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Chapter 12: Nothing but Determined

Reid hissed at the pain in his thigh as he tried to stand up, he collapsed back down and rubbed his aching head with his non-bloody hand. Carter's screams still haunted him, but he couldn't give up. There was a good possibility they hadn't left yet. He stood back up again and held onto the wooden railing, ignoring the warm blood rushing down his leg. He hopped over one step with his good leg and did it again; he made it to the door, praying it was unlocked since Bruce was in a hurry. He turned it over and over but no luck.

He groaned but gasped as he heard the front door get kicked down.

"FBI!" he could hear Morgan shout fiercely. Reid began to pound on the basement door.

"Morgan! I'm in here! Help!" he screamed, he could barely hear Morgan's response, his head began to pound after the screaming. He jumped when the door opened; he looked over to see Morgan and Prentiss staring down at him with horrified faces. It had just now come to Reid that his face probably look banged up from Bruce's beatings. Reid tried to stand up but gripped his leg, blood staining his hand.

"Reid, are you okay, man?" Morgan asked, reaching out an arm to help him stand up and climbed the stairs.

"You guys have to hurry. Bruce took Carter and I figure he's heading out back," Reid said. He began to start walking out by himself but crumbled to the ground, cursing under his breath.

"Reid you can't walk like this," Emily denied, her and Morgan helping him stand.

"Then help me walk at least. We have to find Carter," Reid ordered. Emily and Morgan looked at each other, trying to figure out what to do through their minds.

"Come on, guys," Reid pushed.

"Morgan, you help Reid out. I'll go to tell Hotch and the others to go around the back," Emily said and ran out the front door.

"Where's the back door?" Morgan asked.

"I think I spotted back here when I first came here," Red remembered, directing Morgan where to go, his arm over Morgan's shoulder.

"Oh here," Morgan said shuffling around. He handed Reid his gun. "Promise me you'll never forget this again," he said with a small smile. Reid nodded and he directed him to the kitchen. Both froze as they heard a car start. Reid began to hobble faster; Morgan almost losing his grip supporting him. They found the door and opened it and met up with the rest of the team as they surrounded the started black van. JJ, Rossi, and Hotch wanted to talk to Reid but couldn't when they had to do their job. He could spot them examining his face with frowns. Was it really that bad?

They all circled the van with their guns pointed at it. Hotch walked slowly over to the front door and opened it. Reid cursed when the van was empty.

"It's a distraction!" JJ yelled. Reid looked around desperately, knowing Bruce couldn't have taken Carter very far. He spotted a wooden fence door slam shut and just knew Bruce was watching them.

"Over there!" he shouted at pointed in that direction. Everyone began to ran, including Reid; he did his best anyway with Morgan helping him. They opened the fence and spotted an abandoned house next door to the one Reid and Carter was held in.

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Bruce started the van and then grabbed Carter before taking off. Carter wondered what the heck he was doing. He ran to a wooden fence and shoved her in. He looked behind and realized the FBI already knew it was a distraction. He closed the door and led Carter into the house. He closed the front door and looked out the window beside it carefully. Carter looked around her and saw another window; she looked back at her captor before busting out into a sprint towards it. She pushed up the window and crawled out as best as she could. She could hear Bruce screaming at her to stop, but of course she wouldn't.

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"Surround the house," Hotch ordered. He made JJ and Emily run around one corner of the house. "Morgan you and Reid stay there in case Bruce comes back around," he said before he and Rossi ran the other way. All the yelling began to get to Reid; he gripped his forehead and ignored the dry blood on it. His sight was getting a little blurry and he stumbled back a bit. Morgan caught him and examined his actions.

"You need an ambulance kid," he said. Reid shook his head slowly.

"No, I need to find Carter. She trusted me and I promised her I would get her out," he said. Reid could tell Morgan was about to deny him but both jerked their head to the right as they heard a scream.

"Spencer!" Carter shrieked. He looked over to see Carter crawling out of a window and running over to Reid and Morgan. She looked behind her to see Bruce getting out of the window as well, continuing to chase her. Reid and Morgan both pointed their guns at him as soon as Carter made her way over and stood behind him. Their guns seemed to be no threat to the crazy man, he continued to run. He aimed his knife and threw it in a flash.

The second Reid heard Morgan scream in pain, everything happened so slowly. He looked over at Morgan and saw Bruce's knife sticking out of his shoulder, he gripped it and dropped to his knees with a painful cry. Reid looked back at Bruce, who was trying to grab his gun out of his hand. Reid moved it away swiftly but received a punch in the face for keeping it away. The bruises and cuts on his face began to sting and he yelled in pain. Bruce had a tight grip on Reid's gun with him still holding on.

The weight on his injured leg gave out and he kneeled to the ground, still holding his gun. He could hear Carter screaming for the others to come back around, but Reid figured he could be shot by the time they came to help. Reid bit his lip as the cut in his thigh was burning. But his chest began to burn more as Bruce kneed him while he was on his knees. But one thing Bruce didn't think of, was the gun slipping out of his hands and Reid had it all to himself. His back fell to the ground after being kneed and Bruce was ready to charge. Reid instantly raised his gun and fired at him.

Bruce's eyes popped open and he gripped his stomach then fell to the ground. Reid dropped his gun and leaned his head to the side, lying in the grass. The sound of the gunshot showed his head no mercy as all he could hear was a loud ring and his head beating. He could see his team running to him and Morgan, panic spread across their faces as he turned his head to the side.

Emily and JJ ran to Morgan. He could read JJ's lips as she talked to the microphone in her bullet vest. 'We need a medic!' Rossi was checking up on Carter as she was sat on her knees in the grass, crying. Reid couldn't tell if it was relief or she was just scared straight. Reid jumped as he felt Hotch grab his shoulders and shake them, trying to talk to him. All Reid could hear was a loud ring, which started to grow louder. He winced and grabbed his chest, feeling even more pain after being kneed. His eyes finally closed and he passed out as the pain in his head was just too much.

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