Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, don't own Criminal Minds.

This is a sequel to my other story, One of Those Days, and carries on from where it left off.

As Derek Morgan gradually woke up he felt a dull pain in his back from sitting in the hard hospital chair to long, but all those thoughts were driven out of his head when he realized his hand was no longer enclosing Penelope's. He sat up quickly looking around to see were his baby girl was and his heart beat relaxed when he realized she was still in the hospital bed, but when it downed on him she was awake his heart jumped and he couldn't stop himself before he stood up, leaned down and gave Garcia a tight hug as if he had to make sure she was really there and alive.

When Morgan hugged her, Garcia made a slight sound and cringed uncontrollably from the pain.

"I'm sorry baby girl; I didn't mean to hurt you." Morgan said with obvious worry.

At the exclamation the others in the room also began to wake up and relies their friend was awake.

"Its ok hot stuff, I guess I'm just a bit sore." Replied Garcia with a smile, but winced at the pain that shot through her jaw.

"Garcia! How are you feeling?" asked JJ from where she sat next to Garcia's bed.

"I've defiantly had better days." She responded with a slight chuckle but winced again at the pain. She tried to hide it, but the team had already seen and the worry on their faces grew even more. Garcia began to sit up so she could see her friends better, but they were making it a bit difficult.

"Garcia you shouldn't move around too much." Stated Reid as the others tried to get her to lie back.

"I'm fine… Really." She said at there disbelieving looks. She continued to sit up but had to stop when her body immediately objected.

"Now will you listen to us and take it easy" asked Morgan after seeing her in obvious pain and putting his hand on her shoulder.

"How long have I been out of it?" Garcia asked trying to change the subject.

"Since yesterday." Answered Emily.

Garcia then remembered waking up and finding them all there asleep and she had to ask, "Did you guys stay all night?"

We've been here as long as you have." Said Hotch nonchalantly.

At that Garcia had to smile slightly, pain or no pain.

"I'll go get the doctor, since you're awake." Said Emily

"So, was everyone else at the restaurant ok?" Garcia asked

"Ya, Garcia, everyone is ok." JJ replied with a smile, not the slightest bit surprised that one of the first things she asked was if the people, she didn't even know, were alright.

Morgan was about to say something when Emily came back with the doctor.

"Well, good morning miss Garcia." Said the doctor, who Morgan recognized as the same one who had told them how Penelope was the day before.

"Good morning" Garcia replied with a smile, but once again had to wince at the pain.

"Well, let's take a look and see how you're doing, shall we." The man said with a gentile smile. Two nurses then came in and the doctor turned to the others. "If you don't mind I think it would be best if you all waited outside until we're done running a few test, please."

They all looked over at Garcia who smiled slightly and tried to nod, but soon regretted it. So they all reluctantly agreed and went outside as one of the nurses closed the door after them.

Though it felt more like hours it was only ten minutes later that the doctor came out and closed the door behind them. He had a serious look on his face as he approached the waiting group.

"What is it?" asked Morgan

"Is Garcia alright?" Hotch then asked.

"Yes, Miss Garcia will be alright as I said yesterday." He said, but still looked troubled. "Does she have any family?"

"We are her family" Stated Reid

With that the doctor smiled slightly, but it didn't reach his eyes. "Let me rephrase that. Does she have any relatives that you know of? The only contacts on her records are the five of you."

"Her parents are died… but she does have four brothers." Said JJ

"We already tried to contact them, but we couldn't locate any of them." Added Hotch "Why?"

"Are you sure everything's alright?" asked Morgan

"Yes, it's just that…well, there were a few questions I wanted to ask them."

"If there's a problem you need to tell us." Said Morgan getting a bit frustrated.

"She's our family." Added JJ a bit calmer, but getting more worried by the second.

"She means a lot to all of us, please, tell us." Said Hotch

"How much do you know about her past?"

"Her parents died when she was 18, and she spent some time in the underground after that." Answered Morgan

"That's it?"

"Garcia doesn't really talk about her past much." Answered Reid.

"Why?" asked Emily concerned.

The doctor was hesitant, but these people obviously cared about Garcia a lot. Especially Agent Morgan it seemed, so he decided he might as well tell them.

"When we were examining her yesterday I noticed some injuries that weren't recent."

"She was shot a few months ago." Said Hotch

"These injuries were much older then a few months, more like years. Many weren't healed correctly or possibly weren't even taken care of at all."

"Excuse me?" said Morgan even more confused.

"It's almost as if she was tortured constantly and repeatedly over a long period of time. Her injuries seem to range over many years." The doctor said gloomily and slightly confused.

"What kind of injuries are we talking?" Asked Emily

"Many of her bones seem to have been broken repeatedly and never healed properly. Her x-rays also showed pieces of metal, in many places there was a puncture to an organ that had to heal itself the best it could and she also has scaring, both inside and out, especially on her back."

"It's almost as if she was abused, but some things seem more like torture that I've only seen in terrorists' victims." The doctor added obviously a bit confused "That's why I wanted to speak with her relatives. I thought they might know what caused this."

"She'll still be alright though, right?" asked a very worried JJ.

"It seems she's lived this long, though it most have been painful at times, and there's nothing we can do now so yes, she will be fine and her old injuries shouldn't interfere with the healing of her new ones."

"Did you say anything to Penelope about this stuff?" Morgan asked and then realized that he was using her first name more than usual.

"No, we gave her some pain medicine that will make her tired and I thought it would be best to first talk with her family and let her sleep. She's probably still awake for the moment so if you wanted to talk with her before she falls asleep you should probably go on in there. The nurses have been informed that you may stay as long as you want, so you won't have any problems there."

"Thank you, for everything." Said Hotch contemplating how to go about asking Garcia about what they just found out.

"No problem." said the doctor with a smile. He then turned to walk away but stopped and turned back to look at them all. "Miss Garcia seems like a very sweet young lady who I doubt deserved whatever happened to her. I'm glad she has some friends who care about her." He then turned again and walked down the hall.

The group then looked at each other for a minute trying to digest what they just learned and compose themselves before going back in to see Garcia. They then went in her room, Morgan leading the way followed by Reid and JJ, and then Emily and Hotch. As they entered they smiled and tried not to show their worry too much in hopes of making Garcia more comfortable and relaxed.

"Hey there princess." Said Morgan as he made his way back to her side

"Hey hot stuff" Garcia shot back softly the drugs obviously setting in. "Guess what!"

"What?" Asked Reid, happy that one of his best friends was going to be ok

"The doc said I could go home in a couple of days." She said quietly as her eyes began to drift shut

"That's great Pen!" said JJ with a smile

Penelope was getting closer and closer to sleep so the team silently agreed to hold off asking questions until she woke up and felt better.

"Go to sleep Garcia, you need your rest." Ordered Hotch trying his best to be stern

"Yes, sir" she said in a barely audible voice drifting off, but before she could fall asleep she opened her eyes just a bit. "Are you guys going to stay here with me?" she asked already half asleep.

"Yep, as long as you're here, we're here Penelope." Answered Morgan with his most comforting smile as he took her hand once again and set down. The others all smiled and nodded agreeing with Derek as they went back to their seats around Garcia.

Garcia then smiled slightly and fell asleep.

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