Undercover Love

Torture For Two Please

The world dips and spins sending Hotch falling to his side in a desperate attempt to stand.

"Ah ah ah, just where do you think you're going?" A swift kick to the ribs he had forgotten to protect, sends Hotch on to his stomach with gasp. Joey walks around him with a curios glint in his hazel eyes," you know, I can already tell you're gonna be a fun one to crack."

Hotch is ready for the kick this time and uses his arms to take the kick and then trap Joey's leg under his arm. Hotch rolls onto his left side, successfully bringing Joey down. Hotch is on his knees in a dizzy flash and delivers a hard punch. His body dips and he falls back down.

He stumbles his way on to his feet.

"I don't think so," hands grab his shoulders and he hits the floor with an unsettling crunch.

The entire rooms dips and goes in out of focus. Joey bends down in his face but he can hardly make out a faint outline of Joey's face. "Where exactly did you think you were going?" Joey stands and Hotch can hear his reseeding footsteps," hey Sof!"

It takes a moment for an answer," yeah?"

Hotch pushes himself but his knees give out and he lays still, struggling to keep the contents of his last meal inside.

"Can you bring the girl down here? I think our pal, Aaron, would like some company." Joey smiles back him, like an old friend.

Joey wipes his mouth and a single line of blood comes off on his hand," you got me good Aaron." He smiles, in a non friendly manor," but I suppose that what's FBI training teaches you."

Hotch takes a moment to comprehend what exactly these words could mean," don't you touch her." He tries to get back up but Joey moves with speed and delivers a hard blow.

"I believe that I can do what ever the hell I like and there isn't a single damn you can do about it."

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"Henry just feel asleep," life has a funny way of reminding us how quickly our lives can be turned upside down.

"How's he doing?" Rossi asks, they all need a break. Normally, they might have taken a break but now it just seems selfish.

JJ shakes her head," he wants to know where Hotch and Emily are."

Morgan looks away and shakes his head," we will find them. It's what we do."

Reid, who's out character silence spoke more measures than anyone else's words, lets out an outraged little puff,"what if we can't? What if we don't? We can't always win. We didn't win with Haley. We failed Hotch..." he looks around at them. No one can say anything. He's right. They didn't save Haley. One the person who Aaron Hotchner truly let himself open up to.

"We won't." Sometimes when a person says something you can just tell that that person realise on that simple idea or phrase so much that if it were to become false they may simple perish. They fundamentally need it that much. "Good people die. It happens but not this much. These two? They have each other and they are the most stubborn hardheaded people I have ever meet. They will live. They have to."

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"Please."

Hallucinations can do awful things to a persons brain. Normal people, well there really are no normal people, will mostly see monsters and demons. Trained federal agents with bad past? It's worse.

"Please, she's hurting herself." Hotch fairly certain that he has a concussion. The world doesn't spin this fast without some sort of help. "Stop it. Please she's ble-" he would have continued if it weren't for the sharp that was delivered to his already very bruised rib cage.

"God dammit!" Joey shouts kicking him yet again. This time Hotch falls heavily on to his stomach," is that all it really takes to shut you up?"

Hotch struggles to seat up on his arms," you're falling apart." His throat is raw," you're getting sloppy. They'll catch you."

Emily lets out a soft moan from her corner of the room and both men look over to her.

"I guess that just means that I'll need to work a little faster."

Don't fret there should be another update by lunch ❤
-SH