Let Me Help You- Criminal Minds: Reid and Adam Jackson

Chapter 27: Quantico

...Supervisory Special Agent Spencer Reid...

Reid continued going through the files e-mailed to him by Hotch plus the case files that were given to him by the men driving him. He arrived at the BAU at around 7:30 and it was relatively empty as most people just started showing up after 8 o’clock. Reid decided to use to time alone to go through everything that he hadn’t seen already like the list of suspect and their profiling. About fifteen minutes into going through the work he heard footsteps coming from the top where Hotch’s office is and then Agent Hotchner walked out.

H: Reid. (He said surprised) I thought I’d only be seeing you later today or even tomorrow only. (He said walking down the stairs tow where Reid was)

R: I landed at seven this morning and AI didn’t see the significance of staying at home while I’d be a lot more help here.

H: I thought you would be coming with the person you went to Texas for.

R: I did. Uh... h... I asked them to take him to my house for me.

H: Him?

R: Yes, it’s a guy.

H: Is that why you thought we wouldn’t accept him?

R: No, not at all.

H: Still not going to tell me, I presume?

R: Not now, as soon as this case is done.

H: Okay. So have you managed to get on track with everything going on here?

R: Yes between the files I received in Texas, from you and all this (He gestured to the bulletin board with the suspects and evidence on) I think that I have a pretty good handle on everything.

H: Okay, tell me as soon as you think you have something. This case has gone on for too long now and we have to find this person before they kill again.

R: I will.

H: Okay, I’ll be up in my office. I already told the team that you were arriving today so be warned because they’ll have a lot of questions.

R: Questions I’ll only be willing to answer after we’ve solved this case.

H: Okay, I’ve kept you out of work long enough.

Reid just laughed as Hotch went back upstairs to his office.

Reid went through everything and started putting together a pretty good profile of his own of the killer. He wrote down the killers killing pattern, the killer’s type of weapon and even came to a few conclusions of his own. All he needed now was a suspect to match his profile but instead he had three. He decided to go up to Hotch with his new discovery hoping that he might know something.

***Hotch’s Office***

Knock. Knock

H: Come in.

R: Hotch, I think I have something.

H: What?

R: Okay, all the knives, rope and duct tape that he has used all came from a shop around the area where the perp might be living or keeping the boys and the dumping site is very far from this area meaning that he is trying to draw us away from that specific area and there must be a logical reason for it.

H: I see where you’re getting at but do you have a plausible suspect that you can pin to this?

R: I narrowed it down to these three because the others either live far from this area or close to the dumping site.

H: I guess that we have to send a team to...  (He was cut off when there was a knock on the door and Morgan came in)

Morgan: Sorry boss but I saw Pretty boy’s... (He stopped when e saw Reid) Pretty boy! (He exclaimed loud enough for the people below to hear and also come up)

R: Hi. (He said standing up to hug Morgan when he came closer to him)

M: When did you arrive?

R: Early this morning.

M: ... (He didn’t get to say what he wanted to because the rest of the team came in)

Rossi & Prentiss: Spencer! (They both exclaimed coming closer to hug him)

JJ: Spence. (Hearing that name made him think of Adam alone at home and he had to force a smile onto his face) I’m so glad that you’re back. (She said hugging him too)

Penelope’: Oh my baby boy is home, I hope you have a logical explanation as to why you just up and left like that without telling us anything and that call you made to me when you arrived there. (She whispered the last part when she came closer to hug him)

H: Guys, Reid can answer your questions once we have this case sorted out but for now, Reid thinks that he maybe decreased the suspect list to three.

Ro: To three?

R: Yes. ... (And then he went on explaining everything that he did to Hotch to the rest of the team)

H: Ad I was just busy telling him that we should get into teams and take down the three locations he has locked down in hopes that one of them will either be where the perp lives or where he is keeping the boys.

M: Okay.

H: We’ll be leaving shortly. Okay, Morgan you go with JJ, Rossi you go with Prentiss and Reid and I will go together. (He then gave each team their location. Then the suited up while they waited for SWAT to get ready)

While all the teams were busy suiting up Spencer left to make a phone call which the team minus Hotch found weird because Spencer was never secretive about his personal life.

Phone Call...

A: Hi.

R: Hi, I just wanted to know how everything was going.

A: It’s all good so far. I just finished unpacking all the clothes, yours too seeing as how great of a job you did in Texas.

R: Haha. So everything’s good?

A: Yes but not with you, you sound anxious.

R: Uh, we’re just about to go check on a lead of mine. We’re hoping to find the perp or anything at this moment.

A: Uh, okay.

H: Reid it’s time to go! (He shouted from the bullpen)

R: That was my boss, I have to go.

A: Bye. Please be careful I need you to come home tonight.

R: No promises, I’ll try my best though.

A: Okay. They hung up and the teams left...