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"Drop the knife Stone!" Morgan shouted from his position just behind Emily. James shook his head and laughed to himself.
"If you didn't notice, I'm the one with the upper hand here. You can't kill me without killing this little princess too." James shook JJ lightly, causing her to swallow hard. She could still taste the blood in her mouth and it made her nauseous.
"You put that knife down and we can talk this out." Hotch added, much calmer than Morgan.
"Are you all as stupid as this one?" James pulled the knife back and pointed it at JJ whose eyes were small, she hadn't yet made any eye contact with the team. She didn't know whether it was due to the embarrassment of the situation or because they'd see how pathetic she looked; playing the part of the victim.
Morgan turned to see Samson, Rossi and Reid approaching them.
"Have you got her?" Rossi eagerly joined Morgan just to be disappointed at the sight of JJ still in his arms. "Damn."
"How're you gonna get out of this one James? You can't leave. SWAT will be all over this place in a few minutes. You let her go; you get out of here alive." Emily tried to reason, lowering her weapon a little.
"Please. As soon as you get a clear shot you'll shoot me, we all know that. I'm not a child." James sneered.
"Like Ben was?" Emily quickly responded, seeing the flash in his eyes, she carried on. "He was ten, he was young and innocent, he's probably watching right now." Emily inched forward, unnoticed by James whose eyes were glazed over.
"Ben wouldn't want to see you like this James. You owe him something. Give her to me." Emily stretched out an arm towards JJ. James still seemed distant; JJ could feel the cool blade loosen around her neck a little. "Please."
James suddenly snapped out of it and pulled JJ closer to him.
"No! What are you doing? Get away from us." JJ staggered back as James pulled her back with him. She whimpered a little, she was just tired. She was losing the will to live.
"James." JJ spoke for the first time in a while, her voice cracked and most of the agents opposite her looked as if they'd just seen a puppy been kicked. "James, listen to me."
"You will speak when spoken to." He grabbed just below the elbow on her left arm where the burn was. JJ screamed out in absolute agony. The team had no idea why, her sleeve was rolled down. Then they saw the blood pooling through the thin fabric.
"Okay, okay." JJ's breathing slowed down as he released the grip.
"JJ, are you okay?" Hotch took a small step into the room. It was probably the most stupid question he'd ever asked in his life.
"I'm having a blast, thanks Hotch." JJ replied with a dark look on her face.
"I told you. Your idiot friends don't really care about you. It's just their job." James pressed his lips to her ear. She shivered uncomfortably at the touch.
"Hey, buddy. There's this thing called personal space." Morgan yelled, frustrated that they could see JJ and were within ten yards of her, yet, they couldn't even touch her.
"We've got over that, haven't we blondie?" James grinned down at JJ. JJ cast her eyes down away from both the team and James. "I think we're at a crossroads here ladies and gentlemen."
There was silence; no one actually knew what to do.
JJ looked around her team, they all looked lost and she didn't know why. It was time for tactics. JJ started to blink furiously.
"JJ?" Emily asked in a curious tone.
"I – I c-can't breathe…" She stuttered before 'passing out' and falling back into James' arms as to not cut her neck on the blade.
"JJ!" Hotch made a step but James was already pressing the knife closer to JJ's neck.
"Stop playing Jayje." James smirked at the 'unconscious' body in his arms. She didn't move, maybe she was dead. James shrugged. "Seems like your girl's not as strong as you thought." He snarled trying to support the dead weight in his arms. While he was struggling with the body he had to use his hand with the knife in to support her arm. This was exactly what JJ was waiting for.
She quickly spun in his arms and threw one hell of a punch. It caught him by surprise. He tried to grab the blonde but only caught her hair. She quickly ducked while spinning her leg around taking his feet out. He hit the ground with a crack.
JJ began to realise what had just happened when she slowly stood from her crouched position on the floor. Her eyes glistening with tears.
"Hey blondie," She heard it. It was quiet but she heard it. She immediately whipped her body round. "Catch." And with that he threw the knife with all of his might in her direction.
Emily could see what was happening and before she even knew it, she was running towards JJ. She dived towards her friend just as he threw the knife. Emily pulled JJ to the ground as fast as she could.
Morgan and Hotch leapt onto the UnSub like a tiger on a deer. He was handcuffed then walked outside where SWAT had just, conveniently, arrived. Morgan tried not to walk Stone into as many walls as possible. Not.
"Jayje." Emily kneeled up from her place on the floor. When the blonde didn't reply or move Emily feared she hadn't gotten to her in time. "Jay…" Emily lay a hand on the blonde's arm and felt a quivering. As Rossi and Reid came rushing toward them Emily slowed them down with a hand.
"Get me an ambulance. Fast." She near snapped at the boys. Rossi nodded and pulled Samson outside with him. Reid just stood, trying to take in all of what had just happened. Emily quickly shuffled around to the front of JJ.
Amidst all of the blood and bruises covering her body, Emily could see the tears slowly slipping down JJ's cheeks. Emily slowly moved her hand towards her best friend's head and began to carefully move the hair away.
"You're safe now." Emily whispered to the closed eyed girl. "We're here for you."
"We're all here for you." Reid approached the two on the ground. JJ reached her right arm out and grabbed Emily's hand not letting go for dear life.
She didn't want to open her eyes. What if it was a dream and she was still under James' surveillance in his crazy world. Everything hurt bad, so bad. The feeling of a soft hand in her bloody one comforted her but only so far.
"James said we didn't care for you." Reid stated, quietly kneeling next to Emily opposite JJ's body on the ground. "If we didn't care for you would Emily have just saved your life?" Reid softened his tone.
"Open your eyes, Jay." Emily begged. There were fait sirens in the distance. JJ didn't budge. Reid looked around for a second before turning back to the girl on the floor.
"There's something you're gonna want to see Jayje." Reid looked to Emily when she stared at him with questionable eyes. "You have to trust me."
JJ wasn't sure, but she had nothing to lose now right? Her eyes crept open, her sight fuzzy from the tears that were stinging them. Emily smiled genuinely for the first time.
"Hey, hey we're here. See, we're right here." Emily placed another reassuring hand on the pale one she was holding. JJ had fully opened her eyes, darting them back and forth lazily.
"Wha – What d-did you..." JJ only managed a small part of the sentence before the lump in her throat cut her off. Sensing JJ's discomfort Reid understood what JJ was trying to ask.
"You want to know how much we love you?" Reid asked rhetorically. JJ didn't nod but just stared at him wide eyed. Reid pushed Emily's shoulder lightly, Emily didn't refuse but she still had no idea what was going on. Soon Emily was facing the back wall, her right side pointed towards JJ.
"Oh my…" JJ took her hand from Emily's and drew it to her mouth. "Emily…" She trailed off her voice a breath.
"What? What's going on?" Emily asked desperately.
"Hold still." Reid placed one hand on her left shoulder and she soon felt pressure against it as she felt Reid pulling something from her vest. "Okay." Reid signalled for her to turn back around. She quickly did so to see Reid holding the knife previously thrown at JJ.
"Was that stuck in my vest?" She stumbled over her words, her voice an octave higher than usual.
"Why did you do that?" A burst of volume Emily and Reid didn't expect from the petite blonde caused them to lean back a little. "You could've died Prentiss! What the hell is wrong with you?" JJ's eyes were still teary but she let the tears fall this time. She struggled with the ground as she tried to push herself up.
"JJ," Emily looked too surprised to speak as JJ was slowly making her way to her feet Emily jumped up before JJ's hands hand even left the ground, as did Reid who was feeling slightly awkward. "I didn't want you to die." She defended honestly.
"You should've let me."
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