A/N: Okay, this is the first- and probably only- chapter not told from Spencer's P.O.V. Wow, this story's really heating up, huh? In one day... Yes, this about shows you how much of a life I have... XD Hope you're liking it so far! This chapter's mostly fluff. Let me know what you think! -A (P.S. May contian slight medical squick, sorry. Oh, and spoilers for The Fisher King Part 2, The Big Game/Revelations, and Amplification (I thinnk that's the Anthrax episode title...).)

Chapter 9: Missing in Action

Sometimes only one person is missing and the whole world seems depopulated- Alphonse de Lamartine

The BAU, minus Spencer, were still at Eddie's house. The medics said that they were able to stitch Morgan up there. The bullet had just grazed him, really. Hotch was talking to local police offiecers who were suprised to hear that the murderer was a cop working with a different murderer. It was an all around bad day.

Then Hotch's phone rang. He pulled it out, noting that it was Spencer's number.

"Yeah, Reid," he said.

"Agent Hotchner?"a woman asked. Her voice was strained and sad.

"Yes?"

"Spencer told me to call you..."

"Mrs. Reid?"

"Yes."

"What happened?" he asked, knowing something was wrong.

"The girl, Kelsey or Chelsea, or whatever her real name is... She was a volunteer here. She had a gun and made Spencer go with her." He could tell she was crying. "Spencer told me to call you and tell you what happened."Hotch fought back his emotions and forced his voice to be level and calm.

"Thank you, Mrs. Reid. I will be there soon."

"Thank you, Agent Hotchner." The line went dead. As he closed his phone, Hotch swore loudly, attracting the attention of Morgan.

"Hotch, what's up?"

"Reid's been kidnapped again," he said, his voice suprisingly small.

"What?" Hotch nodded sadly. "Damn it!" There was a pause. "How do you know?"

"His mother called from his phone saying that Kelsey was a volunteer there, had a gun, and made him go with her." Morgan squeezed his eyes shut and bowed his head, fighting away emotion.

"I'm going with you," Morgan finally said.

"I know," Hotch told him, knowing there was no way Morgan would not go. He was always over-protective of the young genius. Like Spencer was a his little brother, though they shared no genetics. (A/N: He, he, a brother from another mother! XD)

Soon, they were in an SUV, on their way to Bennington Sanitarium.

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They were led to Mrs. Reid's room by a nice lady at the front desk. She opened up almost immediatly. They were ushered in by a distraught Diana Reid, who remembered both of them from when Spencer had her flown to DC when he thought she was in danger.

"Mrs. Reid," Hotch said, shaking her hand. "I'm sorry for what happened."

"It's alright. It's not your fault," she told him while shaking Morgan's hand. The agents quickly noted the discarded vest, gun, and phone. "I tried to keep it like it was, but I had to use the phone."

"It's fine," Morgan told her. They led her over to the couch and sat.

"Mrs. Reid," Hotch said gently, "could you tell us exactly what happened?" She nodded.

"Almost an hour after Spencer left, Chelsea came. She'd told me that she'd be out of town last week, so I was confused. But she told me that they came back early because her mother fell ill. So we taked, like normal. I told her that Spencer stopped by earlier and asked about a man named Eddie. She told me it's her cousin and that he's a police officer. Then she asked me a lot about Spencer..." Her voice trailed off as she took a shakey breath.

"Okay," Hotch said gently, "can you tell us what happened when R-Spencer got here?" She nodded.

"He had his gun out and was wearing the vest. I thought something was wrong... Chelsea asked if that was Spencer and he called her Kelsey. She pulled a gun out of her purse and pointed it at him. He said that if she wanted to kill him, it was... her chance." A sob shook her. This all but broke the agents' hearts. "Then she pointed the gun at me and Spencer did what she said after that. She made him leave his gun and phone on the table. She told us to say good bye and he whispered for me to call you. Then she told him to leave the vest and they walked out." She was crying again. Hotch didn't have to look at her to tell, her voice said it all.

"I've got to tell the others," Hotch muttered.

"What if she comes back here?" Mrs. Reid asked, fear and worry shining in her eyes.

"Morgan, will you stay here?" Hotch asked.

"Of course," he said, looking bound and determined. With that, Hotch left. There was silence before Mrs. Reid spoke.

"You know," she said, "Spencer talks about you all the time in his letters."

"He does?" She offered a small smile and nodded. "It that a good thing or a bad thing?" he asked wearily.

"Good. Spencer looks up to you. They way he talks about you, you'd think you were brothers." This brought a small, sad smile to Morgan's face, followed by tears.

"He's a good kid. You did a good job raising him."

"Most of the time, it seemed like he was raising himself..."

"But he know how much you loved him and that you would have done anything for him," he assured her. "They'll find him."

"I know. Just the thought of something like this happening to my baby." Morgan assumed that he hadn't told her about what happened with Tobias Hankle, or the first time they had to deal with Kelsey, or even when he got infected with Anthrax, so she wouldn't worry. Morgan certainly wasn't going to be the one to do that. So, he said nothing. He just hoped he was right.