Hello Hello my fair readers, welcome to the third installment of my latest creation! This chapter gets into the more personal thoughts of some of the members, mostly JJ and Reid though. Hotch's and Rossi's will be next chapter. Im diggin the reviews so keep them coming if it's not too much trouble!

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The team is at the hospital waiting for Emily to get out of surgery, they've been waiting for a few hours without word on her state. Reid is sitting in a chair in the corner, thinking about everything Emily has done for him; the thing with Gideon, Cyrus and just being there for him. She was good at that, just being there to listen. He hopes he'll get the chance to thank her.

Morgan suffered a fractured ankle, a slight concussion, and a couple of badly bruised ribs along with many other cuts and bruises. He is pacing, well hobbling is the more accurate term, in the waiting room and it's making Garcia even more nervous.

"Derek" she says softly. He stops and looks at her, she continues. "Come sit down, you're going to hurt your ankle even more." He pauses for a moment, then quietly hobbles over and sits down next to her.

"Thank you" Garcia gives him a weak smile; he doesn't return the smile, only nods and lays his head back.

Hotch and Rossi are talking at the other side of the room, where the others can't hear them. JJ wonders what they're saying, but decides that if it were important they'd share it with the team later. She sighs and rubs the bridge of her nose, like she always does when she's stressed, then proceeds to stare at the ground, her face expressionless.

She flashes back to the time Garcia was shot, and remembers doing the exact same thing she is doing now; except Emily had been with her then. When Emily had seen the worry and fear on her face, she just took JJ's hand and held it tight until the doctor came out. Emily didn't know how much that gesture had meant to her.

JJ feels a pang of guilt, thinking about how she hasn't been spending as much time with Emily, or really anyone for that matter, since she had Henry and then she and Will called it quits. "From now on, it's going to be different, I'm going to make time for her. For everyone."

She glances up as Reid comes over and takes a seat next to her.

"Hey JJ, how're you holding up?" he asks

"I'm fine" she forces a smile, which he obviously knows is fake. "C'mon JJ, talk to me." The look he gives her breaks her heart. She lets out another sigh "I'm just really scared for Emily. I can't believe how close we came to losing her today." Reid nods his head, causing strands of hair falling into his face; he quickly tucks them back behind his ear.

"I've been thinking about everything Emily has done for me. All of the talks, all of the smiles and all of the small gestures that seemed so little then seem huge now. She's been a great friend to me, and I-"her voice cracks as a tear rolls down her face. She wipes it away hastily. "I just hope I get the chance to be as good as a friend to her now."

Reid takes her hand in his, "Jayje, you're not the only one who's thinking that." She looks up at him and his eyes have a strange comforting look in them. He subtly points his head towards the others. By now Hotch and Rossi have seated themselves closer to the group. Garcia and Morgan are still in the same place, only Garcia has her head rested gently on Morgan's shoulder.

When she really looks at them, she notices that they have the same distant look on their face. It's the expression people get when their thoughts are lost in time.

She turns back to Reid. "Thanks Spence" she squeezes his hand and gives him a weary smile, a real one this time. Satisfied with his accomplishments in comforting her, he lays his head on the back of his chair, still holding her hand.

Minutes later, a doctor walks through the door "Emily Prentiss?"

Everyone stands immediately, answering almost in unison, "yes?"

The doctor pauses in slight surprise at the large group but quickly regains his composure. "She's very lucky; there was a large gash in her side that we successfully stitched up. Her left wrist is broken so that's going to be in a cast for a bit. Her head was what we worried about the most. She was hit fairly hard which has resulted in a bad concussion and a gash that required 74 stitches. She lost a lot of blood, so she's gonna be pretty weak for the next couple of days."

"But she'll be okay?" Hotch asked with a hint of impatience

"I believe so, yes. We're going to keep her here for a few days to monitor her state and head wound."

"Thank you doctor, can we see her?" JJ asks

The doctor hesitated a bit, "I'll allow a few of you to see her at a time, but do not wake her up." He commands firmly. JJ only nods. The doctor quickly smiles to the group of agents, and then leaves the room.

They stand there in silence for a few minutes, not knowing what to say. Hotch is the first to speak.

"JJ, Garcia and Morgan, stay with her. Rossi and Reid, you're coming with me to the scene." He has a fiery look in his eye that the team had not seen in a while. "Keep in touch often. We don't touch another case until Mathis is caught."

"Or dead" he adds silently

They all nod in agreement and quickly exit the solemn waiting room.

Emily Prentiss lays in the hospital bed, sound asleep. Her head is bandaged and her wrist in a cast. "The cuts on her face don't look as bad as they did in the house" Morgan thought, thankful for this revelation. Each agent pulls a chair close to her bed. After a few minutes, JJ's phone suddenly rings. She quickly silences it and glances at Emily to be sure she hasn't awakened, then slips out of the room.

"Jereau"

"JJ, it's Hotch"

"Hey, how's everything at the scene?"

"Not so good. The blast destroyedmost of the house and we haven't found any evidence suggesting Mathis was keeping someone here, but we'll keep looking. How's Prentiss?" He asks cautiously

JJ glances over her shoulder towards the room. "She's still stable and sleeping soundly."

"And Morgan?"

"He'll be fine when Mathis is caught, we'll all be." She hears him sigh

"Ok, keep me posted."

"I will, bye" She hangs up and goes back into the room. When she looks at Morgan she feels a familiar uneasy feeling growing in her stomach. A memory of her right after Reid was taken. She was an absolute wreck, just like Morgan is now. The guilt she felt when Reid was taken was almost unbearable. This was when she didn't know Emily very well, but despite that, Emily reached out to her anyway. JJ decided that she would be Morgan's Emily.

"Hotch?" Morgan asked when she sat down

She nods "They're still sifting through the debris for any sign that a woman was there. No luck so far. Mathis hasn't been found either."

"We will find him" Morgan states firmly, staring at Emily. "And when we do, he better pray that I'm not the first person who reaches him." Anger glows in his eyes.

The girls respond with silence, and they continue to wait.

Author's Note: one more thing! If anyone has a person whom they wish the next chapter was told from the point of view of (does that make sense? I can't tell...) then just let me know in your review!