and I will do it myself." Spencer said, taking another step toward her.
"I don't think so."
"Come on, Sharon, let me do this. We'll bury her out back, and then we can leave together," Reid coaxed while taking another step toward her.
" No one knows I am here." Dr. Miller's gun lowered a bit as he spoke to her. Think about it. We could rule the world with our brains— he took another step.
"Surely you can forgive me for killing your sister; I regretted it when I realized she was right about my mom. She is a burden on me and society. Let me kill the girl, and then we can go to Las Vegas and kill my mom. It would be easy. I am her son and a doctor, as are you. He was right up close to her now. He touched her hair.
"You're a beautiful woman." He whispered, kissing her cheek. " I'll bet you're a wild cat in bed."
Reid put a hand on her shoulder and kissed her on the lips. She put a hand on his waist
A voice behind them said, "I'll thank you kindly for taking your hand off my boyfriend."
Reid turned and took a step toward Lily. Voices from the hallway said, "FBI, hands in the air."
Hotch and the team appeared in the doorway, with Morgan in the lead. Dr. Miller raised her gun and pointed it at Lily.
