[Criminal Minds] The Waiting Behind

Running quickly and silently to the door, Hotch glanced at the two men who were ready to go, and nodded.

"Boom—" The moment the door was kicked open, the three immediately raised their guns and aimed inside.

no one. Hotch was the first to look behind the gate door, gun at hand, safe. Emily and Rossi followed closely behind, checking the corners of the living room respectively.

Hotch scans every blind spot alertly, it's not easy.Because the curtains in the entire room were drawn, the sunlight was tightly shut out, and everything seemed silent.

He saw Emily and Rossi shaking their heads towards him, indicating that the living room was fine.After a long time of tacit understanding, the three of them chose three closed rooms respectively, kicked them open at the same time, raised their guns, and turned around quickly.

The kitchen, study, and master bedroom are all normal.

Hotch moved his eyes to the living room aside, and he deftly pulled out the flashlight from the kitchen drawer, holding it under the pistol with his other hand.

He gently opened the door of the living room, and checked the back of the door for the first time: there was nothing unusual.

The light of the flashlight was extraordinarily bright in the dimly lit room, and the cold white beam was constantly patrolling the ground, like a king inspecting his own territory.

Hotch keenly noticed that the door leading to Jack's toy room was opened, and there was a dark red stain on the floor, like the trace of a blood-stained shoe sole on the ground.

Emily and Rossi, who were always close by, quickly came to both sides of the door, ready to go.

Hotch clenched the handle of the gun tightly again, and slowly loosened the fingers holding the flashlight left and right, and then tightened again.

The tense atmosphere is on the verge of breaking out.

He finally nodded to Rossi and the two of them.

action!

The three of them walked lightly, stepping on the thick carpet without making a sound, but their movements were still agile.

In the depths of the dim room, Hotch vaguely saw a figure lying on the ground through the sofa. His pupils constricted almost instantly, but he heard Emily suddenly shouted:

"Drop your arms! Raise your hands!"

Only then did he realize that in the blind spot of his sight, there was a person tilted on the sofa.

Hotch gritted his teeth tightly, his eyes gleamed with hatred, and locked tightly on the figure on the sofa.

Then, next, there was a crisp "bang-dang" sound.

That is, the sound of a pistol being placed on the coffee table.

"Aaron."

Hotch never knew how much faster than he could act.When he came to his senses, he found that he had tightly hugged the girl's standing body, and the arms around her were still trembling slightly.

He really thought...she had...

Although Hotch has no idea what happened to completely reverse the current situation.But at this moment, he didn't want to ask anything, the only thing he wanted to do was to hug the girl in his arms tightly.

Tighten, tighten again.

This sense of despair of having lost the whole world but finding the great surprise of finding it back has completely defeated him.

Hotch could only keep stroking the girl's smooth long hair with his hands, kissing the top of her hair, and muttering only one sentence:

"It's okay...you're okay...it's okay that you're okay..."

At the moment he heard the gunshot, he really thought——

His world would collapse completely.

Hotch doesn't have to suppress his emotions now because he doesn't have to think about what he'll do when he finds her cold body, which in the end, is just a hypothesis.

Michelle felt Hotch's tight embrace, although the strength of his embrace had made her whole body ache, but she felt that she was willing to do so.

She could feel the great surprise of Hotch's lost and found - he must have decided that the phone call was their previous goodbye.

Hotch certainly thinks so.

However, what Michelle said earlier, which he thought were broad words of reassurance, really worked.

— Believe in miracles.

A miracle really happened.

Thank God for not taking away such a beautiful girl.

Hotch prayed silently in his heart, but the hug around the girl did not relax at all.

Until Emily draws back the curtains, letting the light dispel the darkness again. Hotch was surprised to see Foyet lying on the ground, looking miserable.

His eyes were round, as if he had seen something unbelievable, unbelievable.

The hands and feet were spread out, motionless, and there was indeed a large pool of dark red blood on the carpet under the wrists and ankles of both hands.

"No pulse." Rossi frowns and touches the carotid artery, eventually issuing the death notice.

Emily looked at Michelle with some surprise, her face was buried in Hotch's arms, and she couldn't see the specific expression clearly.

But... Emily's eyes shifted to Foyet's body on the ground, her drooping hair masking the true expression on her face.

——Did Michelle really do such a precise shooting?

What's more, the other party is a grown man with great disparity in strength, and even she doesn't have the confidence to do this in a fierce fight.

In addition, the other party is the god of death.

Emily was immersed in infinite doubts, but heard Rossi gasp in doubt, looked around, and found that Rossi was looking at Foyet's body with a serious expression.

"what happened?"

"Other than the gunshot wounds on both hands and feet, I found no other fatal injuries. But..." Rossi frowned, this question was really strange.

"This wound is not enough to kill him." Emily observed the amount of bleeding carefully, and found it very strange. She put aside the question just now, squatted down, and stretched out her hand to check Foyet's carotid artery again.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed her.

It's Foyet!

Emily didn't have time to think about why Foyet, who had no pulse just now, moved suddenly, she just grabbed his hand reflexively, rolled over his body with Rossi, and handcuffed her hands behind her back.

When they faced Foyet again, they found that he had passed out.

Emily and Rossi breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Hotch who had been running over since Foyet started to move.

Michelle couldn't see their eye contact, but she smiled when she saw Hotch turn and look at her hesitantly.

The smile bloomed on the sporadic blood-stained face, which looked extremely unpredictable.

She suddenly felt a little cold, she had no time to think at the critical moment just now, and now that she was finally safe, she realized that she was already covered in cold sweat.

Michelle wrapped her arms around herself, as if this would bring her enough warmth, she raised her head and said to everyone: "I don't want to stay here anymore, go to another room, and I will explain everything to you."

When you're done, turn around and leave.

Michelle felt suddenly surrounded by a warm embrace. She looked up and saw that Hotch was standing beside her, wrapping her arms around her shoulders.

A steady stream of heat poured into her body along his hand, which also brought endless sense of peace of mind.

She looked at the undisguised worry and concern in Hotch's eyes, and smiled as she listened to the sirens whistling outside.

in the living room.

Michelle was sitting on the sofa with a cup of steaming black tea in her hand, which Emily handed to her thoughtfully just now.

She lowered her head and took a sip slowly. The warm liquid slid down the esophagus into the stomach, and then spread to the whole body and limbs. The body that had been stiff just now finally had a little comfort.

Then, Michelle raised her head and looked around slowly. It was the people she was familiar with: Reid, Man, Emily... Finally, her eyes fixed on Hotch beside her, and his eyes remained on her body without moving away.

She looked straight into Hotch's eyes, where there was almost overflowing worry and deep trust, but there was no trace of doubt.

Michelle pursed her lips and smiled, then raised her left hand seriously, and asked Hotch slowly, "Do you remember this ring?"

"Of course." Although Hotch didn't understand why Michelle specifically mentioned this matter at this moment, he understood that all the weird things that happened to Foyet before had something to do with this, otherwise she wouldn't have asked.

"This is a parting gift from Steve Jinks for you." Hotch looked at his bewildered colleagues, briefed them on the origin of the ring, and then continued to look at Michelle.

Michelle looked down at her index finger.Under the sun's rays, the usually low-key ring is now exuding a luster that it has never had before.The tiny gemstones in the middle are shining and dazzling.

This familiar scene reminded Michelle of the day she saw the ring for the first time—

It was with a heavy heart when she opened the things that Brooks had sent Steve.The legal documents she found after opening the box made her feel extremely uncomfortable. She had never done anything all this time, so why should she accept his favor with peace of mind after his death?

Michelle wanted to return the box for a moment, but when she opened the letter attached to the box, this idea completely disappeared.

"Dear Michelle, I know I'm no longer here when you read this letter, and I'm begging you to give you everything I asked them to give you. Don't feel ashamed, if after I leave, It will be even more uncomfortable for me to occupy the place that belongs to me.

Please fulfill my little request.Moreover, I am already alone, except you, I can't think of anyone who will think of me.You know my feelings for you, if you want, I am willing to be your relatives.

Although I am not by your side, please believe that I must be watching you somewhere and caring about you.So, please don't be stingy with your smile!

I attached a ring with the letter, haha, don't think it has any special meaning.Of course, you can also think that it will accompany and protect you instead of me.

This is of course true.Because, this is not an ordinary ring, there is a mechanism on it.Inside the gem is a drug that can trigger cardiac arrest.If you know my undercover mission this time, you will understand.

However, I reduced the dose of the drug, even if it can't kill people, it can at least bring down an adult male for 10 minutes.I don't know the principle of the drug, but please use it with caution.

I know you're a smart girl, I don't need to stress this, you can tell the difference.

Next, I will tell you how to use the mechanism..."

Having said that, Michelle stopped recalling with some regret, and raised her left hand again.

Under the sun, the gemstone exudes a dazzling brilliance.

If Michelle hadn't said it, no one would have thought that there were drugs used in that case hidden here.

Enough to paralyze the heart.

Hotch finally looked away and looked at the ring, silent and unpredictable.

The author has something to say: I am not stuck in an exciting place today!

I think I'm going to get punched if I'm kidding--

I will let everyone have a good year haha~~

Have you ever thought of wow! !

This is the meme I thought of during Steve's case!That's why the ring existed at that time!

I remember someone asked why it had to be worn on the index finger, but I felt so uncomfortable holding it back!

Use it here! !

String together there is no wood!The IQ of the author is still there!

Come and praise me with flowers, villains!

The New Year's Eve still doesn't come out bubbling!

New Year's Eve! !I wish everyone a family reunion!Happy new year!

Thank you_Deep`Blue. Throwing a mine, I haven’t seen you for a long time and thought you disappeared--

Hun Jiong threw a mine, did you watch the update in the morning and drop the mine in the evening! !

Xing Xingjiang threw a mine, thank you so much! !

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