Chapter One bomb disposal and fall out's

The team had been hunting for a Unsub for the past five days, who liked to kidnap people and strap bombs to their chest. He would leave them in a derelict building and use a cell phone call to initiate a timer. This was to let the victim suffer prior to the bomb detonation. The team had difficulty finding the Unsub as victimology was all over the place. The break came when Garcia traced a batch of screws he had used.

The team stood outside a derelict 1910 factory, they believed he had his bomb factory somewhere inside. Hotch sent Emily and JJ around the rear of the factory.

"All teams make soft entry" hotch announces

Emily picks the lock, JJ pushes the door open slowly gun raised. They enter and proceed along the hallway. "Stop, did you hear that?" Emily whispers

JJ nods "in there, follow me I've got the right!"

She steps to the right after entering, proceeding slowly when she noticed a rather large rat scurry across the floor. She smiles to herself

"GET OUT... !" Screamed Emily

JJ turns to run, she feels the floor shaking

CRACK... CRACK... "Eeeemily... "

Emily watched as the floor collapsed seemingly swallowing JJ. She couldn't get close to the hole in the floor In case she fell through. "Agent down Main floor," Emily reported into her radio.

JJ hit the floor hard landing heavily onto her back Dust was swirling every where. Out the corner of her eye she noticed movement, too late she recognised the shoe. It connected with her temple and blackness ensued She never felt the Unsub dragging her unconscious body off.

Emily had found her way down to the floor JJ had fallen too. She slowly advanced along the corridor towards the hushed voices, she could hear JJ she sounded terrified

"Don't worry agent you won't feel too much," the Unsub smirks running hid hand down her forehead . He then activates the bomb strapped around her chest.

"FBI HALT, STOP WHAT YOUR DOING!" Emily yelled

"STOP MOVING ADRIAN TAYLOR, I WILL SHOOT" Emily commands

He doesn't heed Emily's warning and goes to press the detonator. She brings the front sight of her Glock to his mouth and squeezed her trigger smoothly twice. With great satisfaction he crumpled to the floor like someone had cut his strings.

"Detonation sequence activated, 5 minutes, 4 minutes 59 seconds!" The monotone voice from the speaker on the bomb. Emily kneeled down at the side of JJ and examines the bomb.

"Just leave me. And save yourself Em.."JJ tells her

"No, you have Will to get back too.." Emily tells her. Thinking back to the time she had chosen the southern detective over her.

"4 minutes 7 seconds" the bomb chirps, snapping Emily out of her daydreaming.

She traces the wires from the detonator to the power source. Thanking her time as Lauren Reynolds the arms dealer. She separates the blue wire from the bundle, opens her lock knife

"You know I love you Emily? I was a coward picking William, he was the safe option. I was scared to come out as gay. I picked him I just wanted to tell you," JJ tells Emily

Emily cuts the wire deactivating the device. She looks into JJ's eyes "really it's a shame that declaration of love, is 18 months 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours too late. You should of woman upped at the time, and not waited for a near death experience!" Emily tells JJ with venom in her voice.

Emily turns around and walks away telling hotch "all clear!"

"Wait up Em. Wait up," JJ shouts. She grabs Emily's arm to stop her. "Look at me!" Please Emily.

Emily turns and faces her "What!" She snapped

"I'm going to leave him, I've never loved him he was the safe option. It was always you I loved." JJ tells her with shame in her eyes

"WHAT!" Emily spits out "it takes nearly dying 18 months 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours, after breaking, no shattering my heart into a million pieces. To conclude taking the safe non controversial solution was wrong!" Emily shouts at her, her whole body is now shaking with rage.

"NO... " you had your chance. "We can stay friend's , I don't have enough boxes to fit a second broken heart in and it would definitely kill me" she tells JJ walking away to Morgan and Rossi.

"What's the matter Emily." Rossi asks as he noticed the tears forming in her eyes.

"I'm a little emotional, bomb disposal does that to me," she joked. "Can we get going back to Quantico, I have a date with a bottle of wine and a hot bath?" She smiles

Rossi "are we not waiting for JJ?"

"No," Emily reply's a little to sharply

Rossi raises a eyebrow to Morgan. " okay Emily, I won't keep you from your hot dates" he smirked

Morgan asks "everything okay with you and JJ?"

"YES" she exclaimed a little louder than she wanted

"Ok, princess."

"You know.." Morgan starts to say before Emily cuts him off with "l'm fine DEREK please leave it."

He knows to drop it for now or she will shut him down completely. He knows something has happened between JJ and Emily as in the 6 years he has know the pair of them, this is a first, them travelling in separate vehicles. He decides to speak to JJ in the morning.

JJ feels terrible, but she needs to end it with Will tonight. Being strapped to a bomb has opened her eyes doing the safe things in life will not make her happy.

With her mind made up she puts her go bag in her SUV after finishing at Quantico and sets off home for her showdown with Will.