Chapter 3- Fear
Agent Emily Prentiss was woken up by her cellphone vibrating and falling on the floor. Crankily, she picked it up
"Hello?"
"Emily, it's Hotch."
"Hey, Hotch, what's up? Do we have a new case?" she asked as she walked towards her bathroom.
"No, we don't. Something's happened." Hotch said, sounding like he wasn't sure how to proceed.
"Hotch, what's wrong?" Emily was getting more worried by the minute. Something in Hotch's voice wasn't quite right.
"You need to get to St. Sebastian's Hospital. You live the closest."
"Why, what's happened?"
"It's JJ. She's overdosed on sleeping pills. Garcia found her at around 2:30 this morning."
"Oh, my god. I'll go right over there."
"Okay, Garcia is in waiting room 1. Drive safely."
"Okay, bye." Emily said as she ran out to her car.
As she got to the hospital, she went into the doors marked 'Emergency' and strode up to the nurse's station. A young nurse stood up to greet her.
"May I help you?"
"Yes, my friend was brought in with a drug overdose."
"I'm sorry miss, but I can't reveal any information if you're not family."
"Yeah, bullshit." said Emily "I need to know where my other friend is waiting, NOW." sounding dangerous as she held up her FBI badge. Suddenly, an older nurse came over and said
"I can take you to Ms. Garcia in waiting room 1."
"Thank you." said Emily said as they walked down the hall.
As they opened the door to waiting room 1, the nurse said "Someone else is here to wait with you."
"Emily!" Garcia said, standing from one of the plastic chairs. Emily could tell that Garcia had been crying.
"Oh, Pen. What happened?" The nurse left them alone to talk.
"Well, I got a phone call at 2:30. At first, I thought it was a prank call. I only heard breathing sounds. Then, someone moaned. I checked the caller ID and it said 'JJ cell' so I panicked and drove over to her apartment." Garcia was practically sobbing now, and Emily's heart was breaking for her friend as she tried to calm her down.
"Pen, what happened after that?"
"When I got up to her apartment, her door was open, but not a lot. I walked in and called out for JJ, and she made a little noise again. I ran down the hall and almost tripped over JJ... she was lying in her bedroom doorway." At this point, Garcia lost all control and broke down sobbing.
"I thought she was dead Emily!"
"Shh, shh, it's okay." said Emily, just as a doctor came in and said
"Are you here for Jennifer Jareau?"
"Yes, we are," said Emily, standing up quickly as Garcia did the same "How is she, doctor?"
"I'm very sorry, but..."
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