Rescue
Suddenly she heard footsteps again and stiffened fearing it was Petersman again. She feared he'd come back to finish the job instead of the dogs. She knew he had every intention in killing her son. It was all her fault. If she'd kept her mouth shut about him being her son he wouldn't have focussed on him. If only he'd focussed on her then her son wouldn't be in this state.
Rossi led the team in with their guns drawn. As soon as they saw what was happening to their boss and friend they gasped in horror and attempted to keep their cool. Flashbacks came back to JJ of the night she'd found herself alone in Tobias Henkel's barn facing man-eating dogs and without even thinking shot dead the dogs currently biting at Aaron's legs.
Rossi ran to his best friend and helped him out of the chains catching him as he fell backwards with Morgan's help while Kate unchained his father. She felt sorry for the lack of respect that had been shown her and handed her a blanket to cover herself with so she could hide her manhood again as soon as possible.
She thanked her then ran to her son with tears rolling down her cheeks who had been laid on the floor so the paramedics could get to him as quickly as possible. They all had tears in their eyes looking at his injuries. There were bite marks all over his legs and two gunshots into his abdomen while another gunshot was in his knee. There were lumps in Rossi and Morgan's throats having seen the whip lashes to his back.
Valarie got down by him and stroked his face crying for him to hold on. "Aaron, I know you you're a fighter. You have been since you were born. I'm so proud of you and know you're going to pull through," she cried.
He opened his eyes trying to bear and grin the pain as the paramedics rushed over. They asked her gently to move out of the way so they could get him onto the stretcher and into the ambulance.
"Dad," he said weakly as they sorted him out as much as they could and placed him on the stretcher.
"I'm still here, son," she answered taking his hand. "I promise you I'm not going anywhere. I'll never leave you again."
"We need to get him into the ambulance as soon as possible and off to the hospital. Who's coming with him?" the paramedics asked as they carried him to the ambulance and placed him inside.
She looked up to the Italian looking man understanding within a space of a few minutes this was Aaron's best friend and his team. She couldn't leave her son and only hoped he understood.
"Fathers should never be separated from their sons," he smiled slightly.
She smiled slightly back and answered, "Will you come with us?"
He nodded and they climbed into the ambulance while he told the others to follow them to the hospital. They nodded and got to their cars while the ambulance drove off towards the nearest hospital.