HOTCH
I slowly rubbed my eyes as I finished yet another report, hoping that I would be the last one to leave for the night so that I wouldn't have to spend so much time alone in my house since Haley had left with Jack. Having tried in vain yet again to let Haley to give me a weekend with Jack, I knew that the only way to pass the time was to finish the work that seemed to never end on the pile that was on my desk. I let out a deep sigh as my phone rang and as I reached to pick it up I hoped that it was about an unsub that they needed to go out and catch, how sick is that I said to myself as I picked up the handset hoping that someone had just been killed so that I wouldn't have to go home to an empty house.
"Hello" I said tiredly into the phone "Agent Aaron Hotchner" I said, finishing my greeting
"Supervisory Special Agent Aaron Hotchner?" A voice I didn't recognise said
"Yes" I said slowly as I nodded hoping to rid the headache that was beginning to start behind my eyes
"This is Detective Travors" the voice said
"Yes Detective" I said, hoping to get to the point of the conversation quicker
"I'm with the Virginia Metro PD"
I nodded and wondered what was going on in DC that required the BAU's attention, having not heard of anything that would need their attention.
"There was a shooting not too long ago" The detective continued
I nodded, knowing that the detective couldn't see him I supplied an "Ok"
"It involved one of your agents" The detective finished
I let out a sharp breath and wondered which it was, was one of his agents the shooter or the victim, the worst of the two came to light when the detective continued after hearing my sharp breath and no response
"The agent was Penelope Garcia"
A look of shock and disbelief came through me when I heard Garcia's name, wondering if I heard the detective right and as it sunk in I knew that I did
"Is she ok?" I asked, wondering what would happen to the team if she wasn't
"She's on her way to the hospital" The detective said, I nodding knowing that he didn't answer my question verbally but answered it with his tone, that it didn't look good.
I nodded and wondered how this could happen to Garcia, she wouldn't hurt a fly. "What happened?" wondering what happened for this to happen
I heard the detective let out a deep breath before he answered "We're not sure at the moment, but we think it was a botched robbery"
I nodded wondering what to think, mainly how could this happen to one of their own, "Ok then, which hospital?" I asked and waited for the detective to tell me which one that she was taken to, before I gave the detective my details "Detective, please keep me informed of any new developments" I said in a tone that left no room for argument.
"Will do" The detective said before hanging up, with them both knowing that with Garcia being one of the FBI's own that all bets were off and that they would be looking into what happened as well as the local police doing their own investigation. As I hanged up the phone I let out a deep sigh as memories of getting a similar phone call when Elle was shot, I shock my head as the events that led up to Elle's shooting and the events that happened after it, I just hoped that Garcia's shooting didn't end up the same way that Elle's did. I stood up quickly knowing that I had to get to the hospital as quickly as I could and call the rest of the team and let them know what had happened to their favourite team member. As I walked out of my office and turning the light off and then putting my jacket on I noticed that JJ was still here, I shook my head as I realised that she was here later than him most nights. I knew that I had a grim expression on my face when I walked up to JJ but I didn't care to remove it when I spoke to her and told her that one of her closest friends was shot and in the hospital. Once I finished talking JJ dropped the file that she was reading on the desk she was standing next to and looked in shock but nodded as if she was trying to keep her emotions in check until we knew what was going on and how bad it was with her, then headed off to her office and then came rushing out a few seconds later with her bag and phone in her hand ready to dial. As I met her by the doors to the BAU unit and I followed her out to the elevators and nodded as she spoke
"You drive, I'll make the calls"
As we got into the elevator and made our way out, I hoped that Garcia would be ok and that she wouldn't be changed too much by the events of what happened. I also hoped that she would make it, after hearing about the disagreement that she had with Morgan earlier, so that they could patch things up because sometimes seeing and hearing their banter made my job easier to bear seeing two people being normal as they saw what they saw and read everyday.