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"We have nothing, Delilah hasn't been seen since she was sixteen, the fingerprints are bringing up nothing, we have nothing," Morgan growled, "Damn it!" Morgan slammed his fist down upon the round table, making Garcia jump in fright.
"Morgan! Calm down," Hotch said in a steady voice, he knew Morgan was going through more than the rest of the team, he held Reid's bleeding body and now it was worse, the unknowing, the uncertainty on whether Reid was okay, whether he was hurt. It was all messing with their heads, even if most didn't show it, it was messing with them all and he knew if Strauss thought for a second that this team couldn't handle this case, she would immediately pull them and reassign someone else on the job without a second thought. He couldn't let that happen, he couldn't just sit by and do nothing while one of his team members, one of his responsibilities was out there, in pain and needing them. He wasn't going to let that happen, no they were going to be there for Reid just like the many times Reid had been there for them, each and every one of them.
"Calm down?" Morgan repeated to Hotch, "Calm down, Hotch? I was supposed to protect him hotch and now he's in trouble, how the hell am I supposed to calm down?"
"Morgan, if Strauss thinks for a second that we can't handle this case, it'll be reassigned, now if you want to help Reid I suggest you calm down and gather yourself together otherwise we may never find Reid," Hotch held his gaze at Morgan, Morgan sighed, biting his lip, trying to bottle up the many emotions of rage pumping through him. Morgan got up and walked out of the conference room.
"Is Morgan going to be okay?" Garcia let the stray tears fall down her cheeks as she let the words come out quietly, as if speaking too loud would cause an earthquake of some kind.
"He'll be fine, we just need to find Reid," Rossi told Garcia but almost trying to say to himself that it'll be okay, that they'll find Reid but he couldn't hush the small whisper that was saying nothing will ever be the same again and for some reason he was still allowing that voice to sink in.
Morgan barged into the men's room, his breathing was heavy and all he could think about was Reid. Reid was in this mess and they were doing jack about it. Damian wasn't freaking answering his phone, he even got Garcia keeping a continuous radar on Damian's phone but nothing not a trace, not a glimpse of him being on this freaking earth.
Morgan turned on the tap, letting the sound of the running water sooth into his ears before placing his hand, cupping the water and splashing it on his face. Morgan stood there for as well, just hanging his head in utter defeat, he couldn't take much more of this, all of it, werewolves, freaky abilities, the alpha, it was something he shouldn't, and Reid shouldn't have to deal with this. It was something they shouldn't even be knowing, caring about let alone be living through. This should be another person's problem, not theirs. Morgan felt himself breaking down on the inside. He didn't know what to do. Nothing was right, nothing was fair and now the world was taking it out on Reid. Why it didn't happen to him was the thought that kept running through his mind. Morgan was right there next to him out there, standing right there, why didn't the alpha take him? Why wasn't it him? And then he thought that maybe this would all be so much easier if he told the team then it might not be so hard, they might be able to figure out where Reid was but that was only because it would make it easier on himself and Morgan knew it. Telling them would endanger them all even more and he knew Damian's word echoed through his head.
"What about my team, they need to…" Morgan was quickly interrupted.
"No!" Damian's eyes widen, he almost looked frighten, "No they can't know, it's already dangerous that you know, if word gets out about us then… then something could happen."
"What are you afraid of?" Morgan asked, he could see the hidden fear in the man's eyes that was now retracted and he seemed emotionless again.
Damian knew something, something could happen if Morgan told everyone about werewolves and Morgan didn't want to endanger Reid but what could seriously happen if Morgan told his team, would could be the worse outcome, they don't believe him, they send him into a psych ward, okay that one was a little bit frightening to Morgan but Reid could most defiantly support him on that and show them if they thought Reid was crazy too. No, he was going to have to tell them at some point but he didn't know where that point would be, where that line between friendship and trust would be accepted.
A knock on the door disrupted the train of thought Morgan was in and Hotch stepped in.
"I think we have something," Hotch said to Morgan and he could literally see the hope raise within Morgan and quickly Morgan grabbed a paper towel and whipped his face down and quickly rushed out of the men's room after Hotch.
As soon as Morgan was in the conference room he saw JJ standing up, looking riddled with guilt that was obvious, Emily, Rossi, Garcia were all sitting around the round table and Morgan's eyes laid upon the empty chair that was supposed to be where Reid sat. Morgan pulled his eyes away and focused on the problem at hand.
"What do we have?" Morgan asked taking a sit but leaving the spare one free, as if just waiting for Reid to walk on in and take a sit right next to him.
"I didn't know what I saw," JJ started, her was shaking as she did so, "Who I saw," JJ corrected herself. Morgan's eyes widen at her.
"What are you talking about, JJ?" Morgan pressured, his eyes glaring at JJ, accusing her like she had committed a hideous crime and in which, in Morgan's mind she had.
"I saw someone, watching us outside the doors of the bullpen, I didn't know at first but I think it might be the third set of prints," JJ got out, looking at everyone's accusing eyes but she avoided Morgan's, knowing the look she would be giving him if she dared to look at him straight in the face.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Hotch asked, knowing that this information could've helped them out earlier and that could've saved Reid earlier.
"I don't know, I didn't think, I just thought it was nothing," JJ tried to explain herself, desperation was clear in her voice but Morgan wasn't going to let that fool him, he wasn't going to let that mellow his anger out anyway.
"You didn't think about Reid?" Morgan growled out to JJ, who instantly looked down in shame.
"Morgan," Hotch warned and Morgan retracted himself, but still not letting his eyes show any sign of sadness for JJ.
"JJ, do you think you can give a good enough description to a sketch artist?" Rossi asked, changing the subject for JJ's sake.
"Yeah, I think so," JJ nodded and Rossi got up to lead JJ out of the room and take for to a sketch arist.
"Keep working," Hotch said, walking out of the conference room leaving Emily and Morgan alone. Emily looked at Morgan, waiting for him to speak before finally giving in, seeing as though he wasn't going to.
"Okay, I'll be the one to say this, don't you think you were a little bit harsh on her," Emily said, looking straight at Morgan for any response. Morgan turned his chair around to face Emily, he was clearly still angry at JJ, hell he looked like he was angry at the whole world.
"Well, I was right," Morgan mumbled, still defending his actions against JJ.
"And I agree with you, JJ should have come and talked to us as soon as this case with Reid was here but come on Morgan, we've all made mistakes," Emily said, trying to not pick any sides in this and trying to get Morgan to see why JJ did what she did.
"Well, she's made one too many of those towards Reid," Morgan said, instantly getting Emily's attention.
"What do you mean?" Emily asked, curious and a little bit confused about what Morgan had just said. JJ had always been a good friend towards Reid.
"Come on, Emily, the Hankel case, his drug problem that we all knew about, everything, she was supposed to be there for him when that happened, when they spilt up and he know has this constant battle, that case never leaves him ever and now this one. This one might just be the same, it might never leave him, Emily, and I can't stop thinking about that, I can never stop," Morgan admitted, he knew that this wasn't purely about JJ but about the fact that this was just another burden upon Reid, another issue in his life that he knows will never leave him and he couldn't help but lash out about it.
"I understand but JJ is helping us out, she's helping us save Reid, just keep that in mind," Emily advised and Morgan nodded, thinking about what Emily had just said and that's what he did, he held onto that thought. Thinking about how this was another step closer to finding Reid, another step closer to having Pretty Boy back.
"Morgan!" Garcia came running in, Morgan spun around and looked at a frantic Garcia.
"What is it, Baby Girl?" Morgan asked quickly walking straight up to her, Emily was watching with eagerness, eagerness of seeing if Garcia had find something, anything.
"I found it, Damian's phone, it turned on," Garcia said quickly, looking at Morgan with a glimmer of pride on her face from finally have done something that has actually found out something.
"Where is he?" Morgan asked, wanting to know where this bastard had been all this time while Reid was out with the alpha.
"He's just outside in the parking lot," Garcia replied, Morgan looked confused but then rushed out of the conference room, Emily walked out of the conference room looking quite confused as did Hotch who was standing outside the door but then they soon followed. Rossi looked up from where he and JJ were sitting.
"What's going on?" Rossi asked Hotch, looking as confused as the rest of them.
"I don't know," Hotch said, quickly following Morgan to the elevator and down to the parking lot, followed by Emily.
Morgan raced out of the building to find a trembling body laying out on the ground, Morgan rushed over to find Damian. His stomach was lashed open, his face was bruised and battered and his left arm had a long gash from his forearm and up. His whole body was scattered with tiny claw marks and his legs looked beyond a mess, his thighs had two long savage cuts right to his hip and his calves had an arrangement of medium sized cuts.
"Oh my god," Emily gasped at the sight quickly turning away to regain her composure. Hotch quickly grabbed his phone out of his pocket and dialed 911.
"Damian, what the hell happened?" Morgan asked, staring at Damian's eyes as they slowly looked close to closing at any moment, "Hey, hey stay with me man, what happened."
"He's here… the alp-" Damian stopped mid-sentence, coughing shook him violently, blood splattered everywhere, leaving tiny droplets of blood on Morgan's face.
"No, no Damian, don't do this, man do you know where Reid is?" Morgan asked, looking desperately at Damian but before Damian could reply the medics came rushing over pushing Morgan away from Damian.
"Sir, I need you to step back," The medic said, lightly pushing Morgan away so that the medics could work on Damian.
"But-" Morgan protested, but was then pulled back by Hotch, "Damn it."
"Morgan does Damian know something?" Hotch asked, looking at Morgan with intense eyes.
"I had him go into something, he was looking around but then his phone was turned off and I couldn't contact him until then his phone just turned on," Morgan partly lied but it was true, Damian was searching for something and Morgan had only just managed to get in contact with him.
"So are you saying he might know something and that is the reason he has gotten hurt?" Emily then asked, looking over the medics and then back to Morgan.
"Yeah most likely," Morgan sighed, rubbing his forehead before looking at Damian. If Damian knew something about where Reid was, or what was happening to him.
"Are you coming, sir?" One of the medics asked Morgan, Morgan paused for a moment, not knowing quiet what to say before nodding his head.
"I'll go with him and see when he wakes up and see if he knows anything," Morgan said and Hotch nodded his head and Morgan raced into the back of the ambulance. He had to know what Damian knew, he had to find Reid.
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