Sorry about the mistakes in the last chapter. I fixed them but it didn't save right. Anyway Hope you all like! Please R&R!
Working Hard
Monday morning, Spencer walked into the BAU and had to stop before we walked through the doors into the bullpen. He had made an entire life here and yeah sometimes had been pretty bad, but there were a lot of good memories too. Like when the time when they had just met Garcia. Morgan had called her 'baby girl' because they didn't know her real name. Or the time just after Emily started and he was showing off some of his "Physics magic" and accidentally hit her in the head with the plastic container as she walked in the door. He smiled at the thoughts and walked into the bullpen.
"Hey, Reid," said his long time friend Derek Morgan. "You look pretty happy today. Did your date go that good the other night?"
Spencer shook his head. "No, we feel asleep watching some romantic comedy that Emily wanted to watch."
Morgan chuckled and walked over to the coffee bar and refilled his mug. Spencer sat his bag down at his desk and walked over to get him some coffee.
"So, not so much sugar today, Genius?" JJ said walking toward him and Morgan.
"No, just black coffee today. Did you know that too much sugar actually makes you sleepy?" Spencer replied.
"Nope, and I really didn't need to know, but thanks anyway."
Morgan and Spencer laughed and walked back to their adjoining desks. Spencer sat down and took a look at is in-tray. It was overflowing like it usually was. His heart sank a little bit at the thought of having to leave all of this behind when we was gone. He shook his head to clear the thought out of his head as he grabbed one of the files and looked it over. He was almost finished writing his notes out as his girlfriend walked in the door laughing with Garcia.
"Hey, beautiful. Little late this morning aren't we?" Spencer smiled.
"Oh, who are we now, the time police? I'm sorry officer, you can arrest me and do what you will with me," retorted Emily smiling back at him and giving him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Oh, come on! Show us some real action," Morgan interjected.
"I'll show you action if you ever say that again, Derek Morgan," Emily said.
Morgan laughed it off as JJ and Hotch walked in the room.
"We have a case, guys," said JJ.
"So if you guys don't mind, to the conference room," Hotch added as Rossi walked in.
They all gathered their notepads and a pen to take some notes on and followed JJ into the conference room as Hotch had instructed.
"Alright, now I know we just came off a child abduction case but we have a bad one. Jackson Wright was found early this morning lying in a pool of his own blood on the bathroom floor of his high school. Local authorities have no idea how he got there. This weekend was the weekend for the bonfire for their homecoming game. Cops were pretty heavy all around the place to make sure they didn't have any problems. Jackson was only 16 so LAPD has requested we look into this to make sure no other teenager is killed," JJ explained while showing them pictures of the body and crime scene.
"Is this the only teenager killed so far?" asked Emily.
"So far, yes. Although another 16 year old, a boy named Daniel Spector has gone missing. His parents have no clue where he could have gone. They say he is a pretty responsible boy and would never run away," JJ answered.
"Well, statistically saying, most parents say that their kid would never run away and most of the time they do," Spencer said.
"Yes, but still there is a missing child from the same school that one was murdered at so let's load up. JJ called the airstrip, tell them to be ready to take off in 20. Everyone else, load up and let's get to LA." Hotch closed his case file and headed out the door with Rossi.
They all left the conference room and headed to the bullpen to get their go bags and head to the airstrip. About 3 hours after take off they landed in LA and headed to the crime scene to meet the lead detective and get more information on the case and to find out if the missing teenager had been recovered.
"Hi, I'm Detective Moore. Thank you for coming out," said a bulky looking guy shaking JJ and Hotch's hands.
"Hey, I'm SSA Hotchner, this is SSA Morgan, SSA Rossi, SSA Prentiss, Dr. Reid, and I think you know JJ," Hotch answered.
"Yeah, we spoke on the phone earlier. If you don't mind I'd like to arrange a meeting with the deceased parents as well as the parents of the missing boy," JJ said.
Detective Moore nodded. "You know we have some very concerned parents whose kids go to this school. They've been asking me if they need to pull their kids out for safety precautions."
JJ nodded as well. "I'll take care of that. I'd like to set up a press conference if that is possible."
"Yeah, whatever you guys need just let us know and we will help you as much as we can." Detective Moore and JJ left to call the parents in for an interview and to set up the press conference.
"So, what do we see?" asked Hotch.
"There is a lot of blood in here but I don't think this is where he was killed. Just the place he was left to die," said Spencer.
"What makes you say that?" Rossi asked him.
"Well, the only blood is the pool of blood right here," Spencer stated pointing. "There's no spatter on the walls or anything else for that matter. And from the coroner's report, he was beaten pretty bad in the head and that would leave significant spatter."
Emily nodded. "He's right. But, I didn't see a trail of blood leading in here so maybe the Unsub was trying to help, but got in here and freaked out and left him so he wouldn't get in trouble."
"Very possible, or all of the people tracking through here wiped it all up. We need to know who has all been in and out of here and collect their shoes." Morgan walked out of the restroom to talk to officers outside.
A few hours later, they were all back at the LAPD headquarters when they received a tip from the tip-line that JJ had set up when she held the press conference.
"Hotch, we think we found Spector," JJ said rushing into the room they were all in looking through all the evidence and information they had gathered.
Hotch stood up. "Where?"
"Well, we just got an anonymous tip that he has been hiding out in an old abandoned warehouse downtown," she answered.
"OK, let's load up. Morgan call Garcia see if we can't get a layout of the warehouse and maybe a satellite image so it's easier to find him," Hotch said.
Morgan pulled out his phone, dialed the number and heard a familer voice. "Well, now you decide to call me to tell me you love me right?"
"Baby Girl, I always love you but right now I need a layout and satellite feed of this address," Morgan gave her the address and hung up the phone.
He followed the rest of the team out the door and loaded up in the SUVs waiting for them. When they got to the warehouse Garcia called Morgan.
"Morgan, hey Garcia whatcha got?"
"Well, no satelite feeds but I do have a thermal image of someone on the first floor back corner just opposite of where you guys are," Garcia answered.
"Have I ever told you that you are the best Garcia?" Morgan smiled.
"Have I ever told you that your thermal image seems hotter that you in person? Garcia out."
Morgan chuckled as he hung up his phone and pulled out his gun and went to tell Hotch what Garcia had told him. He kicked open the door and the team rushed in and found Daniel behind an old shelf holding a bloody rag to his arm.
"Hey, kid you alright?" asked Morgan putting his gun away.
"Yeah, it's just my arm. Who are you guys?" he asked.
"We're with the FBI. We are here to help you get home to your parents. They've been worried about you," Emily said helping Daniel get up.
They took him out to the ambulance that was waiting and while they were stitching up his arm they found out that he and Jackson thought that they were going to play a joke on everyone at the bonfire when it went wrong and when Jackson and feinted in the bathroom because of the blood loss, Daniel thought he was dead and left before he could get in trouble. Hotch sent him on the hospital and gathered his team up back to LAPD to gather their stuff.
When they walked in the door, Spencer could tell there was something wrong with him. He could quite feel his legs and he hit the floor before he could catch himself.
"Spence! Are you alright?" asked Emily worried.
"Yeah, leg just kinda gave out on me there," Spencer said getting back up off the floor.
"You, sure, Reid?" Rossi asked knowingly.
Spencer nodded at him and smiled at Emily. "Really, Em, I'm fine."
Emily gave Spencer a half-hearted smile in return and kept an eye on him as they finished getting everything cleaned up and said goodbye to Detective Moore. They left and got back on the plane to go home.
So what did ya think? Got any ideas that you want to share? Ok, I was just hoping for more reviews...Anyway until next time...
