Please review! I know this idea is really different but can't get out of my head!
The others walked in the room. Reid looked rather weak and pale laying there, with wires connected to him. Reid opened his eyes. JJ went over to hug him tightly.
"How are you feeling, Spence?" She asked softly.
"Fine...a little groggy...confused...what happened?"
"The doctor said you were poisoned," said Hotch grimly.
"Poisoned?" Reid started to sit up a bit. "H...how?"
"I think it was in your coffee," said Morgan. "You got sick right after you started drinking it."
"My coffee? That means that the person who handed it to me must have poisoned me...the person working at Starbucks."
They glanced at each other.
"Do you remember seeing a name tag, Reid?" Rossi asked and Reid shook his head.
"No name tag."
"All right, what did this person look like?"
In times like this Reid's brain was very helpful.
"He...I didn't really pay attention but he had brown hair and a a red shirt on...and wore glasses."
JJ quickly jotted down the description.
"Do you think it's our UnSub?" Emily asked and Morgan shook his head.
"Probably an assistent doing his dirty work." He sounded as disgusted as Hotch felt.
"We'll find whoever did this to you, I promise," Hotch said. "I'll see to it personally that we do."
"It's okay-"Reid started to say but Hotch brushed him off. "No it's NOT okay, Reid. Someone attacked a member of my team. I'm responsible for you. For all of you. Someone goes after one of you it's up to me to catch him."
"He's right" Rossi agreed. "It becomes personal once someone starts targeting us."
Reid nodded, still not liking the idea of what was happening.
"We'll have guards placed in front of your room," Hotch added. "When we leave."
Guards? Reid didn't like the sound of that.
"Is that necessary?"
"It is," Emily said sadly and she squeezed his shoulder.
He nodded. He hated being babysat like this. Like he was a little kid.
"We should go to the Starbucks now," Hotch said. "And try and see if the man is still there. Doubtful, but so far it's our best lead.
"We'll be back," Morgan promised and Reid nodded as he watched the others leave.
"I'm going to stay here with Reid," JJ decided at the last minute. He looked so alone, so scared. Hotch nodded.
"Good idea." He gave one last worried glance at Reid before leaving.
No one recoginzed the description that they gave at the coffee shop. Defeated they walked out of the building.
"What's our next move?" Rossi asked. Hotch opened his mouth when his phone rang.
"Agent Hotch speaking."
"You went looking for me, I see."
Hotch paused and the others looked at him in shock.
"Who are you? What do you want?"
"How's Dr. Reid doing?"
Hotch's grip on his phone tightened.
"You should make sure he's constantly guarded," the voice warned him. "I've officially made him my target...which isn't something anyone would want."
"Why?" Hotch managed to ask.
"Because he's getting too close to the truth. You should hurry back to the hospital again, Mr. Hotch. You wouldn't want to miss the big surprise I have for your little employee."
Hotch hung up the phone.
"We have to get to the hospital now!" He shouted, worry increasing in his voice.
They all ran back to Reid's room. The room was crowded as they pushed in and saw Reid laying there, unconsciious with a mask over his face.
JJ was crying in the corner.
"JJ!" Emily caught her attention and JJ rushed to them as the doctor forced them to leave.
"What's happening to Reid?" Cried Morgan in fear.
"He's been poisoned again," sobbed JJ. THey think someone got to his food that he had when you left. He started to vomit and convulse and then...he went into a coma..."
"He's in a coma?" Rossi asked, clearly horrified. Hotch couldn't stop staring at Reid with his palce face.
"They...they say it's probably Arsenic," whispered JJ. "That somehow Arsenic got in his food or drink."
All of them felt sick.
"Is it perminant?" Hotch asked. "The coma?"
"I don't know," whispered JJ.
The phone rang again. Hotch didn't bother to say hellow when he answered it.
"You sonofabitch-"
"I take it you found out about my srurprise."
"I'm going to find you," hissed Hotch.
"Promises, promises. I suggest if and when wakes up that you make sure he stays off of this case for good or else I won't be so gentle next time."
"You call this gentle?"
"Trust me, Agent Hotchner, I've done a LOT worse than giving someone a little Arsenic poison."
"You've poisoned him twice!"
"Again I've done a lot worse. Keep him off the team, Agent Hotchner or you'lll be going to Dr. Reid's funeral. That my friend, is a promise."
"I'm not going to stop until you are caught. I'm going to make sure that you pay for what you did," growled Hotch. "I won't rest unitl you are behind bars or dead."
"Very touching," the voice laughed. "But take this warning seroiusly, Agent Hotchner. This will be your last."
Fure filled Hotch as he heard the dial tone. He stared at Reid who's face was covered with a mask and was surrounded by people.
He knew that the UnSub knew he wasn't going to give up.
This was almost a game to the UnSub, and one Hotch was going to win. He had too, for Reid.