chapter 14

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this story will become very dark and may contain material that upsets some peoole

RATED : Mature Audiences only

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In the ambulance was the shell of Emily Prentiss. The once strong and brace woman was left lying on the stretcher, completely defeated. She tried her best to keep her walls up, and show no emotion to any of them. JJ sat next to her and she could feel the burning empathy pouring into her.

"JJ, I'm fine. I promise."

JJ nodded and grabbed her hand. She couldn't imagine what was going on in Emily's head.

The young red headed EMT had already hooked up multiple wires and monitors to Emily's fragile body. She had heart monitors on her chest and a blood pressure monitor on her arm.

The young EMT kept cleaning Emily's wounds on her wrists and Emily flinched every time she touched them.

JJ saw Emily squeeze her eyes close and her mouth would open and he would let out a hissing noise.

The EMT told Emily to lie back on the stretcher so she could check her abdominal wounds.

That's when Emily began feeling nauseous and light headed.

"I don't...I don't feel.." She tried mumbling out but suddenly the urge to throw up was overwhelming.

She turned to the side of the stretcher and emptied the contents of her stomach onto the floor.

When she turned back her forehead was covered in beads of sweat and she could feel her body shaking. Her eyes began fluttering and it took more effort to keep them open.

"Emily? Em what's wrong?" JJ said, panic rising in her voice.

"Ma'm, please sit down." The red headed EMT instructed her. "Emily, tell

me what's wrong. Emily open your eyes for me."

Emily could hear the voices and pried her eyes open. She felt JJ's soft hand holding onto hers as if by holding her hand she could keep Emily alive.

"My...my stomach..is..killing me." Emily managed to get out in between breaths of pain. She was wiggling around on the stretcher to try and escape the sudden and pain.

The EMT lifted up the bloody light blue night gown and started moving much quicker.

"Ok, Emily you have lots of deep cuts and they are infected. I also think you have some internal bleeding, but you're going to be okay." The EMT tried to reassure her.

She felt the surge of oxygen when the oxygen mask was placed over her face. Once again she felt the grounding hands of JJ grasped to hers. She turned her head to face JJ.

She just started at JJ. Pleading with her to let her go. To let her go of this pain.

"Emily no! Do not give up! You are so strong, and I know you will get through this!" JJ told her, "Emily stay with me!"

JJ watched as Emily's big brown eyes blinked and she could hear the faint words of "I'm sorry" escape under the oxygen mask. Then the frantic beeping of the heart monitor started blaring through the ambulance.

"What's our ETA?" The red head screamed to the driver.

"Four minutes!"

All JJ could do was sit back and watch the young woman frantically work to keep her friend alive.

.CM.

In the SUV's, nobody said anything. They had left shortly after the ambulance and JJ had told them where to go. The house was still being investigated and processed, but Hotch agreed they needed to be there for Emily.

Morgan sat in the back seat of the car while Hotch drove. He didn't understand how he kept calm in situations like these.

Well they had never been in this type of situation he realized.

Morgan was trying to figure out why she was acting so strange with him. He thought she would be happy to see him. He was her partner, he should've been the one she went to for help. Not that he was mad she went to JJ, no they are best friends. But he was still confused.

Then it began to dawn on him.

"I'm a man." He realized.

She had just been tortured for days by men, and in her eyes he was no different.

He had to be there for her. He couldn't let her be alone. He would just have to do it on her time. When she was ready for his presence. He would be there for her, no matter what.

They pulled up and Hotch parked in the closest spot to the door. As soon as they got out of the door, they could see JJ standing inside the glass doors. Morgan noticed her posture. She looks scared and worried. He took off running towards the big glass doors.

When he pushed through them, he immediately went to her.

"JJ? What happened? Where is she?" He continued shooting out questions at her.

"Stop! Morgan!" She suddenly yelled at him, "wait for Hotch and Rossi to get here. I want to tell you all at once.

Then Hotch and Rossi had made it to meet them.

"Reid is on his way, and so is Garcia." Rossi informed them.

They all nodded then looked at JJ.

"She was okay when we got in the ambulance. Insisting she was fine, and talking to me." JJ said, tears stinging her eyes, "then she started breathing heavily and her eyes were fluttering."

Everyone was intently listening to her as she told them what happened. Morgan was rubbing his hand over his head and closed his eyes once in a while.

"Then she..the EMT put an oxygen mask on her and she looked at me. Guys I've never seen the look she gave me on anyone. She was pleading with me to let her go." JJ said wiping away tears, "then the monitors started beeping."

"What did the EMT's do?" Rossi asked, concerned for his friend who he considered a daughter.

"When we got here they rushed her into a room, and then told me they were taking her to emergency surgery." JJ replied.

The reality of Emily's situation started to sink in. Hotch walked away, and Rossi paced the floor.

A nurse brought them to a waiting room and they all sat down. Nobody said a word as they waited for any updates.