A/N- Okay, so I wrote this today while at work (surprise, surprise). I'm not sure of the timeline other than it takes place after 'Secret.' As for AJ's age, it doesn't really matter, this is more of an Emily/JJ story. I was leaning towards the 5-7 age range, but then again it really doesn't matter.

JJ was in the Oval Office currently giving the President his daily briefing when his Chief of Staff came running into the room.

"Sorry to interrupt Mr. President but we have a situation at the FBI headquarters in Chicago." JJ felt her heart sink. Emily and the rest of the BAU were in Chicago. "A suspect or suspects are holding several agents hostage. We are getting reports of several injuries and at two agents are confirmed dead." JJ let out a small gasp. "We still don't know how many are still left inside."

"How did he get a gun inside a federal building?" The President asked not really happy at what he was hearing.

"Not sure yet sir, we are still working out the details. We do know that the BAU is there working on a serial murder case." The President looked over at JJ and could see the worry in her eyes. JJ had told the President on her first day of her relationship with Emily and much to her surprise he was okay with it. He always asked about Emily and AJ when time allowed and never made JJ feel uncomfortable.

"Do we know the identity of the victims yet?"

"At this time all we know is it is one female agent and one male agent." JJ said a silent prayer that it was not Emily.

"Agent Jereau, I want you to go to Chicago and personally oversee the hostage situation and the follow up investigation but I need to know that you can be objective if what I know you fear is true. Can you handle it if Agent Prentiss is one of the hostages?"
"Yes, sir." JJ stated firmly, even though she wasn't sure she could, but she wanted nothing more than to be in Chicago, so this gave her a chance to be on the first plane out of DC.

"Good, now if you get there and you find that you cannot handle this situation you let me know. No one will fault you, okay?"

"I understand." JJ stood to leave. "I will call you as soon as I reach the scene."

"Good. I will have the Senior Director call ahead and let them know to expect you. And Agent Jereau?"
"Yes sir?" JJ replied turning back around.

"I hope that Agent Prentiss is okay."

"Thank you sir." JJ offered a weak smile and then left the office.

On her way to the airport, JJ called her parents.

"Hello." Angie said as she answered her phone.

"Mom, I need you and dad to watch AJ for a few days."

"Of course, honey." Angie could hear JJ's voice cracking through the phone. "Sweetie what's wrong?"

"Two suspects are holding several agents hostage at the FBI headquarters in Chicago." JJ heard her mother gasp.

"Oh my god is Emily okay?"

"I don't know mom. All I know right now is that two agents have been killed, several have been injured and several more are still being held by the suspects." JJ said as she struggled to hold back the tears.

"Oh sweetie, I don't know what to…"

"Please mom, don't. I can't think about that right now. The President wants me to take the lead so I need to focus on that."

"Okay, but have you tried calling her?"

"No not yet, because if she is okay then I am sure she is really busy." JJ lied to her mother. The reason that she hadn't tried to call was because if Emily didn't answer then JJ wasn't sure she would be able to handle it.

"What do you want me to tell AJ?" Angie asked.

"Well it is all over the news so just tell her that I will call you as soon as I know something for sure. Until I know different I am going to assume that Emily is okay and everything is fine. Right now I need to focus on being the Agent in Charge not Emily's wife."

"Okay, sweetie. I love you and when you see Emily tell her we love her too."

"Will do mom. Kiss AJ for me and I will call as soon as I can." With that JJ closed her phone and sped towards the airport and her waiting jet.

A couple hours later she arrived in Chicago and went straight to the scene. It was like a war zone. She finally reached the Command Center and introduced herself to the acting agent in charge.

"Agent Nelson?" JJ asked as she approached the man.

"Yes, can I help you? Can't you see that I'm a little busy?" Agent Nelson replied rather roughly not really happy to have been interrupted.

"Yes, I'm Agent Jereau. I believe Senior Director Madden told you I was coming." JJ said reaching out to shake his hand.

"Oh, of course ma'am. I'm so sorry. Please forgive my rudeness." Agent Nelson apologized and shook JJ's hand.

"So what can you tell me so far Agent Nelson?"

"Please call me Brad." Brad smiled. He continued to stare at her until the sound of her clearing her throat snapped him back to reality. "Sorry ma'am. We have two gunmen. They were both suspects in a serial murder investigation that the BAU was working on. Somehow they were able to both get their hands on a weapon and they opened fire. We have two agents confirmed dead and at least three others injured. The injured have been taken to County General. Two minor and one serious."

"Do we know their names?"

"Yes ma'am. The two deceased are Agent Thompson and Agent Willinghurst." JJ said a silent thank you. "Agent Hotchner of the BAU has a minor gunshot wound to the arm, Agent Harper was hit in the leg and Agent Simpson was hit in the stomach. He is currently in surgery. We are unsure if there are any more injuries inside."

"Do we know how many are still inside?"

"Agent Reid said that he thought there was at least five more inside."

"Agent Reid, where is he at?" JJ asked hoping that maybe if wasn't in there then maybe Emily wasn't either.

"Right over there." Brad pointed to a group of agents standing not to far away. "Agent Reid!" Brad yelled and JJ smiled when she saw him turn around. Reid immediately ran over to JJ and hugged her.

"JJ, what are you doing here?" Reid asked as he let go.

"I'm the Agent in Charge. I heard Hotch was shot, is he okay?"

"Yeah, just a flesh wound. We were in the elevator and just as the door opened gunshots rang out. Hotch got hit in the arm. I hit the door closed button and pressed the lobby."

"I'm glad you're okay. What about everyone else?" Reid knew exactly what she was doing. She wanted to know about Emily but couldn't come right out and ask.

"As far as I know they are still inside." Reid's eyes offered JJ a silent 'I'm sorry' to which JJ gave him a quick nod. "Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Yes, go over the profile for these guys with Agent Nelson. Tell him everything you know about them." Reid nodded. "Have we made contact with them?" She asked turning her attention to Brad.

"No ma'am."

"Okay, Brad you go with Reid and get as much information as you can about this two guys and someone get me a phone line into the room. I want to talk to these guys."

A few minutes later, JJ had a phone in her hand and was dialing the suspects. After several rings someone answered.

"This is Special Agent in Charge Jennifer Jereau, who am I speaking to?"

"That is none of your concern. Your only concern is getting me and my brother out of here and on the next plane to Mexico."

"Okay, I'll see what I can do. But first you need to do something for me."

"Like what?"

"Tell me how many agents you have in there?"

"Five."

"Can I talk to one of them?" JJ asked praying that he would say yes.

"Why?"

"I just need to know if they are all okay. Your cooperation now will go a long way in getting that plane."

"Okay fine, you over there, come talk to this agent!" The man yelled at someone in the room. "And no funny business, I'll be listening." He said as he picked up another phone.

"Hello." At the sound of the voice, JJ almost began to cry. A feeling of relief swept over her.

"This is Agent Jereau, who am I talking to?" JJ knew that the man was listening and didn't want to let on that she knew anyone in there. Upon hearing JJ's voice, Emily immediately wanted to cry. She struggled to hold back the tears.

"This is Agent Prentiss." Emily replied continuing the charade.

"Are you okay, what about everyone else? Who is still in there?"

"I'm fine. Agent Morgan hit his head, but appears to be okay. Agent Rossi and Agent Garcia are okay. However, Agent Black was hit in the chest." JJ felt the tears starting to form. "She has lost a lot of blood. We need to get her out of here." Emily pleaded into the phone.

"I'm doing everything I can. Just hang in there." JJ replied into the phone. Her arms ached to be able to hold Emily. "And Agent Prentiss, you know right?" Emily knew exactly what she was talking about.

"I do know and it goes both ways." Emily replied just as the phone was yanked from her hand.

"Okay, now get me our plane." He yelled into the phone and before JJ could respond he hung up.

JJ called the President and gave him a quick update. While the other agents were busy she took a few minutes to call her mom. She told her what was happening and that as of this moment Emily was okay. She also told her that Amy had been shot and she was doing her best to get her out.

The standoff continued well into the night. Finally after several phone calls and a lot of false promises on JJ's part, the two men agreed to release Amy. JJ watched as Amy was placed on a stretcher and rushed her to the hospital. The last time she had spoken with Emily, she told her that Amy's pulse was getting weaker.

A couple more hours passed and she was trying to figure out what to do next when she felt her cell phone vibrate. She looked down and was shocked to see a text from Morgan.

She flipped open her phone and read…..

got m's cell, unsubs fading, not going down w/o fight, send swat, love em.

JJ fought back the tears. The unsubs were getting unstable and if Emily was telling her to send in SWAT then they must be out of options.

"Agent Nelson?" JJ yelled for Brad who was standing near by talking to Reid.

"Yes ma'am."

"I just got a text from on of the Agents inside." Reid immediately knew who the text was from. "She said that the situation was deteriorating fast and that our only option is to send in SWAT."

"Are you sure? I mean, we still have four more agents there, shouldn't we wait a little while longer?"

"No, if Emily says to send in SWAT, that it's our only option, then we have to trust her. She would tell us to do that if it wasn't completely necessary."

"Okay, I will let them know to move into position." Brad left to go find the head of the SWAT team. JJ sat down on the bumper of the car she was standing next too and put her hands in her head.

"It's going to be okay. Emily is going to be fine." Reid said putting his hand on JJ's shoulder.

"I hope you're right." JJ sighed as she grabbed Reid's hand and gave it a squeeze. "Have you heard anything about Amy?"

"Hotch said that she's still in surgery. He called Andy. He is on his way."

"Good." JJ offered a weak smile. "Call Hotch, tell him what we are going to do. It's his team in there, he needs to know." JJ said as she stood up.

"Okay." Reid said as he pulled JJ into a hug. "No matter what happens, you did good today JJ."

"Thanks." JJ smiled and then Reid went to call Hotch. JJ felt her cell phone vibrate and she quickly opened it up. It was another message.

plan?

JJ sighed as she thought about was she was about to do. Brad returned and told her that SWAT was ready.

"Okay, tell SWAT to go they will go on my mark. I will send a message to the agents inside, hopefully they can find cover. Tell SWAT to aim high."

"Okay." Brad off to find the SWAT leader again and JJ pulled out her phone. She typed a message to Emily.

swat coming in, nxt msg, wait 30s, then cover. love jj

JJ pressed the send button and waited for Brad to return.

"Here you go ma'am." Brad said as he handed JJ a radio. "They are waiting for your mark." JJ took a deep breath and typed another message.

now

JJ sent the message and then waited 30 seconds.

"SWAT move now!" JJ yelled into the radio. JJ could hear gunfire coming from the building and even from the street she could hear SWAT yelling at the unsubs.

After what seemed like an eternity, the radio crackled and SWAT gave the all clear.

"Damage Report." JJ replied into the radio.

"One unsub dead, other in custody."

"And the agents?"
"Good, all agents alive and breathing." JJ couldn't hold the tears back any more. "Agents on their way out." JJ looked up and saw Morgan, Rossi and Garcia coming out the front door. She and Reid took off in a full out sprint until they reached them. JJ was still searching for Emily when she reached them. She threw her arms around Morgan and hugged him like she had never hugged him before.

"Are you okay Morgan?" JJ asked.

"I'm fine. Just a little bump on the head, nothing to worry about. You did good girl, you did real good." Morgan smiled as he kissed her forehead.

"Where's Emily?" JJ asked with fresh tears in her eyes.

"Right here." JJ spun around and saw Emily standing right in front of her.

"Oh my god, Emily!" JJ yelled as she found herself quickly wrapped in a hug. "I was so scared."

"Me too, but Morgan's right, you did good." Emily smiled as she continued to hold on to JJ. "You did real good." JJ just rolled her eyes. "I'm serious. You got Amy out and you gave us plenty of warning before sending SWAT in."

"I just glad you're all okay."

"How's Amy?" Garcia asked.

"Still in surgery. She's at County General. Hotch is there if you guys want to head that way."

"I think we will. Plus Morgan needs to get that bump on his head checked out." Rossi said. "You coming JJ?"

"No, I have to finish things up here. You guys go, call when Amy is out of surgery."

"Okay, come on Emily." Rossi said as they all turned towards a car that was waiting for them.

"I think I'll stay here." Emily said grabbing JJ's hand. Rossi nodded and got into the car. "I'm glad it was you out here. When I heard your voice on that phone I knew everything was going to be okay."

"I'm glad you felt like that. I was scared to death." JJ replied.

"Well you certainly didn't show it." Agent Nelson said walking up behind JJ and Emily. "Agent Brad Nelson." He said extending his hand to Emily.

"Agent Emily Prentiss." Emily said shaking his hand.

"I'm glad you're okay. You should be proud of this one." He smiled pointing at JJ. "She handled things a lot better then I would have, especially if someone I loved was in there."

"Wait a minute, you knew?" JJ asked shocked.

"Yes, Senior Director Madden informed me of the situation before you arrived. He wanted to make you didn't do anything rash." Brad laughed. "But seeing how you sent SWAT in there while your 'wife' was still in there, I'd say you did just fine. You are a very lucky woman, Agent Prentiss, very lucky indeed."

"Don't I know it." Emily smiled before pulling JJ into kiss.

A/N- So what did you think?? Finally a story where JJ had to deal with Emily's life being in danger; PLEASE REVIEW.