Carbon Copy-Ch 11

Derek squeezed Penelopes hand as they sat there and listened to Mandy's side of the conversation, Mandy took a deep breath and said, "are you sure Paul"?, he took a deep breath and said, "unfortunately yes, I am sitting here watching the video footage right now". Mandy listened as Paul described everything that he was seeing on the screen.

Mandy rubbed her temple and said, "can you send that to me on my cell and let me see it"?, Paul said, "sure no problem", she could hear his fingers hitting the keys and a few minutes later he said, "I sent it Mandy". She said, "let me check out this footage and if anything else comes up please call me", he was watching the screen and said, "will do Mandy", with that the call ended".

She pulled up the video and sat there watching as the "stabbing" took place, she looked up at Penelope and said, "this footage is very damning Penelope, very damning indeed". She sent the video to her computer and then turned it around and let the three of them watch the footage, Penelope jumped up and said, "that's not me, I would never hurt Molly".

Mandy said, "you know her"?, Penelope said, "yes she is a good friend, I ran into her inside the store and we talked for a few minutes while Derek was parking the car, she caught me up to date on a few people that we use to hang with". Mandy stopped the footage and said, "Penelope, I need to know everything about that part of your life and I mean everything, you can't leave anything out".

She looked at Derek and Hotch and the took a deep breath and Mandy said, "we are fighting for your life here Penelope and anything or anybody that might hurt your case I definitley need to know about them". She nodded her head and opened her mouth and started telling Mandy everything about her time underground and then she informed the three of them everything that Molly had said.

Mandy said, "you said that Derek was outside parking the car right"?, she sat back in the chair and said, "yes, that's right", Mandy bit down on her bottom lip and said, "if there was only the two of you around that part of the store then you have no alibi or witness that what you are saying is true". She said, "you have to believe me Mandy I never hurt Molly".

Mandy sat back against the chair and said, "oh Penelope I believe you, I honestly believe that you are being framed, but we need to figure out who and how", Hotch said, "Penelope is the best analyst that the FBI has, maybe she can work her magic and see what she can find out". Mandy said, "that might work, we need to let you run the footage through your computers and see if you can see anything wrong with the footage, something like lighting being off or something wrong in the picture, anything that would help your case".

Mandy said, "can you do it from here"?, she nodded her head and said, " I sure can, I can pull the information from the BAU computers, I just need a computer and then we are a go". Mandy smiled and said, "alright I need you three to follow me to the conference room and I will get you set up with everything that you will need to do your searches".

Hotch looked at Mandy and said, "if there is anybody that can find a problem with the footage it would be Penelope", Mandy stood up and motioned for the trio to follow her up the hall to the conference room. Once they got inside Penelope told her everything that she would need and Mandy wrote it down and said, "I will be back in a few minutes with everything you need", she then turned and headed out of the room.

Penelope walked over to the window and looked down at the street and sighed, a few seconds later she felt Dereks arms wrap around her waist, he kissed the top of her head and said, "we will find out who is doing this goddess, I promise". She turned around in his arms and laid her head on his chest and said, "whoever is doing this to me is gonna pay Derek".

He ran his hand up and down her back and said, "you got that shot right baby girl, they are definitely gonna pay", Hotch walked over and said, "is there any chance that this Chad had something to do with the frame up"?, she sighed and said, "when we were all underground together he was a viscious man, so it definitley wouldn't surprise me if he were".

Hotch said, "think back Penelope to the store, did you see or hear anyone"?, she thought back and said, "nobody that I can remember bossman, hopefully with the footage from the store I will be able to find something". Hotch said, "one thing I can say is that whoever is doing this is very good", she nodded her head and said, "yes they are, Chad, Sophie and Molly were all good with computers so Chad could definitley put this together".

Derek said, "we need to try and find this Chad", Penelope said, "I can try but it won't be easy, when he wants to hide he does", Mandy walked into ther room pushing everything Penelope would need to start her searches. Penelope watched as the tech set everything up for her, she then sat down at the table and pulled up the footage and sat there watching it again hoping to find something that would help prove her innocence