As a token of my gratitude for your lovely reviews, I took the time to add the second chapter despite the lateness of the hour :) Thanks so much for the reviews, i appreciate them very much
Here is the second chapter of my story, i hope you like it! Again, suggestions, tips, etc, are welcomed. Reviews are hoped for :]
Back at the BAU, Penelope Garcia sits at her desk and listens in horror as a bomb explodes, possibly killing two of her closest friends.
"Morgan!" She practically screams into the speaker. J.J. happens to be walking by and immediately knows something is wrong.
"Garcia what's wrong?" she asks nervously. She's seen Garcia upset before, but this was way beyond the normal freak out.
"There. Was. A. Bomb." Garcia manages to stutter.
"A bomb? Where Garcia?" J.J. tries to calm her frantic friend.
Garcia looks at JJ with a distraught expression on her face. "It was in the house that Emily and Morgan are in." she says quietly.
J.J. pales instantly. "Oh god" she whispers. "Are they okay?"
"I don't know, I was talking to Derek and the-"she stops suddenly "Oh my gosh, I'm still connected to Derek's phone! Derek! Derek can you hear me?!"
Silence fills their ears for a few seconds, and then coughing is heard. J.J. turns to call for an ambulance, back up and the rest of their team.
She returns quickly
"Morgan, it's J.J., I've called for help, and they're on their way so just hold on as long as possible okay?"
More coughing is heard. "Yeah J.J., I hear you."
Both women sigh with relief.
"Are you okay?" Garcia asks frantically, her entire body shaking with fear.
"Well, considering I was just blown up, I'd say I'm doing pretty well." He lets out a forced laugh.
"Morgan, where's Emily?" JJ asks cautiously
"Emily? She was upstairs yelling when, oh man." He turns toward upstairs. "Emily!" No response.
"Can you walk?"
He stands, wincing at the pain that is shooting through his left ankle, but he doesn't tell the girls that.
"Yeah I think so. I'm going upstairs to find Emily."
"Be careful Morgan, if it collapses you'll both be trapped." JJ warns, though she knows it won't make a difference.
"It's better than her being trapped by herself" he says quietly as he approaches the staircase. "The back parts of the house it pretty much gone, but most of the staircase is in tact."
He climbs the stairs, carefully evaluating each step to determine which is the sturdiest. When he finally reaches the bedroom, he is heartbroken by what he sees. More than half of the bedroom is gone and there is a massive pile of debris and shattered furniture in the far corner of the room.
And no sign of Emily.
"Oh god" his voice is barely above a whisper.
"What? What do you see?" Garcia questions. How she hated sitting here not being able to see what he was, though truthfully, she didn't quite know if she wanted to.
Morgan doesn't respond to her. He enters what's left of the room. "Emily?!" he calls out. No reply."Emily?!" Once again, there's no reply.
Suddenly he sees something in the pile, an arm.
"Oh no" he breathes. He runs over to the huge pile of broken bits that has engulfed her and starts to dig her out.
"Hold on Emily, I'm coming. Stay with me" he says as he digs faster.
"Hold on Emily, I'm coming. Stay with me" he repeats.
He finally reaches her. She's lying on her back with her face turned away from him. Her head is bleeding badly, so is her side. He checks for a pulse, for a moment he couldn't feel one, but sure enough it was there, barely.
"Morgan?" The girls wait anxiously in Garcia's office to hear the state of their dear friend. They're gripping each other for support, afraid that if one of them lets go then they'll both fall into broken pieces.
"She's alive" he tells them, they both breathe a sigh of relief.
"But she's in bad shape." He inspects the rest of her. Her face is covered with cuts and bruises, her arms have many as well. Morgan's head snaps up all of the sudden, hearing the sirens of the ambulance.
"The ambulance is here" Relief floods over him like a tidal wave of emotion
"What hospital?" JJ asks
"Uh, Washington General" he answers
"We'll meet you there" She tells him as they grab their jackets and hurry out the door.