Hard To Get Back
Chapter 10
Second Explosion
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Derek was walking back to his SUV where he'd left it after he'd chased the guy to the subway. The kid had electrocuted himself right in front of him, the sight was still burned into his brain. He was wanting to get back to where Hotch and Kate were at, he wanted to find way to get them out there but he hoped somebody had already done that.
He'd run about six blocks trying to catch the guy, and that was on top of the already crazy day they'd had. The fight with Hotch in the hotel room, his back was throbbing from the impact of the table still and he'd hit the edge of the bathtub at one point thankfully Will and David had broken the fight up before they could kill each other or do any more damage to the room.
Derek took out his phone calling Pen as he finally made it back to the SUV; he'd gone around the barricade this time once he'd seen that Hotch and Kate were no longer there. "Hey baby girl," he said when she answered.
"How are you doing, handsome?" She asked.
"Just watched a person kill themselves, the bomber is dead," Derek said.
"Are you going to be okay, Angel?" Pen asked.
"I'll be glad when this case is over, I'm on my way to the hospital, somebody picked up Kate and Hotch, I'm going to the closest hospital," he said.
"Okay, I'll let the others know," Penelope said.
"Can you talk to me few more minutes, I know you're busy, but I just need to hear your voice," Derek said.
"Yeah, hot stuff, I can talk to you," Pen said, "I called Haley, just had to know the kids were okay, after you all disconnected earlier I about freaked out, thank god Lisa's here with me," Pen said.
"How are they?" Derek asked.
"Missing their parents," Penelope said, "First thing we're doing is taking few days off spending time with them," She said.
"You got that right, there are few other things I want to talk to you about as well," he said, "But they can wait till this is over, I love you baby girl, I'm almost here, going to hang up now," he said.
"I love you too Derek, never forget that," Penelope said, "I'll tell the others and send Hotch's go back your way case he can get out there," she said before she hung up calling the others letting them know that the Unsub that Derek had chased.
Hotch was trying to get out of the room when Derek got to the nurses station, he ignored the nurse going back to see what the problem was. Hotch was trying to get out of there, "Hey, take it easy," Derek said.
"I have to get out of here," Hotch said.
"Your go back is on its way here, till then just sit down," Derek said and the doctor gave him half smile before he left.
"Don't tell me what to do," Hotch said.
"Well you can't do shit till you have clothes, unless you want to walk around in that," Morgan said point to the hospital gown that Hotch now had on.
"What happened?" he asked taking a seat.
"The guy I went chasing after, he was one the bombers, he planted the bomb," Derek said.
"Why? What good is it to blow our vehicle up, there are others that will continue this," Hotch said running his hand over his face.
"I don't know, and right now I don't give a damn, they were bold enough to plant a bomb under one of our vehicles, it is becoming personal, or they're tired of us getting in the way," Derek said sitting down in the chair stifling a groan.
"What's wrong?" Hotch asked him seeing the way Morgan's face flinched when he'd sat down.
"My boss decided to deck me before he took us both down on a table, that is what is wrong, plus I chased that guy for six blocks into the subway," Derek said, "I'm going to see if they are coming," he said getting back up, "Just don't try and leave the room," he added.
Rossi was going over the case again with Detective Brustin who had stayed behind with him, Reid, JJ, and Emily had went to the hospital to take Hotch change of clothes, and Pen had called them letting them know that Derek wanted them at the hospital. "Maybe we got this wrong," Rossi said, "Why blow up two federal Agents vehicle few blocks away and not do anything where they'd been before?" he asked.
"So the profile is wrong?" Brustin said.
"No, the profile is right, but I think they have a different target," Rossi said.
"Everybody is thinking this is over," Brustin said, "it might be," he added.
"No, why wait to put the bomb under their vehicle; in the last two days they've had plenty of time to kill us, and until earlier today they didn't go after the cops." Rossi said.
"So what are they planning?" Brustin asked.
"I don't know but we have to find out," Rossi said, "I'm going there, Derek said secret service is there for some reason, I can do more there than here," he said before he went to leave.
Fifteen minutes later Hotch was putting on his vest after he'd gotten into some clothes without blood on them. He'd seen the footage of the explosion before Rossi came up to the group. "We gotta figure out what they are planning and fast," he said.
"I drove in here they said the hospital was closed," Hotch said.
"Yeah they wasn't going to let me in either till I showed them my badge," Derek said, "I don't know who they are here with," he said.
"I'll go tell them," JJ said.
"No, I want you to go back and help Brustin out," Rossi said.
"He's right, this goes south I want you far away as possible," Hotch said.
"No arguing either," Derek said looking at JJ when she was going to object.
"Okay, I'm going," JJ said, it was three against one so far and she knew the others would agree with the three as well.
"Why come here when the hospital is on a strict bypass?" Reid asked, "Unless this is where it was going to happen to start with," he said.
"Where is the ambulance I came in on?" Hotch asked the doctor.
"In the basement," the doctor said.
"Morgan go and talk to secret service," Hotch said turning around, "Where did Derek go?" he asked.
"He went after the guy," Rossi said looking at the hospital security camera at the nurses' station which showed Derek running down the stairs, "The medic's going back down too," he added.
"Alone?" Hotch asked him before they all went that way hoping to catch up to Derek.
Derek was taking the stairs two at a time going to the basement, when he got there he found his way to where the ambulance was parked.
"How are you doing?" Penelope asked him over the radio in his ear.
"I'd rather be home with you and the kids right now," Derek said, "Anywhere but here," he said jumping off the delivery platform and onto the garage floor.
"I wish you were anywhere but there too," Pen said.
Derek slowly opened the ambulance back door and the bomb that he saw was not like any he'd seen before. "I gotta get this thing out of here," he said as he got inside looking at it.
"No you don't," Penelope said, "I can't loose you," she added.
"I got no other choice, baby girl, I can't defuse this thing, and it is controlled by a cell phone, one wrong thing and this entire place goes up," Derek said, "How long can you jam the cell signals?" he asked.
"Three minutes tops, that's how long until the satellite is in different location," Penelope said.
"Jam the signal," Derek said getting out and going to the driver door getting inside and hot wiring the ambulance, "I need you to tell everybody I'm coming, and to get out of my way, find me a place to drive so I can let this go off," he said.
"Okay I got a place," Pen said looking at the computer in front of her, "Just drive and I'll give you directions, and Derek you better floor it because I'm not telling our kids that you died because of this bastard, do you understand me," She said trying to keep her emotions in checked.
"I'm not going anywhere baby girl," Derek said as he got the vehicle cranked and hit the gas tearing out the garaged just as the guy got there. He heard the gun shots but he didn't look back he just kept going.
Penelope bit her bottom lip, she was trying her best to wait to cry, but this was terrifying her. "Why does it always have to be you, why can't somebody else do this?" she asked.
"Nobody else is here, baby girl," Derek said the sirens were blaring and he was going as fast as he could, "I want to tell you something, princess," he said.
"No, when you get back here safe then you can," she replied.
"I love you, Penelope Garcia, I've loved you since that night at the bar when I dragged you onto the dance floor so Devon and them couldn't give me their usual surprise for my birthday," Derek said, "You told me about the twins, I couldn't have been happier, I never thought I'd be a dad, but you gave me that, and you gave me our Angels, I love them so much, and I'd die protecting you all," he said.
"Don't you dare say that right now," Penelope said, "You are not going to die do you hear me," she said.
"I plan on coming back to you, baby girl, you don't have to worry, but there is always that possibility," Derek said, "You three are my entire world, I wouldn't change any of the last five plus years," he said, "You showed me that not everything in this world is full of darkness, you gave me piece of my heart and soul back that I thought I lost so long ago, and every morning when I wake up beside you I don't want to ever get out of the bed," he said.
"Derek, I love you too, but please be smart, you have under a minute," Penelope said.
"One more thing, you Penelope are my,"
"Derek there isn't much time," she said.
Derek hit the gas speeding up until he was pushing eighty-five he opened the door looking at the field in front of him soon as he was happy with where he was he jumped out hitting the ground tucking and rolling away as the ambulance kept going until it finally went up in explosion. He was trying to catch his breath, his back had already been hurting again from earlier and he'd just jumped out of a moving vehicle that was going over eight at the time.
"Derek Morgan you had better answer me or I swear I will hurt you," Penelope yelled into his ear.
"Tone it down woman, I'm not trying to have the same problem Hotch has at the moment," he said slowly standing up limping slightly and holding his shoulder, "You Penelope are my God Given Solace, and don't you ever stop talking to me," he said.
"You're going to have to give me a minute, because I'm mad at you right now," She said wiping the tears away.
"I can wait, baby girl, but I'm going to need a ride back because I'm not walking this far back," Derek said.
"I'll get JJ to come and get you," Pen said.
"No, I want you to come and get me baby girl, by the time you get here you won't be mad, and I'm really going to need some kisses," Derek said with smile.
"I'll be there in few minutes, handsome," Pen said with smile before she took the head phones off and picked up her cell phone calling Derek's cell, "I'm on my way," she said before walking out of the room telling Lisa she'd be back soon as she could.
"Take care of him, I'll be fine," Lisa said.
"I'll get the other stuff tomorrow," Penelope said before she left to go and get Derek from where he was at.
TBC
AN: Hope you enjoyed one more chapter in NY then they are back home.