Thanks again Hidge, talleigh, abc's of drama, and Nikki1005 for reviewing the last chapter! Y'all make me smile.
Hmm, well, this chapter, I guess they'll talk to the team now.
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Reid woke up the next morning to the sound of someone knocking on his hotel door. He climbed out of bed, trying not to disturb Elle, who was finally sleeping peacefully. It had been a long and sleepless night for both Reid and Elle.
"Reid, it's Morgan, open up!" Morgan called.
"I'm coming!" Reid whispered harshly before walking to the door and opening it. "What?" He whispered.
"I've been looking for you, and why are you whispering?" Morgan asked.
"I'm not whispering." He whispered defensively. Morgan gave him a look that said 'don't bull shit me'.
"Who's that?" Morgan asked looking over Reid's head to the sleeping figure in his bed.
"No one, what do you want?" Reid said.
"My Man!" Morgan cheered.
"Shhhh!" Reid whispered angrily.
"Sorry."
"Morgan what do you want?" He asked, getting very impatient now.
"I wanted to know if you wanted to go out for breakfast." Morgan said looking over Reid's shoulder and the, now moving, woman in Reid's bed.
"Spencer?" She asked waking up. Her long brown hair stuck up all over the place.
"Good morning." Reid said turning around and smiling at her.
"Who's at the door?" She asked sitting up.
"Elle!?" Morgan nearly shouted.
"Morgan?" Elle asked.
"You and Reid? You gotta be kidding me." Morgan said, he was going to say more but then he noticed the bruises on her face and arms, and the rope burn on her wrists. "What happened?" Morgan asked.
"Nothing." Elle said looking away from him.
"Morgan, I don't want to go to breakfast. But if you see the team please tell them that I have found the latest victim and I will be bringing her in to be questioned." Reid said before shutting the door in Morgan's face. "How are you doing this morning?" Reid asked walking over to the bed and crawling in, sitting down next to Elle.
"Tired." Elle said in mid-yawn, she flinched as pain washed through her jawbone.
"Are you going to be okay to talk to them today?" Reid asked, Elle nodded.
"Of course." She said confidently, though she didn't believe it herself.
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"Elle was in Reid's hotel room!?" JJ squeaked when Morgan told them about what he had just saw.
"Yep, she was bruised too, she seemed upset, and Reid slammed the door in my face saying 'I've found the latest victim she will be in later for questioning'."
"You don't think…?" JJ asked, nervous to say what she was thinking.
"Sounded like it."
"Oh my God."
"Wait, who's Elle?" Emily asked.
"The person you replaced." JJ said.
"Oh."
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"I don't think I can do this." Elle said an hour later when Elle and Reid pulled up to the police station.
"I'll be right here with you." Reid said reaching over and taking her shaking hand. She looked at him and smile gratefully before turning and opening her door. Reid did the same, once they were outside they rejoined hands and walked up to the police building.
"Hi Dr. Reid." The lead detective, Detective Monroe, greeted when Reid and Elle came in the door.
"Hello, is my team here yet?" He asked.
"Yes, where they normally are." He answered.
"Thanks, you might want to come upstairs to see what I've found." Reid said before walking into an open elevator and hitting the button for floor 2. A few seconds later there was a ding and the elevator doors opened, Reid and Elle stepped off the elevator and walked down a hall and into the fifth door on the left. When Reid opened the door he saw everyone sitting around the table, thinking. They all turned to look at them.
"Elle?" Hotch asked surprise.
"Hey Hotch." She said before looking down at her feet.
"We have a new development, a, uh, new victim." Reid said squeezing Elle's hand.
"Elle?" Hotch asked looking at her bruised face. She nodded, a tear sliding down her face.
"Oh my God." JJ whispered again. "Elle I'm so sorry." She said, Elle shrugged. Reid pulled a chair out at the table for Elle, who gratefully sat down. Then he pulled a chair up next to her.
"When did this happen?" Hotch asked with concern in his voice.
"Yesterday." Elle said quietly.
"What do you remember?"
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That's it for this chapter, SORRY! I wanted more but I wanted to update today and we are about to start Family Movie Night. I will update with some awesome stuff tomorrow, I promise.