"I'm heading to get a cup of coffee, anyone want some?" DJ asked as she stood up from her desk. Salina Baker and Jake Albert shook their heads.
"If you don't mind," Katie Cole responded.
"Yeah, I'd love some as well," Elena Phillips added.
"Okay, three coffees coming right up," she said heading for the little lounge they had. Walking in, she smiled at the agent sitting in the break room. She had just finished pouring the first cup of coffee when what the reporter on the television was saying grabbed her attention.
"Hey turn that up, please," she requested. Nodding, the agent did what was asked.
"If you're just joining us, there appears to be a hostage situation at Johnny's Diner. It's unknown at this time how many people are being held hostage. What we can confirm is that besides the three waitresses working, one of them is a daughter of two federal agents. It is also believed that her boyfriend is in the diner. Sources close to the investigation have also confirmed that he is also a child of federal agents. There have been two separate reports of shots fired, and there is at least one dead and one injured. That's all we know for now, but it's suspected that the injured victim is the boyfriend of the waitress, but we can't confirm that for sure, we'll be back when we know more. This is Kelly Green reporting for KKBI." DJ gasped and her knees began to give out. The male agent in the lounge with her rushed forward and gently eased her to the floor.
"Agent Reid-Morgan, are you okay? What is it?"
"My b-b-brother and his girlfriend, those are the agent's daughter and her boyfriend who is my brother and also two agent's kid." At this she began to cry. Thankfully the agent who worked in counter terrorism remembered that Agent Reid-Morgan worked in CAD so he quickly jumped up and ran for the CAD bullpen.
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"Agent Cole! You need to come with me quickly!" he said as he ran in.
"I'm sorry, and you are?" Katie asked looking at the new agent who had joined when DJ had.
"I'm Agent Bill Walker, and you need to come with me. There's a hostage situation at Johnny's Diner and apparently Agent Reid-Morgan is related to one of the hostages and knows the other," he explained hurriedly. As quickly as she could, Katie got up from her desk and followed the worried agent to the lounge. Spotting the newest agent to her team sitting on the floor she rushed over to her.
"Thank you, Agent Walker, I can take it from here," she said as she put a hand on DJ's arm.
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"DJ, its Katie, look at me, sweetie." Frightened tear-filled eyes lifted to meet Katie's.
"Jason and Sarah are being held hostage at Johnny's," DJ said just above a whisper. "And Jason might be shot."
"I know they are." DJ's breathing was ragged and Katie was worried for the baby she was carrying. She was now five months along. "DJ, you have to calm down. It's not good for the baby. Where's Henry today?" she asked.
"He's out sick today; he had his wisdom teeth removed a couple days ago and is still experiencing a lot of pain."
"I'm going to call him, but first, let's get you to the couch and I'll get you some tea, okay?" Katie instructed. Nodding, DJ allowed Katie to help her to her feet and guide her to the couch. Once she'd made a cup of tea, she handed it to her agent before grabbing her cell phone and dialing Henry's number.
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Meanwhile at the scene, the BAU had managed to get the hostage taker to answer the phone and he told them that the cashier was dead and that there was one person injured.
"I want to talk to Sarah," Morgan demanded. Normally now that Rossi had retired again, Hotch was the primary hostage negotiator but since he was too close, it fell to Morgan. Hell, all of them were to close. It was Morgan's son, but neither Savannah nor JJ were comfortable doing it.
"I don't know no Sarah," the unsub growled.
"She's one of the waitress's," Morgan explained.
"Fine, hold on," the unsub said as he turned to the group of frightened customers and staff.
"Which one of you is Sarah," he demanded. Tentatively Sarah raised her hand.
"The damn fed wants to talk to you. Come over here, nice and slow. No funny business, or your boyfriend gets shot again and this time in the head." Nodding, Sarah slowly climbed to her feet and walked as slowly as she could towards the unsub. Once she was close enough, the unsub shoved the phone into her hand then turned back to angrily waving his gun around and glaring at the others.
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"H-H-Hello?" she stammered into the phone.
"Hey Sar, its Morgan. Are you okay, kiddo?"
"I'm not hurt if that's what you mean. Jason is, though. I'm so sorry, Uncle Morgan. I tried to stop him but I couldn't." Sarah was crying openly now. All the team could hear because the call was on speaker phone. Hotch moved forward needing to give his daughter any comfort he could.
"Sar-bear, can you hear me?" Hotch asked. Sarah began crying harder at her father's voice and his childhood nickname.
"I can hear you, Daddy. Please help us, I'm scared, Jason's bleeding a lot. I'm doing what I can to stop it, but it's not helping like it should," she told them.
"I know you're scared, but hang in there. We're doing everything we can to get you guys out safely. How many people are hurt or dead?" Reid asked.
"The cashier is dead and Jason is hurt. I'm so sorry, Uncle Spencer."
"Hey, you listen to me, Sarah. You didn't fire the gun. It's not your fault. We're going to try and see if we can at least get Jason out, okay?" Emily explained to her shaken daughter.
"Okay, I love all of you," Sarah said as she handed the phone back to the unsub and quickly hurried back to Jason's side.
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Dropping to her knees she smiled at one of the other customers who was applying pressure to Jason's shoulder.
"Thank you," she whispered.
"You're welcome, I'm an EMT so I have some knowledge about what I'm doing," the young man answered back.
"They're going to try and see if they can get him to let you go," she explained whispering in her semiconscious boyfriend's ear.
"Not… with…out… you…" he struggled to argue.
"Normally I would think your selflessness very sweet and flattering, but right now, it's not. If the team can get you released and to a hospital, I want them to," she replied.
"Okay, but promise me, you'll be careful?" he mouthed unable to form words due to the pain.
"I promise, I love you so much," she breathed.
"Love you to," he mouthed just before his eyes closed and he lost consciousness.
TBC?
A/n, sorry all these are going to be posted at once. I got really sick and fell behind in writing and posting.