The Flight

Time to Meet

"Come on Kate," Morgan practically yells as he pushes down on her chest, preforming CPR, Hotch sitting right by his side.

The others stand around nervously, not wanting to get in the way of Morgan or Hotch.

JJ, getting so worked up due to the state Kate's in, barges out the cabin door and sits on the hard ground.

Rossi turns after her, noticing that she is hyperventilating and is trembling. Knowing the symptoms of a panic attack, he kneels next to her, "JJ, listen to my voice. You need to breathe. It's okay. Hey, hey, it's okay, Kate is going to be fine. Morgan is in there doing his best as we speak."

JJ soon gets her breathing under control and looks up at her friend/mentor, "thank you Rossi."

He is about to reply to her but is interrupted by Hotch running through the door telling them that Kate is breathing again.

The two quickly get to their feet and make it inside the cabin to find Morgan sitting beside Kate, who is still laying on her back on the floor.

"She is breathing on her own but she's unconscious," Morgan says, looking up at the others who are standing.

Hotch turns towards JJ, "you okay?" he asks, "you walked out pretty quickly."

JJ nods, "I'm fine Hotch, just needed some space."

"Well, we have enough of that out here in the middle of nowhere," Morgan says sarcastically as the others look at him in annoyance, so he looks back towards Kate.

"What's the plan now?" Reid asks quietly from the corner of the room.

Hotch sighs, "the best thing to do is get back to the wreckage because that's what search teams are looking for, not some old cabin buried in the trees."

JJ looks up from the ground, " how will we get Kate there?"

"Use the canoe, Reid states matter-of-factly, "that's how I got her here in the first place."

"Ahhh pretty boy over here growing some muscles," Morgan says with a smirk but the others just ignore it.

"Actually, -" he starts to says but is cut short by Hotch.

"So we should lay Kate in the canoe, Morgan you are gonna pull it for right now. The rest of us with tag along. Sound like a plan?"

They all nod, not daring question his orders.

Morgan carefully lifts Kate up and into the canoe and start to drag it out the door, where the others wait.

They start their hike once again, Hotch and Rossi leading the way, Morgan and the canoe in the middle, and Reid and JJ behind.

The team is about half ways there when the silence is broken by Reid calling out JJ's name.

They all stop and turn to find JJ on the ground with Reid next to her.

"What happened?" Hotch asks as he kneels close to JJ.

"Nothing, we were just talking and then she just sat down," Reid states, panicked.

"I'm fine Hotch, just a little light headed," she replies softly.

Hotch gently lifts up the cloth he tied around her wound earlier to come across fresh blood on it.

"JJ you're still bleeding. We need to dress this again. Reid, could I use your tie?"

Reid undoes his tie with no question and hands it to Hotch who manages to knot it around her head.

He then helps her up into her feet and she takes a few steps and tumbles.

"Looks like you need some help," Rossi says as he helps her stand still.

JJ gives a small, embarrassed smile and uses the help offered.

She wraps her arms around Rossi's and Hotch's shoulder and uses theirs balance to keep walking.

They all start off again after making sure Kate was okay and that JJ could make it the rest of the way.

After some more talking and walking, they reach the final climb to overlook the wreckage.

They all stare at it for a moment when Morgan speaks out, "someone is down there."

When they spot more than four bodies walking through the wreckage, they start to head down there, not knowing what to expect.

The team stops by the fire when Garcia walks out from the plane and screams, causing Cruz to come running.

For a quick moment, they all just stand in shock, studying each other.

But soon, Garcia couldn't wait any longer and runs and gives Morgan a tight hug.

She then moves to JJ and then Rossi, and Hotch, who all accept the hug and give one in return.

When she gives Reid a hug, who was never a big touchy person anyways, she knew something was wrong.

She steps back and then notices the body of Kate laying in the canoe behind them.

She runs up to the side of the canoe, crying and reaching for Kate; and Morgan has to pull her back, "hey she's alive. She's breathing on her own, she's just not conscious."

"How long has she been like that?" speaks Cruz for the first time.

Hotch looks at the section chief, "about an hour. Morgan had to perform CPR but we got her back."

Cruz nods, "and your arm?"

Hotch looks down at his sling, "broken sir. JJ has a head injury, Rossi and Morgan seem to be fine, and Reid here, we think he has amnesia."

"It is truly amazing that you guys weren't hurt more. Looking at this crash, it's one of the worst I've seen and you guys got out fine on the most part. Garcia here, has been looking for you ever since that video message you managed to send. She never gave up on you guys," Cruz says with a small smile.

"Sir, we should probably head back to the helicopters," says a rescue member who had been standing in the background the whole time.

Cruz turns to face the man, "yes. You guys able to walk another mile to the helicopters?" he asks as he turns back towards the team.

"Most likely," Rossi speaks up as they all get moving again.

Another mile is behind them when they reach the helicopters in which will get them out of the mountains.

The pilots hop in and start them up, as the team loads into the three separate helicopters; Kate now laying on a medical stretcher.

Hotch, Cruz, and JJ prepare for liftoff in one of the helicopters when chatter goes through the radio.

The pilot returns with something muffled into the microphone and tries to lift off, but hits the ground again.

He turns towards the three in the seats behind him, "it looks like we can't take off. Only one of us is able to lift off."

And as the pilot bears the bad news, they watch the third helicopter, which only carries the supplies, flies off into the sky.