Chapter 6 fractures and wedding planning
Cruising on patrol at 3 am showed a different side of New York; it brought out the strangest members of society. Having just finished their meal break, they were on foot patrol, enjoying the cool evening walking off their chilly dogs.
"I don't think I needed the spiced fries with my dog." Emily burped while rubbing her belly. "Excuse me!"
JJ just smiled at her partner, gently rubbing her back, "A good walk will be good for you." She smiled
"Emphasis on the walk; any running is all yours. I'd puke if I ran. Strauss would love that a PURP escaped because I was throwing up." Emily groaned
They continued walking along the sidewalk, talking and looking out for trouble. If both women were honest, trouble always found them. Little did they know how correct they were.
"Have you decided on a wedding date yet?" Emily asked JJ
"We would both like it as soon as possible, but finding the time to arrange it is a problem with our workloads. We are both going to take a week off soon to get the arrangements started." JJ smiled
"Just let me and Tracey know what you want us to do." Emily smiled
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They had finished their foot patrol and were on the way back to their parked RMP. They decided to cut through an alleyway.
"Did you hear that? Partner" JJ asked Emily
Emily was about to tell her partner she hadn't heard a thing when she heard what sounded like whimpering.
"Yeah, it sounds like it's behind that dumpster. Let's take a look; it's probably cats."; Emily replies, walking towards the dumpster flashlight out.
Emily and JJ pull the dumpster forwards and see four children around 5 or 6, all looking malnourished and petrified of them.
"Hey, it's ok where the police your all safe. What are you doing out here at this time of night?" JJ asked kids always seemed to trust their partner. "My name is Jennifer, and this is Emily. Where going to pick you up, is that ok?" Smiled JJ
The two officers slide behind the dumpster to pick up the four young children. The children looked petrified at the girls approaching. JJ and Emily continued to talk to them, trying to calm them down. The children allowed them to pick them up, and they still looked petrified. These poor children would not make eye contact with either woman. They carried them out into the alleyway and sat them down on a couple of clean boxes to look them over.
JJ gasped, seeing the state of the four children. You didn't need to be a police officer to see they had been severely abused. She gently grabbed the closest child's hand and gently rubbed her thumb over the back of her hand. JJ suddenly heard a thudding sound behind her. She turned to the sound only to see a baseball ball about to hit her head. JJ raised her right arm to take the impact.
"RUN, KIDS! RUN!" Emily managed to slur. She had been blitzed from behind. Her head felt fuzzy. She knew she had a concussion and a cut above her eye, and she could feel the blood dripping down her face.
The two assailants looked down at the two officers on the floor.
"Those kids are our cash cow; you BITCHES let them get away. You both far too old for my taste, but you will do." The older man told the two officers.
A brown van pulled into the alley, and a well dressed middle-aged woman got out. She walked over to Emily and JJ on the floor, looking them both over. She walked over to Emily and kicked her in the head repeatedly until she lost consciousness.
"Leave her alone bitch!" Slurred JJ
"You really shouldn't have said that." The woman replied with venom. Pulling JJ's taser from her utility belt, she repeatedly zapped her laughing at her involuntary spasms. She bored quickly and started kicking JJ in the head.
After 10 minutes, the three bored of hurting Emily and JJ. They both had broken arms and severe head injuries, and rib bruising. Emily was unconscious and had been for the last five minutes. JJ was talking incoherently; the only identifiable word was Emily.
"Shoot them with their guns, then let's find them, damn kids." The woman ordered
The two men remove the service weapons from Emily and JJ's utility belts and press them to their heads. "On 3...1...2..."
'Bang, Bang'
Both male assailants lay dead on top of Emily and JJ. "NYPD HALT!" Morgan yells at the woman running away.
'BANG! BANG!'
The fleeing woman suddenly collapsed to the floor, two bullet holes in her thigh
"Keep your hands where I can see them!" Tracy Prentiss yelled, approaching the fallen woman
Tracey arrived at the woman, flipped her onto her stomach and handcuffed her. Leaning down to her, she whispered, "you better pray she makes it, Bitch."
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The paramedics had loaded Emily and JJ into the ambulance, JJ's disappeared off to the E.R and Tracey was stepping up into the ambulance
"Officer Prentiss, where do you think you're going? You can't leave the scene without talking to the detectives." Lt Strauss told Tracey
"I'm going to the hospital with my wife, Ma'am," Tracey told Strauss
"No, your not an officer. You will follow protocol. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? THAT'S AN ORDER!": Strauss told her
Tracey looked at Morgan and mouthed sorry to him
"Go fuck your self Ma'am. I'm going to the hospital with my wife, and YOU want my shield; you know where I am." An exceptionally emotionally stressed Tracey yelled at Strauss.
The ambulance's doors shut and receive a bang on them, indicating it's time to go. An RMP escorts the ambulance to ensure the journey is swift
EJ
Emily and JJ are taken straight to the O.R; Tracey is lost. She doesn't know what to do. She feels hands guide her to a chair and make her sit. Her partner Mark sits down next to her holding her hand; he doesn't say a word but pulls her head down onto his shoulder. She loses little control over her emotions, and the flood gates open.
"I can't lose her, Mark. I'm nothing without my soul mate. Oh, the girls, does Elizabeth know?" Tracey blurts out.
"Sarg told Elizabeth's C.O she is being flown in as we speak. The girls are with Clare at our home. Do you want them here?" Mark tells her.
Morgan walks in, comforting Elizabeth, still dressed in her flight suit. She sees Tracey and runs across to her. Tracey stands, and they both embrace and burst into tears, collapsing to the floor. Morgan, Mark and Hotch help the two ladies to a chair.
"MOMMA, MOMMA." Vanessa and Ellie shout, walking in with Clare
"Oh, babies, come here," Tracey asked and opened her arms, inviting them both in
The two girls leap into Tracey's embrace, Elizabeth joins in the family hug.
The four sit in the waiting room for what seemed like days, after 3 hours. Two doctors walk into the waiting room
"Family of Jennifer Jareau and Emily Prentiss?" The doctor's announced
"Here."
Clare takes the two girls down to the cafeteria for some ice cream whilst the doctor tells them about Emily and JJ
"Just tell us both together, doc it will save us from having to tell each other again," Elizabeth tells the doctor
The doctors both nod " Jennifer first, she has a severe concussion, fractured left eye socket, broken left and right radius and ulnar. Sorry fractured forearm. Her ribs are bruised. But our main concern is her heart; multiple electric shocks hit her from her taser. Her heart rate is high and irregular. We're hoping it will resolve its self without further intervention. We have placed her in a medically induced coma, and she is in the ICU at the moment. We can take you up to see her when you are ready." The doctor finished and shook both the ladies hands
"Thank you," Elizabeth tells the doctor
"Emily, she has a severe concussion, broken left and right forearms, three fractured ribs and the same as Jennifer were concerned about her heart. We have placed her in a medical endured coma in the ICU. We can take you up to her when you are ready." The doctor finished.
"Will they wake up? Will they have any lasting disabilities? What happens if their hearts don't respond?"Elizabeth and Tracey fired quick questions at the doctors.
"They should wake up everything else we will be able to tell once we can talk with them. I'm sorry I can't answer your questions any better. Don't hesitate to call me if you have any further questions." They both smile and walk away.
A nurse approached them "if you follow me, I will take you to their room. We found if they were together, their heart rates slowed down considerably. It was the most peculiar thing when we separated them everything whet haywire. They must be extremely close friends." Smiled the nurse.
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Elizabeth and Tracey walked into the ICU room looking at the mountain of machines surrounding Emily and JJ; Elizabeth looked on at the swollen and bruised face of her wife down to the dayglow purple casts on both arms.
"Oh sweetie, look at what they've done to your beautiful face, don't you dare leave me. I need help to raise our girls." Tracey whispered
She walked over to Emily and sat down, taking her casted hand in her own, gently rubbing her thumb over Emily's fingers. Vanessa climbed onto Tracey's lap and held her mum's thumb. Ellie had climbed onto Elizabeth's lap and held JJ's thumb giving both her aunts some love.
The night passed with little change. The doctors decided they would bring them both out of their medical induced coma's. The doctors administered the appropriate drugs and removed their breathing tubes.
"How are they doing, Tracey?" Morgan asked
"There still concerns about their hearts, but they removed the breathing tubes this morning. They should both wake up any time." Tracey tiredly told him.
"Good, the woman you shot last night gave us a large paedophile ring. They arrested the majority of the members last night and early this morning. The four girls they saved last night have been reunited with their families and looked after in the children's ward. I'm sorry, but Strauss has suspended you for a month for insubordination. I will bring the paperwork in for you to sign tonight." Morgan smiled
"Thanks, Sarg." Tracey smiled, giving him a hug
"Miss goody, two shoes is in trouble; I'm shocked." Croaked Emily from her hospital bed
"MOM! EMILY!" Tracey and the girl's shout
They walk up to Emily to see a crooked smile on her face. "How's Jennifer?" Emily asked, very concerned
"Over there, she is about as good as you, head injury, both forearms broken and bruised ribs. She has not woken up yet." Tracey tells her
"How do you feel, Emily?" Elizabeth asked
"I feel amazing, but alas, that might be something to do with these amazing narcotics flowing around my bloodstream." Smiled a very high Emily
"Morgan told us the four girls you both saved have been reunited with their families. We managed to break a large paedophile ring because of you two hard heads." Elizabeth replied with pride.
"Hi." Whispered JJ
Everyone turned around from Emily's bed and laughed. "Can't stand being left out, sweetheart." Smiled Elizabeth
"You two are both grounded." Vanessa and Ellie looked at Elizabeth in shock "not you girls, your mum and aunt JJ." Both girls look on in relief.
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The next few days found Emily and JJ improving enough to transfer the ICU to standard hospital rooms. The staff made the mistake of placing them in separate rooms; after four hours, they had driven the staff mad with requests to pass messages on to each other. They moved them into a shared room to give them some peace.
The story of the paedophile ring taken down was now on every news outlet in the city. Everyone wanted an interview with Emily and JJ about saving the four children.
"Sarg, we got the crap beaten out of us and nearly killed, that's not newsworthy, and we are not being interviewed. Let Strauss have the limelight." JJ told Morgan
Both JJ's and Emily's heart monitors started alarming, and nurses ran in. They told everyone to leave. Unfortunately, Lt Strauss chose to visit her injured officers at the wrong time. Tracey Prentiss saw red and approached her finger-pointing
"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT BECAUSE YOU WANT YOUR TEN MINUTES FAME." Screamed Tracey at Strauss, "you know they don't do interviews. They don't do their jobs for that. They are now having heart rate problems."
"THAT'S ENOUGH, OFFICER." Capt Rossi ordered.
Rossi approached Strauss and Tracey, asking them why two of his officers were yelling in the middle of a hospital corridor. Morgan stepped up and explained Strauss's request for his visit and JJ and Emily's high heart rate. Rossi ordered Strauss back to the precinct. He increased Tracey's suspension by a further month.
Elizabeth and Tracey were called back into the hospital room. They had managed to calm Emily and JJ's heart rate down. Both women were now sleeping.
EJ
Emily and JJ sat at home after being discharged that afternoon with strict instructions on keeping their heart rate below 120 beats per minute and their stress levels down. The doctors needn't worry as they had everything controlled by Elizabeth and Tracey; they even had their coffee rationed to two cups a day.
"Ladies, while I appreciate the assistance, you are both doing my head in lurking. Can we all sit down and start planning my wedding, please." JJ pleaded with Elizabeth and Tracey, "I promise we will be good girls, won't we, Em?"
Emily sat with the two girls on her knee, reading Alice in wonderland to them making some funny noises; Ellie was hysterical at the funny voices Emily was making, so she missed JJ talking to her
"Emily", JJ shouts. Emily was so engrossed in reading she still didn't reply
JJ threw a cushion at Emily hitting her squarely in the face. "What, can't you see? I'm busy." She replied angrily
"We are going to sit down and start arranging the wedding," JJ replied
"I'm going to sort the cake out, and I like cake," Emily tells everyone. The room erupted into fits of laughter.
"WHAT! I like cake." Emily replied, her eyes closed, smiling.
Emily final admitted defeat and joined everyone at the table to help with the wedding planning. Things were going well until JJ and Elizabeth disagreed over what to wear for the wedding and reception. After the three women argued for three hours, Emily finally had reached her breaking point.
"STOP IT NOW!" Screamed Emily, JJ, Elizabeth and Tracey instantly stopped and looked at Emily open-mouthed.
"Our eight-year-olds are far more mature than the three of you, and I'm tempted to let you argue all day on the sun terrace and leave us to read our book. But to set an example to Vanessa and Ellie on behaving her, we go. Both of you get married in your dress uniforms." Emily is interrupted by three bickering women. Emily shuts them up by throwing a cushion at them.
"Before I was rudely interrupted, you get married in your dress uniforms and then change into a sexy dress that you have both chosen for each other to wear or the reception," Emily told them, completely exasperated.
Elizabeth and JJ both get up and kiss her telling her they love it. They are interrupted by the doorbell ringing. Elizabeth answered the door to find Morgan standing there with a man and a woman. She invites them in and brings them to the living room.
"This is Mr and Mrs Wilkes, the parents of Amy, one of the girls you saved; they wanted to thank you personally," Morgan tells everyone
"Thank you doesn't seem enough, but THANK YOU for saving our Amy. How are you both feeling?" Amy's farther Robert asked
"We are both fine; it looks worse than it is. It's giving JJ and Elizabeth time to plan their wedding. How is Amy?" Emily asked
"It's going to be a long road to recovery both physically and mentally, but we will be there for her as much as she needs us." Robert smiled,
"The woman that you shot Tracey, she has a plea agreement with the D.A and has been very cooperative. The network was city-wide. We have managed to take a lot of sick people out of circulation, even an NYPD officer. Strauss has again asked me to get you both to agree to a TV interview, and she will squash your two-month suspension Tracey." Morgan tells the group, ready for the explosion.
Tracey points to JJ and Emily, "you two quiet, sit down and keep calm remember your Hearts. Morgan, she is not blackmailing them with my suspension to get them on TV. I quit. You can keep my shield. My wife's health is more important to me." She tells Morgan and walks out of the room
Emily and JJ look at Tracey as she disappears out of the room. "We quit as well, sarge screw Strauss. She is not worth the stress. She is welcome to the limelight, and we are both done. It's been a pleasure working with you." JJ tells him.
Morgan leaves the apartment sad that three officers have quit because of one woman's need for promotion and hatred of two officers success.
Emily finds Tracey in their bedroom on the phone to Mark, her old partner explaining what she had done and apologising. He told her not to worry, and he would see her later.