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The laughter and clinking glasses in the Atlanta bar are severed by the piercing shriek of Emily's phone. Her smile dies. The voice on the line delivers shards of a nightmare: Children's National, a violent collision, you. The color drains from her face. She snatches her keys, ignoring the confused looks from her team. 'Take the jet,' Hotch commands. She doesn't wait. The flight is a haze of white-knuckled silence. Landing in D.C., she sprints from the plane to the waiting SUV, pushing it toward the hospital. She leaves the vehicle at the ER entrance, badge flashing, her voice cutting through the chaos like a blade. 'Room 3,' a nurse directs. Emily throws the door open, her heart hammering against her ribs.