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Addressing the issue of having a sequel to this therefore making this little fanfic collection a trilogy. For fear that a certain reviewer will get Garcia to hunt me down, I have decided to do it. There will be about five more chapters for this and then I will write the third installment. I both fear and love my reviewers.
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All medical stuff from my head and some shows.
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Five hours later
The entire team sat shaking in waiting room of the hospital, they had still recieved no word about Reid. Hotch couldn't believe what had happened, he couldn't believe that Reid had tried to kill himself. He knew that Reid was going through an extremely tough time but he never thought that Reid would reach the point where he thought life wasn't worth living. Hotch looked over to Garcia and felt for her. She had not been able to stop the tears from falling since Reid had been rushed into the hospital. Hotch knew that Rossi had managed to bring Reid back by performing CPR but Reid had not woken up since he had attempted suicide.
Morgan met Hotch's gaze for a moment, they both acknowledged the fact that Garcia was having a hard time with everything that had happened to Reid and herself. Morgan held her tightly to her chest as she cried gently.
JJ was holding her cold coffee in her hands. She couldn't drink any of it without thinking about Reid and how he used to love coffee. JJ hated not knowing what was happening with Reid. She still couldn't believe that Reid had attempted suicide. She couldn't help but go back to when she and Reid had gone on a date. It had been a harmless date but it reminded her of how nervous, innocent and sweet he used to be. Everything he had gone through since then had hurt him, everything he had gone through had changed him. He didn't deserve anything that had happened to him.
Emily was trying to keep a strong face in front of everyone but even she couldn't help the slight quiver of her lower lip as she thought about Reid. He had been so angry when she had returned but they had resumed their friendship since then. She had been there to help him when Jay Henson and the others had hurt him. Emily looked at the team and saw how much they all cared for Reid.
Reid was the baby of the team, he was the baby of the family. Emily also knew that he was different things to each member. He was like a brother to her, Morgan, JJ and Garcia. Rossi and Hotch viewed Reid as a son. She knew that Rossi was having a hard time coping.
Rossi tried to shake away the images of Reid throwing up over the bed, he tried to remove images from his mind of a lifeless Reid. Rossi hoped that Reid was okay, he needed Reid to be okay. He had lost a son a long time ago, he couldn't lose another one now.
"Spencer Reid," a familiar voice piped up. The team looked up and were met with a sad smile belonging to Dr Greene.
"Where is Spencer? Is he okay?" Garcia asked as she shot up from her seat and almost sprinted over to Dr Greene. The rest of the team walked forward and waited for an answer.
"He is alive but I have some concerns and some worrying news," Dr Greene told the team. A look of confusion and relief swept across the team but they all didn't like the last half of his sentence.
"What do you mean?" Rossi asked he stepped foward.
"For now he is on a ventilator, his breathing was laboured and he was in distress. We will take him off the ventilator in a few hours when his respitory rate has improved. We managed to remove the remainder of the medication that he used to overdose himself. Making him throw up was what probably saved his life. He is going to be asleep for a while due to the dosage that he took," Dr Greene explained, he stopped for a moment to allow the team to digest the information before he continued talking.
"My main concern right now is his mental state. I am placing him in psychiatric care for a time till we can get him back to a good place. He has been placed on suicide watch and even though he isn't awake we have strapped him down for his own safety. I am surprised that he attempted to do this. He was evaluated and deemed fit to leave the hospital when he was discharged. He was depressed but we had discussed counciling for him. Do any of you have any idea why he would try to do this?"
Rossi couldn't believe what he had just heard, he couldn't believe that Reid was being placed in psychiatric care. He hated picturing Reid strapped down onto a bed. He knew issues were going to arise from Reid being strapped down.
"I have power of attorney over him, I didn't give permission for him to be place in psychiatric care. This will only make
things worse, he can't be placed in mental ward," Hotch protested.
The entire team knew that Reid was going to have trouble if he was placed on mental ward with other patients. It wouldn't help Reid, it would make him worse. Hotch had no doubt in his mind that Reid would try to kill himself again if this happened.
"I can overturn your decision if I deem it nessecary. Spencer needs full time care and after a short stay here he can be transferred to a more permanent location. I know that you all want to help him but you can't be there for him all the time and provide the care he needs. He needs counselling and therapy, he will be on suicide watch till we feel that he won't try to kill himself. I'm sorry but Reid has been through a traumatic experience not only once but twice. He needs this help," Dr Greene argued to Hotch. Hotch knew deep down that the doctor was right, he just didn't want to admit it.
"Can we see him?" Garcia said suddenly. She couldn't listen to Dr Greene anymore. She just wanted to see Reid.
"Not yet, I'll have someone come and get you when he wakes up. I think that he would take news of what is going to happen to him from one of you better than if a doctor told him. Again I am sorry for what has happened," Dr Greene told them sadly before he retreated from the waiting room.
"We failed him," Morgan said quietly. The words were still the loudest thing in the room as the team all heard what Morgan had said.
"Morgan, we didn't-" Emily tried to say but found herself falling silent as Morgan released a burst of anger.
"NO! We did, we fucking failed him. He trusted us to protect him and we failed!" Morgan shouted angrily before he stormed out of the room.
Six hours later
Rossi was sitting in the waiting room, his eyelids began to droop as he felt everything catch up to him. He jumped though when Dr Greene walked into the room. A small rush of energy appeared causing Rossi to escape the slumber that had threatened to take him. Rossi looked round for a moment before he remembered that the rest of the team had taken Garcia to the cafeteria to eat something.
"Is Reid alright?" Rossi asked as he slowly got to his feet. Rossi knew that Reid wasn't as he saw the look on Dr Greene's face.
"I think that you should come and speak with him. He is asking questions and becoming combative, I think he would take the news better if you spoke with him."
Rossi nodded before he began to follow Dr Greene, they went through a few doors before they came to a small room. Rossi looked through the glass window to see a broken and lost Reid. Rossi could see that they had strapped his arms down and avoided his healing wrists. Rossi took a deep breath before he walked into the room. Reid looked up for a second before he turned his head away from Rossi to look at the floor.
"Hey Reid. How are you feeling?" Rossi asked, he knew it was a stupid question to ask but he didn't know what else to say.
Reid wouldn't even look up from the floor, he remained silent. Rossi knew he had to tell Reid what was going to happen to him. He hated having to be the one to do it.
"Reid. I need you to listen to me carefully. The doctor wants to place you in a psychiatric ward for a while, he wants to help you. You are on suicide watch after what you tried to do. Reid, I'm sorry but they are going to place you on a ward here for a few days before moving you to another hospital. You need some help and we can't give it too you. We are going to be there for you though, we aren't going to let you go through this alone," Rossi said calmly.
Reid started to shake his head causing Rossi to worry. He could hear small words coming from Reid's mouth. Reid suddenly twisted his head around to look at Rossi. Tears were brimming on his eyes.
"I'm n-not cr-crazy!" Reid kept repeating as he shook his head in denial.
"We know you aren't crazy Reid, no-one is saying that. Dr Greene just thinks it would help you recover. You've been through traumatic experiences and getting help with make things better," Rossi explained to Reid. Rossi hated how horrible the words tasted as they left his lips.
Reid began to thrash to against his restraints as he tried to get out of the bed. Rossi stepped forward and tried to hold Reid down as Reid began to thrash more wildly.
"I'mmm n-not cr-crazy. You c-can't make me go! I w-wanna d-die, j-just let me d-die!" Reid screamed angrily. An array of nurses ran in and began to hold Reid down. Rossi backed out of the room in put horror at the scene that was unfolding.
Rossi was haunted by the words he had just heard. He never thought he would hear those words from Reid.
He never thought that the man he thought of as a son would ask to die.
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