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She was woken by her alarm, but knew immediately something wasn't right. She put her hand to her head and realised that she was wet. Sitting up she realised she had a headache and felt like she was going to be sick. Getting up she went dizzy.

'Something really isn't right here' she said aloud. 'I can't have the flu; I would have felt it coming.' She pondered on her on thoughts as she made her way to the bathroom. Looking in the mirror, she took note of the dark circles forming.

'What the hell! I had the longest sleep last night!' Now she was confused and worried. Picking up her phone she rang Derek.

'Hey baby girl, what do I owe this call?'

'I need to tell Hotch I can't come in today.'

'Why what's wrong? You don't sound healthy goddess.'

'I don't really know.' She said not bothering to hide the confusion in her voice. 'I've just woken up and now I think...'

He heard a bang and knew the phone had been dropped. 'PEN! Penelope you there?' Derek kept repeating when he got no response, he put the phone on speaker as he rushed to get ready. Still not getting a response, he jumped into his car and raced to her apartment, once there is wasted no time and jumped two steps at a time; he used his key and went in search for what had happened to Garcia.

Finding her in the bathroom, he knew where the bang had come from. She lay unconscious on the floor with laboured breathing. Lifting her head she slowly came back around.

'Handsome, what are you doing here? What about work?'

'Work can wait. I'm taking you to the hospital.'

'No, no, no. Put me on the bed tuck me in, and check on me later if you must but no hospitals. I think it's the flu.'

'Fine but if you are no better...'

She interrupted 'Then maybe I can see a doctor.'

He left her reluctantly tucked in bed with a glass of water next to her. He got to work but couldn't help but worry, he knew something worse was wrong with her. The flu doesn't make you act like that, look like that or make you faint for as long as she had.

'Where's Garcia?' Hotch demanded an answer. Derek broke from his thoughts and stood up.

'She phoned me this morning to say she felt ill, she then fainted. I rushed round to see her and she was still unconscious. She refused to go the hospital or doctors and just wanted to get back into bed.'

'Well when you get the chance get back round there, this could be more serious.'

The rest of team looked at Derek, as the same worry filled their bodies.

While at Garcia's...

She slept most of the day but had now started vomiting, she felt really ill and didn't know what to do to get comfortable or feel better. She went to the window when she heard sirens outside the apartment building. Looking down she could see that one of the mothers 2 floors down had rushed out with her daughter, who looked like she was suffering the same symptoms that Garcia had. She thought nothing of it and crawled back into bed. She knew Derek would be rushing to her soon.