“K” was all Jane said as she closed her eyes, it hurt so
much to breathe or move, the weight on her chest felt unbearable.

The EMT’s in unison loaded Jane onto the stretcher partly on
her side.  Again she groaned.  Maura could see that her teeth were clenched
and as they strapped her down to get her up the stairs; Maura looked at the
monitors and could see the distress the movement was causing her.

Moving quickly, the men lifted the stretcher and made it to
the backyard before the tone startled all of them.

“Noooo!” Maura’s wail pierced Derek’s resolve as he watched
her collapse in the grass.  Reid was
beside her as the techs worked on Jane.
Her body jerked as they applied the defibrillator.

“Nothing….go again…clear…” Jane’s body jerked again, “We
have a rhythm…move, lets go!”

Rushing to the ambulance, they loaded the stretcher while
Maura ran up with Reid, “Ma’am you can’t…”

“That’s Dr.” Reid said firmly, “Dr. Isles and she is coming with you.”  Reid helped her in and closed the door as the
ambulance sped away.

Reid watched the ambulance and felt Morgan when he came to
stand by him.

“You okay kid?”

“She died…” his voice was quiet and small.  He was remembering when JJ had come out and
told them that Emily never made it off the table, how devastated he had been
that he hadn’t gotten a chance to say goodbye.
Feeling his eyes watering he took a deep breath and looked at
Morgan.  Seeing the understanding in his
eyes was too much.

“Have we found anything?” he said gruffly.

Morgan knew what he had been thinking, he felt the same way,
and this had brought everything back. “She’s strong kid and she has Dr. Isles,
her family, heck she’s got us now too.”

“I know Morgan it’s just…it seems unfair doesn’t it?  I mean how many times does she have to be a
target, how many times do any of us?”
Walking away, Morgan realized Reid was having a crisis of faith and it
was his turn now to support him.

“Come on Reid, we’ll get this guy, you know that” Morgan
caught up and made Reid look at him, “You know that right?”

“But at what cost Morgan”

“What the hell happened?” Frost came running up, “one of the
officers told me Jane flatlined.” His voice was strained; he knew he should
have stayed. “Is she okay?” he looked from one to the other, “Tell me Jane’s
okay, “he asked worriedly.