A/N: I was very happy to see I already got a few reviews for the first chapter. So now here is the second one, enjoy.
Chapter Two: Realization
It had all happened so fast. One moment she heard Reid about to give her some statistic and the next she felt something pulsating and what seemed to feel like her body flying through the air, then as well as Reid everything went dark for the moment. Now she was awake again and confused, disoriented. What was going on? What just happened? She could feel her heart beating fast inside her chest. She wasn't here alone, she had been with someone. Everything was foggy and muffled. She could feel blood dripping down the side of her face. She scanned the area. Debris was flying through the air. She looked across the street and could see herself in the many televisions. Then she could see it, the SUV it was on fire. Her heart lept and she slowly turned around realizing what just happened. She could see it now, it had exploded. What else was she not remembering? She was having a hard time making out sounds, everything around her seemed to be drowned out. Then it hit her, Reid.
There was so much pain. At first there wasn't and now there was. At first his body had been in shock and now it was processing the extent of his injuries. Soon the pain might cease but if it did it might not be a good thing. It would mean he was losing feeling in his legs. He knew they were injured. He couldn't move. What was happening? Why was he here on the ground? Was this some nightmare? If it was, what did it mean? He hadn't ever been much for dream analysis but..Where was Emily? She had been here with him. Not only did his legs hurt so did his head. He had been thrown several feet in the air and god knew what was broken. On top of that he wouldn't doubt if he had a concussion of some sort so closing his eyes even for a moment was out of the question.
She felt that wave of panic hit her. As her mind processed the situation and stared into that SUV, that was raging with flames. She immediately started running toward hoping to god Reid wasn't in it or anywhere near it. She didn't remember where he was positioned when the explosion happened. She didn't even remember where she had been. "Reid?" She yelled as she made her way to the passenger side. Why was she looking in here? If he was in here, it wouldn't matter there would be no way he could survive it. She put her hands to her side a moment and closed her eyes. She needed to calm down, relax. She needed to get away from the SUV, who knew what it was capable of doing. Reid wasn't in there. Her eyes surveyed the area again and then she saw him. Her heart stopped for a brief second. Please be alive. She thought. She ran toward him and knelt down beside him, she sighed in relief as she could clearly see he was conscious. "Reid." She muttered, relief filling her voice. She had never been so glad to see the young genius before.
Reid half smiled when he saw Emily. She was alright. Well more so then him. He could see she had sustained her own injuries but she was on her feet, he was thankful for that. She would be okay. He was trying not to think of the seriousness of his own injuries. All the facts swarming around in his head. He couldn't feel his legs anymore. The pain in his body was elsewhere now. He knew there was the possibility he would have permanent damage to his legs or worse if they didn't get help soon he would bleed out. The thought made him shudder. He didn't want to die here. It was dark, and he was lying on the ground. This was not how he had pictured it. His heart sped up. His mind racing. Nobody was coming for them. It didn't matter what happened. They weren't going to come, they weren't going to help. He tried to hide the panic in his eyes. He knew Emily was looking at him. He was trying to stay calm. They both needed to just be calm.
She knew he was in some sort of pain. She hadn't looked at his injuries yet, she was still focused on him. They needed help, they needed the medics. Reid needed a hospital that much she knew. They would be alright, once the medics came. They would come and it would all be okay. Her hands went to her pockets to get her cell phone. She pulled it out and had her hands on it now.
Reid swallowed hard as he saw Emily pull put her phone. It wouldn't have mattered anyway he doubted her phone would even work at this point. He slowly shook his head and tried to reach out to her but to move at all, took too much effort for his taste. "It's not going work...remember...they aren't going to come." He said realizing the extent of his words. If they didn't come, he was going to bleed to death, on this cold hard ground. He closed his eyes a moment trying to push those thoughts out of his head.
Emily noticed the look on his face and didn't like it. Then the words that came out of his mouth next she didn't like even more. What did he mean they weren't coming? Then it hit her of course they weren't. She had been there with him, when they had all had the discussion. The first wave of responders, were the target. They wanted to engage police response time, Reid had said it himself. She didn't need his eidetic memory to remember them grouping together for that discussion now. She took a deep breath. She needed to just gather her bearings. She needed to stay calm, cool and collected. She needed to stay strong for Reid. Just keep it together. She could keep it together she compartmentalized better than most. This would all be fine, Reid was going to be fine. She noticed he was starting to close his eyes. "Reid." She said as she touched the side of his face. "Reid" She said again. "Open your eyes, look at me" She said relieved when he seemed to actually open them. "I need to look at your injuries. I need to know how bad they are. I'm going to do what I can okay but it might hurt. I need you to brace yourself." She said knowing this might hurt, if it didn't they had another problem. As terrible as that sounded.
Reid heard her try to coax him to open his eyes. He wasn't going to keep them closed for long. He opened them up after a moment. It didn't really hurt there anymore anyway. Not where the main injury was. She should go, there wasn't much she could do. Looking at his injuries really wasn't going to help him. She could try to stop the bleeding but in the end it wouldn't be enough without a medical setting. "Emily.." He muttered out. "Emily...you...you should go..you can't help me." He said looking up at her. He didn't want to risk her getting hurt even more. Who knew what might happen next. There was no point in them both getting killed.
Emily shook her head at his words. Did he seriously think she was going to leave him here to die? Nobody was going to die. Not today or tomorrow either. "I don't think so Reid." She said as she gently moved him over on his side, to look at his injuries. She sighed to herself. They were bad and if she didn't get him out of here soon he would start bleeding out but she refused to think like that. She took off her jacket and started to put the best pressure she could. "I'm not going anywhere and don't you dare give up Reid. Don't you even dare think about giving up. I'm not going to give up on you. So you stay with me, just like I'm going to stay with you." She almost pleaded with him. She would be damned if he thought she was going to just give up on him. She was going to make sure he came out alive through all this. Nobody needed to die.
Reid tried to smile slightly at her stubbornness. "You are almost as stubborn as Morgan if not more." Still he wished she would go. She wasn't doing herself any good and to him he was as good as dead. He knew the facts, he knew the statistics. She didn't know them like he did. She had hope and he didn't. This was going to be it, in a few hours he would be gone, if that. Sirens could be heard now from a distance. Was there hope after all? He could hear them getting louder and louder which meant they were getting closer and closer. They wouldn't come this far to not help would they?
Emily didn't say anything. She could hear something, something faint but she wasn't sure what. She tried to focus on the sound. As it drew closer she could almost make it out now. Then after another few moments she could make out sirens. Someone had called 9-1-1 and now they were coming. They were coming and Reid would be okay. They were coming, she looked up to see them approaching but they were stopped. A block a head. Why were they stopped? Why weren't they coming further? What was the point in coming at all if they weren't actually going to help them? Maybe they didn't know they were here.
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