"Reid, are you okay?" Emily asks.
"It's Clara and my mom, they're in trouble." Spencer states.
"Clara?" Emily frowns.
"Yes, Clara. Cassie didn't bring them. It was Lindsey, from witness protection. She pretended to be my mom's nurse." Spencer says. "Now, I haven't figured out the mechanics yet -- replacing Cassie, winning my mom's trust, getting past prison security guards, but I will. I just haven't figured it out yet."
"Reid..." Emily shakes her head.
"Do you remember that-- you remember, right? Her father, that case, April 2007?" Spencer asks.
"Okay. Maybe you think you saw her--"
"Her father's Jack Vaughn, former hit man for the Irish mob. He and Lindsey were in witness protection. Lindsey and her friend, Katie, were abducted, Katie was killed, and Jack murdered the unsub in front of me." Spencer recalls. "Do you honestly not remember any of this?"
"Yeah, I do. I'm sorry, I forgot." Emily tells him. "But, Reid, how could she possibly--"
"I don't know!" He exclaims. "That's why I'm telling you this. I don't know, but I know what I saw!"
"How could it be her? And why would she-- she has no reason to be doing this." Emily says.
Spencer slams his fists on the table making Emily and Fiona both jump.
"You're not even listening to me!" He shouts, standing up. "I know what I saw, all right?" The guard rushes in and restrains Spencer. "Now find Lindsey! Find Lindsey, please!"
"Hey, calm down!" The guard orders as he drags Spencer out.
"Get me out of here! Find Lindsey! Find Lindsey!" Spencer screams as he's dragged out.
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Rossi walks into Emily's office, shutting the door.
"I came as fast as I could." He says.
"Thanks. I appreciate it." Emily says.
"Why couldn't you tell me on the phone? What happened?" Rossi asks.
"Fiona and I went to see Reid." Emily informs.
"And?" Rossi asks.
"He said Clara and his mom were in trouble." Emily says.
"Were Reid and Diana scheduled to have a visit?" Rossi asks.
"He didn't think so, but it happened anyway." Emily says. "And Clara isn't even on his visitors list. I don't know why she's involved."
"What does the nurse say?" Rossi asks.
"Cassie didn't bring them." Emily states. "Another nurse did, a Carol Atkinson. Garcia's running a search on the name now, but it's an alias."
"For who?" Rossi asks.
"Lindsey Vaughn." Emily answers.
"Lindsey Vaughn? From that case in Chula Vista 10 years ago?" Rossi frowns.
"You remember it." Emily says.
"It was one of my first back. But how could it be her now and why?"
"I asked him the same thing."
"And how did that go?" Rossi asks, Emily explaining how Spencer snapped. "Any chance he's wrong?"
"Well, Reid did smell Scratch's drugs before the murder and he said there was another woman in the room with them." Emily says.
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Fanfiction[ criminal minds -- seasons 1-15 ] Clara Reid Stand Alone: Never Grow Up I DO NOT own Criminal Minds, any of the show's characters or storylines. I ONLY own my OCs and their storylines.
