Paradise Lost

A/N: Thanks for all the faves, follows and reviews. I apologise immensely for my lack of updates, but as I have said in the past few chapters, I am currently sans laptop and now, for some reason, my tablet won't allow me to update so I am having to resort to my iPod and it's tiny screen. So without further ado, here is chapter 9.

Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing with them.

Chapter Nine

Derek Morgan wasn't usually a rash man, but when he answered the phone call from Emily about JJ and upon hearing Henry in the background he knew, without a doubt, that he needed to be there. He needed to help Hotch and Reid deal with themonster that had pulled the wool over all their eyes.

Unfortunately, the phone call had sent his companion into a fit of uncontrollable hysterics.

Penelope Garcia was very protective of the people she considered her family and, more often than not, went into full on mama bear mode, no matter how detrimental it could be to her health. Now, Derek's only option was to take Penelope with him. At least she could help Emily take care of Henry while he helped deal with Will.

"I can't believe Will would do this," Penelope said as she climbed into Derek's SUV. "Why didn't I see this before?"

"Hey, hey, Baby Girl," Derek soothed as he ran his hand through the normally bubbly blonde's hair. "I know that what Will has done is awful, but let's focus on the positive things. Henry was smart to contact Reid for help and we're getting them out of that house before Will can harm a single hair on Henry's head.

"Yeah," Penelope sniffed, then she brightened slightly. "And Emily's in town. With Reid."

"Let's just leave them be," Derek said as he sped towards JJ's. "They can tell us when they're ready. Now get in touch with Rossi and Blake and let them know what's going on. Tell them they don't necessarily need to come and help, but since the team is like a family they deserve to be told about this so that they can be there to support them."

Penelope nodded her head and dished her phone out of her bag. She then proceeded to make her phone calls. She also decided that it would be best if someone left a message with Strauss' office so that she wasn't calling them to chase up reports or send them on another case any time soon.

"Seriously, that woman needs to get a life."

"What's that, Baby Girl?" Derek asked, a slight smirk gracing his features. He had an idea who Penelope was talking about, but he didn't want to assume anything.

"Strauss," Penelope said in return, confirming Derek's suspicions. "I thought I should leave her a message because it's obvious she will be calling us all for our reports or sending us off on another case in the morning, despite we've been ordered to have a weekend's respite from it all. She was just about bearable when she was with Rossi but after she relapsed and they broke it off she's been like Bitch: The Sequel. Maybe I can work on getting them back together..."

"Whoa, slow down, Baby Girl," Morgan said feeling a little bit lost. "Rossi and Strauss were together?"

"Oh yeah," Penelope smiled. rare member that convention Reid end I went to after Kevin and I broke up the first time?" Derek nodded and smiled, he definitely remembered the convention. Penelope looked sweet in her little costume. "Well, we saw them coming out of the same hotel just Minutes apart and both of them had the obvious walk of shame look on their faces. When Boy Wonder and I confronted him about it, Rossi tried to claim he had been at a wine or whiskey thing the night before. It was all quite funny."

Derek just smiled and shook his head. He couldn't wait to grill Rossi on that one. But that could wait for the time being. His mainpriority was getting to JJ's safely while trying to figure out what he was going to do to that lowlife rat that tried to pass himself off as a decent human being.

William LaMontagne Jr was going to pay for hurting someone Derek Morgan loved like a little sister.