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The couple went to their room that night thinking over what the three serial killers wanted them to do. They knew they had to become friends with these people, but did it have to be at the cost of Reid's teammates?
Reid got out his cell phone to dial Hotch's number but he saw that he had no service. "There's no service." He whispered just in case they could be heard through the walls.
"What?" Austin asked taking out her cell phone and seeing that Reid was right. "Then how do we contact your team?" Austin asked scared. She knew Reid's co-workers, it would be way too hard to hurt them, let alone kill one of them.
"Hold on." Reid said as he walked out the door. "Hey John where's your phone? I was wondering if I could call my mother and make sure she was doing alright before I went to bed."
"Oh sorry Spencer, I don't have a phone. It would be too easy for the police to track us if we used one." He said looking apologetic. "But hey, after you kill that FBI guy, you can call her from town."
A look of discomfort crossed over Reid's face before he could hide it, saying in a small voice, "Yeah."
"Hey is something wrong, man?" John asked stepping forward and leading Reid to the bedroom.
Reid looked over at Austin and an idea hit him, "Hey Austin and I were talking a little bit ago and we figured that if one of us were to go into town while the shooting took place, then that person could go into town for us and not be questioned about the murders."
John didn't say anything at first and both Austin and Reid were holding their breaths waiting what he thought. "You know what, that is an excellent idea, this is why you two are the best. Ya'll come up with the best plans. How about I get Gage to drive Austin to town tomorrow around six?"
"You know what that would be great." Reid said pretending that he just realized Austin was in the room. "What do you think honey? Are you up for going into town tomorrow?"
Austin tried to hide the indignation of being ignored as they talked about her while she was still in the room, but knew that this would be the best way for them to warn the team about what was going on. "I think that is a grand idea sweetheart."
"Then it's settled then. I'll go over to Gage's house and see what he thinks of the idea. I will see you two in the morning." John walked out of the room and out of the house whistling.
"So how are we going to work this out?" Austin asked looking at the bed.
"I could sleep on the floor if you want." Reid volunteered.
"No they would ask questions about why you were on the floor." Austin said.
"Well I guess we will just have to share the bed then." Reid said as he changed into his bed clothes.
"I guess you're right." Austin sighed as she got dressed also. Neither of them was that shy of dressing in front of each other, knowing that if they went to the bathroom in the hall then the residents in the house were going to get suspicious.
They got into bed and turned off the lights. But neither of them could get to sleep, they were too aware of the other one only inches away.
It seemed that morning could not come soon enough, when it did they were both relieved as they got out of bed at five in the morning.
They were woken up by John coming into the room with hot coffee giving it to them while they were still in bed.
"Come out whenever you are ready. Gage will be here in an hour to pick you up Austin. I figured you would want some time to get ready before you went into town. "
As they walked out of their rooms and into the living room an hour later Gage walked into the room smiling. "Well, sugar you ready?"
"Yes sir I am." Austin said smiling back at him. "I'll see you later Spencer."
"You're not going to give your fiancé a kiss?" Gage asked confused.
"What?" Austin asked a little shocked. At first she didn't know what to do. But looking around at the other men she could see that they were waiting for them to say good bye properly.
Reid saw this to so he wrapped his arms around Austin's waist and kissed her gently and for a moment they both forgot the others watching them as the kiss went deeper.
They finally pulled apart when Bret coughed, pulling them back to reality. They gave each other a weak smile that no one else caught.
As they watched the truck leave the drive way and down the road John smiled and said with the enthusiasm of a five year old, "Let's go kill us an FBI agent."
"God I hope this works." Reid said under his breath so no one could hear him.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Yay another chapter done. I hope you like this chapter I made it a little longer then the last sorry excuse of a chapter. You will find out what happens to Hotch in the next chapter. Well until next time, and thank you for reading and reviewing.