Sorry for the delay this chapter was really hard to write.

**Denver police station**

Hotch walked to the conference room and addressed part of the team ''I just got off the phone with Derek it was cut short but I gathered that the suspect is shooting at him and Prentiss. Everyone get your Kevlar we are going out there now.''

Rossi asked the question on everyone's mind ''are they hurt?''

Hotch looked at the team and the lack of confidence in his demeanour said it all, ''I hope not,'' he mumbled as he turned to walk out the door followed closely by the rest of the team.

As the four team members weaved in out of the traffic as the sirens blared from the SVU, everyone was silent, praying that nothing happened to their fellow team members.

Rossi glancing over at Hotch, noticed he was holding something back, whispering as low as he could ''Aaron. What aren't you telling us?

Looking at Rossi and then back to the road Hotch replied, ''the last thing I heard before the phone cut off was gunfire.'' Pausing to look back at JJ and Reid in the back seat Hotch continued, ''and Derek shouting for Emily.''

Lucky for Hotch both JJ and Reid were to lost in their own thoughts to pay attention to the hushed conversation going on between the two agents.

As the team pulled up at the scene, the swat was on standby a few houses down from Dominic's, Hotch jumped out of the SVU and started giving orders. JJ was barely listening as her attention was focused on the two agents by the car, well one of the agents more than the other.

**20 minutes ago**

''Yes sure I'll ask pen where—'' before Emily could continue she was cut off by what sounded like machine gun fire.

Both agents dived for cover as the bullets peppered the door with holes, Derek made it back behind the car and pulled out his phone to call Hotch before he realised Emily hadn't followed him.

''Hotch, Dominic is shooting at us I'm pinned behind the SVU and Emily is-'' Derek stopped to look for Emily and saw she was on the porch crouched under the window. Without thinking Derek peered over the car, ''Emily!'' Derek shouted while he dropped the phone, ending the conversation and drew his gun,'' EMILY!'' Derek said the desperation in his voice more clearly this time.

''I'm good, I'm good!'' Derek knew something was wrong but when he tried to get a better look more bullets were fired out the door, which looked more like a mesh screen than a door.

''Are you hurt? Can you make it back?''

''just a flesh wound, cover me,'' after that Emily came over the porch balcony and ran behind the SVU with Derek who fired two shots at the door when he saw Emily run for it. Now that he could see for himself the 'flesh wound. Emily's shirt was ripped at the side just over her hip where he could see she was bleeding from. ''Just a flesh would, really Emily?'' Derek asked clearly annoyed by Emily's choice of words.

''Derek if it was worse do you really think I could have gotten back here.'' Replied Emily with her best 'know it all' look

Emily had him there, ''alright smartass,''

The first thing JJ noticed when they arrived was Emily on the ground clutching her side, oh god, she thought as every worst case scenario was playing out in her mind.

Before she knew it Hotch was in front of her trying to get her attention, ''JJ did you hear me?''

Looking away from Emily she looked at Hotch ''what...no sorry I was…'' she trailed of glancing back at Emily then to Hotch as he spoke, '' look JJ I get but I need you to concentrate okay first thing we are going to do is get Emily and Derek back here and then take care of the unsub, got it?''

JJ finally snapped back into agent mode and was now fully focused on Hotch, ''ye I got it.''

As Hotch turned around JJ stopped him ''eh Hotch can-'' Hotch decided to finish her sentence for her, '' you can hang back Rossi, Reid and I will go in with the swat team.

Dominic had stopped shooting a while ago, 'ran out of ammo,' suggested one of the SWAT members. Before JJ knew it she was watching the swat team who were half way to the SVU when two members broke off to get Emily and Derek the others headed for the house. Derek and Emily now covered by the swat members were brought back to the team and the waiting medic, while Derek would normally be right behind the SWAT team, this time he wanted to keep an eye on Emily.

All JJ could do was watch as the medic cleaned and bandage her wound, she didn't even realise she was staring for so long that Hotch, Rossi and Reid returned until Rossi asked, ''you okay kid?''

''ye I'll be fine what happened to…'' Emily trailed off when she saw the looks on the 3 agent's faces

Reid explained, ''shot himself with what looked like a 9mm he also had a AK which is probably what he used to do that,'' he finished pointing at Emily's now bandaged wound.

''any sign of the lieutenants daughter?'' Derek asked.

Rossi decided to answer this question, '' we found her body in one the bedroom's, it doesn't like she was as beaten as the others, probably because two got here and interrupted him.'' He finished looking at Derek and Emily.

''that's a small comfort I guess,'' said Emily while fidgeting with the bandage on her. She looked back at the other agents, ''are we sure he was responsible for the others.''

''yes it looks that but crime scene techs will be going over it soon, there was a lot of blood evidence for them to collect and it will probably match each of the victims,'' Hotch explained, as the team fell into silence watching the commotion at the house, JJ's eyes never left Emily not until Emily caught her and gave her a smile and mouthed 'I'm okay.'

** A few hours later**

Everyone was quite on the plane ride home knowing that this case while it didn't have a happy ending, it could have ended with the loss of one of their own. For JJ especially she saw that as a slight win.

Bit of a copout I know but this was hard to write and I hope to have the next update up soon and there will be Emily/JJ drama then case drama.