Just because I wished they explored this more.
They were dealing with a case in a public school in Las Vegas, the very one Reid went too. Being there brought back some uncomfortable memories.
Garcia was asked to research any old videos that the school may have caught of this particular UnSub being bullied when he went to school.
Instead of that she found something else, something horrific.
"Oh My God," she whispered when she saw the title. "No..." She closed her eyes but then forced to open them as she watched in utter horror.
Finally she was called to the office.
"Did you find any videos, Garcia?" Hotch asked. She noticed Reid was gone.
"None relevent to the case..." Her voice shook.
"But you found something, right?" Rossi asked and she nodded, and her whole body trembled.
"Babygirl have you been crying?" Asked Morgan, clearly startled. She nodded.
"Garcia, what video did you find?" JJ asked softly.
She bit her lip.
"It has Reid in it."
Their hearts sank.
"Reid?" Hotch asked, stunned. She nodded and wiped her tears away as she pushed in the dvd.
JJ saw how Garcia trembled and her heart sank.
The footage was old, but clear
There was Reid all right, but at what looked like to be 12.
The football team was all around him, laughing at him jeering.
"Please," he sobbed as he tried to hide his face. "Please..."
One of them ripped his shirt.
It was raining.
The cheerleadesr stood aside and all snickered.
The players kicked him and caused him to collapse in the mud.
He pleaded for them to stop as they continued to rip his clothes and kick him in the ribs.
Morgan felt sick as he watched. He had heard of the football players stirpping him naked and tying him to a pole but this was different. Similar, but different. How many times did this stuff happen to this kid?
JJ was sobbing and Emily had tears in her eyes. Hotch's face had darkened dangeriously and while Rossi seemed calm there was anger seeithing behind him.
"Please...please...Anyone.."
The football players gave a taunted laugh as they picked up Reid and carried him to what looked like a shack.
JJ gasped as they tossed him in and locked the doors, the entire group laughing as they walked away.
"I think I'm goign to be sick." JJ said softly.
"I want to kill them," Morgan growled.
"Is there anyway to know if they got expelled for this?" Hotch asked Garcia who opened her mouth but a voice behind her interrupted them.
"No, they didn't."
It was Reid.
They shifted uncomfortable and he smiled sadly at Garcia.
"I was wondernig when youw ere going to stumble upon that.
"How is it POSSIBLE," Emily cried out. "That they didn't get into trouble for that?"
"They're part of the football team."
"That doesn't matter," Hotch snapped, fury in his voice.
"To the school it does." Reid had tears in his eyes, tears of pain. "They pretended this didn't happen."
"How many incidedents were there?" Morgan demaned. Reid lookd fearful.
"Reid?"
"I don't know, lost count," he snapped. "But there was enough."
"The football coach," said Hotch suddenly. "The one that works at this school now, did he work there than too?"
Reid stared at him.
"Yes..."
Hotch started to storm out of the room.
"Hotch!" Reid shouted with a plea in his voice. "What are you doing?"
"Getting you some justice," growled Hotch with such fure that none of them heard before.
Reid sank down on his chair and tried to collect his breath as he realized his past was chasing after him again but this time it was catching up...