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Well from the reviews I take it you like chapter 1? I wasn't sure if was good but obviously I was blind! Thanks for the reviews and here's chapter 2...
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Over an hour later all the men of the team were in an SUV heading up the highway to where JJ had told them to go. Hotch had watched Morgan tear through so many emotions, ones of love, of hurt, of emptiness, of hatred, of regret, of self pity, of self deception, of sadness and of confusion. It was then that Hotch knew that Derek Morgan had just reassessed his life with Clara, repeating the months and finally seeing all the nitpicky things he had become blind to.
When they got to site of the crash they saw why JJ was so panicked. An oil tanker was tipped on its side, along with another lorry, several cars that were battered but fine lined parts of the road, a car flipped on its side next to one of the two lorries and then the SUV. There was mass panic as emergency services ran around. The men got their badges out and explained they knew the women in the SUV and that they were part of his team, they reluctantly let them through but thought it would be wise to help calm them.
As they got closer they saw JJ leaning in the window holding her arm in obvious pain.
'JJ!' Hotch yelled.
She turned and cried. 'Their trapped, why is no one helping them!'
'JJ go to Reid you need to calm down, it's not going to help.' Hotch said moving some hair to take a better look of her head wound. 'There are people coming to help them but let us worry about them, you worry about you.'
'Emily won't wake up though!' She yelled in hysteria. 'And Pen she's having trouble breathing.'
'JJ we are going to help them okay but panicking like this is not going to help anyone, least of all them or you.' He looked back at the guys who feared the worst and headed for the driver's side of the SUV, knowing Penelope was driving for the first part before alternating he decided it was best for her to have him and not Morgan just in case. She didn't need to stress and worry about how Clara would react to hearing that Derek Morgan had been holding her hand and being attentive. Morgan, however, did take the side where Emily was and started to check her over.
Penelope looked at the window when she felt a hand take hers and smiled tiredly. 'Hey boss man.' She said breathlessly.
'Hey, you better not be closing those eyes.'
'I'm trying...' She breathed in a shaky breathe. '...not to... but it's...hard.'
'Well you better not, or we need to be having chats about disciplining you.' She let out a short laugh but was cut off by pain. 'Penelope where does it hurt?' Hotch knew that from her breathing, her chest was damaged but he needed to make a note just in case the threat of unconsciousness became too powerful for her body and she succumbed to it. He kept looking at Derek and saw things shifting furthermore every time his attention diverted from an unconscious Emily to a barely conscious Penelope, his mind's eye doing over time at the thought of losing her. His mind replaying the day just gone, his mind deciding he was going to make things right even if it took a lifetime.
'My chest...' She raised a hand to show them.
'What about your head?' Penelope nodded. All three women had head injuries, whether serious or not was unknown but either way it was a head wound that could cause problems. 'Anything else?'
'My back.'
'Did she just say back?' Morgan said worried, he saw Penelope smile with the worry thick in his voice and it hit him harder than before just how bad things had gotten between them.
'Penelope we are going to get you out, okay?' She nodded slowly as her eyes began to drop. 'Penelope I need you to look at me, come on Garcia, helps here.' Hotch literally pleaded. One member of his team hurt was bad enough, them unconscious was worse but for 3 of his team to be hurt with two unconscious was too scary even for the likes of Special Supervisory Agent Aaron Hotchner. He felt her pulse and found a disconnected weak threaded pulse.
'Hotch?'
'She's still alive but they need help, what's Emily looking like?'
'Well she's trapped, her chest is red, possibly from the seat belt, her breathing is clean but she has a slow weak pulse.'
The men were pulled away from the car by EMT's and emergency services, as the SUV was cut apart for the aid of Penelope and Emily's health. They stood with Reid and Rossi who were still trying to calm JJ down.
'JJ can you tell us what happened?'
'We were... were just driving along. We were asking Penelope about her new job and things and then that truck just came out of nowhere literally, none of us had seen it, nor had the cars in front. It hit the SUV side on and we flipped...' She started to cry out of shock, fear and pain. 'They are going to be okay aren't they?'
'JJ this is Penelope and Emily what do you think?' She nodded. 'Come on you need help, Reid and Rossi take her to one of the ambulances.'
'No I'm fine I want to stay here.' Hotch nodded, knowing a stubborn JJ was not to be messed with. When Hotch saw JJ sway slightly he didn't care about the wrath he would receive.
'JJ you need to be seen to, I won't take no, Reid and Rossi will carry you if it comes to it, but you are unstable, not to mention hurt so go.' She nodded and allowed the two men, old and young, to help her.
This left Morgan and Hotch to stand watching as the chaos continued. 'What are you going to do Morgan?'
'I'm going to fix things with my baby girl.'
'How?'
'I don't quite know, I know I've hurt her. I saw her smile at my voice, at the worry. I didn't realise things had got this bad.'
'Derek she'll take you back, she loves you.'
'Her heart is elsewhere?' Hotch nodded. 'Her heart is with me?'
'And has been before even she knew.' He looked at Morgan and saw what he was about to say. 'Morgan she's going to be fine, they all are.'
'I just feel... helpless. I want to be there holding her hand.' He looked at Hotch. 'Like you want to with Emily?' Hotch nodded, their love was not a secret nor had been for 3 months but Hotch still saw it fit to be the one who Penelope saw, the reaction could have been hurtful had Morgan been the one for Penelope. Hotch had seen the smile that graced Penelope's face before she closed her eyes and knew that although Morgan had hurt her, she was willing to get the best thing she had in her life back. He, also, knew that when she was more sound of mind and not so disorientated she would fear the fury of Clara Thompson.
