I woke up in a hospital bed with me wrist bandaged up. Everything was kind of blurry, but I was able to make out David and Morgan sitting beside my bed. Actually, the first thing I made out was that I wasn't dead.
"She's awake. Finally." David said in relief.
"Hey there baby girl, how are you feeling?"
"Sore. Very sore. What the hell happened any ways?"
"Melissa, you don't remember?" David asked.
"Well, I remember Daniel dragging me from the basement, and not being able to breathe. Oh and I remember Hotch yelling at Daniel. But, after that, it's all fuzzy."
"Well baby girl, for one thing, you were having a massive asthma attack, and Daniel was holding you at gun point. If Reid hadn't shot him, I don't know what would've happened."
"Wait, what are you talking about? Spence shot Daniel? That doesn't make any sense, Spence wasn't even there."
"Melissa, yes he was."
"Reid and I were in the back stairwell in case he took you that way to avoid the rest of the team. We snuck up behind you two when Daniel had the gun to your head. Reid shot him and saved you."
"What do you mean he saved me?"
"Not only did he shoot the person threatening your life, he had your extra inhaler in his pocket."
I thought back to one case where Reid and I were the only two member close enough to catch the unsub. We chased him right toward David and Prentiss, but I had exerted a bit too much energy and had started having an asthma attack. Thankfully we had an ambulance right at the scene so I was able to get help. Once Reid realized I tended to forget my inhaler, he demanded I give him my extra one so he'd have it in case of an emergency. Now I was really glad I had.
"Wait, where's Sarah?"
"She's fine. She's back at home with Matthew, relaxing and resting. You can go see her later. I need to let the hospital staff know you're awake and the can re-evaluate you to see if they can release you."
David got up and made his way to the door and walked down to the nurse's station. Now it was just Morgan and I.
"Baby girl, don't do that again. You gave as all a scare especially Rossi and Reid."
"I believe David was worried, but Spence? Yeah right."
"Baby girl, I know you and Reid had an argument before you were abducted, but he really cares about you. If it would've been up to him, as soon as we got to the apartments, he would've been in there, beating the crap out of Daniel, and finding you. Melissa, he really does care about you. More than just a team mate. And I think you feel the same way, you just won't admit it."
I just looked at him like I was oblivious to what he was saying. But then I realized, my first night here, when Caleb, or Daniel, whatever his name was, dropped me off at the hotel and kissed me, I kept picturing Spencer. Spencer was all I thought about when looked away by Daniel. I was always Spencer.
"And believe me, everyone but Rossi and Hotch knows you two have feelings for each other."
"Well Morgan, I've never been good at hiding my emotions."
"Obviously not."
With that we both started laughing. Probably ten minutes later, David came back with the doctor. He explained that I had hit my head, just not as badly as I had on the plane, and that I didn't have a concussion. I did however have a sprained wrist, and some bruises, and I was also slightly malnourished. But, other than that I was ok and good to go.
We signed some paper work, and I was good to go. David had brought a change of clothes for me from my hotel room and I put it on. Converse (thank god!), jeans, and an old sweatshirt from my senior year of swimming. It wasn't fashionable but it was a lot better than the hospital gown I had on.
With that we walked out of the hospital to one of the infamous black SUV's and made our way back to the police station to meet back up with the team and get ready to head back to Quantico.
