Meet the father-in-law [Comprehensive]

As usual, Garcia began the case briefing when the entire bau arrived in the conference room.

This time the case sparked the Amber Alert, a 16-year-old schoolgirl named Samantha Wilcox was "kidnapped" by her father, Eddie Lee Wilcox.According to common sense, bau is not responsible for this kind of "parents kidnapping children" cases, but this case involved violent kidnapping, and Eddie Wilcox has been in and out of prison many times-this is their job.

After a full round of brainstorming, Bau had begun to speculate on the possibility that Wilcox wanted to get revenge on his ex-wife by kidnapping his daughter Samantha.

After a moment of contemplation, Rossi concluded: "If the revenge is against the mother, he will either hurt Samantha, or take her away."

"Samantha has been missing for five hours. We all know the importance of time in such cases. Is the Amber Alert still spreading?"

Hodge took Rossi's words and looked at Garcia while asking questions. After the latter nodded, he reached out and supported the back of the chair in front of him, and continued:

"Every passing hour, every..."

Before Hodge finished speaking, his body shook, and then suddenly fell to the ground!The whole process happened in an instant, the screams and the sound of chairs being knocked to the ground mixed together, and the meeting room immediately became a mess!

"—Alan??!"

"—Hodge?!!"

The first person to rush up was Elide, who was still separated from Hodge by a person. Her speed was astonishingly fast, and her figure and movements were so agile that people looked sideways.

"—Call 911!"

>>>>>

The person who accompanied Hodge into the ambulance was of course Elied, and Garcia also took a taxi to the hospital. As for the rest of the bau members, under Rossi's insistence, everyone went to the airport.

By the time Elide got in touch with the others, they were already halfway to Wichita.

According to the preliminary diagnosis, the cause of Hodge's coma may be internal bleeding from scar tissue, but after taking X-rays, the doctor still couldn't determine the specific location of the internal bleeding, and had to undergo laparotomy.Everyone else looked terrible when they heard the news. They knew what was going on with that "scar tissue"... It was George Foye's "gift" to Hodge, a gift from the grave with "Greetings" with the breath of death and fear.

Elide reported the situation to everyone on the plane in brief language through mobile phone video. Her mood was relatively calm, but her face was not good. Judging from what other people knew about Elide, this expression was true. It's a big mess.

"According to the doctor, this operation is not difficult. Of course, I have contacted Alfred, and if necessary, the best physician in the country is on call. Also, I know that Hodge will want everyone's attention Concentrating on the case, but... I can't concentrate, I'm sorry—”

"It's okay, Elliott, we understand you," Rossi on the plane interrupted her immediately, "Does Jack know about this?"

"Jack is with Jessica, I've already called her, we decided to hide it from Jack for the time being...Garcia and I will stay here, and I will try to help, but... Anyway, I will try to help. "

Yi Lide kept frowning, even when she spoke, she was a little restless.Seeing her state, the people on the plane also understood that her words "can't concentrate" were true, so Rossi couldn't help but comfort her with some kind words.

After agreeing to "report any new situation at any time", Elide cut off the video connection and looked back at Garcia.

At this moment, they are both waiting outside the operating room. Compared to Elide's calm but restless panic, Garcia's emotional expression is much more exposed. She clasped her fingers and clenched her hands tightly together. , while pacing back and forth in the same place, she muttered in a low voice, and the names of all the gods in the East and West were repeated in her mouth.

It seemed that it was up to Elide to comfort her at this moment.

"Don't worry, Penelope, Aaron will be fine." The young woman put her hands on Garcia's shoulders, patted and comforted her through the fluorescent yellow sweater jacket, "It's impossible ... Bruce can take care of the rest for me, you heard what the doctor said, didn't you? It wasn't a fatal injury, at most it cost some money."

"—Fortunately, I'm never short of money."

Such pretentiously relaxed and playful words greatly calmed Garcia's emotions, and she even stopped and smiled in response.

Hodge’s operation lasted for a while, and after the initial anxiety and irritability, Garcia gradually calmed down—it should be said that the people at the scene of bau made great contributions, they found a lot of jobs for Garcia, Elide also began to focus on helping her find information together.

When people are concentrating, it is always difficult to feel the passage of time, especially at this time.About an hour later, they finally finished the work requested by the team members. At this moment, there was a sudden rush of footsteps in the corridor.

When Garcia was completely unaware of what was happening, Elide looked up quickly—after all, she recognized the voice.The owner of the footsteps had already come to them at this moment, and it was only at this moment that Garcia reluctantly took her attention away from the computer screen, and then——

"Oh my god! Dick?! You came so fast!"

"I happen to be in Washington." Dick's face was also very serious, but his voice was still full of vitality and power, which shocked people when they heard it. "How is Hodge?"

When he was talking, he had hugged and greeted Elide and Garcia in succession. Hearing his question now, Elide glanced back at the door of the operating room:

"We just asked the nurse, probably...everything is okay, at least it's under control."

"It's okay, you have to trust the doctor's level. Besides, if it's a coma caused by internal bleeding, time is very important—you understand."

Of course Elid understands the connotation behind Dick's words, Bruce Wayne can indeed invite the best doctors in the United States and even the world, but considering Hodge's condition, time is definitely not waiting for anyone.

After Dick finished speaking, the young woman nodded to show that she understood what he meant.

"Do Aff and Bruce know?" Elliott immediately asked a new question.

"Bruce has something to do now." When he said the word "something to do", Dick looked at the two people in front of him meaningfully, showing a somewhat secretive and complicated expression, "Aff will come over later."

Garcia's expression was a bit indescribable. She must have thought of something bad, such as gossip about "Baby Bruce is messing with that ballerina from last week".However, for Elied, who was able to work with Dick several years ago, the two of them naturally had an extraordinary understanding.

Elide immediately drew the point from Dick's expression: Neither Bruce Wayne nor Alfred can come over now, because Batman needs them.

Fortunately, at this time, all they had to do was wait patiently. It didn't matter how many people were waiting outside the operating room—anyway, none of them were Hodge's blood-related family members.Dick quickly left the hospital and went to a nearby restaurant to pack lunch for the two women.Considering that both of them were in a bad mood, he specially bought light and easy-to-digest food, and also brought enough freshly ground coffee.

Hodge's operation lasted for several hours, and there was a twists and turns in the middle, but fortunately, everything went well in the end and the result was good.Doctors eventually identified the bleeding point and successfully plugged it.However, Hodge is not completely out of danger yet, and we have to wait until he wakes up to discuss the specific situation.

After telling the news to other people in Bau, Elide looked at the time in the ward and said to Garcia:

"It's late today, and I know you won't want to go home, so I asked Dick to book a room at a nearby hotel, which is only 5 minutes away. You can come back tomorrow morning, and as for me... I want to stay Ward."

No matter how you look at it, Garcia couldn't fault Elide's arrangement.She stared fixedly at Hodge's face for a long time, sniffled, then stretched out her arms and hugged Elide tightly.

"Don't worry, the operation is over, Hodge will be fine."

>>>>>

When Huo Qi woke up, he only felt that his eyes were blurred, his mouth and tongue were dry, and his whole body was weak.

There were white lights above his head and a strange yet familiar ceiling. He knew what it felt like. This should be when the anesthesia had not completely faded after the operation—what happened?

Not long after he opened his eyes, it may be a second or two, or it may be more time, he can't feel the passage of time correctly at this moment, but he can realize that someone is lying beside him, holding his hand tightly. holding his hand.

That hand was dry and warm, soft but not delicate or boneless...it should be Elied's hand.

The man blinked a few more times, and the blurred vision finally gradually became clear. He twisted his neck from side to side, but in an instant, the woman who was lying on the side of the hospital bed suddenly woke up, and looked at him in surprise. he.

After a moment, surprise turned to surprise, and Elide clasped her hands together and squeezed his hand tightly.There was a pure smile in her sea-blue eyes, and even her tired face couldn't hide it.

"You're finally awake, Aaron, how are you feeling?"

"...what's wrong with me? What happened?"

Hodge still vaguely remembered what happened before. They were briefing the case in the conference room. What questions did he ask?After that, his consciousness became blank, and until now, he didn't know anything about what happened in the middle.

"The injury you suffered before came back to ask you to collect debts," Elide said, slightly raising the corners of her mouth, with a faint smile on her face, "The internal bleeding under the scar tissue, there were some complications before, and there were also some complications during the operation." A little problem - but it's all right now."

"Next, you just need to recover quietly."

"What about our case?" Hodge frowned, recalling what happened before, "Everyone has already solved it, or...?"

"They've found out where the Wilcoxes are now, and that will be settled soon—and, yes, I didn't take part in this mission, and if you're going to criticize me for that I'm admit."

When Elide said this, she squeezed Hodge's hand tightly slightly, even with a serious expression on her face.

"I just... I can't keep you here on a case, Aaron. This job is far less important to me than you. Of course, I think you already know that...you know, Didn't I come to bau just for you?"

The woman's voice gradually took on a brisk smile. She did say that, and Hodge remembered it very clearly. It was the first case after Elide came to Bau. After the case was over, they met at the hotel The conversation took place in the hallway.

To be honest, Hodge can't remember exactly what they said at that time. After all, he is not Rhett, and he has a really good memory. He only remembers the most important words, and...

That feather-light, tender, pure goodnight kiss.

Even now, the relationship between the two of them is much closer than it was then, and the physical contact between them has long since bid farewell to the kind of casual taste that is purely on the level of social etiquette. Hodge still remembers the good night kiss left for him. a feeling of.

Just like the warm sun in spring and the night wind in summer, it is closely connected with beautiful feelings. Every time I think of it, there is a tenderness enough to stir the heartstrings, which makes people palpitate endlessly.

"Why would I blame you for this? You stayed here to accompany me," Hodge felt that he was in good spirits, but his voice was still a little low and weak due to the influence of the anesthetic, "and, I..."

"I am very grateful that you can stay here, that you can accompany me..."

Before Hodge finished speaking, Elide stretched out her hand and stroked his cheek gently:

"Okay, I know what you mean. Besides, you are my boyfriend. If I don't stay, who else can stay? Oh, by the way, Garcia also came to the hospital yesterday. She is now going out with Dick to buy It's lunch time, I guess I'll be back in a while."

"You need to rest. I'll call Jessica for you. Don't worry."

"No, Elied, it's not just that..."

Hodge didn't know how to describe what happened before to Ellie. To be precise, it was the absurd and extremely sad dream he had during his coma-he dreamed of Hayley, and even dreamed of George · Foye.

Seriously, he hadn't thought about Hailey for a long time, and that didn't mean forgetting, but...he always avoided thinking about her.He has always blamed Hailey's death on himself. After all, he was the one who brought in Foye's demon, and it was he who pushed Hailey under Foye's gun.

But in the dream, Hailey and Foye were sitting together talking and laughing happily. They even happily ate popcorn together and watched a movie made of Hodge's life.

The two who died could laugh away their grievances, but the one who survived couldn't easily let go of all this.

In the dream, for a period of time, Hodge really wanted to stay, to stay in this place where there was no old or new hatred, to stay in this place with Hailey.

But he later understood that he couldn't do this, because there were still people waiting for him on the other side of this absurd world.

—It's Jack, and it's...Eliad.

——If he stayed here, how sad those two people would be!

He has to go back, he wants to see Jack grow up, see him go to school, fall in love, get married, have children, and see him become a real man safely and smoothly;

He also had to go back. There was someone who was independent and strong enough, but from a certain point of view, she needed a man named Aaron Hotchner more than Jack.

If he stays in the dream, if he stays on the other side of life...

"I seem to have a dream. There are many people in the dream, including David, Jack, Hayley and even Foye...Of course, you are also in the dream—"

"Could it be a near-death experience?" Elied blurted out, without hiding the shock on her face, "You did experience a sudden drop in blood pressure during the operation, maybe your dream has something to do with it."

"Maybe, maybe not, I don't know. All I know is that for a while... I did get into a very negative mood. There are many factors that pull me out of it, and you, the most important thing a little."

Having said that, Huo Qi couldn't help but pause for a moment. He raised the corners of his mouth slightly, trying to make his expression relaxed and refreshed.

"I... I know you've been through a lot before, and most of it wasn't a good one. It's been from the first time we met. Bruce, Alfred, and Dick, they're all good guys, and I'm very happy I am grateful to them for giving you a happy life without worrying about food and clothing. But I... I hope you can live an easier and happier life."

"Don't laugh at the narcissism of an old man. If I choose to stay in my dream... who can promise you a life that is far more sweet than bitter?"

After saying these words, Hodge smiled more and more gently, and held Elide's hand tightly behind his back. The young, energetic woman, full of vitality, was looking at him in a daze. .

It seemed like only a moment passed, and it seemed like a long time later, Elide lowered her head and pressed her cheek to Hodge's hand.

Her voice was full of laughter, but it sounded a bit dull, maybe it was because the sheets and quilts blocked the transmission of the sound waves, or maybe it was some other reason.

"You are not a narcissistic old man, you are my hero and my lover."

"What you promised is what I want."

The author has something to say: This episode is related to the plot of 905, mainly Hodge’s dream. Of course, according to the setting in my story, Elied and Beth have completely different meanings to Hodge. So some emotions in the dream will also change slightly.

ps: Please take the specific time point as an overhead view~

I originally planned to make a complaint about Bruce, but the number of words exploded, and I feel that the style of this chapter does not match the plot related to Bruce in my imagination...

Let the father-in-law appear in the next episode (Tucao) 233

Before, many friends asked whether Superman would appear or not, because this story is mainly based on cm, and the superman and other comparisons will make the plot very embarrassing, so the most unscientific superhero in the text is "Actually, I am really It’s very scientific の Flash”, but when it comes to the extra episode, the restrictions are much smaller, and the next extra episode will pull the Justice League out~