november

reid had gone to the hospital as much as he could to help gianna recover quickly. sarah said he helped a lot. he went into her room and she was wearing jeans and her graphic t tucked into them. he smiled "what are you doing?" he said. "i'm going home. been here to long, garcia probably doesn't like alessia anymore. i miss work too." she said. she bent down to get her go bag, grabbed his hand and left. she hugged sarah goodbye.

they walked outside. he hopped in his car and they drove to work. when she walked in they all hugged her. "i'm finally taking alessia back." she said to garcia. "aww man i liked her." gianna smiled "you can see her anytime you want." gianna sat down at her desk. "we have a case." hotch said.

they piled in the conference room. "child abduction in iowa. jayla keenly 15 been missing for two hours." garcia said. "okay brief us on the plane." when they were walking out she sat there. "gia you okay?" he asked. "yea, just weird. haven't been here in a while." she got up. he grabbed her waist with one arm "you'll be great." she looked up at him "oh i know i will." they laughed.

they got to iowa. reid and gianna went to the girls house to look in her room. "looks pretty normal." gianna said. reid got a call then hung up. "the mom is missing." reid said. they got in the car then another call came through. "hey what's up?" gianna said. "the mom is on the phone by the bank you're at." hotch said. reid saw on his right was a bank. he parked the car and they hopped out.

they walked in the bank. the unsub put the gun to the moms head. people ran out. "put the gun down." gianna said quietly. "you tie her or i'll kill her." he motioned for reid to tie gianna up. reid didn't want to but gianna nodded for him to do it. she dropped a case she had on her and slid it behind the counter acting as a gun. reid ties her hands behind her back.

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"i got into the banks cameras. it doesn't have sound though." garcia said. "okay we need units getting over there." hotch said grabbing the team and getting there.

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the guy threw the woman to the floor. gianna leaned against the counter. he tied reid's hands behind his back. he leaned against the counter across from her. the unsub "sit." they did. they sat against the counters. "let's spill secrets." he said. "oh come on secrets again." gianna rolled her head back. "shut up!" he yelled. "oh i'm sorry." she said sarcastically.

he hit her over the head with his gun.

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the team got to the bank. "don't go in until i say!" hotch said to all units.

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"so what do you want to say?" gianna asked. "the girl is mine." he picked the woman up and put his gun to her head. "hey can i like move over there." she said looking at reid. "no!" he yelled she scooted next to him. he tried to shoot but she dodged it. "wow you suck." gianna said. she sat next to reid and put her head on his shoulder.

"tell them, she's my daughter!" he yelled. "oh my gosh why do you care? you never had her in the first place. you obviously won't get her now." gianna said. "shut up!" he said. she lifted her head off his shoulder. "fine, what's your proposition?" reid asked. gianna sat on her foot. the unsub began to talk. the ends of the laces on her shoe were sharp. they were metal and she carved them for this reason. she rubbed it against the rope and it started to break.

"wait so how do you know she's yours?" she asked. "because she is!" he yelled. "wow that's convincing." she laughed. the rope broke. he walked up to her after throwing the woman to the ground again. he got in her face and she head butted him. she kicked his gun out of the way then pulled hers out.

he threw her into the counter and grabbed his gun. he pointed it at reid. she got up off the floor, she hit the corner. "no don't." she said getting her air back. gianna grabbed her gun, but it was to late. he had already pulled the trigger, she shot him and units ran in. gianna got to reid, he shot him in the stomach. "spencer. no no, stay with me." she grabbed his face "look at me." she said. he looked at her. "stay with me spencer reid. don't leave me." she put pressure on his wound.

medics ran in and put him on a stretcher. she ran with them, but they wouldn't let her in the truck. she kissed his hand. he pulled the mask off "gia i love you." he said as they put him in. jj ran up to her. gianna didn't respond to her for a bit. "he got shot because of me." she said. jj hugged her ignoring the blood. "no he didn't. don't say that." jj said.

"if i untied him he would be fine." she said to her. "it's not your fault." they got in their cars and went to the hospital. gianna didn't say a thing. while they waited the girls tried talking to her while cleaning her up. she still said nothing. the surgeon came out. "agent reid?" he said. they nodded. "he will be fine the surgery went great." he said. they all went to his room, he was asleep.

all the team members got their moment with him. gianna was the last, he was still asleep. "i'm so sorry spencer. it's all my fault." she started to cry holding his hand. she stared at the floor when she heard "gianna?" she looked up. reid was awake, he has never called her gianna. just gia. "spencer." she smiled. he pulled her in and kissed her. reid scooted over and she laid next to him. "i'm so sorry." she said. "i'm okay gia." he said.

truth is gianna was having a little bit of ptsd in the bank. when reid tied her, when the guy threw her into the counter, and when he was in her face. reid knew that's why she sat next to him in the bank. he had tied her up, the man she loved doing that. reid hugged her and kissed the top of her forehead. they fell asleep.

december

gianna woke up got ready. then she got alessia ready. "i don't wanna go to school." she whined. "it's the last day then you get two weeks off." gianna pulled her out of bed. "fine. but you owe me." gianna laughed and left so she could get ready. alessia came out dressed in jeans and a graphic t shirt. "mm" gianna said. "what?" alessia asked. "oh nothing. go put on a belt, looks better." alessia smiled the ran to put her belt on.

gianna dropped her off at school. she walked into the bureau "how's little alessia?" garcia said as gianna sat down. "she found my closet, i have old shirts that don't fit and she's wearing them now." gianna fake smiled. "aww that's adorable." garcia said. hotch called all the girls over except for gianna. she put her feet up on her desk, reid walked in. "hey spencer." she smiled at him. "hey gia." he gave her a light peck on the lips as he went to his desk.

the girls came down from his office terrified. "what's wrong?" reid asked them. they looked at him then gianna. "hey gianna wanna get some lunch?" jj said shakily. "yea sure." she put her feet in the ground and stood up. "what's wrong?" she asked. the girls grabbed her arm and walked her to the elevator quickly. "nothing, just want some lunch i guess." emily said.

they got to a coffee shop. "so how has it been since you know..." garcia asked. "i don't know, it's weird. but whatever." gianna responded. a waitress dropped plates and the broke. gianna jumped in her seat. the girls looked at her. "what?" she asked. "you, you're obviously still shaken up." jj said. "well i would think i am since the shit i've been through. why are we here?" she asked them.

"what do you mean?" said emily. "i know you're not doing an intervention so what is it?" she asked. gianna glanced up at the tv. she looked back down at the girls but did a double take. "oh my-." gianna said. the girls turned around, their cover was blown. "there's a shooter at alessias school, and you didn't tell me!" she got up and headed for the door. the girls ran after her. "gianna wait!" garcia yelled. "there's hostages! y'all know how much i love her, and you didn't tell me." gianna scolded them.

she got in her car and drove off. the girls got in their cars and followed. they got to the bureau. gianna walked in the bullpen. she burst into the conference room. she saw a video of alessia. her hands were duck taped together, her mouth was taped shut. "alessia." she said. morgan, hotch, rossi, and reid turned and saw her.

"gianna." hotch said. "w-what is happening?" she asked. "hostage situation." reid said softly. she sat down in her chair, the camera moved. gianna had placed alessia in the same school as jack. hotch wasn't facing the screen. "hotch." she said angrily. he turned around and saw jack had been tapped up too. alessia and jack sat next to each other. "oh my." he said. the two left and everyone followed.

they got to the school. hotch and gianna were in overdrive. the unsub called them. "what do you want?" hotch asked. "oh what do i want, i could have some money, new passport, a place to go." he said. "let us talk to the kids." gianna said. "okay sugar plum." he said. he handed the phone to the kids, it went down the line. when alessia got the phone "alessia do not say my name okay. don't even show that you or jack knows us okay, the ring you love, do you have it on?" alessia asked.

"yes." alessia said understanding what she meant. she handed it to jack. "hey jack, don't say my name or dad okay. i need you to stay calm alright, we're gonna get you out." he promised. "okay." jack handed the phone to other kids. when they were done the unsub took the phone. "you have an hour." then hung up.

gianna took a deep breath of relief. "why were you talking about a ring?" reid asked. "when she was little her mom gave her a ring that is adjustable, she's never taken it off. well she always cuts herself with it on accident, it's sharp enough to cut the duck tape." she said. "then what do we do?" emily said. "go in i guess." she said.

"you can't go in it's to dangerous." morgan protested. "he's not gonna give up" she walked out of the truck they were in. some followed. "what are you doing?" reid asked. "i'm going in." she said walking towards the school. jj grabbed her arm "you can't." she said. "i'm not letting any of them die." she said. gianna saw reid face. she hugged him tight and kissed him. "don't worry spencer, i'm not going in a hospital. i love you." he kissed her. "i love you too." she walked to the side of the school.

"being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage."- lao tzu