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Okay, this ones kinda a flashback chapter. after all, what happened to Prentiss and Reid's mirror?
Morgan held the ice to his head gingerly. When the medic gave it to him he said he had to place it there or else the stitches would swell.
Garcia sat next to him, rubbing his shoulder and keeping him company.
When they'd seen the corpse... or full on skeleton Rossi and the corner carted out no one would have believed it except Rossi said he'd watched with his own two eyes as the decay process was speeded up to only a few hours. Even now, as it sat in the back of the corners car, it was quickly turning to dust.
"Sugar Bear," Garcia said quietly, "Maybe we shouldn't tell anyone about this yet."
"What?" Morgan asked, half suspecting they still didn't believe him.
"I believe you," Garcia said, guessing at what the accusatory tone meant, "In fact, that creepy skeleton helps your story beyond the stratosphere, but if we want tofind Reid we need to move fast. Telling people would just slow us down."
"Did Hotch tell you to do this?"
"Yes. But only because he wants to find Reid faster."
"I found him!" Someone shouted.
"Just like that." Garcia said, getting up and following Morgan as everyone sprinted out and towards Prentiss who limped from around the corner.
"Where is he?" JJ asked.
"In the mirror!" Prentiss gasped, leaning on Hotch's offered shoudler. He wrapped his arm around her waist and they started walking toward the ambulance.
"Still?" Morgan muttered. Garcia swatted at him but kept walking with him.
Hotch sat her down on the edge of the ambulance, "What happened?"
"I saw Reid. He was trapped in a mirror. And it looked like he was fighting desperatly to get out. But when I tried-oh!" the medic had grabbed her ankle gently, but when she cried out he struggled to pull the pants leg up as she pulled back. the ankle was purple and swollen. Everyone internally winced.
"When you what?" Hotch asked.
Prentiss took a few deep breathes then continued.
(While everything had been happening up to chapter 17)
Prentiss unholstered the gun and got ready to strike the mirror. Maybe if she broke him out he could tell her what had been going on around here. Then they could find an exit together.
She raised it, but when she swung down someone grabbed her arm rather tightly.
"Now that," they said, rage dripping in their voice, "Is a very bad idea indeed." He swung her arm back turned her around.
It was the Ring Master. The mask only made him more threatning.
Reid had stopped banging on the mirror. He'd seen the Ring Master, why not Prentiss. he stared shocked, like he was seeing everything for the first time.
The Ring Master stared back, then he twirled Prentiss around till she was facing Reid, Ring Master's arms wrapped tightly around her. He hugged her close which only enraged Reid. He began banging harder, kicking so hard Prentiss was afraid he'd break his toes or something.
"Reid!" she cried desperatly, struggling in the Ring Master's grip. She kicked at his legs and scratched his arms, but he only moved her closer and closer to the glass. Until he was pressing her face right up against it. Prentiss was finding it harder and harder to breathe.
Reid reered back his fist and brought it against the glass, toward the Ring Master's face.
But instead of banging against the glass and doing nothing, he broke through it and socked the Ring Master full on in the face, making him let go of Prentiss and fall to the floor, the mask falling off and sliding far to the other side of the room. Prentiss landed near Reid's mirror, and she looked up when she heard a sort of sucking sound.
Reid was staring concerndly over her, but then jerked back, like he'd heard something.
"NO! REID DON'T GO!" Prentiss screamed, running to the mirror and placing her hand where the hole was. Reid had stock still, and simply deteriorated away, like dust in the wind...
Only her hand hit smooth glass. The hole had fixed itself!
"Hahahaha!" The Ring Master laughed, getting up. He stumbled over to Prentiss and grabbed her by the shoudlers. He pulled her close and wrapped his arms around her. Pressing his face into her shoulder. He let go with one arm and brought up a knife.
Prentiss was so shocked at having lost Reid for a second time, she almost didn't notice.
"NO!" she screamed, elbowing him in the rib and kicking him in the knee he let go in reflex to the pain. She shot out from under him and ran to the otherside, about to turn the corner and run when she heard Reid shout, "Wait!"
She turned around, expecting to see him in one of the mirrors.
Instead she saw the Ring Master straighten up and wipe the blood from his mouth.
From Reids mouth.