Abandoned

Chapter 7

Morgan chewed on his lip as Reid put together a new geographical profile –he had to completely redo it and get a new map when he spilled coffee on it-

"Hey, kid" Morgan called immediately getting the young genius' attention, they were alone so Morgan thought it would be a relatively good time to bring up Reids' dad

"When your dad left earlier he said something… weird" Morgan said unsurely and grew nervous as Reids' expression darkened.

"What did he say?" Reid asked quietly

"That he's good that you finally have some friends" Reid tensed up as he said this and Reis turned back to the geographical profile and went back to work

"What's weird about that? There is a reason my social skills are so awful" He said as if it were obvious and Morgan winced

"You've never had any friends, besides us, I mean"

"Actually my popularity increased when I started coaching the basketball team in college, I broke down the opponents' shooting strategy" Reid turned and grinned at Morgan who couldn't help but smile back.

The man fingered a sharp dart in his rough hand absently as he observed a family playing in the park, he squeezed the dart hard and ignored is bleeding palm as he saw a man approach the family.

Of course this was not some random family, he had tailed them all day. And now this interloper had dared to come up all smiley as if he knew them, he didn't know them!

No one does He thought venomously and geared himself up for combat No one treats my family like that

Hotch hung up his phone and addressed the team that was with him; Gideon, JJ and Elle

"He's unravelling, it's just been reported that a man was seen taking a woman and three children-"

"What's new then?" JJ asked

"This wasn't a single parent family, a man was there too, the unsub killed him without hesitation" Hotch said grimly

"How do we know this is our guy, then?" Elle asked

"We don't know for certain but there are too many similarities to dismiss it" Hotch said calmly "now come on, we need to scope this place out" Hotch eyed the dusty old building in front of them "If Garcia is right then our guy lives here"

"What about the witness?" JJ asked remembering what Hotch had said earlier

"I've already texted Reid and Morgan to interview her" Hotch said

Elle groaned and muttered "Great the big, scary alpha male and the kid that trips over his own feet"

Gideon chuckled fondly "They'll be fine"

"Over course, he is your little protégé" Elle rolled her eyes, knowing Gideon was mostly talking about Reid.

Reid fidgeted nervously as Morgan glared at their witness, or actually at the witness's best friend, Cindy.

"Listen, I just really need you to step aside so we can talk to your friend" Morgan said as calmly as he could, Cindy just glared back, protectively holding her friend, Elizabeth's arm.

"No"

Morgan looked ready to lose it, so Reid stepped in "I know that this will be hard to have to remember seeing what you did but there might be something vital that you've seen or heard that will lead to us catching him and sparing innocent lives" Reid spoke gently and directly to Elizabeth and Cindy seeing Elizabeth relax slightly to Reids' soft voice sighed in defeat and stepped aside, still holding her hand.

Morgan stared disbelievingly at the scene as Reid smiled reassuringly at Elizabeth and told her to go through everything that happened at her own pace.

I spent the best part of an hour arguing with that girl and Reid says a few words and she just steps aside, and the kid has the social skills of, well a book I guess I'm pretty sure that's where he gets all his common sense any way Morgan inwardly scowled at this thought he should have got that from his mother

Morgan was so out of it that he only noticed that Reid was done the interview when the young genius had dared to walk over and prod him on the forehead with two pianist worthy fingers, gaining him a few sniggers from the "oh so traumatized" girls that Morgan just noticed were about Reids' age.

"Morgan, are you done sulking?" Reid asked sweetly with a slight smirk and Morgan ruffled his hair and laughed he knew that Reid probably knew he wasn't sulking over not being able to get the witness to talk but just wanted to tease Morgan for a change.

Morgan smiled charmingly to the girls "Thank you for all your help, you can go now"

"Thank you" Elizabeth whispered shyly and both girls leaned around Morgan to wave at Reid and say sweetly "Bye, Doctor Reid" Reid smiled and did a small wave back. Cindy gave him a piece of paper and left. Reid furrowed his brow as he read it "It's just a bunch of numbers" He said looking up to Morgan who was having silent hysterics. This was when the rest of the team walked in and Hotch raised a brow "Having fun?"

"Judging by Reids' confused face and Morgans laughter, I would guess that Reid accidently said something that translates into some sort of innuendo in Morgans' dirty mind" deduced with a smirk on her face

"I resent that!" Morgan said as he regained composure "What happened is that the witness, Elizabeth, brought a friend and her friend wouldn't let me talk to her"

"You were kinda scary" Reid interjected

"So after a while Reid decides to step in and Cindy (the friend) gives in straight away!"

The girls on the team all sniggered "Morgan zoned out so I asked all the questions, I had to poke him on the forehead to bring him back to earth" Reid smiled

"So why was Morgan laughing when we came?" Elle asked

"Well we said goodbye and stuff and Cindy gave me some paper with a bunch of numbers on it and Morgan just started laughing"

"Awww" JJ and Elle mock cooed "Our little boy is all grown up and already has girlies after him"

"Reid sat up straighter and his eyes widened in realisation "This is a phone number!" he exclaimed and the team broke into laughter except Hotch who pinched his nose to ward off the headache he knew was coming. Sometimes he really wondered about his team…

The man opened the door to his house loudly, it made a creaking noise that one would expect from large wooden doors such as these. The creaking door was almost loud enough to drown out the hopeless, muffled screams of his … companions. They had been screaming for a while but the man was deaf to it all that mattered was his family. His happy family that existed in his head.

Things are perfect now He thought with a Cheshire cat smile as he tossed the bag with his new family inside it down the hallway, oblivious to their pain and fear.

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