Hey everyone, here is the next chapter for you all. I hope you all enjoy this chapter. I could do with a smile today as I've had a rubbish day which ended with a little cry on the couch, sometimes the world just isn't fair. I welcome jokes in the reviews as I need a laugh. I hope you like this chapter and I'm happy you like the direction that I've gone in. It's inspired by my favourite quote. 'Monsters are real. Ghosts are too, they live inside us, and sometimes, they win.' - Stephen King.
I just love the idea of Reid having to fight all the monsters inside himself. I love even more that MGG actually said the quote in the show. Enjoy and I look forward to hearing from you all.
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"You're the happy version of me?" Reid questioned as he took in the other version of himself.
"Don't worry," the other version smirked. "He can't find you for some time. I don't like him either, he makes us all feel cold and wrong. As long as my family is safe and each day arrives, I stay happy. I come out when we play with Henry, play drinking games or prank Morgan. I have this perfect prank planned for him."
Reid couldn't help but chuckle at this part of him, he wanted this part to come out more often. The happy one jumped down from the trampoline and walked up to him, he wore bright colours with a flower pinned to his chest. The bright colours came from a bright blue shirt, a red vest and jeans. "Why are you dressed so brightly?"
"Henry likes to draw us in bright colours and these colours are more cheerful than black, too many people wear black clothing."
"You wear it when you're sad," Reid sighed.
"You're sad too often, especially after Maeve died. I loved her too, she made everything better in here when she was alive through her wonderful words and witty remarks about Thomas Merton. Things got very dark in here when she died and the sad one of us visited us all more and more."
"There's a sad version of me too."
"He doesn't like to smile or wear bright colours that Henry likes, he cries and cries when something happens that makes the heart ache or the mind quiver. I try to cheer him up but it never works. It's better if we all stay away from each other. Things got difficult when the Dilaudid began to play tricks with us all."
"What about the Dilaudid?"
"It made us all different, even me and my smile. You shouldn't smile because you're high, that isn't true happiness and you know that is true. The drugs didn't bring you happiness, sadness or any kind of real emotion, it broke everything down to a simple state and none of us could do what we're meant to do. I found happiness for a few seconds but it was from that disgusting stuff, the sad one of us didn't cry or do anything, he just sat as still as stone. The bad one chasing you tried to take control then but he failed when you gave up the drugs. I'm so happy that you gave them up."
Reid nodded and took a moment to think, he was talking to himself in his own mind about the drugs that had almost ruined his life. He imagined that this would make a great Twilight Zone episode.
"I love the Twilight Zone," the other version grinned.
"How did you know I was thinking about the Twilight Zone?"
"Great minds think alike," the other version shrugged before putting a finger on each of Reid's cheeks and pulling them up to make Reid smile. "You need to smile more often, girls like your smile."
Morgan's head began to bob as he struggled to stay awake, he didn't want to leave his friend after what had happened.
"You need to get to the hospital," Hotch shook his head. "Rossi, Blake and JJ, help me get him down to one of the SUV's. If we take the elevator down and then go out into parking, no-one should see us. I'm not in the mood to answer questions about this."
"No," Morgan struggled to talk. "Have to stay with him, I promised I would protect him and keep him safe."
"You can't do that if you bleed to death," Rossi snapped as he tightened the towels around Morgan's wounds. "On three, we lift him up. Morgan, you'll have to use your good leg where you can. Garcia, take care of Reid and call us if he wakes up or if anything else happens. One, two, three."
They all lifted Morgan up and supported him as they quickly took him out of the room. Garcia looked down at Reid and stroked his cheek. "Oh, sweetie, please wake up."
She checked his breathing and all signs pointed to him still being trapped in a deep sleep, all she wanted was for her baby boy to wake up and smile at her. He'd been through enough and deserved some of her top-secret caramel hot chocolate. Her eyes traveled to the dream tea that she had made. She picked up the pot and poured some into a glass. The others wouldn't be back for a while and she felt helpless just sitting next to him and watching him suffer.
She put her hand to Reid's head and pulled a few small strands of his hair out, as she put them in the dream tea she took a deep breath and took one last look at him. "I'm coming to help you, baby boy."
She put the glass to her lips and drank down the tea, she expected a bad taste but managed to drink it easily. "That doesn't taste that bad."
Her eyes closed and she barely realised she was falling asleep as her body slumped down, her head landing on Reid's chest and her arms staying by her side, sweet slumber took her quickly.
"Garcia's here!" the happy version of Reid shouted before running past the original Reid. Turning around, he found himself shocked to find Garcia standing behind him. The happy version brought her into a hug and had a grin almost the size of a rainbow on his face.
"Garcia, what are you doing here?" Reid demanded as he walked over.
"Why are there two of you?" Garcia asked as the happy version still hugged her, Reid stepped forward and pried his other self off Garcia.
"Sorry, Garcia," the happy one apologised. "You're just the most amazing, wonderful and beautiful person in the world, you've made me smile so many times and brought so much joy into my life."
"Garcia, this is the happy part of my personality, this is all difficult and strange to understand but I'll explain properly later. What are you doing here?"
"You aren't waking up," she said.
"What was the team thinking when they sent you in here? Garcia, this is a dangerous place, I don't want you to get hurt."
"I won't get hurt, I have you to protect me, Reid. The team doesn't know I'm doing this, they're taking Morgan to the hospital."
"Is he okay?" both Reid and the happy Reid asked in unison.
Garcia took a moment to absorb the strangeness of the situation before answering. "He's lost a lot of blood from the bite wounds, we had to practically drag him away from you. He'll be okay, Morgan's a survivor and he doesn't give up easily."
The happy Reid took Garcia and twirled her around, surprising her. She couldn't help the giggle that escaped her lips.
"She loves to laugh," he told Reid.
"Focus," Reid said in frustration to the other Reid. "You're like a kid who found a treasure chest full of candy."
"How great would that be!"
"I like this version of you," Garcia smiled before pinching the happy Reid's cheek.
All three jumped when they heard a banging echo through the entire garden.
The happy version lost his smile and held Garcia's hand. "It's time for you both to run."
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