In response to one reviewer, this is not a sequal. It didn't give me the opportunity to PM you so I wanted to let you know. Thank you so much for all the reviews I really appreciate them! Hope you enjoy this chapter.
Rossi ran up to Emily, who was covered in blood, hers and the un-subs. "Emily, you're going to be okay." He said leaning down next to her, examining her body. Emily seemed to be in shock and out of breath. Her hands were shaking as she held them up, looking at them. "Emily, I need you to calm down. I'm going to take off your vest." Her eyes went to Rossi's face and she nodded her head for him to take it off." He took off her vest, just to make sure that the knife didn't slip under the vest causing any lacerations. All the while he kept looking around and behind him, making sure that no one was sneaking up on them.
Rossi looked down in relief that she only had a few small cuts, around her chest and abdominal area, because the un-sub wasn't able to get the knife under the Kevlar.
Emily's whole left side was throbbing with pain, from the stab wounds. The pain and sight of the blood was becoming overwhelming. She felt herself leaving and Rossi's face became a blur. Then she heard her name and opened her eyes. She had to fight it, she had to stay conscious. To regain control of her body she told herself that it was just a few stab wounds and she would be alright. She tried to sit up and was gently pushed back down into a lying position.
"Emily, you're going to be okay. I just need to tie some of these off to stop the bleeding." Rossi looked around and went over to the dead un-sub and started tearing off pieces of his shirt. "This is going to hurt a little." The first wound he tied off, Emily winced in pain letting a out a groan. "I'm sorry." Rossi said.
"It's okay." She said, mustering up the words, in between catching her breath.
Using most of the un-subs shirt he tied off as many wounds as he could.
When he was finished, Emily looked over at the un-sub with his dead, blue eyes staring at her. "So that's how they knew we were coming." She said.
Rossi looked at him, "Yeah. We never suspected that one of them would be a deputy. The dominant partner is still out there."
"We got to find him." Emily said trying to sit up, when she did, she felt the warm blood ooze out of her wounds. Rossi helped her into a sitting position.
"You're not going anywhere." He said.
"But…"
"No buts Emily. We need to wait here for help." As soon as Rossi finished his statement there was barrage of gunfire from JJ and Hotch's direction.
Emily's heart stopped. "Hotch! We got to help them!" She said trying to stand up. The adrenaline got her to her feet, but when she put her weight down she fell back to the ground, with Rossi partially catching her. She looked in the direction of the gunfire, tears started rolling down her face, "Hotch, what if he is…."
Rossi looked her right in the eyes, "Emily you can't think that. I'm sure there just fine."
"We got to help them." Emily looked at herself, realizing she wasn't going to be able to go anywhere, submitting to her weakness for the moment. "I'll stay here. You go."
"I won't leave you."
"Rossi, Reid and Morgan could be dead and JJ and Hotch are in trouble. You are the only one that could help them." Her eyes said pleading with him.
Rossi gave in, "Okay."
"Will you help me put my vest back on? I'll sit right here in the dark corner and if anyone comes around I will be prepared for them."
Rossi picked up her vest, "If I know Hotch he was going to stick with the plan and advance towards the middle of the shipping yard. I'll keep heading that direction. Stopping the dominant partner is our best chance at getting out of this." Rossi helped move her to the corner, with her grimacing in pain with every move. Once she was settled he said, "Are you sure about this?"
"Yes, go." And Rossi was gone.
Emily leaned her head back against the wall she was resting on. Tears began to overtake her. Flashes of Reid and Morgan lying dead on the ground, Hotch and JJ being shot death flashed through the front of her mind. None of them may make it out alive, including her and Rossi. Right now for all she knew Rossi was the only capable one of stopping the dominant partner. She closed her eyes and the memory of the first time, she saw Hotch came through her mind. She didn't realize a smile crept across her face at this memory. She began to drift off into unconsciousness and caught herself jumping back awake. "Hotch, please be okay." She said aloud to herself.
After hearing the gunshot from Emily and Rossi's direction, stopping briefly to assess what might have happened JJ and Hotch again continued on, not lingering to long. About halfway towards the middle of the shipping yard they were faced with a line of un-manned guns that started firing. A few shots hit them in their Kevlars knocking them to the ground. They then quickly crawled behind a trailer.
Hotch was first to ask, "JJ are you okay?"
She was trying to catch her breath, "Yeah, god that hurts." She said.
Hotch leaned his own head back against the trailer, they had crawled behind. He was relieved that JJ was okay, but was trying to let his own pain pass.
"Hotch, are you okay?"
"Yeah."
JJ leaned her head back, "Were not going to make it out of this are we?"
"I don't know."
"Do you think Spence and Morgan are dead?" JJ asked closing her eyes, letting a couple tears roll down her face.
Hotch looked at her. Over many years of working together this team had become a family. Most all were like brothers and sisters. Rossi had become more of a father figure and Emily well she had become someone Hotch has grown to love. Hotch was feeling the same pain JJ was. He wasn't sure how to comfort her or make it all better. "I know that Morgan and Reid are tuff and if I know them, they are more than halfway to the middle by now." Hotch felt bad about his own assumption, there was no way they were okay, they had to be dead or injured.
"Nice try Hotch." JJ said looking over at him. "I'd like to think that but it just doesn't seem possible."
Hotch stood up, "Well there is only one way we are going to find out." He held out his hand for JJ. JJ grabbed it, helping pull herself up.
"My ribs feel broken." She said letting out a painful grunt.
"There probably just bruised." He said. Then he thought how cold that sounded.
"That's comforting."
"At least were not dead." Hotch looked down at the ground and Emily crossed his mind. What if she was dead? He couldn't live with himself if she was. He had Jack, but he had found his soul mate and he couldn't lose her. He loved her.
JJ noticed his change of face, "It's Emily isn't it?" There was no response from Hotch. "It will be okay, If I know Rossi and Emily they are more than halfway to the middle by now."
"Funny." Hotch said at JJ's comment, repeating what he had said earlier about Morgan and Reid.
"If what were saying is true then I think we should continue on, our team is out there counting on us."
Hotch tried to pull himself together, "Okay, we work our way around the trailer and then get back on the main path and stick to the plan. The only way we will get out of this is if we catch the un-subs."
JJ nodded ready to follow the Unit Chief's lead.
It was a minute before Morgan came to from the blast, he saw Reid lying a few feet from him. "Reid!" He got up on his hands and knees and then into a standing position catching his balance. There was no response from Reid, "Reid!" He went over to him and knelt beside him, coughing from the dust and debris in the air. Reid's head started moving and his eyes started blinking open. "Reid it's Morgan, are you okay?"
"My ribs hurt. They are more than likely broken from the impact I had with that piece of metal." He said pointing to a huge piece of the trailer, from the trailer that had exploded. "I'm sorry I should have been paying more…"
"Its okay kid, at least you're alive."
"What are we going to do?"
"I'll try to get in touch with Hotch." Morgan repeatedly called for Hotch, JJ, Emily and Rossi but got no response. In a rage he ripped out his ear piece. "Damn it!"
"What?" Reid said from the ground, half coughing and wincing with extreme pain.
"We've lost all contact." Then suddenly a shot was heard from Emily and Rossi's direction. Morgan looked in the direction of the shot. "Reid did you hear that?" He said to his helpless, distraught friend pointing in the direction of the shot.
"Yeah, it sounded like it came from Rossi and Emily's direction." Reid tried to sit up but hollered out in pain, quickly laying back down.
Morgan ran over to him, "Reid, you need stay down."
"Morgan we have to help them."
"We will figure something out." Morgan said.
"You're going to have to leave me."
"I'm not leaving you Reid."
"Morgan you have to!"
"No Reid."
Almost 10 minutes passed of arguing and trying to figure out a plan, then a barrage of gunfire could be heard from JJ and Hotch's direction. Morgan stood up quickly and looked to Reid, "Go!" Reid yelled.
Morgan didn't question and was gone.
Reid was left alone.
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