This is the last chapter for "Mentor" Thank you all for reading. If you read the end, you will see how I set it up:

I collapse onto the ground after making my choice. Was it the wrong one? The right one? In the few milliseconds I was given to make this decision, I blurted one out. And now I am wondering if I made the decision she would want.

I jump and catastrophe immediately to the worst possible circumstances.

JJ dying will save her intense and long lasting pain, it will instantly end any suffering she is in; it will end a lot. It will end any further chance of her becoming a mother of multiple children, it will end any chance she has of saving more lives, it will end everything.

JJ living will save her family the pain of losing her, it will give her a chance, victims a chance. But that's all it is, a chance.

So, in a way, I am an angel of death, an angel of life, each seems to contradict the choice I make. Angel of death causes pain for those left behind, and as an angel of life, I cause her pain. It's a selfish choice either way- a no win situation. At least for JJ.

And so with a deep breath I whisper the words to Hotch.

He acts instantly, answering Dr. Connor's question. "Save her!" He orders her, and with a quick nod she begins barking out orders to the paramedics who have rushed in.

Now, I sit with the doctor and flight medics in the helicopter as JJ is airlifted to the best trauma hospital in the area. It's where Kennedy died, and they are known for their work with trauma. She is pale, intubated, and not breathing without the help of the ventilator, but she is alive. The doctor is desperately working to control the bleeding, to keep her charge breathing. She will. JJ will survive, that I know.

I am still by her side when she first regains consciousness almost three weeks later. A medical induced coma had been decided upon, giving JJ all the best chances. She cannot talk, and is unable to keep her eyes open for more than a few hours.

The second time she opens her eyes, its in the middle of the night. She is off the vent and looks directly at me and begins talking.. well mumbling. Nothing is understandable, and she concerns Agent Morgan who is at her side. Her blue eyes never focus on him, and despite his repeated calling of her name it almost appears as if she has no clue that he is there.

"JJ." I kneel beside her bedside and stroke her hand in mine. "Your friend is here, he wants you to look at him," I feel like my chest is in my stomach; did I make the wrong choice? "No.." She shakes her head, speaking to me, but Morgan is the one trying to converse with her.

"No what, Jayje?" He places a kiss on her forehead as the doctor walks in. "No, what?" He tries again, there is no response.

On her fortieth day in the hospital, she seizes, a massive seizure that results in few close calls, and she is put back on the vent. The doctors are not giving great chances and transfer her back to the ICU. I am by her side the entire time.

At the three month mark, JJ makes eye contact with her physical therapist and Agent Hotchner. Two days later she shocks everyone and asks a simple question. "Hotch. Mike?" She cannot form full sentences yet, but it is a marked improvement.

"Mike?" He leans in front of her. "Who is that, JJ?" He reaches over and tucks a strand of hair behind her ear, well aware that he may never have this agent back on his team.

"Mike.." She swallows which seems to take much more effort than it use to. "Mike."

"Is there someone working with her named Mike?" Hotch questions the therapist who shakes her head. "JJ, I don't know who Mike is."

She glares at him, upset that he cannot answer a simple question. "Find him." She commands her boss with a certain amount of force in her voice. She doesn't know I am right here.

She won't see me again until her real end. And she will never be able to find out who I am, but I am okay with that. I got to play guardian angel and got to make a correct decision.

A year later, I watch as JJ, my agent rejoins her team for the first time in the field and as she steps out of the SUV, she whispers under her breath "Stay with me, Mike."

"Always, kiddo, Always." I promise and walk by her side as she unholsters her gun and enters the scene.

Her attackers were never caught, and that will always terrify me. She survived but that doesn't mean they will forget her, and I have a sinking feeling I have set JJ up for something even worse.

But for now, we will live for today.

Sequel?