Derek was pacing in the hospital waiting room. The rest of the team, excluding JJ were sitting down; Hotch and Rossi were trying to keep calm, but they were just as anxious about Spencer and as furious at the man who hurt him as the others, Emily and Penelope were sitting closest to JJ who was standing right beside the waiting room door. Penelope felt sick like she always did when someone on the team was hurt, she felt like this was worse than when Spencer got kidnapped by Hankel. Emily tried to keep calm as well, but after almost a year with the team they had started feeling like family and she hoped with everything inside her that Spencer would be okay.

JJ leaned her head against the wall and closed her eyes, 'please, let him be okay. I can't lose him.'

Derek was thinking the same thing, Spencer had become like a brother to him and he'd hate himself for the rest of his life if anything ever happened to him. He had sworn since Hankel that he'd never let Spencer be hurt again, and now he felt like a failure. He remembered when he got the call...

Derek's phone had rung three times before he picked up, seeing that it was Spencer he answered "hey pretty boy, are you feeling-?"

"No!" He heard the scream, but knew immediately that it wasn't Spencer's voice.

The next thing Derek heard was a crash that sounded like someone going through glass. Then he heard something he never wanted to hear again after Hankel, Spencer crying out in pain.

"Reid!" Derek yelled into the phone, hoping Spencer could hear or that the assailant would hear him.

"I intend to finish my job this time Doctor," Derek heard the man growl as he heard what sounded like Spencer struggling to get away.

"What's going on?" Emily had gotten up from her desk and followed as Derek motioned for her to follow him.

Practically running up the stairs to Hotch's office he said without knocking or waiting for an answer, "someone's attacking Reid in his apartment!"

Hotch had been on the phone, but quickly hung up and went to get Rossi and JJ.

Derek and Emily ran out of the building into a car, grabbing only their guns. Hotch and Rossi called back up and told JJ to go tell Penelope what was going on.

Derek was still holding the phone as Emily got into the drivers seat, "put your hands where I can see them!"

They heard Spencer yelled on the other side of the phone, Derek had put it on speaker for Emily to hear.

"Was that an FBI move Dr. Reid?"

"No, it's a move my friend taught me."

It seemed to Emily and Derek that Spencer had managed to get his gun and had used a self-defence move on him. Derek was proud of him, and Emily was a little bit surprised though she was ashamed to admit it.

"Your friends, huh? The friends you've been lying to for the last five years?"

Derek and Emily exchanged looks, what would Spencer have lied about? Who was this man?

"I wanted to start a new life," they heard Spencer answer.

"Away from the people who failed you?"

"They didn't mean for me to get hurt, and they never meant for you to get hurt either."

"They didn't mean for me to get hurt?!" Emily flinched when the man suddenly screamed, "they failed me just like they failed you! Just like how your FBI friends have failed you!"

Derek felt a pang of guilt when the man said that and Emily drove as fast as she could, sirens blaring. They heard the man attack Spencer and the gun go off, but Derek hung up then because hearing it wouldn't help them get there any faster.

When they finally got there they didn't even wait for Hotch, Rossi or back up. They just ran right up the staircase to Spencer's apartment, not even concerned about the people that saw them and sent them worried glances.

"Open up Reid!" Derek banged on the door and didn't even wait for an answer before breaking in the door.

Emily followed Derek and gasped when she saw Spencer covered in water and blood.

Derek rushed to his side and Emily was surprised when Spencer said, "it's no use Emily, he's gone."

When Spencer told her that he had left through the window she left the apartment and called Hotch. Also, waiting to signal the ambulance.

"What happened man?"

Derek watched Spencer wipe blood from his face as he led him out of the apartment building, "he came after me..."

Derek had a feeling that Spencer knew his attacker, not only from his words, but from listening to the phone call. He also had a strange feeling that this man was the man that had killed Ashley Michaels.

Why had this man come after Spencer? What was Spencer's connection to this case?

"You need to keep pressure on that pretty boy?" Derek pressed the tea towel against Spencer.

He would figure out what was going on once he knew Spencer would be alright.

"It's nothing, just a scratch," Derek's heart broke when Spencer said this.

He knew the young agent was just trying to be brave and strong, but he could tell despite Spencer trying to hide it how much pain he was in, and Derek could tell he was fading.

Derek shook the memory and paced some more, wishing the surgeon would come out and tell them Spencer would be okay.

After what seemed like ages, the man came out.

"Dr. Spencer Reid," the man said.

The entire team stood up, "how is he?" JJ was the first to ask.

"He's going to recover, the wound wasn't that deep, but he did lose quite an amount of blood."

"Is he awake?" Derek asked as he was anxious to talk to him about what happened.

"Not yet, but he should be soon. Until then, you can wait here and we'll let you know when he awakens."

Hotch moved towards the surgeon, "may I speak to you?"

The man nodded and moved away from the team to allow more privacy.

"Dr. Reid can't be on narcotics, off the record," Hotch told the man sternly.

"Does he have an addiction history or something?" The surgeon asked, "off the record."

Hotch nodded, "this can't be put on any of his files, he has been clean for months. There's no point-"

"I understand Agent Hotchner, I won't say anything about this, but I won't give him more pain medication then he needs."

"Thank you," Hotch watched as the surgeon walked away, and he went back towards his team.

"Do any of you want to head home or do you want to stay here?" He asked.

The way they all looked at him gave him the obvious answer and he sat down beside Rossi. Derek finally sat down now that he knew Spencer would be okay and JJ sat beside Emily and Penelope.

The team waited anxiously for Spencer to wake up, each of them wondering the same thing.

Why would this man attack Spencer?