Counting Stars (A Spencer Reid Story) (Completed)

Chapter Ten

* a few days later*

*Lilly's P.O.V*

Yes, we caught the unsub. His name was Charlie Smith. Turns out his father was hurting him at a young age, and Charlie wanted to get back at him for what he had done. He was torturing his own father. Right now Charlie is in jail and his father is in the hospital because of how much Charlie tortured him.

Anyway, we are back in Virginia for a couple of days now. Spencer and I have been hanging out a lot. He even took me to his favourite coffee shop. We haven't been called in yet, but Spencer and I have been getting to know each other very well. Besides Morgan, Spencer is the only person I am close with. He has told me about his tragic past with his parents, and what happened to him in high school. Basically, I went through the same thing in high school, but I knew that they were jealous that I was a smart kid at a young age.

"OK so I have told you about yourself your turn Ms. Genius," Spencer says. I smile. We were at the coffee shop that Reid and I would always go to. Just to talk.

"Well I was born in Las Vegas," I start out.

"Really!" Spencer says excitedly.

"Yeah, but we had to move because my mom and dad were being threatened. So we move out to Chicago Illinois. I was only thirteen when my parents got shot," I sighed. "I did meet Morgan and his family took me in. I was really happy that I knew somebody that took me in. Like I said I graduated high school at the age of eleven. Hell hole. Being bullied, but I tried to ignore all the bad names. When I got beaten up Morgan would always come and beat up the guys who were doing it. After I finished high school, I went to MIT and got my two PhDs. Mathematics, and Chemistry."

"Well I one-up you, Lilly," Spencer says. I smile. I was about to say something else when his phone went off. "One second." I nodded. Soon he got off the phone. "We have to get in there."

"Criminals just don't know when to stop," I say getting up. I grabbed my coffee and my messenger bag. Spencer did the same. We jumped into my car and headed off.

***

*Lilly's P.O.V*

We got into the conference room to see everyone except Morgan was here. I smiled and sat down along with Spencer sitting right next to me. Soon Morgan came in right after us and sat down between Garcia and Rossi.

"OK everyone we are going to sunny California in Los Angeles. But sadly it is not to relax," Garcia says. Two pictures came up, of two girls. "These two girls are Mary Green. She is sixteen. She was kidnapped two weeks ago. The other girl is Darcy Goldsworthy. She is also sixteen. She was home alone a week ago when she disappeared."

"Kidnapped in her own home. The unsub is upping his game," Spencer says.

"Soon he will be able to kidnap people out in the open," I say.

"Yes. Now, this was Mary two nights ago," Garcia says. A picture popped up. "She was found dead in a park. Strangled to death, and then stabbed sixteen times."

"So he stabbed her after she was dead?" I asked Garcia. She nods.

"And Darcy was found last night. Found the same way. Strangled to death, and then stabbed sixteen times," Garcia says. "Now this is Jennifer. She was kidnapped, when she was out with her friends."

"We don't know how much time. This unsub doesn't know we are coming," I say.

"And when he does," J.J says.

"He is going to panic," Morgan says.

"He is going to mess up," Rossi says.

"OK, wheels up in thirty," Hotch says. We nod and left. Garcia went to her lair waiting for our call to come.

***

*Lilly's P.O.V*

We were on the plane discussing the case.

"So if he is kidnapping for a week or so," Rossi says.

"The unsub is cutting their time in half because they are getting better," I say.

"It looks like the unsub is going after blonde hair and blue eyes," Spencer says. It looked like Morgan was going to say something when Spencer gave him the 'Don't do it,' look. I smiled.

"So if the unsub is strangling them to death and stabbing them, then they must have done something wrong," J.J says. I nodded.

"I bet this unsub is imaging these girls as their own daughter. Someone that they must have lost at sixteen," I say.

"Is that all?" Hotch asked us.

"All that I can see from. If I see anything else I'll tell you guys," I say. They nod. I decided to listen to some music while I waited for us to land. I got out my phone and earbuds and press shuffle onto my music. I looked over to see Spencer sitting alone reading his book. I smiled.

Wait. Do I like Spencer Reid? No. We are just friends.

***

*Lilly's P.O.V*

It didn't take long for us to land. We all got into the SUV. Hotch, Rossi and I in one, and J.J, Morgan, and Spencer in the other one. I didn't say much, which is surprising since I like to ramble on about stupid stuff. Soon Hotch, Rossi and I were the first ones at the police station. I got out of the SUV and waited.

"Armstrong, you coming?" Hotch asked me.

"I'll wait for the rest," I say. He nods and walks inside. Not long after they went inside I saw another black SUV roll-up. They all walked out. "What took you so long?" Soon Spencer handed me a coffee. "OOO coffee." I took it and opened it.

"Reid wanted to stop to get us some coffee," Morgan says.

"I can see that," I say. We all walked in. Soon a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes was in there talking to Hotch. She turned to us.

"Spencer," she says.

***

Hehe. I'm evil. But can you guess who it is?