Don't you touch him' Chapter 13, a criminal minds fanfic

The end is here…

Read on!

Warnings: Mild cussing and cliffhangers

Summary: With Strauss gone, they now need a new boss but suspicion rises when the new boss is rude toward Reid. Does the new boss have a bone to pick with Reid or is he after Reid? The team must protect their youngest from this monster of a boss.

/Don't you touch him/

"Stay down Doctor Reid, you have some other injuries that I haven't examined yet."

"Wha- What hap-happened?"

"Riley got you one more time but I am happy to say that it will be the last time, doctor."

Reid smiled and Judy called over his team members as Reid started to drift off again. When the team was gathered around and talking to him softly, Judy was examining not only Reid but the sight before him.

Rossi and Hotch were the uncle and father that were on Reid's right, not touching him but still close enough to know that Reid is okay. Garcia was the mother that was at his head, stroking his hair while Judy checked for any injuries on his head. JJ and Blake were the older sister and aunt that were at Reid's shoulders and whispering calming 'We got you.' And 'Riley's gone.' And Morgan was the protective older brother that was next to Judy, holding Reid's hand while asking Judy questions about Reid.

The whole team was checking Reid in their own personal way and Judy finally finished his exam of Reid and stood up from Reid. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Judy. He smiled and nodded at the team.

"He'll be fine."

Everyone smiled and looked at the sleeping agent, his facial expression calm and content.

"He's safe now."

-2 weeks later-

Reid sipped his coffee as he entered the BAU building. He entered the elevator and pressed to go up as he recapped what happened recently:

I'm coming back from a case about Left-handers,

Reid walked out of the room and into the police station to get some coffee when he heard a tapping noise. He stopped in his tracks and saw a police officer tapping her pen against the desk but that's not what stopped Reid. He stared at her for a while until she stopped and started writing… using her LEFT hand.

That's it!

Wake up on Hotch's couch to be scolded by a man,

"Wh-?"

"Good morning agent."

Reid looked toward the voice and saw an older man standing before him. He sat up and smoothed out his hair, still feeling tired.

"H-Hello. Do I know you?"

"No. My name is Zack Riley and I'll be taking the position of Ms. Erin Strauss."

Reid rubbed his eyes and took the information in before standing before the man.

"It's nice to meet you. I'm special agent Dr. Spencer Reid."

Riley held his hand out to Reid who held his hand up in a wave. Riley slowly lowered his hand.

"Is there something wrong with shaking my hand, Doctor?"

Reid looked wide-eyed at Riley but shook his head.

"N-No! I just don't shake people's hands. I never had so don't take it personally."

Spencer gave him a smile but Riley just turned to walk to the door. He opened the door, showing the angry team behind it but that didn't scare Riley. Just before Riley walked out, he turned toward Reid who looked utterly confused.

"Oh and agent, I will be looking into your file soon. You seem to be an interesting… man and I want to make sure you never slipped up like you just did. If so, consider this a warning."

Spent a weekend with my family at Rossi's and was forced to cook,

"Hey Reid, can you pass me the noodles?"

Reid looks at Rossi and puts down his wine glass and reaches for the noodles but it stopped.

"Uh uh uh, you need to wash your hands before you touch any ingredients."

Reid smiles at Rossi and washes his hands, passing the noodles to Rossi but is stopped when a towel is placed on his shoulder.

"Welcome Su chef! Now, can you cut me some parsley?"

"Aw Man Rossi!"

Told our new boss off,

"All that information is in my file so it's like you just read my file. I'll tell you more about myself. I was born in 1982 and I'm a 'genius' and autodidact. I graduated from a Las Vegas public high school at age 12 and have an IQ of 187, an eidetic memory, and can read 20,000 words per minute. My mother Diana lives in Las Vegas in Bennington Sanitarium because she is a paranoid schizophrenic. My father William Reid is a lawyer in Las Vegas. I joined the BAU at age 22 because of my IQ, I was able to enter so young. I've with my team ever since and as you can see, they are alive and well. That is in my file. Now excuse me, we have a plane in catch in… 5 minutes."

Reid pushed by the stunned Riley along with the team. Rossi stopped before Riley and looked at him coldly.

Got shot in the shoulder,

Reid grunted in pain and went down with a thud. The next moments were slow and blurred to Reid but he heard the man being dragged away and a cop coming to Reid, trying to tell him something but Reid's vision was blurring really quick. His vision was starting to black around the edges before he felt himself being lifted up.

Then nothing.

Almost killed by a sheriff in Sacramento,

The Sheriff shakes her head and pulls her gun out and aims it at Reid, who doesn't even flinch.

"You're in denial, just like everyone else."

"No I'm not Ellie. No I'm not."

"YES YOU ARE!"

Morgan grabs Reid's arm and pulls him toward the group and behind as 9 bullets sound through the room. Once the guns' echo ends, everyone looks at the dead body on the ground a few feet away from the team. Smoke slowly disappears from the teams' guns.

Beat Morgan badly at Poker,

"…. *My Royal flush."

"Oh you little!"

Everyone laughed loudly as Morgan glares at Reid as he pulled the pot into his.

"When are you people going to learn? Never play cards with a magician!"

"Whatever."

Pushed down a metal staircase and got a concussion… again,

He could feel himself falling forward and his papers flying everywhere. He saw the stairs suddenly come underneath him. And his head hit with a thud.

Saved 4 little girls and got 4 necklaces,

Reid looks at the girls and confirms that they have found Zoey Gregory, Lindsay Rieghley, and Cali Nagile.

He smiles and waves. She smiles and waves back. He points to Nathanial and waves for her to come here quietly. She tries sliding her hand out but he tightens the hold. Allison looks back at Reid and he smiles at her. She looks back at the agents and sees Morgan smile at her kindly. She takes a deep breath before opening her mouth and biting down on Nathanial's hand.

Nathanial screams in pain and let's go, letting Allison run toward Reid whose right arm is wide open. Nathanial sees Reid snatch Allison up and look at him so he swings his gun around to shoot Reid.

Two gun shots ring out.

There's silence before Reid walks out from behind the basement door with Allison clinging to his neck.

Reid takes Allison outside to see the other girls and they all hug each other. Reid smiles before he gets a giant hug from all 4 girls. He chuckles as they bring him down to his butt.

Reid laughs and starts to walk away when he feels a tug on his sleeve. He turns around and sees Allison with Cali, Zoey and Lindsay. The parents were standing behind their daughter when at the same time, they each started taking off the necklace around their neck. Reid bent down and held his hand out for them. One by one, each girl shook his hand with their tiny hand and the necklace would fall in his hand. Once he got all 4, he smiled at the girls and they gave him a big hug together.

Got my old whistle,

Reid holds his hand out for the whistle that he hated from the gecko.

It's the same whistle that Morgan put around Reid's neck because he couldn't shoot a gun or stand up for himself. At first, Reid thought that Morgan was a jerk and a bully but they soon became best friends and brothers. Reid would always protect Morgan from danger and Reid knew that Morgan would do the same.

Morgan shakes his head and pushes Reid's hand away. Morgan puts the whistle around Reid's neck and then picks up the whistle to show something to Reid. Reid looked down at the whistle to see an engraving.

No need for the sound, right Pretty boy?

-Morgan

Reid smiles at the engraving and 'thanks' Morgan.

"Try whistling it."

Reid puts the whistle up to his lips to see that it makes no noise. Reid tries harder but still no sound came out.

"Why'd you take the sound out?"

"Because you don't need the whistle sound, even if you're in danger, I'll always find you if you haven't beaten the guy yourself and saved yourself."

Was protected from Riley by Hotch,

Mr. Riley raises his hand up and goes to slap Reid's shoulder but Hotch already saw it coming and raised his arm up to swat Riley's hand away. Hotch was successful.

There was a loud slap that filled the hallways as Reid flinched but felt no pain. Hotch moved Mr. Riley's hand away.

My arm was healed,

When they walked back into the Quad, they saw the team there waiting for him and they cheered when they saw that his arm was free once again.

"So what's the doctor's orders?"

"He is not allowed to shot a gun with his arm and he needs to stretch his arm out at least 50 times a day and massage it constantly."

"Sounds easy enough Spence."

"I'll help with stretching."

Reid laughs as Morgan raised his hand to volunteer.

Met the Director of the BAU,

Judy went toward the team and shook everyone's hands, getting a smile from everyone. When he reached Reid, he smiled and stood before him.

"And Dr. Spencer Reid. I must say I am impressed with your progress on this team. With the BAU recruiting you so young, I was worried you would leave us. But I see I was wrong."

Framed Riley,

Reid opens his eyes and blinks to let the light adjust. He stands up with the help from Garcia.

"What the hell is going on?"

Reid looks at Morgan and laughs with the girls.

"What is it?"

Reid walked a little toward JJ who held her hand out to him. He took it and let it go quickly and turns toward the team.

"Oh nothing… Except the fact that we got the proof we needed to accuse Riley."

"What?! Ho-?"

"With this."

Reid shows a phone in his hand and smiles.

"How did yo-?"

"When Mr. Judy was saying that we needed proof, I started talking with Blake and Garcia about using one of our phones as cameras everytime Riley comes in. It just happened that Riley walked in when he did. Garcia got her phone out and filmed while having it hidden in her hand and low. She quickly handed it off to JJ, who went a different angle to show my blood while Garcia acted and Blake stood up. It helped with your guys surprised looks."

Bullied by Riley one last time,

Reid yelped when Mr. Riley gripped his sweater vest and brought him out of his chair and in the air. Riley started shaking Reid a little, making Reid dizzier than he was before.

"YOU STUPID BASTARD! YOU SET ME UP!"

Reid shook his head when Riley stopped shaking him. He looked at Riley and observed that Riley's face was tomato red and his dress shirt was a mess, meaning that he was worried about something.

"Wha-What are you talking about?"

"THE VIDEO! YOU VIDEOTAPED ME PUSHING YOU AND YOU CALL IT ABUSE!"

"You didn't push me, you punched me. Those are two very different things."

"SHUT UP!"

"Put him down right now Mr. Riley!"

He turned to see the team around him and even some innocent bystanders. Now they have witnesses. He slowly put Reid on the ground and Reid fell to the ground, panting.

Riley got caught,

"Security is on their way now."

Reid looked at Riley and felt a slight relief. Riley on the other hand, looked pissed.

When security came, they requested that Reid come down as well so he can give his story even if it wasn't needed.

"And don't worry, Director Judy has been informed about this and he is on his way to talk to your team."

Thrown through a glass door,

He turned toward Reid and grabbed him by the collar then spun around, making Reid lose his balance. Riley let his grip on Reid go, making Reid fly.

*CRASH*

Glass shattered everywhere as Reid went through the glass doors. His back hit first and everyone heard the thump as Reid landed on the other side.

And never saw Riley again.

Within 3 minutes, over 6 security guards were in the bullpen to remove Riley of the BAU grounds and escort him to the police station. The authorities were called by an agent in the room and Riley was going to be sent to jail for attempted murder.

Man these past months have been hard…

The elevator door dinged and opened up for Reid. He walked out of the elevator and saw the new glass door being placed in the door frame. He stepped out of the way and waited for the glass to be put in but a construction worker saw Reid and halted the work.

"Go ahead agent."

Reid nodded and went through the broken frame and into the bullpen. He thanked as he went through and the workers got back to work. They finished the glass within 20 minutes or so.

Reid got to work early that morning and started on his work that was a little behind. He looked at his watch and saw it was only 5:30.

"Let's see how much paperwork I can get… with my coffee."

Reid took a drink of his coffee and got to work.

While he was working, he could hear the glass door being placed in. He looked up and saw the final bolt being placed and the worker polishing the glass. Reid just simply smiled.

The rest of the team came into work 30 minutes after Reid got there. Reid looked up as he finished his 12th file. Morgan shook his head.

"How long have you been here pretty boy?"

"30 minutes, give or take."

Morgan scoffed and walked over to the break room to get some coffee. Blake took her seat at her desk and started working on her files. Rossi waved at Reid who smiled back as Rossi went up the steps to his office.

"Morning handsome!"

Reid looked up and smiled at Garcia who was bright as ever but today was pink and orange day.

"Morning Garcia."

Reid looked back at his file and went to take a drink of coffee but found it was empty so he threw his mug away and got up to get a coffee when Garcia placed a mug by his hand. He looked down and smiled at it.

"Here you go sugar."

"Thanks Garcia!"

Reid smiled as Garcia kissed him on the cheek and grabbed the coffee off his desk. Morgan laughed as he sat down with a coffee as well.

The doors opened as JJ and Hotch walked through the new doors. They looked around the room before nodding at Reid. Reid stopped writing and looked at JJ and Hotch as they came over to his desk.

"Morning Spence."

"Morning you guys. Why're you late?"

"We just dropped Henry and Jack off at a new daycare. Our babysitters cancelled on us for some reason. We put you as an emergency contact and a family member so if we can't get them, you can take them out, okay?"

"Sounds good to me. What's the daycare's name?"

"Montclair KinderCare."

"Alright, got it."

"Thanks Reid."

Reid nodded and JJ and Hotch went off to their offices to work.

-Time jump to 12:30-

The elevator door opened and the family stepped out laughing about Reid's chopsticks issues.

"They're two skinny sticks that are not hold together by anything but your own fingers as you try to get grains of rice out of a fiction-less bowl. Might as well eat dinner with no.2 pencils."

Morgan laughed and shook his shoulder.

"We have found Superman's kryptonite! Who would have ever guessed?"

"Actually, Superman is a fictional character created on December 6 1991 by Robert Lorenzo Liefeld. He is also a DC comic and was created in many movies like the recent one called Man of Ste-."

"I know genius… I was messing with you."

Everyone split up as they entered the bullpen. Morgan walked with Reid to his desk and kept joking with him. When he got to Reid's desk, he saw the whistle around his neck.

"Doesn't it bother you?"

"What?"

"The whistle."

"Oh! No it doesn't, it fits around my neck and I can barely feel it on my chest. It sits on my chest and doesn't move."

"Weird… Okay Pretty boy, let's get back to work."

"You should get back to work; I'm 20 files ahead of you."

"Shut up."

Reid laughed loudly and Morgan walked away from his desk pouting but smiling.

Reid was able to finish his files quickly and closed his eyes a little bit before he felt something vibrating by his leg. He looked up and looked down and saw his shoulder bag. He waited and the vibrating stopped. Reid thought about what it could be and then it vibrated again really quick like a message.

Oh my phone!

Reid dug through his bag and found that he had a missed call from an unknown number and a voicemail. Just when Reid was about to play it, he got an email from an unknown user. He looked at it confusingly and clicked it just as the voicemail started to play.

'Hello Dr. Reid, this is Karen from Montclair KinderCare. I just wanted to let you know that you left Henry's Superman here when you picked him and Jack up. If you would like to come and pick it up now, that'll be great but until then, I'll keep it high up on the shelves. Thank you and Have a great day."

Reid felt his heart skipped as he heard the voicemail.

'…I just wanted to let you know that you left Henry's Superman here when you picked him and Jack up.'

'…you left Henry's Superman here when you picked him and Jack up.'

'… When you picked him and Jack up.'

'…him and Jack…'

Reid put the phone down and read the email.

Hello Spencer,

I hope you got the message from Karen about Henry's dear Superman. If you did than you know that I have the two most important kids in your life in my grasp.

You have two options:

You tell your whole team about my crime and risk the kid's lives, two innocent kids.

You come to the coordinates at the bottom by yourself and I'll spare the kids but your life will be in danger.

Your choice… Either way someone is going to pay for my dear Diane's death.

See you dead or alive Spencer.

-Zack Riley

38.5223° N, 77.6936° W

Reid felt his heart stop all together.

Riley got Henry and Jack; his godson and Hotch's son, the most important kids to the BAU team.

But what should he do?

Reid looks around and sees everyone working at their own pace, no one knows what's going on.

I need to tell Hotch and JJ.

Reid made his decision and stood up to go to Hotch's office but as he did, something shifted on his chest. He looked down and saw the whistle shine a little.

"Good job kid."

"Thanks. I'm just glad we saved them."

"We didn't save them Spence, you did."

"Well… I'll always save the kids before I save myself."

"Let's just hope that doesn't have to happen."

Reid took a shaky breath and gripped the whistle tightly before closing his eyes and headed for the door.

"Hey Reid! Where you going?"

Reid grabbed the new handle on the new glass door and turned toward Blake and Morgan, who were looking at him concerning.

"I-I got a call from my landlord. He needs to talk to me about my rent really quick."

Reid rushed out the door before anyone could say anything. He ran down the stairs and got into his car quickly before he finally let a tear fall. He looked at the BAU building and drove off to 38.5223° N, 77.6936° W or 4332 Razor Hill Rd Bealeton, VA 22712.

-BAU-

"I-I got a call from my landlord. He needs to talk to me about my rent really quick."

Reid ran out of the room before Morgan or Blake could say anything.

"That was weird."

Morgan nodded and kept looking at the door for a few more seconds before looking away and back to his work.

-40 minutes later-

Morgan tapped his fingers as he stood next to the door looking every now and then for a skinny brown haired man. He checked his watch and looked back up at the elevator door.

"Morgan, I'm sure he's fine! Now get back to work."

Morgan heard Blake talking but he was still worried so he didn't listen.

Morgan pushed off the door and walked back to his desk.

"I'm calling him."

"Morgan…"

"Shhh!"

Morgan brought the phone up to his ear as he listened to the dial tone.

*Ring Ring*

Morgan looked at Reid's desk as the phone across the room rang. Morgan walked over to Reid's desk and listened as the phone rang with Morgan's. He picked up the cell phone and held it up and saw the contact name as 'Big brother Morgan.'

Hi this is Spencer Reid. Please leave a message and I'll call you back.

Morgan ended the call and looked at Reid's phone glow a missed call. Morgan clicked it and saw his missed call as long with a missed call 42 minutes before his from an unknown number with a voicemail attached.

Should I?

Morgan looked around and saw Blake walking toward him. Morgan clicked for the voicemail to play and put it on speaker for Blake to hear.

Morgan dropped the cell phone and ran up to Hotch's office. He didn't even bother to knock and barged in. Hotch jumped slightly when Morgan rushed in, breathing hard.

"Something's wrong."

"What is it?"

"Reid got a message on his phone from a place called Montclair KinderCare saying that he checked out Jack and Henry but he's been here the whole day."

"What?!"

Hotch got up really fast from his desk and made his way out to the bullpen. Blake already got JJ and Garcia and JJ was hysterical. Rossi came out of his office just as Morgan and Hotch got out.

"What's going on?"

"Jack and Henry were taken from daycare just 40 minutes ago."

Rossi went down to meet everyone.

"Where's Reid?"

"He got a call from the daycare saying he checked them out but he was here the whole day except for at lunch but he was with us. What's going on?"

Blake and Garcia were trying to calm down JJ while Rossi attended to Hotch, who was scary silent. Morgan looked at Reid's desk and saw his monitor flashing a little light saying that it went to sleep. Morgan shook the mouse and woke it up, revealing a screen with a background of all of them. Morgan looked around and saw his email open. Morgan clicked on the icon and felt the color drain from his face at the email that was placed before him.

Hello Spencer,

I hope you got the message from Karen about Henry's dear Superman. If you did than you know that I have the two most important kids in your life in my grasp.

You have two options:

You tell your whole team about my crime and risk the kid's lives, two innocent kids.

You come to the coordinates at the bottom by yourself and I'll spare the kids but your life will be in danger.

Your choice… Either way someone is going to pay for my dear Diane's death.

See you dead or alive Spencer.

-Zack Riley

38.5223° N, 77.6936° W

"Hey guys! Come look at this."

Everyone ran over to Morgan's side and gasped when they read the email that was sent to Reid.

"How did Riley get out of jail?"

"I don't know…"

"Who's Diane?"

"Isn't his mother named Diane?"

"No, her name is Diana. Anyway, she's not dead."

"Then who's Diane?"

Silence

"Wasn't she the one that committed the double suicide with Maeve? Diane Turner, I think?"

Everyone let out a sigh as Morgan punched the desk.

"Alright, we need to get to these coordinates right now. Everyone, grab your gun and let's go."

Everyone rushed off as Garcia punched in the coordinates in her phone.

"Guys! Reid's at 4332 Razor Hill Rd Bealeton, VA 22712. That's a 40 minute drive!"

"Make it 20."

They all piled into two cars and drove off to get Reid and their children.

-Reid-

Reid drove up to the coordinates and stopped the car. He walked to the only house in the middle of nowhere and it didn't look sturdy. It looked like a ghost town house, the windows were boarded up and the ceiling was coming apart. The grass was dead around and quite frankly, it didn't look safe.

Reid took a breath before entering the house. It was dark and dusty but he could see footsteps in the dirt. He followed the footsteps until he got to the living room part of the house. He looked around the corner and saw Riley in a chair with Jack and Henry blindfolded and gagged next to him. Reid came around the corner and Riley looked up at him.

"Ah agent Reid! So nice of you to join us."

Henry and Jack both straightened up when they heard Reid's name.

"Hello Riley. I'm here so mind letting the kids go now?"

Riley stood up and brought the kids with him. They stumbled a little but they caught themselves.

"Alright Reid, a deal's a deal. I'll let the kids go but you're not allowed to leave."

Reid nodded and watched as the kids were un-blindfolded and ungagged.

"Uncle Spencer!"

The kids ran to Reid and hugged him; Reid could feel tears coming to his eyes and kneeled down to hug the kids. He leaned down and kissed Henry and Jack on the forehead. The kids looked at Reid and ran out the door and into the field. Reid let a tear fall down his cheek and he turned to face Riley, who played with the gun in his hands.

"Alright Riley, let's talk."

Riley smirked at Reid and stepped closer to him, gun in hand and Reid gripped his gun in his right.

"Yes, let's talk."

Reid and Riley glared at each other.

-Team-

Hotch and Morgan drove up to the street and saw the abandoned house.

"There's his car!"

Hotch and Morgan parked it and everyone ran out of the cars but stopped short when they saw two figures running out of the house.

"Henry? HENRY!"

JJ ran and hugged her son as Hotch caught Jack that ran in his arms. JJ smiled before Jack pulled Henry away and they looked at the team.

"Uncle Spence had a message."

Everyone gathered around Henry and Jack. Jack looked around nervously.

"He-He said… He said Wreck."

Everyone looked around at each other.

"Jack, Spencer said Wreck?"

Jack nodded hesitantly. Everyone looked around before Hotch and Morgan stepped around the kids to go to the house. They were only able to take a few steps before Henry shouted at the top of his tiny lungs.

"AND BACH!"

Morgan and Hotch turned around to look at Henry. JJ had him in her arms but she put him down and he ran to Jack, who nodded. Garcia, Blake and Rossi came toward the kids.

"What'd you say?"

"And Bach! That's what Spence said to me!"

"And Spence said Wreck to me!"

Rossi looked between the kids before his face dropped. He looked up at the house with a sad look.

"Damn it Reid." Rossi had to turn away from everyone as he ran his fingers through his hair, his eyes were getting watery as he thought about Reid and his memories but they were cut short as Hotch called his name.

"What is it Rossi?"

Rossi turned around and took a shaky breath.

"Think about it. Put Jack's and Henry's words together."

Everyone thought before Garcia started crying. Morgan ran to her and threw his arms around her as she started running toward the house. She only made it a few steps before everyone pulled her back…

"REID!"

And the roof caved in.

Garcia fell to the ground just as the roof fell into the tiny house, blowing dust all over the area. The team covered their faces and when they looked at the house again, they saw a little red flickering then it grew and engulfed the old wood house. The team were frozen in their spot as they watched the fires of hell grow around Riley and their loving family member Reid.

"We need a fire truck and an ambulance at 4332 Razor Hill Rd Bealeton, VA 22712 now!"

The team turned to look at Blake put away her phone.

The fire truck arrived 15 minutes after Blake called and they extinguished the fire quickly because the house was almost burned down but it was still standing a little. The paramedics were searching through the wreckage along with the fire fighters while the team were covered with shock blankets. Garcia were still crying while Rossi was deadly silent. JJ and Hotch held their kids and Morgan comforted Garcia. Blake stood before Rossi and Garcia.

"What did Reid say?"

Rossi and Garcia looked at each other before Garcia hid her face. Rossi looked at Blake and looked down.

"Jack's word was 'Wreck' and Henry's words were 'And Bach'."

Everyone nodded.

"Hotch, say the words together. Out loud for everyone."

"Okay… Wreck-and-Bach."

"Say it faster without the breaks."

"Wreckandbach."

Hotch froze after he said everything and looked away. Morgan was still confused and Garcia cried harder. Blake and JJ looked between each other. Garcia looked up and got irritated.

"OH FOR FUCKS SAKE! REID SAID RECHIENBACH!"

Blake, JJ and Morgan finally caught on and started crying. Everyone was silent before they heard one of the firefighters call out.

"Found a body!"

The team looked up at the now burned building to see paramedics carrying out a burned body on a stretcher. They came near Hotch and the team.

"Agent Hotchner, can you identify this body?"

Hotch got up from his spot on the ambulance and looked at the burned-black body. Hotch grimaced at the body as he looked it up and down. Quite frankly, the body was unrecognizable. Hotch did one more look up and down before seeing a piece of plastic in the body's pocket. Hotch put on a pair of gloves and pulled out the plastic thing and saw that it was a badge. Hotch turned the badge over, holding his breath and let out the breath when he read the name.

"Yes, this is Zack Riley; former BAU chief."

The paramedics nodded and wrote down the name before carrying the body off.

"If that's Riley, then where's Reid?"

"I don't know JJ, I don't know."

The paramedics and firefighters were still going through the wreckage and coming with nothing. It was getting dark and Henry and Jack couldn't stay awake this late any longer.

"Let's go home."

Morgan looked at Hotch in shock.

"We can't just leave! Reid may still be alive and is just injured!"

"I know Morgan but the kids can't stay up any longer. I'm sure they'll tell us if they find anything."

Morgan was about to protest when Garcia grabbed his arm and shook her head. Garcia looked tired and weak from all the crying and Morgan knew he had to take care of her until we hear the final call and even after that.

Morgan nodded and took Garcia away. Rossi walked with Blake back to one of the SUVs. JJ and Hotch grabbed Jack and Henry and started to walk off. They settled the kids in one of the SUVs before looking back at the wreck.

"Do you think he's still in there?"

Hotch looked down.

"I don't know."

JJ wiped her eyes before getting in the passenger seat and Hotch turned on the SUV. All the SUV's drove away from the burned house and missing family member.

-Next day; BAU-

The bullpen was quiet as everyone stared at Reid's desk. His satchel was still by his desk, phone was on desk now and an old coffee was sitting there, halfway full. There was an old photo of the whole team, the current team. Everyone knew that old team photos were behind the new one as a memory and progression timeline. The photo showed everyone smiling together at Rossi's house a few months ago.

Morgan stood up and went toward the now abandoned desk and opened a drawer. He smiled when he saw a photo of his mom in there and on top as it was the first thing he saw when he opened the desk. Morgan moved the picture and saw 4 similar necklaces tied together by a ribbon. Morgan picked it up and smiled at the perfect condition it was in, shined and untouched. Morgan sighed when he started remembering…

"Good job kid."

"Thanks. I'm just glad we saved them."

"We didn't save them Spence, you did."

"Well… I'll always save the kids before I save myself."

"Let's just hope that doesn't have to happen."

Morgan put the necklaces and picture back as he let a tear fall into the desk drawer.

"Dammit Reid."

Morgan squeezed his fist tight.

Reid puts the whistle up to his lips to see that it makes no noise. Reid tries harder but still no sound came out.

"Why'd you take the sound out?"

"Because you don't need the whistle sound, even if you're in danger, I'll always find you if you haven't beaten the guy yourself and saved yourself."

Reid smiles at Morgan and gives him a hug. Morgan smiles and pats Reid on the back.

Morgan took a gasp in before hearing his promise that he broke within a month. A promise he made for life!

I will always protect you little brother. Always.

"Is this Spencer Reid's BAU team?"

Everyone looked up and saw a paramedic standing by the door with a confidential package.

"Yes."

Hotch and Rossi stepped up in front of the team. The paramedic gave them a small smile before holding the package out. Hotch took the package slowly before opening it quickly.

"I'm sorry."

Everyone looked up at the paramedic with a sad expression on. Hotch took the contains out of the package and gasped with what fell into his hand.

A BAU badge burned and melted around the corners but was still clearly belonging to Dr. Spencer Reid. Hotch looked at the smiling picture of Reid staring at him.

And…

A silver whistle.

He held it in his hand for everyone to see and Morgan had to turn away from the whistle while everyone choked back a sob.

The whistle was slightly melted around the edges but it wasn't too bad because it seems it was protected by something.

Rossi took the package from Hotch and took papers out of the package and read the headline.

"A deceased form?"

The paramedic nodded.

"The guardian for the late Dr. Spencer Reid must file out the forms to confirm that Dr. Spencer Reid is indeed dead and that must be Agent Aaron Hotchner and Agent David Rossi."

Hotch and Rossi looked at the paramedic with a hard stare.

"Did you find a body? Or any parts of a body?"

The paramedic shifted under the stare of the team.

"Well no but it is our answer to not finding Dr. Reid in the fire and collapse of the building."

"Then he's not dead."

"But Agent-"

"No nothing! If you don't have proof of Reid's death then we're not filling out these forms! Thank you for the evidence but we're not filing Reid as 'deceased' or 'late'."

Rossi shoved the files back at the paramedic and Hotch and Rossi started to walk away when the paramedic shouted at the team.

"Then what are you filing Dr. Reid?!"

Rossi and Hotch turned toward the paramedic in front of the whole team. Rossi stepped up and looked straight at the paramedic.

"Missing."

-Somewhere-

A man stirred a little and felt wires pull at his arm. He blinked under the bright lights before looking around and saw an unknown room but it looked kind of like a hospital.

"Good morning Dr."

The man looked at the unknown visitor as he came closer to the injured man and the man could now see that the visitor was dressed in a suit, black and white. He also had a badge on his suit jacket and the man could read the name 'Michael Kent'.

"Dr. Adam Molina, it is great to see you awake, partner."

Big brown eyes looked at the man and smiled slightly.

"It's good to be awake."

Fin?

/Don't you touch him/

Stay tuned…

~StarMaya~