Hotch and Morgan were wheeled into the trauma rooms of the emergency room of the hospital. Whilst another doctor saw to Morgan, Hotch heard the medic tell the doctor all his details, his vitals, the conditions he was found in etc.

"Okay lets take a look….."

The doctor pulled away the blanket to see Hotch wearing a diaper.

"We didn't want to remove the diaper at the scene and thought it best to wait until he got to the hospital…"

"Good call. Okay I think its safe to remove it now…."

Hotch was clearly embarrassed as the nurse undid and removed the wet diaper.

"Doctor, it's pretty wet. The patient has obviously been using it…"

"Agent Hotchner I need to know but when was the last time you urinated in the diaper?"

"Erm…when the medics were assessing us in the basement….."

"That was about 15 minutes ago sir…We were getting vitals and getting the I.V line into him."

"Okay. We'll see how you go but it's possible you may still need some protection for a few days until your body gets used to not wearing them…."

"You mean to say I might still have to wear those things?"

"Only for a few days. You have been wearing and using them non stop for about 2 weeks. Your body has to get back to you using a normal toilet…..It'll be the same for Agent Morgan and your other 2 friends who were with you…."

"There is NO way I'm going back to wearing those!"

"Let's just see how things turn out okay? Now please try and relax whilst I assess the rest of your body…"

The doctor proceeded to perform a full physical examination and found that, although weak from lack of movement and being tired, his only real problems, apart from the diaper use, lay in his shoulders due to his hands having been chained above his head the whole time. He concluded that Hotch should be admitted, given pain relief for his shoulders, kept on bed rest and given plenty of food and water. He would reassess tomorrow afternoon.

Hotch was covered with a blanket and wheeled into a private 2 bed room with an en-suite bathroom.

"There are towels and soap and gowns and underwear in there if you'd like to shower before getting into bed Agent Hotchner. I'm sure your colleague will be joining you in this room very shortly. Once your friend joins you I'll be back to give you both any medicine you have been prescribed."

"Thank you."

Hotch went into the bathroom and shut the door. He stood under the shower and made sure to wash really well, this being the first shower he'd had since before being taken hostage. Once he felt clean enough, he got out and stood drying himself off. He pulled on a pair of underpants, which made him feel normal for the first time in almost 2 weeks and pulled on a hospital gown before exiting the bathroom, where he found Morgan standing waiting to use the shower.

"Hey, glad to see you looking better after the shower."

"Having a shower and wearing proper underwear feels so great! Enjoy the shower!"

Hotch lay in a bed whilst Morgan went and took a long shower. A few minutes later a refreshed looking Morgan came out wearing a hospital gown and underpants.

"Man I'm never gonna take underwear and normal toilets for granted again!"

"Me neither!"

Neither man wanted to speak of the problems the doctors had said they might have for a few days.

Morgan climbed into the other bed.

Both just lay there as Rossi, Reid, Blake and J.J came into the room.

"Hey your still awake. Looking much better though!"

"Yeah, we feel much better too!"

"What time is it?"

"About midnight. We only came in to say hi before we left you both to get some sleep."

"Rossi, could you stay with us tonight?"

"Sure, you other 3 go back to the hotel and get some sleep. I'll see you back here in the morning. Oh and J.J could you bring their go bags with you? Blake in the morning before you come could you go to the manager's office an collect Hotch's and Morgan's guns, I.D's and wallets from his safe?"

"Sure Rossi. We'll see you in the morning. Its good to have you guys back though!"

"Thank you all so much!"

Reid, J.J and Blake left to go back to the hotel and Rossi sat on a chair between Morgan and Hotch's beds. The nurse entered and gave both agents the pain meds and made sure there was a pitcher full of water and 2 glasses between the beds before leaving.

Before they fell asleep Rossi told them the extra good news.

"Apparently SWAT found all the credit cards you both had taken out of your wallets, including the now infamous FBI expenses credit card.

"Means neither of us have to worry about cancelling and getting new cards….."

"Erm.. Morgan you might still want to check with your bank as they tried to use one of your cards but it failed."

Rossi sat and watched the 2 agents fall asleep. He managed to nod off.