United We Stand- A cinny-ster fic

Disclaimer:

As always I do not own any part of ABC, CBS, or Criminal Minds. For entertainment purposes only. Any resemblance to person's living, dead or fictional is purely coincidental.

United We Stand is part of an on going Criminal Minds based story with returning original fictional characters, and the original characters from the show. United is broken down into three separate stories that focuses on an unsub that is on a mission based killing spree. Return of a main character and a familiar face from 52 pick-up in the third part of the series. The introduction of Julianne Weaver is in The Butcher's mind parts 1&2.

Thanks,

Cinny

Chapter Ten

Rossi got off the ground and looked at his leg. His pants were torn and he spread the material apart to see where the bullet hit him. A small amount of blood was seeping through his jeans and running down his leg. Damn it, this is the second time in 18 months I've been shot.

"Hotch, will you please remove the blasted bulls eye from my back!" Rossi glanced at Hotch, who was staring straight ahead. A few seconds passed and he continued to stare off into the distance.

A moment of deafening calm followed by reality settling in. Hotch looked over at the people on the ground maybe twenty five feet away. He should be able see to who was there and if they were hurt, but his mind refused to process it. One by one the images began to make sense. The SUV littered with bullet holes, broken glass scattered around. The distant fleeting memory of someone, a male's voice screaming "Gun!" The hard concrete as he was shoved to the pavement, the sound of gunfire and screeching tires. The feel of his gun in his hand, the concern for his team's safety. Emily Prentiss and Alex Kozel talking along side of the SUV. That is who is on the ground.

He wondered, 'Was I shot? Is that why this feels like a dream?' Hotch hadn't realized when Dave shoved him down, he landed flat on his back and had the wind knocked out of him. He had reached for his gun not even get it clear of its holster.

"Are you hurt?"

Rossi's voice broke through the confusion. 'No, I'm not, but they are.' He only thought those words. Suddenly, as if a switch was turned on in his brain, Hotch sprung into action. He screamed into his radio

"Agents down!" as he took off running. Pain exploded in his chest as he ran, he ignored it. It was incredibly difficult to breath and still he pushed on. He had to know if Emily was alright.

"Prentiss!"

It took a second for Rossi to realize what Hotch just said. He had assumed that Prentiss and Kozel were fine and were getting to their feet. He was too concerned with Hotch's stunned behavior to realize they had gotten hurt, or worse. Rossi ran after hotch as fast as his injury allowed.

Reid fired at the SUV from ground level. He had hit the deck as soon as the shooting began. He shot the back window of the vehicle and it shattered. The SUV swerved wildly before getting back under control and speeding off down the road. He heard Hotch's desperate cries and looked over to where He and Rossi had been moments before. Hotch was running across the parking lot towards a heap of bodies lying on the ground. Reid could not make out who or how many people lie there. He sprung to his feet and in the confusion forgot where Julie was. Panic washed over him as he sprinted across the parking lot. His gun still in his hand, he ran to Hotch. He caught up to Rossi and quickly passed him. He could hear Hotch yelling Emily's name. There was movement and Reid relaxed just a bit. Julie was safe and Prentiss was alive. He reached Hotch a second after Aaron got to Emily. She pushed Alex's lifeless body off of her.

"You've been shot!" Hotch yelled at her.

Emily shook her head, "It's not my blood! It's not mine!" Hysteria took hold of Emily as she realized Alex was dead.

Hotch got down on his knees and held Emily as she cried. Rossi checked for a pulse on Alex Kozel knowing he wouldn't find one. Kozel had been shot multiple times and one was a head shot.

"Alex…oh God no! Let go of me, please, Hotch, Please!" Emily struggled in Hotch's arms for a few seconds before collapsing against him and wailing. He held her tightly as grief washed over her. He didn't wonder why she reacted this way he just let her get it out.

Reid looked behind them, back to the building; the glass at the front door had shattered and was spread out all over the ground. He noticed something lying there in between the two sets of doors. Confusion made him unable to make out what it was for a few seconds. Then he noticed a shoe sticking halfway out the door. A woman's shoe, Reid took off running back to the building.

Rossi thought maybe the SUV was returning when Reid took off. He turned around and saw the broken glass of the BAU front doors. The person who shot at them had missed completely and shot the building instead. Rossi only had a graze wound. That puzzled him because they were in the clear and nothing prevented them from being shot. The Unsub could have easily taken both of them out in seconds. He scanned the street trying to figure this out in his mind when he looked at the door once again. A body lies between the doors. He looked at Reid running back towards the building. His heart sank in his chest when he heard Reid scream, "It's JJ!"