Chapter 16

A/N   I can't even begin to apologise for the extremely slow update but it's finally here

“Reid, what happened?” Morgan half yelled at his co-worker.

“I don’t know” the young doctor mumbled quietly, feeling ashamed and upset about Hanna’s sudden departure.

“Look, just tell us what happened” JJ tried to comfort him by placing her hand in his shoulder.

“I’ve already told you everything” Reid shrugged it off “She thinks we should’ve trusted her more and she right, we should’ve. I should’ve” he looked down.

The full team had been called in as soon as Reid realised he wouldn’t be able to find Hanna on his own. He had stumbled back to the office after trailing round the streets of Quantico for half an hour. They were currently stood in Garcia’s tech room, waiting for the video feed from Hanna’s interview room to load.

“She told you to watch the video?” Hotch asked and Reid nodded.

“I’m not sure what’s on there that she wants us to see, probably just her escape” he sighed and turned around to leave, not wanting to watch Hanna disappear again.

“Hello” her soft voice suddenly came out of the speakers.

“Guys, its loaded” Garcia mumbled and quickly tapped her keyboard to the video came up on full screen. Reid swivelled round and stared intently at Hanna who seemed to be staring intently back.

“I made an extremely regrettable decision by coming to the Behaviour Analysis Unit for help. I would like to apologise for any inconvenience I caused you. Having said that, I know a simple apology cannot even begin to scratch the surface therefore I am going to finally answer the questions you so deeply want the answers to” Hanna took a deep breath in before glancing down and continuing

“Nine months before my mother gave birth to Alex and I, a religious organisation called the Daria received a prophecy. That prophecy stated that in exactly nine full moons, on the 13th of February at 19:04 a baby would be born. A baby which would have special qualities that would end the world. A baby that would be named after the mother of Samuel the prophet and the purest flower”

“Oh my god” Emily breathed and glanced at JJ who had her hand over her mouth.

“Some of the members of the Daria were sceptic about the prophecy until one of them heard news that their neighbour, Elizabeth Black, was to have a child and that that child would be born on the 13th of February, exactly nine full moons away. The Daria panicked and thought the apocalypse was coming. They tried to get rid of the child by pushing the mother down the stairs. Three is considered a lucky number to the Daria and so three was the number of times the mother was pushed down the stairs. However, she and her baby were not injured. The Daria thought this meant the child was gifted. They had no way of destroying the baby without hurting the mother and to kill the innocent is deeply frowned upon to the Daria.

“And so the baby was born, on the 13th of February at exactly 19:04. But the baby was not alone as the mother gave birth to twins. Two is considered an unlucky number to the Daria so this only made their worry worse. One of the babies was a healthy, beautiful baby boy. However, the other was a girl. A girl that was named after the mother of Samuel the prophet and the purest flower: Hanna-Rose. I am that child. Of course, I do not possess any magical powers nor will end the world. But the Daria refused to believe this, and have attempted to kill me ever since”. Hanna went quiet for a moment and the team glanced at each other.

“So, she’s in danger because of some stupid belief?” Morgan raised his eyebrows at Hotch who just shrugged and nodded before mumbling.

“The poor girl”

“Shh” Reid glared at them because Hanna had started speaking again.

“That answers your first question. However, there is still why am I here and why did I visit Spencer’s mother. We shall start with the easy one” she looked back up at the camera “I came to you for help because I am tired of running. I often get people killed as a result of my actions in defending myself and I am tired of the guilt.

“But if I merely stop, they will find me and they will kill me. I would like to stand a chance. Diana Reid often spoke about the brilliance of her son and his team. It seemed the only option at the time. I was going to ask you to help me find the Daria, because they are untraceable unless you are a member. However, I now see that was pointless and futile seeing as all you do is play games instead of asking me for the truth straight out” Hanna cleared her throat before sighing deeply and closing her eyes “And now Spencer, I will tell you why I visited your mother” Reid’s breathing stopped as they all waited.

“Thirteen months ago, two of the members of the Daria found me” Hanna was directing this speech at Spencer now “They had their own twisted way of viewing the prophecy in which they thought I had to suffer emotionally before I could die. They had a voice recording from the day Alex died. To this day, I have not the faintest clue as to how they retrieved it but they did. It was the moment when I told you I loved you in the library. Based on this, they have been gathering information on you in case the need should arise when they needed blackmail. That need arose when they caught me. And so they found a video and presented it to me while I was gagged and tied down in an effort to torture me emotionally. It was a live video. And it came from a man called Tobias Hankle”