A/N- Okay so I am not a huge fan of this one…. But it was something that I felt needed to be written to tie up some loose ends before the final two chapters…. I know… it's sad but unfortunately this story is about to come to an end… only two more chapters left after this one….. I hope you like this one….

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Emily sat in AJ and Brad's living room watching JJ give a press conference while her grandson was sleeping peacefully in her arms. The family had decided to get together to celebrate Spencer's one-month birthday, unfortunately Kelly and JJ were still at work. Brad was out back playing with Tom while Christy and AJ were busy in the kitchen. Christy was seven months along now and they had found out they were having a girl but like AJ and Brad, they had decided not to tell anyone the name they had picked out.

Emily glanced down at her watch and groaned. Even if the press conference ended now, it would probably be another hour before JJ and Kelly would get home so basically they would miss dinner. Emily had been trying to drop hints that maybe it was time for JJ to retire but so far JJ hadn't picked up on any of them. JJ still loved what she did and it made her happy. The press conference was in response to a serial killer that was currently running havoc in the DC area. Emily knew that the BAU, which was now run by Amy, was on the case but so far there they hadn't found anything to help them find him. After the sixth murder, the President assigned JJ's team to help the BAU, which meant that JJ had been given the lead. Today JJ was announcing that they had a suspect and was currently giving the press as well as the public a description. The press conference was being held at the same park where the last two bodies were found. Emily knew that JJ wasn't happy about this but the newly appointed Senior Director had insisted on it.

"So I guess mom and Kelly aren't going to make it." AJ said as she sat down next to Emily. She watched her mother field questions from behind a podium with Kelly standing just off to the side.

"Doesn't look that way," Emily frowned. "Where is Christy?"

"Outside with Brad and Tom." AJ replied. "Little man is out, isn't he?" AJ said as both women turned away from the screen to look down that the sleeping boy. However, before Emily could respond the sound of gunfire erupted from the television. Emily and AJ's heads quickly snapped back to the screen as they watched people running in all directions. It was pure chaos. The CNN news crew scanned the area from their position on the ground and Emily could see Morgan running after a guy; whom Emily could only assume was the unsub. There were shouts for someone to call 911 and Emily's heart sank. Once Morgan had the unsub in custody, the CNN camera panned back around to the podium. Emily watched in horror as she caught a glimpse of Kelly laying on the ground clutching her stomach as blood pooled around her and then the next thing she saw made her heart stop; JJ laying on the ground, blood pouring out of her leg and clearly not moving.

"OH MY GOD!" AJ screamed.

"No, no, no this can't be happening!" Emily said as tears began to fall.

"What's wrong?" Brad asked as he, Tom and Christy came running into the room.

"Mommy?" Tom asked as he saw the image that was now plastered on the screen; JJ lying on the ground in a pool of her own blood. Emily grabbed the remote and quickly changed the channel. "Is mommy okay?" Tom asked with tears in his eyes. Emily handed Spencer to Brad, who was trying to comfort AJ, and kneeled in front of her son.

"Mommy and Kelly got hurt at work," Emily looked up at Christy who had her own tears upon hearing that her fiancée had also been shot.

"How bad is it?" Christy asked putting her hand on her belly. Emily wanted to tell her everything was going to be okay but truthfully she didn't know. Emily stood up and put her hand on Christy's shoulder and gave her a sympathetic nod, it was all she could do. A couple seconds later, Emily's cell phone rang. Emily didn't even have to look at the caller ID to know who it was.

"Talk to me Amy," Emily said a she answered her phone. Realizing that she needed to be strong for her family, Emily wiped her tears away.

"I guess you were watching. So real quick, JJ was hit in the leg. I'm not sure how bad but she is losing a lot of blood. I'm not sure if she hit her head when she fell or if she lost consciousness from the blood loss. The paramedics are with her now."

"What about Kelly?"

"She took one to the stomach. She's drifting in and out, and as you can imagine, she is in a lot of pain. The paramedics are with her too."

"Amy, I'm going to ask you a question and you better not lie to me." Emily waited a few seconds before continuing. "How bad is it for both of them?"

"Honestly I don't know, Em. We both know that gut wounds are bad," Amy said referring to Kelly. "And the fact that JJ is unconscious can't be good."

"What hospital are they taking them to?" Emily asked.

"One second." Emily could hear Amy asking one of the paramedics and then she came back to the phone. "They're taking both of them to Georgetown Medical. They're putting both in the ambulances right now."

"Ok, we are headed there now."

"Ok. We will all be there as soon as we can." They exchanged their goodbyes and Emily closed her phone.

"So what did Aunt Amy say?" AJ asked as her own tears fell.

"Not much more than what we saw on the television. We need to get to Georgetown Medical right away."

"I'll watch Tom and Spencer. You guys go." Brad told the group.

"I wanna go with you." Tom cried as he ran over and threw his arms around Emily's waist.

"I know you do sweetheart, but I promise you everything is going to be okay." Emily said as she kneeled in front of her son. "But right now I need you to stay here with Brad, ok? Can you do that for me?" Tom nodded and slowly wiped his tears away. There was a quick round of goodbyes and the then the three women made their way to the hospital. On the way there, Emily called JJ's mom and told her the news. She told Angie that she would call her as soon as she knew something.

Once at the hospital they were directed to the family waiting room where they found Hotch already waiting.

"I got here as soon as I could. I was watching the news conference on TV." Hotch explained as he hugged Emily. "Have you talked to Amy or Morgan?"

"I talked to Amy but she couldn't give me much more than we saw." Emily told Hotch and he nodded. "She wasn't sure… sure how bad it was." Emily said as she struggled to maintain her composure. Seeing that she was about to break, Hotch pulled her into another hug. Emily took a couple deep breaths and then slowly pulled away. Emily gave Hotch a slight nod indicating that she was okay and then Hotch turned his attention to AJ.

"Hey girl, how are you holding up?" Hotch asked hugging AJ.

"A little numb right now." AJ said as she hugged Hotch back.

"Your mom is tough and so is Kelly; they will both pull through this."

"I hope you're right Uncle Hotch." AJ said as she wiped a tear from her cheek.

Not long after they arrived, a doctor came into the waiting room.

"I'm looking for Agent Thompson's family." A young doctor stated as he walked into the waiting room.

"I'm her mother," Emily said as she helped Christy stand up. "And this is her fiancée. How is she?"

"Agent Thompson was shot once in the stomach and needs surgery. At this time we don't know how much damage the bullet did but she is showing signs of internal bleeding. The sooner we get in there the better her chances are."

"Is she going to be okay?" Christy asked just barely above a whisper.

"Right now it's too early to say." Emily felt Christy waver beside her and put her arm around her waist to steady her. "I'm sorry I wish I had better news, but that is all I have right now."

"Thank you doctor." Emily said as she shook the doctor's hand. "Do you know anything about the other agent that was brought in? Agent Jareau? She's my wife."

"No, but I will see what I can find out." The young doctor smiled and turned to leave.

"I can't believe this is happening." Christy said as new tears fell.

"Honey, it's going to be okay. I promise." Emily said as he tried to calm Christy down; she was on the verge of hyperventilating. "But I need you to relax. This is not good for the baby." Christy tried to focus on her breathing as Emily led her back to the chairs. Just as Christy sat down Morgan and Amy came running into the room.

"How are they?" Morgan asked quickly, wrapping Emily in a hug.

"Kelly is on her way to surgery. We haven't heard anything about JJ yet." Emily said as she hugged Amy. "What the hell happened out there?"

"Just what JJ thought was going to happen. She knew that having that press conference out in the open like that was bad idea, but director dumbass insisted." Amy all but yelled. Just as Emily was about to respond the doctor walked back into the room.

"They are taking Agent Jareau up to surgery also. The bullet hit her leg and nicked her femoral artery. They need to repair it as soon as possible."

"But she'll be okay right?" Emily asked.

"I'll be honest with you, Agent Jareau has lost a lot of blood. She was unconscious when they brought her in and as far as I know she hasn't woken up yet." The young doctor replied. He couldn't even begin to fathom what this woman standing in front of him was going through. Her daughter and her wife were both on their way to surgery with what could be life-threatening injuries. "If you all want to head up the surgery waiting room, I'll be sure to tell them you're coming." The young doctor pulled out his card and handed it to Emily. "And, if you need anything else, call me." Emily took the card and nodded. The doctor left and Emily turned to face the rest of the group.

"I think we should all go upstairs and…" Emily paused as she once again began to lose her composure. It was suddenly becoming very clear what exactly was happening and she felt very weak at the knees. Morgan saw Emily begin to falter and reached out to grab her, quickly pulling a sobbing Emily into his arms.

"Shhh…. It's going to be okay." Morgan said softly as he rubbed circles on Emily's back. Morgan prayed that he was right. JJ and Kelly had to be okay; because he knew that no one in this room would survive if either one of them didn't. AJ was at a loss of what to do. She had never seen her mother like this; she clung to Morgan and cried. As her own tears began to fall, Amy stood up and pulled AJ into a hug.

They all stayed downstairs in the emergency room waiting room for several more minutes before making their way to the surgery waiting room. Once there, they were joined by Reid, his wife, Austin, Garcia and Rossi. Rossi had made the long drive in from Little Creek when he heard the news. Garcia had been given the task of keeping Angie up to date with hourly phone calls, while Emily had taken to pacing the room; she was entirely too nervous to sit down. Her wife and the woman she thought of as her daughter, were both fighting for their lives just beyond those green doors and there was not a damn thing Emily could do about it. Morgan and Hotch had positioned themselves on either side of Christy, keeping a close eye on the seven-month pregnant woman. The last thing they needed was for Christy to go into premature labor. It was too early for that, not to mention that Kelly would kill them. Much like JJ, Kelly could be down right scary when she was pissed. Amy and Garcia were sitting with AJ, who was currently talking with Brad. Reid had gone down to get some coffee for everyone, leaving Rossi to keep an eye over the whole group, or as he referred to it, his family.

"Mom, Tom wants to talk to you." AJ said as she stood up and handed her phone to Emily. Emily nodded.

"Hey sweetie." Emily said trying to mask the tears that were still falling.

"Is mommy and Kelly okay?" Tom asked softly through the phone.

"Well honey, we don't know yet; but I promise you as soon as I know something, I will call you, okay." Emily paused for a minute as she heard Tom wipe his nose. "Are you being good for Brad?"

"Yes." Tom sniffled, just as two doctors walked into the room.

"Well that is good, but mommy needs to go now. I will talk to you soon."

"Okay, bye mommy." Emily told her son bye and then closed the phone.

"How are they?" Emily asked as Hotch helped Christy up.

"Are they going to be okay?" AJ added.

"Both women are going to be just fine." The older of the two doctors smiled.

"Oh my god; are you serious? They're going to okay?" Emily gasped.

"They both have a long road of therapy ahead of them but we see no reason why both women won't make full recoveries." The other doctor said. "Agent Thompson's injuries were less extensive then we first thought. The repairs were relatively simple, in medical teams. We did however have to remove her spleen but that is a fairly standard procedure in these cases."

"I repaired the damage to the artery in Agent Jareau's leg and placed a pin in her femur to help stabilize the leg. She might need another surgery later if the bone doesn't heal right but only time will tell. It was a clean break so I'm fairly hopeful that the single pin will work."

"Can we see them?" Christy asked as this time she cried tears of happiness.

"They are both in recovery, but we will be moving them to private rooms soon; unless you would like us to put them in the same room."

"Private rooms will be fine, but if could have them close by that would be great." Emily smiled.

"Yeah, I don't think your nurses would be very happy if you put them in the same room." Amy laughed.

"Okay private it is then." The younger doctor smiled. "I'll put a request in for rooms next to each other."

"Thank you both so much for everything." Emily said a she shook both doctor's hands.

"Well, we are just glad that we had good news to report." The older doctor smiled. "I will have a nurse come find you when they are moved to their rooms."

Once the doctors left, the room erupted in tears of joy and laughter. Their prayers had been answered; JJ and Kelly were going to be okay. Emily hugged AJ and then Christy while Garcia quickly called Angie to tell her the good news. Emily wrapped her arms around Morgan and whispered a 'thank you' into his ear. Morgan simply nodded and smiled.

Twenty minutes later Christy followed the nurse to Kelly's room slowly. The walk seemed to take forever. With each step she became more and more nervous; this what she had feared for so long once Kelly actually started working for the FBI. The thought of the woman she loved laying in a hospital bed was almost too much for her take. She took a deep breath and walked into the room. Much to her surprise Kelly was already awake, though Christy could tell she was still groggy from the pain medicine.

"Hey." Kelly said with a slight smile. "You okay?"

"Me?" Christy asked back in shock. "Shouldn't I be asking you that? I wasn't the one that was just shot." Christy said with fresh tears in her eyes.

"Yeah but I'm not the one who is seven-months pregnant and just spent the last how ever many hours worried about her fiancée." Christy walked over and as best she could, sat on the edge of the bed. Kelly made an attempt to scoot over but soon regretted it as pain ripped through her body; Christy immediately jumped back up.

"Oh my god, are you okay? Did I hurt you?"

"No, I'm fine." Kelly said through gritted teeth. "It's just a little sore." Kelly said once the pain began to subside.

"A little sore?" Christy asked with raised eyebrows as she carefully sat back down.

"Okay we maybe a lot sore." Kelly smiled. "The nurse told me that JJ was going to be okay too. Is that right?"

"Yeah she's in the room across the hall."

"So how is my little girl doing right now, is she being good for mommy?" Kelly asked as she placed her hand on Christy's belly. She loved to feel the baby kick.

"I think she knows you're going to be okay." Christy smiled. "Ever since the doctor told us she has been really active." Christy placed her hand over Kelly's. "You know you really scared me today."

"I know and I'm sorry. It just all happened so fast."

"But I did realize one thing throughout all of this."

"Oh really what is that?"

"That you truly have the best family in the world. When the doctor came in asking for your family, Emily stood up and with out hesitation said that she was your mother." Christy told her. "They really do love you. All of them." Christy smiled as she took Kelly's hand and placed a kiss on her palm.

"And they love you because I love you." Kelly smiled as a tear ran down her cheek.

A little while later Emily made her way to JJ's room. She walked over and sat carefully on the edge of the bed. Emily took JJ's hand and pulled it to her lips kissing her knuckles gently. The movement caused JJ to begin to stir.

"Hey sweetheart, open you eyes for me." Emily said as she brushed some hair from JJ's face.

"Emily?"

"Yeah baby I'm right here."

"Where…"

"You're in the hospital. Do you remember what happened?"

"I remember being at the press conference. I saw a gun and then nothing."

"You were shot in the leg." JJ looked down at her bandaged leg and smirked. Man I must be on some serious painkillers. "They had to do surgery to repair a tear to your femoral artery and put a pin in your femur. The doctor said you may need another surgery later if the bone doesn't heal right, but for now you are going to be just fine." Emily smiled as she kissed JJ's knuckles again.

"Did anyone else get hurt?" JJ asked praying that the rest of her team was okay.

"Kelly was hit in the stomach." Emily said and watched as panic filled JJ's eyes. "Calm down, it's okay. She's going to be fine. The doctors had to remove her spleen but said that she would make a full recovery too."

"You're sure? You're not lying to me?"

"Honey why would I lie to you? I promise you everything is fine. Christy is across the hall right now. Kelly is going to be okay." Emily could see the relief wash over JJ's face. "You know you have really got to stop doing this to me."

"Doing what?"

"Scaring the crap out of me." Emily teased even as her eyes filled up with tears. "My heart can't take this any more. I one minute AJ and I are sitting there watching your press conference and the next thing I know I see my wife and my daughter lying on the ground covered in blood."

"I'm sorry." JJ winced as she began to feel some pain in her leg. "I never wanted that stupid press conference outside."

"I know, Amy told me. Morgan has been on the phone with the President twice demanding to know what he was going to do about the new director."

"Honey I've been thinking that its time for me to leave the FBI." JJ told a shocked Emily.

"Really?"

"Oh don't act so surprised; you have been dropping hints for months now."

"Oh, so you noticed those did you?" Emily laughed.

"Kind of hard not too; but you are right. I have been doing this a long time now and it's not like we need the money. It would be kind of nice to be able to spend all day at home with you and Tom."

"Oh and don't forget little Spencer." Emily smiled. Once AJ went back to work Emily was going to start watching the baby, just like Angie had done all those years ago with AJ. "But are you sure this isn't just about what happened today?"

"No, I have been thinking about it for a while now, today just kind of brought the point home."

"So no more traveling, no more middle of night phone calls; just you, me and Tom?"

"Think you can handle being with me 24-hours a day again?"

"I think I can manage." Emily teased as she leaned over and kissed JJ gently on the lips.

A/N- okay let me know what you think….. PLEASE REVIEW…