Hello my readers, now I know it´s been waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiii iiittttt too long since my last updated but I had a lot of things to do and I´m so sorry.
Enjoy this one and thanks you all for staying with me. (All mistakes are mine)
Chapter XI:
When the ambulance arrived at the hospital Emily had to let go of JJ's hand and let the doctors take her to the emergency room.
"Please let her be ok." The brunette begged to whoever was listening.
"Emily!" The rest of the team approached her. "What happened?"
"They took her inside a few seconds ago... she looked so ... fragile."
"We know. JJ is strong, she´ll make it, you'll see" Rossi said.
"Yes ..." but she couldn´t say more. Emily lost her balance and Derek reacted immediately holding her in place.
"Wow there. Are you okay?" He asked worriedly.
"Yeah. It must be the fatigue of the day. "She tried to assure them.
"Emily, you´re bleeding!" Reid exclaimed.
"Shit, I almost forgot" thought bringing her hand to the bleeding area.
"You must have torn the stitches." The genius said worried.
"I'm fine. It´s not as bad as it looks. "
"Prentiss go get it checked" Hotch said.
"No! I'm not leaving until we know how JJ is doing. "She fought back.
"Emily ..." started telling Hotch and before the brunette could protest he continued. "It could be serious, remember that the hit wasn´t less. And note that it's probable that we may not know anything until within a few hours."
Resigned she nodded "You´ll tell me if something happens, right?"
"Of course, now go. You don´t want JJ to kick your ass for not taking care of yourself or worse ours for not taking care of you. "Aaron said smiling.
"Okay you're right." She sigh "Did you call Will and Sandy?" She asked before leaving.
"I called Will, but he doesn´t answer, I will try again." Rossi said.
"Okay, see you in a while" And without further ado Emily and Derek went looking for someone who could help them.
"Damn!" The brunette exclaimed while the doctor sutured the wound, again.
"Agent Prentiss, I thought I had been quite clear when I said that you should take it easy." said annoyed.
"Not much experience with agents? Morgan asked entertained with the situation.
"No. Should I assume you all are this stubborn?"
"Yes, but she ... well she is just more stubborn" He said sharing a smile with the doctor.
"I'm sure you're ... Crap!"
"That´ll be all" the young doctor said as he put a patch to the wound. "I hope this time you follow my instructions. I'll give you something for the swelling and the pain."
"Thank you Doctor" she said getting up from the bed.
"Agent Prentiss wait ..." He left the sentence midway as he looked at the brunette's eyes. "I was going to suggest that you stay overnight for observation, but ..."
"I can´t ..." she interrupted, only to be interrupted by him.
"I know, I know. I heard what happened to your colleague and I understand you wanting to be with her… So I´ll leave you go on one condition "She waited for him to continue" I need you to promise me that you won´t push yourself and that this time you WILL take it easy ... well, if possible. And if at any time you feel dizzy or nauseous come find me immediately, okay? "His voice was pure concern.
Emily nodded "I promise and thanks for your concern"
"Don´t worry Doc. I´ll keep an eye on her." Morgan said putting his arm around her friend walking back to the waiting room.
Just before going through the doors, linking their corridor with the room where the others were, Emily stopped.
"What´s wrong?" The tall dark agent asked.
Emily stared at him, her eyes reflected sadness and concern. It was the first time he saw her this way, even after Doyle he had never seen her like this.
"I´m scared Derek" her words almost a whisper.
Approaching her and holding her against his chest, Morgan began to reassure her. "Hey, hey. You know she is strong, perhaps the strongest among us. She'll be fine, you'll see. Soon, she´ll be back to scold me for bother Reid, go out with you and Penelope and spending time with Will and Henry and taking care of us like she always do."
"I know ... it's just ... I still think I should have done more to help, perhaps if only ..."
"Emily stop, stop tortured yourself with that. It wasn´t your fault, he was one step ahead of us from the beginning. It's all His fault, you hear me? "Their faces were inches from each other. Their eyes lost in one another. Emily was the first to reduce the gap between them, understanding what the brunette wanted, Derek close the gap even more. Their lips only inches away, she closed her eyes and he took her face in his hands. The delicate touch of their soft lips in that first movement caused a current to pass through their bodies. The soft kiss lasted only seconds; for them it seemed more than that. Moving away from his embrace, slowly, she opened her eyes.
"I ... it was ..." was all Emily could articulate.
"Sorry Em, it was wrong ... I didn´t ... I mean yes, but ..." His words were stopped by her lips crashing against his, again.
"Thanks. I needed that. "She said smiling and hugging him.
"Anytime princess, anytime" Morgan answered, running his fingers through her hair.
"You know, JJ told me the team had a little bet going on, of course organized by some computer geek." She said after a moment raising her head enough to look at Morgan's eyes without breaking the hug.
"Really?" He said in his usual playful tone "I'll have to talk to her"
"We should go back, I really want to know if they know something about Jen" Emily said after a while.
"Ok… Wait Em" Morgan took his partner's hand before she crossed the door. "What happened ... I really want to continue it, I mean ... I don´t want you to think it was just some heat of the moment or something like that." He assured her
"I want that, too, Derek. Now come on. We will have time to speak calmly once this calm down a little. "And exchanging one last smile they both went to the waiting room.
"Were you able to communicate with Will?" Hotch asked Rossi as he walked back to the waiting room.
"Yes. He was in a meeting so he couldn´t answer before. I told him what happened, well most of it. Said he was on his wait with Henry. " Both agents looked at each other for a few seconds, understanding that after what happened in the bank, this would be another devastating blow to them.
"I think ..." Hotch's cell phone started ringing interrupting him. "Hotchner" said leaving the room.
"Sir, how is my girl? Do you know something? I need to know, I have been reading about cases and articles about things like this…but, well they haven´t helped me... "
"Garcia, breathe." Hotch told the nervous analyst with a calm tone. Listening as she did what she was told, Hotch continued. "We don´t know anything, yet. But I promise when we know I´ll call and fill you in, all right. "
"Am ... about that ... I don´t think that´ll be possible." She said a little frightened.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Yeah, well ... I'm a few minutes from the airport ... " She waited for his response, Hotch smiled, somehow, he knew she would do something like this.
"We'll see you in a few hours then" Hotch went back with the team after saying goodbye to Garcia and found Emily and Derek sitting waiting too. He raised one of his eyebrows at her.
"Doc said I needed to rest and take it easy and that is what I do while I wait with you." He just looked at her, words were not necessary, he understood.
Just then one of the doctors came through the doors. "Jennifer Jareau?" Everyone approached him.
"How is she?" Was Reid who asked the question. The doctor's eyes betrayed nothing, which frightened them even more.
"I'm Dr. Thomas. I assume that all are family. "
"We are her co-workers, but we are family," said Morgan. The doctor smiled, it wasn't the first time he updated a group of agents for police officers about a friend, he understood.
"She is stable and recovering right now." A collective sigh of relief was heard. Their faces somewhat relieved to learn that her friend was out of danger.
"But ..." said Rossi.
"When Agent Jareau arrived she had two broken and one fractured rib. She also had a severe concussion and a cut on her right arm which, fortunately, didn´t need stitches. Her leg is what concerns us most. "He said in a somber tone all the agents listened intently to what he was saying.
"How bad?" Emily asked.
"Well the wound resulted in enough blood loss so she is very weak right now. The knife did not cause any tendon damage, fortunately, but it did cause damage to the muscle so it needs to be immobile for at least three weeks and then she will have to perform therapy to regain mobility and let the leg heal fully. "
"Well there be sequel?" Spencer asked it was the thing that concerns him the most.
"I feel pretty optimist about her recovery and I think in a couple of month her leg will be just as new. She may have some kind of bother in the area but it´s normal."
"Is there more Doctor?" Hotch asked.
"Yes, one more thing. We will have her under observation for a few days due to the concussion, but we hope not to have to operate and let the swelling subsides by itself. If otherwise, we´ll have no other choice. "
"Then she´ll fine?"
"Yes definitely. It´ll be slow, but eventually she will be just fine. I have to say, she is quite lucky and strong. I am sure that with your support she´ll make a full recovery. "
"Thank you Doctor. Can we see her? Hotch asked while shaking hands.
"In these cases I would let just one of you in her room, but knowing what happened I will allow all of you with her for a few minutes, and after you will have to follow the normal schedule and rules of visits." Thomas said sympathetically.
"Thanks again, Doctor."
"No problems…Oh and she is under the influence of painkillers to reduce the pain, but at the same time we try to keep her awake for a while due to bruising." And with that he left, but not before indicating the room where JJ was.
The team was in front of JJ's room ready for what awaited them on the other side of the doors. It wasn´t the first time they faced a situation like this, and probably not the last one. But this was JJ, was a scenario that had never happened, at least not with her.
Reid was who approached the door and opening it slowly entered followed by the rest of the team. The image of her impacted them. There, lying on the bed was the blonde; her face reflected what happened a few hours ago. She was pale and with a bruise on her forehead and in her left eye. Obviously there were more, but they weren´t in sight. Her leg was immobilized and on a support.
"Oh Jen ..." Emily approached the bed and bringing a chair, sat beside her friend taking her hand, Reid imitate the actions of her and took a seat on the other side. They were silent, all staring at her partner. Thought of would have happened if they had not found her in time invaded their heads while listening to her subtly heart bits reflected by one of the machines. After a few minutes Rossi offered to bring some food for all, Morgan went with him.
Just seconds later Emily felt some pressure on the hand holding JJ´s. She straightened quickly capturing the attention of Hotch and Spencer.
"I think she squeezed my hand!" The brunette explained. "JJ? Can you hear me Jen?" Nothing. "Jen squeeze my hand if you hear me." Pressure was mild, but there it was.
"I'll call the doctor." Hotch said before leaving the room.
"JJ can open your eyes?" Reid asked. Her eyelids began to move; apparently it was a difficult task just trying to do it.
"C´mon Jen, open your eyes." Emily insisted and she opened her eyes slowly. JJ took in her surrender, trying to adjust to the light and trying to remember where she was. She immediately realized that she wasn´t alone in the room, someone else was with her. Her eyes widened remembering part of the previews events "The UnSub!" She thought and frightened tried to get up only to fall back in bed because of the pain in her ribs and both agents that were there with her.
Noticing the panic in the blonde´s eyes both agents began to assure her that she was ok.
"Hey, Hey! Jen is Emily and Reid. It´s just us. "
"You're safe now JJ, just calm down please, you could cause more damage to your body." Reid told her noticing the pain in her eyes. Realizing who was talking and seeing that there was no danger, JJ began to calm down.
"What happened? Where are we? "The girl asked disoriented, but before he could answer Hotch came back with the Doctor and a nurse.
"Hi Jennifer. I'm Dr. Thomas, how are you feeling? "
"I'm not sure…Kind of dizzy and with a headache. "She said honestly.
"That in normal is due to the hit you suffered." The doctor explained while the nurse checked her vitals. "Now I'll make you some questions and I need you to answer me honestly, alright? Then I´ll inform you of your situation, okay?" JJ looked at his three friends present and then back to the doctor before saying yes.
"Ok. Can you tell me the date? "
"February, 2013… not sure what day" She answered.
"It´s okay. Now, do you feel any pain or discomfort in addition to those you just told me? "
"Yeah ... I think ... my leg bothers me ..." She tried to clear her mind. "Why it is so hard to concentrate? damn it!" She reproached herself. "I'm tired." She concluded trying to end the examination.
Seeing the frustration on her face Thomas preferred to leave the questions and begin to explain the same thing he had said to the team before. When asked if she had any questions JJ shook her head and added.
"I have questions, but…I don´t think you can answer them, thanks you." Referring to the fact that her questions weren't health related.
"Okay then a nurse will come later to see and treat your leg wound."He wrote something on paper at the foot of her bed before leaving. "See you in a couple of hours" And with that he left.
"What happened? How did you guys find me? "JJ asked intently watching her friends, waiting for someone to clarify the clouds on her head.
Now There´ll be 2 more chapters and...end (sobbing) I´m writting them now so I may have a surprice later today ;) As always please tell me what you think.