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His lungs burned as he ran through the forest and away from the danger that Dell posed. He pushed past branches and didn't look back. Reid wasn't sure how long had passed when he found a ditch to hide in. He leaned against a nearby log and closed his eyes. He opened them to find Dell's car in front of him and his hands tied in front of him. Dell came out of the front seat and began to storm over. Reid panicked and tried to run but only felt pain as he fell to the ground before even fully standing. Looking down at his legs, he found them broken and bloody.

"Where is the puppet going?" Dell laughed hysterically before grabbing Reid and dragging him to the trunk of the car.

"No, please don't!" he screamed as he was thrown into the trunk. Dell slammed the lid and left Reid in darkness. A red light suddenly came through the trunk of the car before he felt something moving next to him. He turned his head to see Emily's eyes open but lifeless. Blood covered her face.

"No," Reid sobbed as he reached out to touch her. He let out a loud scream as Emily's dead hands wrapped around his throat and began to squeeze.

"I can't fight them all," Emily's hissed as blood leaked from her mouth. "I'm dead because of you."

As she squeezed tighter, he couldn't breath and gasped for air as he felt his life leave him.

Emily was helping Garcia prepare dinner while Morgan prepared Reid's medication. Rossi was out doing some errands. A crash from Reid's room caused them all to rush to it where they found him flailing his arms and gasping for air.

"Hold his arms," Emily called as she knelt next to Reid on the bed.

Morgan grabbed Reid's arms and held them down on the bed as Emily and Garcia tried to wake him up. Garcia began to stroke her hand through his hair gently while Emily leaned down and began to whisper in his ear. "You're safe, Reid. No-one can ever hurt you again. Just wake up."

Emily had to lean back as Reid jolted awake and up suddenly. She leaned back over him and watched as he gained control of himself again. Morgan released his grip on Reid and stood by the side of the bed. "That was some nightmare, kid."

"Emily, I'm so sorry," Reid panted as tried to sit up. "I'm really sorry."

Emily frowned at Reid's state. "You have nothing to be sorry for. What happened in your nightmare?"

"You were dead but then you weren't and then you put your cold dead hands around my throat," Reid said quickly before bringing his hand up to touch his neck. "You said you couldn't fight them all and you were dead because of me. Dell put me in the trunk and you were dead in there. I'm sorry."

"It was just a nightmare," Emily soothed before bringing her hand up and touching Reid's cheek. "See, my hands are nice and warm. I'm sorry that you had a nightmare."

"We're here to banish those nightmares," Garcia smiled before leaning down and kissing his forehead. "We're just preparing dinner. Are you up for something to eat?"

"Yeah," Reid nodded shakily.

"I'll help you into your wheelchair," Morgan said before leaning down and gently bringing Reid into his arms. "You're still too light, kid."

Reid stared at the small collection of pills in front of him before looking to the others as they finished washing up the dishes from dinner. Morgan walked over and sat across from Reid. "Kid, you have to take your medication."

"I wouldn't have to take them if I had been more aware the night with Dell. He'll always be Dell to me. I'm an FBI agent and I got surprised by a pole to the head. It's not fair. He's dead. He won't pay for what he did to me. I'm stuck taking all these medications with my legs in these casts and cages and I have to learn to walk again. I'm just angry that I'm like this when I did nothing to deserve it," Reid vented before grabbing some pills and putting them in his mouth. He washed them down with a few gulps of cold water before taking the rest of the pills.

"Reid, we all saw the CCTV footage and it could have been any one of us that he surprised. We're not invincible because we're the FBI. The most important thing to think about now isn't that Dell won't suffer for what he did to you but that he's dead and he can't hurt you again. The world does some messed up things to us sometimes but we can't let them pull us into a dark place. You'll be up and about in no time."

"I don't think it'll be soon enough," Reid sighed before glancing at Emily.

A few days later

Reid was drawn from his sleep by two small hands shaking his arm. "Uncle Spence, wake up!" Henry's voice came through the darkness. Reid opened his eyes to see Henry almost jumping up and down on the bed.

"Henry, what are you doing here?" Reid smiled gently.

"Morgan is taking us out for the day. Everyone is coming and I'm here to wake you up."

"Do you know where we are going?"

"Mommy said that we're going somewhere fun. I'm really excited! C'mon, Uncle Spence."

Reid let out a chuckle before letting out a small sigh. "I need your Uncle Morgan to come and help me get ready. Do you think that you can go and get him?"

"I was already at the door listening," Morgan smirked as he walked into the room.

"It's not polite to listen to other people talking," Henry shook his head. "You're going to be in trouble."

Reid let out a snort of laughter at the tone Henry used to tell Morgan off. "He told you, Morgan."

Morgan and Henry both laughed together but for Morgan, it was wonderful to hear Reid laughing the way he was. He had spoken with the rest of the team and they had all decided that taking Reid out for the day would do him a lot of good. It would do them all a lot of good. Henry jumped off the bed. "Let's go, Uncle Spence."

Reid held Henry as he sat on the arm of the wheelchair. Morgan pushed them through the park till they came to a secluded part of the park. A large grin came to Reid's face as he took in the whole BAU family at the picnic table with a banner above it that read 'be happy!'. Henry wrapped his small arms around Reid and let out a childish giggle. "You don't have to be sad any more, Uncle Spence."

"Who told you that I was sad?" Reid asked although he had strong feeling that Morgan had spoken with the rest of the team.

"Someone who cares about you," Morgan spoke before Henry could. "Today, we are going to spend out here where there is fresh air and we are going to live off Rossi's amazing cooking skills for the day."

"We need to put some meat on your bones," Henry laughed.

Reid couldn't help the chuckle that came through him. "Henry, I think Uncle Morgan and Aunt Garcia's speech is rubbing off on you."

A few hours later

Emily walked over to the Reid to find that he had dozed off in the shade. It wasn't unusual for Reid to fall asleep at random times. Even though time had passed since his kidnapping, his body was still recovering. She leaned down and kissed his cheek causing him to wake up. He rubbed his eyes. "Hey, Emily. How long was I asleep?"

"About an hour, you need your rest though. I think Henry decided to do some art on your casts while you slept," Emily smiled before motioning to his legs. Reid looked down to find his casts full of felt tip drawings.

"They needed some color," he shrugged. "Did you just kiss my cheek?"

"May have," she grinned. "Didn't you like it?"

"I liked it. I just wasn't expecting it," he said.

Emily stroked some of his brown hair behind his ear. "Well, with us, you should always expect the unexpected. Come on, let's get a burger in you."

"So bossy," Reid smirked.

"You love it and you know it," Emily smirked.

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