Agent Reid kept his gun aimed at Alec.
"Agent Reid, put down the gun or you will have Agent Verble's death on your hands. I don't think you could handle that."
Reid slowly moved his gun down to his waist.
"Check Reid, I guess you have to move or else you lose. Get out of the room, now!" Alec shouted harshly.
Reid winced and took a few steps back. He was calm, and remained calm; his mind was racing, trying to figure out the best move. Alec let go of Chace and went backwards towards the only window in the room. It was unlocked, and Reid was helpless to stop the killer's escape. He should have fired; he should have taken the risk. He went straight to the window to try and track Alec's path of escape, but there was no luck, the killer had disappeared. Gideon rushed in only a few moments later.
"Where is he?" Gideon asked quickly, his own gun raised.
"Out the window."
"Dead?" Gideon asked, they were on the third floor after all.
Reid opened his mouth, but Chace answered first, "No, he got away."
Gideon moved out of the room and sprinted, Reid and Chace followed. "He is on the second floor." Gideon shouted back to them, all three burst into the stair case and began their rhythmic running down the stairs, then once again out a door onto the same hall on the second floor. Sure enough, Alec was running down the other end, Chace spotted the now infamous survival knife clutched in Alec's hand. Gideon raised his gun. "Alec, stop!" He yelled at the fleeing serial killer.
Of course, Alec didn't listen, but kept running, past a group of frightened looking girls. One of the girls twisted over behind a trail of blood. Alec had slashed one of them while moving. Gideon and Chace kept forward, Reid knelt next to the girl and tried to stop the bleeding. Alec had hit an artery in her leg. Reid knew the girl was gone.
Gideon stayed a few steps ahead of Chace; his eyes flickered past every door, searching for Alec. He was nowhere to be seen in the new hall. The two stopped, and began to move slowly, their guns pointing out, and their bodies turning in every direction, searching for the killer. There was a click, then Gideon was pulled back, and something burned into his side, a knife. Alec held Gideon tightly, with one hand over the wound in his lower back.
"Apparently my knife can cut through Kevlar." Alec laughed in Gideon's ear. Chace spun, and lowered his weapon.
"Check yet again." Alec joked, "Better not mess up your move again."
"Alec, don't!" Chace yelled.
"I killed Mr. Sophmo, Mitch, that slut Rachel, Elizabeth, and some poor unsuspecting girl in the hall, and plenty of others. What makes you think I won't kill Agent Gideon?"
Chace smiled right back, "Oh I never thought you couldn't kill Gideon. It just, you forgot about a major lesson of Chess."
Alec narrowed his eyes. He would play this game."And what would that be?"
"Sometimes, you just have to make sacrifices." Chace fired once at Gideon, straight in the chest, Gideon was pushed straight back into Alec. The killer moved to the side, Chace pointed and fired again, catching Alec's knee. The killer let out a blood curdling scream and dropped on his good leg, Chace stepped forward and pistol whipped Alec across the cheek, the killer fell face first onto the ground and passed out.
Hotchner stood next to Agent Prentiss and shook his head. "He actually shot Gideon?"
"Yep." Prentiss answered, her gaze locked on the killer in the ambulance.
"I like this Verble kid."
A paramedic touched Gideon's side, lightly, Gideon flinched. Chace walked up to the older Agent with a triumphant smile. "Sorry about that Agent Gideon."
"That is what the Kevlar is for, "Gideon grunted as the paramedic applied patch to the knife wound.
"The son of a bitch wasn't expecting that." Chace laughed. Gideon nodded in agreement, and smiled through gritted teeth. "How bad is it?"
"Which one?"
"Both."
"The knife wound hurts like a mother, but the bruise on the ribs isn't that bad."
Derek Morgan and Spencer Reid stood next to each to each other inside the school building and looked over the ambulances and police cars from a window.
"This was a bad one Reid." Derek sighed.
Reid only nodded
"You ok Reid?"
Reid looked over at Derek. "Five murders in two nights. I heard this guy is getting Life in a sanitarium."
"That is what we are aiming for." Derek said.
"And now he is confessing to nearly fifty other murders in the past three years?"
"Yes."
"Do you belive him?"
"He hasnt lied to us yet," Reid said.
"Agent Chace Verble?" Hotchner asked, stepping next to the young Oklahoman and smiling over at Gideon.
"That's me." Chace nodded.
"You like your job at the local FBI station?"
"I guess. It's pretty easy." Chace shrugged. Gideon gave Hotchner his sly grin. He knew what was coming.
"If I was to offer you a harder job up at Quantico, what would you say?"
"I'd have to know what the job is first."
Hotchner looked straight into Chace's eyes. "There is an opening in the BAU."
"Then it would have to be yes."
"Agent Reid?" A police officer walked in.
"Yes?"
"The killer was holding something, I think you should see it." The man handed Reid a crumpled piece of paper.
Checkmate, you win. Good show Agent Reid, good show. Come and visit me in prison please, I will miss what little company you and I shared. Say hi to the rest of the team for me, they played well. You got ahead of me, and that is hard to do. Ciao, ciao, ciao, ciao, ciao, ciao,ciao,ciao,ciao,
Alec Morton was in an intense pain, but he had felt worse, that was a long time ago, when his heart had died. He mouthed the name "Victoria" before the sedatives put him back into a deep sleep.
Well, that is it for now. Did you like it? I hope so, I loved writing it, and I'm just glad everyone survived the story (almost everyone) I have decided that there will be a sequel. I notice some comparisons to Hannibal Lecter, so I decided to write a prequel/sequel about The BAU (mainly Gideon, Chace and Reid) interviewing him about his long career and life, about how a killer is born. Yes, yes, I know, Hannibal Rising, but this is very different. It will be a while before the first chapter is up. Also I have another straight up mystery planned. A little teaser: its called the Patterson Murders, after author James Patterson. It will be up and running at the same time as the Alec Morton story.
Thank you for going on this adventure with me, and I cannot wait to continue the Tragedy of Alec Morton.