So this is what I thought of first. And then I thought of something else. It's up to you guys to let me know whether or not I should post the alternate anyway for you. Don't hold back, I wanna know what you think. Oh yeah, and clearly this is going to more than a two shot.

Emily flutters her eyes open and she feels a dull pain pounding at her temple. She manages to move her head to get a better look at her surroundings. She notices she's lying on a bed; warm sheets on top of her. She lifts up an arm to put a hand on her aching head and notices an IV. She notices the machines around her.

And then she remembers. The truck, screeching tires and JJ's voice.

Oh my God...JJ...

"You're awake."

Emily looks up, maybe too quickly and closes her eyes to ride out the throbbing pain. She recognizes Derek's voice.

"Where's JJ? And Reid?" She croaks out, managing to open her eyes again to see her friend standing beside the bed with a coffee in hand.

"They're just finishing up Reid's stitches. He'll be fine." Derek says softly.

"And JJ?"

The older man lets out a sigh.

Emily begins to feel that pain in her chest again, "Derek, where's JJ?"

"She's still in surgery." He says simply.

Emily looks at him and she can feel the wet tears running down her face but she's too exhausted to even wipe them away.

"So you haven't heard anything?" She asks, her eyes focused on the ceiling above her now.

"She lost a lot of blood, Prentiss. She's been in there for almost three hours."

Emily shuts her eyes tightly. If she could have just looked ahead a split second sooner; if she never tried to switch lanes...if she could have just been the one on the passenger seat instead of JJ...

"Emily..."

The brunette looks up at her friend, and Derek notices the sense of guilt and pain through Emily's eyes.

"This wasn't your fault." He says softly, taking her hand into his, "Don't think for a second that you could have stopped this."

"But I could have...I could have done something..." She whimpers and a familiar pain shoots through her but she knew it wasn't the gash on her head or sprained knee.

"You need to rest, Princess." Derek says softly, "You have to take it easy right now, alright?"

Emily nods, too exhausted to protest. She closes her eyes again and immediately drifts into sleep.

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Derek walks back into the waiting room to see Rossi sitting in one of the chairs and Hotch pacing back and forth.

"Anything about JJ?" Derek asks.

Hotch shakes his head, and looks back down to his feet as he paces.

"What did Will say?"

"He's taking the first flight out here. I told him to drop off Henry with Jessica and Jack."

"Derek!"

The three men look towards the sliding doors to see Penelope walking rapidly towards them.

"Where are they? How are my babies?"

"They're just running some tests on Reid to make sure everything's okay." Hotch manages.

"And my girls?" Penelope asks, her eyes glimmering with tears.

"Emily's resting, she has a concussion, hurt her knee pretty badly..." Derek manages, letting out a small sigh.

"What about JJ?"

"Jennifer Jareau?"

They all look back to see JJ's surgeon walking towards them, pulling off his cap and holding it tightly in his hands.

"How is she?" Hotch asks.

"She lost a lot of blood but we got control of the bleeding from the branch impaling her side." The doctor says, "But the impact caused moderate brain damage."

"So what does that mean? Is she going to be okay?" Penelope asks, her voice shaking.

"The scan showed epidural hematoma which means there was bleeding between the inside of the skull and the outer covering of the brain. We're going to be expecting seizures and post traumatic amnesia when she wakes up."

"So when should we expect her to wake up?" Derek asks.

"It's hard to say with brain injury like this, she could be up in an hour or she could wake up in twenty four."

They all nod in acknowledgement.

"I suggest you just let her rest for a few hours and I'll have the nurse notify you when you can see her."

The doctor walks away with an apologetic look on his face as the team takes in what they had just heard.

"I need to see Emily." Penelope says softly.

Hotch nods to Derek, "We'll be right here to wait for Reid."

Derek takes Penelope's hand to lead her into their friend's room and Derek breathes in deeply, knowing they're going to be the ones to break the news to one of his bes friends.

Should I post the alternate continuation? lol reviews would be incredible guys, thanks!