Rossi lowered his gun and placed it back in the holster, Danielle looked over her shoulder to make sure John was dead and ran over to Dave.

'Thank you.'

'I told you I would protect you.' He whispered into her ear as she sobbed in his shoulder.

Meanwhile 5 feet behind him, Hotch laid on the floor with a bullet wound in his arm.

'We need medics now!' Morgan screamed. Emily was leaning over him applying pressure to his wound. Hotch hissed trying to contain the pain.

'I'm sorry Hotch, you lost a lot of blood and I can't let you lose any more.' Suddenly his eyes rolled back behind his head.

'Hotch! Stay with us! Come on man.' Morgan said as he placed his hands on top of Emily's and pushed down harder. The paramedics entered the room, loaded him in to the ambulance.

'I'll ride with him.' Emily said as she jumped into the back of the ambulance.

'Dave we have to get Danielle to the hospital as well.' Morgan said.

'Alright, Danielle you have to go get check out.' Dave said to Danielle who was shaking in his arms still.

'Can you come with me please?'

'Do you want one of the girl's to come instead?'

'No, I need you. You are the only one who can protect me.'

'Alright, let's go. I'll go with her, take care of things here. I'll call you when we finish things.' Dave said to Morgan and then disappeared into an ambulance.

'Dave, where's my mom?' Danielle said as she lay on the hospital bed.

'She is back home with your brother and sister.'

'Oh.' Danielle looked away, trying to hold her tears back.

'Danielle, what's wrong sweetie?' He leaned over and whipped away a tear that had escaped from her eyes.

'It's nothing.'

'It's something, if it's making you cry it has to be something.'

'I just thought my mom would be here, I thought she cared about me.'

'She does, she loves you very much. But John sent us a letter and he asked about your brother and sister and she felt that she needed to be back home to protect them. You have me here protecting you, but there is no one at home protecting your siblings.'

'Hi Danielle, I'm Doctor Bendy, I have the results of your tests and x-rays. Everything looks fine, just some cuts and bruises, but you don't need any stitches. You can leave whenever you are ready.'

'Is she able to fly doctor?'

'Yes, I recommend sleeping when you get home, the flying and what you have experienced will make you extremely tired.'

'Family of Aaron Hotchner?' The doctor walked into the waiting room.

'That's us.' Emily said shooting up from her seat.

'He lost a lot of blood, but he is strong. Luckily the bullet didn't hit anything major. He is being moved into his room.'

'Will he be able to leave?'

'He can leave the hospital tomorrow, as long as everything is ok. But I want him to stay close for the next 2 days just to make sure. If he has no problems, he can go back to Quantico.'

'When can we see him?'

'He should be in his room in a few minutes; you can make your way up shortly. Have a good day.' Emily breathed out a sigh of relief. The team waited five minutes then made their way up to his room.

'Hey, how you feeling?' Emily said.

'A little sore, how's Danielle?'

'Dave said everything looks great, he is going to bring her back to Erin tonight.' Reid said.

'Good, I have to stay here for a few days; I want you all to go back to Quantico.'

'Hotch, we are all going to go back, except for Emily, she is going to stay here. You aren't 100% yet.' Morgan said.

'Fine, has anybody called Beth and Jack?'

'Yeah, I talked to Beth, told her what happened. She said get back soon and she will take care of everything with Jack.' Emily said.

'Alright, well you guys go back home with Dave and Danielle, we'll see you in a few days. Morgan you're in charge until I come back.'

'Are you ready to see your mom?'

'Yeah, I guess I have to admit that she was right and I was wrong.'

'Yeah, but your still a kid, you just wanted to go out and have fun. There is nothing wrong with that.'

'At least someone understands me.'

'I do understand you, but I also understand your mom. No one was wrong in this situation.'

'Wow, your kids must love you.'

'I don't have any kids.'

'Oh, I'm sorry.'

'It's alright, but if I did, why would they love me?'

'Because you don't automatically take the adults side. You listen to both sides.' Dave let out a quiet chuckle as he pulled into Erin's drive way.

'We're here.' He got Danielle's bags and walked to the front door.

'Danielle!' Erin screamed as she threw open the door, wrapping her arms around her daughter tightly. 'I'm so happy you're okay.'

'Thanks mom. But I'm really tired. I just want to take a shower and go to sleep in my own bed. We can talk about everything tomorrow.'

'Alright.'

'Thanks again for everything David.' She gave him a quick hug then walked upstairs. David started walking towards the door.

'Dave wait.' He stopped and turned around. She slowly walked over and wrapped her arms around his neck burying her face in his neck. 'Thank you Dave.'

'I never break my promises Erin.' She unwrapped her arms and looked at him.

'I'm sorry for being such a bitch.'

'It's alright. I better get going, it's late and I'm sure you're exhausted.'

'Don't go.' She whispered.

'Erin, I have to, I have work in the morning.'

'Please, just stay for the night.' She held his hands and gave them a tight squeeze.

'Emily, you didn't have to stay back. I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself.' Aaron said as he tried to get in bed.

'I promised Jack that I would never leave your side, I'm not going anywhere Hotch.' She said as she pulled up the covers to his chest.

'I miss Jack, we have been hanging out a lot lately, and I don't want him to think he is alone.'

'I'm sure he knows that, how are you and Beth?'

'We are doing really good. I'm thinking about taking the next step.'

'Which is?'

'Marriage.'

'Wow, that's great. She is a great girl, she is great with Jack. She is a good cook too. Do you know that she asked Dave to give her cooking lessons?'

'Are you serious?'

'Yeah she goes over there once a week or so and he teaches her something. I wouldn't want her learning from anybody else, he's a great cook.'

'Very true, you need some sleep. We have had a long day.' She sat down on the couch; Hotch could see that she was very uncomfortable.

'Come sleep in bed with me. It's big enough for the two of us.' Emily didn't question him, she slid underneath the covers and was sleeping by the time her head hit the pillow. Hotch slid over, wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed her forehead and fell asleep quickly.

David collapsed on the bed next to Erin, both trying to catch their breath.

'I think I want you to stay more often.' Erin said rolling on her side to face Dave who had drops of sweat on his forehead.

He let out a light chuckle, 'What do you think Danielle and the rest of the kids would think?'

'They are going to be happy to know I found my type of guy. But promise me, you won't leave me like their father did.'

'I promise.'