Note: So this chapter is both late and short. I apologize for that. The next chapter should be longer and it should/will address things brought up in this chapter in more detail.
As always, a huge thank you to my tremendously amazing reviewers: Sherryola, ahowell1993, hippiechic81, Dextolan and Gawain.
Morgan takes a look at the interior of the workshop, before his eyes fall on Hotch.
Their unit chief is battered and bruised, but none the worse for wear and, judging from the look on Prentiss' face, he doesn't think he was sitting when she first came in.
He raises his eyebrows at her questioningly and she shakes her head in return, a silent communication passing briefly between them.
Then Morgan's eyes fall on the handcuffed man on the ground, the man he can now identify as Michael Greer.
"What happened to him?" he asks, taking a step around him. The man's eyes are open and they follow Morgan, glaring between slitted lids.
Morgan chooses to ignore him for the time being. Once he hears the story, he'll decide what he has to do.
Morgan isn't imagining the brief flicker of pride he sees in Hotch's eyes when he answers him. "It was Reid."
Morgan blinks. "Reid?" He turns to glance at the young man who's now standing behind him, unable to hide his surprise.
But then Morgan breaks out into a grin. He refrains from giving him a friendly clap on the shoulder, mindful that Reid might very well have injuries he doesn't know about yet.
"Way to go," he congratulates him. Reid shifts, looking distinctly uncomfortable with the attention.
"Thanks," he mumbles.
The man on the ground squirms. "Don't forget what I said," he hisses. "There will be someone else."
"Yeah, yeah." Morgan gets down, grabbing the man's arm and hauling him roughly to his feet. "Keep your comments to yourself."
Note: Thank you for reading! I apologize for how late and short this is again, but I had to dedicate some time to some of my other works and I didn't want to keep you guys waiting.
Anyways, I'm off to watch The Lord of the Rings with my brothers. They're getting very annoyed with me because I'm posting this instead of paying attention. ;)