So this is the alternative ending, I can't say much more because it's not a nice one.

Here's an important warning, if you can't handle it I'd advise stopping here: CHARACTER DEATH

By the way, I'mwatching Criminal Minds right now, 'Eliot's pond' directed by MGG himself!

Okay.

Can't delay anymore.

I'm sorry.

Here goes...

Roof

Callen flung Reid threw the door where he collapsed on the roof.

"You piece of shit!" Cried Callen sending his foot into Spencer's stomach. Reid felt the breath extinguish from him and he sucked in a deep breath trying to get oxygen back into his system.

"You are worthless!" Another kick; an inability to breath.

"Stupid." Kick.

"FUCKING" kick.

"KID!" Kick. This one landed in Reid's face, a sickly snap resonated from his nose.

"P...please." Reid pleaded, but it came out as a pathetic gasp for air.

Callen grabbed Reid by his shirt, pulling him to his feet.

"You will pay for what you did!" Callen screamed, spit flying off into Reid's face. Callen pulled him closer to the buildings edge and the precarious scaffolding hanging there.

Spencer felt his leg jolt on the buildings border. Callen looked over the edge and smiled nastily. He panted excitedly.

"Little Spence is going to pay." He cackled.

But before Callen could fling the kid over the building, Reid grasped the mans shoulders, pulling Callen towards him. He whispered close in his ear. "I've already paid. It's your turn."

Callen tried to pull away from Reid as he threw the genius from him and over the 26 floor building.

Reid didn't let go of the older mans arm and as he felt nothing but air surround him, Callen realised he was in a similar situation.

Callen flailed him arms in sheer panic, managing to grab hold of a bar on the scaffolding. The kid jolted his body as he was still gripping his forearm desperately, slipping quickly. Callen's human instinct kicked in for the first time in several months and he held onto the skinny agent below him.

Callen swallowed thickly, accessing his situation. Disgusted by his natural instinct to hold on to the agent, he almost dropped him, but the clicking of a gun caught his attention.

"Don't even think about it." A stone cold voice snarled. Morgan had his gun trained between Callen's eyes.

Callen laughed suddenly, he looked down at a terrified Reid and laughed harder.

"You won't shoot me! Shoot me and he goes down as well. You can't seriously be that stupid." Chortled the psycho. Morgan growled in frustration, his gun didn't move.

Reid looked down between his feet, seeing the tiny cars drive by and the people, without a care in the world, looked like ants. Reid squeezed his eyes shut. He knew the probability that he'd be down there with them soon. But he wouldn't be walking around with them. He told himself over and over that he wouldn't feel anything, he would be gone instantly. He knew about these types of deaths. The highest height someone had survived a fall like this was 8 stories and even then the victim was disabled for the rest of his life. He clung to his lifeline, to the hands that had murdered his father.

"You're all at my mercy!" Callen cackled excitedly. The agents still didn't drop their guns, so with a frown, Callen allowed Reid to slip slightly through his fingers. Reid yelped with fear. Looking up at his team in terror. They instantly holstered their guns. Emily stretched out her hand, in the hopes to calm Callen.

"Please. Don't...don't drop him."

"Why? I have no reason." He said letting Spencer slip a little more. Reid chocked on a petrified sob.

This is it. He thought to himself. He would've begged for his life if he had any hope left of survival. He was resigned to his fate. He wouldn't waste his breath.

"I..I love you guys." He murmured.

"Shut up, Reid. We will leave here together, I promise you that." Morgan cried desperately.

Callen interrupted to Spencer's dismay, he needed to say goodbye to his team.

"I. Have. No. Reason." He mulled over. He glanced up at the team and smiled sympathetically. His breathing picked up eagerly. He looked back at Spencer.

"It's time to end this, Spencer." Callen opened his hand wide and Spencer slipped from his only lifeline. A whimper sliced from his throat, and the air wrapped itself around him and he fell.

The team let out a collection of screams and gasps and ran to the edge of the building, hoping; praying that they weren't too late.

Time started moving slowly for Reid. The wind whipped cruelly around his body as he somersaulted through the air.

In a few seconds you will be dead. His head told him.

You're alive and thinking right now, but in a matter of moments every organ in your body will shut down. He thought he was ready for what the oncoming ground held for him, but he wasn't. He couldn't die, he didn't want to die. He screamed, but it was caught up with the movement around him.

Each floor flew past him.

17...

14...

10...

Reid saw the pavement rising up to greet him.

7...

I can't do this.

5...

I don't want to die...

3...

"Morgan!" He cried.

2...

The team got to the edge of the building to see Reid fall out of their reach. Hotch put his hand over his mouth, as if he was about to be sick. Rossi chocked in shock. Emily and Mara broke down in sobs. Harper turned away, not wanting to see this. Morgan collapsed to his knees and a howl escaped from his lips. None of them noticed Callen pulling himself back onto the building, Harper shoved Callen to the ground and pressed a gun to his back.

Hotch watched his agent fall, a helpless nausea taking hold of him. He was sure he'd vomit. Everything was silent until a terrified scream from far below reached their pricked ears.

"Morgan!" The muffled cry reached them as a whisper. A smash resounded quietly from below and a car alarm began to sound.

"Maeve?" Reid shuffled over to the woman who had her back turned to him.

She turned and the most beautiful face he'd ever seen presented itself to him. He hadn't seen that face for a good few years and he'd only seen it once before.

"But, Maeve, you.. you're..."

"Dead?" Her voice asked gently. She smiled and great tears fell from her eyes.

"You shouldn't be here Spencer. It's too soon." She wiped her eyes and neared him, a swell of excitement welled up inside him, desperate to hold her.

"Neither should you, I...I'm so sorry. I tried.. I really did.." he started, but warm arms wrapped around him. He was so overwhelmed. Her smell, her touch, all the things he'd never had a chance to experience.

"I was waiting for you." She said, unravelling from his hold. "I hoped it would be much later until I got to see you again."

Reid took her hand in his, unable to stop smiling. Behind him voices flooded around him.

"Reid?"

"Oh God, no. NO! Please, p..please no."

"Spencer? Spence can you hear us?"

"Pretty boy, wake up!"

"Morgan, stop. STOP! god damn it, just stop, there's... there's nothing we can... he's gone."

Maeve watched him look back with worried eyes.

"C'mon Spencer. They're safe now." She pulled him towards the warm light and away from the cold darkness.

"You're dad's here too." She giggled excitedly, as they walked away, hands grasped tightly together.

"He was looking for you, I had to tell him you hadn't died, and he got very confused."

"I need to see him, t..to apologise." Reid murmured.

"There's plenty of time for that. He won't be happy to see you though." She turned and looked into his hazel eyes.

"I've missed you."

"Thomas Merton." She whispered, planting a kiss on his cheek.

Reid turned back to the darkness behind him and the wailing cry of his team.

"Thomas Merton." He called back.

It's short because it's not something I liked writing, I don't like Spencer deaths, so don't expect them often from my Fics. I hope you enjoyed the story, it's my first one and the response I got was so encouraging soooooo PLEASE REID AND REVIEW

Also I don't know if you can tell, but I have much more confidence in my writing now, in other words I'm less conscious about what I write and I don't care if I embarrass myself anymore :D

I'm thinking of doing several one shots based on requests, so if you have something you'd like me to write (criminal minds of course) PM me and I'll start writing them!

A HUGE thank you, love you guys! ️️️