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It is the third group of students coming in, always seven at the time, prepared to train clearing a simple building and Morgan doesn't notice much off of the group accept that one of them looks like he is still very young but sometimes they just do and even if he likes to drill the recruits from time to time he has no intention of making fun of them for something like this.
He knows there are colleagues that do this but he finds it more degrading than motivational, the kid won't be able to grow a beard and be ten times stronger by next week just because you said he still looks like he goes to elementary school.
"You all know what is going to happen, but are there any questions?" He asks standing in front of the group. "You can better ask the question now before I kick your ass for failing this. I won't judge you now."
"If one of us fails do we all?" A man with dark hair asks.
"No it was a figure of speech, you can't fail anything we are just practicing. Besides it's a team effort."
"We didn't get so lucky with that." Another one jokes and Morgan can see Spencer nervously biting his lip. But he ignores the comment, he has no meaning getting involved in their business.
"Okay get your vests on."
"Why do we need the vest?"
"So you get a feeling for it. The guns are probs but I am sure you already know that." He watches them get into their vests and orders everyone working inside the prop house on their position.
When he comes back he sees them joking around. "Okay focus now everyone." He speaks and takes notice of Spencer leaning his head towards his shoulder for a moment a hint that that was to loud for him and Morgan stays quiet for a second hoping he didn't overlooked something important in the paperwork he got for this exercise.
"Man what's wrong now?" One of them asks when Spencer knuckles his eyes.
"Kid you okay?" Morgan asks approaching him and Spencer nods and then looks up to him but breaks of eye contact pretty quickly. "It's okay to be nervous everyone. Now I will go upstairs from were I can see you and for the first try you guys can just try everything you want to clear this house. You have every time,talk it through first."
Morgan leaves them to it walking up the stairs from were he can look inside the house.
He normally likes to work with students who have been longer in the academy but every ones in a while this is fun too. He always with the younger ones is hoping that they leave this encouraged for their next ones,he is harsher on the older ones.
In the beginning he didn't want to teach at all but Gideon had convinced him to do one weekend and now he does it as often as he can.
He sees them debating and then they split in three groups, two people staying outside, three going in through the front door and two through the back door. He has seen worse.
Morgan got in trouble before for being to soft someone had said but he values Gideon's option more than the ones of some agents that already made his life in training a living hell.
The group would have been dead pretty quickly one of them didn't clear the first room correctly so when they all come back out they look unmotivated. "Alright the start was not bad, but you got sloppy then, take enough times to clear the rooms it doesn't help you when you do it fast but overlook someone."
"Dude how could you not see him?"
"I don't know he was hiding good." The man answers one of the two girls in the group.
"That's why you need to be more careful, check behind furniture, don't just light into the room ones and then go back out. Your attempt to leave agents outside was good and you need to watch eachothers backs, the unsub would have had you and you if you don't clear correctly." He points at the different agents.
"I am sorry what's an UNSUB?"
"UNSUBS means Unidentified subject of an investigation, suspects are often referred to it as such."
"What he said." The kid shots him a quick smile and then looks down again playing with the prop gun in his hand. "So try again, more carefully. And concentrate, pay attention to the details."
Morgan goes back up and they do better next time, it's all still pretty unsure but he wouldn't expect different so he talks it through with them step by step and let's them try again when they come back out "Alright everyone we walk through this together, you didn't pay attention to a lot of things but you will learn."
They walk together into the house and Morgan shows them what is important to pay attention to in the house. "Can you even reach that light switch Reid?" One of the students asks.
"Yes,its 4.9 feet above the ground." He answers and looks slightly annoyed.
"Guys attention" Morgan reminds them and continues walking them through and then let's them try again but when it again doesn't work because they miss an important detail he tells them off and sends them in again and again and eventually they start blaming Spencer for their misery simple because he doesn't talk back and is the youngest so Morgan stops them. "He did things wrong but not more than the rest of you,focus. This is going to be your last try."
"He can't even hold his gun right."
"Its not about the gun right now. Keep your flashlight at the right high and I am okay with it." He is about to send them in another time when he sees one of the girls touching Spencer to encourage him and he shrinks away letting out a whine and then turning away from the group. "Reid you okay?"
"Now that starts again,great."
"What starts again?" Morgan asks approaching Spencer.
"I don't know this guy freaks out over the weirdest things. How could he even get into the academy?"
Morgan steps around him facing him now. "Hey kid, you alright?" Spencer shakes his head and then moves his hand up to his head forgetting the gun so Morgan takes it out of it and puts it on the floor while Spencer hits his head with his fist.
"Can I do anything to help you?" The kid,that he has never met before doesn't stop and just stumbles around. "It's okay take your time." Morgan doesn't know what is wrong,but if he would name one thing he would guess that he is having a meltdown that people on autism spectrum can suffer from and he knows profiling with this less time and evidence often doesn't work but if he looks at how the kid acted he is pretty sure it's that. "Does any body of you know anything?" He asks the group.
"No, Sir."
"No we don't know him really he doesn't talk to anyone."
"Alright,you can grab your things, its would have been over in a few minutes anyway." He dismisses them and looks for signs to help Reid.
He is not as informed as he wishes to be right now and the agents that helped come out of the prop house but look clueless too and then Spencer bits out a word.
"Vest"
"What about it?"
"Off" He presses his fingers into his eyes. "Off. Vest off. Need the vest off." He yells and Morgan steps forward resolving the patches.
"I need to get this over your head."
"Vest"
"I am taking your vest off but you need to take your arms down." He doesn't seem to understand Morgan's words so he waits for a moment and then asks again and Spencer takes them down and Morgan can get rid of it and Spencer practically slumps down to the ground and needs a long moment but then calms down sniffing from time to time and playing with his watch and Morgan gives him some space getting some water and his stuff. "Is it okay if I sit down with you?"
Spencer nods but then anxiously rips his jacket and bag out of Morgan's hand.
"Do you need anything?" He gets ignored while Spencer struggles to get into his jacket. "It's okay,no need to stress this. You are safe here."
"Stupid"
"Here" Morgan gently helps him and then the man gets up from the ground hanging his bag around his neck. "Are you sure you don't want to wait for a few minutes in here? I can go out if that helps."
"I go"
"Okay,that's okay."
"Sorry" Spencer mutters and then storms out of the room.