The Best Of Me-Ch 11
As the team raced to the address that Scratch sent Derek they hoped that they would find Fran alive and safe but after what happened to Dave Derek couldn't help but worry. The closer they got to the address the more nervous Derek was getting, what if involving the team would cost him his mom, he couldn't bear it if anything happened to her.
When they were a few miles away from the cut off Reid said, "something's not right", Hotch said, "what do you mean Reid"?, he said, "well we know this is a trap for Morgan but what if Scratch knew that we would all come with him"?, Emily said, "I still don't follow your train of thought Spencer", he said, "what if the plan was to get us away from the real target".
JJ said, "oh no", Hotch said, "what"?, JJ said, "Scratch isn't after Derek, he's after Penelope", Emily said, "so in order to get PG he had to get us all away from the hospital". Reid nodded his head and said, "he knew that we wouldn't endanger Penelope, he knew that we would figure out the code to reverse the trance on the girls".
Hotch said, "and he knew that Derek wouldn't want Penelope to come with us, that he'd want her to stay with his sisters at the hospital", Reid said, "exactly and we fell for it". Hotch pulled out his cell and after a ring Derek said, "yeah Hotch", he said, "turn around, this is a trap, he isn't after you he's after Garcia".
Derek said, "baby girl"?, Hotch put his cell on speaker and said, "he knew that we would figure everything out and he knew that you would want to keep Penelope safe". As they all turned around Derek said, "what about momma"?, Hotch said, "I'll call the locals and get them to get her, right now we need to get back to the hospital, get back to Penelope, Sarah and Desiree".
Penelope and the girls had sat and talked for a little while before she said, "how about I go grab us something to drink"?, the sisters grinned and said, "coffeeeeee" causing Penelope to grin and nod her head in agreement. As she walked out of the room she took a deep breath and looked up at the security detail and said, "keep a close eye on them".
One of the guards said, "I'll go with you mam", she shook her head and said, "no need, I'm just going to the longue around the corner, I'll be fine", before the guard could argue she started walking up the hall away from them. Derek had his truck floored as he raced back to the hospital to save the only woman that had ever owned his heart, his baby girl.
He opened his cell and started dialing her number, he had to warn her, to hear her voice so that he would know she was alright, meanwhile at the hospital Penelope was putting the coffee in the cups when her cell started ringing. She pulled it out of her pocket and smiled when she saw "Hotstuff" flashing on the front of her phone.
As she reached to open it she felt something in her back and a voice saying, "answer it Penelope", she recognized that voice as the voice of Mr. Scratch from a few years before. She swallowed hard and he said, "put it on speaker", she did what she was told and said, "h h hello", Derek said, "baby are you alright"?, he heard a snicker and then a voice that ran his blood run cold as it said, "SHE'S FINE ALRIGHT, SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR BABY GIRL AGENT HOTSTUFF".
Derek said, "don't you hurt her, do you hear me"?, he said, "yes, yes, I hear you but I've also heard the wind blow before", Penelope listened as Scratch said, "tell him goodbye Penelope". She said, "n n no", he pushed the gun into her back and said, "tell him or I'll ruin that beautiful dress of yours when I blow your heart out of your chest".
With tears streaming down her face she said, "goodbye Derek, I love you" and he said, "baby girl, I love you, I love you so much" and the last thing he heard as the call ended was Scratch saying, "awwwwwww" and then everything went quiet.
