Chapter 14
Later that morning JJ was resting comfortably in a hospital bed the FBI presence at her door and the small bruise on her cheek were the only reminders of what she had been through. She was very weak and pale, sleeping most of the time.
Hotch stood in the room and he held Shawna. He didn't care who saw them like this. He was only thinking that everyone was safe and he needs to be with her. They were all exhausted and he was about to leave when he heard "Daddy" behind him. He turned and Jack cam running into the room. Hotch scooped him up and hugged him. Haley was holding Henry and as soon as he saw Will he reached for him. Shawna still had her arm around Hotch's waist when he scooped up Jack. Jack looked at her and was acting shy. Shawna smiled at him and asked him about the action figure he held. He showed it to her briefly before pulling it to his chest. She laughed and so did Hotch.
Haley watched them a few moments before she said, "Well we better go."
Hotch looked at her sternly then he said, "You can wait a few minutes, and besides don't you want to see JJ?"
Haley nodded and she walked into the room. Hotch took Shawna and his son down the hall to the waiting room.
JJ was so exhausted but when she heard Henry she opened her eyes. She cried a little because she thought maybe she wouldn't see him again. Haley walked closer to the bed and she said, "I am glad you are ok." JJ smiled at her as she hugged Henry.
"Will, I can keep him longer for you if you want to stay here."
"If I need to I'll call you. And thank you Haley."
A little while later Hotch left the hospital. He knew JJ was fine and he wanted to be there when they moved Stephen Brody/Chabrol. He was being taken from the jail to prison.
Falcon waited for them to come out. He heard them say Brody was being transported today and with his credentials no one questioned why he was here. The van that would take Brody to the prison pulled into the lot. He stood near his car and watched them bring him out. He was hand cuffed and his feet were shackled. Two police men escorted him. Right before they got to the van, Falcon stood in front of them and shot Stephen Brody in the face. All hell broke loose after that. The police officer pulled their weapons out and pointed them at Falcon. He raised his hands in the air and dropped the gun. Hotch, Shawna, Morgan and Emily had just pulled into the lot, witnessing the execution of Stephen Brody. The officers tackled Falcon and cuffed him. Brody lie dead on the macadam.
As soon as Hotch was out of the SUV he sprinted to them as they lifted Falcon off the ground. He knew this man, he saw him everyday when he passed through the security at the BAU. Hotch stood in front of him and said "Falcon?"
Falcon looked directly into his eyes and didn't say a word, he didn't deny it either.
After Falcon was searched, finger printed and put into the system he was placed into a holding cell. The door opened and Hotch stepped to the bars. Falcon looked at him but didn't get up off the bunk.
"I knew we would meet one day. But I didn't think it would be like this."
Falcon just stared at him.
"I do not think it was wise to do what you did. But I am sending a friend of mine here to defend you. Work on your insanity plea." With that Hotch walked out of the jail.
Months passed and later that evening Spencer did something he hadn't done in two years. He parked the car and stepped out into the darkened parking lot. The images of Tobias haunted him and he shook a little. He hesitated by the car and then a man stepped out from the shadows into the circle of light that glowed on the macadam. "I haven't seen you around here lately." He said to Spencer.
Things settled back into a routine. Shawna took over John Seechey's position. She continued to date Hotch and they were taking things extremely slow. Harry Novak retired and the first thing Shawna needed to do was bring in another agent and a Media Liaison. Anson Wilder was fitting into their team and she was getting to know him. Julianne seemed distracted lately and Shawna was concerned for her.
Emily talked with Morgan about what happened and he was relieved that she didn't have plans for the two of them. He backed off on his surveillance of her. Emily felt that things were returning to normal.
Morgan couldn't help feeling as if Spencer needed him right now and he made every attempt to be there for him. The problem was Spencer was shutting him out. He prayed that Reid would work this through.
Spencer stayed frozen in place next to his car. He was rubbing the inside of his right palm with his fingers, and he chewed the inside of his lip waiting.
The man scanned the lot and seeing no one was around he stepped closer to Spencer. "Come on lets go. They have already started."
Spencer breathed a sigh of relief and followed his sponsor inside the church hall.
JJ came back to work. She seemed to be doing fine and she refused to talk about what happened. She sat at her desk and searched through files. She thought of Gregory Sussman, the man they knew only as The Falcon. He had refused to speak to anyone and Hotch was trying to get him some help. JJ was half convinced that she needed to go to the prison and see him. She owed him a debt of thanks. And even though she would not tell anyone this, she was glad The Falcon had killed Stephen Brody. A chill went up her spin as she recalled the things he did to her when he thought she was unconscious. She didn't share that with anyone, not Will, not Aaron, not even Emily. She would take that secret to her grave.
JJ squeezed the ball point pen she held and it snapped in half. The ink dripped onto the file she had opened on her desk. The one she hadn't read yet. When she grabbed a tissue to clean up the ink she noticed the words…Gold SUV.