The Beauty and the Geek
Elizabeth's POV...
I was scared out of my mind, we were dealing with a terrorism group in New York, they knew our movements, already shot one of our agents down and are targeting civilians. The only good news of this whole thing is that JJ told us she was pregnant, but that also means I was scared for her life now more then ever. We were all seperated and heading back to the NYPD Command Center, I had no idea where Aaron was, or any other members of my team. As I'm driving there I hear something on the radio.
"We're getting reports that an explosion has rocked the neighborhood in the vicinity of the federal plaza. Authorities have closed down the entire area And are not going to give any information at this time. And with 8 suspicious incidences in as little as 3 weeks, We have no room but to speculate whether or not there will be more attacks. We have no word yet on any injuries, But with the explosion heard as far away as prince street, An unconfirmed report said it was a car bomb. Nypd's emergency services, as well as federal..."
"Oh god" I said as I started to panic, Please be okay Aaron. I thought to myself, I hoped the rest of my team were okay too, especially Spencer. Oh Spencer, my best friend who I am falling in love with, we are on the same team so it cant happen, so many things would get complicated, I mean what would happen if we broke up? Would I have to transfer to another team? Probably. Plus I'm not really sure Aaron would be okay with it, not only as my boss but as my big brother, he has always been protective like that. Snap out of it Elizabeth, you're thinking like you and Spencer are already dating.
I got to the command center and rushed inside, I see Rossi and Spencer standing there watching the news. When I saw Spencer I wanted to wrap myself in his arms.
Thank god he's okay. I thought to myself.
"Rossi, Spence, what's going on? I heard-" But before I could finish Rossi's phone rang.
Spencer turned and looked at me, "We don't know where it was, or where any of the others are. Are you okay?" he asked.
"To be honest I'm a little scared, I don't know where Aaron is, I knew was with Kate but what if-"
"Hey." He said and put a hand on my shoulder, "It's going to be okay. I'm sure Hotch is fine and he's on his way here."
I nodded trying to calm my breathing, I hear Rossi on the phone with Garcia.
"We got on the news it was an suv that exploded. A black suv within blocks of the federal plaza." He said, "Now, do you have eyes there? I'm here with Reid and Elizabeth, but I don't know where anyone else is. And, garcia... Find them." He said and hung up.
Later JJ arrived and I hugged her, "Has anyone spoken to the rest of the team?" She asked. We shook our heads, "Emily." She said and we looked.
"Oh, thank god you're all right where's will?" Emily asked her
"He's stuck at the airport. As soon as I heard, I went straight to 26 fed. They're evacuating the building. Where is everyone?" JJ asked
"Morgan's all right, but there's no word from Hotch." Reid said and I stood next to him chewing on my thumb nail, it's a bad habit I had when I was a teenager whenever I got nervous, Spencer must have sensed it because he looked at me and put a hand on my shoulder.
"The bomber! The bomber! Derek's chasing after him." Garcia said coming on the laptop screen, "The bomb-it was in kate's suv or under it."
"Oh god" I said feeling my heart drop and Spencer kept his hand on my shoudler as we look at the screen.
"Hotch is out there with her. He seems ok, but she looks really hurt. He hasn't moved her."
"Where was kate's suv parked?" I asked her.
"2 blocks east of federal plaza." She said and Spencer moved away from me to the map next to him.
"2 blocks east and they target kate's suv?" Emily asked out loud
"Have you i. D. Ed the bomber?" Rossi asked her
"Lisa's running him and dead guy through vicap."
"Call homeland security. They should be at all the murder sites." Rossi said to JJ
"I'm on it."
Spencer moved back over and placed his hand on my lower back this time, Not gonna lie it was sending shock waves through my body.
"Garcia, find out how we can help morgan." Rossi said
"Yes, sir."
"You okay?" Spencer asked me.
"You know that's the second time you asked me?" I said, "I need to know where Aaron is. I can't lose him Spence." I said and he hugged me.
"It'll be okay." He said and I nodded my head under his chin.
"Yes, yes, I understand. Thank you." JJ said hanging up the phone "Homeland security has poured tactical teams into all of those locations. Uh, swat, bomb techs, hrt, hazmat, the works. They found nothing." She said and looked at Spencer who moved back to the board, "Reid."
"All except one. Kate's suv- none of the shootings were anywhere near it." He told us.
"Maybe it's personal." I said, "This death card they gave us- they delivered on it."
"That's just it- they haven't. With a cell as large as this one and multiple targets to choose from, They target a single suv?" He said
"Morgan's safe." Emily says to us.
"This is the unsub morgan chased into the subway." Spencer said holding up a picture then putting it on the board, "This is the one Prentiss shot." He said pointing to another, "Garcia's running them through vicap."
"These are smart, well-educated kids, hand-picked and trained to be martyrs." Rossi said, "They're not gonna be in any government file and they won't have rap sheets."
"Hotch and kate are at St. Barclay's hospital." JJ said walking over to us puuting a hand on my shoulder.
"How are they?" I asked
"Well, Hotch is in the e.r., Kate's in surgery. Morgan's on his way down there now." She said and I nodded, I needed to be strong.
"The media's reporting this as a failed attack on 26 federal plaza." Emily said
"Well, it's not." Rossi said
"They're not the only ones. Homeland security feels the same way." Brustin said
"They're wrong." Rossi said defensively
"They found nothing at any of the sites that you told them that these guys were targeting. Maybe this thing is over."
"Or maybe that's exactly what they want us to think. As soon as the bomb techs identify the device, I want to know about it." Rossi told him
"Of course."
"Can you get in tighter on the bomber?" Rossi asked Garcia via phone, me Emily and Spencer are looking at the other laptop, "Here, in his hand. He's using his cell phone."
"Joyner and hotch approach the van." Brustin said
"Why not wait until they both get in?" Emily asked
"Guess he figured he was close enough."
"Wouldn't you wait until they were in it?" I asked
"So far these guys have accomplished nothing." Spencer said
"Nothing? My partner was shot-cooper?" Brustin said to him, "8 innocent people were killed. 2 agents blown up. Not to mention Emily's suicide by cop. Is that not enough?"
"That was memorable." Rossi said looking at a picture of the Twin Towers, "This isn't. Everything-everything they've done so far has appeared to be something it's not."
"I don't follow." Brustin said
"The seemingly random acts of murder, the attempt to hack into our security surveillance systems." Spencer said
"The suicide by cop to make us all believe that it was over." Emily pointed out
"Don't forget the death card telling us they know we're watching." I pointed out
"All diversions." Rossi said
"To ensure our attention and analysis of any given situation would than incorrectly inform our profile." Spencer said
"So the first responders were not the real target?" Brustin asked.
"Hotch and kate were a diversion, too?" I asked
"From what?" Brustin asked
"Morgan." JJ said to us, "Hotch wants you guys over there now." She said and we all got ready.
"What do we tell homeland security?" Brustin asked
"Tell them if they love this city as much as you do to keep it locked down. It's about to get hit." Rossi told him and we made our way out, Spencer was staying by my side the whole time.
We get to the hospital in our vests, as soon as I see Aaron I ran to him and hugged him.
"Are you ok?" I asked him and he looked at me.
"Yeah. I just want to understand why I'm still alive." HE said and I nodded moving away from him.
"I think the idea was to maim, not to kill." Spencer said
"Did you identify sam, the bomber?" Aaron asked him
"Garcia put sam and the other dead unsub into every know database. Nothing."
"We know how terror cells evolve. They learn from one campaign to the next. How to stay off radar like the london bombers." Rossi said
"Yeah, but they, uh, they hit at 8:50 in the morning With a series of coordinated blasts aimed at london's transportation system, this cell targeted a lone suv where the only people on the street are 2 federal agents." Aaron said
"It's not multiple targets, it's one target. One target, one bomb." Morgan said
"Garcia said the device was placed under kate's suv." Rossi said
"It was likely made using oxydizing agents, Including chromates, peroxides, perchlorates, chlorates, and red mercury, All jammed into a device no larger than a cell phone." I said
"Imagine what a bomb the size of an oil drum could do." Morgan said
"Yeah, but to make something that big, you'd need a chemical engineer." Aaron pointed out.
"Like the recently deceased dr. Azahari husin, asia's most-wanted bomb-maker? Authorities dubbed him the, uh, demolition man. He treated each bomb like a work of art. One wrong move... He becomes a victim of his own creation. He'll be more revered than all of the people who died as a result of his devices." Rossi said
"Stop the bomber, stop the bomb." Emily said
"To do that, we need to know how they would deploy something that big." Morgan said
I notice Aaron looking at the laptop, "Aaron?"
"Did you ever find Sam's cell phone?" He asked Morgan
"Yes." Morgan answered
"Did he call 911?"
"No. He dialed one number 6 times every few minutes." Morgan said
"It was a disposable cell." Rossi said
"Garcia tracked the number, but it went dead minutes after Sam died. Whoever had it destroyed it." Spencer said
"Well, if he didn't have a secondary device to detonate, There's only one reason that he stayed with us." Aaron said
"To make sure the ambulance got to you." I said
And in a city on lockdown, an ambulance with its siren blaring and lights on, It's gonna make it through every roadblock virtually uncontested." Emily said
"And straight into a hospital with a bypass order on it." Aaron said
"What?" I asked
"Secret service has a bypass on this hospital."
"Secret service? Who are they protecting?" Rossi asked
"That's who Sam was calling, the paramedic on the ambulance." Spencer said
"The ambulance which I drove in here. This hospital is their target. Let's go." Aaron said, "Who do you got in here?" Aaron asked the secret service agent.
"Why is that information important to you?"
"The ambulance I drove in here- where is it now?" Aaron asked
"In the basement. Why?"
"There's a bomb in it" Morgan told him
"What?"
"It's rigged." Aaron said
"It's rigged to assassinate whoever it is you're protecting. You need to get them and everyone else out of here right now." I said
"We can't do that. He's undergoing surgery as we speak." The agent said
"The paramedic I came in with- do you have eyes on him?" Aaron asked and looked at the laptop they had, "That a cell in his hands?"
"Garcia, can you remote access the cell phone grid I'm in and jam all the frequencies"Rossie asked over in phone, "There's a bomb in the basement of this building."
"Look, he's coming back." Emily said, "He's gonna detonate the bomb manually if he has to."
"Where did morgan go?" Aaron asked
"He went to find the ambulance." Spencer said and we see Morgan running down the stairwell
"Alone?"
"Let's head down." Rossi said
We all make our way through the hall with our guns raised and we stop by an elevator, "He's going to the basement."
"Stairs." Emily said and I look in the elevator.
"Oh, my god." I said and feel Spencer tugg on my arm and we make our way down the stairs.
We make it to the basement area with our guns still raised, Aaron is behind David checking doors, I'm behind Spencer and Emily is behind me checking doors as well. Me, Spencer and Emily get to a set of stairs where we see dead agents in the elevator.
"Liz, Prentiss." He said to us indicating the bloody shoe prints
We all come up on the ambulance driver who is sitting on the ground leaning against the gate.
"FBI." Rossi said and the guy moved a knife to his neck.
"Put it down. It's over." Aaron said but the man took the knife and slit his throat, we walk over to his body, Rossi walks away followed by Emily and Spencer then me, I look back and see Aaron still standing there, he picks up the guys gun then walks away, I smile at him and he wraps his arm around my shoulder.
I was walking over to Aaron, since he cant fly for awhile he has to be driven, "Got it." I said grabbing his bag, "I'm your ride."
"I thought agent davis was driving me." He said to me
"She was. I had her reassigned." I told him
He smiled, "Don't you have something better to do?" He asked
"Than to annoy you for 3 hours? Hell, no." I said lightly bumping into him, "It'll be just like it was when you dropped me off at college." I said and he rolled his eyes.
"Give me the keys." He said to me
"Not a chance, big brother. Let's go." I said and we started walking, "So did we ever find out who the secret service had in the hospital?" I asked
"Does it matter?"
"No, I guess it doesn't." I said
"Listen Elizabeth, I'm sorry if I scared you, but I want you to know that I'm glad it was me and not you."
"Aaron-" I started to say.
"No listen." He said stopping in front of me, "I may never have been around as much when I left you and Sean to go to boarding school, and for that I'm sorry, but your my little sister, I love you and I'm here now. I'm not going anywhere." He said and I hugged him.
"Good, because you may be older but I can still take you." I said and he laughed.
"Whatever you say Troublebeth." He said and I punched him in the arm lightly.
"Will you ever stop calling me that?" I asked.
"Never."
"Eh that's okay, you have a 3 hour road trip with me and I have many ways of giving you payback." I said
"Oh god." He said and we reached the SUV and got inside, once we got buckled I started the car, "Can I ask you something?" He asked.
"Anything."
"Is there something going on with you and Reid?" He asked and I looked at him then back forward.
"This is gonna be a long drive." I sighed and put the car in drive.