[Zhongyingmei] The last string

So we can use this to throw mist bombs on Unsub and them. "

"What?" Viola was surprised, her originally tense expression was mixed with worry, "I don't think this is a good idea."

"Anyway, it also exposes our actions." Her frown deepened.

She suddenly felt uneasy.Just a few hours ago, she had been attacked in a planned way under the surveillance of Unsub, and now she knew that the surveillance was hacked, but did nothing, which really made her feel uneasy.

"Emily lend me your phone." Her phone had been honorably sacrificed.

Although Emily was a little strange, she still took out the mobile phone in her pocket and handed it to Viola who was sitting in the co-pilot: "What are you going to do?"

"Call Hotch," she said. "The surveillance can't just be left alone."

The phone rang twice, and it was answered there.

"Prentiss?" Hotch saw that the incoming call was Emily, and thought that something was wrong with Viola, "Is Viola okay?"

"It's me, Hotch," she softened a little, "I'm fine."

"Cough," he was a little embarrassed, but he also knew that Viola would not call him suddenly, and then asked seriously, "What's the matter?"

Viola talked to him about surveillance.

"...So, I think we still need to deal with surveillance," she explained in a deep voice.

"I see, don't hang up first." After Hotch finished speaking, he seemed to cover the microphone of the phone, and the content over there was unclear, as if he was communicating with Kate.

After a while, Hotch's voice came back.

"Just talked to Kate," he said, "We're going to meet the mayor later, you and Garcia...boom!!!"

The roar of the explosion came from the mobile phone, which interrupted the conversation between the two of them. Viola's heart seemed to be clenched tightly, and she stopped breathing for a moment.

How familiar was that roaring sound, as if the nightmare in the middle of the night more than 20 years ago visited her again, giving her the same pain in the same way.

"Hotch?!" she yelled nervously. "Are you okay?! Hotch? Aaron?!"

The phone was cut off suddenly.

Seeing her sudden reaction and pale face, Emily frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

"It was an explosion." Viola felt dizzy for a moment. She closed her eyes, trying to stop the trembling of her hands. "There was an explosion at Hotch, and his phone was cut off."

"What?!" Emily's face darkened instantly, and she immediately realized, "This is the first attack."

This is too bad.This time the explosion, the medical staff will never step forward until the scene is safe and clear. If Hotch is seriously injured and cannot receive timely treatment, then...

Emily shook her head, putting her ominous thoughts behind her, and stepped on the gas pedal even deeper.

"I'll call Garcia." Viola's voice was unsteady, and she never thought that her bad premonition would come true so soon.

"Hello?" Garcia seemed to be on the street, not in the monitoring room.

"Garcia," Viola said tremblingly, "he was attacked, it was Hotch, I...he had an explosion." She was incoherent.

"While I was on the phone with him, there was an explosion and I lost touch with him."

Before Garcia wondered why Viola's voice came from Emily's phone, she was stunned by this bombshell.

"Garcia, can you find his location?" She tried to calm herself down, but she found that she couldn't.

Before the phone disconnected, the explosion was so close, she didn't dare to think how close Hotch was to the bomb, she was about to collapse just thinking about it.

Garcia told her to wait, saying she had just gotten out of the car when she heard running and panting on the other end of the phone.

Those few minutes were a century to Viola.

Garcia ran into the monitoring room, connected to his computer, and began to check the cameras one by one.

"Garcia, Please," Viola wished she could be by Hotch's side in the next second, "find him."

"I'm working hard, Viola, don't worry," Garcia was obviously panicked, but still tried to comfort Viola, "That's Hotch, he'll be fine."

"Yes, he will be fine." She kept repeating this sentence in her heart, but her eyes were a little red.

She was going crazy.

☆, 69. Rescue

Garcia has not yet found Hotch's location, but received a call from Rossi.

He and Reid, who were at emergency control, had seen reports on the news that a black SUV had exploded.

Garcia told them that it was Hotch and Kate who had the explosion, but she didn't know where they were now.

Rossi knew they should be in Federation Square, Garcia immediately called up several surveillance cameras in that area, and soon she saw a thrilling scene on the screen.

Before the explosion, Hotch was holding a mobile phone and communicating with someone, Kate was beside him, and the two were walking towards the SUV.

In the next second, the whole car exploded, and only flames and thick smoke could be seen in the surveillance camera, and the two people were directly blown out of the surveillance range.

"My God, my God!" Garcia felt that she was going to be out of breath, and there was a tear in her voice.

The NYPD surveillance analyst sitting next to her saw her collapsed expression and immediately said: "Garcia calm down, they are not in the car!"

"Yes, yes... They, they are not in the car."

Garcia's panicked voice reached Viola's ears, which made the already restless detective even more uneasy.

"What happened, how is he?" She controlled her voice to sound less urgent.

"They're not in the car," Garcia said, "but I can't see them anymore, wait for me."

She changed the monitoring angle and finally found where Hotch was. He stood there and seemed to have no problem with his actions.

Garcia breathed a sigh of relief, with some joy in his voice: "Hotch is fine, he doesn't seem to have a big problem, but I haven't found Kate yet."

After hearing these words, Viola finally felt that her sanity and calmness began to return. She wiped her face and took a few deep breaths. Although her eyes were still terribly red, she finally looked calmer.

"Garcia, continue to check the monitor," her voice was a little hoarse, presumably because she was too depressed just now, "see what's wrong with Kate."

"She... oh my god, I found her, she doesn't look too good." Garcia became nervous again. Although she had only known this conceited female police detective for two days, she had to look at her. It was impossible for Kate to remain indifferent to her injuries.

At this time, Morgan's phone call came in suddenly.

"What's going on, I'm rushing to Federation Square." The black detective was still out of the situation. He had just come out of the Department of Homeland Security and found that the streets and alleys were reporting that there had just been a bombing in Federation Square.

After getting the information from Garcia, Morgan stepped on the gas pedal even deeper.

"I'll be over right now, Gar..." Suddenly, Morgan's phone was cut off.

"Derek?" Garcia panicked.

"What happened..." Viola's phone was also disconnected.

"Viola?" Garcia's heart, which had finally calmed down just now, hung up again, and the successive stimulations made her extremely nervous, "My God, what's going on..."

"Garcia calm down." The surveillance analyst beside her was obviously much calmer than her. "It may be that the mobile phone communication system has temporarily collapsed."

She picked up her cell phone to show Garcia, the signal was zero.

With such a big event happening, there is a real possibility that the communication system will be overwhelmed.

Garcia swallowed, forcing herself to calm down.

The replay of the explosion was playing on the screen, and Garcia, who had returned to sanity, suddenly reacted when she saw the replay.

"Quickly, fall further," she said. "The bomb exploded from the bottom of the car, so it must have been installed after the car was parked there."

The video was quickly rewound, and Garcia stared at the screen without taking his eyes off it.

Suddenly, a man in a gray hoodie appeared, and she immediately called a timeout.

After restarting normal playback, I saw the man running to the side of the black SUV while looking around, squatting down and sticking something to the bottom of the car.

"Found it, it's him, it's Unsub," Garcia said through gritted teeth, "this Sonofbitch."

The next discovery made her even more annoyed, and her hands were shaking with anger.

The Unsub who installed the bomb did not leave after loading the bomb. Instead, he hid in the corner and watched Kate and Hotch being bombed, and even stood by Hotch's side now!

*****

Garcia's phone was cut off suddenly. Viola looked at the phone and found that the signal was gone. She cursed in a low voice.

Knowing that Hotch was fine, she did feel a little more at ease.

Her reason told her that she should go to the emergency control center now, that she should help, but the concern was messed up, she just wanted to go to Hotch's side now.

"Viola, what's the situation?" The car was driving fast on the street, but Emily felt that it wasn't fast enough.

Viola told Emily what she knew now in a hoarse voice, and raised her hand to cover her eyes.

Emily saw the unstable emotions of the people around her. She looked around and realized that the emergency control center was only two blocks away.

"Viola," Emily yelled, but the people around her didn't respond, "Viola!"

The person who was shouted turned his head and looked over, his eyes full of entanglement and pain.

"Viola, go to Hotch, he needs your help," Emily said calmly, "We stipulate that the medical staff cannot enter the explosion area until they have checked it out. If Kate is really seriously injured, they can't afford to wait."

"I'll go down at the next intersection. It's very close to the control center. I'm fine. You go find Hotch."

Viola looked at Emily in a daze, her eyes gradually became firmer.

"Bring them back in their entirety." Emily stopped the car, ordered the last sentence, and got out of the car.

Emily got out of the car and ran towards the emergency control center. Viola shifted to the driver's seat, took a deep breath, and stepped on the accelerator heavily.

*****

Hotch felt his brain stopped thinking, and the tinnitus was so loud that he couldn't even hear what Kate was saying in front of him.

She looked terribly distressed, and her breathing was getting weaker and weaker.

His hands were covered with sticky, warm blood, all from Kate.He just turned her over to look at the condition of her back. It was covered in blood and flesh, and even the bones were exposed in one place.

Kate couldn't feel her legs anymore and Hotch knew she had hurt her back.

He was very anxious, because if this continued, Kate would soon lose her life due to excessive blood loss.

However, those ambulances and police cars just watched from a distance, showing no sign of action.

All he could do was call for help now and then, hoping the ambulances would arrive, while keeping Kate from passing out.

Viola felt that she might have never driven so fast in her life. She pulled on the siren and ran through one red light after another.

She persuaded herself to calm down, but it was too difficult for her now.

After driving for almost 5 minutes and turning a corner, Viola finally saw a row of police cars with flashing lights and several ambulances ahead.

She drove over immediately, stopped the car with a tail flick, got out of the car and ran over.

Viola walked around the crowd and took out her ID to show her identity to the person who stopped her. After walking a few steps, she saw Morgan arguing with a captain.

"Morgan, what happened? Where's Hotch?" Viola walked over with a serious face.

"Mill?" Morgan was a little surprised by Viola's arrival, but he quickly turned to the captain in front of him, "My BOSS is inside, I will never leave!"

Viola looked in the direction Morgan was pointing at. She saw Hotch kneeling on the ground in the distance. She couldn't help breathing, and started to run inside, but was blocked by soldiers with machine guns.

"Get out of the way!" Viola's eyes were red again, she didn't know whether it was from anxiety or anger.

"No one is allowed to enter." The soldier remained motionless.

"You're from the Marine Corps, right?" Morgan was still arguing with the captain, and he glared, "Never abandon your companions, don't tell me you forgot that?!"

The captain was overwhelmed by his eagerness and momentum, with a tangled look on his face, and finally nodded slightly.

Morgan and Viola immediately turned around and rushed over as soon as they allowed it.

Standing beside Hotch is a young boy who seems to be helping Hotch.

"Viola, Morgan," Hotch finally felt a little relieved when he saw his team members approaching, "We have to get Kate out."

"Are you okay?" Viola felt that the boss's mental state seemed not right.

Hotch shook his head and nodded, his eyes a little distracted, and he just repeated, "We have to move her out."

"Hotch, Hotch," she yelled twice before her boss turned his head, "look at me."

Hotch, who was covered in blood and confused, looked into her light blue eyes, and the panic gradually calmed down.

"She'll be fine, we'll find a way to get her out," Viola said in a deep voice, "you'll all be fine, understand?"

Hotch's words were broken because of tinnitus, but he knew what she meant, and he nodded.

Morgan told the boy to quickly back behind the barricade, away from the area, and the boy obediently ran away.

"Hotch, can we lift her?" Morgan asked.

He shook his head and replied: "I tried, but her blood flowed too fast, we can't touch her."

"Damn it!" Morgan cursed. "They won't let the medical staff in here until they've sorted it out."

"Let me see." Viola became very calm now.

Hotch and Morgan turned Kate slightly, and she was still completely passed out.

Viola bent her head to look at Kate's back. The bone protruding from the penis looked abnormally leaky, and Kate's back arteries were bleeding continuously.

"You guys maintain this action and don't move." Viola's expression sank a bit.

She searched through all the pockets on her body, and finally found a handkerchief. She raised her hand and tore a piece of cloth from the handkerchief.

"Hotch, keep pinching, don't let go."

He has been doing his best to suppress Kate's bleeding, but unfortunately the effect is not great.

Viola raised her hand to touch Kate's bloody back, found the bleeding place with Hot's hand, directly wrapped the cloth strip into the bone, and tied it up around the back artery.

"You can let go." She exhaled.

After Hotch moved his hand away, he realized that the place where the blood had been bleeding had finally stopped.

"This can only last for a while," Viola was still nervous, "Morgan, go and get the stretcher, and we'll take Kate out."

Just as Morgan answered, his cell phone rang suddenly, and the caller ID was Garcia.

He picked up the phone, and after listening to a few words, he showed an incredible expression.

"That boy was the one who planted the bomb!" he said, looking around.

He saw the boy on a street corner not far away, and he didn't leave at all. After seeing Morgan looking over, he actually made a provocative gesture.

"I'm here, Morgan, you go and catch that bastard!" Viola said through gritted teeth, her eyes full of anger.

The black agent immediately stood up and ran to the boy.

"I'm going to get the stretcher," Viola stood up, "wait for me."

She turned and ran to the ambulance behind the barricade.

When she asked the ambulance staff for a stretcher and was about to run back, she found that an ambulance had already stopped beside Hotch and Kate.

Viola ran over, and before she could say a word, the ambulanceman spoke first.

"You stopped the bleeding? Well done." He praised.

"Have you checked it out?" Although Viola was eager, she wasn't confused yet.

"I can't listen anymore," he said while opening his first aid kit, "put down your stretcher first."

This reason sounds perfectly fine, but Viola still can't fully believe her in her heart.

However, when she saw Kate lying unconscious on the ground, she knew that Kate had no time to wait any longer.

Under the guidance of the ambulance staff, Viola and Hotch carried Kate into the ambulance.

Viola directly stepped into the front driver's seat from behind and started the ambulance.

"Where's the nearest hospital from here?" Hotch asked the ambulanceman, sitting next to Kate in the back.

The ambulance personnel immediately reported a string of addresses and how to get there.

Viola slammed on the accelerator, and looked at the three people behind through the rearview mirror without leaving a trace. Her doubts grew.

Not quite right.

She was absolutely right, the ambulanceman was actually smiling just now.

☆, 70. Kiss

Viola was a little anxious, she hoped that Hotch would find something wrong with this person.

However, Hotch is now at the end of his strength, and it is a sign of his willpower that he can hold on and not fall.

She gritted her teeth secretly, but couldn't say anything.

She didn't know what the paramedic was doing, but she couldn't stop there, Kate had to be treated.

Viola drove all the way and soon arrived at the nearest hospital, but the emergency entrance of this hospital was blocked.

After she revealed her identity, she quickly explained the status quo, but got a refusal answer.

"This hospital is closed to traffic right now, I'm sorry."

After hearing this sentence, Viola reacted almost instantly.

The ambulance crew was targeting the hospital, so the bomb...

She broke out in a cold sweat all of a sudden.

"Is there any important person inside?" She got out of the car, walked to the detective in front of her, and asked in a low voice and very fast.

The detective nodded.

She whispered, "There is a problem with the ambulance personnel in our car. They should be here for you."

The detective's eyes froze, and he gestured to his companion who was checking behind him.

Viola shook his head at his companions who were visibly nervous and had drawn their pistols and guns.

She does a 'bomb' lip.

"Viola, what happened?" Hotch in the car asked anxiously seeing that there was no movement for a long time.

"They say the hospital is closed," Viola shouted into the car, "but we can go in, but we have to be searched."

"What?" Hotch didn't respond.

Viola had no choice but to talk aside, and then started to walk to the back of the ambulance, and she opened the back door of the ambulance.

"Hotch, come down," Viola said seriously, "We have to hurry, Kate can't wait."

Because of the previous explosion, Hotch's thinking speed became extremely slow, but he also knew that Viola would never do anything without a reason, so he immediately stumbled out of the car.

The ambulance personnel also got out of the car, their faces remained motionless, and they walked a few steps past Viola, wanting to walk up to the agents of the Secret Service and let them search them, but unexpectedly, the female agent behind him suddenly Suddenly, a gun butt hit him hard on the back of the neck, causing him to fall unconscious instantly.

As Secret Service agents swarmed in and handcuffed the unconscious paramedic, Hotch was frozen in place by a series of sudden events.

"Hurry up and call an ambulance to respond." Viola said to the agents of the Secret Service, and immediately rushed back into the ambulance.

The ambulance was full of instruments and equipment. Although Kate's heartbeat was weak, it was still stable. Viola glanced around the car and set her sights on a box on the side.

She walked over, squatted down, and carefully opened the box, the contents inside made her pupils shrink.

If this bomb exploded, it would be enough to blow up the entire hospital.

She looked it over carefully, and found that the bomb was not finished, and some lines were not soldered at all, and she was relieved.

Although it was not connected, the bomb was still a bomb after all. Agents from the Secret Service had already contacted the anti-explosion team, and they should be here soon.

Viola lowered the ramp behind the ambulance and pushed Kate out of the ambulance.

The real ambulance staff in the hospital came out in another ambulance, and Viola and Hotch immediately cooperated with the staff to push Kate back into the ambulance.

After several twists and turns, Kate was finally sent to the operating room, and the rest can only be handed over to the doctor.

Viola let out a sigh of relief, and turned to Hotch who was beside her, but she didn't expect Hotch to fall straight to her.

"Hotch?!"

The tense strings in his head snapped, and he couldn't hold on anymore.

*****

Hotch's injuries were minor, with just a few bruises, but he suffered acute hearing damage from the explosion in his right ear, and the ringing in his ears will be with him for some time.

After a night of rescue last night, Kate finally saved her life. The spinal injury caused her to temporarily lose the mobility of her lower body, but the doctor said that she should take a good rest, and the possibility of recovery is very high. This is also a blessing in misfortune up.

Otherwise, making such a conceited person unable to walk in the lower part of his body may be more terrifying than death.

Viola was accompanying Hotch to go through the discharge procedures. In fact, he wanted to be discharged after the operation last night, but Viola forced him to lie on the hospital bed for a whole night.

"Okay, you can go." The nurse said to them with a smile.

"Thank you." Viola smiled back.

"Agent Hotchner?" Someone behind them suddenly called Hotch.

"Yes?" Hotch looked over his shoulder, and it was a doctor calling him.

"Agent Joyner is awake and wants to see you," the doctor said.

Hotch subconsciously looked at Viola beside her. She blinked and showed a gentle smile: "You go, I'll wait for you at the hospital gate."

He nodded and left with the doctor.

Kate was lying on the hospital bed, with all kinds of tubes inserted all over her body, her face was still very pale, and she looked extremely embarrassed.

"How does it feel?" Hotch asked softly as he walked over.

She tried her best to smile and replied, "It's okay."

"That's good."

"...I just wanted to say," Kate said, "thank you for saving me."

"Actually, it was Mill who saved you." Hotch's eyes softened a little, and the corners of his mouth curled up a little. "Without her, you might not be able to make it to the hospital."

Kate was silent, she looked at the man standing beside the hospital bed, the sense of joy for the rest of her life suddenly faded a little, and a sense of bewilderment came to her heart.

She felt that she had not won anything, and she had lost it.

Kate admits that when she found out about Hotch's divorce, something went awry in her.

When she met Hotch, he had a very good relationship with Haley, and her arrogant personality made it impossible for her to be a third party.

This time I contacted Hotch, although it was more about the case, but on the other hand, she did have some small thoughts of her own, but she didn't expect that she was still one step too late.

"...Thank her for me." Kate said, closing her eyes.

"I will."

Hotch wasn't dull, he could vaguely feel Kate's hazy feeling towards him, but now he had a clear goal.

He has always been single-minded in his feelings, and he will never swing between the two.

When Hotch walked out of the hospital, Viola was standing quietly at the door waiting for him.

"It's been a long time." He stepped forward.

Hearing his voice, Viola turned her head and smiled at him: "It hasn't been long, you seem to be coming out soon."

There was some doubt in her eyes, which probably meant, 'Why don't you talk longer? '

Facing the hero who saved her life, Kate must have a lot to say to Hotch.

Viola had to admit that she felt a little sour in her heart.

"Kate asked me to thank you for saving her life," Hotch replied.

After hearing this, she blinked her eyes, and didn't even react, and the next second, Hotch had already turned to other topics.

"Don't you hurry up?" he asked, "you can still catch the plane now."

"I didn't plan to do that," she snatched the car keys from Hotch while he wasn't paying attention, "I'll drive you back."

"Viola, I can do it, you go..." Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the eye knife shot by the female detective.

"Impossible." She vetoed Hotch's proposal.

"I'm worried about you," Viola's voice became soft and light unconsciously, "I'm really scared by you."

Because of her soft attitude, Hotch couldn't say anything to refute.

"I'm fine." He said softly.

Viola suddenly laughed lowly, making Hotch a little confused.

"Don't you think, this conversation is exactly the same as before?" she said with a smile.

Only then did Hotch understand why she suddenly laughed, and a slight smile hung on the corner of his mouth, as if he also thought it was a little funny.

What are the two of them doing?

Viola stopped laughing, shook the car key in her hand, and said in a dignified manner: "So, let's go, MyBoss?"

She turned around and wanted to walk to the SUV not far away, but Hotch stopped her.

Viola thought that Hotch was going to argue with her about driving, so she was going to put on a serious face and talk to him, but she didn't expect that when she turned her head, Hotch's face was very close.

She was startled, and took two steps back slightly, the backs of her ears felt a little hot: "Why, what's wrong?"

Hotch didn't leave her a chance to escape, and took two steps closer, with an extremely gentle expression on his face.

"Viola," his voice was deep and magnetic, "I think I have something I haven't said to you, about the topic I was interrupted last time."

"Yes?" When Viola heard this, her heart suddenly stopped beating so fast, and instead she took a step closer to the person in front of her, with a smile on her face, "Do you want to say it now?"

There was a little tenderness and anticipation in her smile, and Hotch's appearance was reflected in her light blue pupils.

"You're fine, you're great at your job, and you're a gentle, kind person in life," he said softly. "I think everyone likes you very much."

"So, do you like me?" Viola asked viciously.

"I think so." His eyes were sincere.

Hotch's rapid admission made Viola raise her eyebrows, but she was blocked by his next sentence when she was about to speak.

"I think I like it a little more than everyone else." Hotch looked at her intently, with tenderness in his eyes.

Viola's eyes were already full of smiles, but she still asked, "Is it just more?"

"I think there might be a little more jealousy," Hotch said, playing out of the ordinary, "because you're gentle with everyone, and I'm not that special."

Listening to this, Viola even read some grievances from his face.

How could their BAU director be so manipulative?

She should have known she was no match for him.

Viola's heart softened, and she sighed and said, "No, you are the most special one."

She stood on tiptoe slightly, gently grabbed Hotch's suit jacket, and planted a light and shallow kiss on the corner of his mouth.

"You are the most special one." She looked up at him and repeated it again.

Adhering to the principle of slipping away after the kiss, Viola took a few steps back with a smile, turned around and walked towards the car, but she didn't expect that Hotch would snatch her back in the next second.

She broke into his firm embrace, and for a moment, she couldn't tell whether it was east, west, south, north, or south. One of Hotch's hands was tightly wrapped around her waist, making it impossible for her to break free.

Viola looked up at him from his arms, the tenderness in the man's eyes made her unable to look away.

In a second, she was kissed.

At first, it was just a few pecks on the lips, short and gentle, revealing a faint treasure and love, and then it became more lingering.

Viola was a little dazed at first, bewildered by the sudden kiss, then the corners of her mouth turned up involuntarily, and she closed her eyes in response to the kiss.

The two exchanged breath and temperature, as if everything was blending together.

This is a gentle kiss without any sexual meaning.

After the kiss was over, the two separated slightly, with smiles on their faces.

Viola interlocked Hotch's fingers and asked again: "Can we go this time? MyBoss?" She was still in a playful mood.

"I think you can change your address." Hotch reminded with raised eyebrows.

There was a smile in Viola's eyes, and she tightly held Hotch's hand again.

"Of course, Aaron."

☆, 71. Leisure time

Viola and Hotch are officially dating.

It should be said that the relationship has just been confirmed, and it should be between you and me