Author's Note: So sorry about the long delay in updating. I am gotten so busy with exams that I haven't had time to write as much as I'd like to.
Chapter Eleven
Hotch was waiting for him and Spencer in the airport when the plane landed in Virginia. After greeting them both he handed Spencer a package, "Consider it a welcome home, or a welcome to the family. These used to be, or still are, some of my favourite books and I thought you would enjoy them."
"Thank you" Spencer replied and turned to his dad to ask permission to open the present which Rossi willingly gave.
Spencer ripped open the wrappings and gasped: Lord of The Ringswas written in elegant scroll on the cardboard box around the three volumes.
"Thank you. I've read it before but to have a copy of my own is awesome."
'Don't you have a copy up here?" Rossi asked, tapping Spencer's head
"Yes but it is still not as good as having a copy of the book in print." Spencer explained
Walking out of the airport Hotch asked Dave, "Straight to your house or do you want to show Spencer around the BAU?"
However Dave turned straight to Spencer asking, "What would you like to do bud?"
"The office please" Spencer responded
"That we can do" Hotch answered as he pulled the SUV out of the airport parking lot and onto the main road.
Spencer eyes' were wide open the entire time he was in the Bureau offices. The boy wanted to see everything and know everything. Luckily the team didn't mind the interruption to their paperwork.
They first went into Rossi's old office where Spencer helped him pack up his belongings. Well more like Spencer pestered him with questions and spurted random facts while spinning in the desk chair, legs curled up under him.
"Di you know that…" Spencer began to start up again but Rossi cut him off saying, "Do you want to see Gideon's office?"
Spencer eagerly followed him into the other profiler's office, growing wide-eyed at the wall of pictures of all Gideon's successful saves. Rossi seeing what his son's gaze had landed on whispered, "Those are pictures of the peoples we managed to save from the bad guys."
"I'm a genius you do realize. You do not need to use words such as 'bad guys.' I am well aware that they are murderers, serial killers, rapists and pedophiles."
"Spencer just because you have the intelligence does not mean you are necessarily ready for the information. You are still only ten years old." Dave reprimanded, horrified at the information Spencer knew.
"Spencer Dave is right. And anyways we tend to call them unsubs, or unknown subjects until they are identified." Gideon chimed in, and then handed Spencer a small package, "For your thoughts my dear-boy"
"Thank you" Spencer replied tearing upon the wrappings to discover a beautifully bound leather-journal
Next stop was Morgan's desk where the agent gave Spencer a high-five and shook Rossi's hand wishing him best of luck. He handed the boy something, "Hopefully ti will challenge your mind even just a little."
After getting a nod from Rossi, Spencer tore into the present. Inside the box was a rubix cube—already all mixed up—as well as a book of mind-teasers.
"Thank you" Spencer replied, already playing with the rubix cube after handing the box to his dad. About a minute later Spencer had the cube correct.
"Ah man. How'd you do that?" Morgan questioned,
"It's just a matter of logarithms and--" Spencer started to explain but seeing the confused looks he simply replied, "Genius remember."
JJ's office was next. She would be a hard one for Rossi to leave with her spark and good-nature. She'd once told him that it was one of his recruiting seminars that had convinced her to join the Bureau.
Spencer a little shocked accepted the gift from her hands.
"A little something for your new room"
"Thank you" Spencer gasped as he looked at the build-your-own model kit for the U.S.S. Enterprise
"From that it seems I guessed right that he was a trekkie."
"Definitely" Rossi agreed, watching Spencer turn the model kit box over to read and look over everything.
Seeing the accumulated gifts JJ suggested, "Why don't you leave those here while you visit Garcia?"
Rossi nodded his thanks, following the suggestion, before leading Spencer to Garcia's office. He didn't know her all that well but it was customary to say good-bye to all colleagues. That, and Spencer wanted to see everything possible.
Garcia pulled Spencer into a hug as soon as he came into her office. When she released him she handed him a package
Spencer gasped as he opened it, Inside was copies of the books his mom had published before Schizophrenia took her. He remembered sitting by her desk, listening as she worked on them and would read passages aloud to her.
"Took some finding but I managed to track them down." Garcia explained,
"Thank you so much" Spencer replied, rushing to give Garcia another hug.
While Spencer was gazing at the books, Garcia turned to Rossi and handed him an envelope, "Little Genius needs a good school. This is a listing of all the gifted schools and programs in this area."
He thanked her and allowed her to pull him into a hug.
Spencer and Dave returned upstairs to find a party had been laid out with a banner reading, "Happy Retirement Rossi"
At Dave's shocked look Gideon simply answered, "We couldn't let you leave without a retirement party."
Rossi and Spencer stayed for an hour, before Rossi noticed Spencer's eyelids begin to drop and he decided to bring the boy to his new home.