[Criminal Minds] Judging a book
Title: Judging a book
Rating: G
Genre: Character study
Series: Moments in Time
Characters: Spencer Reid
Spoilers: 8x23 Brothers Hotchner
Warnings: None beyond what's in the episode
Summary: Reid didn't like being judged by his appearance. Normally.
Disclaimer: All characters are property of CBS, Jeff Davis, Edward Allen Bernero and sadly not mine. I just take them along for the ride. Special thanks to my dear friend Sarah for all her help and encouragement and being a great beta. Thanks to everyone who read and/or reviewed one of my others stories.
“Larry Feretich?” Reid heard Morgan call from the entrance across the baggage sorting hall at the Franklin Airport he had just entered, “FBI!”
It looked like they had found the man as the older agent had stopped advancing and a stout and half-bald man a few feet away threw a panicked look in Spencer’s direction, which was the only other way out for him.
The young profiler stopped as well, waiting to see how their UnSub reacted.
He hoped that the guy would just let himself be arrested without resistance. Their track record wasn’t good though, as nine times out of ten the perpetrator tried to make a run for freedom.
After a second it showed that this one was not an exception either when he shoved a fully loaded baggage cart in Morgan’s direction. Having most likely foreseen such an action, the other agent stopped the cart with ease.
It, however, blocked his path and gave the UnSub a head start, which the man used by starting to run in Reid’s direction.
No surprise there. Feretich had obviously made the logical decision that getting past Spencer was much easier, considering that physically the young agent was no match for him.
For Reid being judged by his appearance was common. All people saw was a tall and scrawny young man with long hair who, in all likeliness, wouldn’t put up much of a fight.
For a brief moment Spencer thought about what Morgan would do. The answer was easy; his friend would tackle the UnSub. For Reid, this was out of question. Even with the advantage in height, the notable difference in weight didn’t speak in the profiler’s favor. In case of collision the suspect would probably just knock him over without getting slowed down.
So the young agent had to use what he was superior at; his brain. Derek had his muscles, Spencer had the laws of physics.
Seeing a stack of suitcases to his left out of the corner of his eye he turned his head around and quickly grabbed a black suitcase from the top which he then rammed sideways into the passing man.
Feretich, unprepared for this, got propelled to his left and came to land facedown on a nearby baggage conveyor.
Letting go of the suitcase, Reid jumped onto the, at the moment thankfully not running, conveyor next to the man and grabbed his arms to immobilize the UnSub.
“Larry Feretich, you’re under arrest for the murder of-” Spencer didn’t get any further as the suspect started to loudly defend his actions as they cuffed him and led him away.
Reid didn’t care. They had their UnSub and no one got hurt.
Judging a book by its cover was sometimes working for him just fine.
Rating: G
Genre: Character study
Series: Moments in Time
Characters: Spencer Reid
Spoilers: 8x23 Brothers Hotchner
Warnings: None beyond what's in the episode
Summary: Reid didn't like being judged by his appearance. Normally.
Disclaimer: All characters are property of CBS, Jeff Davis, Edward Allen Bernero and sadly not mine. I just take them along for the ride. Special thanks to my dear friend Sarah for all her help and encouragement and being a great beta. Thanks to everyone who read and/or reviewed one of my others stories.
“Larry Feretich?” Reid heard Morgan call from the entrance across the baggage sorting hall at the Franklin Airport he had just entered, “FBI!”
It looked like they had found the man as the older agent had stopped advancing and a stout and half-bald man a few feet away threw a panicked look in Spencer’s direction, which was the only other way out for him.
The young profiler stopped as well, waiting to see how their UnSub reacted.
He hoped that the guy would just let himself be arrested without resistance. Their track record wasn’t good though, as nine times out of ten the perpetrator tried to make a run for freedom.
After a second it showed that this one was not an exception either when he shoved a fully loaded baggage cart in Morgan’s direction. Having most likely foreseen such an action, the other agent stopped the cart with ease.
It, however, blocked his path and gave the UnSub a head start, which the man used by starting to run in Reid’s direction.
No surprise there. Feretich had obviously made the logical decision that getting past Spencer was much easier, considering that physically the young agent was no match for him.
For Reid being judged by his appearance was common. All people saw was a tall and scrawny young man with long hair who, in all likeliness, wouldn’t put up much of a fight.
For a brief moment Spencer thought about what Morgan would do. The answer was easy; his friend would tackle the UnSub. For Reid, this was out of question. Even with the advantage in height, the notable difference in weight didn’t speak in the profiler’s favor. In case of collision the suspect would probably just knock him over without getting slowed down.
So the young agent had to use what he was superior at; his brain. Derek had his muscles, Spencer had the laws of physics.
Seeing a stack of suitcases to his left out of the corner of his eye he turned his head around and quickly grabbed a black suitcase from the top which he then rammed sideways into the passing man.
Feretich, unprepared for this, got propelled to his left and came to land facedown on a nearby baggage conveyor.
Letting go of the suitcase, Reid jumped onto the, at the moment thankfully not running, conveyor next to the man and grabbed his arms to immobilize the UnSub.
“Larry Feretich, you’re under arrest for the murder of-” Spencer didn’t get any further as the suspect started to loudly defend his actions as they cuffed him and led him away.
Reid didn’t care. They had their UnSub and no one got hurt.
Judging a book by its cover was sometimes working for him just fine.