Without A Trace-Ch 7
Keisha laughed as she listened to her uncle Reid tell her a story, the way he emphasized the words was hilarious to her, she clapped her hands and said,
"mowe mowe unca weed". Reid said, "welllllll how about I tell you the story about the beautiful princess and her trip to the ball", she nodded her head and said, "pweaseeeee".
Derek said, "baby girl how long have the two of you been walking", she said, "it seemed like a long long time, I'm not really sure", he said, "that's alright baby, that's alright". The medics started toward her and she started screaming and holding her hands up saying, "no no please don't touch me,
please don't".
Derek turned around and quickly filled them in on the situation and the medics nodded their heads and one of them who was named Mark said, "it's alright mam we won't touch you okay". She nodded her head as they stepped closer, Mark said, "can you tell us do you have any open wounds anywhere", she looked at Derek and then said, "y y yes".
Mark said, "can you tell me where they are"?, she said, "all over my ba back and hips", the other medic Todd said, "can you tell us what happened to give you the wounds mam"?, she said, "lea leather whips". Mark looked down at her wrists and said, "is that what they used to restrain your wrists with to"?, she shook her head and said, "no they used handcuffs and ropes".
Derek looked up to see the team pulling up, he said, "our team is here and we have two female agents would it be okay if they help you with her"?, Mark said, "if that is what makes her comfortable we are fine with it". He looked at Penelope and said, "is it okay sweetness if JJ and Emily help the medics with you"?, she said, "y y yes".
He motioned for JJ and Emily to come over to them and she halfheartedly smiled when she saw her friends, JJ said, "is it okay if I hug you"?, she looked down at the ground and nodded her head yes. JJ hugged her and said, "we've missed you Garcie", she said, "I've mi mi missed you to", Emily said, "would it be okay if I hugged you to"?, she nodded her head yes".
JJ looked at the Mark and said, "what can we do to help"?, Mark said, "we need to get a set of vitals but she doesn't want to be touched by men right now, which is totally understandable". JJ said, "Em how about I take her blood pressure and you check her pulse and respirations"?, Emily said, "how about you sit down on the gurney okay PG"?, she took a few steps and sat down on the gurney and watched as her friends gently touched her to check her vitals.
A few minutes later Derek heartbrokenly said, "baby girl do you want JJ and Emily to ride with you in the ambulance"?, she said, "I don't want to hurt you Derek". He said, "you won't hurt me sweetness, we want to do what you want us to do and if the girls going with you is what you want then I'm fine with it".
She looked at JJ and Emily and said, "would you please ride with me"?, the girls looked at each other and then at her and said, "of course we will honey". The medics said, "we need you to lay down on the gurney mam so we can get you loaded into the ambulance", she looked at them and said, "I need to talk to Keisha first, she'll be scared without me".
JJ said, "who's Keisha"?, Derek smiled proudly and said, "our daughter", they both turned around to see a beautiful girl with dark hair laughing in Reids arms. JJ said, "ohhhhh Garcie she's beautiful", she said, "thanks Jayje, it turns out that I was almost 3 months along when I was taken", JJ put her hand on Penelopes stomach and said, "and this baby"?, she closed her eyes and said, "belongs to one of my attackers, his name is Scott".
Derek motioned for Reid to bring Keisha back to Penelope, he put her gently into her moms lap and Penelope said, "honey momma is gonna go for a ride with these nice men and your auntie JJ and Emily". Keishas bottom lip started to quiver and Penelope said, "it's okay honey, you are going to be in the car right behind momma with your daddy and uncle Reid".
Keisha said, "tan unca weed tell me noder towy"?, Reid smiled and said, "I will tell you stories as long as you want me to", she smiled and said, "awe you awite momma"?, Penelope kissed the little girl on the forehead and said, "as long as you are safe momma is fine". Keisha hugged her momma tightly and said, "I lub you momma".
Penelope said, "I love you to princess and momma will see you in a little bit okay"?, she nodded her head and said, "otay momma", as they started moving the gurney Penelope said, "be a good girl for daddy and uncle Reid okay"?, she said, "I will momma". Penelope said, "go to daddy", Derek then reached and got the little girl and they stood there watching and waving as they loaded Penelope into the back of the ambulance.
Penelope waved and blew her a kiss and Keisha laid her head on Dereks shoulder and watched as the ambulance pulled away from the scene.