"You take the front, I'll go around the back" Prentiss said to the officer before heading around the back of the warehouse, finding a door and quietly opening it. She stepped inside, holding her gun up as she inspected the area. Her eyes were drawn to a girl lying on the floor "Olivia" she said quietly as she walked towards the girl, kneeling down beside her.
The girl opened her eyelids slightly as she looked at Prentiss "where is he?" she whispered.
Prentiss looked around the room but couldn't see anything "I'm not sure, I'm going to look around and go get help" she said quietly as she stood up, continuing her search. She heard a gunshot and quickly spun around to find the source of the noise. She saw movement from the corner of her eye and before she could react, she felt a bullet pierce into her side. She fell to the floor in pain as she saw a man walk towards her.
JJ's head shot to the front door "did you hear that?" she asked Reid.
Reid nodded his head and the two of them ran out the warehouse, bumping into Rossi, Alvez, Simmons and Lewis.
"Are you all okay?" Rossi asked and the others all nodded their heads.
JJ's face dropped when she realised who wasn't with them. "Emily" she said as she ran off to the warehouse that Prentiss went to, the others quickly following behind her. When JJ reached the front, she noticed the officer that went with Prentiss down on the ground, he has been shot but still had a pulse. She whispered to Alvez and Lewis to help him and get him a medic whilst the others carefully went inside.
Josh held Prentiss over a tub of water "Shooting isn't usually my thing, but when I realised the FBI had become involved, I needed to be protected" he said as he pushed Prentiss's head under the water, smiling as he watched her thrash.
"Josh Smith, FBI, let her go and put your hands up" JJ yelled as she had her gun pointed at him and the others fanned out.
Josh pulled Prentiss from the water and held her in front of him, pushing the gun into her side where he had shot her before, causing her to wince out in pain. "I think I prefer to keep her for protection" he said.
"Not a wise choice" Reid yelled "we have you surrounded, how do you think this is going to go?"
"I don't think you'd put your agent at risk, so I think it will go in my favour. If those stupid college girls minded their own business, we wouldn't even be here" he said angrily.
The team tried to talk Josh down, but he wasn't listening to them. Whilst they were all yelling with each other Alvez had snuck around the back, gaining the perfect angle to get Josh. When Josh moved the gun and aimed it at Prentiss's temple, Alvez fired the gun, causing Josh to fall to the ground and knock Prentiss through the opening in the floor that led down to the sea.
JJ quickly handed her gun and phone to Reid as she ran, diving through the gap into the sea. She swam with the current and found Prentiss had wrapped herself against one of the wharf poles. "Em" she said as she swam over.
"JJ" Prentiss whispered as her eyes began fluttering shut.
"Em, I need you to stay with me okay? We just have to swim over to the beach, but I need you awake, I need you to help me"
"I.." Prentiss began coughing, a mix of blood and water coming from her mouth.
JJ pried one of Prentiss's arms off the pole, wrapping her arm over the top then under, the back of her hand resting on Prentiss's back. "Lie back" she said as Prentiss let go of the pole, listening to JJ as she lied back. JJ got Prentiss's head to rest on her shoulder, her free hand moving to Prentiss's forehead as she began to swim them back to the beach.
Reid and Alvez were down on the beach and once JJ was closer to shore they ran out into the water to help bring Prentiss in. Once she was on the sand the medics came down and loaded her onto the gurney taking her to the ambulance.
"Go with her" Reid said to JJ. "We will all meet you there."
JJ nodded her head and raced off to the ambulance, climbing in the back and holding Prentiss's hand. When they were close to the hospital Prentiss slowly opened her eyes and looked over at JJ. "You're cute" she whispered before her eyes fell shut and she began coding.
Tears formed in JJ's eyes "please don't leave me" she whispered as she moved out of the way.
The paramedic jumped up from his seat and began to perform CPR. It felt like hours before they finally reached the hospital and JJ jumped out, following them into the emergency room, watching as the team came and hooked Emily up to the monitors and stopping CPR once her heart rhythm started again. JJ tried to follow them when they wheeled her away.
A nurse stood in front of her, a sympathetic smile on her face "I'm sorry sweetie, but they are taking her into surgery, and you can't go in there." JJ stood frozen, not being able to find any words. The nurse grabbed her arm and led her down the hall, stopping to grab a blanket and some pants and a shirt for JJ to change into before leading her to the waiting room "when I have an update, I'll come out and tell you" she said before disappearing.
JJ went to the bathroom and changed her clothes before wrapping herself in the blanket and sitting down in one of the chair, soon the team joined her "How is she?" Lewis asked.
"They've taken her into surgery" JJ said quietly "so now we wait."
Everyone took a seat, Reid sitting next to JJ as he gently rubbed her back. "She's strong, she will be okay" he whispered.
JJ nodded her head "I just feel like we are here way too often" she said, as she rested her head on his shoulder. "I shouldn't have let her go off on her own."
"She went with an officer. This isn't your fault JJ, and you know Prentiss, she is stubborn so I don't think there is anything you could have said to make her not go in."
JJ sighed "how is Olivia?"
"She is a little shaken up but she's okay, she's currently getting checked but should be right to go home. She said she wasn't going to be playing investigator anymore."
"All they wanted was for someone to believe them" she said quietly as she felt her eyes grow heavy. She tried to fight it but sleep eventually won.
