Hotch left, by noon the team had finished getting the apartment set up and Morgan and JJ ran out for food. While they were waiting Rossi, Emily, and Garcia went over the case: Diana and Elena sleeping soundly in there crib. Hotch had not arrived back yet; Straus had heard of what happened and had called him back to Quantico for a meeting. Morgan and JJ came back loaded down with burgers, fries, milkshakes, Coffee and cookies
"What's with all the food?" Emily asked
"I just thought with the morning we all had everyone could use some comfort food." JJ said
"You know you guys are young; this kind of comfort food at my age is a death sentence." Rossi joked upon seeing the huge triple decker burger Morgan handed him
Everyone turned to stare at him with various degrees of sorrow, disgust, anger
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have said." Rossi said
The agents nodded, but everyone was somber and silent as they ate their food. Halfway through lunch Hotch returned he took the food Morgan had set aside for him. Everyone was chomping at the bit to ask him about Reid and Straus but they controlled themselves and waited until lunch was over
"Reid lost a lot of blood. The bullet fragmented upon impact it hit his large intestine and fragments went into his small intestine. They were able to repair the damage but Reid was bleeding out for at least an hour before he came to Quantico. Dr. Wick also found extensive bruising on Reid's body both defensive and offensive wounds the oldest are from two weeks ago. Reid is also malnourished, and dehydrated it looks like he was on the road ever since he took his personal leave two weeks ago." Hotch said
"So Reid gets word about Anna takes time of to see her and ends up in fights. I don't think it was with the man who shot him, he wouldn't have bothered beating Reid up he would have killed him." Morgan said
"I sent Reid's clothes to the lab, along with his wallet and FBI badge which were in his pants pocket. Garcia I want you to trace his credit cards find out if he used them at all. Rossi and I will go to Reid's apartment see if there's anything there that will help. Emily, Morgan I need you work the official case. Straus is not happy about what occurred this morning; we have a week to find Reid's shooter or this case is getting taken out of our hands." Hotch said
Garcia, Emily, and Morgan left for Quantico, JJ stayed behind to babysit. Hotch and Rossi went to Reid's apartment. It was a depressing sight to the two men: there were books on the table, a couple of pillows on the sofa. In the kitchen were a few dishes in the sink, expired food in the fridge, even a full pot of coffee that Reid had forgotten to turn off.
"Well he wasn't expecting to be gone for long." Hotch said seeing the state of the fridge
"His toiletries are missing, there are clothes scattered on the bed he packed in a hurry." Rossi opened the closet "Hotch get in here"
"Garcia didn't have to buy a crib, or a mobile." Hotch said sadly looking at all the baby stuff Reid had bought stuffed into the back of the closet
"He was expecting Anna to stay here; he made room in his closet and dresser drawers. It seems likely Anna unexpectedly went into labor and Reid left to see her." Rossi said
"But she gave birth three weeks ago, Reid left two weeks ago why wait a week?" Hotch asked
"That's an excellent question."
There were a few pictures of Anne, some southern maps on the table, and a few letters from Anna Hotch took all of those with him. The two also took the two stuffed bears Reid had bought for the twins one purple, the other pink and the mobile of flowers. They went back to Quantico where they discovered another person had been killed in Lincoln, Montana the place they were supposed to have gone. They put aside Reid's case for the moment and concentrated on their official case. Garcia however while doing any research asked of her still worked on Reid's case and discovered something interesting.
"So it turns out Anna Smith has an older brother. His name is William Colton and he owns a bar in Gary Indiana the same town Anna lives in. William is seven years older than her, their parents died when she was twelve and he raised her. As soon as she turned eighteen Anna took off, she disappeared for two years working odd jobs all over the Midwest. She came back home at twenty and stayed with her brother and worked at Hades Bar the one her brother would eventually own. When she was twenty four she got a job as a waitress at the Swan's table and moved out. While she was living with William she would sporadically take off and disappear for days or sometimes weeks."
"If she kept taking off, how did she keep her job?" Emily asked
"William was friends probably lovers with the owner: Emily Belle she was fifteen years older than William and left him the bar when she accidently drowned."
"Accidently?" Rossi asked
"Her body was found in a local river, the police said she slipped and fell in accidentally."
"Wait a minute Reid said Anna had a sister Elena what happened to her?"
"She died in the same car accident as their parents. They were taking her to a basketball game when they were hit by a drunk driver."
"Good work Garcia, after we finish up the Lincoln case, a couple of us need to go down there and look around." Hotch said
The team fell to work with a passion on the Lincoln case. By six they had a rough profile and had sent it to the Lincoln police. Hotch had assigned a police officer to guard Reid and Reid's car was towed to the FBI garage and was being looked over with a fine tooth comb. They would get the lab results on the car and Reid's possessions tomorrow morning. At one in the morning Morgan got a call from Garcia
"Morgan I think there's someone outside my apartment."
"What! Are you sure?" Morgan asked
"Elena woke up at midnight and I've spent the last hour trying to get to get her to sleep. I would periodically check outside and a car is just idling across the street with someone inside."
"Are you sure he's not lost or something?"
"He's been there for an hour, and he wasn't there when I went to bed at ten. Please Derek after what happened to Reid I don't feel safe here alone with the babies."
"Okay, I've almost finished dressing. I'm going to call Hotch and have him come over too."
"Thank you."
"Keep the doors and windows locked and keep away from the windows, we'll be there soon Baby Girl." Morgan said and hung up
A/N Well it's been a while but I got another chapter out. Please Review, Subscribe, Favorite.
