Authors note: Yay! Second fanfict idea up. Hope you like it. Dedicated to Thunderbrat for her support and all round niceness. Hope you like it. Please let it be also noted that I don't live in a country where this sort of thing happens a lot. I have tried my best. Disclaimer: Blah blah not my show.
It seemed like a normal day at the office. The team were in the briefing room. The case was about ready to start. JJ was at the front while the rest of the team were around the table. Coffee cups filled. And then it happened. Suddenly without warning the room began to shake. Coffee spilt all over the desk and the sound was unbearable. "Earthquake!" Hotch shouted. Just like that everyone's earthquake drill skills kicked in. Rossi dived under the table, leaving enough room for JJ, who joined them in seconds. Morgan grabbed Garcia and both threw themselves under the table. Reid dived under. Trying to put every known statistic about earthquakes out of his head. Hotch grabbed Prentiss and dived under the table. It carried on. Prentiss refusing to let go of Hotch. Garcia clung onto Morgan. And JJ was screaming. After 20 seconds passed, the shaking stopped. For the next 10 seconds no one bothered to move out from under the table.
"It's over" were the first words Rossi told the team. Looking around he saw how they ended up. They looked in hysterics. Well the girls did. He could tell the boys were trying to help them calm down. "We need to evacuate the building." Hotch told the team. Rossi got out from under the table with Reid and JJ following behind. Morgan pulled himself up and then helped Garcia up. Prentiss finally realised what happened and decided to let go of her boss. Hotch crawled out from under the desk to stand up with Prentiss following behind him. They had to get out of here. Before the aftershock hit.
The FBI had earthquake plans in place. The team had to meat outside while Hotch checked the team was here and not suffering from injury or shock. He wished that he could say everyone was okay, but he couldn't. JJ was fine now, she was a little shaky after the earthquake but she had regained her senses. Garcia didn't seem that brilliant, but Morgan wasn't letting her out of his sight. Prentiss on the other hand… Well she didn't have a person like Morgan to keep an eye on her. She had been very quiet since the initial earthquake. But Prentiss didn't have anyone to check she was okay. That was it. Hotch decided he would be the one to see if she was okay.
"Prentiss are you okay." Silence. "Prentiss!" Still silence greeted Hotch "Emily!" Hotch grabbed her arm. This seemed to bring her back to this world. "Hotch?" She asked. "I was asking if you were okay Emily." He told her. She pondered the question. Definite shock Hotch thought. "I'm… I'm a little shaken up. I've not been in an earthquake since I was a child. It scared me." She told him. "Wait here." He ordered her before he went off in search of what he wanted.
Hotch came back 5 minutes later with enough water for everyone. He was also carrying a blanket. Giving out a water bottle to everyone and telling them to drink up to stop the shock. He then turned to Prentiss. She was suffering with the worst shock on the team. Throwing the blanket round her he sat next to her on the ground. "Thanks Hotch" "Your welcome Emily." Hotch replied. Wondering why he didn't at that point go back to calling her Prentiss. But there was not time to ponder that question… As the aftershock hit.
Authors note: What do you think? Next chapter up soon.