Battered And Bruised-Ch 4
Hotch, Emily, JJ and Dave were waiting on the others and Emily said, "wonder what Reid wanted to talk to us about"?, JJ shrugged her shoulders and said, "no idea, he didn't breathe a word to me". Dave said, "it must be really important to the kid because he's never asked for us to meet", Hotch nodded his head in agreement and said, "as Garcia would say my spidey sense is tingling and that ain't good".
They all looked at the door and watched as Reid, Derek and Penelope walked into the room, Dave said, "kitten are you alright"?, Penelope said, "I need to talk to you, to all of you". Derek closed the door and then stepped closer to his baby girl and wrapped his arm around her for support as they walked up to the table to sit down.
Penelope said, "first off I'm sorry that I didn't tell you all sooner so please forgive me for that", Emily said, "forgive you for what PG"?, she looked over at Derek and then at Reid and took as deep a breath as she could with her hurt ribs before she opened her mouth to speak. She said, "Sam has been beating and raping me for months and last night when I got home 2 hours later than he thought I should be home he did it again".
Dave said, "he's a dead man", Hotch nodded his head in agreement and said, "and they'll never find the body", JJ reached out and took her by the hand and said, "Garcie I'm so sorry for what he did to you and trust me when I say he's gonna pay". Hotch said, "you went to the hospital right"?, she shook her head and said, "no and now their's no point because I took a bubble bath a few hours ago".
Emily said, "you need to go Garcia because your bruises and cuts need to be documented and they can do a pregnancy test and give you the morning after pill when the pregnancy test comes out negative". Penelope covered her mouth with her hands and said, "oh no", Derek said, "what is it baby girl"?, she said, "what if the test turns out positive, what if I'm pregnant by a rapist"?, JJ said, "why don't you wait and see what the test says before you start worrying, okay"?, she gently squeezed JJs hand and said, "okay Jayje".
Hotch said, "and you're going to file charges, right"?, she said, "I want to but", Dave said, "you need to press them kitten and don't worry he won't hurt you ever again and that's a promise from papa bear". She weakly smiled and said, "thanks everybody, I really appreciate everything", JJ said, "that's what family is for Garcie, now let's get you to the ER and get you checked out so you can press those charges", she nodded her head and as she stood up she grabbed her ribs and said, "owww owwww owww".
Derek said, "you need to get those ribs checked out to, you might have a few cracked or broken", she said, "I feel so ashamed", Hotch put his hand gently on her shoulder and said, "you didn't do anything wrong Garcia" as they headed out of the room. As they stepped onto the elevator and the doors started to close Dave pulled his cell out and sent a text and then smiled as he put his cell back into his pocket.
As they were walking toward the cars Dave leaned in to Hotch and said, "I just called a friend of mine who's watching my cabin and asked him to fill the the fridge and bring in some firewood for me". Hotch smiled and said, "the best thing for her is to get her as far away from here and Sam as possible", Dave nodded his head in agreement and said, "she needs to feel safe again and after everything Sam has done it might take a while".
Dave watched as Derek and Reid helped her into the car and he said, "then we need to let her know that we'll always be here for her", Hotch put his hand on Daves shoulder and said, "I couldn't have said it better myself" as they continued walking closer to the others. The ride to the hospital didn't take long and soon they were walking through the front door.
JJ and Emily walked with Penelope over to the nurses desk and after flashing their badges they quickly got Penelope took back to get checked out, Derek wanted to go with her but after everything she had been through he was afraid to push her so he sat out front in the waiting room with Hotch, Dave and Reid as they patiently waited for news on how she's doing.