Chapter 2:
A/N: Sorry about the wait, I've been really busy.
A week later it was the day of AJ's test. "Good luck on that test today buddy, I love you." Will told him in his strong southern accent.
AJ looked up at him and smiled, "I love you too, Dad." He told him before getting out of the car quickly. Will watched him leave with a smile on his face and a tear in his eye.
He called JJ and hoped she would answer. She was coming home from her latest case today so he wasn't sure if she was on the plane yet. He sighed as he heard the voice of the woman he loved come through, "Hello."
"Hey, my love, guess what just happened." Will told her excitedly.
"What?"
"AJ called me dad." He said happily.
JJ smiled as she spoke, "That is great honey, I've got to go. I'm getting on the plane now, I should be able to get home in two hours, I'll see you then and we can celebrate tonight. I love you."
"I love you too, have a good flight." Will said before hanging up his phone and heading to the station to start work. He was working for about an hour and a half when he decided to stop at a nearby gas station to get some coffee. He went into the quiet shop and was paying for his coffee when a guy walked in. At first Will didn't think anything of it but as he walked past him he saw a gun in the back of his pants.
Before Will could react the guy pulled the gun out and told everyone to get down. "Drop the weapon!" Will yelled as he pulled out his own gun, dropping the coffee. The guy stared at Will for a second before reaching for someone nearby and pulling them in front of him.
"Drop yours." He told Will as he pointed the gun at the young girl he had grabbed head. Will looked at the girl and the guys hand which was inching towards the trigger. He lowered his gun slowly. "Put it on the ground and kick it over." Will hesitated for a second before slowly putting it down and pushing it to the guy.
"You don't want to hurt her, I don't have the gun anymore, just let the girl go." Will tried to reason with the man. The man just stared at Will before grabbing his gun off the floor and putting it where his was before.
He then turned to the cashier and told him to give him all the money in there. Will tried to find a way to stop him but with the girl in his arms and having no weapon he didn't know what to do, but then a plan came to him. He quickly ran for his gun out of the man's pants and put it to the back of the guy's head, "Let her go." He growled out in a deep and raspy voice. The man stayed still for a second before letting the girl go as he tuned to face Will.
The guy looked at Will with a smirk on his face, "You have been causing me problems this whole time. You know you were right earlier when you said I didn't want to hurt that girl over there, you on the other hand I really do." Will saw the guy pull the trigger as he pulled his own, he saw the guy drop from the shot to the head. As the adrenaline started wearing off he felt a pain in his stomach, he looked down and to his horror saw blood soaking through his white shirt.
He staggered around for a second before falling, the people in the store surrounded him. The cashier called the police and an ambulance over. Will was bleeding out quickly and was starting to lose consciousness, one of the guys took his shirt off and pressed it to the wound in an attempt to stop the blood flow.
Will was fading, he grabbed the guy closest to him and pulled him closer, "Tell my girlfriend and son I love them." He pleaded with the man, "My girlfriend's name is JJ use my phone and let her know that I love her and our children with all of my heart. Will you tell her to tell Anthony that I am proud of the man he is becoming and to take care of his little brother or sister." Will rushed this part out, running out of energy and breath. He slowly breathed in his last breath and let the darkness consume him.
The ambulance came a few minutes later along with a few police cars. The man Will had spoken to slowly took Will's phone and looked through the contact list for JJ when a call came from just the person he was looking for.
"Hey baby, I just got to the office." JJ spoke happily into the phone. The man sighed as he went to ruin the woman's happiness, he explained the situation and gave her Will's last words before she thanked him and hung up.
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JJ didn't know how to feel, she didn't want to believe what she was told. She slowly slid down against one of her office walls and cradled her baby bump as she rocked slowly. Emily, who was going up to ask her a question, saw her doing this and walked up to her, sitting beside her she looked into JJ's tear- filled eyes.
"What happened Jayje?" She asked in a soft tone.
"I just got a call, Will is" She started her breath hitching as she spoke, "Em, Will's gone." Emily gasped as she heard this.
"Come on, honey, let's get you home." Emily said as she got up and put her hand out to help JJ up.
"I should tell Hotch." JJ told her through her tears.
"Don't worry about all that Jayje, you can take care of that stuff later let's just get you into my car, I'll take you home." Emily told her as she pulled JJ into a hug. Emily put her arm around JJ's shoulder as she released her from the hug and started walking her out of the building, ignoring the curious looks and questions from the team. As they got to Emily's car, Emily unlocked it and made sure JJ was settled before asking if she wanted her to tell the rest of the team, JJ just looked at her and nodded.
They drove to JJ's house in complete silence other than the low buzz of the radio and the quiet crying coming from JJ. When they got to the house JJ pulled out her keys and they both went in and sat on the couch, when JJ's phone rang. She looked down at it and sighed before answering.
"JJ, where did you go, there are a couple of things we need to go over?" Hotch asked.''
"Um, Hotch there's something that you and the rest of the team need to know, Emily's with me by the way." JJ told him, letting out a shaky breath.
"What's wrong JJ?" Hotch asked in a concerned voice.
JJ sighed before telling Hotch, "Please just get the others in here and I'll explain what happened." Hotch got the team together and put the phone on speaker.
"Ok JJ, everyone is in here. Will you please tell us what is going on?" Hotch asked desperately, wanting to know why a member of his family sounded so upset.
"Will was shot today, he didn't make it." She explained in a soft, sad voice. There were a few gasps but for the most part it stayed quiet.
Hotch was the first to speak, "JJ, I'm so sorry, what can we do to help you through this?"
"Could, um, could you just be here. Having you guys around would make this easier" JJ asked them. They all immediately agreed and decided to head over right then. "Could one of you pick up AJ on your way?"
"Me and the kid can take care of that, we'll be over soon." Morgan told her, as he was giving Reid a ride. They all headed out to their separate vehicles, all except Hotch who went to explain the situation to Strauss first. Morgan and Reid both jumped into his truck and made their way to AJ's school. When they got there they headed to the front desk.
"Hello, we need to pick up Anthony Rodriguez, he is in Mr. Clark's fourth grade class. My name is Spencer Reid. I should be on the list of guardians that can get him." Reid told the secretary, overwhelming her as she quickly typed his information into the computer.
"Alright, I found your name, I need to see your ID and find out the reason Anthony is being taken out early." The secretary finally told the impatient pair. Spencer quickly pulled out his wallet and told her that a family emergency had come up. The boys sat there waiting for about five minutes before someone came up with a note saying that things were going to take a little while longer because AJ was in the middle of a very important test, the one to determine where he would go in school." They waited for another ten minutes before AJ came to the front.
As AJ came he was confused that it was his uncles picking him up and as he looked closer he could tell something was wrong. "Hey Uncle Derek and Uncle Spence." He said warily, waiting until they were outside to ask what was going on.
"Hey buddy, how did the test go?" Reid asked as he hugged him.
"It was really easy, they said they were going to talk to mom about my placement as soon as they got the results." AJ told them. The two men smiled at him and the three walked out, waving goodbye to the secretary as they passed. As soon as they got out AJ started questioning, "What's going on, why did you guys pick me up?"
"It'll be explained when we take you home, for now let's just worry about that." Derek told him as he lifted him up to help him get into his truck. They drove to JJ's house with limited talking between them. When they got to the house AJ saw his mom sitting on the sofa with his aunts and uncles around her.
"Mom, what's going on, why is everyone over here and where's dad?" AJ asked growing more and more worried as he took everything in. The tears in her eyes and the facial expression shared by everyone confirmed the worst. "No. It isn't dad, it can't be. Mom, please just tell me what happened."
JJ looked at him with tears running down her face and opened her arms, "Come here, honey." AJ walked over to her and curled himself into her arms. "There was a robbery at a gas station that your daddy was in this morning, dad's immediately response was to protect everyone in that shop. He stopped the man from hurting other people in the store but he was shot, buddy your dad went out while saving people's lives, he died a hero." By this point everybody, even Hotch was either crying or on the verge of doing so.
JJ voice broke as she spoke her next words, "Honey, I want you to know something, I talked to your dad this morning and he was about the happiest he had been since I told him I was pregnant, and that was because of you, he was that happy because you had called him dad. When they called me to tell me what had happened to your father I found out that he stayed alive for enough time to get out what he wanted to tell us, he said he was proud of you, he loves you and that he wants you to take care of your little sibling. I know this is hard baby, but me and you are going to get through this with the knowledge that Will loved us and we will always love him."
A/N: I really didn't want to do that, but it was necessary for the story. Please review.