(Penelope's POV)
Everything has been going good in every aspect of life, and I'm happy for that. Things at work are getting surprisingly easier to do every day which surprises me because what we do….. Most people go 'ohhh hell no' when we tell them. I have no idea how my job can get easier, but it did and THANK GOD! Also, I have to say things on the relationship end of things are going pretty well, considering that I'm dating my best friend. That's not weird is it? Cause if it is, I'm about seven months late for that.
Anyways the team had just told me that they have the unsub in their sights and that Morgan is in a car driving after him. Now all I do is sit and wait till they capture him.
(Morgan's POV)
So right now, I'm currently driving in a car going after theUNSUB. I probably should rephrase that to better fit the situation. I'm currently going approximately (I use the word approximately loosely) about 95 to 100 mph, give or take a few miles. It's not like I wanted to go this believe me I didn't, but the guy just HAD to speed off before I even got in the car. Even though this will happen, I'm hoping that just ONCE an UNSUB will go 'ya got me, just handcuff me and get it over with' BUT NO! They have to make everything SOOO difficult.
As I'm in this high-speed chase, the adrenaline was pumping through my blood, keeping me going. I am literally on the edge of my seat as I'm chasing after the guy. As I am doing so, I am realizing that I am right now breaking a promise that I made to Garcia after the bomb in ambulance that I wouldn't go playing the hero and risking my life. I think going way past the speed limit as I'm chasing after the guy qualifies as risking my life. Well, let's just hope she doesn't find out because if she does, I won't be able to do this sort of thing again because Penelope will kill me. Her reaction wouldn't be as bad if I haven't been dating her for seven months, but I'm going to take my chances. I just hate having to lie to her like this.
I focus my attention fully on the road as the UNSUB keeps barreling down the road. He takes a sharp left, and just as I'm about to do the same thing I see a white van coming from the left side and heading straight towards me. I try to avoid the van by going even faster than I was (I didn't know it was humanly possible to do so) but that didn't work as the van slammed into the driver's side of the SUV I was driving. Him hitting the SUV caused it to start spinning out of control. I tried to get the vehicle under control but it was no use as it just kept spinning, over and over again. Well shit, now I'm screwed. I started to think of an escape route out of this and just as I start to unbuckle my seatbelt to jump out of the car, the SUV slams into the guard rail, breaking through it. As I stare straight at the windshield, all I see is the car plummeting towards the water. When the cat impacted, everything went black
(Penelope's POV)
It's about two hours later, and I still haven't gotten word about everything in California, where their at. That is abnormally weird for them, they usually get the guy within an hour or so. If they didn't get him, they would've have called but this? Is starting to worry me just slightly.
Just as I begin to pace, my cell rings. I run over towards it, not even bothering to look at the caller ID.
"Hello?" I ask in an exasperated breath.
"Garcia it's Hotch."
"What happened? Did you guys get him?" The silence from Hotch leaves an unsettling feeling in my stomach.
"Garcia….. Something happened?"
"What do you mean, something happened? Is everyone ok?" Again, silence comes from his end. Ok, now he's starting to freak my out just a bit.
"Penelope…. It's Derek. Something's….. Happened." Hotch said, being incredibly vague with his answer.
"What do you MEAN something's happened? Is he ok?" I started freaking out as again, there was silence on the other end of the line.
"I hate to be the one to tell you this, but Penelope….. Morgan's Dead." No, he hasto be kidding. There is NO WAY IN HELL Derek could be dead there's just no way…..
"What?" I asked in disbelief as I fought back a sob.
"There was an accident. Morgan was going after the UNSUB, faster than he should have been. A van slammed into the SUV he was driving, and sent him off the road and through the guard-rail and into the water. The SFPD did a water search for his body but they haven't found anything. The Sheriff thinks he most likely sunk to the bottom, so they pronounced him dead." Oh my god… he's dead. I can't believe he's actually dead. Even though that Hotch had just told me that he was dead, I'm still having a hard time dealing with it. I literally dropped to the floor as I finally started to let the tears stream down my face.
"Penelope, you have no idea how sorry the team is for your loss. We all know that you were closer to him then any of us would ever have been. We'll be back shortly to…. Deal with everything." With that, he hung up to assume to leave me alone and give me time to process all that has happened. As soon as he got off the phone, I had dropped it on the ground and brought my knees up to my chest. I started openly weeping as the door to my office stood wide open. I didn't care who saw me at this moment, all that mattered was that Morgan would never be coming home again.
(Morgan's POV)
I don't remember much after the car crashed into the water. All I remember is climbing up onto land. With my clothes clinging to my body as they were soaked to the bone, I started to walk. I also don't remember much of the walk, all I know is that after several hours I had finally reached where the team had been stationed at, hoping that they hadn't gone home.
I had walked through the main doors of the building, earning weird looks from just about everybody I had walked past. As I continued to make my way through the building, I could hear the rising voices of the team somewhere in the building.
I got closer to the area where I heard the rising voice and heard JJ go "Think she's called his mother yet?" I finally managed to find where they were located as I got out "Who's called who's mother?" They all snap their heads in my direction as they all stared at me in disbelief.
"Holy Fucking Shit Morgan… your not dead." Rossi broke the silence as JJ had gotten up from where she was sitting to walk over towards me and hug me.
"Wait, what do you mean I'm not dead?" I asked all of them as I returned the hug. Suddenly feeling very tired from the walking and the accident, I sit down quickly in a nearby chair.
"After the accident, we thought you were dead. Even the sheriff had pronounced you dead, and ohhhhh shit….." Emily raises a hand up to her hair as she ran it through it.
"Ohhhhhh shit what?"
"We told Penelope you were dead, and she may have called your mother and told her you were dead." Ohh god that is NOT GOOD AT ALL! I could just imagine Garcia either sitting there, bawling her face off or just sitting there staring into space. It breaks my heart as that image comes into my head.
"No you didn't, did you?" I asked them.
"Of course we did! What were we suppose to do, NOT TELL YOUR GIRLFRIEND THAT YOU DIED?!" JJ responded, freaking out slightly.
"We need to get to Virginia, and fix this NOW! I'm letting her think for another hour that I'm dead." The team didn't argue with me as we quickly packed up our gear and head back towards Virginia.
I haven't decided if I want to make this a two-shot or a three-shot but we'll find that out soon enough? How many of you guys cried when Morgan 'died'?