Disclaimer: As you all know, I don't own Criminal Minds.

Monday morning Derek and Penelope walked into the bullpen together. Derek's arm was wrapped around Penelope's waist and they both had smiles on their faces. As they passed by fellow agents smiled knowingly and waved to their favorite tech. Just before they got to Morgan's desk they stopped and whispered to each other before Garcia walked off toward her office. Once she was out of sight Morgan turned toward his desk and laughed slightly at the faces of the rest of the team.

JJ was beaming, Emily was smirking, Reid was smiling knowingly and Hotch had his arms crossed and was trying hard to repress a smile but the corners of his mouth were still turned upward slightly.

"God, I thought we were going to have to lock those two in a closet to get them to come to their senses." Emily said quietly to JJ

"What was that Emily?" Morgan asked as he sat at his desk

"Oh nothing Morgan, just discussing our evil plans." JJ said with an innocent smile

Any comeback Morgan had was cut off by a scream coming from Penelope's office.

"Penelope!?" Morgan said as he stood and ran toward her office with the rest of the team following

As they got closer they could hear coughing coming from Penelope's office. Derek put his hand on the door knob but withdrew it quickly when he felt the heat. Instead he kicked in the door and instantly took a step back when he got a face full of smoke.

"JJ call…" was all he heard before he covered his mouth with his arm and rushed in

"Penelope!" he yelled hoping she could hear him

"Derek?" came Penelope scared voice

"Pen where are you?" he said looking around the haze

"Derek…. there's too much…. fire….go back." Penelope said through coughing and gasping for air

Morgan didn't even bother to answer he followed the coughing and sure enough he saw her sitting against the corner. As he got closer she began to fall to the floor. After what felt like an eternity he reached her and picked her up. When he finally got out of the office he laid her on the ground as the others circled around and firefighters came running down the hall. He coughed slightly as Reid checked her pulse.

"She's barely breathing and her pulse in faint." He said worriedly looking around for the EMTs

Morgan looked down and noticed the blood on her face and arms for the first time before stroking her hair and praying she'd be ok.

Just as he was about to pick her up again and take her to the hospital himself the EMTs came with a stretcher. He silently followed the medics out to the ambulance and climbed in the back after them never once taking his eyes off his goddess.

Twenty minutes after they took Penelope into the back and checked him over Morgan was pacing the waiting room and that's how the others found him when they arrived.

"Are you alright?" Hotch asked as he approached

"Ya, I'm fine. Just inhaled a bit of smoke." Morgan answered as he stopped in front of them "Do you know what happened?" he asked, though he already had a pretty good idea

"The light switched was rigged to ignite a fire when the lights were turned on." Reid answered "So it defiantly wasn't an accident."

"It was Lynch." Morgan stated angrily

"Just because you don't like him…" Emily began but Morgan cut her off

"He was pissed that Penelope broke up with him."

"Yes, but Lynch wouldn't…" Reid started

"He punched her." Morgan said softly trying to make them understand

"He what?" Hotch asked with an angry look

"He gave her a bloody nose and a black eye."

"How didn't we notice a black eye?" JJ asked

"By the time we got back from the case it was almost gone. I didn't even know until the other night we had drinks and I went by her place afterwards." Morgan explained then turned to Hotch "It was him. I know it was."

Hotch nodded before pulling out his cell and walking away for a minute.

"Securities going to pick him up and search his office." Hotch stated as he closed his cell

A few minutes later a doctor came out and was almost run over by a group of worried FBI agents.

"I take it you're here for Miss Garcia?" he said with a slight smile

"Yes." JJ answered

"Is she alright?" Reid asked nervously

"She inhaled quiet a lot of smoke and has some burns, but she'll be fine. She can leave tomorrow, of course she'll need to rest for a few days and drink plenty of water. Also she'll be given a cream to apply and will probably need some help."

"That won't be a problem." Morgan said and relaxed slightly

"A nurse will be out in a few minutes to take you to her room since you'll probably want to see her immediately." The doctor said knowingly

"Thank you." Hotch said as he began to leave

"You're very welcome."

When they entered her room they saw Penelope sitting up in bed with her eyes closed. Her arms were wrapped and she had a bandaged on her forehead, but other than looking pale she seemed to be ok.

"Hey baby girl." Morgan said as he and the others stepped up to her bed

"Hey hot stuff." She answered in a soft raspy voice "Are you ok?" Penelope asked scanning him up and down.

"I'm not the one in the hospital bed." He answered with a laugh but Penelope just raised her eyebrow

"Should you be?"

"Pen, I'm fine, really." He answered and squeezed her hand reassuringly

"What about my babies?" She asked turning to Hotch and the others

"Garcia, you're in the hospital, I don't think your computers really matter right now." Reid replied

"Besides you can always get new ones." JJ added with a comforting smile

"So I take it they were ruined." She stated with a smirk

"Don't worry about your office. By the time you're ready to go back to work you'll have computers and anything else you need." Hotch said

"Hotch…"

"Don't even try it Garcia. You are not going back to work for at least a week."

"But…"

"Maybe longer if you don't listen and do what you're told." He added with a stern look

"It won't be that bad princess. I'll be there with you most of the time." Morgan said with a smirk

"I thought you said you were fine."

"I am, but you'll need help for a few days." Derek said "And don't even try to talk your way out of it." He added when she opened her mouth to object causing her to roll her eyes and the others to laugh

Suddenly Penelope stopped smiling and turned serous. "So was it an accident or what?" she asked pretty sure she already knew the answer

The team glanced at each other before JJ answered.

"No."

"Someone rigged your light switch." Reid explained

"Hotch got security to search Lynch's office and to hold him there." Morgan said

Penelope glanced around at the others nervously and was about to say something when Morgan continued.

"Relax baby girl. I already told them."

"You really should have told us Penelope." Emily said sadly

"If anything like that ever happens again, though I doubt it will," Hotch said with a knowing look at Morgan "I want you to tell one of us immediately."

"Yes sir." Penelope said with a slight blush

Hotch nodded and shot Garcia a pointed look before turning to face the whole team.

"Alright, well Garcia, you need your rest. We're going to go check out Lynch and I need to call the local police so they can post a guard outside your door for the night."

"Hotch, I don't need a guard…"

"Penelope, we aren't positive who did this so until the guy's caught you need protection." JJ said

"Garcia, just rest and don't worry about anything." Emily said before Penelope could protest again

"We'll see you later Pen." Reid said as the four agents made their way to the door. Once there Hotch looked back and noticed Morgan was dragging a chair up to Garcia's bed

"Morgan?" He said getting Derek's attention. He smiled knowingly and continued before the other man could say anything. "We'll call you when we find something." He said and left the two agents with a smile

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