The Flight

Time to Watch

"JJ wake up," Morgan says as he gently shakes her small body.

"Mmm," she responds as she rolls over to face him.

Morgan scoots over to allow JJ to sit up, "hey sorry to wake you but it's your turn to keep watch."

JJ sits up next to her friend and rubs her sleepy eyes, "okay. I got this, you go get some sleep."

"Here, take this. Be careful and wake us up if anything happens," Morgan says as he hands her a gun.

"Thanks," she says as she sets the gun by her side.

Morgan quickly falls back asleep and JJ is left to sit alone in the dark wilderness with her thoughts roaming free.

What if we don't find Spenc and Kate in time. What if we are already too late. What if I never see Will or Henry again? Never kiss him goodnight, never get to see him grow up. What if people aren't looking for us and we die out here. What if-

JJ's thoughts are soon interrupted when a light from the sky catches her eyes.

A single light and the sound of a helicopter come into range and JJ is quickly scrambling to wake up the others before the helicopter is out of sight.

"Guys, guys wake up. A helicopter is here. They are here for us," she says as she gets to her feet with excitement.

In a few seconds, Hotch is on his feet and gathering the others.

Morgan gets up and starts throwing wood into the fire, building it up, hoping to gain the pilot's attention.

Rossi grabs a piece of scrap metal and holds it above his head, trying to reflect the light back to the pilot.

"Hey!! We are down here! Help us! " Hotch yells as he waves his good arm in the air.

The team tries to capture the attention of the pilots for what feels like hours but in reality only a few minutes, using methods they had picked up after working so many cases like this.

After a few minutes of the helicopter circling the area but no signal they could see them, Morgan turns to Hotch, "let me see your gun. That will surely get their attention."

Hotch is uneasy about this idea but after a second, he gives in.

Hotch hands Morgan the gun and Morgan takes aim and fires it into the sky with a big bang echoing through the land.

They all stand, looking up at the sky, when the helicopter does one last search of the ground below and flies off in the opposite direction.

"Dammit," Morgan says as he kicks the ground, "I scared them off. I shouldn't have shot at them. Why did I do that!? Why would I shoot at a helicopter. They probably thought it was some natives wanting them to stop disturbing them."

"Morgan, it's not your fault. We did the best we could. They'll be back to do another look," Hotch says as he pats Morgan on the shoulder.

"No no no no no. This can't be happening. They have to come back," JJ cries as she curls up on the ground.

Rossi steps forward and swoops down to sit beside the crying profiler, "Jennifer, hey hey don't cry. They will come back and we will get out of here."

He wraps his arm around JJ as she comes to lean on his shoulder.

"Promise me that we will see our families again," she says as she curls up against his body.

Rossi takes the smaller hand in his, "look at me," JJ raises her head. "We all will get out of here safe and sound. All you have to do is stay strong and have hope."

JJ soon settles down and closes her eyes, still in the arms of Rossi.

Morgan sits on his mat with his head in his hands and Hotch throws more wood onto the fire and moves to sit down.

"Hey Aaron, come over and sit with us. Morgan you too. We all could use some time together," says Rossi as he pats the mat, careful not to disturb the profiler resting by his side.

And with that, Hotch sits on the other side of JJ and Morgan scoots in next to Rossi.

"Everything's going to be okay," says Rossi once again, as they all start to drift to sleep in each other's arms.

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Sorry for such a short chapter. Wasn't really sure where to take this one, but there will be more action to come. Thanks for reading and don't forget to like and comment!