~SPENCER POV~

"Christopher Ashburn, open the door. F.B.I!" Morgan called loudly and as hard as I was trying to stay calm, I was fighting the urge from breaking down the damn door myself. After five seconds, Morgan kicked the door and it fell to the ground.

Morgan, JJ, Hotch, Rossi, and I rushed in immediately after and I couldn't help but hope that I'd get the chance to hit the son of a bitch once. As we came in the small apartment home, we saw that it was completely empty. There was no furniture, no boxes, and not even a curtain.

"The bastard must have known we were coming to get him and moved last minute." Morgan growled and I felt my blood boil at the thought of him getting away.

I pulled out my cellphone and kept control of my temper as I called Garcia. "This has to be the wrong address. There's no way he could have known we were coming."

"Unless Sasha set us up." JJ said and I realized that she was more than likely right. I'd let my emotions distract me and we'd probably just played right into their hands.

"What's wrong?" Garcia asked and I took a deep breath before putting the phone on speaker.

"He's gone. He left and it looks like it's been a few days judging from the neatness of the place." I heard Garcia groan and I leaned against the wall in defeat.

The line went dead for a minute and I waited for Garcia to pick up again, knowing that she was more than likely trying to find another possible address. I heard the phone fall, her chair falling over, and what sounded like she was grabbing something quickly.

"The bastard isn't in New York." She said and I could hear that she was crying.

This immediately caused me to worry and the rest of the team looked my way. "Garcia, what's wrong?"

She didn't answer and Morgan said "Baby girl, what's going on?"

"He's here in Quantico." She choked and I felt my heart stop.

I didn't want to ask the question that I had because I already knew the answer. "Garcia… Is Bexley…?"

"Bexley's in the hospital. Reid… it doesn't look good." She said and like that I dropped the phone and put my gun back in the holster before racing to the car, the rest of the team following me.

We drove to the airport and I had no doubts that it was almost double the speed limit but I couldn't bring myself to care. All I could think of was my lover, lying in a hospital bed and I didn't know what waited for me when I got back to Quantico. I felt the guilt crushing me as I realized that she'd told me she didn't want me to go to New York and I knew then that she knew he was coming after her.

"She knew." I said and JJ looked over at me, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"Spence, how can you be sure?" She asked and I couldn't answer her as I buried my face in my hands, tears stinging my eyes.

Rossi stayed quiet as he drove us to the airport. I knew that Morgan and Hotch were in the car behind us and was kind of glad that they weren't there at that moment.

Rossi spoke up then and said "Reid, don't assume the worst. She's a tough girl, she'll pull through this. Eleanor sent a message saying that they have Bexley stabilized. Sloane, Tyler, and Eleanor are at the hospital with her right now. The little group from the music store are in and out as well. "

"Who the hell are Sloane and Tyler?" I asked not recognizing the names of the two people and worry that someone else could be watching her for her bastard father.

Rossi laughed lightly but didn't ask about my irritated tone. "Sloane is a girl that Eleanor used to see hanging out on the street a lot. She's from a nice home but her parents don't really have time for her. Tyler is her boyfriend. Sloane is a friend of Bexley's and she's also the one who made the call. Apparently, she was coming in to check out some CD's for Tyler, found Bexley on the floor, and called Eleanor, who took her to the hospital. Sloane's also the one that called Garcia. Scared the hell out of her."

We arrived at the airport and very quickly loaded up into the plane and I knew that this would be the longest hour of my life. I wanted to call Garcia but knew that she more than likely wouldn't pick up because the hospital wasn't fully okay with cell phones in the patients room.

All that was left to do was to wait.

~BEXLEY POV~

I could hear the nurse talking to Sloane and Eleanor as I came out of the drowning state I'd been in. I opened my eyes but didn't say anything as I listened to what the nurse had to say.

"Ms. Carson, your results came back positive. Congratulations!" The young nurse said as she smiled brightly. She walked out of the room and Sloane grabbed two handfuls of her dark hair.

"Are you fucking kidding me? I'm pregnant!" she groaned and Eleanor gave her a disapproving look.

I decided to let them know I was awake and said "Figures. I wind up in the hospital because I got the shit beat out of me and you get worse news."

Sloane and Eleanor looked over as I finished my statement and I attempted to give them a smile before cheekbone began to hurt. Sloane laughed and said "Sorry for stealing all the attention."

I did laugh then and stopped after only a moment as I felt my ribs ache. I leaned back on the pillow and Eleanor brought over a glass of water to me. I looked over and saw Penelope, who's mascara was running down her face.

"The bastard must have done a thorough job this time." I said and when I reached my hand up to grab the glass, I saw that my wrists were purple. "Very thorough."

I took a sip of the water, forcing myself not to wince as I swallowed the cool drink. I heard one of the nurses fussing at someone just before Spencer came in.

Sloane grabbed the thickest book on the table and I saw up, wincing as I did, before saying "Relax, he's okay. My dad's not going to come in with you here. Trust me." I said and Eleanor walked over and gently coaxed me to lie back down.

"You're going to hurt yourself worse, dear. You need rest right now." I nodded with understanding before looking at Spencer. I could see that he'd been worried sick and after looking at Penelope to give her an assuring look, she stood up from her chair.

"Eleanor, we should get back out there and talk to the team. Sloane, you have some news for Tyler." She said and all three of the women walked out of the room, closing the door behind them.

I looked to him and saw that he was quite the mess. I scooted over on the bed and patted the spot next to me. He simply stared at my hand before saying "You knew."

I felt my heart clench in my chest and said "Come sit down and we'll talk, Spencer."

He looked more worried and stressed than when he'd for New York. Never the less, he came over and took the spot on the bed next to me, careful not to touch me.

"Why did you send me away?" he asked and I took a deep breath before I started explaining.

***Well there's another chapter everyone. I hope you are all still enjoying reading and I will hopefully be updating more soon. R&R and thank you so much for the review on the last chapter. Have a great day!