Emily was enjoying the quiet of the house as she folded laundry. She had given a deposition on a case she'd consulted on a few months before. Thankfully it had only taken the morning, so she'd taken the rest of the day off. Once she was done she got Katie from the Quantico Daycare and headed home. Now her daughter was taking her nap. Just then she heard the toddler call out to her from the baby monitor.

"Mama, Mama!" came the excited voice.

"I'm coming, baby girl," Emily said as she sat the shirt of Jack's she'd just folded on the couch and got up. Walking into the nursery she lifted Katie from the crib and began tickling her feet. The little girl giggled and kicked her legs. Once Katie's dirty diaper had been changed Emily walked back into the living room and placed the little girl down on a blanket with some of her toys while she went back to folding laundry.

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The ringing of her cell phone grabbed Emily's attention. Glancing at Katie she was satisfied she was safe playing with a stuffed dog so she answered it.

"Hello?" she answered.

"Hi, Emily, it's Haley," came the voice from the other end of the phone.

"Oh, Hi, Haley. How are you?"

"I'm okay, how are you?"

"I'm doing well. I had to give a deposition this morning so I took the entire day off not knowing how long it would take. Now Katie and I are enjoying an afternoon together. Are you sure you're okay, Haley?" the FBI agent checked.

"Yeah, I'm sure, but Jack's in trouble," the mother explained exasperatedly.

"What did he do?" Emily wondered.

"He failed his science test because he forgot to study because he was playing his computer game. I've taken away his laptop for two weeks. The only computers he's allowed to use are mine and yours and Aarons and for homework only," The mother instructed.

"I got it, I'll make sure that Garcia knows it in case we go out on a case," Emily assured.

"Thanks, he's normally such a good student, so this has me really frustrated," Haley replied. "I guess its all part of being 13. I just hope the rest of his teen years aren't full of stunts like this. I don't know what I'll do if they are," Haley lamented.

"Yeah I can…" Emily's sentence was cut short by an ear-piercing scream coming from Katie. Instantly the agent jumped to her feet and took off running like her feet were on fire.

"Emily, what was that? Are you and Katie alright?" Haley demanded nervously.

"I don't know," Emily said as she ran towards the sound of her daughter's screams. Reaching the kitchen, the panicked mother skidded to a stop when she saw her little girl lying on the floor with blood running from her head. Looking around she noticed one of the chairs from the small table they had in the kitchen was turned over on its side and that one of the corners had blood on it.

"Katie, oh my god! She's bleeding, my baby's head is bleeding," she cried hysterically. Haley gasped at the words.

"Emily, calm down. You need to calm down and listen to me, okay?" she called gently.

"But she's bleeding, oh god, there's so much of it," Emily whimpered.

"I understand that, but Katie needs you to be calm. Take a couple deep breaths for me," Haley instructed. Slowly Emily did what she was told, but it wasn't really working.

"It's not working, I'm trying, but it's not working. This looks so bad," she commented.

"I know it does, sweetie. Head wounds usually look worse than they actually are. I'm about five minutes from your house; we just reached the exit for my house. Jack and I will be there soon. Grab a cloth and apply pressure. Can you do that for me?" Haley coaxed.

"Y-y-Yes I can," the anxious mother replied.

"Good, just keep pressure on it. I'm having Jack call Aaron; I'll have him meet us at the hospital. Do you want me to stay on the phone with you?" she asked gently.

"Will you?" Emily requested.

"Of course I can. Has the bleeding stopped yet?"

"No, but it might have slowed a bit."

"That's good, any idea what happened?

"She was asleep when we got home so I put her in her crib then came downstairs to put the dishes in the dish washer then I started folding laundry. I forgot to close the baby gate into the kitchen and she must have wandered in here while we were on the phone. It looks like she was trying to climb on a chair and the chair tipped over sending her with it," Emily explained. Haley's heart broke; she could tell that Katie's cries hadn't diminished much.

"We're pulling into your driveway now. Is the door unlocked?"

"Yeah."

"I'm hanging up and we're coming in," Haley said as she and Jack got out of the car and rushed up the driveway.

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"You've reached Supervisory Special Agent In Charge Aaron Hotchner, Unit Chief for the BAU. I can't take your call right now, please leave a detailed message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible." Jack growled as he got his father's voicemail.

"Any luck?" his mom asked as they entered the house. Jack shook his head and began dialing Dave's number.

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"Rossi," came Dave's voice.

"Hi Uncle Dave, its Jack. Do you know where my dad is?" the eldest Hotchner child questioned.

"He's in a meeting with Strauss and the directory, why?" Rossi asked uneasily.

"Katie's hurt and Mom and I are taking her and Emily to the Emergency Room," the teen informed the male agent.

"Okay, I'll get Aaron out of the meeting and tell him to head to the hospital. Hang in there, kiddo," Dave encouraged.

"I will, I've got to go. Mom's back with Emily and Katie," Jack said hanging up the phone and climbing back into the car while his mom got Emily settled in the backseat with Katie in her arms. He just hoped his baby sister wasn't hurt too badly.

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"Excuse me, but Aaron, you need to come with me," Dave demanded entering the room where the meeting was taking place.

"We're in the middle of something, Agent Rossi," Strauss said icely.

"I don't care what you're in the middle of right now. Aaron's daughter is being rushed to the hospital because she got hurt. So if you'll excuse us, we have somewhere more important to be," the Italian responded as he hurried out the door a clearly shocked Hotch in his wake.

TBC?

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