"Hello I'm Dr. Buckton, are you all here for Doctor Reid?"
"Yes, we are. How is he doing?" Hotch answered
"He's still in surgery. Even when he's out, he won't be up for visitors for several hours. I recommend all of you go home, we'll call when there's more news."
"Thank you Dr. Buckton" Hotch dismissing him
The doctor left and the group slowly and sadly packed up and headed to the elevators. They went up to pediatrics, Emily came over to them.
"The twins are sleeping, what's going on with Reid?"
"He's still in surgery. The doctor said it will be hours until he's up for visitors. "Morgan answered her
Hotch went up to the desk and asked to speak to the doctor who was treating Elena and Diana. He also retrieved the twins' basket, which needed to go the lab. Two minutes later Dr. Swanson came
"The twins are doing well. Their clean, well fed, and well taken care off; they are a bit small which could indicate their premature but twins are often born small. I have ordered a paternity test for Dr. Reid the results will be in within the hour. As soon as Dr. Reid is confirmed as their father and a temporary guardian is found the twins can leave."
"Thank you Dr. Swanson, were you able to tell if the twins have ever been breast fed?" Hotch asked
"It's hard to say, there are antibodies and nutrients we can detect that aren't present with formula, but they had to have been fed within day or so to find them, I'll run some tests.
Hotch thanked her and she left. The team then started discussing what to do next. Eventually a plan was decided on: Morgan and Garcia would get Garcia's apartment ready, Rossi would stay at on the hospital and keep an eyes on things, the others would go back to Quantico. They left and after dropping Morgan and Garcia at Morgan's car headed inside. They dropped of the duffle bag, basket, and envelope at the lab and then headed upstairs. JJ went to her office to tell the police that they couldn't fly out they would consult from here. Emily and Hotch went to the conference room, when they entered they saw the abandoned cups of coffee, the case files scattered on the table, chairs pushed back haphazardly, and Reid's jacket lying on the floor, his gun, flask, gum, and pacifier scattered around it.
"God, what happened this morning?" Emily asked seeing the state of the room
"I don't know, but we need to find out." Hotch said collecting Reid's things in evidence bags.
"Why didn't Reid tell us who shot him?" Emily asked coming over to help
"He didn't seem entirely here when he entered the room, and after Elena started crying he only thought about the twins. From the amount of blood loss I think it's safe to assume he was in shock."
"I'll take this stuff to the lab and talk to security." Emily said taking the evidence bags from Hotch
After Emily left Hotch gathered up the case files and then went to his office to draw up the papers for temporary guardianship. After twenty minutes Emily came in
"Hotch I talked with security and someone dropped Reid off. A truck driven by Elmer Grady, Reid used his ID to get past security; Elmer drove into the parking structure and let Reid out before driving off. I have the police tracking him down now."
"Have JJ switch with Rossi I need him back here. The courts open in an hour; I'm going to have Kevin Lynch trace Reid's cell phone as soon as we have a location I'm going to need the two of you to retrace his steps. I'll interview Grady when they police find him."
Emily nodded and went to talk to JJ. At Eight Am Hotch left for court, Rossi and Emily drove to Reid's last known location a bar in a neighboring town called the Prancing Pony. At ten everyone was at Garcia's helping her get the twins settled in. Her custody rights were temporary, as soon as a social worker checked everything out she would be given more permanent custody until Reid was better.
"So Rossi and I went to the Prancing Pony; Reid stopped their just before the BAU. He had a duffle bag and the twins and was driving his car. The woman who owns the bar Laura Taylor lives in a room overlooking the bar. She knew him from Las Vegas and he would sometimes stop by and visit. When he came he was light headed and shaky: she gave Reid brandy and offered to call 911. He said he couldn't stay so Grady who was spending the night offered to give him a ride. After Reid used the bathroom and Taylor changed Diana's diaper they left, Taylor had no idea where they were going. As the two men left, she thought she saw a car following them but she couldn't be sure." Emily reported as she rearranged cupboards.
"I talked with Grady and his story matches with hers. He offered to drive Reid home, but then Morgan called and Reid gave him directions to Quantico. Grady offered to stay and help but said he would be alright, and Grady drove off." Hotch said helping Morgan build the crib
"Did either of them meet Anna or hear Reid talk about her?" JJ said sitting on Garcia's couch with Elena in her arms
"Laura said she met Anna once when she came to visit Reid: A tough no nonsense kind of woman. She drove a Harley motorcycle even though she was five months pregnant. Reid said she didn't like to be tied down and went wherever the road took her. They talked for couple of hours before they drove off in separate vehicles." Rossi said holding Diana
Hotch's phone rang; he stood up and checked the caller it was the hospital. Everyone went still at that and waited as Hotch stepped into the hallway it was ten minutes before he came back
"Reid is in a coma, he lost a lot of blood. Dr. Buckton said he has a good chance because he's young and strong. However they are some concerns he has, he wants me to come over as soon as possible."
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