Hotch was still in recovery. They shouldn't even have cleared him to fly in the jet but with some coaxing they did. Morgan fired beside him, sending the unsub crumpling to the ground, but his ears rang louder and louder.

You watch him fold, hands over his ears the same way he did when the explosion tore his eardrums weeks ago, wincing.

Rossi side stepped, the only one not too stunned with worry to move, trying to stabilise his usually unwavering colleague.