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JJ could not believe her eyes when she saw a light blue SUV in the drive way-a SUV that she remembered vividly. It belonged to the only people in the world she wanted to kill at first sight.
"EMILY! THAT'S THEIR CAR! THE JOHNSON'S! ITS THEIR CAR!" JJ shrieked, jumping out of the still moving car and running to the door. Prentiss quickly threw the car in park and yelled for Becca to stay in the car. She ran as fast as she could to the blonde woman, but JJ -even with out adrenaline coursing through her veins- was always just a tad bit quicker than Emily, so she easily out ran her collegue. Emily watched as came across the locked door, grateful that there was some small amount of time to try to calm JJ down. She knew this was difficult for her friend, but it was too dangerous for JJ to go into a situation like this emotionally involved.
"POLICE! OPEN UP!" JJ yelled furiously, banging on the doors with all her might.
"JJ, it will be ok, we will get Morgan here in a second and it will be alright." Emily tried to soothe her co-worker as she finally reached her.
"Emily, what if we don't have a minute?! What if Reid and Rossi are already dead and we can't save them? I am not waiting a minute!" JJ bawled, kicking the door. She had hoped it would open but apparently she was not strong enough to kick down the front door. Stupid Morgan, him being at the unsub's home was going to get the love of her life killed.
"They will be ok. We will get in there, you'll see." Emily replied kindly, looking for any way into the house. Originally, she was hoping that they could go in stealthfully, but JJ's screaming, while understandable, ruined all hopes of a soft entry.
"It's all my fault! First in Georgia, with those dumb dogs and that stupid Tobias, and now this. I am like Spencer Reid's personal angel of death!" JJ wept. "But, I have to try to save him now. I cannot just sit here, crying and complaining, and letting him sit there dying!" JJ resolved.
"Jayje..." Prentiss started but was interrupted by JJ shooting the large bay window. Shards of glass flew as the window shattered. Emily watched in shock as the small blonde woman climbed through the window.
"What was that?" Molly Johnson asked as she heard a loud bang and glass crashing.
"Oh, that's probably our dog." Rossi lied.
"You don't have a dog." Nate replied, raising the gun.
Rossi thought this was truly ironic. In his last moments, he would be fighting about whether or not he had a dog. If he died with his last words being this lie, he would be laughing his way to the pearly gates.
"If it isn't your dog, who is it?" Eric Johnson questioned.
"Lassie?" Rossi had promised himself that he would go out in style, using his sarcastic spirit to his last moments. And even more, he was buying time. Time that they so desperately needed.
"Oh, you think your funny do you? You won't be so funny when I put a bullet in your brain." Molly Johnson mused.
Reid had a flood of pain come back to him from that day in Georgia. He remembered the revolver that Hankle pointed at him. And now he could not hold back the memory he tried to repress more than any other. The memory of dying. He remembered the chair falling, and himself gaping for air. The pain he felt was unreal. Reid wanted nothing more than to cease to exist. He wanted to be free of these memories. But out of his peripheral vision he saw something, the face of the blonde woman he loved so much. Spencer didn't know whether it was just his mind trying to let his last memories be pleasant, or if JJ was really there. He really didn't mind either way. Some how she was here with him.
JJ put her finger to her mouth when she saw Reid. It was a miracle she had gotten down the stairs without being noticed. Now, she had to get Reid out...and Rossi. While JJ was consumed with her desire to save Reid, she knew she had to get Rossi out too. But, while JJ liked Rossi, Reid was her reason for shooting out a window. So when Nathan raised the gun closer the Rossi's head, she knew she had to take the shot. She breathed in while she pulled the trigger, aiming for his arm.
The shot was clean. The young man fell over with a cry while his mother screamed. The father grabbed Nathan's gun and aimed it at JJ.
"What are you doing here?" Eric Johnson asked, glaring.
"FBI, put down your weapon!" JJ exclaimed. She was worried for a moment that the unsubs would not believe her and gun her down. But only for a moment. Within seconds, a SWAT team was racing down the stairs.
JJ could not wait anymore, she ran straight to Reid and quickly put her arms around him. She would leave the arrests, and Nathan's injury to others. She knew where she needed to be.
"Spence, are you okay? Did they do anything to you?" She asked, tears swelling up in her eyes, "So help me, if they did anything to you, I will..." She began, but stopped the moment Spence sat up and drew her into a hug. JJ sat there, dazed for a moment, taking in every detail of the man she feared she would never see again. She noted his scent, mostly the same smell that she loved as it mixed with the scent of sweat and blood. He looked similar to himself, but not the same. He looked afraid, and innocent. This gave JJ a feeling of extreme protectiveness, she would never let anyone hurt her Spence again. Most importantly, Spencer felt the same. The embrace had the same mix of warmth and comfort that JJ remembered and loved. He was still her Spence, and she would do her best to help him get through this. JJ quickly gave Reid a kiss on the cheek, promising to herself that she would be there for him, however bad it got.
"JJ, can I speak with you for a moment?" Hotch asked, peeping through the hospital room door.
Reid and Rossi had both been admitted into the hospital. While their outlook seemed good, the doctors wanted the pair to stay over night for observation. JJ had dutifully stayed by Reid's side since she found him in the basement. She almost decked the EMT when he told her that she could not ride with Spence in the ambulance. It was only through Prentiss's skill of negotiation that JJ got to stay with Reid, and the officer got to stay uninjured. Now, Emily and JJ were talking to Reid, while Morgan and Hotch visited Rossi. JJ was annoyed that she had not had a moment alone with Spence since they had gotten to the hospital. Emily was just about to leave, too. And now her stupid boss was going to ruin her alone time with her boyfriend.
"Yes." JJ replied unwillingly. She silently cursed the man whom she usually revered. Of all the times. She thought to herself, walking out the door and closing it behind her.
"Okay Hotch, shoot." JJ said, giving the go-ahead for the lecture she knew she was in for. She was an intelligent woman, intelligent enough to know that the second she tried to burst into that house without a team with her, she was seriously breaking protocol. But she would not have done it any differently. In a thousand lifetimes, she would never regret entering that house for the man she loved. But she knew the Bureau would not see it that way.
"JJ, what am I going to do with you? Do you know how serious this situation is? You broke protocol in the most severe of ways! Not only could you have gotten yourself killed, but you further endangered Reid and Rossi's lives as well. This is not to be taken lightly. You were too involved emotionally. There was a specific reason why you were told to go to the house where the unsubs were not supposed to be. Because of your current status with Spencer you acted foolishly and I cannot condone what you have done." Hotch said furiously. He spoke quietly, but it was the most impassioned speech she had ever heard the cold man say.
"I am very sorry that protocol was broken, and it will not happen again. But, I was only following orders by going to the house, and I ascertained that Reid and Rossi were in danger. But, I am sorry." JJ apologized mechanically, and she was sorry. A little.
"I am sorry too JJ, but my hands are tied. Strauss found out about the relationship and has heard about this case. She is willing to let you stay in the FBI without an ethics investigation if you agree to transfer units. Counter-terrorism is offering you a rather attractive salary, if you choose to go there." Hotch told her quietly and continued, "You do, however, have the option of welcoming the investigation, and testifying that you and Reid were acting in the name of cover only. Off the record, I can tell you that the entire team is willing to lie in order to keep you with us. If that were so, any interaction between you and Reid must cease immediately, and any resuming of such a relationship would be hardly in your best interest."
"So, I have to pick between my job and Spence?" JJ asked rhetorically.
"JJ, I am truly sorry. If there was anything I could do, I would." Hotch replied sincerely. He honestly wished that he could just overlook this, but Strauss was breathing down his neck and he had to do something.
"I understand, I acted in a way unbecoming of the FBI, and I am lucky if I do not get investigated by Internal Affairs." JJ said, trying to hide her disappointment, as Hotch turned to walk away she called after him.
"Hotch, it was a pleasure working with you. You will have my resignation on your desk as soon as possible." JJ promised. While she loved the BAU, she had to pick Spence. The choice had already been made. JJ would miss the team terriably, but she knew what she could not live without.
"I thought that would be the case. I wish you the best in all of your pursuits, especially those concerning Reid." He said with a smile. "You may want to tell him the situation, Emily should be leaving any moment." He then turned, and walked off. JJ stood for a moment, bracing herself before she went back into the hospital room, contemplating to herself what she had just done.
"Night, JJ. Reid, Get well soon! I mean it!" Emily told the couple ten minutes later. She quickly exited the room, leaving the pair alone. When Reid saw Prentiss was out of sight, he turned quickly to JJ.
"I...uh...heard about you entering the house before the OK was made, are you going to be alright." He asked sincerely. Spencer really did not want JJ to get in trouble because of him.
"It would have been if we weren't seeing eachother, but because of the relationship, I am going to be transfered. I acted without thought, and that cannot be tolerated." She answered honestly.
"But...It is not your fault! Why am I not being transferred? I am just as guilty in this relationship." Said a very enraged Reid.
"Because you did not shoot out a window, and jeprodize the lives of your fellow agents. And also, it doesn't hurt that you are the most brilliant mind the FBI has ever employed." JJ replied with a weary smile.
"But I was the instigator in this relationship!"
"Alright firstly, welcome to the world of being a woman in the FBI. And secondly, Spence, sweetie, if I remember correctly I kissed you in the hall." She reminded him.
"But I kissed you when I was drunk...." He began.
"Honey, you were drunk, it still does not count." JJ pointed out with a smile.
"Wait, what if we just said that this was all a misunderstanding? We can tell them that we were just undercover and we thought it was for the best if we pretended to be together. It will be alright." Reid resolved, he would not cost JJ her job.
"But then we have to break-up. If Strauss ever caught wind of us dating again, I would be done for."
"But you will still have your job, I am willing to end this so you can stay with the team." Spencer told her. He loved her enough to not make her sacrifice the thing she cared most about in this world...her job.
"I am not." JJ said quietly.
"What?" Spencer asked, unsure of what she meant.
"I am not willing to break-up for my position. Counter-terrorism is offering me a job. I can stay with the FBI, and still be with you."
"JJ, You love your job. I cannot ask you to give it up for me."
"You don't have to ask, because I love you more." JJ replied simply. Reid at first looked shocked, and then, slowly a smile crept upon his face.
"YOU LOVE ME MORE THAN THE BAU!" Reid exclaimed, jumping off his bed.
"Honey, calm down, they will kick me out if I make your heart rate go crazy." JJ tried to calm him, but was too late as he ran up and kissed her.
"Too late, no matter what you do you make my heart rate go crazy! JJ, you love me more than your job. You broke up with how many boyfriends over ultimatums to quit the BAU, and for me you do it freely! While, I still don't think I am worth it, I...am at loss for words!" He said again, pulling her in for another quick kiss.
"Now, Dr. Reid, don't get cocky!" JJ teased.
"The most beautiful girl in the world, has chosen me over the job that she has slaved over for years. I will be cocky if I want to be." Spence shot back. JJ just laughed as he held her tight. She mused to herself how a workaholic like her could give up her job for Spence. She could do anything for him. Jennifer Jareau knew that in Spencer Reid's arms was exactly the place were she was supposed to be. And she would sacrifice anything she could to stay there.