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Wolf Moon

Ahmose Inarus

Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds, nor do I make any profit off of writing this.

SLASH WARNING! Hotch / Reid

Written for the Chit Chat on Author's Corner Halloween Horrors Challenge. The moderators supplied a number of titles of the novels of the Master of Horror himself, Stephen King. We were to pick any title and write a fic using that as the prompt. I chose, "Cycle of the Werewolf"

Chapter 19

Reid bolted up in bed, eyes wide in fright, heart pounding in his chest. For a moment, he thought it had been a dream. But then he heard it again. It was distant, but it was, indeed, wolves… Only moments later, he heard a thud from the room next to his… Hotch's room. Reid leapt up and pulled on his shirt, sprinting for the bathroom and seizing his pants, then gun. A moment later, he was in the hall. Hotch was there, too, gun in hand. The pair met tense looks, then ran down the corridor and Hotch punched the button for the elevator. They darted in the moment it opened and rode it down, then sprinted across the lobby towards the front doors. For three am it was quite busy, and people leapt out of the way of the two men in pajamas carrying guns.

But then, James appeared in the front door.

"Agent Hotchner!" He called, and Hotch skidded to a stop, Reid stumbling into him.

"I heard a—"

"It was nothing." James said. "Just a dog fight." But he shot them a look, and then the three walked into the elevator and waited for the door to close. As soon as it did, James spoke up.

"Our mystery friend tried to get past the perimeter the pack had set up."

"I'm glad you were there." Hotch confessed.

"We sent him packing and he'll be licking his wounds, but… he WILL try again."

"I know." Reid said softly.

"It's time to go home." Hotch said, laying a hand on Reid's shoulder. "We take this fight to the source."

"The pack will make sure you guys get to the airport safely." James said as the elevator door opened.

"Do it discretely." Was all Hotch said, and James nodded as the two Agents left him alone in the elevator. Reid didn't sleep a wink the rest of the night. And Hotch had everyone up early and packing, telling them to meet at the air strip at noon. He, in the meantime, drove Reid out to Bennington. The pair walked in, side by side, and Diana stood to greet them.

"Everything turn out okay?" She asked, them, and the pair mumbled affirmative answers, nodding as they sat down with her. "… Spencer? Did you sleep last night?"

Reid's eyes widened comically, and Hotch burst out laughing.

"Shut up!" Reid snapped viciously, but then cowered when his mother snarled, "Spencer…"

"Sorry." He mumbled, glancing up nervously at his mother. Hotch just grinned and squeezed Reid's shoulder.

"No, he didn't get much sleep last night."

"And were YOU to blame for that, Mr. Hotchner?" She asked, a shrewd look in her eye. This time, both men's eyes widened comically, and while Reid flushed and squeaked and huddled down, Hotch just chuckled.

"No ma'am." He said firmly.

"Alright then. What WAS the reason?"

"… There are… wolves after Spencer. The Alpha Bitch back home may have sent one of her brothers here to kill him. The Vegas Pack stopped him from entering our hotel last night, but the ruckus woke us and Spencer was too nervous to sleep."

Diana frowned. "Well then… you'll have to mate him as soon as you're home, now won't you?" And an amused smile crossed her face.

"MOM!" Reid cried in embarrassment, hardly believing that his mother had basically just told his boss to hurry up and fuck him already.

"Oh, I intend to…" Hotch chuckled, a sinister and troublesome rumble in his tone.

"HOTCH!" Reid shrieked, and then, to his dismay, his lover and mother both laughed at his embarrassment.

"Have you talked about what will happen?" Diana asked, suddenly.

"Huh?" Reid blurted.

"Has he talked to you about what will happen when you mate?"

"Yes."

"ALL of it?"

"… What do you mean?" Reid asked now sounding nervous.

"No." Hotch responded. "But I will."

"Good. I won't have you traumatizing my son on his first time."

"Moooommm…" Reid groaned again, letting his face fall into his hands.

"… He… I thought that he might KNOW about that part…" Hotch continued as if Reid weren't even there, but now HE sounded nervous.

"I don't know how he would." Diana said. "That's something wolves tell their children when they get The Talk, but to my knowledge, Spencer's father never GAVE him The Talk."

"What's going on?" Reid asked.

"We'll talk later." Hotch said calmly. "When we're home."

"But—"

"It's best discussed between the two of you in private." Diana said, soothingly. "Don't worry your mind about it. It's okay." And she smoothed her son's hair down to his head. "Are you planning on moving in together?"

"Yes." Hotch said with a nod.

"Will he be marking your territory as well?"

"MOM!"

"I want him to, but he seems adverse to the idea."

"I am NOT peeing on your HOUSE!"

"You peed IN the house!"

"THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" Reid shrieked, and Hotch just grinned.

"Spencer. If you mate him, you will need to mark your territory as belonging to you both."

"What?! But Moooommmm!"

"I don't want to hear of you refusing to accept that role as his mate."

"… Why me?!" Reid wailed to the Powers that Be, and buried his face into his hands.

The team was already on the plane when Hotch and Reid arrived at the air strip. Several people were around. Only Hotch and Reid knew that nearly all of them were… well… not human. They watched the pair board the plane and when it took off they all left, their jobs done. One man pulled out a cell phone.

"… Hey sis… they're on their way back. I'm right behind them… Right. Bye." And Noriko's elder brother went to catch his own flight…

The team, in the mean time, stared at their leader and their youngest. The pair had moved all the way across the cabin, as far from the others as they could, and had their heads together. Morgan sighed in frustration. Rossi, seeing Morgan about to start demanding answers, spoke up.

"Hey guys." He announced, loud enough that Hotch and Reid turned to look at him. "I'm thinking we all head to my place and have a barbecue."

"Oh, that sounds great!" Emily pounced, understanding what Rossi was doing. JJ caught on a moment later.

"Great! Henry is enjoying a week with my parents, so it's just us adults, unless Hotch needs to grab Jack."

"Uh… I don't know if—"

"Shut up, Aaron." Rossi snorted. "You're coming. So are you, squirt."

"Squirt?!" Reid blurted, looking offended. But Rossi just chuckled merrily and pulled out a book. Reid glared, and Hotch smiled and shook his head.

"I guess we're going to Rossi's."

"But… We needed to talk!"

"We can talk after." Hotch said, smiling in amusement when Reid scowled and pouted.

The plane ride was calm… Reid fell asleep and Hotch told the team to let him sleep. When they touched down, no one noticed the wolves in the trees by the air strip, carefully staying down wind. The team all headed straight to the office, finished their paperwork as fast as they could, and they were all at Rossi's house by three pm. Rossi already had the grill going, and Morgan took a flying leap into the pool shouting "CANON BALL!" Reid shrieked in anger as he was splashed with water from where he sat reading, and the others just laughed.

Downwind, at the edge of the property, the wolves were prowling. Noriko led them, watching. Her eyes narrowed when Hotch strode over to Reid and handed him a drink, their fingers touching intimately as Reid accepted it with a sickeningly sweet smile.

The wolves salivated as the smell of burgers and brats washed over them. But Noriko snarled and flashed her teeth whenever any of them seemed a little TOO restless.

The team ate lunch, and the day wore on… the sun began to set. Rossi was at the far side of the yard with Reid, discussing plants. Hotch had gone inside to go to the bathroom. And then Rossi headed back over to the grill, where he was grilling steaks for dinner now… leaving Reid at the edge of the yard.

"… Now!" Noriko commanded.

"What?!" One of the wolves gasped. "But… humans are—"

"As wolves! Rabid dogs just attacked him! Do it! NOW!"

"But Noriko!"

"OR I'LL KILL YOU!" She barked. And with only a single moment of hesitation, the wolves obeyed.

They flashed across Rossi's neatly manicured lawn, heading straight for their target. They moved swift and silent… and Reid never saw them coming.

"SPENCE!" JJ screamed suddenly. "LOOK OUT!" And Reid whirled.

"NO!" He cried, stumbling back at the huge black wolf flying straight at him. He crossed his arms before him defensively, and jaws closed upon his left forearm before the weight of the large male wolf sent him crashing down onto his back.

"AARON!" He screamed, every instinct driving to call out for the large alpha male who had claimed him. "AAH! STOP! LET GO! OW!" He fought the wolf, trying to kick him off. But the others were upon him. Teeth seized his right wrist and tugged his arm away from the other wolf. The two stepped back, pulling Reid's arms straight out to the side while others sized his ankles in their teeth. Reid thrashed and writhed, trying desperately to free himself, then letting out a high pitched yelp as he felt teeth digging into his side, blood welling up. And then, the black male from Vegas was there.

"No one comes between my sister and the one she has chosen…" And he lunged and fastened his teeth onto Reid's throat, cutting off his breathing. Reid let out a strangled cry and doubled his efforts to escape. And then chaos reigned. Rossi had turned the hose onto the wolves as more ran in, baring their teeth. And then there was a gun shot.

Noriko's brother yelped and crashed to the ground letting go of Reid's neck. Then he thrashed and got to his feet, whining and licking the wound on his shoulder. More shots. The wolves released Reid and began to flee. And then, startling the team, a large black wolf streaked between Rossi and Emily and was charging towards Reid and the other wolves, his eyes on the black female at the tree line.

"Oh no you don't!" Morgan snarled, and raised his gun.

Reid was sitting up, clutching his throat, but then he saw Morgan… and the saw the wolf. And his heart froze.

"No! MORGAN NO!"

BLAM!

The shot was deafening to Reid, a terrible sound… but not so terrible as the high scream of pain that came from the black male chasing the others, or the yelping that followed as he went down…

The other wolves disappeared into the trees, and were gone. But Morgan still had his gun up, and was moving towards the black wolf bleeding on the grass.

"MORGAN!" Reid cried, struggling to his feet and ignoring all injury.

"Kill it!" Rossi commanded, looking vicious in his defense of his team mate. And Morgan had the wolf's head in his sights.

Reid knew he would never make it… unless…

"MORGAN NO!" The team couldn't help but turn at the bestial scream, and as they watched, Reid literally leapt towards Morgan, an inhuman length covered in the single move, his clothing ripping loudly as his body changed dramatically. Then, there was a towering beast before the man, balanced on feet that carried his weight on his toes, a long muzzle baring sharp teeth, pointed ears laying back against chestnut hair as golden eyes blazed. And then a hand with wicked sharp claws swept out, crashing against Morgan's hands and sending the gun flying. And then the beast with the brown pelt opened his mouth, only fourteen inches from Morgan's face, and roared.

"JESUS!" Morgan gasped, and stumbled away, landing on his back on the ground.

"Mio dio…" Rossi gasped, dropping the hose and crossing himself.

"Morgan!" Garcia cried in fear. But the beast standing over Morgan didn't attack…

Slowly, he dropped to all fours and backed away, hackles up and teeth bared, until he was standing over the wounded black wolf. And then he bowed his head and nudged the wolf, then whined and began to lick over the wolf's cheek.

The team watched in silence as the black wolf lifted his head, and licked at the monster's muzzle. The monster whined again, and then wagged his tail. And then, the monster spoke…

"Aaron…"

"Spence?" JJ gasped, recognizing the voice. The creature raised its head and looked at her. It looked afraid… a familiar fear that they had all seen before…

"… Reid…" Morgan breathed, looking stunned. "Is… Is that… you?" The team watched as the man-wolf huddled down, laid his ears back and tucked his tail. But then, they heard the howl. The creature whirled and stared at the trees, then looked back at the team.

"We have to get inside… they'll come back to finish the job… on all of us."

The black wolf growled and forced himself to his feet. And then, to their shock, he spoke in a very familiar voice. "Not if I kill that BITCH first!"

"Aaron, you can't!" Reid gasped, laying a paw on the black wolf. Another howl was heard, this one closer. Reid looked up anxiously, then scooped up the black wolf in his powerful arms and turned to the team. "Inside. NOW." He commanded, and padded towards them. Morgan finally found his ability to move as the beast with his friend's voice approached. He scrambled to his feet, grabbed his gun and backed away, unable to tear his eyes from the grotesque figure.

"In!" Reid commanded again, now herding the team inside. "Rossi, get the steaks so you don't burn them."

"Steaks?!"

"You don't waste good steaks." Hotch chuckled from Reid's arms. Rossi forked the steaks onto plates and shut off the grill as he went, following Reid into the house.

"Lock all the doors." Morgan commanded, finally taking charge. "Set the security alarm. Everyone armed. No one leaves until daylight." And the team began to do just that, while Reid carried Hotch to the nearest guest room and lay him down, pressing his paws to the wound.

"Aaron…"

"I'll be fine…" The wolf groaned. "Help the team."

"No." Reid said, shaking his head. "I'm not leaving you!"

"… Spence?" Both turned when JJ entered the room with a first aid kit, the rest of the team nervously following. "It… is you, isn't it…?" Slowly before their eyes, the beast began shrink, the fur receding… and Spencer Reid was left behind, clothes torn.

"Oh my God, Spence…" JJ gasped. "What… what happened to you?!"

"Nothing." Reid said, softly. "Please… I need to help Hotch."

"That's Hotch?" Garcia whispered.

"Aaron… I need you to change back. I need to see the wound." Reid said, turning to the black wolf on the bed. The wolf nodded, then grit his teeth, closed his eyes, and began to change… The team watched in silent shock as the wolf became a beast, like Reid had been before, and then slowly became a man… the man they all loved, and respected. Aaron Hothner was left gasping on the bed, naked and injured.

"JJ, the first aid kit." Reid said.

"Here." Morgan said, taking it from JJ. "Let Rossi see to Hotch. You're hurt too, kid."

"But—"

"Let him see you, Reid." Hotch murmured.

"But—"

"NOW, pup!" The Alpha growled and the Omega squeaked, then just nodded. Morgan blinked, but slowly helped Reid out of his clothes… at least until they reached the boxers. Reid wasn't having it from there. Hotch, on the other hand, had no qualms about his nudity, even in front of his female team mates. Garcia just stood there and stared, eyes wide and mouth hanging open. Hotch quirked an eyebrow at Garcia.

"Penelope…"

"Hm?"

"It's not going to do any tricks. At least… not while all my co-workers are in the same room. And not while you're staring at it."

"Huh? OH!" Garcia gasped, turned a vivid fuchsia, and then spun around and fled the room, saying something about getting a drink.

JJ and Emily giggled and Morgan chuckled, shaking his head. Rossi just wore a crooked smile as he gave his Unit Cheif an appraising look. Hotch just looked at Rossi and allowed a grin to overtake his face.

"... What?"

"Nothing, Aaron... nothing at all."

"We need to get you to a hospital, Hotch." Emily said, staring at the wound.

"No." Hotch responded firmly. "Absolutely not."

"But—"

"No. Those wolves will kill Reid the first chance they get. I'm not leaving him alone. I'll be fine."

"You were SHOT, Hotch!" Emily blurted.

"I'll live. It was through and through."

"How do you know?"

"Because there's an entry wound here and an exit wound back there." Hotch said, rolling over and pointing it out.

"But what if it hit something crucial!"

"It didn't." Reid chirped.

"Reid, you're not helping." Emily snapped.

"Were… were those… wolves like… you?" Morgan asked, looking at Reid. A moment later, Garcia came back into the room with a bowl of steaming water and some hand towels. Rossi nodded and took them, and began to doctor Hotch up as best he could, while Morgan cleaned all the wounds over Reid's wrists and ankles, his side and the minor wounds on his neck. Fortunately it seemed that the wolf had intended to suffocate Reid, rather than slash open his jugular… he wanted him to suffer…

"They are." Hotch answered.

"And… you are?" Morgan asked.

"… Werewolves." Hotch said calmly.

"Seriously?" Garcia asked. "Like… real.. live…"

"Yes." Hotch said.

"So… how long have you been… like this?" Garcia asked.

"We were born this way." Reid responded, giving her a little smile. "Both of us."

"And… your injuries from when you vanished in Vegas?" Morgan asked.

"That was wolf business." Hotch stated, then winced and glanced down at what Rossi was doing.

"Are you done yet?" Reid asked impatiently, and Morgan just gave him a look before continuing to clean Reid's wounds on his ankles. Reid slumped down, pouting.

"So… why are they after Reid?" Morgan asked after a bit, glancing at Hotch. Hotch just sighed and ran a hand over his face, then looked at Reid.

"Why do I have a feeling that Morgan is gonna take THIS secret worse than the furry one that YOU just revealed?" He asked, and the team looked back and forth between Hotch and Reid.

Reid offered Hotch a sheepish smile. "Because we BOTH know he will."

"You wanna tell him, or shall I?"

"I would say it's your turn to reveal the secrets but I think Morgan will take it better coming from me."

"You two wanna stop talking about me like I'm not here?!" Morgan demanded, looking peeved.

"Fine." Reid sighed as Morgan finished bandaging up his ankles and moved to his wrists. "There are ranks among wolves. Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma and Omega. Hotch is an Alpha. I'm an Omega. There's an Alpha Bitch who wants Hotch as her Life Mate. She's trying to kill be because I'm in the way. Because Hotch has chosen ME to be his Life Mate. She thinks that only another Alpha is worth of him, and I am as far from that as I can be. But Hotch has made his choice. So her only chance to have Hotch, is to remove me from the picture. Completely. Because I have refused to heed her threats and warning and remove myself. Because I want him as my Life Mate, too."

"WHAT?!" Morgan howled. "You said he wasn't screwing you!"

"He's not, Morgan." Reid sighed.

"That's why Noriko is still trying to kill him." Hotch added. "Once we mate, it's done and there's nothing she can do. As long as we haven't… consummated… she still thinks she has a chance. We've postponed mating until Reid was ready, but… now, ready or not, we have to do it or he has to leave town, permanently… or he'll die."

"Hotch! How could you take advantage of him like that?!"

"He's not." Reid sighed, rubbing his forehead. "My mom is human, my dad is a wolf. He abandoned me. He never taught me to be a wolf. But Hotch has been teaching me. And… We… fell in love." Reid offered. "I love him, Morgan. And he loves me. We're going to mate because it's what WE want."

"Hell no! How do you know he won't just use you and—"

"Because wolves mate for life." Hotch snapped.

"One word. Haley." Morgan growled.

"Wolves mate for life when they CHOOSE their mates." Hotch corrected. "I didn't choose Haley, she didn't choose me. It was an arranged marriage. But Spencer and I are choosing each other."

"Derek." Reid said, a gentleness in his tone. Morgan blinked and looked at him as he finished the bandaging of Reid's wrists. "You're the best friend I've ever had in my whole life. And I know you just want to look out for me. But… You need to let me make my own decisions, and respect them. I've made up my mind. And nothing you do or say will make me change it."

Morgan stared Reid in the eyes for a long time, then sighed and nodded. "Okay, kid." He said, then shrugged. "Okay. So… what can we do to help keep you safe?"

"Nothing." Hotch said. "I have to do it."

"Do what?" Garcia asked.

"… Reid." Hotch said, grinning.

"HOTCH!"

"It's true." The man shrugged, sitting up as Rossi began to tightly wind bandages around his torso to cover his wounds.

"But we have to wait for you to heal." Reid said.

"I'm a wolf." Hotch snorted. "I'll heal fast. But in the mean time… Yeah, you can't be alone. Not if Noriko is trying to kill you in front of humans…"

"She must be desperate…" Reid snorted, scowling.

"… She's in heat." Hotch suddenly said, eyes going wide.

"Huh?" Rossi asked.

"Noriko isn't reckless like this… it's not like her at all… For her to be going to these lengths, there HAS to be a reason… she's got to be in, or is about to go into, heat."

"Great." Reid snorted, rolling his eyes. "So… what do we do?"

"We keep you safe." Morgan said with a smile. "You think we're gonna let anything hurt you? UnSub or Werewolves, we got your back, kid. You and Hotch both. Once this is all over and you're both safe, THEN we'll freak about the werewolf thing…"

"… Thanks, Morgan." Reid smiled as Hotch chuckled.

Everyone went silent when they heard a howl from off in the distance. A second one answered.

"… For now, we stay together." Rossi said, walking out the door of the guestroom and returning a few minutes later with Mudgie, who had been in the laundry room, and the plate of steaks. The team noted that Reid and Hotch both immediately swiveled their heads to hone in on the steaks, eager looks in their eyes. Rossi gave JJ the steaks and some plates to pass around before turning back to the guest room door, closing it, then locking it. And then he checked the windows while the others checked their side arms that they had gathered.

Steaks were passed around and the team settled in for a long, long night…
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