Outside Hotch was holding Bella, two paramedics tried to examine the girl as she was fighting everyone off.
When she saw Emily being carried out she screamed "mom!"
Derek heard and left Emily and ran to the little girl. Hotch let her go and she ran to Morgan. They hugged and she started sobbing.

"I'm right here. it's okay" he told her and then lifted her up. She rested her head on his shoulder as she cried in pain. "Are you hurt?" He asked worried.

"Yes" Bella just cried.

"You're gonna be okay" Derek said walking to the ambulance where Hotch was.

"Where's mom?" Bella asked scared, noticing the other ambulance was gone. "Where is my mom?" She demanded.

Derek looked around and said "They'll take her to the hospital. They'll take care of her."

"Morgan, she needs a doctor" Hotch said.

"No. No!" Bella said hugging Derek tighter.

"It's okay, I'll be right by your side" Morgan said and got inside the ambulance.

"I want my mom" the girl cried.

"We're going to the same hospital." A paramedic said closing the door and the driver started driving. Hotch followed on the FBI SUV.

"Baby girl, they need to check you" Morgan said. "It's alright I'm right here" he added but she wouldn't let go of him.

"Hey look. My name is Mary. I just need to take a look on your back, okay?" A paramedic said as she saw blood. She was trying to be very calm, understanding the girl was scared.

"I'm gonna cut this shirt you have on, okay?" Mary said and Bella stayed quiet.
The woman got a pair of scissors and cut it off. Bella cried as the doctor pulled the shirt off. Her back was hurting so bad.
The doctor made a face as she saw what they were dealing with there.
Derek stared at her.

"Honey, we're just gonna cover it up a little and wait for the other doctor to see it, okay?" The woman said but Bella didn't say a word.
The paramedics wet the gaze and covered the girl's back with it. Bella just cried and hugged Morgan tight, as she felt it sting.

"Here" Mary said covering the girl with a blanket once she was done.
"Sweetie, did you hit your head at all today?" A paramedic asked.
Bella didn't answer.

"Did you?" Derek asked and she shook her head no.

"Look, we need to put an IV on your arm. Do you know what that is?" The lady asked and Bella stayed quiet. Morgan nodded yes to the woman.
"Alright, can I see your hand?" She asked but Bella didn't move.
The lady went to take her hand and she let out a scream.
"It's Okay, it won't hurt. That's gonna make you feel better" the woman said.

"No!" Bella cried and hid her hands.

"How about this stickers? Can I put that on you so we can check your heart?" The woman asked.

Bella shook her head no looking terrified. Derek made her rest her head on his chest and told the paramedic to let her calm down a bit.
He just kept hugging Bella as she cried.

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When they got to the hospital Derek carried her inside because she wouldn't let go of him.

"What do we have here?" A doctor asked walking inside the trauma room Bella was taken.

"Isabella, 9 years old, severe Taser burns on her back" Mary said.

The female doctor, Doctor Clark, looked at the girl. "Why isn't she connected to anything?" She asked.

"She's really shaken up. She was kidnapped and she's not really talking to anybody" Mary, the paramedic said.

"Alright. Thank you, you can leave" the doctor told her. "You need to lay her down" she told Derek.
Derek put Bella down but the girl hugged him tight. She didn't want to let go.

"It's okay Isabella. We're just gonna look" the doctor said as Bella cried and didn't let go.

"Bella, I'm right here. You can hold my hand, princess" Derek said, so she let go and grabbed his arm.

The doctors started sticking weird stickers with wires on her chest and she just stared at Derek. The kid looked terrified. They went to put an IV and she looked down on her arm as she felt the poke.

"No!" She cried and tried to get away from them and closer to Derek.

"We need to sedate her" the doctor said. "Get a light one, she's little and we don't know if she took anything" she added.
The nurse got back with a mask for Bella to breathe on. She put it on the girl and suddenly Bella felt that same thing she felt back at Penelope's office when agent Seamons gave her a shot.
Her eyes widened with fear and she fought even more as she felt it but the nurses and the doctor held her down.

"It's okay. You're okay. I'm right here. I won't leave your side" Derek said squeezing her hand.
She slowly stopped fighting them and closed her eyes.

"Alright, I need a blood test and a head CT for yesterday" Dr. Clark said.

The woman looked at Derek and said "sir you need to leave"

"Didn't you hear what I told her? I'm not leaving her side" Derek said.

By the way he said it the doctor knew he wasn't going anywhere.
"Alright. But you need to let us do our job" she said. Derek nodded and they started. They took the girl's clothes off and a nurse noticed the smell.

"Do you know if she peed?" the nurse asked and Derek shook his head no. The woman smelled the girl's pants and said "she did".

"Clean her up for me so I can take care of her back" the doctor said and the nurse did what was told.

Doctor Clark started taking some of Isabella's blood. Then they turned the girl around to look at her back.
"Oh wow" Clark said surprised with what she saw. She had never seen so many taser burns in one person. Especially such a small one. "I'll clean this myself" she said. "What happened to her?" She asked Morgan.

The man was concentrating on his breathing because what he was seeing on the girl's lower back didn't let him think straight.

"Is that a..." the doctor asked as she saw it too. "Oh my god" she said in disbelief.

"He branded her" Derek said as his eyes filled with tears and he felt really angry.

"If you need a moment... It's okay to go outside. She'll stay sleeping" Doctor Clark said.

"No. I'm fine" Derek said and squeezed the girl's hand. "Just do what you have to do" he said trying hard to stay calm as he soothed Isabella's hair.

The doctor cleaned the girl's back and put bandages on it. Then a nurse put a hospital gown on the child.

"Her vitals look great, there are no other injuries but I'll do a head CT to make sure" Clark said. "Unfortunately you can't go with her" she told Derek.

He knew he couldn't.
"I'll wait right outside" he said and the doctor nodded and they wheeled Bella.

They did the test and the doctor told him everything was okay but they wanted to keep the girl in for a few hours for observation.
So Bella was taken to a room.
Derek took a seat on the chair next to the bed as the child slept peacefully.
He took her hand again.
"I'm right here. Uncle Derek is here" he said and suddenly Hotch walked in.

"I just talked to her doctor" Hotch said "she'll be alright" he added.

"How's Emily?" Derek asked.

"They took her to surgery" Hotch said. "The team is coming" he said and Derek nodded and stared at Bella again.

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Penelope, Reid, Rossi and JJ were anxiously waiting for news at the Boston PD Station when Hotch called.

"We've got them. Both" Hotch said and they breathed out relieved.

"Could you guys come to the General Hospital?" He asked.

"Are they hurt?" Garcia asked scared.

"Yes" Hotch said.

"How bad?" Penelope asked.

"They're keeping Bella in for observation but... Emily is on surgery. It's bad" Hotch said.

"We'll be right there" JJ said.

"And Garcia, if you can get Bella some clothes that would be great" Hotch said.

"Of course sir. Of course" Penelope said and hung up.

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Doctor Clark entered Isabella's room.
"She should wake up any minute now. It was just a light sedative in order for us to do what had to be done. It would have been too painful for her to be awake" she said.
Derek nodded understanding.

"Does she have any family coming?" She asked.

"I am her family" Derek said.

The woman stared at him a bit confused. "Didn't you rescue her from this man?" She said.

"Her mother is my partner. We work for the FBI. I'm her uncle." he explained.

"Oh." Clark said. There was a bit of silence and the woman said "I should get going"

Derek just nodded.

"If she coughs don't worry it's normal. It's because of what she took. If it's bad we can give her some medicine for it" she said and walked out.

Derek just sat there with Bella for a while till the girl started coughing. She was laying on her right side.
He stood up, started soothing her hair and told her she'd be okay.
Suddenly she opened her eyes.
She woke up, feeling heavy and a little confused from all the drugs. She looked around, taking in her surroundings and realizing where she was, then she closed her eyes again.

"Hi princess" Derek smiled a little, happy to see the girl awake.

"Mommy?" Bella said still very sleepy.

"The doctors are helping her. Don't worry, baby girl" Derek said giving Bella's hand a squeeze and the girl opened her eyes again.

"Let me get the doctor to check on you" he said and went to the door.

Doctor Clark got inside. She smiled at Bella.
"Do you remember what happened, honey?"

Isabella blinked, images flashing through her mind. She nodded.
"Where's my mom?" she murmured.

"The doctors are taking good care of her" the woman promised.
She checked Isabella's vitals, her eyes and then said "you look a bit better. Are you in any pain?"

"No medicine" Bella said scared they would sedate her again. Her eyes already filling with tears.

Derek knew why she was scared so he said "you won't go back to sleep. It's just to help with the pain"

"No" Bella said.

"Alright. If you need anything just press this button here and a nurse will come" Clark said.

"Thank you" Derek said grabbing the little girl's hand again.

"I wanna go home" Bella whispered as tears fell from her eyes.

"You'll stay here for just a few hours, okay?" Doctor Clark said. "Don't worry you'll go home soon" the woman said and walked out.

With time the girl was getting more awake and with that she got more tense and scared. Derek gave her some water and then took his seat next to her. She refused to let go of his hand.
After a while the team appeared at the door.
"Hey look who's here" Derek smiled and Bella looked at the door.

"Hi" Penelope said, her eyes full of tears watching the girl who now seemed to look way smaller than before.

Everyone looked worried and like they had been crying.
Bella just stared at them with a blank face.

"We got you balloons and new pajamas" Penelope said walking closer to the bed as Rossi walked inside holding 8 balloons.
Bella looked at Derek and got a little closer to him, trying to hide her face. She was just scared.
Everyone just stared feeling horrible. They could see how traumatized the girl was.

"Oh the balloons are so cool. Look how many" Derek told her, with an excited tone.
Bella looked at it and Penelope smiled, the girl gave her a little smile back that soon turned into tears.
Bella took her hands to her face to hide.

"Do you want to sit on the couch with me?" Derek asked and the girl nodded and started coughing.

"Why is she coughing?" Rossi asked a little worried.

"It's because of the medicine she took" Derek said. He lifted her up and she cried a bit in pain.
Rossi wheeled the IV pole closer to the couch and Derek sat there with Bella in his arms. She rested on his chest and refused to look up.

"I'm gonna check on Emily" JJ mouthed so Bella wouldn't hear and walked out.
Hotch went after her and they went to get news.

In Isabella's room the girl looked scared and everyone felt awful.

"You're gonna be okay bunny. You'll see. You'll be just fine" Penelope told her and the child rested her head on Derek's chest, coughing from time to time.
Bella didn't say a word, she just stayed there.

After a while JJ walked in.

"News?" Rossi asked.

"She's still on surgery. They said it might take a while" JJ said.

Bella was about to ask something when she started to cough a lot. And with that came the crying because her back was hurting so much every time she coughed.

"Let me get the doctor" JJ said and ran out. She explained what was wrong and Dr. Clark and a nurse walked in with a nebulizer.

"Hi Bella" Clark said smiling and walking to the girl, who just stayed quiet on Derek's arms and didn't even look at the woman. "Have you ever used a nebulizer?" The doctor asked but the child didn't answer. "Well it's this little machine here that we put some medicine to help with your cough and then it vaporizes into the mask and you'll breathe it and it makes it better" she explained but Bella didn't seem to care at all.

"Here... how about we try it a little?" Doctor Clark said putting the mask on the girl.
When she did that Bella started to move trying to get away. Derek wrapped his arms around her so she would not move.

"No! No! Let me go!" The girl cried so bad.

"It's okay princess it's okay" Derek said trying to hold her as she moved her head away from the mask. "They won't sedate you, baby girl. It's okay. You won't go to sleep again" Derek said. "I promise" he said and Bella stopped fighting.

She took a deep breath into the mask and saw it didn't make her feel like sedation did.

"There you go" Clark smiled handing the mask to Morgan who held it while Bella rested her head again on his chest again.

"I'll be back when it's done" Clark said and walked out.

Penelope was crying and JJ was hugging her.
"She's okay" JJ told trying to calm her friend.

Bella started shaking a little because she was really cold.

"Can you get her a blanket?" Morgan asked them.
Rossi walked to the bed, got the blanket and covered the girl on Derek's arm. They noticed how she tensed up when Rossi got close.

Bella stayed there quietly till the nebulizer was finished. The nurse took it and checked the girl. Then they just sat there. She was still coughing a little but not as often.

"Bed" the girl whispered after a while. Her back was hurting a lot from resting it on Derek's arm. So the man put her back on the bed. She flinched as he laid her down.
Spencer who was sitting on a chair on the left side gave her a little smile but she didn't smile back. "I brought chess. Do you want to play a game with me?" He asked thinking maybe that could help her take her mind off things.

Bella shook her head no and looked away.
He lifted his hand and touched her shoulder. She immediately turned to the right side where Derek was, fear evident in her face.

"Hey. It's just Reid" Derek said. "It's Spencer."

Bella took a deep breath and turned back around feeling bad. She put out a hand and Reid took it and gave it a squeeze.

"Do you want to play chess now?" Reid asked and the girl shook her head no again. "Okay" Reid said and gave her a little smile.

Bella just looked blank.

"Can I sit here?" Penelope asked with her hand on the right side of the bed and Bella nodded yes. Garcia sat up on the bed and grabbed Bella's hand. From Penelope she didn't move away. "You'll be good as new really fast. You'll see" Penelope said with a smile while Rossi turned the tv on.

After a while everyone could see Bella was fighting her sleep as she watched tv.

"Hey, why don't you try to sleep a little? It might help" Derek told the girl who just shook her head no. Derek sat on the chair on the right side, while Reid sat on the left side. Garcia sat on the bed holding the child's hand. Rossi and JJ were sitting on the couch and Hotch was outside in the waiting room waiting for news on Emily.

After some time Bella couldn't stand anymore. She was so tired and everything hurt.
"Uncle Derek?" She whispered. Garcia got off the bed and Derek moved closer.

"Yes princess?" He asked Bella, who was embarrassed and hid her face on his stomach as the man got close to the bed.
"Hey" He said soothing the girl's hair. "What happened?" He asked worried.

"I wanna sleep" the girl whispered without looking up.

"Baby girl. You can sleep you don't have to ask" Derek said unsure of what was going on. He tried to make Bella lay back normally again but the girl wouldn't move and then Derek realized she was embarrassed of something.

"Do you want them to leave?" Morgan bent a bit down to her ear and asked in a lower voice but high enough for the team to hear.

"I just want you to lay down with me" the girl said still hiding her face.

"Scoot over" Derek said with a small smile and Bella did what she was told but didn't look up at anybody. Derek got on the bed and embraced the small girl, who snuggle up to him and closed her eyes.
The team just looked at the two with a small smile. Everyone was glad Bella was safe.

"I'll grab some food for us" Penelope said. She thought now that Bella would sleep they could eat and rest a little while waiting for Emily. "Love you Bellie" she said but the girl had already fallen asleep.

"Well, that was fast" Derek said soothing the child's hair.

"I'm coming with you" Reid said and walked to the door.

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After a while, Penelope and Reid got back with tacos.
"I hate this hospital food" Penelope said.
They tried to eat but no one was really on the mood for that.

"So what exactly happened to her?" Rossi asked. He thought someone would eventually ask and why not be him.

"she has multiple taser burns on her back" Derek said and everyone's eyes widened. "and.." He said but didn't finish.

"and what?" Reid asked.

"He branded her" Derek said and everyone looked at him in shock "It's on her lower back" he said.

"Oh my god" Penelope said crying.

JJ hugged her. "She'll get through this. She's tough" JJ said.

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About an hour later they still didn't get news from the doctors about Emily.

"It's taking so long" Garcia said.

"She's on surgery Garcia. It takes time" Rossi said.

They watched some tv and another hour went by and still no news. Derek had moved to the chair about 30 minutes before the girl started moving on the bed.

"Oh I think she's having a bad dream" Garcia said as her eyes filled with tears again. She couldn't stand seeing Bella suffering.

"Mommy?" Bella whispered in her sleep.

"Shuuuu shuuu it's okay pretty girl, everything is okay" Garcia hurried to the bed and told the girl.

Bella moved a little bit and suddenly jumped as her eyes shot open and she gasped for air.

"Shuuu it's me. It's Penelope" Garcia said trying to calm the girl.

"Derek" Bella cried and Morgan hurried over. The girl opened her arms to him and he picked her up, she rested on his shoulder and sobbed as he rocked her slightly.

"It's okay princess you're safe" he told her as she cried.

"I want my mommy" Bella cried.

"She's still on surgery honey" JJ said.

"Why is it taking so long?" Bella cried.

"Surgeries are like that, bunny. Don't worry" Penelope said walking to Derek who was walking around the room. She stood behind him and Bella looked at her. "It's okay. You're safe, monkey" Garcia said with her eyes full of tears.

Bella started to calm down and suddenly the doctor walked in.
"What happened?" Doctor Clark asked.

"She had a bad dream" JJ said.

"Well, she's getting discharged" Clark said. "She'll need these two medications for the pain and she'll need a bandage change tomorrow. So you can either bring her here or to another hospital" she said.

Suddenly Bella coughed.
"What about the cough?" Derek asked.

"That will go away in the next couple hours. Oh and no baths for a while, only showers" Clark said and Derek nodded as he kept moving around so Bella would fully calm down.

"A nurse will bring the discharge papers" the doctor said and walked out.

"See we can go now." Derek said.

"Yeah. We'll take you to a fancy hotel with a really big bed so you can rest" Garcia smiled.

"No, I want mommy" Bella whispered and cried.

"She's on surgery, Bella. I think it will take a little while." JJ said.

"No! I'm not leaving." Bella said sounding angry now.

The team knew they were dealing with a Prentiss and making her go would just make things worse.

"Okay. We can stay in the waiting room" Derek said.

Suddenly the nurse walked in. They signed the discharge papers and the nurse went to take Bella's IV off.

"No. no. Don't touch me" Bella cried and tightened her arms around Morgan's neck.

"She's going to take that off so you can go" Garcia explained touching the IV line.

Bella hid her face on Morgan's neck and the woman took the IV off.
"All done" the nurse said.

"How about you put on the comfy pjs I got you?" Garcia asked and Bella just gave her a nod.
Derek carried the girl to the bathroom and Penelope and him helped her change into the purple pajamas Garcia had bought. Penelope saw the tiny child's entire back was bandaged up and she felt just awful.

"I'm cold" Bella said even though she was wearing pants and long sleeves.

"I'll get you a coat" Penelope said.

Derek picked the little girl up and they went to the waiting room. He placed her on his lap and she rested her head on his chest. Penelope went with Reid to a little shop they had seen close to the hospital's cafeteria. They got a blue guardian for Bella and headed back.

"Here" Garcia said and helped Bella put it on. The kid flinched a few times.
"Is that better?" Penelope asked the girl who just nodded and rested on Derek's chest again.

Doctor Clark walked by and saw them there so she stopped. "What are you doing here?" She asked.

"Her mom is on surgery and she didn't want to leave" Derek said.

"Oh" Clark said feeling sorry for the girl. She looked at Bella and saw she looked cold. "Are you cold, honey?" She asked but Bella didn't even look at her. The doctor simply walked away and then got back with a blanket. "Here. This might help" she said covering Bella up on Derek's arms. Again Isabella tensed as the doctor got close to her.

"Thanks" Morgan said. The doctor smiled and walked away.

They stayed there for a very long time.
Bella slept for about 30 minutes and then couldn't sleep anymore. The girl just sat there and refused to talk. They tried getting her to eat but she shook her head no. She refused to do anything so she just sat there.

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Almost 6 hours had passed since Emily's surgery started when Hotch called out JJ for the third time.
JJ went out so they could talk.

"She's in the icu" Hotch said and JJ breathed out relieved.

"Are we doing that then?" She asked him.

"We have no choice. If he finds out she's alive he'll kill her and probably Isabella too" Hotch said.
He had already explained the plan to JJ earlier.

"Hotch I don't think I can do this" JJ said honestly.

"We don't have a choice, Jennifer. If we don't there's no saying what he will do." Hotch said.

JJ looked out the window.

"We have to" Hotch said.

"How am I supposed to do this to that little girl?" JJ asked as her eyes filled with tears.

"If you don't, that little girl might not be here with us in a very short time" Hotch said serious.

JJ took a deep breath.
"We have to" she said trying to convince herself.

"Yes we have to" Hotch said and gave her a hug. "I already took care of everything so I'll go in with you." He said letting go of the hug.

JJ nodded and they walked to the waiting room.
As they walked in everyone noticed JJ red eyes. They stared at her and they knew.

"No" Penelope said as her eyes filled with tears.

"She never made it off the table" JJ said. Her eyes red and full of tears.