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A/N: Shorter chapter than usual =)

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Desiree Morgan had always been an off character to new people but the moment she met Penelope something changed in her, she wanted to know more, protect the woman she barely knew and she knew it was all down to fact that Penelope had risked her life in order to save her.

From the emotions she'd seen on her brother she knew that when Penelope was involved she'd be second best and to be trumped by Penelope she couldn't care less. Now she wanted Penelope to wake up so she could thank her and show her the family she had gathered from doing one major gesture. The people from both Quantico and Chicago.

She'd watched her brother, it'd been 2 days since Des had fled the cabin and since Penelope had been given back to them and they were all waiting on Penelope to wake up. Derek's patience had been tested multiple times, he'd near enough shattered into a billion pieces when they were told she was rushed to surgery and then there was the wait. The turmoil her brother had sat through for that was the biggest killer; she had praised the fact that she had been admitted because she knew she'd have been a mess too had she sat in a waiting room.

She remembered when her mom and sister came into her room with an update and they'd looked at her sadly, already in the room was Fran's sister and brother, as well as Derek and his sister's dad's brother and Sarah's husband, all wanting news on the woman that had kept their family together. They'd all listened and felt the urge to get to Derek. "They're not sure when she'll wake up, it was a risk they had to take with the surgery to make sure they could stabilise her. Her head injuries and the anaesthetics made it problematic but they had to fix her lung before it collapsed completely." Fran had said her two daughter's hands in hers as she spoke. "She had some minor internal tears they had to fix too; they really couldn't delay it so they did a CT scan before rushing Penelope to surgery. She's got some partial swelling and a lot of contusions that would've caused a concussion and now it's her brains way of helping her fix the problem, they'll keep her on some sedatives but when she's showing signs of it they'll take her off the sedatives and allow her to wake up completely."

"If it's helping then she'll wake up, I mean her staying unconscious."

Fran shook her head. "The mix of anaesthetics just slow the brain process, she should be fine as long as she remains stable for the next 24, maybe 48 hours." Desiree slipped her hand away and ran it over head in frustration. "She'll remain on a ventilator for a couple of days but this way her body doesn't have to worry about breathing, it can focus on healing the breaks and post-op wounds."

Now, since Des had been released the day before she had stuck it out in Penelope's room with Derek, Fran, Hotch and Rossi. "Derek, you look tired."

With that said Derek ran a hand over his head and looked at her. "I'm fine, honest, I just want her back." Des couldn't argue with that, not now. "I'm not leaving until she wakes up. She's not going to be alone."

Derek's eyes watched the nurse as she came in and monitored Penelope for the umpteenth time that day, he knew the routine now. First it'd be her pulse, then her BP, then the IV's would be checked, then the ventilator tube that was feeding her with breath, then the reactivity of her pupils and finally the ICP from hitting her head would be checked. Derek knew the only way they'd stop the small dosage of sedatives would be after when the inter-cranial pressure had stabilised.

The nurse looked at him and smiled; she then left the room and went to the nurse's station. Derek sat up alert, he knew something was up, she never left that fast. Hotch looked at him questioningly. "Derek?"

"Something's wrong, she did something different."

"What?"

"I don't know, something's changed." He stood up and turned and saw the nurse and doctor coming back. "What's happened?"

"Nothing, we might be able to take Ms Garcia off the sedatives and ventilator." Fran pulled Derek from the room then as the others went outside to let the doctor have all the room he needed. Desiree remained frozen by the door and all Derek did was step forward and slip his hand in hers, they're own little support connection sticking strong.

The doctor came out a little while later and smiled. "You can go back in, we'll keep her monitored but she's reacting to stimuli better now and she's stabled out fully so we'll just let her wake up naturally."

"So she's going to be okay?" Derek asked hopeful.

"I'd say yes but again, it's when she wakes up." They thanked the doctor and headed back in, taking their seats and waiting it out.

Penelope opened her eyes, it was light outside and she could hear people around her, she could just register the bleeping she knew as a heart monitor and then she heard her name and she looked to where she knew it was and saw Derek, if not a little blurry. "Hey baby girl." He said as he learnt over her and she felt an ease settle around her. "Good to see you wake up." He watched her put a hand to her head and close her eyes tightly with evident pains. "You got a few knocks to your head."

"We'll see if it's knocked any sense into me shall we?" Penelope said dryly and gave him the best smile she could manage and as she did she could see him relax as he let a little laugh out.

Noticing her getting tired again and not being surprised, Fran stood up. "Penelope I think it's best you get some sleep." Penelope looked at her as she stepped next to her. "We'll talk about everything when you're more awake, but you get some rest dear." Derek looked at his mom after Penelope had fallen to sleep and smiled. "You need to show that woman who her family is before she does another selfless thing to suit another and it doesn't end this well."

"She's going to know don't you worry." Derek said with so much certainty, now she'd woken up he was stronger than he was and he wasn't going to let Rodney take that from him. If anything he had to owe Rodney a thank's for opening his eyes to what he felt he'd lost with Penelope but he also knew he wouldn't just let this lie, he wanted some form of revenge.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Chapter Seven -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

A/N: A lot of you have mentioned you want to see Morgan exact revenge so I'm thinking I'm gonna give you what you want soon! =)