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During the whole entire ride back to the station, everyone's mind was on Aaron, how was the boy doing knowing that the man who killed his family is in the same building? And with the only person he's seem to have grown trustful with is not there with him? What about Foyet? Everyone was having similar thoughts as to what his motivation was, actually coming to the station with a knife while several armed officers were present, he undoubtedly intended to harm Aaron, anyways, he's now caught, finally.
But it all felt a little too easy.
Nevertheless, they had to proceed, they could only guess how an interrogation is going to go with Foyet, and they hoped to God Aaron didn't see what had happened, who knows what it may have done to him coming eye to eye with his family's killer after all these years. Gideon unknowingly pressed further on the gas, causing everyone to grip anything they could reach, but they didn't mind, they were just as anxious to get there as their leader was, not to mention their youngest, who had managed to bond with Aaron significantly. The thought of that all being taken away because Foyet suddenly showed up like he allegedly did was hard to accept, but they didn't know for sure yet. All they knew was they needed to get there as soon as possible.
With so many questions at a time, Jason could barely focus on the road, but the police station was just off in the distance, he slowed down once he got into the parking lot and the SUV came to screeching halt. The agents all burst out of their vehicle and stampeded into the building, Reid made a beeline for the room where Aaron had been kept, the blinds were still closed so he couldn't tell if the boy was currently there or not. He gave a knock first just in case before entering, he instantly sighed with relief when he saw the young man calmly reading his profiling book, Aaron barely looked up to see the thin genius. Spencer glanced behind toward where the others were, Gideon simply gave him a silent nod before the BAU leader along with Rossi followed an officer to the interrogation room. Reid closed the door and took a deep breath to relax himself.
"You okay, Dr. Reid? You look a little pale, more so than when I first saw you." Aaron asked with a slight hint of amusement in his voice.
"I should be asking you if you're okay." He responded.
"Why?" The teen raised an eyebrow, acting as if nothing was out of the ordinary.
"Um, well, did you know the police caught the man who killed your family?"
"Yeah, I heard lots of shouting so I looked out the window and saw him being lead away." The boy replied.
"So, are you feeling fine? Not, erm, freaked out or anything?" Reid twiddled his fingers, a nervous tick he often found himself doing.
"No... The jackass that killed my family and two others is finally in custody, why should I feel anything other than maybe happy, or glad even?"
Spencer had to admit, Aaron was one hell of a compartmentalizer for being fourteen years old, his stoic eyes, his almost bored expression, this honestly was not the reaction he would have expected from your average teenager, but Aaron was different, as most 'average teenagers' don't watch their family be murdered, much less at the age he was at the time. Reid wasn't sure if it was a skill the kid had been taught or if he had picked it up as he grew, either way, he was very good at it. Rossi and Gideon, who were experienced profilers, didn't show a straight face quite like Aaron, maybe Prentiss could be comparable, but even she would be a close second at best. Reid himself was most likely one of the worst out there, he could never hide his emotions like his team could, or like the young man he'd been spending time with since the case started for that matter. He cried when he sent his mother away, he cried during the Tobias Hankel case, but who could blame him then considering he was tied to a chair and being ruthlessly beaten? He was on the verge of tears on more than one occasion as well, such as during his drug problem, and when he told Morgan about some of the lesser pleasant times of his high school days. Sad to say, it didn't take much for Spencer to find it difficult to keep his emotions in check, he always wished he could be strong like the rest of the team, even right now, Aaron, who was a victim plus an eyewitness to his own family's death, and eleven years younger than him, could do a better job than he probably ever could.
It was a little surprising that Reid hadn't ever learned how to keep his expressions stiff after all that's happened to him, then again, watching a man kill your family was probably a little more traumatizing than all the things that's happened to him, still though, maybe he could stand to ask Emily or Aaron for some pointers, or better yet, search for a book on the subject.
Gideon and Rossi stared at their nemesis through the one-way mirror, he was sitting rather calmly at the table, as he was also handcuffed to it. He was acting as if he had all the time in the world, even when they had damning evidence that he's the unsub they've been after for all these years, the man who made a four year old watch as the people he loved were so cruelly taken from him, the man who killed three innocent families, as confirmed by Garcia, since she never found anything incriminating in any of the victims' histories. As far as the BAU could tell, Foyet's sick reason why he did it was merely because he could. Of course, since he gets off from other people's fear, he could've possibly had a craving for that feeling of power and control, either way, they had him now, and only over Jason's dead body would George Foyet ever take another step free again.
"You ready for this?" Rossi asked.
"More than you know." Gideon replied. The two veteran profilers walked inside, Foyet shot up to make eye contact, he wore a cocky expression on his face.
"So, you people finally caught me, I would've expected all of you to be smiling and throwing a party by now." Foyet leaned back in the chair and folded his free arm behind his head.
"We're saving that part until later." Dave said casually as he and Jason sat down on the opposite side of the table. "So, Mr. Foyet, I'm sure you're aware of the evidence we have against you, correct?"
"Of course, I purposefully left it there." Foyet smirked. "Agent Rossi, you have no idea how fun it is outrunning the law for as long as I have, especially when I practically gift wrapped DNA for you to find."
Outside, Morgan and Prentiss were watching as the interrogation went on. "He's a cocky son of a bitch." Derek pointed out.
"Now that he's caught, he's probably trying to savor every last moment." Emily added.
Back inside, Rossi and a still silent Gideon were listening as Foyet rambled. "...not to mention that Aaron kid, a full fledged eyewitness, and you still couldn't find me!" He chuckled. "I managed to get a peek at him before the cops brought me in here, he's definitely changed since I last saw him."
"Unfortunately for you, you'll never get a chance to harm him or another human being again." Gideon finally spoke, sending a cold, hard glare toward the man across the table.
Foyet's smug look never left his face. "Do you know who the Boston Reaper is, Jason?"
"I do," Gideon responded, as he decided to humor Foyet with whatever he was getting at. "He was a man who's truly a living monster, he killed over a dozen people over a period at one time." Jason also recalled when Agent Morgan was almost killed by the man, but he'd been knocked unconscious.
"Well, let me congratulate you both as I say that you two are in the same room as him." Foyet said cheerfully. Shock was soon written all over Rossi's face.
"You're the Boston Reaper?" He gaped.
"Surprised, aren't we, David?" The Reaper grinned.
The Senior SSA shook his head. "Well, I suppose I can admit to that, but I do have one question, why did you decide to start attacking families?"
Foyet scoffed. "Overpowering one or two people at a time gets a little boring after a while, but a whole family? Now that was fun." He said in a tone that made the FBI agents' spines run cold. "I guess the only stupid thing I did was walking into this place to get to that Hotchner kid. Oh well, such is life."
"Not exactly, you sick bastard." Gideon said. "People don't choose to be murdered, people don't choose to watch someone kill their loved ones. That was all the decision of the one who did the killing, and nobody else's."
"Oh, now you're trying me feel bad, huh, Jason?" Foyet mocked. "Just so you know that in the end, I win."
"Not this time." Rossi said. "I believe this interrogation is over." He and Gideon both stood up. "Enjoy death row, Mr. Foyet." He spat before they walked out of the room and shut the door. The two were greeted by Morgan and Prentiss. "I think a one way trip to prison is guaranteed for Foyet." Dave spoke.
"Good." Emily nodded. "Now Aaron and who knows how many other people can live life safely once more."
"JJ should almost be done with the press, then I say we start packing and head home." Derek said.
"What about Aaron? Is he going back to that orphanage?" Rossi inquired.
"Most likely, but Reid has bonded with the boy since we came here more than I've seen him bond with any child before, or anyone in general for that matter." Gideon sighed. "Leaving is not going to go over well."
To be continued!
