Ok, when you get to the part where it says present just imagine everything is silent and you hear the sad music start to play and like JJ's screams sound like someone is covering their ears if you know what I mean.. But I hope you like it! ;)
"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living." -Marcus Tullius Cicero
Paralyzed. That's how JJ felt as the shot rang out. She just stared in shock and horror as the love of her life fell to the ground in front of her.
1 hours earlier
The team was on a local case with the Metro Police, five victims within three weeks, all females with red hair, all stabbed to death. Garcia had found a lead and they were positive this was the guy they were looking for. They raced in the SUV's to Johnny Brenner's cabin in the woods. When they got to the cabin the team including Will got ready to go in.
Kicking down the door Morgan charged in the cabin with the rest of the team right behind him. "FBI!"
There were shouts of clear as the team went from room to room. As they gathered around after clearing every room they heard something that sounded like a chair being knocked over from below them. They pulled their guns out of their holsters and charged down to the basement only to find Johnny Brenner with his arm in a strong grip around Will's neck with a gun pointed at his head.
"Put your guns down or I shoot." Brenner yelled without a hint of doubt in his voice.
"Johnny, lower your weapon and let him go so that we can talk." Rossi said calmly, still not lowering his gun.
"I SAID PUT YOUR GUNS DOWN!" Brenner yelled even louder, clearly getting distraught.
JJ, behind the rest of the team, never took her eyes off Will. And he did the same with her. His eyes telling her not to worry that it was all going to be ok even though she knew it wasn't. She couldn't bear to lose him, not after she almost lost him during the bank hostage situation. Johnny was getting more distraught by the minute, which worried JJ even more about the safety of her husband.
"Johnny you need to calm down and put the weapon down." Hotch said.
"No. You won't LISTEN TO ME!" And that's when it happened, one shot followed by another. Hotch's gun was smoking as he took in the scene in front of him, both Will and Johnny Brenner lay on the floor with blood pooling from their heads.
*PRESENT*For a moment, everything was still. JJ's eyes widened in shock and her breath caught in her throat. She finally came back into the world and her gun clattered to the floor.
"WILL!" She tried to run forward but Morgan caught her around the waist to hold her back, but this time she was stronger than him. She ripped away from his grip and dropped to her knees in front of Will, his eyes glazed over and starring past her as if looking at something in the distance. "NO!" She cried hysterically as her head fell on his chest and she gripped him for dear life begging him to come back.
Her teammates just watched with sad eyes as they watched their colleague cry over the body of her dead husband. Just then they heard the sirens of the ambulance and police cars in the distance and it seemed like only seconds before the ME was down there with two slick black body bags.
Hotch kneeled down and put a hand on JJ's shoulder telling her it was time to move. She finally looked up at him with red puffy eyes and tears running down her face. He knew how she felt, to have the one person you love die. She stood up and fell into his arms, her knees giving out from under her as Hotch held her up in his arms and let her cry into his chest.