Forever-Ch 4
All the way to the scene Derek kept saying to himself, "no it can't be true, she can't be dead, she just can't be", Reid looked at Derek and said,
"is there anything I can do for you Morgan"?, he glanced over and said, "just pray Reid, pray that they're wrong and that she's alright", he had just finished his sentence when they pulled up at the accident scene.
He jumped out of the SUV and ran over to the side of the road and started screaming for Penelope, he ran his hand over his head and said, "baby girl can you hear me"?, he got no response. He said, "please baby, please answer me", the entire team spread out and searched the entire area and didn't find any sign of Penelope.
Meanwhile the woman walked into the room and looked down at Penelope when she said, "Derek", the woman put her hand in Penelopes and said, "Derek isn't here, it's just you and me". Penelope kept saying "Derek" over and over until she fell unconscious again, the woman reached down and felt her forehead and said, "you feel warm, I better check your temperature", she headed through her house to get her thermometer".
A few minutes later she said, "this isn't good, your temp is almost 104", Penelope opened her eyes and said, "Derek, I need you Derek", she looked up at the woman and said, "what happened, where's Derek"?, she said, "you were in a car accident, Derek wasn't with you". Penelope was so weak from all the blood she had lost that she soon drifted off again.
The woman headed through the house to get cool compresses to put on Penelope to try to bring down her fever, she hoped that in a few days she would be able to slip in to Quantico and find Derek but right now Penelope wasn't in any shape to be left alone. She squeezed the water out of a cloth and put it on Penelopes head and said, "I need to get you something for that fever" she then disappeared out of the room.
Hotch looked at Derek and said, "I'm sorry Morgan, I was really hoping that the detective was wrong and that Garcia was alright", he looked up and said, "I know Hotch, I know, it's just that she's my baby girl, my goddess, my best friend and the woman that owned my heart". JJ put her hand on his shoulder and said, "we need to try to contact her brothers and let them know what happened".
Derek said, "I know that they all live in California and I know their names but other than that the only thing I know is that until recently they hadn't spoken in years". JJ said, "we can get another tech to look them up all we need to know is their names and we can get their numbers and if you want I can call them for you"?, he shook his head and said, "no I need to do this, I need to do this for my baby girl".
The team headed back to the BAU all broken hearted at the loss of their lost commarade, Dave looked at Derek and said, "why don't you let me drive Morgan"?, he nodded his head and said, "thanks Dave". Once Derek and Dave were in the SUV Hotch said, "we need to call Morgans mom, he is really gonna need her and his sisters right now".
JJ nodded her head and said, "Em and I will take care of that once we get back to the BAU, then they made their way to the other SUV and after ", they climbed inside JJ shook her head and said, "how am I gonna tell Henry about his aunt P, he loved her so much". Reid put his hand in hers and said,
"we'll tell him together".
She laid her head on his shoulder and said, "she can't be gone Spence, she just can't be", he kissed the top of her head and said, "I know what you mean, Garcia was like my sister, I love her and she will definitely be missed. Emily looked over at Hotch and said, "Jack is going to be devastated at the loss of Penelope, he called her his favorite aunt".
Hotch grinned and said, "she could always lighten up a room that's for sure", JJ said, "we will all need to help Derek plan the funeral because you know that he's going to want to plan it all". Hotch said, "don't worry JJ we will all help him, it is the last thing that we will ever get to do for her".
Penelope slept on an off for the next several hours but the last time she was awake she found out the the woman that was taking care of her was named Mia and that she was a nurse but then after taking something for the fever and eating a few bites of soup she fell asleep aain. Mia looked down at her and said, "rest is what you need Penelope and I promise you that I will find Derek for you", she then headed out of the room to put the soup up for later.
When they got back to the BAU news of Penelopes death had spread quickly through the BAU and everybody including Erin Strauss were devastated at the loss of such a sweet person. Derek headed toward Penelopes office and before walking inside he took a deep breath and said, "Lynch, I mean Kevin I need you to look up some people for me".
Kevin stood up and hugged Derek and said, "I'm so sorry about Penelope, I loved her so much but we just weren't meant to be", Derek said, "I know that you must be hurting to if you want me to I can get someone else to look up the information for me". He sat down and said, "no no I want to help".
Derek sat down beside him and said, "we are looking for Parker, Payton, Paul and Peter Garcia and they are all in California, I need all of their addresses and phone numbers as soon as possible". Kevin nodded his head and said, "I will let you know the minute I find the information you are looking for".
Derek got up and put his hand on Kevins shoulder and said, "thanks Kevin", Kevin took a deep breath and wiped away the tears that were streaming down his cheeks before he put his fingers to work looking up the addresses and phone numbers for Penelopes brothers.
