A/N: New chapter for you! Sorry the long waiting (College and life) but now I have time to write! Thank you again for the reviwes!
Here yoy have some BAU team time! I wanted to show a bit what they were thinking (It was about time I think hahahha).
Enjoy! :)
Chapter X
When the team arrived not much later than the ambulance they saw Reid standing still. His gaze was lost between the place he was and what was beyond the emergency doors. He didn´t even register the team going to him or Morgan asking him if he was okay.
"Hey Reid!" Morgan tried snapping the young profilers of his trance. "What happened? Did they say something?" He saw him trying to focus.
"I…she…"The entire team was looking at him now, Reid looked from Morgan to Emily he was making them nervous. "They had to stabilized her, am…apparently she has a punctured lung…that´s what they said." They were used to the Reid who knew everything and was always sure of his answers but not to this man, now looking more like a lost kid.
Emily approached him putting a supportive hand on his right arm. "JJ´s strong." She didn´t know if she was trying to reassure him or herself, maybe even both, she wasn´t sure.
"They told me to wait here." It was his only replied. He was still standing in the same place, his eyes not actually seeing any of them.
"There´s nothing we can do for now." Hotch told his team, his voice was calm but the concern tone was evident to all the members of his team. "We can only wait."
Each member took a seat. Morgan and Sam went to the nearest wall leaning on it in silent. Emily was sitting beside Reid; she began to fidget with her hands. Hotch was on the other side of the young profiler and Rossi was beside him. No one said a word, everyone deep in their own thoughts.
"Has anyone called Penelope?" Emily finally asked. She felt bad because she didn´t inform Garcia immediately about JJ but with all that happened the idea hadn´t even register. JJ´s was her best friend, she was like the sister she never had and she was the person who was there for her when she needed it the most. Now Emily remembered the time she had been in the position of her friend and it was JJ the first person she saw when she woke up and she wanted to be there for her just like she had being.
"I did." Morgan answered. "She said she was on her way here." The always so tough profiler now felt powerless, one of his best friends, a member of his family was now fighting for her life and he couldn´t do anything about it, he couldn´t help her…Derek just wanted to go and release his anger and frustration right now, but JJ needed him here and here is where he was going to be.
"I´ll call JJ´s mother." Hotch said standing from his seat. He didn´t want to do it again, sometimes it sucks to be him. He was angry with himself, he was supposed to be the unit leader it was his job to keep the team safe, but he also knew that sometimes things just don´t turned out as we want them to.
"I have a feeling we´ll be here for a while." Rossi also stood up. "I´ll go get us coffee. Does anyone want to go?" He asked the team, he could see the sadness reflected on their faces and he could feel it in his as well. JJ was like a daughter to him. She once told him she had decided to be an FBI agent because of him and that made him so happy but now, with all she was going through, he wasn´t so sure anymore.
"I´ll go with you." Sam offered. The rest of the team just looked at him; it was kind of odd to them. They thought he would want to be there every minute. The Detective could sense the team looks on him but he just went with Rossi. To tell the truth he was scare, no it was worse than that, he was terrified of what could happen to JJ, of what the doctors could say to them. He knew they still had time before someone could actually tell them something about her but still; being there with those agents was nerve wracking. They were her family now and he felt a total stranger.
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Penelope Garcia was so tired of receiving ´The Call´. The call telling her if one of the team, one member of her family, was hurt or in danger. It was the worst feeling ever, she hated it. She always worried about the team, because she couldn´t be there for them when they needed her, not just for cases and to work her computer magic but actually needed her there, in flesh and blood. Now her JJ, her best friend, her family was fighting for her life again and she was here feeling helpless, but not for long, because she was going to see her, she was going to be with the team, she was going to be there when they needed her and she was going to be there in flesh and blood.
The TA went to gather her things before going to JJ´s home to pick up Sandy and Henry so they could go together. It broke her heart the idea of seeing little Henry, he looked so much like JJ. Sandy was trying to be strong for the little boy but Garcia knew the mother was going crazy inside, not knowing how her girl was and not being able to be there with her was making her hurt, so she thanked Garcia and the team for their support and for bringing her little girl back. Now she just had to wait, she knew JJ was strong; she was not going to leave them so easily because she had way too much to live for.
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Rossi had come back with Sam and caffeine for everyone; they thanked him for the gesture and went to their previous places once again. The team plus the Detective remained in the waiting room for what they thought was an eternity when actually were three hours, three long and excruciating hours.
When the Doctor approached them he was kind of surprised to see that many people looking at him with waiting eyes. He stood there contemplating how to tell them the news, it was never easy to inform family and friend of the condition of his patients. Sometimes it was good news, other really bad and sometimes he had to give news like the one he was about to tell.
"Family of Jennifer Jareau?" He saw each one of them looking at him. The Agent´s and the Detective where now standing a few steps from him, expecting.
"I´m SSA Hotchner, her boos and he´s her cousin Detective Sam Daniels, her mother is on her way here. What can you tell us Doctor?" Hotch asked politely. Sometimes it was hard to get information of his agent just because they weren´t ´actual family´ but he could see in this person´s eyes understanding. He looked momentarily to the team, everyone was scared and worried but the one who didn´t even wanted to hide it was Reid; the young man was a mess.
The Doctor nodded, he just asked because it was protocol. He has heard the story of this agent from the paramedic and to be honest with himself he was still kind of in shock.
"Very well then." The team was even more nervous now. "I´m Doctor Williams. I´ll go from the minor injuries to the ones I´m more concerned about." When he realized no one was going to say anything he kept talking. "Agent Jareau had some minor cuts in both arms; they are not deep so they will heal easily and in a short period of time, no scars. She has a black eye and a mild concussion, it´s nothing to worry about but given the fact that we had to operate I´ll have her in observation." He waited for the team to process everything he was saying, taking a deep breath he continued. "Now Agent Jareau also came with a dislocated ankle, we didn´t do much to it because apparently someone had already put it back in place before the paramedics even got to her."
Morgan clenched and unclenched his hands; if what the doctor was true (and he thought it was) then the only person who could have done something like that was the UnSub.
"We can´t put a protective boot just yet because it´s pretty swollen right now, once the swelling goes down we´ll be able to do it. She was also stabbed in the same leg. Thankfully the wound was not as deep as we thought at the beginning so we were able to control the bleeding and fix it without major problems. For what we could see she also suffer a hit to the area, that´s what made the wound bleed as much as it did. That said she´s going to need physiotherapy after it heals." Looking at the agents he could see they were kind of relieved for now but he still had one last piece of information to tell them.
Rossi could see the Doctor struggling with the next part and if could see it so could the rest of his friends. He saw Williams taking a deep breath before continuing.
"Jennifer also had two broken ribs and other two bruised, apparently from a blunt trauma to her side. One of the broken ribs punctured her lung." Emily gasped. Reid knew this part, what he didn´t know and wanted to know so desperately was the result of the injury and the surgery. "We had to operate to repair the lung. The damage was not sever but it wasn´t simple either. She lost a lot of blood because of the stab wound and the operation. We were able to stabilize her but because of the damage her body sustained we had to intubated her to help her breathing and her body. We administrated her strong painkillers because of this same reason and we will be monitoring her for the next couple of days to make sure everything is going well and if they are no major complications." He stopped talking, waiting for the reaction of the agents.
Reid wasn´t sure what to make of what the Doctor said. Were good or bad news? Was JJ out of the woods?. He didn´t know so he asked.
"What do you mean? Is she going to be okay then?"
"We need to wait for her to wake up first to see but I´m optimist. Everything went well during the operation, no complications so far, but she will have to rest a lot and her recovery will be slow."
"So she is going to be okay?" Emily asked once again not sure of the answer.
"As I said. She will need time, her body is beyond tired and in a lot of pain that´s why we gave her strong painkillers. We are not sure when she will wake up, but I´m sure she will. It just depends of how much her body needs to rest and recover from the trauma. So yes she´ll be okay, it´ll take time of course but yes." He smiled when a collective sigh was heard.
"Can we see her?" Sam asked. He really needed to see her to know that she was actually okay.
"Normally I would not allow everyone to go in and definitely not this late but I´ll make an exception for tonight. You can go in, just for half an hour then only two can stay, but you need to promise me you won't disturb her."
"We won´t Doctor." Hotch said shaking the man´s hand. "Thank you for everything."
"It´s okay Agent. Now, I´ll have a nurse tell you when the hour is up so you can decide what to do and if you have any question about Jennifer condition tell the nurse and she´ll call me. Oh and she´ll also tell you the room number. She´ll be in the ICU until she wakes up and we can asses her situation. Please be careful once you are in there."
"We will Doctor. Thanks again." The Doctor said goodbye to the rest of the people there and went to prepared everything for them and JJ. Hotch then went to his team.
"The Doctor said JJ will be in the ICU until she wakes up and asked us to be careful in there." He told them. "Morgan once Garcia, Sandy and Henry arrived I want you to go pick them up, they will stay at the same hotel as us. It´ll be late so tell them what the doctor told us and suggest them to come in the morning." He nodded. "I think Reid and Sam should stay here once our time is up.
"I´d prefer to stay with Aunt Sandy." Sam told them. "I want to be there when you tell her and after." He owned her that much.
"Alright then you and Morgan will go pick them up and Emily along with Reid will stay here." Everyone nodded their agreements just as a nurse approached them.
"Excuse me. Doctor Williams told me to inform you once Agent Jareau was settle so you could go and see her. He also told me to inform you when the half hour was over." She was pretty, short and had beautiful brown eyes. "She´s in room 314 and try not to disturb her, she needs the rest." After telling them what they wanted to know she left.
The team collected and prepared themselves for what they would see in a couple of minutes. They were happy JJ was going to be okay, at least fiscally, she would have a long way to recovery but she would eventually. What worried then now was the psychological aspect, what if they had lost her this time? What if wasn´t okay after this? What if the mental recovery wasn´t possible now?
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She was in a room; she knew the room but couldn´t place it. Walking a bit around the blonde woman took in her surroundings. ´I know this place.´ she said in a low voice. ´but from where?´ She then saw a photo frame over a night stand, she went to pick it up when she heard a familiar voice.
"Hi there." The voice said. It was clear and held so much love, JJ could feel it. The blonde turned around slowly her eyes meeting the person who had talked to her, the person she misses so much, the person she lost time ago.
"You…I…how?" Was the only thing JJ could articulate. She was happy and scared at the same time. ´What does this mean for me then?´
First thing: I´m not a doctor (I had to do some researcher for the chapter).
Second: Thanks again for reading! :) Who do you think is the person with JJ?
