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Derek could hear his name being called but he'd well and truly zoned out.

Penelope was shot, shot right there and then or so he was led to believe. He had nothing to go on.
'9:22pm' he muttered and looked at the clock on the wall. '10:58pm... Shit.'

'Derek... What's wrong?' Tamara asked and watched as Derek sorted voicemail out and put loud speaker on. Tamara listened to Penelope near enough plead for safety and then she distinctively heard Kevin's voice and the aggression and she flinched and then she heard the gunshot and she froze, her sights set firmly on Derek. 'It might not be her that got hit.'

'But what if it was? She's been shot for nearly 2 hours.... That puts her in a bad way, shock sets in, blood loss... and she could die.' He said and sunk to the couch. 'I don't even know where he got her or whatever else he's done to her.'

'Derek, you need to calm down.' Tamara said as she saw Derek evident control on these types of situations slip. 'You need to call Hotch, you need to call the rest of the team and you need to get her back. You know who's got her; you just need to knock it down to where and why.'

'She said, he's not who we thought he was... that means he's been using her.' Derek swung and hit the wall. 'I could've prevented this from happening; I could've stopped her from ever going with him.'

'Then why didn't you?'

'Because I'm a jackass.' Derek said and turned and grabbed his phone. 'You're going to need to come with me, just in case I miss anything out.'

'Okay.' Tamara told him. 'Then when you get her back, tell her... stop being the jackass.' She then watched him ring his boss and grab his stuff, so she followed suit and then ran after him out the door.

Sitting in the conference room, she watched as Hotch, Derek, Emily and JJ rallied around and got everything they needed, she knew they'd have to hear the voicemail again and then they'd start to knuckle down and crack it the best they could. When Reid and Rossi made it, Derek did the same routine and put the message on speaker, again she listened and watched Derek's face as they heard Penelope's voice filtered into the quiet air and then they heard Kevin, and then the gunshot rang out.

'Is she hit?' Emily asked rhetorically. 'Cos surely we can't just jump to, she'd been shot.'

'That wasn't a gasp of shock that she's watched someone get shot, that was different.' Hotch told them and they knew from when Hailey was shot, the type of gasp that they heard. 'We need IA, and tech's to get into Lynch's and Penelope's computers.'

'Hotch; you can't think she had something to do with it surely?' Derek asked agitated that they didn't have anything to go on.

'No I'm not, what I'm saying is that Penelope obviously found out what Lynch was doing so he feels he has to get rid of her. Therefore her computer system's going to have a trail that leads us to whatever he was up to.'

'Sir, I'm going to check all surrounding hospitals, get a bolo out on Pen and see if anyone matching her has been admitted with a gunshot wound.'

'Good job JJ, someone help her do that.' Hotch said and began to pace, he needed Strauss in on this, he needed techs, he needed corresponding SWAT, he needed to be ready for whatever they uncovered in the process.

'I'll sort Strauss out.' Rossi said sensing Hotch's obvious thought mode. 'I'll alert her to a missing agent, tell her what we know, and I'll get as much information on Kevin Lynch as she can give me.' He then left the room hastily.

'I'll go and sort techs out; I'll keep the updates coming.' Reid said and left the room after Rossi, he'd plan to try and keep things moving, he was used to getting things done and discovered at lightning speed. Now he was going for whatever speed the tech pool had to offer and he was going to push and push until he was satisfied they were getting nearer to what the problem was.

'Right so right now, in the near enough 2 years Penelope's been dating Lynch, what do we know about him?'

'He's immature.'

'Plays it up?' Everyone looked from Derek to Emily. 'I mean, it was a facade, to make us think that he was miles below the ability that Garcia holds. When really he was planning this, learning off us, learning of Pen.'

'So in all that time, he had a plan.' Derek said and his tone darkened. 'He saw the opportunity in Pen, the moment he knew she was the tech that got shot.' He saw Tamara flinch next to her; he hadn't shared that moment of his life with her. 'He knew she'd be weak, and vulnerable and manipulative.'

'Hang on! No! This can't be Lynch, 2 years is too long, he would've slipped up in that time somewhere, he had to.' Emily said with thick disbelief. 'We would've picked up on his odd behaviour, we would've noticed.'

'Not if this wasn't his first time and plus, how many times have we really gone out with him?'

'Hotch he has a point, he always had plans, or kept Pen from us.'

'How about when he's been in the bullpen?'

'He acted like the besotted boyfriend.' Derek said with intent, he hated those images of the pair of them. 'He was nothing but friendly, he didn't do anything out of the ordinary.'

'Exactly, he did nothing out of the ordinary... there was nothing to suspect, he knew full well what he was doing, we've had our own unsub under our mitts all along and we've ignored it.'

'Guys.' JJ said entering the room defeated. 'No hospitals have had a woman matching Penelope's description, they're keeping an eye out but there's nothing.'

'So if she's been shot, and we go by the call, she's been shot nearly 4 hours.' Hotch spoke allowed and began to pace again, his cell started to go and he quickly looked at it. 'Speaker now... its Garcia's number.'

Everyone looked as Hotch answered the call and placed the phone down. 'Hotchner.'

They heard heavy breathing. 'Sir...' Penelope's voice came out; they all heard she was hurt and scared. 'Sir...' She repeated.

'Penelope, are you hurt?'

'Doesn't matter, I'm near river.' There was a break, a gritting of pain, hollowing of breathing. 'Derek knows the one, he found me there after Battle.'

'Penelope, how hurt are you?'

'The warehouses, the ones I said were out of place.' They heard her breathing pick up. 'I need you to get here quickly.'

'Penelope, I won't asked again, how hurt are you?'

'He shot me.'

'Penelope, I need you to listen.' Hotch said as Reid told them the tech was tracing the call. 'Where is Lynch?'

'Penny!' Came Kevin's voice, all of a sudden they realised it was completely different, only the undertone was noticeable. 'There you are! You shot me you bitch!' They heard Penelope whimper as he dragged her and the phone dropped. 'You think they're going to save you from this?' They then heard a loud snap and Penelope screamed out in pain. 'Well they're not here Penny!'

'Derek where's the place?' Hotch asked and saw Derek sit dazed. 'Where Derek?'

'It's a lot further down the Potomac River... there's warehouses and factories there.' He said, his mind still swimming, Penelope was really hurt and she was getting hurt as they sat and listened.

'Doesn't look like you're going anywhere now Penny!' Kevin's voice said and the line went dead.