A/N Here is the next chapter. Warning for language and violence. I own nothing of CM just my own characters.
Oliver Goldsmith said
"Don't let us make imaginary evils, when we have so many real ones to encounter.
Chapter 3
Lily's POV
Lily thought as she walked into the bank branch that she had not been entirely honest with her best friend. She had lied about how far apart her contractions were. They were more like 40 minutes. But she knew if she told Anne that she would not have agreed to coming here and Lily did not want to be in that house another second. Her mind was too much on Spencer and the blow out they had had earlier for her to remain there.
She stopped at the courtesy desk to fill out her deposit slip. It was busy in here. She wondered why then realized in was the last Friday of the month, pay day for a lot of folks. Another contraction hit as she took her place in line.
"Damn, she thought looking at her watch 32 minutes from the last time."
A young man ahead of her turned and said "are you alright miss?"
Lily nodded "just early stage labor. I hope!"
"Why don't you take my place in line?"
"Oh, I can't do that."
"Yes you can and you will I can see you are in pain so lets get you out of here as quickly as we can."
She switched places with him and said gratefully "thank you, you are very kind."
He shrugged and said "I have a sister and I hope someone would do the same for her. Do you have someone to help you?"
"Yes she is in the craft store if I take too long here she'll come looking for me."
"Cool, and good luck."
"Thanks."
Or she would have thanked him if not for four men bursting into the building carrying large guns. One pointed his shotgun and shouted.
"This is a robbery everyone on the floor now."
Another one masked man strode to the windows and shut the curtains.
The rest of the men went to the tellers shouting for them to fill the bags they carried, while the first man headed back to the vault.
For Lily is was like a dream everything moving in slow motion. She didn't immediately hit the ground as she was simply stunned. She saw a teller surreptitiously move her hand to the edge of her desk. Lily thought "she's going for the panic button." Lily wasn't the only one who saw the movement. One masked man turned and shot her.
When Lily screamed the man turned to her and shouted. "I said get down bitch." He strode to her and backhanded her hard. She fell down, pain exploding through her face and her abdomen. The last thing she heard was the whine of electronics as the surveillance cameras were shot out. The last thing she thought before she passed out was. "Please God save my baby."
Quantico
Spencer was reaching for his cell phone when it rang. He looked at the display and said "it's Anne I wonder why she is calling me?"
"Maybe answering the phone would be the best way to find out" Morgan laughed.
"Oh, right," he said and opened the phone.
"Hello. What? Anne slow down I can't understand you." What! Yes. Oh my God, are you sure? The police are there now. No stay put. Anne call back this number I am going to give you. Are you ready? He rattled off the number for his desk phone. Yes call back in two minutes. Ok, ok don't worry. Bye."
Reid turned to Elle he was sheet white and trembling. "Spencer, what the hell-" Morgan began but Reid cut him off.
"Morgan please answer the phone if we don't get back to the bull pen before Anne calls back. Ask her to wait and put her on speaker phone."
"Elle please go to Hotch's office and get him to come down here I am going to get Gideon."
He didn't wait to see how they reacted to him giving orders. He ran to Gideon's office.
Gideon was plodding through his own stack of paperwork when Reid sprinted into his office. He looked up in surprise. In a second he took in the younger agents white face trembling hands and the tears beginning well in his eyes. He got up shut the door and said.
"What has happened Spencer, is it Lily?"
"Jason I can't explain please come to the bull pen and Anne will explain it she is calling in to my desk line now."
Gideon was perplexed but without comment he followed Reid back to his desk where the rest of the team was gathered.
The phone rang. He took a deep breath answered it "Reid. Yes Anne, thank you, I am going to put you on speaker please tell the others what you told me. He hit the speaker button dropped the phone into its cradle and sat down heavily.
Anne was crying. Morgan said "Anne tell us please what is going on."
"L-lily and I drove the bank this morning she wanted to deposit a check for a photograph I sold for her last night. I only wanted to go into the craft store for a minute when I came out I w-was surprised that she hadn't joined me in the store so I went to the car thinking maybe she was wiped out from a contraction and she wasn't there so I turned to go into the bank and that's when I h-heard the s-shot. I saw a man in a m-mask and a gun he closed the curtain and then I called 911. The operator told me they had just registered a silent alarm on their system and she started to ask m-me all these q-questions. I d-didn't know a-and I wanted to call Spencer and I d-did. Oh G-god S-Spencer. She's in there, what if they hurt her or the b-baby." She began to sob.
"Anne, please be calm, Gideon said. The police are there yes?"
"Yes, but Spencer, she needs you. You have to come now."
"We can't go down there in an official capacity Anne this is a matter for the police and SWAT. They will have a hostage negotiator there very soon." Gideon said not letting Spencer speak.
"But this is his wife and you're her friends you have to do something!"
"We will do everything we can from here, I promise."
"You don't care do you" she shouted.
"Anne of course we do but think, if we go charging in there the media curiosity will be peaked and we can't let these people figure out that there is a pregnant wife of a BAU profiler among their hostages. The results for her could be disastrous. And make no mistake Anne, they are monitoring the media." Gideon said.
"Are you sure Gideon?"
"Yes Anne this is the way it has to be for now but if we do step in you'll be the first to know I promise."
"Al right but Agent Gideon I am so afraid. What can I do for her?"
"Do not talk to the media. Don't tell them anything about Lily if they do corner you. Do you understand me?"
"Yes sir I understand I won't say anything."
"Thank you Anne. Now tell us again what you saw, where exactly you are, and what is the name of the bank."
Anne took them through it again slowly from the time she got to the Reids' home.
"We are in the shopping mall. The Georgetown Center. The bank is First Household Bank. It is on Rose and 9th streets."
Morgan strode out of the bull pen to Garcia's office. They were going to get everything they could on the bank and the surrounding area.
JJ entered the bull pen at a fast clip. "Everyone you need to see what just came on the networks."
They all hurried to the conference room where JJ picked up the remote for the television and clicked it. The face of the blond reporter for channel seven came on the screen.
"-at the Georgetown mall, there is no word how many hostages are in the bank at this time. We do know that the police responded within 2 minutes of the silent alarm being tripped and it is believed that backed in a corner the thieves had no choice but to take hostages. We do not know the condition of the hostages or if the men have any demands. We are looking into the possibility that this robbery is the work of the same men who have robbed 5 banks at gunpoint in the last 5 weeks. You will know more as we know more. This is Lacey Atwood for channel 7 back to you Stormy."
At that point the anchorwoman took over and JJ muted the TV.
If this is related to the robberies in the area, the we may have the opening we need. If we can tie them together. I can go to the director to let us get down there do what has to be down to end this." Hotch said his face grim. Spencer had said nothing he was staring at the muted screen as if his very existence depended on it. "Perhaps it does. Hotch thought grimly.
"Let's do what we can from here. Basic profile." Gideon said.
"Male black or white 20-50 yrs old. High organized and ruthless. They are cornered and will stop at nothing to get what they want." said Hotch.
"Agreed Gideon said but we need more than that."
"I think I can help you with that" a voice said behind them.
"Garcia what are you doing out of your hallowed office." Morgan quipped.
"I have access to the surveillance tapes in the bank for this morning."
"How did you pull that off?" JJ asked impressed.
"If I tell you that I'll have to kill you."
"Well let's see it!" Morgan said.
"If you'll follow me to my office it is on my lap top."
They followed her to her office. Spencer had said nothing during all of this. The color of his face had returned to it normal shade of pale, but he still trembled. Hotch glanced at Gideon raised his eyebrows and nodded imperceptibly at Reid. Gideon shook his head. "Later" he mouthed in Hotch's direction.
Garcia hit a button on her laptop and there was the interior of the bank.
"Based on the time Anne said they arrived there I have found the time stamp for when Lily enters the lobby." Garcia explained. It was a black and white video of excellent quality. Too excellent for Spencer. When Lily appeared on screen he whimpered and sat down heavily in the only other chair in the office. They watched as Lily moved to the courtesy desk to fill out her paperwork. They all saw her wince at the contraction and they saw her look at her watch and then her face fill with annoyance and some fear. They watched her speak to a young man in line ahead of her. Then they saw him give up his place in line. Then all hell broke loose. The masked men had entered the lobby. Gideon glanced at Spencer; Reid's hands were clenched and white at the knuckles. They watched one of the men close the curtains at the window and saw them kill a teller reaching for the silent alarm. They saw Lily scream and then one of them approach her say something and then backhand her. As she fell and was unmoving Spencer screamed "NO" and he leapt out of his chair turning for the door.
Morgan grabbed him. "No, buddy you will not go alone this time."
"Morgan get you hands off of me. I will kill that bastard with my bare hands. He is a dead man do you hear me! "
Morgan struggled to hold him back; Hotch and Gideon grabbed him as well.
"LET ME GO DAMN IT." Spencer yelled.
He fought like a wildcat. It took all of their strength to hold him in place. Finally Morgan punched him and he dropped like a stone into Hotch's arms. Hotch staggered but stayed on his feet. He and Gideon lifted Spencer and carried the unconscious man to Gideon's office.
"Jesus, Derek did you have to hit him." Elle whispered appalled by what she had seen on screen and by what Morgan had done.
"I didn't know what else to do he was like a drug head hyped up on PCP he almost broke away from us. Would you have him go running into a situation he doesn't understand? He already did that once. Remember last year we almost lost him." Morgan shouted.
"Don't you dare yell at me Morgan I was in that little room a year ago, I wasn't the only one too slow on the trigger." she spat at him.
"That was low Greenaway." Morgan said quietly.
"I know Derek I am so sorry please forgive me. She began to cry and he took her in his arms. I just don't get it she cried. Why is fate or destiny or God or what ever so cruel to that sweet man?"
Morgan had no answer for her. He rocked her in his arms as JJ and Garcia huddled together and wept.
"Dear God, Morgan thought what will happen to him if we fail."
A/N Please reivew. You have to feed the muse or she will die and then you won't get the ending to this LOL no, seriously review please. I know I am pushing the tech bounds with Garcia but it is authors choice to manipulate this universe right?
