Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Melinda was finally able to move around without being watched. She was in the training room, punching the punching bag with sweat dripping down her forehead. She was so focused, that she didn't hear the door open to the room and someone walks in. Aaron was the one that walked in and saw her punching the bag, and could see the sweat dripping from her forehead. "Melinda." Aaron called and she looked over at him before she unwrapped the band's around her arms and walked over. He looked at her concerned about her well being, "You alright?" Melinda shrugged and pursed her lips, "I'm fine. I'm finally able to train without being watched." Since she woke up, she couldn't do anything, until someone was with her. It was either Aaron or Phil watching over her. "How're your wounds?" Aaron asks concerned as Melinda moved her leg, "A little sore, but I'll be fine. How are you doing?" "What do you mean?" Aaron asks as Melinda stepped forward and stared at him with concern on her face, "You shot your ex-wife to save me. You shot Jack's mother. How are you feeling? Don't lie." Aaron sighed and then began to explain to her how he felt, "I shot her because I knew that she wouldn't stop until you were dead. I feel a little overwhelmed with what happened, but I am doing my best." Melinda nodded her head in understanding at what he said. She then thought about how Jack was feeling about it all. "How about Jack?" Melinda asks and Aaron frowned before he looked down then looked back up, "He's dealing with it the best he can. He knew that his mother died, and then saw her again, alive, and then dead again. You can only take so much." Melinda nodded in agreement and then placed a hand on his arm, "Just know that he's not alone." Aaron smiled as Melinda placed the wraps in her bag. Jack then turned the corner and saw his dad and Melinda in the training room. "Ms. May!" Jack yells out making Melinda look up, and Aaron turned to see the boy. Jack ran over and hugged her waist making Melinda smiled and hugged him back. "Where have you been? You haven't come to see me!" Melinda tells him with a little pout. Jack responds immediately to make her better, "I didn't want to hurt you. Daddy said you got hurt." Melinda smiled at Aaron before sending it to Jack as well, "I appreciate it. I'm fine now." Jack smiled at her, which she returned, before leaving his dad and Melinda alone. Aaron smiled at the closeness Melinda and Jack had. Aaron turned to her, "He's been worried about you since we got back with you. He wouldn't stop asking if you were alright." Melinda smirked before teasing him, "Was he the only one?" Aaron looked down and let out a small smile, shaking his head making Melinda smile before grabbing her bag. She began walking side by side with him down the hall. "How are you feeling?" Aaron asks changing the subject. Melinda shrugged her shoulders, "I feel a little sore, but other than that, I'm fine." He nodded in response, "That's good." They continued down the hall, before turning the corner and saw Bobbi and Hunter walking in their direction. Bobbi smiled at them as Hunter smirked at them walking past. "Hey May! Glad you're ok." Bobbi greets as Hunter greets her as well, "Hey Ice Queen! How are you feeling?" Melinda stared at him, because of the name he called her. Aaron, and Bobbi, noticed making him grab her hand making Bobbi glare at Hunter. Melinda looked down at it and was hesitant at first, but soon gripped it. "C'mon. I think we should go talk to the others." Aaron tells her leading her away. Bobbi slapped the back of Hunter's head making him yelp. Aaron leads Melinda away from the two as he didn't want her angry, or cranky as she said a few days ago. Melinda looked down and noticed they were still holding hands, but made no move to let go. They made their way towards the rest and when they walked in, everyone saw their hands together and were shocked. Jemma looked at Spencer with a winning smirk, "Told you so! I won!" Spencer chuckled, "Yeah, you did!" Leopold looked at his sister and friend confused making Jemma notice and looked at him. She began to explain the bet the couple had, "Spen and I made a bet on when they would be holding hands. I won." Melinda and Aaron sat down with them and he was still holding her hand. Melinda heard the conversation and was curious on what they were talking about. "What did you bet?" Melinda asks and Jemma began to explain it again, "I said by the end of the week, and Spen said by the month." Melinda nodded as Aaron's phone went off, making him grab it and answer. Everyone looked over curiously wondering who was calling. "Hello?" Aaron answers as a familiar voice was heard from the other side of the phone, "Hello, Agent Hotchner." He immediately knew who was calling, "Strauss?" The BAU team looked even more confused. Why was she calling especially now? "I know, I agreed to let you guys leave, but I need your help for a case. None of my agents here could handle it." Erin informs him very desperately and Aaron began to think about what she is asking. It would be a good thing for the team seeing as he knew that they missed it. "Can I discuss that with them first?" Aaron asks and Erin nodded from her side of the phone, "Of course. Let me know when, or if you arrive." Erin hung up, making Aaron place his phone back in his pocket. The BAU team looked confused and curious. "What did she want?" JJ asks with curiosity and Aaron responded, "She wants us to go on a case, that none of her current agents can solve. I told her to let me talk to you guys about this, before deciding." Emily looked at him confused as the SHIELD team looked at each other with confusion, except Phil, "Why would she need us?" Penelope shrugged her shoulders, "She's never done that before." David looked at Aaron, who was looking at his phone confused as well, with curiosity, "What would Erin need from us?" Derek shrugged his shoulders, "I'd say we should do it." Everyone looked at him confused and Derek noticed the looks he was receiving and began to explain himself. He knew he should explain why to get them to understand. "Think about it, Strauss has never called for all of us for a case. She would always call if someone messed up, or something along those lines. This is probably her way of saying she misses our work." Derek reasons and David respond immediately, "Then let's do it." The BAU team nodded as Jemma held onto Spencer's hand, not wanting him to go. He smiled down at her and kissed her forehead to calm her down. "What time would we arrive if we drove?" Emily asks and JJ answered, "Sometime tomorrow." Leopold held his hand up making everyone look at him, "Unless you went by jet." Jemma added on, "You would get there two times faster." Spencer looked down at her, "Which jet are you referring to?" Mack looked at him and began to tell him, "Not the big one. One of the smaller ones that can fit all of you." Aaron looked at them all curious about something, "Who's licensed to drive it?" Mostly everyone pointed to Melinda, who raised her hand. Aaron smiled wanting her to tag along anyway, "Should've known." Melinda shrugged her shoulders and smiled lightly as Phil looked at her. He knew she was injured but wanted to make sure she ok. "You alright with flying?" Phil asks and she nodded her head and stood up and walked out of the room, getting ready to fly. David looked to Jemma, starting to like the British genius, "You want to tag along?" Jemma smiled and gripped Spencer's hand, who was smiling brightly because she was mentioned. She jumped slightly at the idea of working on BAU missions with her boyfriend. "Great. I'm sure we should arrive sometime around noon." Penelope tells them. Leopold took Jemma's other hand and dragged her away from the others. Spencer let go so they could talk without him there. Leopold grabbed both of her shoulders and looked into her eyes with worry, "Please, be careful. I don't know what I would do if you got injured. Call me whenever you get a chance." Jemma placed a hand on his arm, "I promise. I'll be careful and call whenever I can. If it makes you any better, I'll take one of the new ICERS to protect myself." He then muttered, "Alright." He kissed her head, before pulling her into a hug. He finally let go and let her leave with the BAU. Spencer walked over and placed a hand on Leopold's shoulder, "She'll be ok. I promise." Leopold looked at him with reassurance, "I know. I just worry." Spencer nods and drags Jemma away. The team began getting prepared for the journey and case. Aaron and JJ were stopped by Jack and Henry running over with sad looks. "Daddy! Are you leaving?!" Jack asks as Henry yells "Mommy!" JJ pat his head as Aaron knelt down to his son, "Yeah! We have a mission to go on! We will be back soon, I promise!" Henry looked at him then back to his mother, "Is Ms. May going too?" JJ looked at the two curiously, "How'd you two know?" Jack began to explain as he remember seeing her before they ran to them, "We saw her start setting up a jet!" Aaron looked at him curiously, "Did you say bye?" Henry shook his head, "No! We didn't want to disturb her!" JJ smiled and knelt down as well trying to make them feel better, "Why don't you come with us to say bye!" The two boys brightened up when she told them that and cheered in unison, "Ok!" Daisy stopped Derek when they moved to leave. He turned to her with curiosity in his eyes. "Come back alive, alright?" Daisy asks and Derek smiled before turning fully to her, "Of course." He pulled her into a hug before they all started to head to the jet. They soon all met to where Melinda was piloting a quin jet, but a lot bigger. They all got on to see Melinda there setting everything up. "Better get seated. This isn't like the B.U.S." Melinda tells them as the two boys run at her, "Ms. May!" Jack and Henry ran to her, as she knelt down to their level. The boys hugged her tight, not wanting to let go as the adults watched in awe at the interaction. Melinda was the one that pulled away first and smiled at them. "Please be safe!" Henry tells her and Melinda smiled at the way the two little boys cared for her as no one really cared for her like this, except her team. Melinda nodded, "I promise. Now behave for the others and maybe, when we get back, I'll teach you guys how to defend yourselves when you are by yourselves." The two boys nodded frantically and ran off the jet. Melinda smirked lightly before standing up and walked to the pilot seat, making Aaron follow her. He leaned against her seat and looked at her, "When did you promise that?" Melinda looked up at him before placing her headset on, "Just now. Why?" Aaron began to argue about it, "I don't think it's safe for you to teach them that at their age." Melinda hits him with a counter argument, "So is leaving them alone in the base. What if the others have to leave for a mission, and no one can watch them?" Aaron didn't respond, making Melinda win the argument and the team all smirked, hearing how the argument went. Aaron just sat down in the other seat in the front, not wanting to continue the conversation. Melinda looked at him then looked back to make sure everyone was prepared, before taking off. Everyone watched as the jet got off the ground. Once they were off the ground, it was small talk around or silence. Aaron looked at Melinda, noticing the serious look on her face. He knew she was just looking out for the kids and thought to make her understand his concern. "I'm not mad just so you know." Aaron tells her and Melinda nodded, "I know you're not. I don't have to be a profiler to figure it out. The reason I said it was because I want them to be able to take care of themselves. If it scares you too much, you can come and supervise." Aaron smiled, "Thanks." Melinda nodded her head as she continued looking out to the sky and Aaron looked at where she looked. Derek looked at Melinda and Jemma with curiosity, "Are you two excited to work on a case with us?" Melinda turned slightly to look at him, before turning back. Jemma looked at him with excitement about going on this mission. "I am so excited. I've heard about what you guys do, and I've always wanted to see it in person!" Jemma tells him excitedly as David looked to Melinda, "What about you, Agent May?" Aaron looked at her waiting for her answer her opinion. Melinda thought about her answer before saying it, "I am a little curious about what you guys did before coming here, so I am curious and also interested." Aaron looked back at Jemma then back to Melinda, "Well, I am sure that you two will do fine." Melinda sent him a small smile before flicking a switch. Spencer looked at Jemma and saw her hand slightly shaking. "Are you cold?" Spencer asks and was about to give her his jacket when she answered him, "No. I'm just a tad nervous about being far away from Leo." JJ looked at the girl in a motherly way and concern, "Have you been far apart before?" Jemma shook her head, "No. We've always been close together. Never leaving each other's sides." Penelope nodded at the girl as she remembers the first time she saw the twins, "I kind of figured because when we arrived, you two were always together. It's cute." Derek smirked as he thought of something as he looked at Spencer and then to Jemma, "How was Leopold's reaction to you and Spencer?" Jemma looked at her boyfriend who seemed a little embarrassed about the topic being on him, "Leo likes Spencer. After everything Leo and I have been through, we don't usually trust most people, but it's different with you guys. I don't know if Coulson told you, but an old member of the team was a traitor, and almost had Leo and I drowned at the bottom of the ocean." Looks of shock and sympathy went around the room at the sound of that. Spencer kissed Jemma's head and wrapped an arm around her and she smiled at him and looked at the rest. "He's dead, don't worry. He can't hurt us. I bet May wished it was under her hands though." Jemma assured them and Melinda grumbled, "I do." Emily looked at the two confused, "Why under her hands?" Jemma answered immediately, not wanting to expose Melinda's history with Grant Ward, "Story for another time." Melinda started to descend the plane as she responded, "Good. We're here."
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
