Fighting For Life

| Chapter Four |

Blake and Prentiss arrived at Matthew Cogan parent's house and jumped out of the SUV. They slowly walked towards the door and knocked. No answer came.

"Mr and Mrs Cogan this is the FBI, open your door now!" Prentiss called out. Blake nudged the door open, realising it was unlocked. The girls drew their weapons and opened the door completely. They both walked inside carefully making sure to watch every exit and entry point.

The two separated until Blake rounded a corner and was hit in the head with a metal pole. She fell to the floor and opened fire blindly. The sound caused Prentiss to jump into action, she ran to wear the shots where coming from noticed a man running out of the house and down the driveway.

"Blake, are you alright?" Prentiss asked worriedly. Blake nodded and pushed her after the man. Prentiss continued running after the man, not losing sight of him.

"FBI stop running" Prentiss called out. The man sprinted ahead causing Prentiss to lose him. "Crap" she muttered. She jogged back to the house to help an injured Blake.

"No luck?" Blake asked. Prentiss shook her head. Blake lowered her hand away from her head, revealing a large cut on the left of her forehead.

"That's a lot of blood, we should get you patched up and back to the team" Prentiss said. Blake grabbed hold of the table and pulled herself up.

"I'm fine. Let's just head back to the precinct" Prentiss helped Blake slowly back to the SUV and began to drive. The ride back was nothing like the ride to. Instead of both girls laughing and chatting Blake was slowly falling asleep in the back of the SUV.

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Blake stumbled towards the door of the precinct, one hand covering the wound on her head and the other held her badge and gun. Prentiss raced around the SUV and helped her up the stairs. The team looked outside and saw the struggling duo, JJ and Hotch raced outside.

"What happened? Are you alright?" Hotch asked. Blake nodded her head.

"I don't think Matthew is our unsub, but he has got something to do with it. He ran away and hit Blake in the head with a, what was it?" Prentiss turned to Blake. She shrugged in return.

"I think it was a pole or something" She  pulled her hand from the still bleeding wound revealing -what once was a white cloth- a deep red cloth.

"I think we should get you checked out" JJ said.

"No seriously, it's a small cut. I'll be fine" Blake grabbed the hem of her shirt and ripped a small section off, she then held it to her head and walked past Hotch and JJ.

"Prentiss is something wrong with her?" Hotch asked.

"I think it's just losing the unsub, I'll ask her later" Prentiss smiled and began to walk inside. Hotch and JJ followed. "Garcia, can you check to see if there is any other place Matthew could have gone?" Garcia nodded and began to type.

"There is one place, he had a small cabin in the woods, close to his house" Garcia said and looked towards Prentiss.

"Send Morgan and Reid" Hotch said. "Prentiss you go check on Blake" Prentiss nodded and walked out of the conference room.

"Derek, arrest him on assault" Garcia called.

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"Reid let's not make the same mistake the girls did" Morgan said laughing once they arrived.

"He had the advantage on them, I'd hardly call that a mistake" Reid replied.

"Whatever pretty boy. You go around back, I'll go in front" Morgan commanded. Reid nodded and slowly creeped to the back entrance. "Matthew Cogan this is the FBI. Come out with your hands in the air" Morgan called out. There was quiet rustling before a door shot open.

"Morgan out here!" Reid called out. Morgan raced around the side of the house and pointed his gun in the same direction as Reid. "Mr Cogan?" Reid said loudly. Matthew slowly turned and held his hands in the air.

"Mr Cogan is my father, call me Matthew" He said. Morgan shook his head.

"Matthew, why did you run from our colleagues?" Morgan asked.

"I didn't kill anyone" He cried out. Morgan and Reid shared a look.

"We never said you did" Morgan stated. "Listen Matthew, we're going to take you down to the precinct for questioning" Matthew nodded and lowered his hands while he walked towards Morgan. Reid held his gun up again. Matthew looked at him and raised his hands again.

"Precautions, you assaulted another agent" Reid continued pointing his gun while Morgan cuffed Matthew hands and walked him to the SUV.

A/N: Sorry for not publishing. I've finally finished school so I'll hopefully be writing a bit more.