A threat no more
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING!
Warning: Mild spanking involved!
Penelope Garcia was never one to take the easy way out, if she even thought she could do it on her own, she would. She could be not only bull-headed but stubborn. There was only one person that she truly trusted enough to let her guard down, only one person that could break through her stubbornness. Derek Morgan. So as Penelope finished up the team's briefing on the latest case in North Carolina, he made his usual stop into her lair to tell her good bye.
"Hey…Baby Girl." Morgan called out into her office. Garcia never answered, so Derek walked into her office to see just what had his baby girl so enthralled. "Baby girl." He said again as he gently nudged her on the shoulder.
"Ahh!" Penelope yelped out as she nearly fell out of her seat. Penelope quickly looked up to see who had scared her like that and upon seeing it was Derek, she quickly minimized whatever she had been reading. "Jesus, Derek…give a girl a heart attack!" She exclaimed.
" I was just coming to tell my favorite lady good-bye. What had you so drawn in? Derek asked. He wanted to see if she would tell him the truth, he had already briefly scanned the page, it had contained an email from another unit.
"Oh…..nothing….it was just…..a chain email. PSISH! You would think that adults would not partake in such nonsense. Now…. You were telling who good-bye?" Penelope asked as she stood and placed her hands on his chest. She raised her eyebrows and batted her lashes, trying to distract Derek from the computer, falling back on the typical sexual tension that existed between her and Derek. She knew this was a low blow but working with the elite behavior analysts in the FBI, one had to pull every string possible to get away with anything.
Derek knew what she was doing, but after 8 years of working together he knew that if he confronted her now she would become defensive and then accuse him on intrateam profiling. He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and answered her with, " My favorite lady…of course. Stay out of trouble…."
"Always my sweetness." She said with a huge smile.
Derek turned and exited Penelope's office, closing the door behind him so she would not see where he was going. Sticking his head into Hotch's office, he noticed Hotch and Rossi were looking at the file. KNOCK! KNOCK! Derek knocked on the doorway of Hotch's office. "Am I interrupting?"
Hotch and Rossi both looked up and saw the concern etched on Derek's face. "No, come on in." Hotch said as he watched Derek enter his office.
Rossi also noticed the concern on Derek's face. "Ok, what has out little kitten done now?" Rossi asked with a smirk. Only one person could affect Derek this way and that was his 'kitten' Penelope Garcia.
Derek looked perplexed at first. "How did you….nevermind…profilers.. Well, not exactly anything yet, but I went to go tell her goodbye and noticed that she was so engrossed in an email that she failed to hear me knock or call out her name.
"Must have been something deep if she didn't hear you." Rossi said with a crooked grin. Penelope's and Derek's bond was one that was deep and true.
"My thoughts exactly, so as I walked over and put my hand on her shoulder, I quickly scanned what it was that she was reading." Derek spoke.
"What exactly was it that brought you in here?" Hotch asked as he continued to pack his briefcase.
"It was an email from another unit, asking if she knew anyone that was similar to her in personality and image, that they were looking for a person to help assist with a case in going undercover. That was all I read before she closed it off. Just curious to see if you knew of this?" Derek asked.
"No, I have not had any requests for Penelope's assistance, I think that most teams know how tight we are and that anything that would put her in danger would be turned down immediately. I will make some calls and then talk to Garcia. Now let's get in the air." Hotch said as he pinched the end of his nose, trying to keep the headache at bay.
Rossi noticed the gesture by Hotch and walked over to his desk. "I think you and I are on the same page here."
"Yes, whoever sent that email knew that I would veto it and instead sent it directly to Penelope, knowing that she would read it and her huge heart would not be able to say no to anyone in help. Now to find out who and call them to tell them that this was underhanded." Hotch said as he closed his briefcase and started towards the door.
"Yeah, not only that, but someone needs to tell Kitten that she is in no certain terms to get messed up in this mess, especially when we are not here." Rossi said with a curt nod.
"You volunteering?" Hotch said with a smirk.
"Hell no, I like my credit scores where they are and as Unit Chief…." Rossi said with a grin as he threw his arm around Hotch's shoulder, showing him a sense of support.
"I know….I know." Hotch said as he made a quick call on his phone and headed towards her office.
As Hotch finished the call on his phone, he knocked on Penelope's door.
"Come in!" Penelope yelled from inside her lair.
"Garcia, we are heading out, this case may me pretty in-depth, so I need to make sure that you are clear of distractions." Hotch said with a slight edge of authority. He wanted to let her know that he meant business.
"UMmmmm….OK..I mean …of course…..you oracle of all knowing is at your service." Garcia said as she watched Hotch's face go from worried to relieved as he turned to go to the jet.
"Why Derek Morgan….you little snitch…." Garcia said as she opened the email and quickly replied that she would be glad to help them in anyway possible. It would just have to wait until this case ended.
Once on the airplane, the team was reviewing the case when Garcia joined in via Web-cam. "Just a quick note here kiddies…." Garcia finished off all of the pertinent information and signed off without her usual flair. Everyone on the team noticed this and turned to Morgan.
"What did you do?" Emily asked.
"What?...Why does it have to be me?" Derek asked as he threw his hands up in defense of himself.
"Well, only one person has the ability to piss Garcia off that fast and that is usually you Morgan?" Reid answered.
"Way to throw a brother under the bus, Reid." Morgan said. He turned to Hotch and asked, "Did you say something to her before we left about the email."
"What email?" JJ asked.
"Another team sent an email to Garcia requesting her help with an undercover case they are working on." Hotch said with a grim set to his face.
"Yeah, and Aaron and I figured out that sender knew that as tight as our family is that if it came through Aaron first he would turn the request down, but going straight to Garcia would.." Rossi was interrupted by Derek.
"They knew Penelope would never turn down a request for help, especially if she thinks she is saving people….those sneaky….." Morgan was now pissed off.
"I just stopped by her office and told her we were leaving and that we would need her full attention to this case and to have no distractions." Hotch finished as he heard Emily and JJ groan.
"GOD, Hotch, why didn't you just come out and tell her that her work has been crappy lately or something to infer she has been doing a less than stellar job." JJ said.
"I didn't" Hotch argued.
"Oh….but you did….MEN!" Emily replied with a grin. "All you did was fuel her fire…you know how stubborn Garcia is and you just challenged her."
"I did no such thing!" Hotch argued.
"No, the ladies are correct on this one Aaron, way to screw the pooch." Rossi said. It was then that Rossi noticed that Derek's phone was vibrating.
"Uh-Oh! Looks like someone just figured out who ratted her out!" Rossi finished with a grin as he ducked the pillow Derek threw at him.
Derek sat back in his chair and opened the text from Garcia. 'Tattletale!'
'Just watching out for my baby girl ' he texted back.
'I can watch out for myself ' she texted back.
'You will not put yourself in danger…..ever…..Don't even think about it…NO!' Derek texted leaving no room for discussion.
'Me adult…you Bye':p
'Don't make me spank you!' Derek answered
'Promises….Promises….' Garcia texted in response. Derek has threatened many times to smack her for her stubbornness or for doing something dangerous, but she knew he was all talk.
Garcia was in her office , furious with Derek, with Hotch, with men in general. It was then her phone vibrated back with Derek's text. 'Remember Alaska.'
Garcia leaned back in her chair and remembered back to their last hours in Alaska. She had wanted sometime alone to think things through when she noticed Morgan was there with her. He then proceeded to wipe the tears from her eyes and let her know that he was taking on the responsibility of watching out for her for the rest of his life. She smiled at that memory, she was truly blessed to have such a love as Derek. She had always wanted a romantic relationship with him, but knew that she was not his type at all. She would always settle for his best friend.
The case quickly wrapped up and the team had let Garcia know that she was an irreplaceable asset to the team, or as others saw them, family. Garcia had been communicating with the other team regarding being a drop-off agent. She would only be used as a decoy, no harm, no foul. As soon as the team let her know their success she emailed the team and told them she had a brief window of availability, mainly from the time the team started packing up and got in the air until they landed. She received an email back confirming a need for her in 1 hour and that the leader would stop by her office for the details.
Hotch and the rest of the team were on the plane heading back to Quantico when his phone rang. "SSA Hotchner…What…I ….Hello….Hello…." Hotch silently shook his head as he desperately tried to reconnect the lost call.
Rossi clearly noted the distress in Aaron's face and motions. "What is it? Is Jack Ok?"
This question had the team looking at Hotch, who was clearly in a state of panic. "No..no …that was the team leader from that other case…"
"Not the one that asked for Garcia's help." Rossi asked as he had a bad feeling about this.
Morgan watched Hotch nod his head yes, and the bottom of his stomach seemed to fall out. "WHAT?"
"It seems that out little kitten has taken it upon herself to play a decoy for them and they were thanking me for changing my mind when it came to her involvement. That her help was invaluable." Hotch said with anger now.
"I specifically told her no, no way!" Derek was now on the verge of yelling. Not only was his Baby girl putting herself in danger, they were nowhere near her to help her if needed and they were helpless in the sky.
Hotch quickly dialed Garcia's number anticipating her answer. But it went to her voice mail, he was concerned at first for her failure to answer, but then he heard Derek from the other side of the cabin and he knew that she was tied up on the other line with him. Hotch left a message for good measure. "Penelope Garcia, you know that this was underhanded of you to wait until we had finished the case to agree to do this case. I think you knew what I was alluding to when I told you I needed your undivided attention. Well…now you have ours. We will discuss this in the office when we return." Hotch finished the message and listened to Derek.
"Baby girl….no you listen to me…..I said no! Hotch is standing here in front of me as I speak adamantly shaking his head no….That is your Unit Chief….. This is something for a trained agent….I don't care that that is one of the reasons they wanted you….Don't make me…Are you sure about that?...Well I can guarantee you that this threat is not empty….. I promise to finish this one…What? …OK…..promise….smart choice…or else… .We'll be there soon…"Morgan ended the call and looked up to 6 pairs of anxious eyes. "Well…..after a few threats….it seems Garcia has had a change of heart and will be waiting for our arrival." Morgan said with a sense of accomplishment.
"If your Baby Girl is the same as my Kitten, then I think you are over-confident in your abilities to make her change her mind. It seems to me that she gave up just a little too easy." Rossi said with a slight shake of his head.
"Oh no….this time…" Morgan started but was interrupted by Reid.
"Good luck with this. I just hope you're right." Reid said with a giggle.
Back at Quantico, Garcia awaited the information to drop off for the set-up. In theory there was little chance of anything going wrong, but she was still nervous….and on a tight schedule. She only had a small window of opportunity for this to go off with no one the wiser on her team. Granted they were more than just a team, but sometimes the overbearing, overprotecting and the nosiness of this 'family' really griped her.
"Ms. Garcia, your transport awaits." The agent said as they escorted her to the black Dodge Challenger. She drove to the appointed drop off location and left the package beside the bench and stood up to leave when she heard a voice behind her say. "Nice try…agent." The unknown would be assailant pushed something hard into her side and simply instructed her to walk.
Garcia, quick on her feet, started to talk to the assailant." I can assure with 100% that I am not an agent, search me, call the FBI…. I will even give you my name..Penelope Garcia…technical analyst." Garcia started her nonstop chatter, hoping to direct the attention of her assailant at her and not at the activity behind them. Before she could think, the guy was tasered from behind and rendered unconscious from the initial jolt of electricity.
The undercover agents had watched in horror as Garcia was taken by the unsub. This was the worse case scenario, but thankfully they watched as Garcia took control of the situation, distracting the unsub while they moved in for a take down. Although it had seemed like a few hours, the few extra minutes this added to the situation meant that the team how now landed and was heading to the offices.
As the team entered the bullpen the first thing Derek did was head for Garcia's office. He noticed the door was open but the lights were off. "She's not here Hotch." Derek yelled as he headed back down the steps to join the group as they were hoping what was running through their heads was not truly the case.
"I specifically told her no,Hotch!" Derek said as he leaned upon his desk for support. He did not know what he would do if something happened to her. "Nothing can happen to her…..I can't protect her if I am not there with her."
"Not just you Morgan…we…..her family can not protect her if she won't let us…you know how stubborn she can be." Rossi argued as he also felt a rage build up in him. Rage at the other team for asking her and rage at Garcia for going against not only her Unit Chief….but her best friend and want to be lover.
"Calm down, Morgan! We don't know for certain that Garcia is actually there, she could be on a snack break." Emily tried to reason. She along with the rest of the team could see the love between these two, maybe….just maybe if all goes well..these two will finally see.
Garcia was so caught up in the congratulations she was receiving that she failed to notice the 6 people awaiting for her return. As she walked into the bullpen she noticed the anger and disappointment that radiated from their eyes. But she was mainly zeroed in on the dark chocolate eyes that were boring through her at this moment. "Uhhh…Hi my liege?" Garcia spoke with a sense of hesitancy. She had hoped to return before their return, she knew she was in deep trouble with Hotch and she was unsure of where she stood with Morgan since she had broke her promise. Now that she knew she was in trouble, she just had to minimize the damage.
"Hi! Hi!...that is all you have to say for yourself, Kitten if I was you I would start with something a little more honest." Rossi bit out.
"Oh…You must be the rest of the incredible team Penelope has been telling us about. I can't believe that you would let her do this, Agent Hotchner. I mean as tight of a family as everyone here in the unit thinks you guys are, I was surprised that you would allow her to…." It was then that the agent noticed the increasing redness of Agent Hotchner's face and the tightness in his lips. He then quickly glanced to Garcia and noticed that the confident, brave Garcia was gone and now she looked more like a child caught with their hand in the cookie jar. It was then the light clicked on in his head. "OHHH… she didn't have permission." The agent watched all 6 heads shake no. "Well, maybe this will help take the edge off of this….when the unsub had Garcia in his grasp."
The agent heard a collective groups of gasps and was interrupted by Penelope. "Oh..he is over-exaggerating…I was never…" She was trying her hardest to get this motor mouth agent to shut up and not to add any more gas to the already lit bonfire.
"Oh….No…don't let her fool you. She cleverly started to distract the unsub and allowed up to apprehend him, so along with all the rest of the charges, we can add attempted kidnapping of a federal agent." The agent said with a smile. That smile quickly fled as he felt the anger and danger radiate off all of the alpha males in this group. In a case of self-preservation, the agent quickly bid his good-byes and headed out the door.
Garcia turned her head to look at each of the members of her family with a look of contriteness. "Look, guys.. I am…." She was going to apologize to them, but one look at the predatory look in Derek's eyes silenced her. She knew that there would be hell to pay for this, but she had never been truly scared of the repercussions. That was until now, as she watched Derek take one long step towards her. "Guys…..help.." Garcia pleaded as she watched Derek stalk her every move. After a few steps she was backed into a corner near Reid's desk. "My junior G-man….."
Reid looked into Garcia's sorrowful eyes and natural instincts made him want to protect her from what ever was scaring her, but in this case, he knew the cause of her fear. "Ummm, Sorry Garcia….can't help you here. Who was it that said you do the crime, you do the time." Reid said as he stepped out of the way between Garcia and Morgan.
"But…No!" Garcia said as she felt the firm large hand of Derek Morgan wrap around her upper arm and pull her out of the corner. "Baby Girl…..Don't make…." It was then that Derek knew what he had to do. He turned to Hotch and asked, "Hey, Hotch…..can I borrow your office?"
Hotch just looked at Morgan with a question in his eyes until Morgan answered that question with one sentence.
"Gotta keep a promise." Morgan said with a smirk. He knew what he had to do.
"Go right ahead, I hate broken promises." Hotch said with a slight grin.
"What?" Garcia said as she was being drug up the steps.
"Yeah, I would hate to have to keep your promise if fail to….Sorry Kitten." Rossi said with a wink.
It was then that Garcia caught on to what they were alluding to. "Oh…No…..Please….Der…." was all the team heard as Derek drug her into Hotch's office and closed the door.
Reid anxiously looked from Rossi to Hotch and asked. "He's not really….."
"Yeah, I think this time he is, Reid." Emily said as she sat at her desk.
Up in Hotch's office, Derek walked to the corner of the desk and perched on the corner. He pulled Penelope in between his legs and gently lifted her chin so she was looking him in the eyes. "Why? I specifically told you not to…."Derek asked quietly.
Penelope thought of a few quality lies, but the look in Derek's eyes made her realize that she owed him the truth. "Because I wanted…and….." Penelope hesitated here, knowing that confessing this was adding the final nail to her coffin.
"And…" Derek prodded.
"And because you told me not to.. .. I mean you guys go all alpha male on me and it makes me mad!" Penelope argued.
"Do you really think the only reason I told you no was because I was going all alpha male on you? Silly girl….how many times do I have to tell you….I LOVE YOU." Derek said with force.
"Yeah, like a sister. I mean I am so not your type." Penelope argued.
"OHHH! If I had these feelings for my sisters, then I am having serious thoughts of incest. And as to my type? Who made you the author of me?" Derek growled out.
"But then if that's not true then that would mean that you love me like…love me…..?" Garcia asked, hoping for the answer she thought was coming, but wanted another verbal reassurance.
"Yes…..LOVE YOU…In love with you….want to make love to you…LOVE! When I found out that you had went ahead with this assignment, the only thoughts racing through my head were I could lose her and never had let her know how I feel." Derek said as a slight sheen came across his eyes. The thought of her becoming seriously hurt of even killed still brought tears to his eyes.
"Oh…Derek…my chocolate Adonis…I never dreamed you could have the same feelings I have..I only hoped but never thought it would be true. Can you forgive me?" Penelope asked as she gently leaned in and kissed his cheek.
"You promised me that you would not go…do you remember?" Derek asked solemnly.
Garcia just nodded her head up and down in affirmation.
"Do you know that I love you, only want to protect you?" Derek asked.
"Yes." Penelope answered softly, tears forming in her eyes.
"Do you trust me?" Derek asked her as he looked deep into her eyes.
"With my heart and my life." Penelope answered.
"Good, since you broke your promise to me, I plan on fulfilling mine to you. Do you remember what I promised?" Derek said as he swiftly pulled Garcia over his lap. This angle making her usually tight skirts, almost skin tight.
"NOOOo! I'm sorry!" Penelope cried out as she realized what he meant.
"I know..me too." Derek said as he raised his hand and landed one hard SMACK! on her upturned backside.
"OWWWW!" Penelope yelped out.
SMACK! "I Love you and need you around for the rest of my life Baby Girl."
"OWWWW! " Penelope couldn't form any words as the heat in her backside was already uncomfortable after only two licks.
SMACK! "Life wouldn't be worth living if you were not here, so no…"
"ARGHH! OK!" Penelope retorted.
SMACK! "Unnecessary risks!"
"OWWW! OK!OK!" Penelope said as she knew she would never want to be on the receiving end of a real spanking from Derek.
Derek flipped her back up and giggled as he watched her furiously rub at her backside. He pulled her in for a full lip kiss and then leaned against her head as he added. " I need my future wife safe and healthy so that we can practice on creating some beautiful babies." Morgan said with a wiggle of his eyebrows.
"Wife…babies." Penelope repeated as the full meaning of what Derek had said sunk in. "Seem to be pretty sure of yourself there handsome." She said mischievously.
Derek quickly pulled her back over his lap with a laugh. "Huh?"
Penelope righted herself and pulled Derek into a full blown, tongue caressing, deep love kiss. "You are the only one that I would have ever let spank me."
Derek nodded and added, "I know."
Penelope just wiggled her eyebrows up and down in a suggestive manner. "Just letting you know that I let you do that…. And maybe when the time arises we can play at this again." She said with a quick kiss. "Ok, time to face the rest of the family. How bad am I in trouble with Hotch?"
"Oh, I believe that he will think that this will suffice as enough punishment….unless you want me to let him take a whack at it. He had the look of one pissed off father a little while ago." Derek said as he stood to walk out the door. He watched her rub her backside again. "It didn't hurt that bad."
"Says who? I think I am the one with the still stinging backside." Penelope answered as she felt Derek grab her hand and kept in tightly in his as they headed down the stairs.
While Derek and Penelope were in Hotch's office, the rest of the team was speculating on what was going on.
"You know that Derek couldn't hurt a fly….once again he will never follow through with his threats." Reid answered surely.
"I don't know about that kid." Rossi intervened.
"Well, if he doesn't then this Unit Chief will have to resort to a new form of discipline…corporal." Hotch said as he looked straight at Reid, causing the young man to shuffle his feet.
JJ put her two cents in. "We all know Morgan is more talk than act….." She was interrupted by the loud SMACK! they heard followed by a loud OWWW!.
"Well, well seems like someone is keeping his promise." Emily said as she heard another loud SMACK followed by the loud OWWW!
After the last two SMACKS! And OWWW! Had been heard the team awaited to see what the condition of this duo now was. They each turned as they heard the door open and then watched as Derek came out first with Penelope close behind him. Derek's large fingers entwined with Penelope's. As the couple made their way down the steps, they stopped in front of the team.
Derek looked to Hotch and said." We are heading home, if you need Penelope or me call on my phone. We have some more things to talk about." Derek said with a wiggle of his brow.
Even though Rossi could see that Penelope seemed to be fine, he knew by her disheveled look that she had been crying. "Are you OK with this Kitten?" He asked as he put his hand on her shoulder.
Gently rubbing her backside she smiled back at Rossi and said, "Oh, I will feel this on the way home, but I am more than OK I am uber-OK." She said with a soft kiss on Rossi's cheek and then turned to give Derek one of her long, wait til we get home kisses , right in front of the team. "WE" she said as she looked up to Derek, "will be temporarily unavailable. I do believe there are a few more promises of a good morning..… that I need to get fulfilled."