The Reid Method: A New Chapter

Chapter Ten- Tell My Mother, Tell My Father, I've Done The Best I Can

The Reid Method: A New Chapter

Chapter Ten- Tell My Mother, Tell My Father, I've Done The Best I Can

Hotch, Prentiss, and Reid walked through the hallway with their guns and flashlights in their hands. They were searching a house for an Unsub who was targeting children.

Spencer found a door to a basement as Hotch and Emily followed behind him. He opened the door as Emily and Hotch made their way down the stairs. Spencer cleared the room as Emily went over to the dryer.

"Damn" she muttered as she made her way over to it. A pair of shoes were sticking out from behind it.

"Is it him?" Spencer asked. They were looking for a 6 year old boy.

"Male, 6 years old" Emily nodded.

Spencer sighed as he heard noises from behind him. He turned around with his gun and flashlight, looking around.

A baby boy crawled out from the shadows, cooing. Spencer realized that the baby was his and J.J.'s.

"J.J. can't let our son be at a crime scene" Spencer said, confused. "J.J."

"Reid!" Rossi spoke from the seat beside him on the jet. Spencer sat up rubbing his eyes and brushing his hair out of his face.

"Are you okay?" J.J. asked. She was now 37 weeks pregnant.

"Sorry, I was dreaming" Spencer answered.

"What was the dream about?" J.J. asked.

Spencer swallowed, recalling the details of the dream. "We found a young boy in a house and our baby was at the crime scene."

J.J. smiled and put a hand on her belly. "Which one?"

"Our little boy" Spencer smiled at her.

"Sounds like a little troublemaker" Emily remarked, flashing a smile at all the boys.

Spencer and J.J. chuckled lightly.

"I'm sure he will be" Spencer said.

When they landed in Vegas, J.J. and Hotch went to the Bridges house to talk to the parents of the latest victim, Michael.

Hotch talked to the father while J.J. headed upstairs and talked to the mother. She always hated handling cases with children, she couldn't imagine something happening to her own.

She found Mrs. Bridges in Michael's room upstairs and knocked on the door. Mrs. Bridges looked up to see J.J. standing outside the door and nodded to her, letting her know to step inside. She sat down on the edge of the bed.

"I know this is difficult" J.J. said. "I can't even imagine what you're going through."

"When you're a mother, you're supposed to protect them" Mrs. Bridges said.

J.J. nodded, understanding.

Mrs. Bridges looked at J.J. "Your first?" She guessed.

"Actually third and fourth" J.J. announced resting her hand on her belly. "A boy and girl. They've got two older brothers at home."

"Three boys" Mrs. Bridges whispered.

"Yes" J.J. nodded.

Spencer and Derek were staying at the house that night in case the Unsub decided to call them in the middle of the night. Derek slept on the couch in the family room while Spencer fell asleep on the couch in the living room by the stairs.