Hey everyone, I am so so so so so so so so sorry about not updating this week, I have been doing cover where I work so I haven't had a lot of time to update this week, I promise to make it up to you all. I will be updating Learning to live again later tonight and I will be updating more and more this week. I'm also taking requests for one shots that you may want as an apology. I have plenty of time this weekend so please PM me if you have a one shot.
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Reid felt guilt flood him as he saw Morgan in front of him, Morgan was here with him. Morgan wasn't meant to be here with him, his friend was supposed to be healthy and alive, not bleeding to death on the lawn of the man that had killed him. Reid watched as Morgan's ghostly gaze stayed fixated on the medics as they loaded him onto a gurney and rushed him to the ambulance. Reid walked closer to him, he knew that Morgan was freaking out.
"Morgan, you are going to be fine. You won't be here for long," Reid said to try assure Morgan that everything was okay. Morgan finally turned to Reid when the paramedics rushed him back into the ambulance and drove away.
"Reid, what the hell is going on?" Morgan asked as he found himself not fully able to accept what was happening. Part of him was afraid and scared of what was happening. He didn't know what was going to happen. He was not a man that scared easily but right now he was deeply afraid. Another part was there as well, he felt a sudden rush at happiness as he saw Reid. He thought that he was never going to see Reid again.
"I think that you are in a kind of limbo. I'm really sorry this happened to you. I didn't want you to have to be here," Reid said with sadness deep in his voice. Reid suddenly looked up to see Emily and Hotch dragging someone out of the house, every part of him felt fear as he looked at the man that had killed him. He could never forget those eyes, he could never forget the tattoo he had stared at as he was strangled to death.
Morgan noticed the way that Reid was and also found his attention drawn to the man. He decided to put away his anger in order to comfort Reid.
"Reid, he can't hurt you. He is going to pay for...for what he did," Morgan said. Reid looked up at the transparent version of Morgan.
"Of course he can't hurt me, he did that enough when he killed me. He can't hurt me because I'm dead," Reid said angrily. Morgan didn't say anything as they watched another paramedic tend to the gunshot wound that the unsub had in his arm.
"No painkillers," Hotch ordered the paramedic. The unsub grinned like a cheshire cat at Hotch and Emily.
"Spencey begged for me to end all the pain, he was weak and pathetic. It was fun killing him," the unsub laughed. Hotch lunged for the unsub, he was only stopped by Emily and Rossi as they struggled to hold him back.
"He did nothing wrong! You will never see the light of day again!" Hotch screamed at the unsub. Reid was surprised at Hotch's reaction, he was usually the one who was calm and controlled.
The paramedic doors closed and Reid couldn't help but watched as his killer was sent to hospital. Reid knew his body was at the hospital, he was in the morgue.
"Reid, what is going to happen next?" Morgan asked with fear in his voice.
"I'm not sure Morgan, I haven't been like this for long. I've been watching you all, I watched you when you found my body. I'm sorry that you had to discover me that way, I'm so sorry."
"Reid, I'm so sorry about what happened to you, I'm sorry that I wasn't there to save you," Morgan said before he tried to put a hand on Reid's shoulder, his hand went straight through. He pulled it away in shock. Reid looked at Morgan and then to his shoulder.
"Guess we can't touch then," Reid whispered sadly.
"Reid, I hate to bring it up. What happened after he assualted you?" Morgan asked tentively. Reid bowed his head down in shame. "Reid, it's okay to tell me."
"I felt so weak when he was doing that, I struggled and I struggled but he kept going. After he finished he brought out the knife again, he stabbed me a few times, he did it slowly though and he made me look into his eyes while he was doing it. He kept beating me, it hurt so much. The worst thing was that I couldn't scream, I couldn't do anything. He threw me off the bed and used the wire to tie my wrists to my bottom headboard. After that he addressed the camera again, there is another video for you to watch. I really don't want you to watch it. I died in that last video," Reid explained to Morgan. He could see that Morgan was sad and upset at hearing about how he had died.
"You watched the videos when we watched them. Reid, I'm sorry you had to see that, I'm sorry."
"He wrapped some fabric around my throat, I knew by the look in his eyes that he was about to kill me. He sat on the bed behind me and he pulled the fabric tighter and tighter till I couldn't breathe, I was so scared. I struggled slightly but everything went dark when he pulled tighter. I appeared a few minutes later in my apartment like this. He took pictures, I watched him do it. I watched my killer walk out of my apartment. You have no idea how that feels, you have no idea what it feels like to stay with your body," Reid shouted angrily.
"Reid, I would give anything for you to come back. I don't want to leave you like this. I don't want to leave you alone," Morgan said.
"You have to. You have to get better and wake up. You still have a job to do, you have to take care of yourself and your family. You have to go back and take care of Garcia. I want you to live your life, I want you and the rest of the team to move on," Reid smiled sadly at Morgan.
"We can't move on from this. Reid, we have lost you. We have lost a member of our family, we can't just move on."
"You have to. I don't know where I'm going after this stage ends. I know I'm going to move on to somewhere, you and the team need to move on as well. I hope that we'll see each other again but not too soon."
Reid jumped slightly when Morgan let out a small yelp.
"What the hell was that?" Reid asked.
"I have no idea," Morgan said. Reid stepped back as Morgan began to flicker. Reid knew that Morgan was returning back to his body. He also knew that Morgan realised the same thing.
"Reid, I don't want to leave you alone," Morgan said before another pain ran through his body.
"Tell the team I'll miss them," Reid said quickly. "I'll always miss them. Tell JJ I'm sorry I won't be there for Henry. Goodbye Morgan."
Morgan felt himself being pulled away from Reid.
"Goodbye Reid."
The next day
Morgan moaned as he opened his eyes, he smiled slightly when he heard an angelic voice he recognised all too well telling him to wake up. His eyes fluttered for a moment before they opened fully. He opened them to see Garcia smiling at him.
"Hey sweetheart," Garcia smiled at him. "You are going to be fine. You had me so scared."
"I'm sorry that I scared you," Morgan said as he held her hand.
"I can't face losing you, I can't face losing another person I love," Garcia cried gently.
"He was there," Morgan told Garcia. Garcia looked up at Morgan with tears coming down her cheeks.
"I saw Reid. I said goodbye," Morgan whispered to her.
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