Sorry this one is kind of short. I was going to continue but I liked how this leaves off too much. Enjoy!

Reid blinked his eyes open. His wrists were burning and he didn't remember why. The first thing Reid's eyes focused on was the grey shirt in front of him. Reid stared at it and watched as it moved up and down. Then it clicked.

Reid looked up and saw he was asleep with Hotch again. Hotch had an arm around Reid and was sleeping peacefully. Reid noticed he had an arm thrown over Hotch's chest and they were lying cuddled together.

There was movement on the bed. Reid froze for a second before Nia's face came into view. Reid grinned at her. Nia sleepily laid her head across Hotch's chest to look at Reid.

"I see you are not afraid of Hotch anymore." Reid whispered to Nia. She just sighed in response.

Reid snuggled closer to Hotch. To Reid's surprise, Hotch pulled him closer with the arm that was around him. Reid grinned happily as he let himself fall back asleep.

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Hotch slowly opened his eyes. Light filtered through the partially closed blinds illuminating the room. Hotch glanced down and saw Reid still asleep with his head on Hotch's shoulder and an arm still over him. He also saw Nia asleep on him as well.

Hotch smiled. He looked around for a clock and finally found one on the nightstand. It was nine in the morning.

"Reid… Reid come on we need to get up." Hotch said gently shaking Reid. Nia picked her head up just a tiny bit and snorted at Hotch. Hotch looked back down at her.

"Don't care, we still have to get up." Hotch remarked playfully to Nia. Reid chuckled.

"You tell him Nia." Reid said laughing.

Hotch looked over at Reid.

"I am glad to see you are feeling better but I don't know how I feel about you teaching Nia to talk back." Hotch said with a teasing tone. Reid shook his head smiling.

"Then maybe you shouldn't wake us up before we need to." Reid said snuggling his bead back down to Hotch. Hotch chuckled.

"Reid it is nine in the morning and I have a few things to do today." Hotch said trying to sit up. Reid wined playfully.

"Fine." Reid said rolling over. Nia jumped up proceeded to jump onto Hotch and then got off him to snuggle with Reid. Hotch glared at the two as he rubbed his chest where Nia jumped on him.

Reid giggled and Nia made her chuckling sound. Hotch moved to grab either of them but they both jumped out of the bed. Hotch got out and followed them. He caught Reid just as he was heading to the bathroom.

"Hey!" Reid said giggling as Hotch tickled Reid. Nia jogged around the two as they wrestled a little. Hotch finally let Reid go a minute later. Reid was sucking in air but smiling a bright smile. Hotch smiled back.

"I am going to get dressed so I can get things done and get back here sooner." Hotch said as he went to his bag and pulled out a suit and headed to the bathroom.

Reid shook his head at Hotch's choice of clothing and got dressed himself. He heard the shower turn on and figured Hotch would be a little while. Reid finished getting ready and exited the bedroom heading for the kitchen he noticed on the way to the room yesterday. Nia was on his heels till they reached the kitchen. There she used a stool to jump on to Reid's shoulder.

Reid smiled and rubbed under her chin as he walked around looking for Emily. A man Reid didn't recognize came walking down the hall yawning.

"Oh hello. You must be Dr. Reid." The man said smiling and holding out his hand for Reid to shake. Reid wrapped one arm around himself but waved at the man with the other. The man dropped his hand but continued to smile.

"If you are looking for Emily she will be down in a little bit." The man informed Reid as he walked past. Reid dipped his head and sat on one of the stools at the kitchen counter.

Nia wrapped around Reid and settled down just as they heard someone come down the stairs. Emily and Leo arrived just a bit later.

"Good morning Dr. Reid." Emily said cheerfully. Reid couldn't help but smile at her cheerfulness.

"Morning Emily." Reid replied ducking his head and petting Nia. Emily grinned.

"You and Mr. Hotchner can help yourselves to whatever I have." Emily said grabbing a bagel and popping it in the toaster.

"Thank you." Hotch said appearing from the hallway. Emily nodded her head humming as she moved gracefully around the man to gather her things together.

"Hey Ryan, Mr. Hotchner is coming in with me today do you think that you can stop and grab a few things before you come in to work?" Emily asked the man stopping to get her bagel.

The man, Ryan, nodded his head.

"Sure." Ryan replied.

A bagel was placed in front of Reid. Reid looked up and saw Hotch smiling at him. Nia reached her head down trying to sniff the bagel. Hotch chuckled and pulled a piece of his bagel handing it to her. She gently took the piece and ate it.

Emily smiled and called for Leo as she turned to head out. Ryan gave her a quick kiss before stepping back as Leo came running to Emily's side. Hotch gave Reid's shoulder a reassuring squeeze before following Emily out.

Nia made a humming sound as Reid stared at the door. He shook his head and went back to eating his bagel. Every once and a while he would distractedly give Nia a piece of his bagel.

Ryan watched the pair as he ate. The young man seemed alright but Ryan knew from personal experience that it can be easy to hide things from others. Emily told him everything she knew so far about the three of them and the relationship that both men have with the young dragon is nothing short of intriguing.

Nia was wrapped around her Master and at first glanced seemed relaxed. However, when Ryan watched closer he saw she was anything but relaxed. Her tail was wrapped protectively and he could see that her muscles were tense under her skin. According to their file, Nia was not that old which would explain why her wings have not developed yet like Leo's.

"Did you two get tested while you were at the lab yesterday?" Ryan asked as he began cleaning up.

Reid shook his head.

"No."

"Do you know how old she is?" Ryan asked.

Reid reached up to scratch Nia behind the ears.

"An agent named Rylee visited just before we left and said Nia was about 11." Reid said looking at Nia fondly. Ryan stared at him shocked.

"Eleven as in eleven years old?" Ryan asked.

Reid nodded with a small frown.

"Yes why?" Reid asked leaning forward.

Ryan blinked.

"Most dragons have their wings by the time they turn three." Ryan said still not quiet believing it. Reid looked at Ryan curious.

Nia was looking at Ryan too. She looked at him and then began trying to look on her back. She fell off Reid's shoulder as she tried to look. Reid laughed catching Nia as she fell off. Nia gave Reid a thankful lick before turning to look on her back again. Reid set Nia on the counter where he and Ryan looked closely at Nia.

"Well it doesn't look like her wings were removed so either they are either behind or they will not grow." Ryan said after a few minutes. Nia stared at Reid in the eyes for a while before shaking like a dog. Reid and Ryan laughed.

"So Emily has the Star Wars movies if you would like to watch them or you can just look and see if you can find something else." Ryan said leading the way to the living room. Reid smiled.

"Star Wars will be just fine won't it Nia?" Reid said following Ryan.

Nia bobbed her head up and down.

"Well it's settled then." Ryan said laughing. Reid grinned in agreement.

Ryan sat and watched with Reid and Nia. Both seemed to really enjoy the movies. As time passed Reid became more animated showing Ryan who the normal Reid was.

Ryan had just put in the next one when Nia bolted up. Ryan quickly recognized the agitated look that Nia was putting off. She began growling and Ryan watched as she bristled.

Ryan slowly and quietly went over to the small table and got his gun from the drawer. Reid looked around fearfully as Ryan held a finger to his lips signaling Reid to be silent. Reid knew the drill but he did as Ryan asked. Ryan slowly stood up to see what was going on.

Nia tensed more and swung her head to the kitchen then to the front door and then down the other hall. She got more and more agitated. Nia stood up and Ryan could have sworn he saw her grow bigger as she wrapped herself partially around Reid.

Ryan got more worried as Nia began swinging her head all around like there was more than one thing or person that was here. Ryan walked over to one of the book cases and reached his hand behind a few books without taking his eyes away from the room around him. He removed another hand gun and tossed it to Reid. Reid managed to catch it but as soon as he had a hold of the gun, all hell broke loose.

Five men in black clothing jumped out of the shadows and jumped Reid and Ryan. Both men fired trying to stop the men before they got close. Nia jumped into action, running to one man tackling him and disarming him before running to the next.

More men poured in from all directions and soon there were too many for Ryan and Reid to aim properly. They were forced to go hand to hand which started to spell Reid's downfall.

Reid cried out when a knife caught him slightly in the shoulder and the culprit was knocked away and into a few of the other men when Nia responded.

Ryan glanced over and saw a golden blur as Nia tried to protect her master. A hard blow to the back of Ryan's knee caused him to fall. Before Ryan could catch himself, men were upon him and he was knocked out quickly.

Reid was protected and lasted longer but as time went on Nia began to tire and eventually men got past her and to Reid. Reid lasted only a short time before he was knocked unconscious.

Nia cried out as Reid fell. He tried to force himself to stay awake and help her but his body would not respond. The last thing Reid saw was Nia fighting violently as she and him were overwhelmed in a sea of black.