Hey my lovelies, here is an extra long chapter update that I hope you enjoy as much as I did writing it.
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Morgan had been pacing back and forth for hours, not knowing anything at all. He hadn't truly known Damian but Reid would always talk about him and if Reid would consider this guy a friend then Morgan knows that Damian must be good. But of course that wasn't the main thought on his mind, it was whether Damian knew something and that something was the key to finding. Morgan stopped when he saw the doctor walk out, the doctor he knew for a fact was treating Damian.
"How is he?" Morgan asked immediately, not wasting anytime.
"I am only permitted to give this information to the next of kin," The doctor advised Morgan, which only served to infuriate Morgan even more.
"He has no family, the only family member left alive is in a mental home, and as an FBI agent on a case, looking for a kidnapped agent, I advise you to give me his condition," Morgan bit out harshly, although the doctor didn't react, he properly has dealt with many pissed off people in his time but Morgan wasn't any normal person, he was an FBI agent with a serious temper at the moment.
"As I have said, I am only supposed to give this information to the next of kin," The doctor before being interrupted by Morgan.
"I-" But before Morgan could finish what he was about to say the doctor interrupted him this time.
"But before Damian slipped unconscious, he said to give an Agent Derek Morgan all his information so I'll let this slide, Damian went into cardiac arrest and we barely managed to revive him, he is aon life support at the moment and we are giving him blood transfusions at the moment, he has slipped into a coma and we can't predict when he will wake up," The doctor said, remorse and almost guilt in his voice seeing the reaction Morgan had with this information.
"Damn it," Morgan sighed, rubbing his forehead in pure exhaustion.
"But Damian gave us this in the ambulance," The doctor fished through his pocket and grabbed out a blood stained piece of paper, "He said it'll help with the investigation."
Morgan grabbed the letter, mumbling a thanks not really to the doctor but more to Damian, Morgan unfolded the piece of paper to find a sequence of dots in a line. Morgan scrunched his face in confusion, not understanding the importance of this or even what this is. Morgan refolded the paper and put it in his pocket.
"Hey doc, you keep me updated right?" Morgan turned back to the doctor, who nodded in response.
"Of course, if anything happens we will contact you immediately," The doctor then turned and walked away and Morgan rushed out of the hospital and into the SUV, dialing Hotch as he did so.
"Hey Hotch, I've got something," Morgan said, then hanging up the phone and speeding off to the BAU.
As soon as Morgan walked into the BAU and straight into the conference room all eyes were on him. Hotch was the first to speak up.
"What did you find?" Morgan unfolded the piece of paper and placed it on the round table. All eyes looked confused as they stared at it, "What is that?" Hotch asked the question that was all on their minds.
"I honestly don't know, a code maybe but I bet if we figure it out then we may be able to find Reid," Morgan said, still staring at the piece of paper, hoping that if he stared at it long enough then maybe the answer will just pop into his mind but that would just be too good to be true, nothing in this world was ever that easy.
"We got a match from that sketch," Rossi said, making Morgan draw his eyes away from the piece of paper, "His name is Sean Harvard, he went missing over 30 years ago, since then there have been a string of sightings of him but no one has ever been able to see him but he confirmed that since he went missing there had been a reports of missing teenagers following from where he was abducted."
"Abducted?" Morgan raised an eyebrow, "I thought this son of a bitch was doing this?"
"We believe he is but he was like the others who were taken, he was 13 when he went missing that makes him 43 now," Hotch then said, making Morgan think for a moment.
"We think that this has been going on for a while, it's like a cult, and they abduct young teenagers and young adults, brainwash them and then when the leader dies then the next one in line steps up, this has been going on for a while, we have teenagers and young adult kidnappings dating back to the 1800s and those have been the ones that have been recorded," Emily said grimly, disgust written upon her face.
"God," Morgan mumbled, slowly letting all of this sink in, none of these people, werewolves whatever the hell they were, wanted this, none of them asked for this, it was forced upon on them, just like it was forced upon Reid and god knows how they were being brainwashed.
"Hey, so I did some more research into this Sean guy and nothing- hey," Garcia walked over to the blood stained piece of paper and picked it up looking at it.
"Do you know what it is?" JJ spoke up for the first time and Morgan resisted the urge to glare, listening to what Emily had said to him.
"Yeah, it's called Braille, it's a way blind people can read stuff, see this first one is an A and this one is a C and this is a dash and then you got a G and a I," Garcia explained, writing the translation on a separate piece of paper. Morgan looked up at her in amazement and amusement.
"Thank you, Reid," Morgan joked, getting everyone to grin at this, lighting the mood.
"Oh shush," Garcia gave a little hit to Morgan.
"How did you know this?" Rossi asked.
"I know someone who is blind, so yeah," Garcia shrugged off, everyone in the room seemed a little bit happier now, since they actually had a lead.
"But this doesn't make sense, AC-GI," Notch turned back the room into a more serious mode, making everyone straighten up. Garcia stared harder and her face lit up.
"Oh, I know, there are also numbers for these things so you simply change them, that makes the A a one, the C a three, the G a seven and the I a nine," Garcia announced happily.
"I know what these are," Morgan stated, Emily looked at him.
"What?" Emily asked him.
"These are coordinates, we know were Reid is," Morgan rushed to a map, everyone in the room held their collective breathes as Morgan pinned down Reid's location, "I know where he is," They all geared up and rushed out of the conference room following Morgan.
"Emily, Rossi, you go with Morgan, JJ and I'll be right behind you," Hotch yelled as they all rushed out of the room.
At the Warehouse
"Spencer, are you sure you are ready?" Delilah asked in complete worry, her voice gave away her façade of no emotion as she looked straight at Spencer.
"Yeah, Ethan said I was ready, we have been training nonstop since the alpha's been gone and I have been advancing in my ability, it's now or never, you know that," Spencer told Delilah, looking straight back into her eyes, for a few moments they paused, not sure whether they both knew what was going to happen next but out of pure instinct their lips met and they were soon consuming each other. Not wanting to let each other go as all of their hands were wrapping around each other's waist, travelling up and down, searching for each other but already having each other.
"The alpha doesn't come back for a while, we still have time," Delilah breathed heavily, trying to find their way back into Delilah's room, hands roaming around for walls and doors.
"Really? Good," Spencer mumbled as they finally found Delilah's room. Falling onto the bed, the consumed each other nibbling on each other's ears and lips until they each drew blood, not even flinching as they did. Delilah's hands crept around Reid's shirt and lifted it off, and she lowered herself, nibbling at Reid's chest as he caressed her body and removed her top. Reid lifted her up and wrapped her legs around his waist, she grinned at him and he returned before their lips met yet again, tongues dancing with each other and they soon sunk into each other, devouring both with passion.
Reid woke up with the feeling like nothing in the world mattered and that he had no worries, as he found Delilah's arms wrapped around his body. It was truly wonderful for him to find something good in this nightmare and it was a sure better kidnapping then he had previously experienced before. He knew the alpha would be here soon and he knew he had to be ready. He was never one to start a fight or even to fight in the first place but he knew he was different now and he knew that this had to be done. Reid slowly removed Delilah's hands from around him and got up, putting on his shirt and pants and walking out, carefully closing the door, honestly he felt like a jerk and really disgusted doing that but hey it wasn't like he was going off and never seeing her again, at least he hoped he would see her again. He truly did hope he would see her again. She was truly amazing, strong and despite everything, she still had her personality intact after all these years of being here. Normally people under this sort of treatment, being kidnapped and brainwashed wouldn't have that anymore, they would almost be robotic, but these people, even Ethan, still had remains of their old life with them. Reid stepped out of the room and there he was, the alpha, despite the place they were in, he wore expensive clothing as if he were meant to be in a mansion instead of a warehouse. He was talking to someone, someone he couldn't see, his face was hidden behind a hood, how clichéd, Reid thought to himself, but still defiantly concerning, defiantly. As the conversation proceeded, Reid heard bits and pieces, the one thing he hadn't been able to get the hang on was his super hearing and now more than ever he was regretting that he wasn't able to get the hang of it. The one word that concerned him was Damian and then the word that followed, dead. Reid held back the urge to growl, one of the things Ethan taught him, control, which now he understood why. No, Reid had to wait before attacking the alpha, he couldn't take on another possible werewolf at the same time. As soon as the other figure left, he prepared himself but that was when Mason walked up behind him.
"Thanks," Mason mouthed before putting a hand on Reid's shoulder, Reid nodded and then Mason walked back into his room, leaving it up to Reid. Reid took a steady breath before walking out to the alpha. This room was scattered with pipes and wires, still under construction and Reid didn't want to know what for.
"Hello, Spencer," Reid stopped right in front of the alpha, not letting the overwhelming fear show at that moment, "My, my, you have changed since I've left, has Ethan been training you?"
Reid didn't answer, only letting his eyes turned into an icy stare but controlling his emotions as all he felt was the overwhelming feeling of anger. This was the guy who had made all their lives misery and now he was going to pay for that.
"Not that talkative, now that has defiantly changed, from what I got you could never shut that mouth of yours even when it was better for it to be shut," The alpha said turning to Reid and sizing him up, knowing what was going to happen, "I guess there is no point in wasting time now is there?" Reid knew exactly what was coming next and grabbed the fist that was meant to collided with his face, another thing Ethan taught him, always be able to predict what your opponents next move is and Ethan taught him all of the alphas moves and tricks while fighting. Reid then twisted that arm and threw the alpha across the room, "I think Ethan taught you well but you can't beat me, I am an alpha after all."
"That may be but you're not my alpha," Reid stated, lunged for the alpha. The fists they each traded and the kicks were all painful, for the both of them. The alpha wrapped his hand around Reid's throat in a painful grip, squeezing the air right out of Reid's lungs. Reid lifted his hand up, levitating a chair and colliding it with the alpha's head, sending him tumbling to the floor and giving Reid the chance to breath in the sir he so desperately needed. The alpha coughed up the blood and wiped it from his mouth.
"You… defiantly have been training… but I doubt you have predicted your friends showing up," As soon as the alpha said that Hotch and Emily kicked down the doors to the warehouse guns raised in all directions and at that the alpha raced over, the guns that both Emily and Hotch fired were useless, they weren't even slowing the alpha down and soon enough the alpha was behind Hotch with his claws placed dangerously on Hotch's throat, threatening to rip his throat open, "Now Emily dear, please shut those doors and put that gun down, trust me, it'll be of no use," Emily placed the gun down and carefully walked to the doors and closed them.
"Let them go," Reid said in a steady voice, almost emotionless.
"Now why would I do that? You threaten me and you need to learn your place, I knew I shouldn't have left you here with the rest, you were new hope, of course they would rebel but I never thought Ethan would step out of line, he was always too watchful of his brothers safety but I guess you were convincing," The alpha smiled at Reid, still at the ready to rip Hotch's throat open.
"Please, Sean, we can sort this out, no one has to die," Emily tried to negotiate but the alpha... Sean laughed in response.
"They don't know, do they, Spencer? Can't say I'm surprised," Sean said to Reid, but as Sean continued to ramble and mock, Reid hand was slowly turning, the screw above that connected the pipes together rattled slightly and fell to the ground with a ting. Reid waited to see if Sean had noticed but it seems he was still too absorbed with his own personal gloating to even register it and Reid continued the process. Reid looked directly at Hotch, giving a slight nod and when Reid turned that final screw Hotch ducked, and the alpha was sent flying and Reid took this moment, this pure moment as his chance. His body ached, he had cuts and bruises that riddled his body and he was sure that he had a broken rib and a fractured wrist. Reid used his one good hand and raised an abandoned pipe. He didn't noticed the wide eyes that Hotch and Emily gave him and the shock that riddled them both. Reid flicked his hand and when Sean was slowly getting up the pipe struck him in the stomach and pinned him to a wall, Sean struggled to get the pipe out, slowly as blood ran from his mouth and nose. Reid walked up to him, not even a sign of guilt was within Reid's eyes as Sean looked at him.
"You're… n-no better than m-me," Sean laughed that was when Reid growled and grabbed a stray wire and wrapped it around Sean's neck and pulled with his strength. A sickening crunch filled the room as Sean's head dropped to the floor with a crack and rolled slightly before coming to a stop. Reid stared at the head before turning around, he felt waves, floods of power surging through him. He didn't know whether this was good or not by, his eyes turned a crimson but then went to a darker almost black colour before changing back. Emily and Hotch were there staring at him with shock written on them, they felt their hearts racing, Reid heard their hearts racing. They had never seen Reid like this nor had they seen him decapitate a person with a piece of wire. Their eyes filled with worry but also fear as Reid walked over to them.
"Are you alright?" Reid asked them but it took both of them a while to get what Reid had said, as their eyes trailed to the decapitated head and its body.
"Y-yeah, Reid what- are you alright?" Emily stammered out helping Hotch up from the ground.
"Yeah, I am," Reid said casually, which only caused Emily and Hotch more concern.
"Reid, you just decapitated a person," Hotch eased to Reid, as if talking to some crazy person or a child.
"Yeah, I know but trust me, that was the only I knew that he would be dead," Reid explained but not really putting Emily and Hotch at ease but they decided maybe now wasn't the time to confront Reid about this. A shuffling noise came from behind them and quickly Hotch and Emily reached for their guns and spun around. Delilah, Ethan, Lucas and Mason walked out, all looked happy, and relieved, a mixed set of emotions on all of their faces. They both lowered their guns slightly, not completely though.
"Guys, it's alright," Reid reassured but they hesitated before lowering their guns. Hotch talked into his radio, saying it was clear to come in and soon enough Morgan, Rossi and JJ burst into the room. Morgan ran straight over to Reid and grabbed him into a big bear hug.
"Reid, don't ever do that again," Morgan expressed tightening his gripped on Reid before letting go.
"Yeah, trust me, I won't," Reid laughed at Morgan before Rossi came up to him and grabbed him in a hug, which almost shocked Reid. JJ stood there quietly not knowing quite what to do but Reid went up to her and hugged her.
"I'm sorry," JJ sobbed into Reid and Reid shook his head.
"Don't blame yourself, JJ," Reid told her tightening the hug before letting her go and Hotch walked up to him and then Emily, both hugging him in pure relief and happiness. Then Ethan walked up to him then Lucas and Mason.
"Thanks, I never thought it but you did it," Ethan said with his usually voice, Reid nodded at him with a smile but was then extended a hand, "I don't really do hugs," Ethan smiled and Reid accepted the hand and then Lucas came up.
"Yeah man, thanks, I of course knew you could do it," Lucas smiled before Mason pushed him.
"No you didn't!" Mason smiled, before Lucas gave him an annoyed look.
"Thank you, Lucas," Reid said anyway before he was pulled into a hug by Mason.
Delilah then walked up to Reid, "Yeah, thanks," She smiled before they both, didn't hug but kissed. Leaving the team with wide eyes and pure surprise on their faces, which made Reid smile.
"Come on, Pretty Boy," Morgan said as they all walked out, leaving this place for a final time.
Do not worry, that is not the ending! There still is more coming, like why was the coordinates in Braille? And what about Damian and what has happened to Reid but I think that one is obvious! Haha!