A/N: Here's more! Every little chapter has a reson... Keep that in mind and see if you can figure out this story! I don't own CM or their characters! Thanks ofr the reviews and followers!
Hotch was numb. He couldn't move as he stared at the doctors move in and rip Reid's gown open. He noticed the wrap around the young doctor's chest begin cut open as they placed they placed the defibrillators on his chest. They yelled, "Clear!" Nothing. They rubbed the paddles together. "Clear," Hotch felt his heart crack. There was nothing. The doctors looked around and yelled, "Clear!"
Spencer was not coming back.
Hotch felt light-headed. He was no longer in the room. He didn't know when he was escorted out. He didn't even feel inside his body. He couldn't hear. He couldn't see. Nothing. Just like Dr. Spencer Reid. Nothing. He couldn't believe it. Reid just gave up. How could he? Hotch merely begged him to stay, if not for him- then for JJ. Hotch thought back to his last words. He said goodbye. The whole team said goodbye. Spencer took that as his cue to finally rest in peace. Hotch started walking. He couldn't believe this. He was angry at Reid. He was angry at the man who hit him. Most of all he was angry at himself. He didn't know what to do. He walked back into the hallway. The team looked at him. Hotch couldn't face them. He simply walked past them ignoring their questions. Now wasn't the time. Hotch left the ICU unit altogether. He walked the stairs slowly. He then felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to face David Rossi. He didn't even notice he was being followed. "I failed him," Hotch whispered. "I spoke to him. I said goodbye and I guess his way of goodbye was- was- was to just leave us altogether. It didn't have to be this way!" Hotch yelled angrily. Rossi knew this will hurt Hotch deeply. "Did they pronounce him dead?" Rossi asked. "I was pulled out of the room," Hotch whispered as he slid down the wall. Everything inside of him hurt. His heart, his head, his legs. Hotch felt completely out of his own body. Hotch would prefer it that way. Rossi sat next to him. Hotch knew Rossi wouldn't leave his side. Rossi cared too much for the younger man to just leave. Hotch accepted the silent comfort that Rossi was giving. It was relieving in a sense.
Hotch sat there quietly. Eventually his mind wandered to when Reid first joined the team.
'Gideon walked into the room with an air of happiness that he nor Morgan seen in a long time. "He's here," Gideon smiled happily. Morgan looked outright confused. "Who's here?" He asked raising an eyebrow. "Dr. Reid!" Gideon said happily. "The brightest man you'll ever meet!" Gideon smiled. "Get Garcia and JJ! They have to meet him!" Gideon practically yelled as Morgan left to go get the two girls. "Is he ready for this?" Hotch asked and Gideon glared at him. "Which part?" Gideon asked. "Meeting the team," Hotch said. Gideon nodded. "He'll never be, so it happens today," Gideon smiled as the two girls walked up to him with a questioning look. "Sit in the conference room. I'm bringing the newest member to our team," Gideon said. They all nodded and Gideon left.
Hotch took this as his chance to talk to the team. "Guys. This guy is very shy, but Gideon believes he will be an asset to this team," Hotch started. "He is really smart. Smartest guy we may ever see, but we need to be kind and treat him with respect," Hotch sad as the team nodded. Suddenly Gideon reemerged with a young, scared, little twig, with messy brown hair. "Awe, he's adorable!" Garcia squealed as Gideon glared at her. "He's not adorable!" Gideon said with a glare. The kid just blushed. "Gideon… How old is this kid?" Morgan asked. "He will be 22 in two weeks," Gideon smiled. The teamed just stared at them both with wide eyes. Hotch realized that no one was going to say anything so Hotch spoke first. "Would you like to introduce yourself?" Hotch asked. The kid was visibly shaking by now. Garcia couldn't help herself as she got up and hugged the kid who seemed even more creeped out by the second. "Garcia that's unprofessional," Morgan laughed. "Shut up! Isn't he the cutest little creature that you've ever seen!?"
"Garcia, let the man go. He might change his mind and leave if you keep hugging him!" JJ laughed. Garcia pouted and released the younger who stared at her as if she was crazy. "Sorry," Garcia smiled and sat back down. "Am I able to, um, introduce myself? You didn't tell me they were touchy-feely," Spencer asked Gideon. Gideon smiled and nodded. "I'm Spencer Reid," Reid stated. " Doctor," Gideon added sternly. "Right, sorry. Dr. Spencer Reid. Is that all I'm supposed to say?" Spencer asked nervously. Morgan just stared at the kid with a raised eyebrow. Hotch knew it would take Morgan sometime before he accepted the younger man. "Do you have any experience in this field?" Morgan asked. He didn't want to have a scrawny little kid as his back up. "Um, no," Spencer said quietly. "Dr. Reid here is a newbie to the field. Fresh out of the academy and placed here under my supervision. He's smart," Gideon said looking at Morgan. Hotch noticed that Gideon was protecting the younger man. "Gideon, we are all smart. That's why we are here," Morgan stated. "Well you may be smart, but Dr. Reid is smarter. He graduated from high school at age twelve. 3 PhD's, 2 BA's and he completed this all before he was 21 years old. At twelve he had an IQ of 187, he refuses to be tested again, and he has an eidetic memory meaning that everything he reads is memorized, not to mention he reads 20,000 words per minute. You may be smart, but he is smarter," Gideon said leaning closer to Morgan with each sentence. The team stared at Reid with wide eyes. "Why isn't he working somewhere better than here?" JJ asked. "Because I recruited him. He is exactly what the FBI needs. We can use his wits," Gideon smiled. "But he is young," Hotch finally said, "Can his mind process the bodies, the serial killers, the schizophrenics?" Hotch noticed as Reid flinched but he remained calmed. "Yes, he can. Now that we've met him, we have a case. The Blue Ridge Strangler.." Gideon smiled and everyone was handed a file….'
Hotch snapped out of the memory as Rossi's phone rang. Hotch was halfway listening, he knew it could be Morgan on the other end crying about Reid's sudden death. When Rossi hung up he looked at Aaron. "That was Morgan," Rossi said. Hotch nodded in understanding. "Reid flatlined, but they were able to stabilize him," Rossi smiled. Hotch's eyes lit up quickly. Rossi never saw so much emotion from the man in ten years. "Come on, the Doctor is waiting for us," Rossi said getting up as Hotch got up as well.
The team was shocked as Hotch and Rossi left. They knew something bad has happened and Rossi went to find out. They sat there in quiet as Garcia began to cry again. "What's wrong baby girl," Morgan asked and everyone looked at her. "It's just that. The one thing that would probably do that to Hotch has to be very bad," Garcia sighed as she wiped the tears away. "Baby girl, seeing Reid like that was emotional for all of us," Morgan said as the other girls nodded. "It probably got to Hotch, you know?" Morgan said hoping it would calm the woman. "I hope you're right," Garcia whispered. They sat in silence until JJ spoke.
"Do you guys remember the time when we took Spence to a club, and how he nearly panicked from all the bodies trying to pull him into a dance?" JJ laughed. This suddenly brightened up the mood slightly. "Yes, Morgan didn't you tell him he can meet a woman?" Prentiss asked. "Yes, but he still didn't want to go," Morgan shrugged, "So I said he can meet another man." The girls giggled. "That club is when we found out he wasn't gay," Garcia smiled mischievously. "Had to beat the shit out of that man," Morgan laughed. "You know Spence probably still feels guilty about that," JJ smiled. "Reid shouldn't be a pushover. That man was clearly interested, and Reid didn't know how to say 'no,' " Morgan shrugged. "So instead you act like he's your boyfriend and beat the man senseless," Prentiss smiled. "Well, I didn't mean for it to look like that, but I guess so. I would do the same for all of you," Morgan smiled. "Oh Chocolate Thunder, I would love it if you did that for me," Garcia giggled. "Well, let me know when someone doesn't get a hint," Morgan smiled as he popped his knuckles. "Reid never went to another club with us again," Garcia smiled. "You're right. I never noticed that," Prentiss sighed. "Speaking of club, is that where you were?" JJ asked raising an eyebrow. "Hey, some of Spencer's facts stick on me. He said, and I quote, "Bars and Nightclubs have been voted the number 1 destination to meet people of the opposite sex." A girl's gotta try," Emily smiled as she raised an eyebrow. "Try for what?" Morgan asked as Emily threw him a glare. "You get different girls every night. I'm trying to get a date that doesn't run away," Emily smirked. JJ and Garcia giggled. "Why don't you just tell Spence to go with you. If one guy can stay around long enough to endure his rambles, then he is perfect for you," JJ smiled. "Awe guys, that's mean. Spencer can't be that annoying," Garcia pouted playfully. "Not so much as annoying, but the kid can talk. You have to have some major patience to deal with that. If the guy does have that patience then Prentiss can get a decent date," Morgan chuckled. "It sucks when your considered weird to certain guys," Emily pouted playfully. "Now you know why Reid doesn't date," JJ smiled.
"Reid got a girlfriend in less than three days! It's been three years for me!" Emily exclaimed. "Not to mention he had an actress! I'll be lucky if I get a decent business man."
"Just know that you have the rest of your life," Morgan laughed. "Oh shut up," Emily laughed as they all fell silent. That was their only distraction, but it didn't last that long.
"I wonder what's taking Rossi and Hotch so long to get back," JJ muttered. Morgan sighed and nodded his head. "I don't know, but I'm hoping everything is alright. It is very seldom that Hotch is affected," Morgan explained. "Well, Hotch isn't exactly unemotional. He just tries to stay calm in every situation," Emily said and Garcia nodded. "Yeah, I believe you Emily," Garcia smiled. "It's still been a while. What if the doctor comes? Would he tell us anything without Hotch?" JJ asked. "Maybe, I guess it depends if he's cool enough to divulge in in information," Morgan smiled. "You kno knew that it was this serious I would've brought my computer so we wouldn't have to wait on Doctors. We could have the information as we pleased," Garcia pouted. "Well, Hotch was making sure to stay vague when he asked us to come here," Morgan stated. "Yeah, I think it was because he wanted to make sure you all were driving safely," JJ said as she rested her head on Prentiss's shoulder. "I just wonder why Hotch didn't call me sooner," Morgan sighed. "Um, I think he did, but you didn't answer," JJ stated. "Damn I must've been in the bathroom," Morgan sighed. "Doing what?" Garcia asked. "Don't worry about what I do in the bathroom," Morgan laughed. Garcia playfully smacked Morgan on his shoulder and then relaxed. They were really hoping for any type of information. They were all dressed in scrubs and somehow, Morgan found that a bit strange. Like they were all Doctors. "Hey guys, You know-"Morgan said catching everyone's attention, "We could always pose as doctors," He smiled. "That's illegal," Emily said. "So?" Morgan retorted. "So- we lose our jobs and go to jail," JJ smiled slightly. Morgan was about to say something when he noticed the doctor. "Hey, guys! He's back," Morgan said as the team stood up. The noticed the sad look in his eyes and the team instantly held their breath. "Dr. Reid flatlined while Mr. Hotchner was in there. It was slim, but we were able to bring him back," The doctor said while still looking concern. JJ and Garcia were the first to get teary eyes. Morgan wanted to know everything else. "Is there more to this?" Morgan asked. The doctor nodded. "Yes, we need to speak to Mr. Hotchner soon," THe doctor said sadly. Morgan already had his phone out dialing Rossi.
"Hey Rossi. The Doctor is here. He said Reid flatlined, but they stabilized him. The Doctor need to talk to Hotch," Morgan said quickly. Then he hung up.
"They are on their way," Morgan said quickly. The Doctor nodded and they waited about three minutes before Hotch and Rossi emerged. "Doctor what is it?" Hotch asked slightly afraid of what he'll hear. The doctor looked at the team and sighed. "I don't know if you want me to tell the you in front of the whole team," The doctor said. "Go ahead," Hotch said. "Well, we had to put Dr. Reid on life support. His body basically shut down. It'll be up to you if and when you may want to let Dr. Reid go. As of right now, we are just prolonging his death and it may be best to just finally put him to rest," The doctor said as JJ almost fell to the floor, being caught by Rossi. "What?!" Morgan yelled at the Doctor. "Are you telling us, that we should just let Spencer die?"
"No, it's just that. He may die either way it goes. He might be in a lot of pain," The Doctor said. "You keep saying MIGHT! I want a yes or no answer," Morgan yelled. Hotch looked between his team and the doctor. Hotch didn't like this decision. "I want to talk to Dr Reid's parents before I make any decision. Is that okay?" Hotch asked. "Hotch you can't be serious," Morgan yelled. Garcia began to cry. Prentiss just took is a blow to her gut. Rossi quietly profiled the doctor.
"Yes, you can," The Doctor smiled sadly and walked away. "Wait, can one of us stay with him?" Garcia asked the Doctor. The Doctor's eyes softened and he nodded. "Yes you all may. Just be sure to wash your hands. We are lifting the rules seeing how Dr. Reid is now on life support," The Doctor shrugged. Garcia automatically headed towards Reid's room. She wanted to see her baby. Hotch figured this was way worse when Spencer died.
Morgan turned to face Hotch, tears in his eyes. "Please don't let him go," Morgan whispered. Hotch placed a hand on Morgan's shoulder. "I won't. I just wanted to avoid choosing an answer and signing paperwork. Besides- his parents have the right to know," Hotch said calmly. Morgan just nodded-happy that Hotch understood. Hotch pulled out his phone and dialed William Reid's number. He had the man's number since the Hankle case, when the team witnessed Reid die. Hotch thought he had to call William Reid and inform him of his only son's death when Tobias came back and revived him.
After the third ring William answered.
"Hello," He said slowly. Hotch new it was about six in the morning in Nevada's time zone.
"Hello William Reid. This is Supervisory Special Agent Aaron Hotchner and I'm calling you on the behalf of Dr. Spencer Reid," Hotch stated formally.
"And?" William Reid prompted. Hotch sighed angrily.
"Dr. Spencer Reid is in the hospital," Hotch said feeling his irritation rise.
"So-" William also prompted. Hotch stopped talking and just looked at the phone. He somehow wished he could slap the rude man through the phone.
"You're son is in the hospital because he was hit by a truck. Now he is on life support," Hotch stated coldly. The team could hear the silent anger in Hotch's voice.
"Are you trying to say that he may die without it?" Wiliam asked.
"Yes," Hotch said wondering if it finally sinked into the boy's father.
"They want someone to pull the plug, huh?" William asked slowly.
"Yes," Hotch repeated.
"Tell them I said that they can pull it," William laughed. Hotch swallowed every curse word he knew and shook his head.
"Okay, have a nice day," Hotch stated and hung up on William's laughter.
"What happened?" JJ asked seeing how Hotch looked ready to kill. "William just laughed and said to pull the plug," Hotch said in rage. "What the hell is wrong with that bastard?" Rossi asked. Rossi could understand William being mad at Reid, but to wish death upon your own child is unspeakable. "I don't know, but I don't want him near Reid," Hotch stated as he dialed Bennington.
"Bennington Sanitarium, This is Carly Hutchinson. How may I help you?" A happy woman said.
"This is SSA Aaron Hotchner from the FBI. Is there a way to either bring Diana Reid to the hospital here in Virginia or have her put on the phone?" Hotch asked.
"Is this about Dr. Reid?" The woman asked.
"Yes. He's in the hospital and he may not make it," Hotch stated slowly. He heard the woman gasp as her fingers ran over the keyboard.
"I emailed Dr. Norman, she may be able to fly out today. Diana has been mumbling that something was wrong with her baby. We thought it was just her delusion because some of her delusions are about someone trying to hurt Spencer, but can I call you when Dr. Norman responds back?" The woman asked.
"That would be great, thank you," Hotch said as he hung up.
Hotch looked at his distress teammates. "Everything the doctor said was a possibility. We will have to give Reid some time to heal. Okay? His mother might be coming so that buys us time before we have to make a decision. I just don't wan tot sign any paperwork. They will most likely try to persuade us that Reid won't make it, but Reid's strong. He made it while dealing with his mother's illness, he made it past his father's abandonment, He's made it past his addiction, he's made it past Gideon," Tat was just the beginning, and I don't think I need to go on for you all to understand. Reid may make it past this too. We just have to be strong for him," Hotch stated. "Well how is he going to pay for his mother's health," JJ asked looking around. "I can take care of that," Rossi said softly. "Are you sure?" JJ asked. "I'm sure it's not that much," Rossi smiled sadly. JJ node and smiled. "I think we should find Garcia and get the man who hurt Reid," Emily said. "Now's a good time to do that, so yes," Hotch allowed. Morgan went to fetch Garcia and Hotch went to get the doctor.
"Excuse me Doctor," Hotch said and the man looked up at him. "Yes?" He asked. "Dr. Reid's mother will be coming and we will be discussing everything. We will have to leave, but I don't want Spencer off that Life Support until we say so," Hotch said sternly. "You have my promise," The doctor smiled. "Good, I will see you later," Hotch said as he walked out the door.
When he finally reemerged with the team they all decided to head out to a local food joint. They were starving and they could discuss everything they had. However, Garcia wanter her laptop and argued that it was necessary. Hotch finally relented and they drove all the way back to Quantico so she could get her laptop. They then drove to the bureau to just get an SUV. They all filed in and drove off to a local coffee shop. They sat in a private booth. Garcia was searching throughout the city cams from Quantico to Virgina trying to get any sign of Reid. She hated the fact that Reid kept disappearing. She sighed and started again. She started viewing him from when he left the hotel, rather quickly. He kept his head low and he walked slightly dazed. The team was discussing the man and what the nurses had told them. Morgan asked Garcia to hack the hospital cameras as well to get a decent picture of the man who dropped Reid off at the Hospital.
They knew Garcia could do it and when she screamed in victory they all smiled. They decided to head out back to Hotch's apartment where there would be privacy.
The team filed into the decent sized Hotel room. Hotch was glad he cleaned it that Friday night.
"Show us what you got baby girl," Morgan smiled as Garcia went typing on her computer. The first video was of the man walking into the hospital with Reid. There were no nurses around and he got into the elevator. Then at the the ICU floor, the man came back out and dropped Spencer on the floor. The nurses ran and he man was crying. They tried to calm him down, and they clearly heard the man say, "I accidentally hit him! One second I was turning the corner and next thing I knew he was on the ground unconscious." The man was hysterical. Then the nurses started tending to Reid who stopped breathing all of a sudden. They heard the nurses yell obscure medical terms and Reid as lifted on to a gurney. Teh man then ran out of the ICU through the stairwells.
"There's that one and then there's when the guy actually hit Reid. I honestly didn't want to see it, so hit play after I leave the room," Garcia said handing Morgan the laptop. When she was out of the room, Morgan hit play.
They watched in horror as Spencer walked out into the street and turned wide eyed towards the head lights before being tossed in the air by the car. A man ran out and looked scared as he bent down to look at the unconscious Reid. Then he looked at the camera and picked Reid up. He then carried the man in his car. Twenty minutes later, the truck sped off.
"Why did it take so long?" JJ asked in fear. "Maybe he needed to make sure Reid was strapped in and not dead," Emily said. "Hotch can I change?" Emily decided to ask. "Clothes are in top dresser," Hotch stated in thought. Emily walked out, but the team continued to think. "There is something eerie about this whole situation," Rossi finally stated.
Garcia and Emily walked back into the room.
"I agree," Morgan said with a frown. "But we won't know anything until Reid waked up," JJ said. "Unless we can get this man and interrogate him," Hotch stated. "Why do we need to that?" Garcia asked. "There has to be something more to this than what this video is letting on. The man knew the camera was there. He looked directly at. Baby girl, can you find this man?" Morgan asked. "Why do you question my abilities?" Garcia said as she picked up the laptop and began typing. Sh smiled victoriously as she came across his information. "Brandon Dale, age 32. He lives in 2755 Granham Part Road. That's like 33 seconds from Reid's apartment," Garcia said with a frown.
"That house is like 400 thousand dollars," Garcia exclaimed.
"Okay, so this may not be a coincidence that Reid was hit by this man," Hotch stated.
"That's not good," Rossi said.
"Guys, I think we have a case." Hotch said gravely as he looked out the window.
A/N: So something seems off about Spencer's whole situation. Is the team just paranoid or do they really have something to worry about?******************* Also, i'll make a quick one-shot for the whole club scene for Reid, since I sort of made that up randomly...*******