Helplessness, pure helplessness was all that Hotch and Emily was feeling right now as they watched the doctors working on Jack, after the first shock his heart had thankfully went back into a normal pattern. The doctors stood there going over his scans and most recent bloodwork and decided that the reason his heart stopped was because of the trauma to his head.
Hotch and Emily stood and patiently waited as the saw the Dr. Smith walking over to them, they both leaned in and said, "how is he"?, the doctor led them into a conference room so he could talk to them. Once inside the room Hotch looked at the doctor and said, "please tell us how he is", the doctor sighed and said, "we believe that his heart stopped because of the huge shock to his system". Hotch said, "when can we see him"?, the doctor looked at them both and pulled Jacks scans out and put them on the board and said, "do you see this"?, Hotch looked as the doctor was pointing to something inside Jacks brain.
Hotch and Emily said, "yes", he said, "that is fluid and he has such a large amount of fluid that it is putting more and more stress on his little body". Emily squeezed Hotchs hand and said, "will the drain tube help"?, the doctor took a deep breath and said, "I'm going to be honest with you, if we can't get the swelling to go down soon, he might not make it".
Hotch looked at Emily and then at the doctor and said, "do what you have to do to save our son", the doctor put his hand on Hotchs shoulder and said,
"we will be taking him down in just a couple of minutes, would you like to go in and see him before we do"?, they both nodded their heads and said,
"yes please". The doctor stood up and led them out of the conference room and into Jacks room.
Once inside they walked immediately to their sons bedside, he looked so small and frail laying there, he was so lifeless and it was breaking both of their hearts to see him laying there. Hotch leaned over and said, "hey buddy, it's me, it's daddy, I just want you to know that I, that I, that I love you with all of my heart and I promise you that I am gonna find the mean person that did this to you and I will make them pay".
Emily gently ran her hand across his little forehead and said, "I'm so so sorry that I wasn't able to protect you Jack, I would have jumped in front of that car in your place if I could have". She wiped away a tear and said, "you are gonna be alright and you are gonna come back to your daddy and to me, we both love you and we will be here waiting on you when you get back".
The doctor walked over to them and whsipered, "it's time for us to take him down", Hotch leaned down and kissed his son on the forehead and said, "hey buddy, they are gonna take you down and fix you up and make you all better, just know that daddy loves you with all his heart". He then reached up and wiped away the tears as they started falling down his cheek.
Emily leaned over and kissed Jacks cheek and said, "we will see you when you get back buddy, we love you", Hotch wrapped his arm around her good shoulder as they walked out of the room. They stood there watching as Jacks lifeless body was wheeled by them on his way down for surgery, they felt their hearts break even more when the door closed and they couldn't see him anymore.
The nurse walked over to them and "the surgery will take a few hours, but we will keep you update on how he is doing", Hotch smiled and said, "thank you". Emily looked at him and said, "I need to call Pen and see if they have any leads and to let them know how Jack is doing", he nodded his head and said, "I'm going to stay here, that way if there is any news about Jack I can come outside and find you".
She kissed his cheek and said, "I won't be long", she turned around and gasped as a pain shot through her shoulder, Hotch looked at her and said, "are you alright"?, she lied and said, "yeah I'm fine", Hotch halfheartedly laughed and said, "Emily you can't lie to me, you are hurt and you should be upstairs in a bed being taken care of". She looked at him and said, "I'm alright Hotch, I'm just a little sore, they removed the bullet and stitched me up and I'm fine".
She turned to walk away when he gently grabbed her hand and said, "please take it easy Emily, I need you so so much right now", she smiled and said,
"I'm ok Hotch, just a little weak". He rubbed his thumb over the top of her hand and said, "I don't know what I would do if I lost either one of you because you both mean the world to me".
Emily smiled and said, "I'm here Hotch, right here and I'm not going anywhere", he looked down at there intertwined hands and said, "do you promise"?,
she grinned and said, "I promise Hotch, I promise". He then released her hand and watched as she walked down the hall, he couldn't help but notice a dark haired man in a leather jacket hot on Emilys heels.
He got up and started up the hall after them, he had to make sure that Emily was going to be safe, he noticed the man kept his hand in his pocket, he was thinking that maybe it was either a gun or a knife. He watched as Emily walked outside the hospital and pulled out her phone, the way Emily was standing she had her back to the door and she didn't see the man walking up behind her with the gun in his hand which was aimed at the back of her head.