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𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄!

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A PROFILER WITHOUT A GUN

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CHARLOTTE RELUCTANTLY LOWERED HER GUN. She did not want to do it, but the shooter had threatened to shoot everyone in the emergency room and she did not have another choice. The young agent put her weapon down on the white hospital counter, doing precisely what Hotch did a few seconds ago, and took two steps back to stand a little bit behind her boss. Without her gun, she did not feel very brave and the reality of the situation started to kick in.

Philip Dowd's rifle was still raised at the agents. His finger was on the trigger, ready to shoot the place up anytime. He grabbed their guns from the counter and put them in his waistband. Then their UnSub glanced at conscious Reid on the floor, still pointing his gun at Charlotte and Hotch.

" Get up! Get over here! Double time, let's go! " shouted Philip. Spencer quickly got up on his long legs, his hands raised and hurried over to Hotch and Winslow. He stood up next to his boss, leaving Charlotte to stand behind them, and looked at the shooter. All three of them felt weird right now because they did not have their guns that could protect them and the UnSub was the one who was holding a deadly weapon. Charlotte tried to make her brains think of a way to get out but it was not easy when she had a gun pointing at her.

" You, girl, take your partner's gun, put it on the counter, " his voice reached Charlotte's ears and she glanced at Reid. His hands were slightly shaking and the woman could see that he was trying not to show his panic. Charlotte wanted to reply sarcastically to Philip Dowd but she controlled herself and kept her mouth shut. She was pretty sure that her remark would have cost her life.

" He's not armed. See for yourself, " said Hotch, looking straight the shooter in the eyes to show him that he was not afraid of him. Aaron Hotchner did not have a reason to lie. Reid did not have his gun with him. He failed his qualification. Until he is not re-tested and does not get it, he can not carry a gun.

" Hands on your heads, " Philip ordered. The dark-haired woman put her hands on her head, following her two teammates' example and Philip did a brisk search on Reid for his gun. When he did not find a weapon with bullets, he glanced at Spencer's FBI badge and threw it away on the ground. After that, he picked up a handful of zip ties and ordered the security guard to zip-tie agents' hands and his own.

Charlotte looked down at her tied-up hands and swallowed. It was starting to feel too real now and the panic was beginning to kick in. She tried not to show it on her face but her heart rate was speeding up and she was breathing a little bit faster than normal. Winslow had been working with the BAU for three weeks now and Spencer had been with it longer than her but it was the first time for both of them to be in this kind of situation while working at the BAU. It was a normal body reaction to panic and be afraid.

" Get down on the ground. Both of you, " the man said to Charlotte and Spencer. Reid was the first one to obey and get down on the ground. Winslow slowly followed her young colleague's example. She did not want to listen to him, but she knew it would be stupid not to. " Have a seat," he looked at Hotch. 

" Now what kind of an FBI agent doesn't carry a gun? "

" I'm a profiler, " Reid answered to the UnSub's question. 

" Profiler? They sent you to figure me out? "

" We did. That's how we found... "

" Shut up, Reid, " Hotch and Charlotte said in sync. The shooter, who still had his gun raised, looked at both of them and then returned his gaze to Spencer. It was not a time for him to speak and be the genius in the room. Their lives were hanging by a thread right now. One wrong move and bam! they have a bullet in their heads. 

" No, don't shut up. Tell me what you think you know about me. "

" Go ahead, genius. Tell him. Tell him. But remember, get it wrong and he's going to kill you, " Hotch spoke up again, putting pressure on Spencer. Reid lowered his head to look at the ground and Philip moved his glance towards Hotch, waiting for answers. 

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" They knew he was in here. They knew he was armed and dangerous. And they knew that he was gonna fight to the last round. And they sent me in here with an unarmed kid who can't shoot his way out of a wet paper bag and the newbie agent who just graduated the academy, " Hotch's voice was angry. Spencer turned away from his boss, feeling hurt but his mind was working and putting puzzle pieces together. 

" They set you up. " Philip smirked again. 

" Exactly and they're probably laughing about it right now. I wouldn't say I want to help you but when they come in here to get revenge for the cop you killed, you're gonna go down fighting. And in the crossfire, a lot of us are going to die. They sent me in here, I figure why make it easy for them? You know why they took away boy genius's gun? He failed his qualification. Twice a year I gotta listen to him whine about re-qualifying. So I tutor him and he fails again. 

" I wanna kick the snot out of this kid, " Hotch said after he asked the shooter for the favour. Charlotte raised her eyebrow, listening about her boss's slim chance of getting out of here alive and his favour.  " He's made my life miserable for three lousy years, " his voice was strong and angry. Philip had a sick smile on his face when he let the man do what he had asked for. 

Charlotte moved away and Hotch pushed Spencer on the ground. He glanced for a second at Charlotte and she nodded, understanding everything she had to. His hands were still tied - up so he had to use his legs to repeatedly kick Reid while telling him off.  Philip was watching the scene in front of him so she used it as an opportunity to reach two nurses and move them to a safer spot. Charlotte could hear Spencer coughing and the conversation Hotch was having with their UnSub but after a few seconds the shot rang through the room and Philip Dowd fell on the ground with the bullet wound in his forehead. Spencer Reid executed their UnSub and saved their lives. 

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Okay, this chapter marks the end of season one episode six. I needed it to start off this book and I swear to you that it is going to be better and more interesting from now on ;))