All Things Happen For A Reason
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Chapter 7
"Mr. Hotchner, Emily's out of surgery and she's doing fine. She's in recovery. As soon as she's moved into her room she can have visitors." The doctor says.
"May I see her for a few minutes in recovery? I won't agitate her. I just would like to see her to reassure myself." Hotch asks anxiously.
"I'll have a nurse come out and get you. But just a few minutes." The doctor shakes Hotch's hand. Hotch walks over to Morgan. He smiles.
"She's fine. She's in recovery. They're going to let me go in a see her quickly. Then they'll mover her to her room when they think she's okay. When the comes out, I can go see her. Is there anything you wanted me to tell her?"
"Yeah. Tell her to get better and get back to work." Morgan tries to loosen then heavy feeling.
"Okay. Can you make sure you stay outside Meghan's room. If she needs to talk, just listen. Let her know that Emily's fine. That she'll be able to see her soon." Hotch finishes saying, then the nurse comes out.
"Mr. Hotchner?"
"Yes, that's me." Hotch holds his hand up.
"Follow me please." The nurse walks toward the recovery room. Then she leads him to her bed. Emily looked so pale and unlike herself. Hotch gently takes her hand in his and squeezes lightly to let Emily know he was there. He didn't want her to believe she was alone. He leans down and gently kisses her forehead.
"Emily, you probably can't hear me. I just wanted to say that you scared. I don't want to lose you. Don't scare me like that again. I don't know if you were told, but the bastard actually saved your life. You had a cerebral aneurysm. They fixed it and now you need to wake up. I want to see those beautiful eyes. I also want to hear you tell me that you're fine. But I'd like to wait on you hand and foot. You know I'd only do that for you if you were under the weather. I never want to have to be that scared again. I may never let you have a vacation again." Hotch just talks and doesn't even look at Emily, but he's still holding her hand. Emily opens her eyes and then squeezes his hand. He looks down at her with shock. "Emily? How are you feeling?"
"Like I've been sleeping for a year. I'm still kind of in a fog here. I don't really know what's going on. I hate feeling so confused. I just don't remember what happened. The last thing I remember is seeing you racing into the cabin. I knew we were okay."
"John got away. He must've knew we were on our way. He slipped away. Morgan and the others will be on it soon. They'll be here soon. Meghan's parents too. She's going to need them. She found out a little while ago that she's pregnant. I don't think she'll mind me telling you. She's been worried about you and asking non stop about you. I guess you two grew a bond in that cabin all those days."
"Aaron, we need to have a talk about something when I'm in my room. It's important." Emily replies starting to close her eyes.
"Why don't you just relax and rest. We have a lot of time to talk later. I'll see you in a little while. In your
Room to be more precise. Now just rest and I'll see you soon. I'm glad you're okay." Hotch says, placing her hand gently back on her chest and retreating back to the waiting room to inform Morgan on Emily's condition. Hotch gets through the double doors and sees a group of people. Morgan's trying calm down the group. Which consists of the rest of the BAU team and the young ladies parents. So Hotch rushes over to help. "Hey! Everyone, just calm down! Derek, why don't you go and cool off. I'll handle this. Thanks for watching the room like I asked. Now, Mr. and Mrs. Holliwall. Meghan's fine. She's in her exam room. She needs to be alone for a little while. Just have and seat and I'll be with you shortly. Morgan, did Meghan ask for anything." Hotch asks, having pulled Morgan aside.
"No. She hasn't come out or asked for anything. Maybe her mother should go in and check on her." Hotch walks over to the exam room door and knocks. There's not answer, so Hotch knocks again.
"Meghan, it's Aaron. May I come in?" She answers quietly.
"Yes." So Aaron opens the door and walks in slowly.
"Emily's going to be just fine. How are you doing?" He asks placing one of his hands on hers.
"I'm fine. I just still can't believe that this is happening to me. Do you know when my dad's going to get here?"
"Yeah. He and your mom are out in the waiting room. Would you like me to go get him?"
"Yes please." Meghan asks, with tears running down her cheeks. Hotch pats Meghan's hand supportively and then leaves the room.
"Senator Holliwall, Meghan's asking for you." Hotch says.
"Thank you Agent Hotchner. Thank you for finding my baby girl." Senator Holliwall says, then pulls Aaron in a hug.
"No problem sir. Just love her for the rest of your life."
"No problem with that." Senator Holliwallsays, then walks to the room. He knocks and then walks in. "Hey baby girl!" He says and then goes to give her a hug.
"Daddy! I'm so sorry! Please don't be mad!" Meghan says, crying and hugging her father so tight and for so long. He tries to pull away to get a good look at her to make sure she was okay, but Meg refused to let him go. He could feel her shaking and he was worried.
"Meg, you're okay. Daddy's here. No one's going to hurt you. I won't let them. Do you want to go to the hotel we're going to stay at and maybe get some sleep."
"No. Emily's still not in her room. I want to see Emily first. Please daddy. I just need to see that she's okay." Meg says, still shaky.
"The Prentiss' were going to come out to be here for Emily, but they couldn't get away and Agent Hotchner said he would call if anything happened. So I thought we could wait for Emily to get better and released, then we all could go to stay with the Prentiss'. But I really want to get you out of here. Your mother is concerned. Would you like me to get her?"
"No daddy. I need to leave this room. Can we try to get me in to see Emily? I'll go to the hotel after I see her. Please daddy, I'm scared and I need to see her." Meg says, not getting off the exam table.
"Let me go try honey. Do you want to come out and see everyone and thank Agent Hotchner for finding you?"
"No. I want to stay here. I'll wait."
"Honey, why are you so reluctant to leave this room?" Meg's dad asks.
"I just feel safer here. I know you and mom are here. I know there's FBI agents here too. I just don't want to be out there in case Master shows up."
"Who's Master?" Her father asks.
"He's the one that took me. He's the one that made me help him take Emily. Daddy, I didn't mean to help him abduct Emily. He just threatened me. I was so scared." Meg says, sobbing by this time. Her father hugs her again. He hugs her and strokes her hair in a reassuring way.
"It's okay sweetheart. Emily knows you didn't do it of your own free will. No one holds you responsible for anything. Do you want to tell me how he kidnapped you?" Her father asks.
"I was going for the job interview at the mall. I got out of the car and he came up from behind. He took me and drove me to this cabin." Meg says, and stops there.
"Honey, did he hurt you?"
"He hit me a few times the first few days, but not really bad." Meg says.
"Meghan Elizabeth Holliwall, tell me the truth! Did he rape you?" Her father asks, his voice brakes at the word rape. Meg puts her head down. Her father knew what this meant.
"Yes daddy. He raped me. I'm sorry daddy." Meg says, still unable to look her father in the eyes.
"It's okay baby. I just don't want you to not tell me something that you think will hurt me. I need to know everything that you need to tell me. I love you and don't want you to keep anything from me." Her father says, holding her hand.
"Daddy, I have something else to tell you." Meg watches her father's face and then says, "I'm pregnant. I'm so sorry daddy. Please don't hate me." Meg says, really angry and self loathing.
"Baby, you did nothing wrong. I could never hate you. I love you and nothing will change that. We can help you raise that little bundle. You know we have plenty of room and we'd love for you to live we us as long as you need." Her father says proudly. Meghan can't believe her father's happy about her pregnancy.
"Daddy, are you saying you think I should have the baby?" Meghan asks, confused.
"Baby, my baby's having a baby. Why would I think you should give it up. Once you carry the baby you might really want it."
"Daddy, there's also abortion. The nurse explained the options. Don't you think maybe you, mom and I should sit down and talk about our options. I don't know if I can handle the thought of carrying that monsters baby inside me. Daddy, I'm scared. I don't know what to do. I need you to be open minded and help me come to the right thing to do." Meg says, starting to sob openly. Her father hugs her and gently rubs her back the way he used to when she was a small girl.
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Emily wakes up in her private room. She moves herself up a little to a sitting position. She takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly. She was feeling a little discomfort on her upper leg. She moves the covers and the hospital gown to find a smallish bandage on her left leg. It was where her leg of her panties would be, but she wasn't wearing any. She found this weird and uncomfortable. So she pushes the nurse call button. She hears a boxy voice come over the intercom.
"Can I help you with something?"
"Yes, I need to see a nurse please." Emily almost sounds panicky. The nurse comes in thinking something's wrong.
"What's wrong?"
"I would like to know why I'm without underpants." Emily asks, almost mean.
"I believe they want the area to heal and the elastic would dig in and cause a problem with the healing of the incision. Is that the only problem?" The nurse asks.
"No, may I please see my boss Aaron Hotchner? It's really important."
"I'll find him and see if he's available. You just stay calm. Relax and I'll be back." The nurse leaves and Emily puts her hand on her bandaged leg. Emily's trying to mentally come up with the words to tell Aaron about what happened in that cabin. Not just with Master and Meg, but with Master and her. She's scared to have to verbalize the experiences that she went through. But she knew that she couldn't hide the truth. He knew her better then she knew herself sometimes. Emily lays her head back and closes her eyes. Not long after that, the nurse and Aaron come rushing into the room.
"Emily! Hey sweetheart. How are you feeling? You look a hundred percent better. What's with the scare tactics you're giving the nursing staff?" Aaron asks, light-heartedly.
"I need to tell you a few things. I know that you need statements from Meg and me. How's Meg by the way? Is she okay?" Emily asks, her mind going in different directions.
"Emily, calm down. Meg needs you to be calm and relaxed. She needs you to get better. She's been asking for you. Now that you're in your own room, she can come in and see you. Do you want me to go and get her?" Aaron asks, soothing Emily's hair without even realizing it.
"No. I need to talk to you before I.. No. I need to talk to you. Then I'll see Meg." Emily looks down at the blanket and moves it around. Aaron can tell she's uncomfortable. He's only seen this from her one time before. When they were in New York and the SUV blew up. She wanted to be there for him. But he was too upset at the loss of the agent that was in charge. She was so uncomfortable because Aaron was injured and he was exposed emotionally. She'd never seen him that way. Even with his divorce.
"Emily, what's wrong? I can tell something's wrong. You know you can tell me anything. I can just listen. Please tell me what's wrong." Aaron grabs hold of her hand and squeezes gently.
"I need to tell you what happened. How I was abducted. Have you caught 'Master'?" Emily asks, with some fear in her voice. She tries to hide it.
"No. They're looking for him. They know who he is. His name is John Logan. He's a local police officer. When he's leave you two ladies, he would go to the local police station and work there. One officer said he would go home at lunch time and check on his puppy, Meghan. So they have his prints and all the information that they think might be right. We have people out looking for him. People that know him and where his hang outs are. So we're hoping that someone will find him soon." Aaron looks her in the eyes.
"Aaron, I'm going to tell you what happened. I need you to wait to ask questions until after I'm finished. Okay?" Emily looks him straight in the eyes.
"Okay, Em. Go ahead. I'm listening."
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"So has anyone seen Emily?" JJ asks, worried about her friend.
"JJ, maybe you should sit down and relax. Emily's going to be fine. Hotchsaid he talked to her and she's going to be fine. Sit down and I'll get you some water." Dave says, concerned about JJ's health and the well being of the baby. Sometimes JJdidn't think about her health and not intentionally, the health of her baby. So Dave decided to take it upon himself to look after her.
"Rossi, I don't need to sit. I don't need water. I just want to see Emily for myself. I can't trust you boys to tell me the truth when it comes to something like this. You all worry about me too much." JJ says, walking over to Penelope. "Would you tell them I'm fine. You know if I need to rest I will. Come on woman, help me out." JJ says, trying to get the girl power going.
"Don't look at me girlie. I've never been pregnant. You do need to take it easy because of the little bundle. Sorry sister, but I have to side with the guys." Pen says, trying to get JJ to sit down while Dave gets the water.
"Pen, we're supposed to have each others backs. What happened?" JJ asks, from the chair in the waiting room. Then JJ grabs her stomach. "Ohh! What's up little one? I thought at least we had to be on the same side." JJ giggles.
"He or she's probably trying to tell you to drink more water. You're probably dehydrating." Dave says, handing her a nice cold bottle of water. JJ opens the water and drinks half the water bottle before stopping.
"Hmm. I really must havebeen thirsty. Or he or she, I should say. Maybe I should go to the hotel. I'm kind of tired. Could you please drive me to the hotel?" JJasks Dave.
"Sure. Here, let me help you up. You just take it easy." Dave says, helping a very pregnant JJ up out of the chair. "Tell Hotch and Em that I'll be back later. I want to make sure JJ's settled and she's ok. Maybe one of you can come and stay with her later. I don't feel comfortable leaving her alone." Dave says, but didn't wait for anyone to answer.
"Boy, those two seem to be joined at the hip. Do you think that maybe they're…" Pen says, hinting at maybe a hook up.
"Pen, leave it alone. Maybe they're just good friends. Like you and I." Morgan says. He winks at Pen and then puts an arm around her. "No, really. Maybe they just trust each other. Just don't spread it around. Don't you have to call Kevin?" Morgan says, breaking the little flirting kick they were bantering back and forth.
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I tried to get a beta reader and got not response. So I'll keep trying to find one. So please, bare with me and be patient. I'm trying to follow through with your suggestions. If any of you know of anyone who'd like to beta for me, please let them know I need one. Thanks for your patience and your reviews. I hope you all like the chapters and the way the stories going. I'm hoping to be raping up with this story and maybe having a sequel to this story. Please give me your thoughts.
