Chapter 8: SHORTY

Mackenzie was the first to react. She quickly pushed the airbag back coughing slightly.

"JJ? Reid? You guys alright?" She asked, taking her seatbelt off.

"Yeah," Reid said from the back.

"I'm fine," JJ said trying to push the airbag away.

"I'm away to go help Blake and Morgan, can you guys call for assistance?" Mackenzie asked opening the driver's side door and climbing out.

"Yep," JJ said as she finally won the battle with the airbag. "And Mackenzie?"

"Yeah JJ?"

"Be careful."

Mackenzie gave a quick nod before sprinting down the bridge. She reached the embankment in less than twenty seconds and quickly climbed down to it. As soon as she reached the edge of the embankment she jumped into the river and waded until she could swim. She gasped slightly at the cold but kept going to where she could see the top of Morgan and Blake's SUV.

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Meanwhile, Morgan had started to come round from the crash. He pushed his airbag out of the way and quickly started to get his wits about him. The car was slowly but surely starting to fill with water and there was only a small section of the car that wasn't completely submerged.

Morgan turned to face Blake who was slowly coming round. She let out a soft moan and her head rolled against the back of the seat. She opened her eyes fully and clutched her wrist, wincing.

"Blake, are you okay?" Morgan asked, taking his seatbelt off.

"Yeah. I think I've broken my wrist though," She replied, trying to take off her seatbelt with her left hand.

"We need to get out of here," He said, helping her with the seatbelt.

Just as he said it he heard a tapping on Blake's side of the car. He looked through the window to see Mackenzie gripping the edge of the car roof to keep herself beside the car.

"Evans, Blake has probably broken her wrist. Can you help with getting her out?" Morgan yelled.

Mackenzie nodded and made a quick signal to try the doors. They did and had no luck so Mackenzie made another signal to try the windows. They did but had no luck yet again. The water was now up to above their waists and they we were running out of ideas.

Mackenzie's lungs were screaming for air as she had been under for nearly a minute and a half so she signalled for them to wait. They watched as she swam up and twenty seconds later she was back still on the passenger's side of the car.

They were running out of time as the water had risen to just below the bottom of their necks. Morgan was still frantically trying to open the driver's side door when Mackenzie came up with an idea.

She pulled out her gun and tapped the window with it in all four corners. Blake automatically got the idea and so did Morgan. Mackenzie swam over to the side of the car to avoid the getting hit. As soon as she heard eight shots she swung back round. Water was entering the car quickly now and Mackenzie knew she had little time left.

She made a quick signal for Blake to cover her face and once she did start to hit the now cracked window with the hand she had the gun in. She winced as she felt the shattering glass slice at her wrist through her shirt but kept going. As soon as she thought there was enough leeway she pulled off her bulletproof vest and used it to pull away any jagged glass.

The car was now full of water and sinking fast. Mackenzie quickly helped Blake out the window and Morgan swam out after them after failing to break his window. With Mackenzie pulling Blake with her and Morgan following, they broke the surface of the water all three of them gasping for air, Mackenzie in particular.

The three of them swam to the bank were JJ and Reid were waiting with worried expressions on their faces. They reached it tired and dripping. Blake sat on the edge of the embankment clutching her wrist and Mackenzie took off her navy shirt to reveal a black vest top. She wrapped the shirt around her now heavily bleeding wrist to try and stop the bleeding wincing. Morgan had come out seemingly unharmed.

"An ambulance and back up are a few minutes out," JJ said bending down next to Blake to look at her arm.

Blake nodded and then looked up at Mackenzie whose wrist was now being checked by Reid. "Thank you," She said.

"No problem," Mackenzie said wincing as Reid pulled back the shirt which was covered in blood.

"That's going to need stitches but from the looks of it you didn't hit any major veins," He muttered and then applied pressure back on to it. "We need to keep as much pressure on it as possible.

Mackenzie nodded.

"I underestimated you Shorty!" Morgan said, patting Mackenzie on the shoulder.

"I was just let my training do the work," She said shyly, then did a double take. "Wait… Shorty!?"

"Well you needed a nickname at some point and Evans is a bit bland. And you are a bit shorter than everyone else!" Morgan explained.

"Not by that much!" Mackenzie exclaimed.

Everybody chuckled at her reaction and Mackenzie couldn't resist giving a smile but only a small one. She wasn't feeling it. For one thing was for certain. Shannon Larson was back. And chaos was about to unfold.

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The ambulance arrived a few minutes later along with backup. They all gave reports and then got checked out. Morgan, JJ and Reid were cleared on site but Mackenzie and Blake were told they had to go to the hospital. Blake's right wrist was definitely broken and Mackenzie's left arm was still bleeding and from the looks of it she was starting to get dizzy because of it.

Blake went willingly but Mackenzie gave protest. She felt that her injury wasn't that severe. But the paramedics thought otherwise. They said she needed stitches and a Tetanus shot. With persuasion from Morgan, Mackenzie finally got into the ambulance with Blake and the paramedics.

The three remaining agents at the scene watched as the ambulance sped away. They were now at least one agent down. They knew Blake wouldn't be able to do much with just her left hand but they knew rightly that a cut wasn't going to slow Mackenzie down. Especially if Shannon Larson was involved. They had already seen this first hand.

When they could no longer see the ambulance they called Hotch and were surprised when Prentiss answered. She explained what happened to them and explained that Hotch had been sent to the hospital to be safe. Morgan then explained what had happed to them and that Blake and Mackenzie where now on their way to the same location.

Shannon Larson and Meaghan Doyle had already managed to injure three team members and the case had barely begun.

And the BAU team knew one thing.

This case wasn't going to be easy.

And not everyone was going to make it out completely unscathed.