A/N: Hey guys. I am so very sorry for the delay. I've been suffering from horrible headaches these pass few days and it gets worse when I use the computer so I had to take a time-off. I'm really sorry. I'd like to thank you for the reviews, I'm really happy to see how much you guys are enjoying this. I'm sorry I didn't respond it, I'm having some trouble with it. I can't even respond or see the guest reviews. I don't know why. I already reported. So, if you sent a review and didn't see them yet, wait. I hope they'll be normal soon. Of course I still moderate them so if you offended me or my work I won't post it.

Just to clarify, when I started writing this I already had the end in my mind. So even though some of you may think that Emily getting shot was to add extra drama it wasn't. If that was my intention I would have prolonged for several chapters but everything gets better here. I just always thought that the revelation to the team had to be something intense, not fluffy like always. And mostly I wanted to show them how much Hotch loves Emily and how much what they have is serious. So, sorry if you think it was unnecessary but this is how I planned.

Like I said on Chapter 23, I would wrap this in three more chapters. So, next one will be the last on this fic. *pout* I'm really happy and proud with all the response I had in this work, thank you guys so much for it. This chapter it's pretty long, a present for you to redeem my delay. I really hope you like it. Please, sent a review.

Chapter 26

3 hours earlier.

"Talk to me baby girl". Morgan said answering the phone. They were at the Ambassador's Office analyzing the last letter that was sent the night before. It contained more death threats and a picture of the Ambassador along with the BAU team on the first day of their investigation, saying that he shouldn't have called the feds.

"I found out something". She started excitedly. "There was an employee from the Embassy, James Belle, he was fired two weeks ago after eight years working there. He worked on the kitchen, he used to be the helper, he did the dishes, helped the cook, served the meals, did the grocery shop, you know, he did everything. He started a cook class in a Community Center but never finished. He had several complains about being too short-tempered or stealing food from the kitchen and even threatening the head-chef when he refused his help to cook for a big event they would have on the Embassy. He was pretty pissed when he was fired after another complain from the head-chef and shouted to everyone who wanted to hear that he would come back and make everyone that treated him like shit pay".

"Well, it fits the time-line and the profile… Do you have his address, sweetness?"

"Of course, hot-stuff. Already sent to your cells".

"Thanks mama". Morgan said turning to the others again. "We have a suspect. James Belle".

"The kitchen helper?" The Ambassador's assistant asked. "He was very intense, always angry, said we only explored him and never valued him for his work".

"Garcia sent us the address, let's take a look". He said and went to the SUY, along with Prentiss.

They were in Belle's doorstep and Morgan pounded into the door. "James Belle, FBI!" When there wasn't any answer from inside he kicked the door and the two agents stepped inside. "Clear!" He said clearing the living room and the kitchen.

"Clear!" Emily shouted from the back of the house, inside the suspect's bedroom. "Hey Morgan, come take a look at this!"

Morgan went to the bedroom and found her looking at a desk full of records and paper letters that matched with the ones sent to the Ambassador. There was also a bunch of pictures of the BAU team investigating the case at the Embassy and others from the Ambassador on different locations on the pass two weeks. "Well, that's definitely the unsub…" He said and then they heard a small thud coming from the kitchen. They aimed their guns and approached the noise, spotting the unsub trying to escape through a small window in the kitchen.

"Stop, FBI!" Morgan shouted and the unsub turned to them with his gun on his side, a terrified look on his face. "Drop the gun!"

Belle looked at them shaking his head. "I can't…" He raised his gun ready to shot when two shots were heard.

For a moment Morgan thought that it had been him and Prentiss who had fired but the he heard a gasp and a thud and looked back to see his partner on the floor, gripping her shoulder, blood slipping from her hands. "Emily!"

"Go check him…" Emily gasped and he went quickly, kicking the unsub's gun to the side and found no pulse.

"He's dead". He announced approaching her again, helping to make pressure on the wound. "Keep making pressure. This SSA Derek Morgan, I need medic assistance to 650, Kensington Road, MClean, Virginia. FBI agent shot, hurry!" He said frantically on the phone.

"D-Derek…" Emily moaned, already feeling numb.

"You have to stay with me, princess. Help is on the way. Do you hear me? Stay with me!" He said to her.

"A-ar…" She chocked before passing out.

"What? What did you say? Emily?" Morgan asked, trying to wake her but she didn't. The paramedics arrived and started to work on her and he called JJ to tell her what had happened.

Present Time

"What?" Hotch gasped, pale at the news, putting the phone on speaker at Dave's request.

"We went to see a suspect and he was the unsub. He tried to escape but we spot him and he had a gun. He fired at the same time I did. I thought it had been Em but when I look back she was gripping her shoulder and there was blood. I called the paramedics and they took her. She was unconscious… I'm heading to the hospital right now. I had to wait for the techs and the police to run the scene. JJ and Garcia are already there, they said she's on surgery. The medics only said she lost a lot of blood and flatlined on the ambulance but they brought her back and stabilized her…" He said in one breath and Hotch shrugged to understand what he was saying.

"She flatlined?" Hotch whispered and Dave took the phone, seeing that he was in no condition to talk.

"Morgan, we're just finishing packing here at the station and we'll try to flight there soon. The weather is really bad and the pilots already said we shouldn't travel tonight but I'll see what I can do. Please, keep us updated. Call as soon the surgery ends." He said to the dark agent.

"Okay man. See you…" He answered, a little concerned at the way Hotch had reacted to the news.

"We need to go there. Call the pilots." Hotch directed forcefully to Dave.

"Calm down, Aaron. I'll call them." He was pretty sure that they weren't going to be able to flight that night but he would at least try to talk with the pilots. Fifteen minutes later he returned to the room and shook his head at his anxious friend. "They said there is no condition to wheels up tonight. All the flights were cancelled and the roads are closed too."

"What? But we have a fucking jet! We should be able to leave anytime!" He said raising his voice.

"But we can't Aaron. The weather is bad for commercial and private lines. We can't risk our safety like that. They said we'll probably be able to leave tomorrow morning, when the visibility is better."

"No Dave, we have to go there tonight…" He started again but Dave cut him.

"We can't. We'll wait for news here from Morgan and when the pilots say it's safe we can go. You need to stay calm, Aaron…"

"Don't tell me what I need! I don't need to stay calm! I need Emily!" He shouted broken. "She flatlined Dave… she… I can't… I need her…I love her so much…" He gasped and sat back heavily on his chair, his legs shaking.

Reid was hearing the dialogue confused. "I don't get it…" He stammered. "Emily is engaged, Hotch…"

"With me, Spencer, she's engaged with me." Hotch said managing an amused smile at the boy's confused face.

"You're the mysterious boyfriend?" He asked shocked.

"Fiancé." He corrected him.

"Wow… I really didn't see that coming…" He said and the three agents managed to crack a smile.

"C'mon. Let's go back to the hotel and wait for Morgan's call." Dave said to them. He looked at the agonized look on his friend's face and smiled sympathetic. "She'll be fine, Aaron. She's strong and she has a lot to fight for. You guys will get married and have a really long a happy life."

Hotch managed to get on his feet again and smiled slightly at his friend. He really hoped that he was right.

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Morgan, JJ and Garcia were pacing at the hospital, waiting for news about Emily. She'd been in surgery for the past three hours and only forty minutes ago a nurse came to tell them that everything was going fine and the surgery should take another hour. "Did you speak with Hotch?" JJ asked.

"Dave said that they can't flight tonight. Probably tomorrow morning…" Morgan answered.

"They must be so anxious…" Garcia said quietly.

"I can't even speak with Hotch. When I explained to him what had happened and that Emily had coded he went silence and Dave took the phone from him. Now, every time I call him is Dave who answers." They paced for another few minutes until they saw the doctor coming. "How is she?" Morgan demanded.

"Agent Prentiss is fine. The bullet went through and through and didn't hit any major organs but she lost a lot of blood, which caused the flat-lining. We managed to repair the damage and she will have to do some physiotherapy for a few weeks to regain full function of her arm. What caused more problems was the fetus. With her condition the surgery was much more risky but mom and baby are fine and out of danger…" The doctor said and frowned at the shocked look on the agents' faces. "You guys didn't know she was pregnant?"

"I don't think she knows yet…" JJ said in awe.

"Oh my God, my dark-haired heaven beauty is going to have a baby!" Garcia said with tears in her eyes.

"Can we see her, doctor?" Morgan asked.

"She'll be transferred to a recovery room soon and then I'll send a nurse to direct you guys. Because of the baby and the loss of blood she needs to rest a lot so she'll probably sleep until morning." The others nodded and thanked him while Morgan took his cellphone to call Hotch.

"Morgan?" Dave's voice came again. Why Hotch wasn't answering?

"Hey Dave. She just got out of surgery. Everything is okay, she'll be transferred to a recovery room soon and will sleep until morning. The doctor said she lost a lot of blood and that's why she flatlined. She'll have to do some physiotherapy to regain full function but other than that she's okay." He said and heard the other man let out a breath.

"Thank God. We'll be leaving first thing in the morning. Get some rest, you guys. We'll meet at the hospital." He said before hanging up.

"Why you didn't tell him about the baby?" Garcia asked.

"That's Emily's business, baby girl. She doesn't even know yet, probably. Let her be the one who tells them…" He said and both women nodded. They sat to wait the nurse.

"We don't even know who her fiancé is. He should be here too…" Garcia said.

"There's nothing we can do. We'll have to wait for her to wake up and tell us…" JJ said.

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"See? Everything is okay, she'll sleep until morning and by the time she wakes we'll probably be there already." Dave said at Hotch.

"I know… I just want to see her…" Hotch said.

"You will. Tomorrow. Now you have to sleep because she'll need you full functioning tomorrow…" Dave said patting his back and nodding to Spencer to the door. "Sleep, Aaron. We'll leave in the morning."

"Kay Dave…" He murmured going to the bathroom. He changed into his sweatpants and a Harvard t-shirt, smiling at the slight scent of Emily in it. She had slept in it earlier that week and that's why he brought it, to have her smell near him to sleep. He closed his eyes and sighed. "Be okay sweetheart… I'm coming, I promise…" He whispered before letting sleep catch him.

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The annoying beep was the first thing she notice when she woke up. There was a rush noise of someone talking and when she opened her mouth to talk there was something preventing her. She opened her eyes panicked and tried to take the thing off when JJ's face appeared in front of her. "It's okay, Em. It's a tube helping you to breathe. The nurse is coming already, okay? Just let it breathe for you…" She said soothingly and Emily tried to calm herself, letting the tube breathe for her with some difficulty.

"Agent Prentiss, is good to see you awake." The doctor said entering the room followed by a nurse. "Let's take this off right now, okay?" At her nod he took the tube in his hand. "Okay, when I pull it out you need to cough for me. Now, cough." He said taking the tube off. She coughed and winced at the burn on her throat. There was a straw in front of her suddenly and she quickly sipped some water.

"W-what happened?" She asked, her voice still scratchy.

"You were shot when we went to talk with Belle. He was the unsub. He shot you at the same time I shot him…" Morgan said looking at her.

"The bullet went through and through and didn't hit any major organs. You lost a lot of blood but we did the needed transfusions and you'll be able to leave in a couple of days. You'll need physiotherapy for your shoulder but other than that, you're okay." The doctor explained to her and she nodded. "Now, did you know you were pregnant, Agent Prentiss?"

Emily widened her eyes to the doctor. "Pregnant?" She whispered and put her hand on her belly. Suddenly her head snap up to him again. Was pregnant? "Is everything okay with my baby? Please tell me everything is okay…" She asked frantically.

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry. I used the wrong terms. You are pregnant. The fetus was an aggravating in your surgery but we monitored it and everything is perfectly fine with it. Later, an obstetrician we'll come to do a scan and you'll be able to see it. That's also why we want you to stay for a couple of days, to make sure that everything is really okay with the baby…" The doctor said and she let out a sob.

"Oh my God. A baby. A little baby…" She whispered in awe looking at her teammates.

"Congratulations, princess…" Morgan said smiling at her and leaned in to kiss her forehead. "You really scared me. Don't do that again." He said serious and she nodded. She looked at them and noticed the other team absence. Where was Aaron?

"We didn't know who is your fiancé so we couldn't call him, sugarplum." Garcia said.

"I know, I'm sorry guys. Where are the rest of the guys?" She asked.

"Our fearless leader and the rest of the boys should be here at any minute. They were caught up in NY because of the weather but Rossi already called saying that they landed." Garcia said and then the door was swung open.

"Emily." Hotch entered the room with a pained expression and raced to her bed, not even looking at the others in the room.

"I'm okay…" She whispered and before she knew she was engulfed by his arms.

"God, sweetheart…" He whispered painfully in her hair, caressing it and her back. "I was so scared…" He said before pulling back and looking at her. "I thought I was going to lose you…"

"I'm okay, babe…" She smiled at him, caressing his cheek. He leaned in and took her mouth with his in a passionate kiss, seeking entrance with his tongue and mapping every inch of her mouth when she opened for him.

The rest of the team in the room looked at the scene dumbfounded, while Dave and Reid looked at the couple with smiles on their faces. They had seen the despair in Hotch's face during the whole wait for news and both knew, by the shadows under his eyes, that he hadn't slept almost anything. The whole flight and drive to the hospital he was anxious and fidgety, asking for Dave to drive faster and tapping his foot continuously the whole trip.

When they finally pulled apart, both breathless, Hotch continued to kiss her cheeks, nose, forehead, jaw and neck, savoring her presence and trying to convince himself that she was fine and alive. "I love you so much…" He whispered.

"I love you too… I love you too…" She whispered back, giving him another kiss. When she pulled back she looked at the other two men that had arrived with him, smiling. "Hey Dave, Reid…"

"Hello sweetie. It's so good to see you… You gave us a quite scare. I had to deal with a panicked Aaron for almost twelve hours. You own me big, girl…" He said amused and Hotch glared at him.

Emily chuckled, wincing a little bit at the pain on her shoulder. "Thanks Dave…" She said running her fingers through her fiancé's hair.

"Wait a minute. So, Hotch is your fiancé?" Morgan asked incredulously, making them look at the three shocked agents.

"Wow, she could do so much worse…" Hotch said dryly and Dave and Emily chuckled.

"Yes, Morgan… I'm sorry we didn't tell you guys… Aaron wanted it but I was kind of panicked with the repercussions and with the teasing you guys would make and… anyway, I'm sorry…" Emily said apologetically.

"Oh my God!" Garcia gasped. "So you're the mysterious boyfriend?" She asked looking at Hotch.

"Yes, I am." He said smiling.

"And you're the fiancé?"

"Yes, I am."

"And you're the baby daddy?"

"Yes, I-what?" He asked with wide eyes, looking at Emily.

She smiled at him and took his hand, placing on her belly. "I'm pregnant, honey…"

"Pregnant?" He asked dumbfounded.

"Yes…"

"As in we're going to have a baby?" He clarified.

"Yes. We're having a baby…" She said anxious. Was he mad? "I really didn't know. They found out here and the doctor said everything is okay… I'm sorry, I know we didn't really talk about this and…" He stopped her with a fierce kiss and pulled back with a full-dimpled smile on his face.

"We're having a baby!" He exclaimed.

"Are you happy?" She asked him.

"Happy? Happy doesn't even begin to cover…" He grinned at her. "I told you I wanted everything with you, including a family. You were the one who freaked out, remember?"

"Oh, I remember…" Dave said chuckling.

"Yeah, I know…" She said blushing. "So… you're happy?" She confirmed.

He looked at her quietly for a few seconds before smiling. "Sweetheart, there isn't anything that could make me happier…" He said leaning down to kiss her belly. "Hey sweetie…" He whispered to their child. "I already love you so much, even though you already almost gave me a heart attack. I bet you'll be a troublemaker just like your mom… I'm screwed." He said and everyone chuckled at the indignant scoff Emily made.

"Hey!"

"Hey what? We've been together for a little more than two months and you almost die twice! You're going to kill me…" He said serious. "You are forbidden of scaring me like this again, do you hear me?"

"Yes, sir." She said mockingly.

"Not funny, Emily. Not funny…"

"Can I just say one thing?" Morgan asked. "I really didn't see this coming…" He said gesturing between the two of them. "But I'm really happy for you guys. I don't know two people who would deserve more…"

"Thank you Morgan…" Hotch said smiling. "The dinner at our place won't happen now, of course. But as soon as she's okay and at home everyone is invited. We have a lot to celebrate…"

"Our place? You guys are living together?" JJ asked.

"I never moved back. We've only been together since after Foyet was over but we're living together since my attack…" He clarified.

"And why Dave already knows about it?" Morgan asked.

"You guys call yourselves profilers. It's so obvious how much these two love each other that I'm really shocked I was the only one who figured it out…" He said chuckling.

"Okay, even though I'm deeply wounded that you hid this from me, sugarplum, I'm so happy! You guys are so cute together and seriously, this will be the most drop-gorgeous baby in the whole history of babies!" Garcia squealed making everyone chuckle.

"If she is anything like her mother she'll be the most beautiful creature in the world…" Hotch said looking at Emily, who blushed.

"You're a goof." She mocked him. "And we don't even know if it's a girl…"

"Nuh uh, just telling the true sweetheart…" He shook his head. "And it is a girl. I know…"

She smiled at him and pulled him closer by the lapel of his jacket, kissing him sweetly. "I love you so much…" She whispered, ignoring the mocking noises from Morgan and the squeals from Garcia.

"I love you more…" He whispered back.

A/N: Next one will be the last and the Epilogue. I'd love some suggestions. Let a review, please...