A/N: Uhhhh... I forgot what I wanted to say up here! Soooooo yup! thanks for the reviews and stuuuufffffffff ummmm...uuh... I don't own cm or their character... Except for the old lady and other creepers that were created to fill in holes! I don't think you want any of the BAU Agents going evil or sumthin... O.O ...
When JJ and Garcia made it back to the team, Hotch and Emily had finally arrived. "JJ, we need to talk," Hotch said quickly and in a low voice. "What is it?" JJ asked feeling quite worried. "Brandon Dale has escaped," JJ gasped, "The evidence is pointing to you. We don't exactly want to believe it, but they have video footage which is not working in your favor. If you made a mistake, we need you to confess," Hotch said quickly. He watched as the disbelief showed in her eyes. JJ quickly shook her head. "No, I would never do that to Spence. I haven't even went to the bureau until you called," JJ said in a small panic.
"JJ, you're being framed. We can only guess that Andrea isn't exactly dead," Rossi said. "How come you guys didn't tell me this earlier?" JJ asked. "Because we have to be sure," Morgan said calmly.
"Garcia, I want you to get the video up. See how this woman even got the door open, because apparently she was able to get JJ's fingerprints on the door knob," Hotch said.
Garcia nodded and began typing away. She found it easily.
Garcia showed the video of the woman who "looked" kind of like J from behind. However, the profilers could tell that it wasn't. "Who is she?" Morgan asked. "That could officially be Andrea," Hotch answered. "This woman is smart. Planned the whole thing," Emily said. "Not smart enough if she thought we would believe that this woman is JJ," Rossi said easily.
"Why did she choose me? She could've tried to be Emily," JJ questioned. "Probably because you two looked most alike," Morgan said. "How was she able to get in?" Hotch asked Garcia. "Easy, I was able to zoom in on her entering and it appeared to be a guard's badge," Garcia quipped.
"Okay, now I have one more thought," Rossi said. "What is it?" Morgan asked. "How did William Reid get through security," Rossi asked. "That's a good question. Emily, he seems to like you, so call and find out what got him over here," Hotch ordered. Emily nodded and walked out already dialing the man's number.
"Okay. I know this sounds bad, but I'm not sure what else to do. I mean, what other leads do we have? No evidence, just the fact that she has blonde hair and is around JJ's height," Morgan grumbled.
"We see what Emily comes up with. If she has something we can use, then we check it out. Brandon Dale is not getting away from us a second time.," Hotch said. "I will shoot him myself if you all turned your heads," Morgan said quietly, but they all still heard him. "I think shooting him is a little to quick of a death," Rossi added. "Maybe we can poison him?" JJ asked. "Or maybe we can act less like an UnSub," Hotch smirked. Garcia giggled and Emily walked back in.
"He got a call from a nurse here. She begged him to come saying that this is Reid's final hours. He said her name was Tabitha. I asked if he had caller ID, and he said yes, so we were able to get a number," Prentiss smiled. Each member smiled happily as Garcia got ready to type the number.
"735-555-9254," Emily said from a sheet of paper.
Garcia typed it and gasped.
"What is it Baby Girl?" Morgan asked.
"The location.." Garcia stammered. "It's right there," She said pointing at the window. They turned and saw that there was an apartment complex right across the street from them. "She lives right behind that window directly across from us," Garcia said in shock. "She was most likely spying on us," Rossi said quickly. "Guys, get your Kevlar on. We are going to that apartment now! Garcia stay here," Hotch ordered as they all filed out of the room.
Garcia looked towards Reid and smiled sadly. "We're almost there sweetie," She said softly.
The BAU agents quickly made their way up the stairs to the floor they knew Andrea would be hiding. They half expected her to know that they were coming. They were ready for whatever she had planned. They refused to let either one of those creeps get anywhere near Reid. They finally stood in front of the door. Morgan took a step back and kicked the door open. Hotch automatically charged in with Emily and JJ right behind him. Morgan and Rossi flanked the back.
They clear almost every bedroom until they came to a nursery. They heard a baby crying, and slowly approached the room.
They saw the back of the blonde's head as she was sitting on a chair. It appeared as if she was holding the crying baby.
"FBI, put your hands up!" Hotch shouted. They all drew their weapons when the blonde who was sitting didn't move. Hotch slowly approached her. When Hotch finally stood in front of her, he lowered his weapon. The team looked at him in confusion and Hotch quickly check for a pulse. He didn't find one. He also checked the baby, who was badly tortured and had no pulse.
"They're both dead. Call in CSI," Hotch said solemnly. JJ left to call in CSI. Morgan, Rossi, and Emily walked over and saw how badly damaged the baby was, but not the mother. Well, she obviously looked sort of like JJ. She even had a baby," Morgan stated.
JJ walked back in the room. "They should be here in a few minutes," She announced. JJ walked over to where everyone was standing and gasped at the sight of the pale baby. "W-What? Did she do this?" JJ asked in shock. "We don't think so, however we need to know how she died as well as what killed the baby," Hotch said grimly. He will never get that baby out of his mind. It was obvious the baby had damage to his eyes, but they were closed, and the mother was perfectly sculpted to hold the baby as if she were alive.
However the baby suffered more than the mom. Either Dale has killed "Andrea" or Andrea has killed these two in order to frame the victim.
"They're escalating," Rossi finally said. Hotch nodded and stepped aside as CSI rushed in to search for any evidence on the bodies or the surrounding environment.
The profilers decided to search the house as well. They put on their gloves and starting looking around the house. JJ looked at all the pictures of the happy woman and her son. There was no father in any of these. "Where was he?" JJ asked herself as she travelled to the bedroom where Emily was staring at the bed. "She hasn't slept in here for maybe days," Emily said glancing up at JJ. "So, either she was dead that long or-" JJ trailed off. "Or she was held captive. She was targeted for a reason. As bad as this may sound, she was targeted because she looked like you. She even had a baby," Emily said simply. "Does any of this get to you?" JJ asked curiously. Emily sighed. This was something JJ always did when she felt she was at fault. "JJ, like I've said before, I can compartmentalize better than others. Either way it goes, it's not your fault that she looked like you," Emily said. "But could it be my fault that Andrea felt the need to use someone that looks like me?" JJ asked. "What?" Emily asked in confusion. "I mean, out of all of us, Spence and I are pretty close. It couldn't have just been a coincidence," JJ said with a small frown. "You're right. Maybe it wasn't, but she won't do it again. I'm sure. She was trying to catch us off guard. It almost worked," Emily said moving towards the desk.
"Guys, CSI has a quick report for us. Hotch said grab it and go," Morgan said urgently. The women quickly walked over to the CSI agent and took the file he had for them. "It should give you guys a good start as we start to process for detailed DNA," He said. The profilers nodded in thanks and headed straight back to the hospital.
They all sat in the set up hospital room. They decided to check on Spencer at random intervals. "Okay so this victim is currently unidentified. They'll have the information for us shortly. However. She was killed by an overdose," Hotch said slowly. "Do they know which one?" Morgan asked. "Not just yet. The medical examiner will inform us soon," Hotch said. "So what exactly do we have?" Emily asked impatiently. "We have a time of death," Rossi said smoothly. "They say she was killed a couple hours after Dale was released. So she was used. Not to mention that she was forced to call William Reid sometime earlier today or late yesterday. The baby however has been dead since yesterday morning. They knew this from the baby's body temperature. My guess is that they promised to free her and the baby if she got Dale out. She did as she was told and soon found out that they lied."
All the profilers looked at Rossi with contemplative stares. "That is what most likely happened. She didn't expect the baby to be dead," Morgan said with a nod.
"Garcia, when we get an identification, see if you can find anyone she has came in contact with. Our UnSubs are slowly turning into serial killers, however, we don't have much time until they get what they want," Hotch said. "For now, you can all just go to Reid's room. Consider this as your break."
They nodded and walked to Reid's room. They couldn't find the will to leave him alone now that Dale is back out on the street.
Spencer was officially bored. Not even his team could think of something. He looked at Walter and Walter looked back at him. "So, why did you choose Walter as your name?" Spencer asked trying to start conversation. "Um, because it's your middle name. I just wanted to say something simple," Walter explained. "Oh, okay," Spencer grumbled. "Here, you wanna discuss a simple quantum physics argument? " Walter asked. Spencer shrugged and nodded. "I guess. Which one?" Spencer asked.
"Hmm... Let's start with Simulated Reality," Walter nodded in acceptance. "Simulated reality is the philosophical hypothesis that what we perceive to be reality could actually be an artificial simulation, such as an extended hallucination or an elaborate computer program. Many believe it to be science fiction," Spencer rambled slightly. "Exactly. What do you think?" Walter asked. "Honestly, I can't be sure. The theory can't be proven right or wrong. It's like a Brain-in-a-Vat Argument. The Brain-in-a-Vat Argument considers the situation whereby a person's brain has been removed from their body and is floating in a life-sustaining fluid. The brain is connected by wires to a computer which provides the brain with exactly the same impulses as the brain would normally receive, the computer effectively creating a "virtual reality". The person with the disembodied brain would continue to have perfectly normal conscious experiences without them being related to objects or events in the real world. It would be impossible for the person to discover the reality of their simulated world," Spencer rambled. In a mere second, he gasped in shock as the light bulb went off in his head.
His heart monitor began to race. Automatically Hotch called for the doctor-not the nurse. Every time Reid's heart monitor raced, he flat lined. Hotch didn't want to take that chance again.
Hotch knew it would be a short time before the doctor came and the team surrounded Reid hoping he wouldn't die while they were waiting. Sometimes they felt the need to go to medical school just so they wouldn't have to rely on doctors. They could easily take care of Reid without the worry of him dying.
JJ grabbed one of Spencer's hands. Hotch grabbed the other. Morgan was holding Garcia as Emily kept a brave face. Rossi simply examined everyone knowing that they will need someone to be there for them. They all had a feeling that this was it. Reid had fought the battle and he was losing.
Learn to let go you must, from things you fear to lose.*
They all remember Spencer saying those words once. They knew that was how Reid continued on after everything that has happened. Somehow they took it as his way of saying let go.
"Where's the damn doctor," Morgan growled.
The machines started working harder, but his heart monitor began to slow down. This time though, it slowed down to a dangerous level.
"Hotch, you called the doctor, right?" JJ asked.
Hotch wasn't sure what to do. A part of him didn't want Reid to suffer anymore, but he knew Reid was too young. He never had a childhood and because of that, he seemed to never grow up. Hotch couldn't let him go. He couldn't move from his spot next to Spencer. Emily took note of this and walked out calling a nurse. She knew there was a risk, but it was either death from medical or death from murder.
A nurse ran in and looked unsure of what to do. Automatically this had all the profilers' attention.
"Please tell us you know how to help him," JJ whispered.
The doctor came in a second later. Automatically he looked at all the levels, which were dangerously low. "What the-" He muttered under his breath.
However, it was too late. The monitor had already flat lined... Except this time, the power went out.
A/N: *Yoda... Why did the power go out!? I think the whole power thing happened at the most inopportune time! What do you think is happening?
Also, for those who like the idea of quantum physics, I got my info from...
a website... this thingy doesn't let me post it... I'll figure it out... just google simulated reality.
I wanted to make sure all of what Spencer said was accounted for.. ya know? He's a genius for something!
Lastly, this chapter isn't very long! I was soooo shocked, but the next one shall be longer I hope! SO what's happening next? (I bet someone knows!)