Undercover Love

Opioids Only Help the Patient

This chapter takes place around the same time as the last chapter. If there's any confusion just ask, I can expain.

Derek Morgan

"It's bad, Hotch."

The only sound in the room is the steady whine of the ventilator and high pitched beep of the heart monitor.

"Reid's harboring coffee mugs and stealing paperwork. Stealing it! He's got a little bit of everyone's." Morgan keeps his eyes rooted to Hotch's hand. It makes it easier to talk and just be there. "I love Garcia to death, man, but she's stress baking. I know you know how bad that can be."

Morgan sighs," and Strauss had the nerve to asks if we would like to keep working! She even offered to add some kid on our team! Yeah. Right? We want to leave you and Emily to go out on missions with some kid!"

He bounces his foot," Emily's doing good, though. Worried about you. She's came in here more than any of us. She sneaks out of her room."

Morgan looks up and freezes. Hotch isn't awake. He won't be for several days. He's just laying there. Pale and hooked up to so many wires and machine's he's more machine than man.

"And you're killing us man."

Morgan looks to the door, The furthest area away," we promised Jack that you'd be okay. The kid thinks you're gone. He needs you. He loves us, man, but he's seen enough of us for a while."

Morgan can't do this anymore. A rage is burning up in him," why'd it have to be you two? Why! Jack's been through enough!" He swings at the wall behind him," I hate this, Hotch. You're both down and it be... so much easier if it was me. You and Emily... you keep the team together."

He slams the door behind him and makes for the closest exit. He doesn't get there.

He sinks to the floor.

He doesn't know what side of the hospital he's in.

Tears threaten to fall.

It's like his dad dying all over again.

He's needed. Someone needs him to fill the shoes of someone.

He wipes his eyes but he's crying.

"Dammit!" He wraps his arms around his head," God."

Emily Prentiss

"Don't do that," she stops his hand from touching his face.

The doctors had warned that he may wake up while on the ventilator. They were to prohibit him from touching or pulling at the tube.

His eyes settle on her and she can feel his discomfort.

"I'm sorry "

He keeps looking up.

"I'm so sorry," she strokes his hair back and plants a gentle kiss on his forehead.

He only struggles a little before his eyes drift back closed and his body relaxes.

"I'm sorry Aaron."

She wipes away the tear that threatens to fall down her chin. She reaches down and strokes his cheek.

"Miss Prentiss? You're suposed to be in your room."

Emily smiles and her hand, like a ghost, trails down his cheek to his hand," I'll be back."

The nurse pushes Emily out," go. You're supposed to be resting."

The Team

"You're all weird," Morgan says making a mad grab at Jack for a shield to stop the raised objects that are all posed in threatening positions.

"Uncle Derek!" Jack laughs wiggling in Morgan's hold.

"We're not weird or strange," Reid says quietly, his face pinched in thought.

"Do you remember when I tried to give you a fist bump? You didn't fist bump me you took your hand and covered mine." Morgan nods towards Hotch, Emily is seating by his side watching closely for any movement," tried to high five Hotch one time. He shook my hand."

Morgan waits for them to agree but they don't. He turns Jack so he can look at him," that's weird. Isn't it, Jack?"

Jack shakes his head," daddy isn't weird."

Morgan puts Jack down," of course not kid. What was I thinking?"

Jack giggles and pokes Morgan's chest," you're the silly one."

Morgan looks exasperated," right. The sane member of this nut job team is the weird one."

Emily turns from Hotch to roll her eyes at Morgan," says the one who drove an ambulance with a bomb in it. The one who tackles every UNSUB he can manage. The one who's probably responsible for about half the greys hairs on our heads."

Morgan only seems to hear about half of what she said," hey! He got blown up."

"I didn't go out of my way to be a target though," they all look up and Hotch is glaring back. He doesn't seem to be mad just... confused.

"Sir!" Garcia says standing and engulfing him in a hug that he hardly had time to prepare for. "We missed you!"

He looks around at them," what are you doing here?"

Morgan chuckles and shakes his head," really man? We're here for you."

"..but the..the case."

Jack comes up to his father and smiles," they cought the bad guy, daddy!"

Hotch smiles at Jack," what're you doing here buddy?"

Jack shrugs and accepts Emily's invite on to her lap," you done woked up twice so uncle Dave said I could come this time!"

Hotch nods and smiles.

Jack looks around," did Uncle Derek really drive in a ambulance?"

Garcia winces from her spot," oh please I don't want to talk about that day. It was awful."

JJ rubs her shoulder," it's okay, Pen. We know."

It was an awful day for all of them. Garcia had to watch Hotch and Kate being blown up and then talk to Morgan while drove the ambulance. Hotch got blown up and then lost a friend. Morgan had to leave Hotch in the street and drive an ambulance with a bomb ready to explode in it. Emily, JJ, Rossi, and Reid were left in the dark, left to think about all the God awful things that could have happened.

"It wasn't all bad," Reid says.

"We learned how much we mean to eachother," Garcia adds with a sad smile.

Emily squeezes Hotch's hand," we're the only family most of have had."

Dats it, pals.

You can still request fanfics. I'm rather bored guys so any request are good request.
-SH