XXIV: She'll Be Okay

TRUST ME I KNOW WHAT IM DOING

"...the sad part is, that I will probably end up loving you without you for much longer than I loved you when I knew you.Some people might find that strange.But the truth of it is that the amount of love you feel for someone and the impact they have on you as a person, is in no way relative to the amount of time you have known them."- Ranata Suzuki

-ᵒᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵠᵘᵒᵗᵉ ᵈᵒᵉ-

~And suddenly, everything went black. ~

Narrators POV:

The team was gathered at the station, trying to figure out who could've taken Eden.

A knock from Spencer on her door and no response was all it took for him to break through the entrance. Spencer entered her room and saw the discarded gun on the floor, her luggage unopened, and blood splattered on the carpet.

Spencer now sat in the conference room, his leg bouncing up and down as his brain worked a million miles per minute, trying to find Eden.

The entire team looked his way in concern, but he didn't pay them any attention, he was more concerned for the woman he's in love with. Garcia was already informed of Eden's kidnapping, so now the team is waiting on any information she could give them.

Spencer ended up calling Andy, informing him about Eden. Andy started laughing as he thought it was a joke before starting to cry. Andy told Spencer all about who could hurt her. A very shortlist. Andy says Eden just has the charm to make everyone love her and if she doesn't come back alive, he'll sue the FBI for emotional distress.

"I did a background search on the names on your list," Garcia said in a choked voice. Not even she could lift the mood as their teammate was gone.

"What do you have?" Emily said hurriedly.

"Anna Clark is clean, nothing bad on her record. She and Eden were in a relationship. According to them, it ended well. Andy is also clean, along with her grandmother," Garcia began.

"Garcia, did you find anything suspicious?" JJ asked trying to keep herself from crying.

"Mady Hughes has a restraining order charge from her ex-boyfriend that she broke multiple times. She dated Eden as well. I called Andy and he said they didn't end well, Mady was really possessive and controlling."

"Do you have any idea where she could be?" Reid spoke for the first time in a while, stunning the group.

"I'm still digging, I checked for storage spaces under her name and nothing came up."

"Garcia, send us her address. Morgan and Rossi, you'll come with me, the rest of you will stay here in case we find anything," Hotch demanded.

Reid quickly left the conference room after the three men left, Emily glanced at JJ before going after him.

Spencer went into a private office quickly, needing space to process everything. Emily looked slightly through the crack before knocking on the door.

"Reid?" She croaked out.

Spencer didn't respond as he started to tear up.

"She'll be okay."

he didn't respond as every possible outcome ran through his brain, every awful one.

"You two will be okay. You'll be able to tell her you to love her and she'll tell you she loves you. You'll grow old," Emily chuckled dryly, "We need you on this case, kid. We need you. She needs you."

Reid opened the door, surprising Emily as she stumbled a bit into the room. Noticing his red-rimmed eyes, she immediately engulfed him in a hug.

"We'll be okay, " Spencer trembled, trying to convince himself more than Emily.

"Yeah, you will, " She gently said as she embraced him.

~

Eden woke up, tied to a chair, vision slowly returning to normal as she gets used to the dim, fluorescent lights.

As she felt blood trickle down the side of her face, a loud noise was heard. A loud cry. Abiona was here.

"Oh, will you shut it!" the unmistakable voice of Mady boomed through the warehouse.

"ah, I see sleeping beauty is awake," Mady smirked, swaying her hips as she walked toward Eden.

"Why am I here? what did I do to deserve this?" Eden croaked out, her voice was hoarse.

"Oh, sweet innocent Eden. considering you were going to college for it, I'm surprised you didn't see how completely sociopathic I am," the raven-haired woman said.

"Oh, I knew I just didn't want to die, but here I am."

A smack across Eden's face took the smug grin she had plastered on before.

"Shut it!" Mady shouted, "you left me, and for what? For your dying grandma?"

"My God, you're insane, " Eden chuckled dryly, "this is because I had to take care of my grandma?"

Mady nodded frantically, "yes, and then you left again."

I left for the FBI, not to date around. It's not like I murdered anybody, The thought made Eden chuckle in irony.

Before mady could ask what was so funny, the baby cried again, "Goddamnit!"

~

Hotch, Morgan, and Rossi returned from Mary's apartment, the walls being filled from head to toe with information about Eden and pictures of Eden along with the team and her friends. Spencer and Emily sat at the table, both having their files open, but only Emily reading, as Spencer hadn't turned the page in the last 20 minutes.

"Garcia, track Mady's car," Hotch demanded as he entered the room and called their tech analyst.

"Already have, it's in the middle of nowhere," Penelope sniffled.

"Phone?" Morgan asked.

"You underestimate me, I've looked everywhere and I got nothing."

The team stays around in silence, before Spencer speaks up.

"Have you checked Marcus'?"

Garcia stuttered slightly at the quiet voice before starting her search once again. Emily puts her hand on top of Reid's in comfort, noticing his slight discomfort as he moves around in his chair.

"He's got a warehouse rented under his name," Garcia exclaimed.

"That's it. Everyone, come on," Hotch said to the team. They each started getting up and vested up before Hotch stopped Reid, "Are you okay?" he put his hand on his shoulder in comfort, his eyebrows furrowed in concern. The young doctor nodded, gulping a bit.

Reid got into the vehicle with Emily and Morgan, him fidgeting in the backseat.

"Hey," Morgan looked back at his younger colleague, "She'll be okay."

Spencer nodded, "I know," he tries to convince himself.

~

The whole ride to the warehouse, Spencer's leg was shaking in nervousness, his eyes staying stuck on the roads. Now and then, his older coworkers glancing at him. They finally made it to the site and got suited up.

Spencer's hands shaking to the point that Prentiss had to help him with his vest. Despite the worried glances he knew one thing — I'm ready to get Eden back.

The team had SWAT ready at the entrance and although Spencer just wanted to get Eden back, Hotch had a different approach.

"Madyson Hughes! This is the FBI!" Hotch spoke through the megaphone.

A window opened, "I know! I have one of your own in here! who knew she was such a stupid slut."

Reid started to head towards the building before Morgan had to hold him back.

"Bring Eden and Abiona out and we'll make a deal!"

"No, you won't."

Hotch had never felt more desperate, he just wanted his friend back.

"I'm done with all of you! I'm ready to die! Pray for your precious little coworker!"

And everything for Spencer started to slow down.

SWAT hearing the threat of a bomb inside the building. Them leaving their places.

The shouts of Hotch telling everyone to get to safety.

Morgan begging Spencer to come as well.

Spencer telling them all how he doesn't care if he does -- he loves her.

The love of his life is in the building.

And the building just went up in flames.

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anywho apologies for not updating ive been super duper depressed and then after dreaming about this fic and jjnreidsdaughter  subconsciously telling me to finish it already in the dream, i all the sudden had a surge of inspiration ✨

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