There's Always Hope
By
Nicole
Summary: Takes place after Hit/Run. Will didn't survive the attack and Emily is now in charge of Interpol. Just when the team nothing else could go wrong, what happens though when something does go wrong and there's a chance they could lose another teammate for good?
There's Always Hope
Chapter 1: A Changing Life
Reid was sitting in the passenger's seat of the SUV while JJ was speeding down the road with sirens blaring. "Remember to keep your eyes open for any traps, this unsub likes to keep his "targets" on their toes," Hotch told the team over their radios.
"We got it Hotch, we're almost there," Reid answered.
Pulling up to an abandoned warehouse, Reid and JJ got out of the SUV with their guns drawn. "We should wait until everyone else shows up," Reid told her.
"If we don't go in now he'll end up killing those people," JJ replied.
Reid held his gun up and they snuck up the stairs with JJ in front of him. As they made their way through the dark halls, she saw a slightly open door. "Spence," she called softly. She gestured toward the door and Reid slowly pushed to open to reveal the hostages inside. They hurried inside to get the people out when they heard laughter over the PA system that was hooked up in the room.
"Welcome Agents Jaurea and Dr. Reid, I've been waiting for you," the unsub laughed over the system.
Reid lifted his head up and looked around. "Looks like you found the prize, darn, you ended the game early," he sneered. As two agents got the hostages to escape, JJ looked over her shoulder to see someone run by the door.
"JJ, he went that way," Reid told her as they got up and ran out of the room to follow the unsub.
They ran up the stairs, heading towards another level of the warehouse. "FBI freeze," Reid ordered, holding his gun up. The man's back was facing them both.
"Put your hands on your head and get on your knees, your game is over, Charles Whitmore," JJ put in.
Their unsub just chuckled at them, as if one of them had told a somewhat funny joke. "Do you two truly believe that the game is over? No…I've only just begun," he answered. It was at that very moment, Reid saw a device in his hand. He looked up and his eyes grew wide when he saw that he had strapped a bomb to the ceiling.
"JJ get out!" he exclaimed, shoving her towards the stairs.
They went to run back down the stairs when the bomb blew up above their heads. JJ suddenly felt Reid pushing her to the floor and was covering her from the blast. Her arm and shoulder throbbed from hitting the floor and heard laughing above her and Reid. Looking up, she saw the unsub standing above them. "Well, looks like it is you who lost the first round," he sneered before he went down the stairs.
JJ went to get up when she realized that Reid wasn't moving. "Spence?" she called, moving out from underneath him, "Spence?" Her eyes grew wide when she saw blood coming from the back of her fellow agent's head. "Spence!" she exclaimed. She pressed her hand against the back of his head before holding her walkie up to her mouth. "I need medical assistance immediately! We have an agent down, repeat agent down," she told to whoever was listening. She looked back at Reid's unconscious form. "Come on Spence, come on stay with me here," she insisted quietly, "Stay with me."
Even though it seemed like forever, JJ kept pressure on Reid's bleeding head when the paramedics finally arrived. "We've got it from here agent," the paramedic told her. JJ stood back with tears in her eyes as she watched as they loaded Reid onto the gurney.
"JJ!" Morgan called.
"Up here," she answered with tears in her eyes.
Morgan reached the top of the steps when he saw the paramedics getting Reid downstairs. "What happened?" he asked.
"It was a trap, Spence pushed me to the floor when he saw that it was a trap," she explained.
She hurried after the paramedics with Morgan right behind her. "Please don't make me lose him too," she whispered to herself.
JJ was sitting in the SUV with Rossi driving and Reid was in the backseat. "Don't do that," Rossi told her.
"What?" she asked.
"Get all quiet," Rossi replied.
"What am I supposed to do?" JJ asked.
"Yell," he told her.
She shook her head slowly. "I can't," she answered.
"You shouldn't blame yourself," Reid told her.
"Wanna bet?" she asked.
Reid moved behind her more and rested his hand on her shoulder. "I shouldn't have left Henry today…" she said quietly.
"You had no idea that this would happen," Rossi told her.
"I'm a mom," JJ answered.
"And a Federal Agent," Rossi told her.
"I'm a mom FIRST," she answered, swallowing hard.
"Who had no possible way of how this day could've turned out," Rossi told her.
Reid gave her shoulder a squeeze and she reached up, resting her hand over his when they pulled up to the house. She saw her neighbor, Kate, outside with Henry and her own daughter. Getting out of the car, JJ hurried over to the gate. "Mommy!" Henry called out happily as he got off the stoop, running to her.
"Hey baby," JJ murmured, lifting her son into her arms.
Reid had his hand resting in the middle of her back as they went inside. "They're going to be coming," he told her, "We should get you inside and wait." Nodding, she went inside with her son in her arms.
JJ looked at her son. "Hey, why don't you go with Uncle Spencer and we'll be playing a little game okay?" she asked.
"Hide-and-seek?" Henry asked.
"Yes, that's exactly what we're going to play," JJ replied.
"Come on, let's go play," Spencer told the little boy, taking him to go hide.
As Reid was 'hiding' with Henry, they could hear all the doors opening as the two unsubs were coming into the house. Reaching into his holster, Reid pulled out his glock and winced as he made sure there was a bullet in the chamber before having the weapon sitting next to him. Suddenly, the closet door was ripped open and a gun was right in his face. "Well, look what we have here," Matthew Downs said with a sneer.
"Run Henry, go," Reid told the boy as Henry got up to run.
Just as the unsub was about to grab the boy, Spencer grabbed him around the waist, sending him into a wall. He could hear JJ and the unknown female were fighting in the hall. "HENRY!" he heard JJ shout. Matthew grabbed Reid, throwing him to the floor. He wrapped his hands around the agent's throat and started squeezing the air out of him. Reid struggled to get his hands off his throat when a gunshot rang out through the house.
Suddenly, Matthew stared at the agent with wide eyes before he fell. Reid pushed him off and saw Rossi standing there with his gun in hand. "You okay?" Rossi asked.
"Yeah," Reid replied, holding his throat.
Getting up, he ran around the corner to find JJ on the floor, holding a terrified Henry, crying. "Unca Pence," Henry called. Without even looking over her shoulder, JJ reached out with one arm and Reid walked over and knelt on the floor as his friend pulled him into the tight embrace. Both were relieved that Henry was okay.
JJ sat in the ambulance, watching as the paramedics were trying to get Reid's blood pressure stabled. "Come on Spence, please stay with us," she whispered.
When they arrived at the hospital, JJ kept a grip on Reid's hand as she was rushing through the halls with the paramedics. "Miss, you can't go any further," the doctor told her, forcing her to let Reid's hand go. JJ stood there with tears in her eyes as the doctors rushed Reid into surgery.
"JJ!" Morgan called as he and the rest of the team rushed to the ER.
JJ turned around to look at the team. "What happened?" Rossi asked.
"Um…we were following the unsub we…we had him cornered but it was a trap," she replied.
"We get that, but why did you go alone? Why didn't you wait?" Hotch asked.
JJ swallowed hard. "We thought that if we didn't get there immediately that he was going to kill everyone," she replied. She let out a deep breath as she was trying to keep herself together. Garcia walked over and hugged her tight. JJ hugged her back, choking back a sob. 'First Will now Spence," she said crying.
"Hey, don't think that way, Reid's going to be okay," Morgan told her.
Hotch walked over to JJ, resting his hand on her arm. "You need to be checked over," he told her, motioning to the blood on her arms and hands.
"None of it's mine," she told him, letting Garcia go.
Then her blue eyes grew wide as she looked at her hands. "Oh God I have Spence's blood on my hands," she said with a shaky voice.
"Garcia, get JJ cleaned up and then you and Morgan take her home," Hotch told her.
"No, I can't leave until Spence is out of surgery," she answered.
"JJ, the best thing you can do for Reid right now is to go home and be with Henry," Morgan told her.
"What am I going to tell Henry? He's still asking me when Will's coming home," JJ said quietly.
"You just tell Henry that his uncle is in the hospital because he got hurt and he'll be home soon," Morgan replied.
"Come on Peaches let's get you cleaned up," Garcia murmured as she led her friend to the bathroom.
After she got home, JJ was getting Henry ready for bed when her cell phone rang. "Is he okay?" she asked as soon as she answered.
"Reid's out of surgery now, the doctors are waiting for him to wake up," Morgan answered.
"I'm coming," JJ told him.
"No, JJ, just stay home with Henry," Morgan told her.
"Unca Pence? Mama is dat Unca Pence?" the four-year-old asked.
Hanging up, JJ lifted her son up into her arms. "We're going to go see Uncle Spence," she told her son smiling. Henry beamed as JJ slipped shoes on the boy and they went to get to the hospital.
Arriving at the hospital, JJ came in with Henry on her hip. "What did the doctor say?" she asked.
"They say there's some swelling in the brain from the impact, he has a couple of fractured ribs, and a fractured wrist, other than the swelling in his head he should be alright," Hotch replied.
"Is he awake yet?" she asked.
"Not yet, Peaches," Garcia replied.
JJ kissed her son's forehead as she sat down, rocking her child in her arms as he started falling asleep that way.
An hour later, the doctor came out. "Is Jennifer Jaurea here?" he asked.
"Yes," she replied, handing Henry to Garcia.
She walked over to the doctor. "Is Spence okay?" she asked. The doctor just stared at her for a second.
"You are currently residing with Dr. Reid?" he asked.
She nodded her head slowly. "Come with me please," he told her. JJ frowned as she followed the doctor.
Walking into the hospital room, she saw Reid lying on his back, staring at the ceiling. His brown eyes were open, looking around. "Spence, you're awake," she said relieved, walking over. His eyes turned toward her and his forehead wrinkled in confusion.
"Spence?" he asked.