Perfection Chapter 12: That Kiss, a criminal minds fanfic

Perfection

Chapter Twelve: That Kiss

By Ann Parker (Movie)

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Dorothy Thompson once said, "Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live."

Sarah pulled the trigger and hit Samuel right through his shoulder, forcing him to drop his knife. Moving quickly, she moved behind him and kicked him to the ground. She kept a foot on his back, her gun pointed at the back of his head.

Just then Reid and Morgan came around the corner and she sighed in relief. It was going to be difficult for her to cuff him due to her arm. "A little help here," she yelled. Morgan, slightly faster than Reid anyway, was there first and quickly cuffed him. "Thanks."

"You missed," growled Levine, his face still in the dirt. Sarah pushed her heel into his shoulder and he cried out in pain.

"Did I now? Then how come you're the one in the handcuffs, father?" she snarled, venom in her voice. She kept her eyes on him and Morgan radioed for back up to transport him. She turned slightly in the light and that was when Reid noticed the blood.

"You're hurt," he almost exclaimed, rushing to her side. Sarah groaned, removing the vest to examine the cut on her stomach. It had just grazed her although the cut on her arm was a little deeper.

"It's just a flesh wound," she muttered, glaring at Levine. "I've had worse."

"I don't care, Sarah," Reid argued. "We're getting you to the hospital." His adrenaline was still running high from when he heard the gun shot. If that had been her…

"Spencer…" she looked up at him, about to argue, when she saw the pain in his eyes. She hadn't considered what he must have felt when she ran off like that. She was just so focused on catching him, making this nightmare stop. "You're right. I'll go. Can we just wait until Morgan has back up?" Reid nodded, placing an arm around her. He needed to feel her next to him, making sure she was okay.

"This is the loser you chose?" taunted Levine from the ground. Sarah opened her mouth to say something, but Morgan beat her to it.

"You want another hole in your body?" he growled, pushing his gun into the back of Levine's head. "Reid's twice the man you could ever be, you bastard." Just then Hotch, Gideon, and the rest showed up. Hotch cuffed Levine's feet together.

"Thanks Morgan," replied Sarah. He glanced up at the two and smiled.

"Don't mention it. Okay, back ups here, get your girl to the hospital Reid," he ordered.

"Hospital?" Gideon questioned and looked over at Sarah. She flashed her two cuts at him. "You didn't listen to me, did you?" Sarah simply smiled and Gideon shook his head. "We'll discuss that later, just go. Have one of the deputies drive you."

"Thanks," replied Reid. Morgan, Hotch, and Davids pulled Levine up to his feet. Before Reid could stop her Sarah walked up to him, locking eye contact with him.

"Have fun at Red Onion," she stated, referring to the highest security prison in the state. "I'm sure the other death row inmates will be amused to find out that you were caught by a girl." She grinned as he growled and walked back over to the Reid. "Okay, doc, I'm ready." Reid shook his head as they left the others to deal with transporting her stepfather. They reached car of the deputy that Davids ordered to drive them and climbed in.

"Mind putting on the lights and sirens?" asked Reid, knowing they had quite awhile before getting to the hospital.

"Sure thing," the man replied and they sped off to the local hospital. Reid pulled off the jacket he was wearing and wrapped its sleeve over her arm. She winced slightly, but smiled up at him.

"Thanks." He nodded. He couldn't seem to think of the right words to say to her. Part of him was still angry that she ran off like that, another part realizes that they might not have caught him if she hadn't, and still another part was just happy she was going to be okay. He looked out the window, trying to get his thoughts in order. Sarah sighed; she knew what she had done was dumb and that he was hurt.

"Spencer," she whispered. He turned and looked at her. She could see hurt in his chocolate eyes and felt a few tears form in her own. "I'm so sorry." The tears began to fall as she continued. "I know what I did was stupid. I just couldn't stop myself from chasing him and I couldn't force myself to slow down when I realized that I lost you in the woods. I knew he was just trying to trap me and I let him. I couldn't let him hurt you. It was me he was after and I…if he was going to kill again I wanted it to be me. I wouldn't have been able to survive if he had gotten you instead…" she stopped, almost to the point of sobbing at this point.

Reid pulled her into his arms, hugging her tightly. A few tears fell from his eyes as well. "I know, Sarah, I know. It's okay. I'm not happy with what you did, but I understand. All that matters to me right now is that you're safe," he pulled back and kissed her forehead. He looked down and met her eyes, wiping her tears away with his thumbs. "I love you."

Sarah offered him a wobbly smile, "I love you so much." He kissed her and both put the emotions they were feeling into it. Hurt, love, fear, passion…they were all expressed in that kiss shared between two people deeply in love.