Hotch closed up his cell phone, he had just told his wife the news, "I'm heading to the hospital, if anyone wishes to join me your welcome to do so or go home and get some rest" he called knowing fully that no one was about to get any sleep.
Without a word the rest of the team followed him into the van, Morgan is staring off out the window, hoping against hope that he won't hear what everyone is fearing. Reid is staring at the back of Morgan's passenger seat, images flashing through his mind while he is wishing he could have been there for her. Prentiss is looking at the back of Hotch's head in the hopes that his cell phone will ring with news as they drive off to the hospital.
Meanwhile Gideon is staring at JJ, her eyes open but not focusing on anything but are facing the ceiling, her hand so lax and light in his own he is fretting to hear the solid beep of the heart rate machine go.
"I've got it!" the doctor announced and Gideon didn't even bother to take his eyes off of her, knowing fully that they aren't done yet. "I need to close her up! We haven't got any time to loose!" he demanded and they quickly began to hold the opening to the wound close that they had to open up to get at the lung.
Feeling the air enable her to breath for the past few minutes, her mind all foggy still, unable to hear what people are saying, feeling something still holding her hand but having no strength left to focus, her mind going off into darkness while her eyes close.
Gideon noticed this as her hand went limp, "what's happened with her?" Gideon asked as he heart rate began to pick up once the man finished the stitching and placed a hunk of gauze down onto the spot where the stitching was done.
"Her mind and body have been through a lot, we're going to give her sedatives as her body has just dealt with severe pain that it has never had before so her mind blocked it out after it could no longer handle it. We'll also give her morphine so when she does wake up she won't feel any pain, Jennifer is just sleeping and needs a lot of time to re-cooperate sir" the doctor explained and Gideon gently rubber her hand before letting go of it.
"We need you to fill this form out please," a nurse said handing Gideon a clipboard with a pen and a piece of paper to be filled out.
"Jennifer will be moved to intensive care as certain things can still yet go wrong so we'll have her under around the clock watch" the doctor said as he and Gideon walked out of the room while the stretcher be pushed out of the room in front of them by the doctors associates.
"Thank you very much doctor" Gideon said as he watched the stretcher get pushed into a room just a few doors down to the left.
"Take care sir, I'll see you soon and no one can go in there for the next several minutes until her station is fully set up and when your done filling that out just give it to the person behind the desk over there" the doctor said and he strode off as his pager went off.
Gideon took a seat and began to fill out the form for blood type, parents' names, any health issues and everything.
The team came through the doors and went up to the first desk in the emergency entrance, "hello, could you please tell us where Jennifer Jareau is?" Hotch asked the person behind the counter and she looked at her notes.
"No one is registered under that name, what had happened?" she asked so she could narrow it down to which doctor she could be with.
"A stab wound to the chest," Morgan answered before Hotch could and the lady went through her notes.
"Ahh yes, the woman who came in on the stretcher accompanied by a man, they went with Doctor Venant into the emergency room, if you go down that hallway down there" she pointed, "go through the doors and go left there are chairs along one wall you can wait at for any news."
The team began to walk down the hall that they were pointed down and went through the double doors, turning to their left they see Gideon taking a seat, he is no longer wearing the jacket he had been given and looked over, happy to see his team.
The team slowed to a stop when they got closer, fearing the worst as they approached and he motioned for them all to sit down to which Reid and Prentiss did but Morgan and Hotch stayed standing.
"She's alive" Gideon said, the words sounding new even to him as he said it, Reid slumped into his chair and leaned his head back, taking a deep breath as he felt like he'd been holding his breath since they left the van. Prentiss feeling so close to tears she can feel her eyes burning of the sensation as she too sits back in her chair. Morgan taking a step back puts his hands onto his knees, taking it in he looks up and smiles feeling as though he never heard good news till right then. Hotch walked up to Gideon and placed his left hand onto his right shoulder, "how is she?" he asked and Morgan then stood up straight while the other two looked up at Gideon.
"Exhausted, JJ is on a ventilator as blood kept going up her throat making her have to cough it up to be able to breath, in the end the blood didn't show signs of wanting to stop rising so they put the tube down for direct breathing. She is very weak and is sleeping right now, in the room to my left right now being held in intensive care as the doctor said things can still yet go wrong so JJ'll be under constant watch" Gideon explained as two nurses then walked out of the room.
Gideon and Hotch then looked into the room to see one man in there now, not the doctor but he is just looking at a screen and nodded to turn to the doorway to see them looking in, "you can come in now" he said, as he walked over to them and left the room.
Reid and Prentiss followed Morgan into the room, all now standing around the bed, looking at each machine she is connected to, her chest rising and falling, now wearing a hospital shirt instead of the bullet proof vest and shirt that was on under it, eyes closed, face pale.
"Gosh… I hope nothing more goes wrong, she never deserved to go through something like this" Reid finally said after watching the water drip down from its bag and into the tube, a blood bag also linked to her.
"The lady planned it all out, she set it all up… whoever was going to go down the hall way that JJ did was going to get what she got" Hotch said and Gideon nodded in agreement.
Morgan's eyes wandered to the phone and instantly remembered Garcia, "I should call Garcia and tell her what's happened" he said and Hotch raised his hand to him telling him to stop. "No Morgan, I'll phone her" he stated and left the room for the nearest payphone.
To Be Continued…
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