Prompt: Betrayal

Derek reached for his phone. It was nearly midnight and he glanced at who it was before answering.

Kevin Lynch. What the hell?

"Morgan," he answered, hoping he wasn't being called in on a case.

"Hi, uh, Agent Morgan, its Kevin…Kevin Lynch, you know…"

"I know who you are. What's up?"

"It's Penelope."

Derek was instantly up on his feet, "What happened?" he asked, then in a much more threatening tone, "What did you do?"

"I, uh, listen I don't really want to get into it with you, but we have a…fight and she ran off and she's not answering her cell. She's not at home or the office and I don't know where she would go or…"

"Where she would go depends on how upset she was? What the hell happened?"

"I don't think that's really any of your business."

"Think again," Derek, said firmly, "I don't give a crap about privacy when it comes to my baby girl's safety. Now tell me what happened."

There was a deep sigh from Kevin's side, "I met up with one of my ex-girlfriends tonight, and Pen sort of walked in on us."

Derek cursed under his breath, "I'll find her."

"Call me when you…" Derek snapped the phone shut before he finished.

He grabbed his keys and wallet and headed out. Priority was finding Pen. He could kill Lynch later.

&&&&&&

He found her at the second club. She was clearly drunk and there was a soon to be dead guy hanging all over her.

"Penelope," he said, coming up behind her.

"Derek," she said, her smile wide and false, not at all like her, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to get you," he said, helping her stand, "Let's go."

"No," she said, pulling away, "I'm not ready to go. I'm drinking and having fun with," she turned to the guy next to her, "What's your name again?"

"Mel," the guy said, and then he made a big mistake; he reached out and touched her.

A few seconds later, he was gasping in pain as Derek bent his hand almost to the point of breaking, "Do not do that again."

"Derek, what are you doing?" Penelope asked, and then screeched as he picked her up fireman style.

When he tossed her into the car, she really began to get pissed off, "Derek, you stop this right now." He took off, never giving her time to get out, "Derek, I was having fun. This is none of your business. I'm a grown up, I can go out and have fun and…"

"And make a huge mistake because you're upset about Kevin cheating on you."

She gasped at that, "How do you know that? Did you talk to Kevin?"

"He's worried about you."

"So you teamed up with him and…"

Derek pulled up to his apartment building, parking in his spot and turning the car off before turning to her.

"I don't give a damn about Kevin. What I do care about is you and I'm not letting you run off with some piece of filth just because you're hurting."

Penelope only got angrier at this and grabbed the handle, shoving the door open and getting out, "I'm leaving."

"You're not going anywhere," he said, grabbing her arm, "Don't make you carry you again."

"I want to forget this night, Derek; I want to get drunk and have sex with someone else and rub it in Kevin's face."

"Fine," Derek said, pulling her against him, "I'm someone else, and I have plenty of booze upstairs. You want to get revenge on Kevin, do it with me."

Penelope was completely silent for a moment and then suddenly she broke, crying hysterically and falling forward into his arms.

"Shhh," he whispered as he pulled her close, "Shhh, its okay."

He held her close, rocking her back and forth, promising her it would be okay, and praying he'd find a way to make it so.