"Family of Emily Prentiss?"
"Yes, that's us." Rossi said and he was at the doctor's side in an instant as well as JJ. Strauss remained silent at her seat but she raised her eyes to look what was happening. The doctor looked at the two agents.
"I'm Dr. Rogers I was assigned to Miss Prentiss case…' the doctor started but was soon interrupted.
"Agent Prentiss." Both Rossi and JJ said in the same tame. The doctor smiled and nodded but his smile quickly faded as he continued.
"Ok, first of all, Agent Prentiss is alive. He could see the relief wash over their faces but he had to continue. "She's alive however she is not out of the woods, yet. Agent Prentiss was brought here with two stab wounds in the abdomen. We were able to repair the damage caused by the knife but we also found two broken ribs which caused some internal bleeding. She was also losing a lot of blood from the wound on her arm and her right knee is dislocated but we were able to fix it all. It was touch and go for a while. She flat lined on us twice but she's a fighter. Right now she is in the ICU. We want to keep her sedated to give her body time to heal. And she is also on the ventilator to keep her breathing steady. Her lung was damaged because of one of the broken ribs but I have high hopes for her. Her tests look good, there's no brain damage. She has long road ahead of her but I believe she'll make full recovery eventually." He smiled kindly and watched the blonde woman closed her eyes and backed to the chair and sat down with her head in her hands. He turned to the older man who had tears of joy in his eyes but tried to hold them from falling.
"Can we see her?" Rossi asked and placed a hand on JJ's shoulder for support. The doctor hesitated for a while but then smiled again and nodded.
"I think that would be possible. Come with me." As they walked through the corridors towards the ICU the doctor started to explain how it will work in the next few days. "She should be under for at least one day and then we could lessen the medication and wait for her to wake up. Until then I have to ask you to be quiet and don't upset her. There were cases where sedated patients could hear what was going on around them. She needs her rest to get better." As they reached the doors the doctor stopped before he opened them and looked at the two agents that were desperate to see their friend.
"Now I have to warn you. She is hooked up on some machines and the ventilator. She has some bruises too and her leg is propped up. It's not a pretty sight." He waited for their nod and quietly opened the door. Rossi slowly made his way to the bed and looked down at his wounded friend. He took the chair next to her bed and sat down. He took her hand and started running small soothing circles on the back of her hand. He looked up at the sound of moving chair and watched as JJ took the same position on the other side of the bed. He then looked back at the tired features of Emily's face, at the dark bruise on her cheek and started to pray silently. He couldn't help the feeling of fear, even though the doctor said she was going to be fine. She looked so small in this large hospital bed. She was always so strong and guarded, she newer showed any signs of weakness. But there she was lying in front of him completely relaxed and fragile. He couldn't believe this was his Emily.
On the other side of the bed JJ was thinking the same thing as Rossi. She was thinking about how this could happen. And how it seems that it's always Emily who gets hurt. They sat there in silence and neither one of them noticed the doctor left. After about half an hour JJ stood up and told Rossi she's going to call Hotch to tell him that Emily is out of surgery and to ask for some news. When she left him there alone with Emily he continued to pray for her. He sat there and didn't even know how long or if JJ came back and eventually he fell asleep in the hospital chair still holding Emily's hand.
Strauss cautiously turned the corner and was now standing in front of Agent Prentiss' room. She saw Agent Jareau leaving the room and she wanted to look for herself haw Emily was doing. Although she wasn't sure if she really wanted to see what she caused to the younger woman. And then she realized she couldn't really go inside. There was still Agent Rossi and he already made himself clear he didn't want her anywhere near Emily. He really is protective over her. And Strauss knew there wasn't anything to change his mind. So she gave up and sat down on the chair and stared at door of the hospital room. Maybe she could get somewhere if she talked with Agent Jareau. She would understand that she needed to do this. That she needed to apologize for the pain she caused to Agent Prentiss and for saving her life. But she still couldn't help but feel nervous about approaching any member of this team. She knew very well that they didn't like her before but now… What could they possibly think now? And she was pretty sure that Agent Rossi was very serious about his plans of getting her out of the FBI. And she also knew that he would eventually get what he wanted.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of footsteps and when she looked up she saw that Agent Jareau was coming back with two cups of coffee in her hands. She looked at Strauss and stopped. She didn't say anything until Strauss stood up and fixed her skirt. "What are you doing here?" she asked coldly. Her blue eyes usually warm and caring were now cold and hard as steel.
"I… I just wanted to see her. To know how she is doing." She said quietly, she looked down not wanting to meet the blonde woman's gaze. She was too afraid of what she could see.
"How she is doing." JJ repeated slowly. "It's your fault she's in that room. You let him stab her. You had plenty opportunities to stop him but you just were just standing there and watched." Strauss could hear the anger in JJ's voice that she was trying to control. She closed her eyes and bowed her head as the silent tears fell from her from under her eyelids. "She almost died. No actually she really died. Twice! Her heart stopped twice on the table and now she is lying in hospital bed with tube down her throat because she can't breathe properly on her own. So, no! I would say you can't see her!" She said and her voice increased a little with each word so she was almost yelling at the end of their conversation. She then walked back to the hospital room leaving stunned Strauss standing in the middle of the hospital corridor.
She slowly closed the door because she didn't want to disturb her unconscious friend and as she took in the picture in front of her, her anger was almost completely gone. Rossi was lying half on the chair, half on Emily's bed and he was still holding brunette's right hand. She smiled and sat down in her previous spot and slowly sipped her coffee. She didn't want to wake Rossi up so she just silently watched this touching scene accompanied only with the sound of beeping and hissing caused by the ventilator.