Sighing in resignation Maura nodded, encouraging Garcia to
continue.

“So, we have the hospital on alert and now that you two
lovelies are together, in only one location, it should be easier to protect.
Hotch was meeting with the others, so someone should be in shortly to let us
know what’s next.”

Maura listened as Jane’s heart rate quickened and leveled
out.  Looking down her own heart did a
little flip at the small smile on Jane’s face.
The love she felt for her was limitless and seeing even a hint of her
old self was enough for Maura.  Stroking
her hair she looked at Garcia.

“So now we wait.” She said quietly to no one in particular.

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Rodriguez tried to remain as unobtrusive as possible,
hovering back and forth around the nurse’s station.  He was able to catch snippets of conversation
between the hospital staff and an occasional officer.  Enough so, that he had a pretty good idea how
the patrols were running as well as the most interesting nugget of information
yet.

They hadn’t been able to resolve the problems with the
electrical systems that he had caused, so he knew that sooner rather than
later, they would have to reboot parts of the system.  He was counting on the darkness that would
result to gain access to both women.  He
hadn’t been able to kill Jane with his first blow, but he knew all he needed
was one more shot.  For that blonde
*****, he planned on destroying that pretty little face of hers.

He didn’t think, he knew that if he got within arms reach,
they were his.  Walking away from the
pretty little nurse again, he headed down the hallway to the south side nurse’s
station.  Jane’s room was just beyond
that station and he needed to get the lay of the land quickly before the lights
went out.

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Reid knocked before going in to see Jane and JJ.

“Wonder Boy!” Garcia called out.

“Hey guys, JJ, hey how are you?” walking up to stand next to
her he looked at her shyly.

“I wondered if you would ever get around to seeing me,” she
teased.

Blushing, he smiled at her and glanced over at Maura sitting
on the other side of the room with Jane.

“I’m sorry JJ…I mean…” suddenly self-conscious, he
stuttered.

Her gentle laughter allowed him to relax, “It’s okay Spence,
I’m not holding it against you, I know you’ve been busy,” she loved to tease
him, it was so easy.