Reid then quickly hobbled over to the corner where the blanket was and put it on. Under the blanket were a scarf and a patched up bag. Reid wound the scarf around his head and slung the bag over his shoulder. He then reached into the bag and pulled out two squirrel skins which he pulled over his hands to serve as crude mittens. Rossi quickly took out his own gloves from his pocket and tried to give them to Reid who waved him off. He then picked up his stick from the floor and walked over to the door

"Emily come with me, the rest of you stay here." Hotch signaling them to look around when Reid was gone.

Hotch, and Emily quickly joined Reid who was waiting just outside the door. As soon as their footsteps disappeared Morgan turned to Rossi

"Why did you say that, you saw the condition he's in."

"I just wanted to know why he used a ruse, why he didn't just send a message to us asking for help?"

"Morgan, Rossi, stop it. Let's look around and see if we can find some answers."

The cabin was small and they soon had examined every inch. The main surprise was a search of the floor which revealed a storage area four feet wide. In it was Reid's messenger bag, a small pouch: filled with animal bones, roots, a handful of nuts, and lastly a large pile of tree bark. JJ pulled out the messenger bag and found; Reid's gun with no bullets, a book with pages missing, his FBI badge, and his wallet. JJ carefully replaced the items and put the boards back trying to make it look undisturbed. The team after waiting forty minutes to make sure Reid was out of hearing distance moved outside.

Five feet from the back of the cabin was Reid's toilet a hole dug in the ground. On the other side of the cabin from the stacked firewood was a tree stump with an ax stuck in it. The ax was in bad shape barely held together. Around the stump were piles of tree branches waiting to be broken down. Rossi and Morgan walked a few feet around the cabin but found nothing else of interest. The three of them headed back inside where Rossi built up the fire and Morgan called Garcia

"Hey baby girl, what are you doing?"

"I'm waiting by the phone to hear from my chocolate Adonis. Did you find Gideon, what's the case?"

"Gideon didn't send the radio message, Reid did. He's been staying at a rundown cabin for a long time. He sent the message hoping we'd come."

"Oh my god is he alright, what happened to him?"

"He's thin, worn down, and his right foot is injured. He's mentally unstable from prolonged isolation, hunger and cold. He hasn't said how he ended up here just that he woke up here. There's no sign of his car or another vehicle so I'm hoping you could track down his car and his phone."

"Oh my God, bring him home soon. I will call you as soon as I have the information."

"I will, thanks Garcia."

The team gathered around the fire and discussed theories for what had happened. Three hours after they left Emily, Hotch, and Reid returned. Reid was leaning heavily on his stick, the squirrel gloves were gone and his hands were had a slightly bluish tinge. He hurried over to the fire, dropped his stick and started beating his arms and hands trying to get some feeling back into them. After a few minutes he started getting his color back. After he was warm enough he went over to the corner next to the wood and pulled of his outer blanket, scarf, and bag. He then pulled a dead squirrel out of his bag and walked over to the plank table. Taking a knife from his pocket, he sat down and started skinning his kill. The others had gone to the other side of the cabin and were going over their findings. Suddenly Reid spoke

"For the love of God leave already, this is becoming painful. " Reid burst out

"What, Spence we're not leaving: not without you." JJ exclaimed

"You say that now. Forget it I'll end it myself." Reid said uncovering his arm and raising his knife

The team hurried over, Rossi was the closest Reid suddenly turned from his arm and slashed Rossi's outstretched hand with his knife. Rossi jerked back his hand with a startled curse: blood dripping to the floor. Reid jumped to his feet but the team stopped at the look on Reid's face. He looked bemused, puzzled like a sleepwalker waking up out of a dream. He followed the blood following to the floor then slowly carefully reached out his hand and gingerly caught some of the falling blood drops. He then touched Rossi's sleeve, he then worked his way up the arm, than removed his hand. He then very slowly, delicately reached up and touched Rossi's cheek.

"You're real" He said his voice hesitant and faltering he then looked over Rossi's shoulder at the rest of the team "You're all real, and you're here." He clasped his hand to his mouth, his knife falling to the floor.

The agents saw his shoulders shudder as he started to cry. He turned away trying to control himself. Rossi walked over and put a hand on his shoulder. Reid jerked away and hurried out of the cabin.

A/N Tell me what you guys think? I love theories, critiques and feedback. Every review brightens my day and improves my writing.