Chapter 8 Teddy special and overdose's
"WHAT!" Yelled Emily and JJ at Morgan
Morgan couldn't hold back his laugh any longer. " you are both to report to the commissioner dressed in your bear suits. He has asked for you both to take part as the star's in 1PP's charity car wash." Morgan's belly laughed as he told the two pissed off officers, "he has even sent a car for you." Smirked Morgan
Emily and JJ get changed into their NYPD teddy bear suits and walk out to the front of the precinct to see a convertible RMP sat waiting to take them both to 1PP; what made things worse Tracey Prentiss sat behind the wheel, laughing her head off
"Very grown-up, sweetheart." Emily groaned at her wife.
"Don't blame me. I'm doing as the Capt has told me. But I must admit I am enjoying the look on your faces. Rossi told me you must have your heads on, JJ bear and Emily bear." Howled Tracey.
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Reid looked at both Emily and JJ dressed in their teddy suits. Thank you for volunteering for this charity car wash.
"Could you send in PC Morgan, please, Anna?" The commissioner asked his secretary
His office door opened to let Morgan dressed as an old British Bobby escorting in an NYPD teddy bear.
"JJ bear, Emily bear, I would like to introduce you to Erin bear." Reid laughed.
The new bear took her head to unveil Erin Strauss as the occupant. Emily and JJ look on flabbergasted
"I think we're in vegetative states in hospital, and this is our minds way of fucking with us," Emily told JJ
"No, officers, this isn't a punishment. This is a request from certain people." He indicated behind them
The three bears turned around to see Tracey and Elizabeth sitting on the settee smiling like two Cheshire cats. The penny drops for Emily and JJ; this is payback for Africa.
"Mh, sorry, couldn't resist you both make very sexy teddy's and thinking of you both soaking underneath just makes me so Randy." Winked Tracey. "Ma'am, you look very nice as well,"
They all turn back around after they hear Reid clear his throat. The commissioner's face is beetroot red, and you can feel the radiating heat he is emitting. For one of New York city's most influential public employees, he is very easily embarrassed.
"Sgt Morgan, I think it's time to get our bears working." Reid stutters
"Yes, sir, right away." Morgan smiled.
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During the car wash, surprisingly, the three ladies managed to keep it civil and, even if they wouldn't admit it, actually enjoyed the lively banter and numerous water fights. The three were happy to accept challenges to soak people for a donation. Their last challenge had been to soak the commissioner, and they had happily accepted the challenge. They decided it needed to be unique, so they asked for help from the FDNY. With their help and a hidden foam tender, the commissioner stood laughing with everyone covered from head to toe in foam.
"Thank you for your effort today, officers. You made a lot of money and kept many dry cleaners in business today. The kids loved the three of you and your candy. Today was a total win for the NYPD. What are you doing with your day off tomorrow." He asked Emily, JJ and Strauss
Strauss told them she had nothing planned, and Emily told him they were taking the girls swimming with mermaids.
"You know there has been no recorded sighting of mermaids..." Reid starts to procrastinate as he does
"SIR!" JJ points towards her nice's
Reid holds up his hand in apology and walks off to change. Elizabeth and Tracey stare at Emily and JJ and raise their hands towards Strauss. "ASK her!"
JJ adverts her eyes towards the floor, playing with some foam on the floor with her paws. Emily just played with some foam on her chest.
Tracey leaned into Emily and whispered, "if you ever want to see me naked again, Emily Bear. You will ask Strauss and her daughter Milly to join the girls. You know your foster daughters are more grown-up than you and Jennifer."
Emily looks into her wife's eyes and knows she means every word. She takes a deep cleansing breath and walks over to Strauss
"Ma'am, we're talking Vanessa and Ellie to swim with some real mermaids tomorrow. Would you like to bring Milly and come for a swim at the naval base? I will arrange for passes at the gate." Emily asked, "I promise we will both behave ourselves in front of the children. Milly will love it, trust me."
"Thank you, Emily she would love that." Strauss smiled at Emily. They exchanged phone numbers.
Elizabeth looked at JJ shaking her head "see, and she didn't spontaneously combust. A little kindness to her daughter is a good start." She smiled
"Fine, doesn't mean I like her." JJ protested like a petulant child.
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Emily and Tracey lead Ellie and Vanessa into the pool, followed by Strauss and Milly. All three girls gasped at the sight of the inflatable island floating in the middle of the pool.
"Where are they?" Milly asked.
"The three of you splash your hands in the water and let them know you are here," JJ told the three girls.
The three mermaids were buddy breathing at the bottom of the pool, ready to make three girls day. The three women were members of Elizabeth's squadron who played mermaids for kids party's as a side job. Seeing the children's hands in the water, they dropped the mouthpieces and kicked for the surface.
The three mermaids explode onto the surface, and each grabs a child's hand.
" WOW, mermaids!" The three children shout
"Would you like to come for a swim with us, to our island? My name is Aria, and these are my sisters Sriram and Nya."
Three very excited children are lowered into the water and start a fantastic afternoon swimming with mermaids and, on occasion, their parents. For Emily and Tracey seeing the smiles on their two kids faces make them both feel like their going to explode with love.
After two hours, three freezing and wrinkled children are physically pulled from the pool and wrapped in big warm fluffy towels.
"Emily, Tracey, Elizabeth, and Jennifer, thank you for today. I have not seen Milly this happy since her father left. I will see you at work tomorrow, back to normal." Strauss thanked everyone.
"We wouldn't have it any other way. See you tomorrow," JJ tells Strauss
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Stood at morning parade Emily and JJ had just received that days patrol route, Morgan dismissed every except for Emily and JJ
"Lt Strauss wants you in her office now. What have you two done?" Morgan asked
"Us Sarg, nothing we know about," JJ replied
They both knocked on Strauss's door and entered. Strauss indicated for them to be seated, which was always a good sign
"Thank you for yesterday, Milly asked me to give you both these, and if it's still ok, she would like to accept your offer to go flying, Emily." Strauss smiled, handing over two drawings from her daughter.
"Thank you, Ma'am. This Saturday afternoon, just let me have her clothes and shoe sizes. She will get measured for her flying helmet on the day. I need your measurements as well, Ma'am. Vanessa and Ellie have asked if she can stay for dinner as well? For the sake of my two girls, I can be civil, so you are welcome." Emily told her
"Thank you," Strauss replied
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Sat in their RMP outside a food cart drinking coffee was tranquil.
"God, that was awkward with Strauss. Nice of Milly to draw us the pictures, but Strauss thanked us. I thought I was dreaming, your taking her flying and feeding her Saturday. KISS ASS. you are going to be Strauss new friend." JJ joked, "What's next? Are you splitting with me to partner with your new friend?" JJ acted all hurt
Emily had her head resting on the wheel, just hiding from JJ, "don't joke about things like that. When she asked to go flying, all I could see was her on a broomstick. The girls loved Milly. They have asked if they can sleepover at Strauss." Emily was physically shaking. "I'm still dreaming, and this is just a nightmare; pinch me now."
"OW!" Emily screams after JJ pinched her side just under her vest
"Don't run and tell your new best buddy Strauss." JJ manages to tell her through her belly laugh
"Jennifer Jareau, I hate you. You are an evil, evil woman." Emily tells her partner
'35-Edward respond to 134 Walker street apartment 423B reports of continuous banging.'
"Central - 35-Edward on route", JJ replied, turning on the siren.
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Walking out of the lift on the four-floor, they could hear banging from the apartment door and loud music. Emily knocked on the door, but no one answered at first. She knocked harder.
"NYPD, open the door!" Emily shouted
JJ suddenly heard someone load a shotgun. She leapt at Emily and knocked her over. JJ landed on top of her partner just as a shotgun blast erupted through the door. Another five explosions shattered the door. JJ checked Emily was not injured and helped her stand; both officers advanced carefully towards the destroyed door, weapons out. JJ nodded to Emily, indicating they would go on 3. Emily kicked the door handle, destroying what remained of the apartment door. JJ entered with her weapon raised, Emily, both searching for danger.
"NYPD, DROP YOUR WEAPON!" Both officers shout at the woman holding the shotgun
Ignoring the order, she raised the shotgun barrel towards the officers; without any further pause, Emily and JJ both fired their weapons. Bullets striking her in her forehead killed her almost instantly. She dropped her shotgun and fell to the ground like a stringless puppet. Emily approached the fallen woman and checked her neck for a pulse.
"CLEAR" Emily shouted to be heard over the music and banging
They continued in the living room, finding a man beating something behind a chair with a piece of pipe. JJ covered the man while Emily worked her way around the chair. Emily rounded the chair and grasped the man beating a child's head with the pipe. The wall and floor were crimson; the boy was only moving when struck with the pipe.
"NYPD, DROP THE PIPE" Emily yelled at the man. He looked at Emily and smiled
"He's evil. I need to expunge the beast. My son and daughter are both evil. Now leave! Or pay the price." Rants the man is holding the blood-covered pipe. He turns and continues to rain blows down on his sons head. Emily fires and hits him in the shoulder, making him drop the pipe. He screams in anger at the interruption, not the pain of his wound, and he acts like he has been stung, not shot. He picked up the pipe in his other hand and charged at Emily scream like a banshee.
Emily aims and hits him in the chest before the man barrels into her. JJ runs to the aid of Emily and tries to pull him off. After the three struggle on the floor, he starts to stop struggling; the blood loss from his chest wound has begun to take effect. JJ checked the man's neck to find he had no pulse
"He's gone. What the hell was he on? Let's find the daughter partner." An out of breath JJ told her partner
They searched the apartment, eventually finding the mother and her daughter in the main bedroom. The woman stood with a syringe full of a dark liquid stuck into her neck, threatening to depress the plunger
"What's your name, Ma'am?" Emily asked,
"Gemma, she is evil like her brother." She slurred
"Please don't press the plunger. We can talk about this. What makes you think your daughter is evil?" Emily asked Gemma
Gemma doesn't reply but opens the girl's blouse and points to Mark.
"That's a birth Mark, I've got a few on my body, and I'm sure my partner does. She is not evil, and she is the kindest person I know." Emily tries to negotiate with her
Gemma stands shaking her head. JJ looked at Emily and raised her eyebrows, silently telling her this wouldn't end well. She looked towards the door and noticed Morgan and Hotch standing outside in the hall, ready to assist if needed.
"NO!" Emily shouted as Gemma started emptying the syringe contents into her daughter's neck.
JJ raised her weapon and shot Gemma in the shoulder, making her lose her grip on the syringe. Emily rushed across and pulled the half-empty needle from the girl's neck. The girl convulsed in Emily's arms. Emily instantly injected her with her Narcan injector to try and counteract the drugs she had just been injected with.
JJ made sure Morgan had the mother subdued and cuffed. She grabbed Hotch and ran back to their RMP. Opening the trunk, she passed oxygen and a red grab bag to Hotch as she grabbed the drugs and defibrillator and started back to the four-floor. JJ arrived back in the apartment to see Emily resuscitating the girl. JJ laid the medical equipment on the floor. JJ and Emily started working silently in what looked to others like a well-practised precision.
Emily and JJ swapped over doing chest compressions every few minutes. Connecting the defibrillator to her chest indicated her heart was still stopped. They injected her with adrenaline to try and start her heart. They had just begun her fourth cycle when they stopped compressions for a rhythm check. The flat line started to move up and down.
"She's in VFib. That's my girl; you keep fighting." Emily smiled, gently stroking her hair.
Emily handed Gemma over to the newly arrived FDNY paramedics. JJ looked around the room and noticed they had an audience. All the seasoned offices had big smiles on their faces after witnessing the girl come back from the dead.
"Prentiss, Jareau, I need your weapons and then report to the precinct for your statements on the shooting," Morgan instructed.
"Okay, Sarg." Emily and JJ replied
They started packing the medical equipment away when Gemma, the girl's mother, shouted into JJ and Emily
"You should of let the little witch die, but I suppose now I can get her doing a few..." her mother was interrupted by Emily "you fucking bitch", Emily spat out and started towards the bedroom door
"Shit!" JJ shouts, "Emily stop," JJ doesn't wait for an answer. She ran and hugged Emily trapping her arms to her side, and started pushing her out of the apartment.
"OUT NOW, PARTNER! Get out now, out, out now!" JJ forced her partner out the destroyed front door and pushed her down the hall towards the lift. The lift doors opened just as JJ and Emily arrived. JJ pushed Emily into the lift and against the corner.
"Don't lose your career over junkies. I know they both did horrific things, Emily. I won't let you now get your butt down to the RMP. Don't make me taser you." JJ warns Emily
Emily looks at JJ, deciding if she would make good on her threat. Knowing she would use her taser on her without a doubt, she nodded at her and pressed the ground floor button.
Emily dropped her head, looking at the floor. "Thanks, Jen. I lost it there for a while. I can't get the kids out of my head. Especially watching the father beat his son with that pipe. I owe you big for this." Emily smiled
"I'll add it to the list, partner, and I didn't want to break in a new partner. I've just got you trained just right." Smiled JJ
"Prentiss, are you ok?" Morgan asked concerned
"Sorry, I just lost it. I let her get to me; I'm sorry, Sarg." Emily answered
"Emily looks at me; what you and JJ did to bring that girl back to life was amazing. I watched you both working as one to save her. If I'm honest, seeing what the father did to his son, I wanted to kick the shit out of him myself. Hotch was thinking about his boys. It was emotional, Emily. You didn't do anything but swear at her, forget about it and buy your partner a beer." Smiled Morgan
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Emily and JJ eventually got home after three hours of questioning and writing statements on the day's events. Emily walked into the living room and was pounced on by Ellie and Vanessa and brought into a group hug. Emily gladly welcomed the embrace. This was all that was needed to break the dam on her emotions. She burst into tears and started to shake.
" don't cry, mum; everything is going to be ok," Vanessa told her, gently rubbing her back. "Sit down with us, please" she pulled Emily to the settee with her sister
Emily sat down with her two girls, and her crying had slowed. She still hugged both girls as tightly as she could
"I'm sorry I've had an awful day at work. Your hugs are just the medicine I need. Thank you! I love you both so much." Emily sniffed.
Tracey joined them on the settee lifting Vanessa, so she sat in her lap and hugged her wife.
"I'm proud of you both. You saved that girl and didn't get yourself suspended. It feels different now because of Vanessa and Ellie, and you're a mother. Your Mamma Bear genes have kicked in. You hate child abuse. That feeling has now doubled because of these two beautiful young ladies. Now dry your tears. JJ needs to see you, ok? She is not dealing with things well at the moment. I think you both need a partner hug and beer to help you both." Tracey smiled
Elizabeth gave Emily two bottles of beer and helped her stand, and gently pushed her towards the doors to the sun terrace. Emily nodded her thanks and walked out onto the sun terrace. JJ stood leaning on the safety rails, looking out at the city.
"Jen, here you go, partner." Emily handed her a bottle of beer over
JJ took the bottle and took a long slow pull on the bottle. She looked across at Emily with tears pooling in her eyes.
"Sarg rang earlier, the girl is off the ventilator, but she has a significant brain injury. The exact extent will only be known over the next few days. Did we do the right thing saving her life? what quality of life is she going to have?" JJ sighed and emptied her beer bottle, and flung it against the wall
"We both took oaths to protect people like police officers and registered city paramedics. We will ensure she gets all the help she needs to enjoy her life, Jen. Thank you for saving me but twice today." Emily smiled, "come with me."
"Your welcome; someone has to keep your old butt safe. Tracey scares me as well, so it's more like self-preservation." Smirked JJ
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"Why do I need my sunglasses? It's raining." Whines JJ
Emily just smiled at JJ sat pouting in the left-hand seat of the bell helicopter. Emily was flying through the rainstorm. All JJ wanted to do was to drink until she forgot about today.
"You see, as dark as things are, it will always get lighter and better. Put your sunglasses on." Emily told JJ as she pulled up on the collective, and the helicopter broke through the clouds into the sunlight. "I do this when I'm feeling lost or broken, fly above the clouds, set the autopilot, losing myself in the glow." Smiled Emily
"It's amazing who thought through those black clouds lay this. I wish I could do this when I needed to." JJ smiled
"I will teach you to fly if you want?" Emily told JJ
"Yes, yes, I would like that a lot, Em", JJ replied, grinning
Emily gave JJ an introduction to flying for the next hour, both forgetting about the horrific scenes of
apartment 423B from this morning
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