Chapter 09
T-minus 3
"Stay here." JJ said. She tucked a pillow under Spencer's head as she slid away, watched him curl into a tighter ball and pull the blanket up over his head. She sighed and went over to meet Morgan and Dave who were coming in the door. "That was quick." She said.
"Good thing you sent the Unsub for cake." Dave replied. "Once we got the name from Reid's roommate your grocery order led us right to her. All that security on the net and she used her club card."
"She?"
"Unusual but not unheard of. What's wrong with him?" Dave indicated Spencer.
"Ask the Unsub. He's been like this since he came back. He was there for hours, he came back in just his pants which he didn't bother to button, he went straight into the shower and he hasn't said anything or stopped crying."
Morgan sighed. "Oh, I can tell you what happened."
"Yeah. I know." JJ felt like crying. "I just don't know what to do about it now." She stepped closer and dropped her voice to a whisper. "You know he's still a virgin, right?" Emotionally he still was at least. They had no clue what the Unsub had done to him. But he went willingly to protect Michael, she would never forget that.
"We got that from the never." Dave replied. "We'll help him through this. What are our chances of walking him out to the ambulance?"
Morgan peeked over the couch again. "I'm thinking not that great. I'll go get them in here." He left to go get help.
"In the meantime let's get you out there Bella." Dave said.
"No, I'm fine." JJ replied. "I want to help Spence."
"Morgan can take care of Reid. You need to take care of the baby."
"But I..."
"I'm not going to let you argue. As soon as Morgan gets back we're leaving."
JJ sighed and looked over at her friend. He looked so small there. And she didn't know how to help.
Then Morgan was coming in with an ambulance team and Dave was tugging her out the door.
It had seemed longer, the first time she walked this way, when she was blindfolded and cuffed. Now it was no time at all before they were stepping outside. JJ immediately took the deepest breath she could. "You okay, Bella?" Dave asked.
"Oh yeah." JJ replied. "Spence kept us safe from the Unsub, but that meant I've been in that apartment for a week."
Dave chuckled. "A little cabin fever?"
"I am so taking Henry to the park tomorrow." There was real sunshine and green grass in her future.
And then she saw someone who would want to go with her. A moment later she was in his arms. "Hey Jayge." Will said. "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine...ooo!" She laughed and pulled his hand under her shirt so he could feel the fluttering through her skin. "I think someone missed his daddy."
"I missed him too." Will said. Oh, she had to reach up and wipe a tear away. "Come on, they want to look you over."
"I'm fine, really." But she obligingly went to sit on the back of the ambulance and let them poke at her for a while. Which was why she was able to watch them wheeling Spencer out on a gurney with Morgan walking along. "What happened?" She asked. Spence had been okay when she left. Not great but he could walk. Well, stagger. Move at least.
"He got combative." Morgan replied. "They had to sedate him. I've never seen him like this."
"Oh, son of a bitch. The Unsub drugs him twice and now we've done it a third time. I have to go with him." She said to Will as she started detangling herself from the paramedics.
"No you don't chère." Will replied.
"He went through this to protect Michael. I'm going to make sure he's okay."
"You need to make sure Michael is okay."
"Michael and I are fine!"
"Actually your blood pressure is high." The paramedic said.
"What?" No it wasn't. High blood pressure is bad in pregnancy, which was why she and Spence were checking it every day. She'd been spot on normal that morning. "No, I'm fine. It's just stress."
"Jayge..."
"Spence needs me!"
"No, Spencer needs us." Dave said. "Any of us can help him and we will. But you're the only one who can take care of Michael right now."
"God damn it." How Dave managed to stay the calm rock no matter what she did not know, but right now that calm sureness cut through everything. He was right. "You better stay with him Derek."
"You know I will Momma." Morgan replied.
Son of a. JJ sighed. "All right, let's go to the hospital. Apparently I have a date with a pee cup."
At least they were safe.
