Just a short chapter. Wanted to make it a little longer but ran out of ideas...enjoy

Chapter Four.

Hotch & the others pulled their weapons & Rossi kicked down the door to find Sophia standing over Chalmers still pointing the gun at him. Hotch bent down to check for a pulse but he knew that Chalmers was already dead. Rossi gently took the gun from Sophia & JJ put an arm around her & led her out of the office. Reid called Morgan to let him know what had happened & get an update on Emily's condition. She was still in surgery, no certainty yet as to whether she would make it.

After sending Sophia home with an agent escort, the team headed to the hospital to join Morgan.

It was a long night. None of the team got any sleep. But finally in the early hours of the morning, the doctor came down & gave them the news they'd been hoping for. She'd sustained some broken bones & internal bleeding which had all been repairable. She would be staying in the ICU overnight & then transferring to the regular ward the next day. She was sleeping but he told them they could wait quietly in the room.

They took up similar waiting positions in the room & watched as Prentiss slept.

The next morning the agent brought Sophia to the hospital. Hotch explained what had happened & what the doctor had told them & Sophia listened quietly. When he finished she sat on the edge of the bed & quietly waited for Prentiss to wake up.

When Emily opened her eyes again she realised she was in a bed this time. She had a drip in one arm & her stomach still hurt but she was alive.

The first thing she noticed when she looked around the room was Sophia curled up asleep at the foot of the bed. Emily breathed a sigh of relief. Sophia was okay. Everything was going to be fine.