This chapter is basically about the hospital and stuff... so yeah, read and enjoy! Don't forget to review and read the A/N at the end.


Chapter 18

JJ thanked the nurse as she finished bandaging the burn on her shoulder blade from the horrifying incident in the electric maze.

"Okay, Agent Jareau," The doctor said as he walked in the room, "You do have a concussion, but it is mild so we will be able to discharge you tonight." JJ smiled at the thought of not having to stay in the sterile room overnight.

"Thank you, doctor." The older man smiled at her.

"That's quite alright. I'll be back shortly with your discharge papers and the prescription you need to collect for your headache and some ointment for your burn and the chafing on your wrists." She shuddered once the doctor had left the room, thinking back to when all her and the team could do was watch as Emily had a blindfolded battle with her dad. She was brought back to the present when a familiar figure walked through the doorway.

"Will!" She exclaimed and threw her arms around his neck. He perched on the edge of the bed and held her hand gently, mindful of the bandages around her wrists, and ran his finger around the edge of her black eye.

"Jen I was so worried when you didn't answer your cell, what happened?" By the time JJ had described to him exactly what happened, and that Mr. Prentiss could still come back, the doctor had returned. Once she had signed her discharge papers and Will had tucked the prescription papers in his pocket JJ changed out of the hospital gown and they left in search of Emily's room.

Emily groaned when she was instructed to lean forwards and the doctor placed a stethoscope on her back. JJ smiled encouragingly at her from her seat in the corner.

"Deep breath for me, Agent Prentiss." He instructed and Emily breathed as deeply as her ribs would allow, "Okay. The X-rays came back and you have a non-displacement fracture of two of your ribs." After he saw her confused expression he expanded, "You have fractured two of your ribs, but they are not mobile in your chest cavity, so there is no danger of them puncturing your lung - which is what we were mostly worried about." He smiled warmly at her.

"Do I have to stay overnight?" She asked hopefully, really not wanting to have to stay a second longer in the room than absolutely necessary.

"I'm afraid so." The doctor nodded at her downcast expression, "I'm quite sure that the electric shock didn't do any permanent damage to your system, however I'd like to keep you overnight to keep an eye on your heart. But if all goes well you'll be able to leave in the morning. Is that alright?" Emily answered after taking a look at the stern look on JJ's face.

"Yeah, that's fine." JJ sighed in relief, glad that her friend chose the right time to not be stubborn.

"Good." The doctor was pleased that he wasn't met with resistance – he'd treated agents before, "A nurse will be in shortly to clean up some of your wounds. Get some rest, Agent Prentiss." He smiled kindly as he walked out the door.

"Are you okay?" JJ moved to the seat beside Emily's head. Her friend sighed.

"Yeah, they said that the gash on the back of my head has been left too long to be able to stitch up, so it's going to scar really badly, but..." She grinned, "As long as I'm not planning on shaving my head in the near future I should be fine." JJ chuckled along, glad to have some of the Emily back that she knows and loves, "Yeah, I could so picture that." They both smirked before JJ's face turned serious again.

"Any other injuries?" She brushed a piece of hair out of Emily's face.

"Yeah, my feet are all sliced up from not having any shoes on and they don't want them getting infected," She rolled her eyes, "My wrists are all cut up from the rope and… then the tape… and then the chains…" She frowned.

"I'm sorry you had to go through all that, Em." JJ laid a comforting hand on Emily's arm, "Especially when you were younger… You know that you can tell me anything, right?" JJ's blue eyes locked with brown. Emily nodded, albeit sadly.

"Yeah, I know that Jayje. I'll tell you when I'm ready." The brunette looked down at her hands.

"At least we match now." Emily said quietly.

"How?" JJ was confused until Emily pointed at the black eye she was sporting, "Oh." JJ laughed, "I bet we both look quite a pair." They were interrupted when a nurse walked in the door.

"Good evening Agent Prentiss, I've come to bandage up your wrists and feet." The woman smiled kindly at them both.

"Okay." Emily nodded, looking down at her hands again. The brunette winced when the nurse used antiseptic solution on the lacerations, but tried to hide it from JJ as much as possible. Emily smiled tightly at JJ once the nurse had left the room with a promise to be back in an hour to check her OBS. Just as JJ was about to say something to Emily she was interrupted when Hotch and Rossi joined them.

"How you doing, kiddo?" Rossi asked fatherly.

"I'm alright." Emily offered the pair a tight smile. She could see the bandage that covered the burn on her boss' forearm.

"Good." Hotch nodded in return, "We talked to security after getting checked out ourselves and there will be someone watching this room at all times. No one is getting in unless they either have a badge, are a doctor, or a nurse."

"What about you guys?" Emily asked, wondering why she was the only one with protection.

"We believe that you and your mother are his only targets. We were just convenience." Rossi said softly, resting a hand over hers. Emily looked deep in thought for a few moments.

"Do you know how my mother is doing?" She asked quietly.

"She's fine. They didn't hurt her in any way, she's just being kept overnight with a drip because she was dehydrated." Hotch said gently, "Anyway, we'd better let you rest. We'll be back in the morning." Both men left the room. As the door swung to a close Emily saw the security guard standing outside the door.

"Hadn't you better go get some rest too, Jayje?"

"Em, I'm staying here with you whatever you say, so you might want to just accept it." The blonde smirked, and intertwined their fingers resting on the bed, "You just get some sleep."


For anyone waiting for the sequel of Life's Trials (The Hotchniss story I wrote) I really am working on it, trust me. This time the team are going camping, also including Will, Henry and Jack. At this point Jack knows that Emily and Aaron are together, but the team don't so it could get very interesting;) I'm not sure how long it will be until that story is posted, but I thought I'd let you know that I've not abandoned you:)

Aso for this story, I'm not quite sure what is coming up in the next chapter, so ( any suggestions would be great BTW ) it will probably take a couple days longer to update than this chapter.

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