CHAPTER 17
Derek pulled up on the sidewalk outside of Hotch's building and ran towards the entrance. Just as he reached it, Dave came around the corner, surprising both of them. Dave's current love interest lived a few blocks from Hotch and he had rushed out when he received the call from Garcia.
"Morgan, what in the hell is going on?" Dave yelled at the younger agent and they ran towards the entrance of the building.
"Foyet is here." Derek yelled back, knowing he needed to get to the apartment as quickly as possible. It had already been too long since Emily had hung up.
"How do you know?" Dave asked as they moved forward.
Morgan shook his head as he tried to explain how they got to this point. "Prentiss called from outside the apartment. Said she could hear Hotch and Foyet arguing. There was a gunshot but they continued arguing afterwards. Then there was a crash. She went in alone. I couldn't stop her. That was three minutes ago. Pen was calling all of you and locals while I drove over."
Dave stopped suddenly as he felt his anxiety rise first at Foyet ambushing Hotch but then felt it turn to panic when Morgan mentioned Emily going in alone. As he started to go forward again, he grumbled, "what is she thinking? Going in without backup. Against Foyet."
Morgan took a deep breath and shook his head before he answered, "she couldn't stand by and let him kill her husband and do nothing."
Dave eyebrows jumped up his forehead at the information as he blurted out, "husband?! Oh crap. We need to get in there."
Just as they came up to the door, they heard multiple gunshots.
As Rossi and Morgan entered the apartment, they took in the carnage in front of them. Dave ran over and kicked the gun out of Foyet's hand. The bullet wound to his forehead had killed him and once Dave had confirmed he was dead, he turned to Hotch who had blood covering his abdomen. He was relieved that Hotch still had a pulse. All of the sudden a hand grabbed his arm.
"Dave, how is she? How is Emily?" Hotch asked in a panic.
"Derek is checking on her." Dave responded before turning to look across the room to where Emily was lying on the floor with Derek leaning over her as he assessed her condition.
The few seconds felt like months to Hotch and Dave before he answered, "she has a pulse Hotch but it's weak. She was hit in the left upper chest. She is bleeding from her head as well though that looks like a gash not a bullet wound. I'm putting pressure on both to try to get the bleeding under control until EMS gets here."
"Let's see if we can speed them up." Dave said as he pulled his phone out of his pocket and dialed. After a few seconds, he said into the phone, "yes 911 this is SSA Rossi of the FBI. We have two agents down. Both need immediate medical attention. The suspect is DOA." He paused as the 911 operator spoke before continuing, "one agent has a GSW to her left upper chest and a head injury. We are working to control bleeding. She has a weak pulse and is unconscious. The other agent has stab wounds to abdomen. He is conscious and talking. Also working to control bleeding."
"Oh my god, what happened?" Dave, Hotch and Morgan all look over at the door to see JJ and Reid standing there.
As Dave saw them he shouted out, "JJ, EMS is two minutes out. Go out and wait for them and get them in here as quickly as possible. Emily was hit in the chest." Both JJ and Reid gasped as they looked over to where Morgan was holding pressure on the wound on Emily's chest. JJ nodded and moved away from the door frame as she headed towards the entrance of the building to wait for EMS.
"Is that Foyet?" Reid asked as he walked into the room and saw the third body lying on the floor.
Hotch nodded before saying with pain evident in his voice, "yes, he was here when I arrived. Don't know how he got in. He was going to stab me so I had wounds like him. He and Emily fired their guns at the same time." Hotch winced as he lifted his head to look across the room to where Emily lying on the floor, "Derek, how is she? Please tell me she is going to be OK." His head fell back to the floor as he awaited an answer from the other side of the room.
Derek looked over at his boss in pain on the floor. He sighed before he nodded as he said, "Hotch, I have pressure on the wound. She is breathing and has a pulse."
"Thank you." Hotch said before he closed his eyes as he laid on the floor. They quickly opened when he heard a lot of movement in the room. He watched as JJ entered the room quickly followed by EMS and Metro Police.
As people flooded the room, Hotch was caught off guard when he felt someone touch him as they kneeled down next to him. Turning to the EMT, he said, "No, take care of her first. I'm OK."
The EMT shook his head as he moved the makeshift bandage Rossi had been using on his abdomen before saying, "Agent, you are not OK. We have another team working on your colleague. We are here for you." as he indicated himself and an older paramedic pulling equipment out of their bag.
The chaos in the apartment continued for a few minutes, increasing as the team working on Emily quickly decided to transport as they were concerned with the readings they were getting. As they moved her onto a gurney, Dave called out, "Derek, you ride with Emily. I'll stay with Hotch." Derek nodded and followed the EMTs with the gurney out as they headed out to the ambulance.
As the other team of EMTs were preparing Hotch for transport, Dave waved them over and said, "JJ and Reid, I want you to stay here and wait for the forensic teams. Check to see if there is anything that seems out of place. Hotch said Foyet was already in the apartment, have forensics check to determine how he got in here."
After they nodded they watched as Dave followed the gurney holding Hotch out of the apartment.