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There is an extensive description of Reid's torture below so I want to warn you about that. His torture is very bad but it is going to make the team want to get the bastard all the more.
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Reid couldn't say in the room any longer, he needed to check on Morgan. Reid closed his eyes and thought of Morgan, he opened them again to find himself in the men's bathroom. He looked to the wall and found Morgan leaned against it with his face in his hands. Reid had never seen Morgan so upset, he had always seen Morgan as a man who had built a wall inside to take all the pain. Reid also hated the fact that Morgan was going to have to go through more pain. Reid knew that his killer was going to keep on sending video after video. The team were going to have to endure more horror and Reid didn't want them to see it.
He would do anything for them not to see it.
"I'm so sorry," Morgan cried into his hands. Reid sat down against the wall, he sat next to his best friend and wanted nothing more than to tell him that everything was going to be okay. Reid needed to say the words even if Morgan could never hear them.
"Everything is going be okay. You are going to find this guy and make him pay for what he did to me. Morgan, none of this was your fault. You have nothing to be sorry for. You have to get on with life after you get him, I need you to live your life. You have to get married, have little ones and grow into a grumpy old man," Reid said.
Reid watched as Morgan took a few deep breaths to calm down. Reid hoped that in some way Morgan had heard him but he knew it was just wishful thinking.
"Morgan, I'm sorry but the bastard is going to show you more things, things I would do anything for you not to see," Reid said in a small voice before closing his eyes. He felt anger grow inside of him, he felt anger at the man for taking away his future. Reid screamed out in anger as he felt everything rush forward. Reid was surprised when all the motion sensor tap activated and started spewing water everywhere.
Reid watched as Morgan jumped to feet. Reid also got to his feet and stared at the taps. He watched as Morgan wiped away the wetness on his cheeks and leave.
'Did I turn them on?' Reid thought to himself.
One hour later - Hotch
Hotch shut his phone and took a deep breath, he didn't want to go and see Reid's body. He didn't know if he could. He knew he had to go to the morgue and speak with the coroner, he had to know how Reid had died.
"Hotch," Rossi said to get Hotch's attention. Hotch looked up to see Rossi looking at him with a look of concern.
"That was the morgue, they've completed the autopsy. I'm going to go down there and talk to the coroner," Hotch said before grabbing his jacket and making his way out of his office. Rossi was behind him in a flash and put a hand on Hotch's shoulder to stop him.
"Hotch, you are not going alone. I'm coming with you to see him," Rossi said.
"So are we," Morgan's voice said from behind him. Hotch and Rossi both turned around to see Morgan and Emily with their jackets on.
"Are you sure? This is going to be hard to see for us all," Rossi asked them. Rossi was trying to be strong for the team, he was trying to make sure everyone stayed together but Rossi knew he was beginning to break. He had seen so much over his years as a profiler but nothing had hit him this hard. He would never forget seeing Reid tied to his bed.
"We have to see him one more, we need to know," Emily said as she pulled her jacket closer to herself. She knew this was going to be difficult, she just hoped she was strong enough.
Morgue
Morgan, Emily, Hotch and Rossi stood in the morgue staring at the autopsy table that was covered with a sheet, they knew what lay underneath the sheet. Reid was underneath the blue sheet. The coroner walked in and looked gave the team a sad small smile.
"Are you ready to see him?" the coroner asked knowing that the four people in front of him were barely holding on. Hotch nodded. The coroner nodded back before walking over to the table, he pulled the sheet down to Reid's waist to show the barely recognisable genius.
Emily let out a small gasp before putting her hand over her mouth in shock. She felt her eyes water as she looked at Reid's body. She could barely recognise him through with all the cuts and bruises littering his body, he had bruises around his face.
Morgan stood frozen as he looked at Reid's dead body, he shook his head and took a few steps back as he struggled to control the pain and anger inside of him. Reid was so still, his skin had no colour or life.
Hotch and Rossi closed their eyes for a few seconds as they saw Reid's body.
Hotch couldn't think clearly, he struggled to understand why this has happened to Reid. He struggled to make sense of it all. Hotch thought of Reid's mother, a mother who loved her son through everything. A mother that Hotch was going to have to face and explain that her son was dead.
"What was the full extent of the damage? What was done to him?" Hotch asked the coroner with a heavy heart, a heart full of dread. The coroner but his lower lip nervously before he started to talk.
"He was beaten quite brutally, the bruising is deep and has done a lot of damage. There was an injection site at his throat, we discovered bleach in his vocal cords that caused them to become damaged. An internal search revealed that victim-"
"His name was Spencer Reid. Please don't call him a victim," Hotch interrupted a with pained voice.
"Okay," the coroner nodded before continuing. "Spencer had been suffering from internal bleeding before his death. We found blood in his throat which means he expelled some of the blood while he was alive. His arm was broken in three different places, he has three broken fingers on his right hand and two on his left. There are multiple cuts to his body, they are quite deep and would have bled heavily. He was also stabbed in non-lethal areas but they would have caused an incredible amount of pain. He had two teeth removed and-" the coroner said before stopping.
He didn't really want to tell the four people in front of him what he had found.
"And what? What else was done? Please we need to know," Rossi said.
"We found rectal damage, he had been assaulted with some kind of object. I'm very sorry," the coroner said.
Reid
Reid closed his eyes as the coroner finished listing his injuries. He opened the again to watch everyone's jaws tighten with anger. Reid also knew that they were probably going to witness his assault, he knew his killer was going to taunt them, he was going to torture them mentally.
Reid wished he could call the man who had killed him an unsub but couldn't. His killer had made himself known, his killer wasn't an unknown subject like all the criminals that Reid had capture and profiled while he was alive. The man's brutality and cruelty was known to Reid and soon it would be known to a full extent to the team.
Reid watched as his team began to talk again.
"What was the cause of death?" Rossi asked.
"Strangulation. We found fibre's round his throat and all evidence points to that being the the cause of death. A piece of fabric must have been wrapped around his throat."
Hotch took a small breath and clenched his fist.
"Have you taken all forensic evidence needed?" Hotch asked. The coroner nodded giving Hotch his answer.
"Can we have a few minutes alone?" Rossi asked, the coroner nodded again before leaving the room.
"He suffered all of that on his own. He must have been so scared. He couldn't even scream for help," Morgan said before leaving the morgue, slamming the door behind him.
"We need to keep an eye on Morgan," Emily said as she wiped her eyes again.
"I'll go and check on him. I can't do this," Hotch said before walking out the room.
Reid watched as Rossi and Emily both looked at each other. He was glad they were strong, he knew that his death was hitting them hard but he also knew they could keep the team together, they could be the support the other needed.
Reid gazed at Emily as she walked forward to his body, she brought her hand to his face and brushed some stray hair from his face, she stroked his cheek with back of her hand.
It was a touch that Reid would have done anything at that moment to feel.
"We're going to get him Reid. Goodbye sweetheart," Emily said with her voice wobbling slightly. She leaned down and gave him a small kiss to his cheek. Emily walked back and found herself enveloped by Rossi into a hug.
"We'll get the bastard and we'll make him pay for what he did," Rossi said angrily, his eyes burning with anger at the man that had killed Reid.
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