Part of a Team - Criminal Minds Fanfiction

Chapter 111 - Lockdown

Elijah sighed as he fiddled with his sleeves, looking out the window as Rossi drove him back home.. He was nervous.

"You will be fine." Rossi assured him.

"I know.. I'm still nervous." Elijah sighed.

"You will be."

"..Thanks for helping me out last night." Elijah turned to him.

"Of course. You're my son." Не smiled.

No matter how many times he heard it, being called 'son' by Rossi always made him feel better. But.. That's when Rossi pulled up in front of his house.

"I'll be out here if anything happens."

"Thank you." Elijah nodded slowly as he got out of the car and walked towards the house.

After a minute, Elijah finally unlocked the door to the house. When he entered, he saw Reid sleeping on the couch, the cats laying on him. Elijah sighed and walked to the couch, kneeling beside it.. He felt so bad for last night, already wishing he could've changed it.

Reid shifted and opened his eyes,"Eli?"

"Hey Spencer." Elijah ran his fingers through Reid's hair.

Reid sat up, making sure not to wake the cats,"Elijah, I'm so sorry for last night."

"Don't be, everything's fine now." Elijah shook his head.

"It's not. I should've realised what he was like- But I was so blinded by wanting a father figure I completely ignored what he was like towards you." Reid sighed softly.

"Reid, it's okay." Elijah told him, taking his hand and squeezing it,"You looked up to him for so long and.. I never wanted to taint the image you had of your father figure."

"Come here." Reid opened his arms.

Elijah smiled, immediately curling up in Reid's arms, resting his head in the crook of his neck.

"I hated fighting." Reid muttered.

"Me too.. That's why we don't fight." Elijah mumbled.

"Forgive me?"

"Of course."

Reid kissed Elijah's cheek,"I love you."

"I love you too." Elijah held on tightly.

"Did you sleep at Rossi's?"

"A little bit." Elijah nodded.

"Well.. Let's sleep now." Reid told him.

"Please." Elijah sighed.

"Fine by me." Reid chuckled.

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"Officers Keith Rivers and Rudy Hightower, both career prison guards, both married, kids, nothing out of the ordinary." Kate looked up from the file.

They were flying to a prison where two guards had been murdered.

"The uniform itself could be the target. Kill a guard, any guard, it doesn't matter which one." Morgan shrugged.

"What about the sock in the mouth?" She asked.

"It might be some kind of warning to keep quiet, you know, like, 'put a sock in it." Rossi suggested.

"It could have also just been a gag to, literally, keep the victims quiet." Elijah added.

"Well, either way, we're probably looking at more than one UnSub. This would be very difficult to pull off alone." Hotch agreed.

"Multiple Unsubs in a prison, sounds like a gang." Kate pointed.