A/N: This is my first attempt of writing this. So please no rude comments, but encouragement please!
Also Penelope has an adoptive sister that her parents adopted a year before they were killed. I also don't own Criminal minds, just the story!
Penelope was waiting for the team, in the morning, seeing as everyone got the week end off. As she stood by the filing cabinet, the ding from the elevators got her attention. She looks up seeing the team, as she smiles. They walk towards their cubicles and offices. She walks over to Derek, sitting on the edge of his desk.
She smiles, looking at the rest of the team, "So what do you guy have planned?"
"Besides paperwork? I have nothing really planned." Emily shrugs as she was doing a bit of paperwork.
"I will probably be watching the latest Doctor Who."
Derek shook his head, "I have to get my truck to the shop."
Penelope giggles, "Couldn't the glorious chocolate adonis do it?"
Suddenly one of the agents were at the door, "Miss you can't come in here."
"Why the hell not? I have a visitor's pass."
JJ blinks going over to the female, "May I help you?"
"Yes, I'm here to see Penelope."
Penelope looks up as she smiles widely, as she quick walks over to the female, "Kat!"
The team blinks a bit as they stopped what they were doing, Penelope walks over to the team, "Guy this is Katerina Hart, my adoptive sister. Kat this is Derek, Spencer, JJ, Emily, Rossi, and Hotch. The ones I told you about."
Katerina smiles and waves at them, "Hi, Pen told me alot about you guys."
"Everything good I hope." Emily laughs a bit.
Katerina nods, "Everything good. Pen, I was thinking of having a get together at the house tonight, Sebastian is coming over for a week."
Penelope smiles widely, "I get to see my little bundle of hyper activeness!"
Katerina looks around to everyone, "Everyone can come, that is if you guys want to?"
JJ nods smiling, "Will it be alright if I bring Henry?"
Katerina smiles, "My lil man will love having someone to play with."
Hotch nods, "I think a small get together will be nice to have."
Katerina smiles widely, "Great! I will set it up!" She looks at her watch as she blinks, "Shit! I have to get Sebastian, I will see you guys around 6?" Penelope nods, as Katerina kissed her cheeks as she sprints to the elevators.
The team stares at Penelope in wonder, "What?"
"Baby girl, you never told us you had a sister."
She blinks as she smiles, "Well a year before my parents were killed, they adopted Katerina. We were raised by our grandmother. She is basically my best friend before I met you guys. Katerina got on a bad streak after the accident, well her and I both did. She was doing drugs for a while. But once I was hired here I found her and got her help. And about 4 years ago she got pregnant with Sebastian, she was in an abusive relationship. She got out of it a year ago, she has joint custody of Sebastian with that jerk. So I keep tabs on them, even though Katerina just move here from San Fransisco about the same time. Ryan, her ex, moved here so he could 'try' and work things out with Kat."
"And are they?" they turn there heads at Spencer, as he blinks, "What? Can't I be curious?"
Derek smirks as he shook his head.
"Actually, no she won't go back to him. I threatened to send you guys after him a couple of times?" She smiles innocently.
Hotch nods, as he looks at Penelope, "Well at 6 we will be there, just give us the adress."
She nods at him, "Of course, sir!" She walks to her fortress of solitude.
~*~ Time Skip ~*~
Katerina was out back cooking on the grill, as Sebastian was playing on his play ground set, as he was giggling while their black husky was licking his face. She looks up at at her son, as she smiles warmly at him. Her round picnic table was set up, making sure that juices for th ekids were in the fridge along with Wine on the counter or beer for the adults to have. She looked towards Sebastian, "Seb, I'm going to the garage."
He smiles, "Can I come?"
Katerina smiles, "Sure, I'm going to work on the car for a bit, you can hand me tools." Sebastian got up from the sandbox, and walks over to his mom, with Ace, their husky, not far behind. She ruffled his hair as they approached the garage, Katerina goes and opens the hood of her car, while Sebastian hands her tools. After about 15 minutes, she hear Sebastian giggle.
"Auntie Penny!"
She turned around seeing Penelope and her team, as she grabs her rag and wipes her hands.
"Why do you always work on that, while your suppose to be cooking dinner?"
"Because It makes time fly by while waiting for food to get done." Katerina giggles, as she smiles, "Welcome to my humble abode!" She turns and walks towards the back yard, as Ace barks, wagging his tail and everyone came through the gate the separated the front to the back.
"Baby girl! You never told me your sister worked on cars!"
Penelope shook her head, as Sebastian saw Henry and Jack as they automatically decided to play on his play set. "I didn't think I needed to say anything."
"Not most women work on cars, they most work somewhere clean like a flower shop, pet shops, fashion boutiques, and retails. Men want to be masculine, hence working on cars."
Katerina looks at Spencer, as she smirks, as she went to the grill, and checks on the not yet done ribs. The rest sat at the picnic table, "Well I'm mostly a car kind of girl anyway. Yes I get my nails done, hair and makeup done. But I love dirt, mud, and grease on my skin." Spencer watches Katerina in amazement. Derek laughs a bit, "Baby girl, I think I found another best friend." Penelope giggles, "Then I will fight you for her attention." She gets up getting everyone drinks, Katerina was already drinking a beer sitting down next to where Penelope was sitting and JJ.
"So Katerina I..-" Katerina looks at JJ.
"Please call me Kat."
"So, Kat, I was wondering how old is your son?"
Katerina's attention was at Sebastian, "He will be turning 5 in two months."
David smiles looking at the kids, "He is very social for a 5 year old. That's a good thing."
Penelope came back giving everyone their drinks, as she giggles, "That's because Kat puts Seb in activities, he wasn't really social for a while."
Katerina nods, "It's true, he was quiet while he was going back and forth between me and his dad. So Penelope helped me look into good activities for him to be in to make some friends."
The kids squeal in delight as Ace began to playfully chase them around, as everyone laughs a bit. Katerina gets up and checks on the food, she puts the ribs on a plate, as hamburgers, hot dogs, cole slaw, macaroni salad and fruit salad was on the table.
"Sebastian, time to get cleaned up, yeah?" He looks over his mom, as he nods. Jack and Henry following closely behind him, to get cleaned up. They come back with clean hands and face. JJ and Katerina began to make plates for Sebastian and Henry and Jack, while the rest of the began to get their food and dig in. After a while of laughs and joking around while telling their stories. The kids were inside watching a movie while falling asleep. Penelope smiles at her family just got a bit bigger.
"So, Kat. Why don't you tell us a bit about yourself?" Rossi looks at Katerina as she took a sig of her beer. Her eyes looking around at everyone as they were quiet. She looks over at her sister, as Penelope nods.
Katerina sighs a bit, as she leans back relaxing, "Let's start from the beginning.." She clears her throat, "I was in foster care since I was 7, due to my mother overdosed on heroin and my father an alcholic. He was un fit to raise to, so I was in foster care." She felt Penelope's hand as she smiles at her sister, "I was in and out of foster homes due to some trouble I always got in. That went on until I was 15, then the Garcia family came in and adopted me. Then a year after that Pen and I got the news about our parents. Pen and I were still close but we got into different things. I started hanging around the wrong people, and Pen was into her tech. I had a record for drugs, and grand theft. Then that led to cutting." She felt the air get warm, as everyone looks at her with sympathy eyes, "But I met a guy name Ryan Jackson, he was kind and treated me like a queen for a while. Well he had a bad side to him that I didn't know. He got violent, he physically abused me but he always said he was sorry and never do it again. That kept going on for a while him being nice until almost 5 years ago. I found out I was pregnant and was gonna tell him. Anyway.." She shifted uncomfortably in her seat as she continued, " When Sebastian was born it was great, I have a family of my own. It was when Sebastian was 3 1/2 and Ryan came home with his friends, I just put him down and they were loud enough to wake him up. I told him to keep quiet, and he back handed me. His friend laughed, I heard Sebastian, and he saw it. So I packed what he had and little clothes for me, and I came to Penelope and she let me and Seb crash until I found a place. I went to court and I got joint custody, but he still tries to get back in my life, saying he will find a way into my life on way or another."
Everyone's eyes were wide as they stare at her. Hotch looks at Katerina with soft eyes, "Well since we are in your live's, we will help in anyway we can."
Katerina looks at them, as she lets go of the air that she didn't know she was holding in, "Thanks, Aaron."
Spencer was quiet as he looks over Katerina's features, "Native American."
Katerina blinks a bit, "Pardon?"
He clears his throat and speaks once more, "Your Native American. I can tell by your facial features, bone structure and the thickness of your hair. You dyed your hair, and your eyes are a unique color than most Natives."
"Kid, your profiling her." Spencer looks at Derek then back at Katerina.
"I'm sorry."
Katerina giggles at Spencer, "Actually, I want to know what he knows." She leans forward staring at him, intently. The group chuckles a bit, waiting for Spencer to continue.
Spencer stares back at Katerina, his eyes scanning her from top to bottom, "Most Native Americans keep their complexion, dark brown or black hair. They keep practicing their 'gifts' to keep from loosing the spiritual reality. But you strode away from it. Afraid of it, almost. Your actually on guard even when you have protection around you, and from the look on your bottom lip, you tend to bite it in uncomfortable situations or your mind is focused on something else. " Katerina smirks at him as she continued to listen, "You don't tell the whole truth. But what you tell is true. So which means you either have a past that you don't want people to know about, or your trying to keep it hidden."
Katerina nods, "When Pen said you guys were profilers. I thought she was kidding. But now it is a big deal."
JJ nods, "It's a lot we go through like-.."
"You get inside the minds of psychopaths, sadists and what not." She looks at JJ, smiling, as Aaron nods, "Exactly, and finding out what cause them to be the way they are."
Katerina nods, "I must say, boy wonder, you guys have a tough job. I honestly don't see how you guys do it."
Penelope shrugs, "They are making this a better place for little ones to roam around." They all nods and laugh a bit.
Sebastian and his two new friends come back over after their movie, "So you are good guys?"
Spencer looks at Sebastian as he nods, "Yeah we are."
Katerina rubs her son's back softly, "Trust me, they are nothing like them. I promise."
Emily blinks a bit, "Like them? What do you mean?"
Katerina held her son close, "When I was with his dad, he had friends who were dirty cops. They sided with Ryan when I told them I was being abused by him. SO they didn't make a good impression on the people with badges."
Spencer kneels down to Sebastian's eye level, "We are the good guys, we take, lets say the bad guys, " he holds the napkin as the bad guy and he began to stuff it in his fist, "And we make them good away." He then opens his hand and the napkin disappear. Sebastian's eyes light up, seeing the napkin just vanish.
"Like...like magic?"
Spencer nods, as he smiles, "Just like magic."
Sebastian then started to rub his eyes, yawning, "Looks like someone is sleepy."
JJ nods, "I like all the kids are sleepy. I think that is our que to put these kids to bed." She got up and began to gather her and Henry's things, along with Aaron and Jack. "Kat, it was very nice to meet you, I'm sure while we are away on cases that Henry will be over here."
Katerina smiles as she nods, "I think Seb would love that."
Penelope takes Sebastian, "I will take lil man to bed. While you escort them out." Katerina nods as she kissed Sebastian's head. As she stood up and opened the gate for JJ and Aaron to go out. Derek right after them, "Thanks for the get together, we really need to do it again sometime."
"I was thinking the same thing. I need more friends anyway."
Spencer followed Rossi toward the gate, but Katerina looks at Spencer, "Your prone to headaches," Everyone stopped looking at Katerina, "Your afraid of the unknown, I can tell the way you shield yourself. Your not comfortable while talking to a female, so you tend to talk in statistics to avoid and push people away. You had a hard past but you use your brilliant brain to help others what you are going, put through, or went through."
Derek laughs lightly, seeing Spencer a bit baffled, "Looks like Kat got your tongue, Kid."
Spencer looks at him then back at Katerina, "How did you that?"
She huffs a laugh, "I tend to observe a lot more than others. How did you think I survived the life I had with my ex?"
Once he was passed the gate, she closed it looking at everyone, "You guys be safe. And you!" She points to Spencer. "You keep that brilliant brain safe, yeah?" She smirks as she walks back to clean up. Penelope watches as Spencer opened and shut his mouth then walks to Rossi's car as they all depart.
"You know I have never seen him speechless. I think he has met his match. "
Katerina laughs as she puts dishes in the sink and food in the fridge, "Why do you say that?" she blinks a bit, "Oh no... your not gonna set me and him up, are you?"
Penelope helps her with the dishes, "Maybe."
