A/N- Okay, so we are going back in time a little bit here. AJ is only 14.
Enjoy….
"Would someone like to explain to me what the hell happened today?" Hotch asked as he looked at the two people sitting in the emergency waiting room. Nobody said anything. "I'm waiting."
"It's all my fault Uncle Hotch. I was the one that suggested we play paintball, but I forgot how competitive mom can be." AJ said quietly.
"And don't forget when you add Amy to the mix things tend to happen." Morgan added.
"So you are telling me that a simple game of paintball has put me down two agents for lord knows how long?"
"Something like that." Morgan replied just as JJ walked around the corner. JJ was sporting a huge bandage on her forehead and one really nice bruise on her cheek.
"Hotch, what are you doing here?" JJ asked shocked to see him there.
"I got a call saying that two of my agents were in the hospital."
"Oh." JJ said quietly as she sat down next to AJ. "It's all Emily's fault."
"How is this Emily's fault? Better yet, why don't you just start at the beginning?" Hotch said as he sat down.
Earlier that day…..
"So how are we going to decide teams?" Morgan asked as he handed everyone their paintball guns.
"How about me, you and AJ against JJ and Emily?" Amy stated with a smirk.
"Oh, I like it." Morgan smiled.
"Two against three, unh?" JJ replied.
"Oh please, we all know you are one of the best shots in all of the FBI and Emily is a close second." Amy said as she put on her goggles.
"Fine, whatever. But how about this, last one standing, there team wins and the losers have to buy dinner?"
"Sounds good to me." Morgan smiled.
A few minutes, they broke apart and headed for opposite sides of the playing field. The field was really nothing more than five acres of woods. It had several small hills with some small drop offs and a couple small sheds, but it was mostly trees. Once alone, Emily and JJ began discussing their strategy.
"So we agree, we take AJ out first and then focus on Morgan." Emily said she finished getting ready.
"Do you know how wrong that sounds?" JJ laughed. "We certainly won't be winning any parent of the year awards today?"
"Honey, this is war. There are no daughters or friends in battle." Emily said with a smirk. "Okay, so I will head this way and start working my way north and you head that way." Emily said as she pointed to the opposite direction.
"Sounds good. Just remember that Amy is quick, they will probably try to get her in behind us."
"Okay." Emily smiled. This was going to be fun, Emily laughed to herself. "Channel Two right?" Emily asked pointing to her radio and JJ nodded. "Okay good luck." Emily gave JJ a quick kiss on the cheek and they both headed their own ways.
Over an hour passed and still everyone was in the game. This is going to be the longest paintball game ever, AJ thought to herself as she hid behind a tree. I should have known better than to come with four FBI agents.
Out of the corner of her eye JJ saw Morgan not twenty feet away heading in the opposite direction, however, she did not have a clear shot. She crept around a tree and stepped on a twig and it snapped. Both Morgan and JJ froze. Morgan spun around and JJ quickly ducked behind the tree. After a few minutes Morgan began to move again and JJ decided that it was time to make her move. She moved out from behind the tree and pulled the trigger sending three paint balls hurling towards Morgan.
SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT!
All three of them hit Morgan square in the back.
"Damn it!" Morgan hissed. He turned around to see a smiling JJ not ten feet away. "I can't believe I'm the first one out." Morgan groaned. "I'm so never going to hear the end of this."
"Quit your whining, loser!" JJ teased.
"I so hate you right now." Morgan teased back. Morgan picked us his radio to inform his team mates that he was out, while JJ did the same with Emily. Morgan made his way towards JJ, "Nice shot." Morgan said as he gave her a wink and then headed off the field.
"Alright, one down, two to go." JJ chuckled to herself.
Emily saw AJ walking slowly towards her and could not help but smile. AJ must have seen her because she dove behind a huge rock. Emily's FBI tactical training kicked in and she circled around the back and found AJ peeking around the other side looking for Emily. Emily climbed up on top of another rock and using the height advantage fired two shots at her daughter.
SPLAT! SPLAT!
Both shots hit AJ in the back of her leg.
"Ouch!" AJ yelled as she spun around to see her mother lying on top of a rather large rock laughing. "I can't believe you shot your own daughter."
"At least I aimed for your leg, that has to count for something right?" Emily continued to laugh to which AJ stuck out her tongue at her mother. Emily picked up her radio and announced that AJ was out. AJ could hear JJ laughing through the radio.
"You two are horrible, you know that right?" AJ said as she walked past her mother.
"Maybe but we're winning." Emily laughed as AJ stuck out her tongue again.
Amy knew she was screwed when she heard that AJ was out. It was now just her against Emily and JJ and there was no way they were going down with out a fight.
The game continued for what seemed like for ever. Emily had gotten close to Amy on several occasions but had yet to hit her, but what she had managed to do was run out of paintballs. Plus to make matters worse she had lost communications with JJ. Either her or JJ's radio wasn't working. So unless she could find JJ and get some more ammo, she was screwed.
JJ was walking along the edge of one of the hills when little did she know that Amy was about thirty feet behind her and closing in fast. Emily was still desperately trying to find JJ and some more ammo when she saw Amy closing in on her. She knew that if Amy got to JJ than the game would be over. She did not have any ammo and if JJ wasn't in the game she couldn't use hers. Amy was only about twenty feet away when Emily decided to do what would probably be the stupidest thing she had ever done. Emily took off in a full run, straight towards Amy. Just as Amy was about to raise her gun Emily hit her with all that she had. Having heard the collision, JJ spun around just in time to see Emily and Amy go tumbling down the hill.
"Jesus!" JJ yelled as she ran towards the spot where they fell, dropping her gun and goggles as she ran. She was about ten feet away when she tripped on a tree branch and fell down hitting her head on a log. "DAMN IT!" JJ yelled as she grabbed her head. She pulled her hand away and found that it was already covered in blood. JJ struggled to sit up and then yelled for Morgan over the radio. "MORGAN! I need some help here and bring a first aid kit."
A few minutes later, Morgan and AJ arrived shocked to see JJ sitting on the ground covered in blood.
"Oh my god mom, are you okay?" AJ asked rushing towards her mother.
"Yeah, I fine." JJ winced as AJ applied a bandage to JJ's head. "But you might want to check on dumb and dumber over there." JJ pointed to the spot where Emily and Amy fell. Morgan leaned over the edge and started laughing.
"How are you two doing down there?" Morgan laughed. Some fifteen feet below him sat Emily and Amy. Amy was holding her arm and Emily was trying to keep her leg straight.
"Very funny Morgan." Amy hissed.
"Can you two walk?"
"I can, but I Emily hurt her knee. I'm betting she tore her ACL." Amy yelled back up the hill. "Probably going to need to call for an ambulance. I heard JJ yell, is she okay?"
"Yeah, she tripped over a log and busted her head, probably going to need some stitches, but she's fine. A little pissed at you two right now, but other than that she is fine."
"You hear that Emily, JJ is pissed. This is all your fault."
"Can you save the lecture Amy? I'm in a lot of pain here." Emily whined.
"Serves you right." Amy replied. "You better be thinking about what expensive gift you're going to buy JJ to keep her from killing you." Amy added with a smirk.
Back in the hospital waiting room….
Hotch sat there in disbelieve as he listened to JJ tell the story of what had happened.
"So Emily tackled Amy, just to win the game?" Hotch asked completely dumbfounded.
"Did you expect anything less from her?" AJ asked. Hotch simply shook his head and Morgan laughed.
"What did the doctors say?" Hotch asked.
"Well JJ had to have nineteen stitches but luckily no concussion." Morgan said. "But Amy and Emily weren't so lucky."
"Amy has a broken wrist and Emily did in fact tare her ACL." JJ added.
"Is she going to have to surgery?" Hotch asked.
"Tomorrow morning, they're just waiting for the swelling to go down." Hotch sighed and shook his head. "Andy said that Amy is out for at least a week and Emily will probably be out of the office for at least four weeks and then on desk duty for four to five weeks after that." JJ said as she continued to deliver the good news.
"She's lucky she's hurt or else I would kill her." Hotch stated firmly.
"You and me both!" JJ snapped. "What the hell was she thinking?"
"You know mom, she is super competitive, anything to win." AJ replied smiled. "Although knocking Aunt Amy down a hill might be pushing it a bit." AJ laughed. "But seriously Uncle Hotch, if I were you I would be more concerned about her aim. I mean what kind of FBI Agent goes through an entire canister of paintballs and only actually hit some twice?"
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