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Reid sat with his mother in her room, crying against her. She brought him away and looked into his eyes. "Spencer, what have you gone through?"
"I-I never w-wanted it," he hiccupped through the tears. "Mom, the monster took me from my family. H-He hurt me and I couldn't stop him. I-I missed you so much. I-I told him to s-stop but he never did. Mom, help me."
"Shhhh...don't cry. It's okay. Mother is here."
"I don't know what else t-to do," he whispered before wiping his eyes. "I sleep and the nightmares come for me, I can't forget. All because of my stupid brain, I can't forget. I remember every moment with perfect clarity."
"Your mind is a beautiful thing," Diana shook her head. "While you remember everything with perfect clarity, horrors that I can't imagine, it also allows you to remember moments of happiness perfectly. Never have I seen you cry like this or look this way. You've always been such a brave young man."
"No, I haven't," he shook his head.
"I may not remember where I am sometimes or that you are even my son when my illness confuses me but today, I am your mother. You are a brave young man. I know that I did things when you were younger, things that hurt you. I don't remember them but I could always tell when you were lying to me. The bruises around your wrists told me everything. So did the other bruises. Days like today are getting rarer. You are my son and when you were born, I knew you were destined to do great things. I was supposed to be a mother to you and I wasn't when you were growing up."
"No, you were. You are my mother and you have always been there."
"Don't say that," she shook her head. "Spencer, you took care of me after your father left and you shouldn't have needed to. You sacrificed a normal childhood to care for me. You did so much when you were younger and you never got anything for it. You are a brave, selfless man who has survived horrible terrors. Someone who wasn't brave wouldn't have survived all of that. You can cry all you want because you have every right in the world but only you can help yourself get back to normal. Your friends can only do so much. Don't ever doubt yourself. Try not to focus on the bad memories, they may not stop but try to fight them with the good ones. Oh, Spencer. The day I didn't receive a letter, I knew that something had happened. How could anyone hurt my little boy?"
"I never meant to leave you without a letter. He didn't let me do anything. Mom, I don't how I can ever get back to normal. He stripped away so much from me. He took something precious to me and I can never get it back. I did focus on the good memories and they saved my life. I'm ruining my team. My friend, Morgan, broke down and he blames himself for what happened. He got so angry and I hate making them feel that way," he shook his head, wiping tears from red eyes. "I almost got my new godson killed. I almost got Henry's whole family killed. They tell me it isn't my fault but it is. I should have let the monster kill me the first time and they would never have gotten hurt."
Diana grabbed his face in her hands. "DON'T YOU EVER SAY THAT!"
Reid looked at her with wide eyes.
"Spencer, don't you ever say that again. I've met your team, I remember them, at least, sometimes. They showed me pictures of you with them. They love you and they missed you. Alex, she is a lovely woman. The way she talked about you. They are your family and for you to say that, breaks my heart and it would break theirs too. Are they safe now? Your two godsons and their parents."
"They are safe. In fact, JJ and Will saved my life."
"What do you mean?"
"The monster had a partner," Reid whispered to her. "He took us and drowned me. I died but they brought me back."
His mother brought him into a strong hug. "Thank god, they did. They brought you back to me."
"The monster is still alive. I hate that he is alive."
"Say his name, Spencer."
Reid tried but felt himself gag. "I can't, I just can't. He'll always be the monster. Only monsters do the things he did. Mom, not a day went by that I didn't think about you. Can you do something for me?"
"Anything."
"Can you read to me? I really need that. You have no idea how many times I remembered you reading to me."
She got up and took a book from the bookshelf. It was a Margery Kemp book, one that he had brought for her. He sat next to her and leaned against her shoulder as she opened the book and began to read.
Morgan came back into Bennington, he had left to give Reid time with his mother. He had snacks for their stay in the hotel for the night and had brought the best coffee he could find for him. He knocked on the door to Diana's room. He walked in and stopped when he found Reid asleep on his mother's lap, Diana stroking her hand through his hair.
"Hello, Mrs Reid," he said quietly as she sat down across from her. "I'm Derek Morgan. I'm looking after Spencer."
"I don't remember who he is sometimes and it breaks my heart," Diana shook her head. "I don't get many days where my mind is this clear. I'm so happy that I can be here for him. He's so scared and hurt."
"He's been through a lot and he is struggling," Morgan said sadly. "He needed to come here and see you."
"Did that monster hurt my boy?" Diana said as she looked down to her son. "Did he violate my son?"
"Mrs Reid-" Morgan tried to say.
"Don't lie to me."
"Yes, the man who took Spencer raped him," Morgan said truthfully.
"Derek, please make me a promise," Diana said. "I can't always be like this for him. I don't even know if I'll remember him being here tomorrow. He speaks about you with such high regard and he cares about you all."
"We care about him too. He's always been a little brother to me. The day he got taken, I felt like I had failed to protect him."
"Make me this promise. You keep him safe and you look after him. He needs people around him to care for him and protect him. Please, don't ever give up on him. He's such a special boy and I want him to stay safe. I lost him once, I don't want to lose my son again."
"I promise that I'll keep him safe. None of us will ever give up on him. We don't want to lose him again and I'll die before I let another person hurt him."
"He's never done anything wrong," she shook her head. "How could anyone hurt him?"
"I don't know," Morgan said. "He's got best heart I know."
Reid stared out of the window as they made their way to the hotel. He closed his eyes and leaned against the glass.
"Please, it hurts."
The monster continued before finishing, he pressed Reid's head against the table as he let out a content sigh. "I love it when you say things like that."
Reid fell to the floor and pulled up his trousers with his bound hands. He didn't cry this time. He watched the man as he buckled his belt. He jumped slightly when he heard a scream of frustration from downstairs in the basement. He looked up to the monster. "Please, let him go. Harry is the youngest so far. I'm begging you. You've already made him hurt me. Have mercy."
A loud cackle filled the kitchen. "Have Mercy! Why would I give you that?! You're getting more and more disobedient. Our friend is coming tomorrow. The one who loves to visit you. He's gonna have a good time with you."
The next day, he hung by his arms from a tree for hours in the freezing cold, beaten and violated. A punishment for biting the monster.
A few days later
Morgan rubbed his tired eyes as he came out of the bathroom. He yawned and stopped when he saw Reid's light on. He opened the door but didn't see him in the bed. He heard small sobs coming from the connecting bathroom. "Hey, Reid. Can I come in?"
"No," a sob came from behind the door. "Go away."
Morgan grabbed a key and unlocked the bathroom from the outside door. He walked in and found Reid cleaning blood up off the floor. He rushed to him and checked him over. "Are you okay?"
"I had a bad nosebleed. I'm really sorry! I'm cleaning it up. It'll be clean when I'm done."
"Why didn't you come and get me when you had the nosebleed?"
"You were sleeping and I didn't want to get hurt."
"I'd never hurt you," Morgan sighed. "Here, let me clean this up."
"No! I have too!" Reid said before snatching the cloth and scrubbing the floor again. "I'm not clean so I have to make this clean. I'm dirty, I'll always be dirty!"
Morgan took the cloth away and put it on the floor. "You're not dirty and you don't have to clean this up. I'm not going to hurt you and neither will any one else. It's okay. You're not in that place any more."
Reid put his head down and hit his hands against the floor. "I can't sleep and when I do, he's there and he's hurting me. They both are. Over the table, in his bed, on the floor and on the sofa, every place and every disgusting act branded into my head. I constantly hear him undoing his belt. That sound always told me what was going to happen. Morgan, make it stop."
Morgan brought Reid in and held him. He rocked him and watched his friend cry. He had promised a wonderful woman that he would protect, support and never give up on her son. He'd never break that promise.
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