Heal Me

Sometimes, to fix the broken, you have to break the rules.

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Chapter 11

Morgan cocked his head and stared rigidly at the blonde woman, perched precariously on the edge of her seat in the interrogation room back in Quantico. They had wrapped up the Williamsburg case in a trice, Doyle was dead after all. There still remained the problem of the woman; Alice, Rossi said her name was. It had been only two days since the showdown and Morgan felt himself on tenterhooks, he just wanted to see Emily again and to speak to her, know she was going to be okay. He was still pissed at Rossi, if truth be told. And; though he hated it, a little jealous. Emily was stunning, beautiful and just the sort of woman he wanted to settle down with. But Rossi had snagged her faster than blinking. Morgan knew he shouldn't really care; Emily had gone to Rossi first. But he did and man, coming second best to David frigging Rossi really sucked.

"You okay?" he asked the trembling Alice.

"Fine" she said hoarsely. She looked for a moment as though she were about to speak, but closed her mouth at the last second.

Morgan bit back an angry comment. From what Rossi had told the rest of them it appeared that this woman, Alice, had betrayed Emily.

"Is -" Alice said "Is Julie okay?"

Julie? Who in flipping hell is Juli- right. She meant Emily. Morgan turned his gaze on her steadily. "She's at the hospital. Doctors say she's in a coma right now but she should be alright" he said.

"Oh"

It occurred to Morgan then that this woman really hadn't believed Doyle wanted to kill Emily. She was naïve, almost pitiful to the point where Morgan almost felt inclined to feel sorry for her, almost. It certainly was true that Emily was in a coma, they'd all been there when the doctor had announced the news. He remembered, with astonishing clarity everyone's reaction. Reid had stood stock still but looked relieved that Emily was at least alive; Hotch barely moved an inch and JJ let out a heaving sigh. He himself had barely struggled to rein in his own thankfulness that she was alive and well. Ashleigh, poor thing, seemed like she was withdrawing into herself and he had made a mental note to try and fix that as soon as possible, he could practically see the parasite of guilt eating at her. But Rossi seemed to crumple and just sank into a plastic chair and stared at the floor. JJ had placed her hands on his shoulders and he just sank further, burdened with pain and guilt. Morgan actually pitied the poor guy.

But he was still pissed at him.

The door opened and Hotch entered, wearing a grim expression. Alice had the good grace to look, if possible, even more scared at the sight of the hulking, and grim faced Unit Chief.

"Alice –" Hotch began.

"Harding-Jones" the shaking woman finished.

"Do you know why you are here?"

"Yes"

"Enlighten me then"

"I betrayed an undercover FBI agent and helped Ian Doyle" Alice whispered, deathly silent.

Morgan glanced at Hotch, the two agents sharing a look that conveyed thought. Morgan flicked his head and Hotch seemed like he wanted to let lose an exasperated sigh, and frankly Morgan couldn't blame the guy. He had spent six months hiding Emily's existence, finds out his best friend and fellow agent slept with and is in love with Emily and finally had a showdown with the man who "killed" her. Not to mention all the crap with Foyet. How was he still standing?

Because he has Jack. And, whether the man knows it or not, he has Ashleigh as well. That girl will do anything for him, Morgan mused.

"Why Alice?" he asked, turning his mind back on the job.

Alice's trembling increased. She stared down at her lap. "I told you already"

"Tell me again"

"Ian s- saved me" Alice stuttered, taking a huge shuddering breath. "He took me in off the streets and cleaned all the drugs from my system"

"When was this?" Morgan asked.

"Six months ago"

"Continue"

"He told me stories about how Lauren – Julie – had broken his heart. I was to find her and see what she was doing"

Morgan frowned. So Doyle had known all along that Emily lived, whilst he – the man who had sworn to help protect her life – had not.

"At first" Alice whispered. "At first I did as he instructed. Made contact, made friends with her and fed information to Doyle. Then about a week ago she admitted to me that she had a man 'waiting for her in Virginia'"

Hotch's grim face contorted further. "You are admitting to aiding Doyle?"

"Yes"

"Then you are guilty of aiding a terrorist, helping in the kidnapping and assault of Emily Prentiss, renowned FBI agent and going against the Constitutional Passages. Do you understand Miss Harding-Jones?"

"Yes"

"Then" Hotch said. "You are to remain in custody until you are transported to Federal prison"

"Yes sir"

Hotch beckoned and Morgan got to his feet, stretching out his back before moving to follow his superior. He knew Hotch was worried about Emily and they were all itching to see her but the nurses had insisted they stay away until she was awake and stable. It had been two freaking days!

"You want to know something?" Alice called after them. "She turned out to be really nice and I never told Ian about the man from Virginia. Doyle found out at the warehouse. That was the secret I kept for her"

But you gave her to a murderer, Morgan thought.

They left the room and started progressing down the hallway. None of their team had returned to the BAU as of yet. Strauss, during a bout of temporary kindness (Morgan was positive she wanted something out of this), had given them all leave until Emily was back on her feet. So they had been confined to Reid's apartment, it was the biggest, and they all felt they had to be together so that news could travel at warp speed. Morgan and Hotch had only gone in to interview Alice.

"Back to Reid's place?" Morgan asked, digging for his keys.

"Yes" Hotch replied and then continued. "Let's stop at the hospital and drag Dave away. Two days is too long, he probably needs a shower and the nurses are probably close to taking his gun and shooting him"

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Author Note:

I realise that most people haven't read the latest chapter. Nor have I got many reviews :(
But that's okay! You guys have lives Im sure :D
Thank you to Jotchprossi18 who is ever so prompt
Furthermore I am starting a new RossiPrentiss universe on LJ :) Lots of a little oneshots with a common theme (RossixPrentiss of course ;D) Here it is:
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