Love Stricken

Chapter one

As the team gathered around the table, there was an offsetting silence that permeated across the room. Everyone was looking over the files that Garcia proceeded to hand out to each person. As everyone looked deeper and deeper into the files they found that this case was like no other they had ever seen before. The unsub was very unique about the way he tortured his victims, in a way that baffled the team. As everyone was silently looking over the case file, Hotch said, "I know this is going to be hard, but that is the reason that we have our jobs. Because we do them even though they get tough at times." He paused with a moment of silence and then followed by asking Garcia to start the victimology. Garcia looked down at the file that was lying in her lap and hesitated to start. With a sigh she began, "Victim number one was 5' 6" tall, blonde hair, glasses, mid 20's to early 30's, and very fair skin." She continued, "Victim number two, I did notice, has very similar features. From the way she dresses, to the bone structure in her face. Its almost like he has one very specific type he is looking for." She said with a question in her tone.

Now sitting there reading she realized that both of these women both had a very similar resemblance to her. She began to think about what it must have been like for the families of these 2 women. All that was running through her head was, I wish I could stop this before someone else had to lose their daughter...

Without even thinking about what would happen, Garcia blurted out, "Why don't I walk around this unsub hunting grounds as bait and we can catch him that way? I mean I have some training in how to defend myself I can do it. Maybe we can prevent any other girls from ending up like that," She said nodding towards the girls on the screen. Everyone in the room who had been sitting around the table, quiet as could be, suddenly burst out with comments like, 'No way!' or, 'We can't risk putting your life in danger!' But, Morgan just sat in silence. No one quite knew what was running through his head at this instant. He was, in fact, thinking about the first time he met her and how close they had become over time... and how much wouldn't want to lose her...

.FlashBack.

"What's the new tech girls name?" Morgan asked Reid. "Ummmmm…. Gomez I think?" Morgan then turned to face Garcia and said "Excuse me, Gomez…?"

Garcia, oblivious to the knowledge she was being spoken to, started to walk out of the main office room, when she suddenly heard a very deep, manly, (and in her opinion) sexy voice call out to her. "Hey, baby girl!" Morgan called out to her, just in time to get her attention.

After hearing someone call her that, she looked up in surprise and turned around and asked, "Baby girl?" Morgan was very quick to apologize to her "Forgive me, I just didn't know your name-"

"Oh, I've been called worse," Garcia said, smiling happily.

.End FlashBack.

Now as Morgan remembered that, the team was talking to Garcia about her helping catch the unsub by going undercover as bait.

"I WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN THE FIELD TO HELP STOP THE MONSTER FROM HURTING ANYMORE WOMEN!" Garcia yelled, which finally brought Morgan back from his ever so fond memories of how he met Garcia.

"Baby Girl can I talk to you alone please?" Morgan asked questionably.

Garcia, a very eager look on her face, because Morgan was her best friend replied, "Anything for you my love."

Everyone else on the team stayed in the room reviewing the rest of the file Garcia and Morgan stepped into Morgan'e empty office next door. Once they were inside Derek shut the door behind him and looked at Garcia. "Alright crazy girl take a seat." She sat, and gave him her undivided attention.

"I know what you're going to say to me sweet cheeks and its not going to get me to change my mind." Garcia blurted out, before Derek could even get a chance to say anything.

"Okay, motor mouth, what I was going to tell you is that, I am very confident that you could take care of yourself but," he paused, leaning against his desk in front of her and looked her in the eye. "I would never forgive myself if anything happened to my one and only baby girl. I mean, you're a crazy girl. You put light in my life everytime I see you smile and everytime I see you upset or hurt it makes me wanna die." He took her hands and his and gave them a light squeeze. "You are the light of my life and my god given solace." He said seriously. "You are my OG. I don't know what I would do if I hadn't met you in the office that day and called you baby girl. I wouldn't have my 'one and only' to fill the hole in my heart." He said finally.

Garcia's jaw dropped and her eyes were transfixed to his. She tried speaking, but no sound came out. She really wanted to make him feel better by saying she wouldn't do it, but for the sake of other women she was sticking to her guns this time. "Derek, I know you are just worrying but... I always say everything happens for a reason, and if I lose faith in that, then I have nothing to live for. So this is something I think I should do, something I have to do," she emphasized, "Because I need to do this for not only me, but I need to do this for them. This is my chance to help save someone." She said quietly, squeezing his hands again, and hoping he would understand.