Keep Holding On

Chapter 1:

Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds or any of the characters that are in it.

AN: This story is set around season 7. It is my second Criminal Minds fic and my first kind like this so I really hope you enjoy it. Thanks for reading.

It had been almost six months since they had split up, and Will regretted what he had done every day. He wanted JJ back more than anything but he cared more about what she wanted. He also didn't want to make things any harder than they had already been for his boy, at such a young age he had to change his life around and get used to a completely different schedule.

JJ was supposed to be there any minute to drop off Henry before leaving on a case, he was excited to see his boy and the women he was still desperately in love with. He heard a knock on the door and was quick to open it. Henry stood there with a big smile on his face as he saw his father, behind Henry, JJ stood there holding the little boy's bag.

"Thanks for dropping everything to take him." JJ said.

"You never have to thank me for taken him Jay, he's my son." Will told her feeling slightly offended that she had thought of this as a favor.

"I know; it's just you were supposed to be heading to New Orleans for your vacation and now you had to drop everything. If the case were different you know I would tell Hotch I couldn't but…"

Will had to cut JJ off as she began to ramble about what she had already gone over, it was one of the things he used to tease her about before the split up. "I know this case is personal for Spencer and you got to be there to help your friend out, I understand JJ, don't worry about me and the boy just go help your friend." He told her understandingly through his thick accent.

"Alright, well hopefully we can figure things out quickly and I will be back soon so you can still be able to go. Henry I love you, be a good boy for your daddy okay." JJ told her son and ex-boyfriend giving the little boy a big hug.

"Okay momma, I love you too." Henry told her, waving from his father's arms as JJ got back in her car and drove off. Will watched her drive off before heading inside with his son.

"So buddy you wanna have some fun?" Will asked Henry excitedly as he tried to cover up the worry he felt for JJ, he had a bad feeling about this case.

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JJ sat in the Las Vegas, Nevada police station looking over everything on the board, a serial killer who had killed three people so far had tried to take William Reid's life, luckily the elder Reid had gotten away and was now safe and in the hospital for minor injuries. Although Reid hadn't had a close bond with his father since he left, he still cared about the man and wanted to make sure that the person responsible was put away.

Morgan's phone ringing brought her out of a light daze, she turned around and looked to him to see who it was. Morgan just answered the phone, immediately putting it on speaker. "You're on speaker baby girl." He told her.

"Well, my furry friends, I have a name that could fit, Peter Simon. His dad left when he was seven with his sick mom, who passed away only months after. Simon bounced in and out of foster homes and eventually aged out of the system. He went to juvie for attacking a foster parent and hasn't been to jail. He works at a big corporation as the head's personal assistant."

"Perfect, good job Garcia, can you give us his home address?" Hotch asked. They got into two separate vehicles and headed out. Morgan, Reid, and JJ headed to the house he was renting while the others went to his place of work.

At the house, JJ, Morgan, and Reid split up. Morgan headed for the garage, leaving Reid to check the main floor and JJ the basement.

JJ moved slowly down the stairs, gun pointed ahead of her. There was no light in the basement so JJ relied only on the light coming from her small flashlight. Once she reached the bottom of the staircase JJ flashed the light in all directions and looked for any sign of Peter Simon. As she was checking the second room in the basement, she saw something move out of the corner of her eye. As she turned around she was tackled by a man.

Upstairs, Morgan had found the garage to be clear and was helping Reid with the main floor. Suddenly they heard a crash and three gunshots, two of which were at the same time. They both ran down to the basement with their guns out, Peter Simon was laying on the ground a bullet hole right in between his eyes. They turned around to see JJ also laying on the floor holding her chest, a crimson substance gushing between her fingers.

"C'mon JJ stay with me." Morgan said as he knelt down next to her. He put pressure on the wound and continued to try to keep JJ awake while Reid called for an ambulance and back-up. Morgan noticed blood was also leaking from her right thigh, he took his shirt off, leaving his undershirt to cover him, and tore off part to wrap her leg and using the rest to put pressure on her chest. As soon as Reid was done with his call, he rushed over to help.

Between the two of them, they managed to keep JJ from bleeding out before the medics came rushing down and took over. Both men followed the medics and JJ out of the house. Reid jumped into the back of the ambulance with JJ before it sped off. Morgan followed close behind in the SUV, not caring that he should stay behind to help with the crime scene.

It wasn't until they got to the hospital and were left to do nothing but sit and wait that the guys called the rest of the team. "Hey, was he at the house?" Prentiss asked as she answered the phone.

"Yeah, you guys need to get to MountainView Hospital, I'll explain what happened once you're here." Morgan told her quickly, hanging up before she could ask any questions. He moved on to call Garcia.

"Hey there my chocolate god." Penelope answered after one ring.

"Garcia, I need you to get over here as soon as you can there was an accident involving Jayje." Morgan instructed her softly.

"Oh my god. Is my gumdrop okay, what happened?" Garcia asked frantically.

"I'll explain when you guys get here, but for now just get packed and I'll have Hotch get the jet set up for you to come." Morgan told her in a stressed tone before hanging up.

The two men sat in silence for twenty minutes waiting for the doctor to come out or for the team to come. Soon they saw Emily, Hotch, and Rossi walk in looking worried and confused.

"Hey, what happened?" Emily asked looking relieved for a second when she saw that Reid wasn't hurt but her worry grew when she didn't see JJ.

"JJ got pretty badly hurt, the unsub shot her twice before we could get to her." Morgan told them softly while looking down. He felt responsible, he was in charge of the group and JJ had gotten shot not just once but twice before he even showed up.

"Where was she shot?" Hotch asked his stoic expression faltering slightly as he let the news sink in.

Reid spoke for the first time since JJ was rolled away from him to answer the question, "In her upper right thigh although that one was a through and through so it won't present as big of a problem, other than the bleeding that happened. The second shot was to the chest, the bullet didn't exit the body, which is both good and bad, if it had exited there would be less of a chance for the bullet fragments to hit organs, but she most likely would have bled out before the ambulance got there if it had gone straight through." His answer was almost robotic and he had a distant look in his eyes.

"What was her condition like when you guys last saw her?" Rossi questioned.

"She was in critical condition when they took her away." Reid answered in the same distant tone. Emily was close to tears at this news, Hotch remained calm but it was obvious that he was upset, Rossi just looked angry.

"Where is the guy that did this to her?" Rossi asked looking ready to kill, JJ was like a daughter to him and he wanted to make sure that justice would be served.

"JJ shot him at the same time that she was shot, the second time, he was shot in the head and died instantly." Morgan told him getting a small nod from Rossi. Silence overtook the group again as Emily went to pacing, Hotch took off to make calls to Strauss and JJ's family, and the others sat down and waited nervously.

Two hours passed and the team still hadn't gotten news which made them grow extremely impatient. Finally, a doctor came out calling JJ's name, the whole team stood up and walked towards him.

"Are you the family of Ms. Jareau?" The doctor asked as he looked a t the worried group.

"It's Agent Jareau and I'm her unit chief, this is her team." Hotch told the doctor.

"Oh, okay. I'm Dr. Smith, Agent Jareau was shot in two places and was in critical condition when we brought her in, she was immediately taken into surgery for the shot to her chest, the bullet narrowly missed her heart but it ended up cracking one of her ribs causing it to puncture her left lung. She is on a breathing tube right now. We were able to get the fragments of bullets out without causing further damage and we were able to stop the bleeding. She was sent in for a second surgery immediately after for the shot on her upper right thigh, the bullet went completely through which caused the muscle tissue to tear and a small piece of the bone to break off. Agent Jareau is stable now but she is in a coma, we are however very hopeful that she will wake up soon. All and all your agent is very lucky."

The team were both relieved and horrified at the news, JJ was okay but she was in a coma. "Can we see her now?" Hotch asked the question they all wanted to know.

"Yes but only three at a time." Dr. Smith told them, he gave them the room number before leaving to go back to work.

Hotch turned to his team to see who would be going first, Derek stood up and spoke, "I need to head to the airport as Garcia will be landing soon, does anyone want to go with me?" He asked, Rossi nodded and followed him out, making it where a decision didn't need to be made. Hotch, Reid and Emily quickly made their way to JJ's room. As they entered they were heartbroken by what they saw. There were tubes and wires everywhere and a metal contraption on her leg, JJ looked so small and helpless lying on the bed.

Derek sat in the chair at the airport waiting impatiently for Garcia, Dave was pacing silently. Both men were anxious to get back to the hospital and see JJ, they had already been away for twenty minutes and both of them wanted to be able to see with their own eyes that JJ was in fact alive. Dave looked to the doors and saw Garcia walking through quickly, as he looked closer he realized that she didn't come alone, behind her was Will holding a sleeping Henry. Rossi got Derek's attention and both men walked over to them.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Morgan asked Will in an intimidating tone, waking the sleeping boy in his arms.

Will handed his son to Garcia and asked her and Rossi to go ahead of them and find their bags before turning back to Morgan, "Thanks for waking my son, we both know why I'm here now back off." He told the him in the same tone Morgan had used.

"You left her, you don't get to just show up now. You may be that boy's father and that puts you in her life but that is all you get to be after what you did to her. You don't need to be here, and it would be better for Henry if you protected him from seeing his mother hurt like she is and he didn't need to spend his time in the hospital." Morgan was all but yelling at this point, he wasn't willing to forgive Will for hurting the girl who was like his baby sister.

"Fuck you, Derek. You don't get to tell me what is best for my son and how to protect him. Besides you don't seem to know how to protect people, based on what Hotch told me on the phone you and Spencer were the two with her, that means you were the one who was in charge there. You were supposed to protect her, to have her fucking back in these types of situations and that son of a bitch shot her not once but twice. Now she's in the hospital fighting for her life and you're here pointlessly delaying us being with her. So I must say again, back the fuck off." Will's accent thickened as he got louder and angrier.

Morgan gave the man a disgusted look before turning around and walking off to find Garcia. Will stood there for a moment before following. The guilt Morgan was feeling over the incident increased when it was acknowledged by someone else. There was a tension induced silence the whole way back to the hospital. Once they were finally there everyone was quick to get out of the car and up to JJ's floor. They saw Emily standing in the hallway trying to stop the tears from falling, Hotch was pacing and Spencer was curled up in a ball on one of the chairs. Inside of JJ's room, doctors and nurses crowded her bed.

"What happened?" Morgan asked with a worried look.

"I don't know, she was fine one second, then the machines started beeping and they forced us out of her room." Hotch told him looking more panicked than they had seen him in a long time. The beeping noises suddenly got louder from the room, and the team could hear the sound that they desperately didn't want to hear, the sound of the heart rate monitor starting to squeal, the sound that JJ's heart had stopped beating.

AN: Is JJ okay, why is Morgan so hostile towards Will and why did JJ and Will break up? I hope you enjoyed the story and please comment on what you think. Thank you for reading.