Spencer was beyond furious when he got the call from the DC police that Christi had been arrested. He nearly ran into Nathan, but the other man saw him and hurried away. Picking up Christi he informed her that she was grounded for three months, no car, no computer, no cell phone, no friends, grounded from everything. She was also no longer to go on a retreat the school was putting on. It was now a week later and Nathan was sitting in the DC police station he worked at and reading a report. All of a sudden, his cell phone rang.
"Williams," he answered.
"He's dead, you're no longer in danger," came his partners voice.
"What? What do you mean? Do you mean Jimmie Peak is dead?" he asked not wanting to get his hopes up.
"Yes, that's exactly what I mean. I was the one positively identified him. I just ran his prints to get a confirmation match, and they came back. It's a match. Jimmie Peak is dead."
"Are you absolutely sure?" he asked. He could feel his hopes rising. He'd finally be able to be with Spencer and Christi.
"Yes, Nathan, I'm sure. I'm just about to call Agent Hotchner and tell him what's going on so he can figure out how to get you back to Virginia and reunited with your family," his partner answered.
"Thank you for everything, Jake. I know I've not always been the easiest person to work with," the African-American man admitted.
"No, you haven't, but I don't blame you. Well I'm going to call Agent Hotchner. He will be calling you shortly. Can I give you one last bit of advice?"
"Sure what is it?"
"Take it slowly with your family and your team. Only Agent Hotchner knows you've been alive all these years. The rest of them are bound to be very angry at you and him if it gets out that he knew," Jake said.
"I know, thanks, call Hotch. I'll be waiting to hear from him."
"Goodbye, Agent Morgan, you were one hell of a partner."
£Later that nigh£
Hotch had asked everyone to stay late for a bit and that he had something to show them. Hotch was pacing around in his office running his hand through his hair unsure of how the team was going to react mainly Reid and Christi. He looks up and sees Jake and Derek walking into the BAU bullpen. He was thankful the team wasn't back from getting lunch yet or things would have blown up.
He leaves his office and then goes down there and meets up with them.
"Hey Derek how does it feel to be back home?"
"It feels good. I'm just worried on how Spence and Christi are going to react. More Spencer than anyone. And maybe Christi. I think she just may throw a huge fit after what happened last week."
"I heard. Spencer was furious. He grounded her for three months taking everything away from her."
Derek sighs and nods.
"Okay the team should be getting back and Spencer should have Christi with him. Go and wait in the conference room and I'll bring the team up there."
Derek nods and goes and sits up in the conference room fidgeting.
The team gets there a few moments later and Christi is with them and she looked tired.
"Okay Hotch what's up with us having to hang around for a bit?" JJ asks.
"Follow me up to the conference room." He said.
They all looked at each other and shrug then follow him. They get into the conference room and they all look at Derek.
"Hotch what's Nathan doing here?"
"It's Derek. He's been in hiding these past seventeen years. There a major drug lord that wanted him dead from his undercover days from before he came to the BAU that wanted him dead and he was just recently murdered the drug lord so Derek is back. While he was in hiding he was working undercover again."
"So that case it was really Derek there?" Reid asks.
Hotch nods.
"And he was that bit…cop that practically tackled me last week?" Christi asks.
Hotch nods and tears come rushing to her eyes and she runs of the room and out of the building.
"I'll go and talk to her." Garcia said following after Christi.
Garcia finds her on the roof where she knows where Christi goes to think and she finds her sitting curled up in a ball sobbing her heart out. Garcia goes over to her and sits next to her and holds her close to her.
"It's okay honey. Things are going to be okay. Do you want to stay with me for a few days?"
"If Papa allows me too. I just can't be home right now."
"Okay sweetie come on let's get back inside it's gonna start snowing again." Garcia said.
Christi nods and gets up and they head back inside.
They get back inside and Garcia leads Christi into the break room to get some hot chocolate into her as she was shivering.
"Why didn't you tells Aaron!" Emily growls.
"I couldn't or it would have put Derek's life in danger. We had to keep it a secret. Especially if we wanted to keep Reid and Christi alive as this drug dealer would have murdered them as well. So we had no choice but keeping it a secret." Hotch said.
"She still dyes her hair black and with those pink streaks?" Derek asks speaking for the first time.
"Yea she does." Reid says quietly unsure of what to say or do.
"Spence I never wanted to go but if I meant keeping you and Christi alive it was worth it. But when Hotch called and said that you were in the hospital after what Riggo I did told Jake to go and fuck himself and I came down here. You weren't dreaming. I just told you that to make you think that so that my cover wasn't blown."
Spencer nods and goes over to him and hugs him tightly as the tears he had been holding back. Derek hugs him back and cries as well.
After a few moments Derek pulls back says, "Where's Garcia and Christi?"
"Break room most likely. Whenever Christi gets really upset she goes and sits on the roof of wherever she is to think and calm down. And it's snowing outside so Garcia mostly likely made Christi her famous hot chocolate and is probably still talking to her to calm her down. Derek she's really upset right now. She needs to calm down and figure things out." JJ said.
"I don't know if I should go in there and talk to her or what."
"You should go and talk to her." Reid said.
Derek nods and goes into the break room to talk to Christi and maybe hopefully Garcia.
Derek gets there and clears his throat and Garcia looks up from where she was sitting on the couch against the farthest wall. Christi was sound asleep with her head on Garcia's shoulder and tear tracks on her face. Garcia was running her finger through the sleeping teens hair.
"How are you doin' baby girl?"
"I'm okay. She's the one who's really hurt. She's upset that she's been lied to all her life. Derek she's gotten into fights and beaten up at school because she's adopted and…" she trialed off knowing he would get the rest.
"She can't win. First it happens when she an infant and it's still happening."
"She has one hell of a right hook though." Garcia grins.
"What do you mean?"
"Rossi and Hotch were at her school one day when one of her fights happened and she hit one of the soccer players and she broke his jaw."
"really?" Derek asks surprised.
"Yea. He was being an ass and tried to grab my ass so I turned around hit him in the jaw. Broke his jaw and my hand and that got me suspended for two weeks but it was worth it." Christi says with her eyes still closed but answering her fathers one worded question.
"You're just like me. Not taking anybody's shit and always getting into fights at school. Which by the way where are you going to school?"
"Baker Academy." She says with a yawn and snuggles into her "aunt's" embrace falling back asleep.
"That's a good school." Derek smiles.
"Reid respected your wishes in her going to a good school like that." Pen said as Derek scoops up Christi gently so that he doesn't wake her up. Garcia stood up and Derek laid her back down on the couch as Reid comes in.
"Why don't we go back to the house and talk? Catch up on things." Reid said.
Derek smiles and nods. Reid and goes and pulls Derek to him and kisses him.
Christi wakes up and peaks one eye open and says, "Okay please get a room! I don't want to be in the room when you two go at it like jack rabbits!"
Derek and Spencer burst out laughing when she says that then Derek looks at her and says, "And tomorrow we'll talk about getting that thing removed off of your back."
"Thing? What thing!" she asks. She knew he was talking about her tattoo but Spencer didn't know about since she went behind his back and got it.
She looks over at Spencer and he was glaring at her.
"Christina Lynn Reid-Morgan what thing!" Spencer says.
"Wellllll…" she smiles innocently.
"You mean you don't know Spence?"
"Apparently not." He says.
"She's got ink on her back."
"Like pen ink?"
"No. Ink like my left and right arms are ink."
"You went behind my back and got a tattoo! When!"
"When I was sixteen." She says with an innocent smile and tries to pull her 'please don't be mad at me because I'm cute' look.
"What of and why the hell would you do that! Don't you know the statistics of getting hepatitis b!"
"No I don't know the stupid statistics and why don't you look for your self!" she says rolling up her shirt reliving her back and the tattoo.
"There happy now!" she asks fighting back tears and pushes past them and storming out of there in tears of hurt, frustration and just plain upset.
Garcia, JJ and Emily all see and throw matching glares at Reid knowing he was the reason she was in tears this time.
"JJ and me take Christi you take Reid?" Emily says addressing Pen.
"You got it sweetie." She said.
Emily and JJ follow Christi up to the roof after making a small pit stop to candy and soda machines and to get their jackets, scarves, gloves and boots.
They get there and find her sitting out on the snow covered roof without her jacket, scarf, gloves or boots and she was shivering violently.
"Hey sweetie." JJ said sitting down next to Christi shrugging off her coat and wrapping it around her shoulders since she had a long sleeved shirt and two sweaters on.
"H-h-h-h-hi an-an-an-an-and th-th-th-thanks." She said through chattering teeth.
"You should warm up with my coat. Why don't we go inside and talk in my office?" JJ offers.
"Sure." She says.
JJ and Emily help Christi to her feet and inside.
They get into the warm building and right over to JJ's office.
"Okay sweetie what's the matter?" Emily asks.
"Papa found out my tattoo and went ballistic. Daddy is okay with it but Papa went ballistic and asked me if I knew the statistics of getting hepatitis b and why I would do it and when. He just doesn't understand me. He raised me yet he doesn't understand me!" she says in tears.
"oh honey." JJ says hugging her.
"Would you and Will mind if I stay with you for a few days?" she asks.
"Not all. I was about to head home. We can stop by your and Papa's place so that we can get you some clothes and you uniforms and everything else."
"Thanks JJ." She says as Derek comes in.
"hey baby girl. You doing okay?"
"Yea, I'm gonna stay with Aunt JJ, Uncle Will and Henry for few days or so. I just can't be around Papa right now."
"It's okay baby girl I understand." He said giving her a hug.
"I'm sorry daddy, you're just getting back and I'm leaving for a few days or so. I feel bad."
"Don't feel bad. It's fine."
She smiles and nods.
"Ready to go?" JJ asks.
"Yup." She says.
They head out and head over to her house first then they head over to JJ and Will's. By the time they get there Christi is sound asleep in the passenger seat. Will comes out and carries her inside and places her on the bed in the guest room. XXXX
Meanwhile with Garcia and Reid.
"What the hell were you thinking making her cry?" the computer tech scolded.
"She went behind my back and got a tattoo. What the hell else am I supposed to do, Garcia?"
"Let her explain, did you even see what the tattoo was?" she countered.
"Not completely, she showed me but I was to angry to look. I just can't believe she'd get a tattoo," he declared.
"It's a memorial tattoo for me," Derek said as he entered Garcia's office.
"A memorial tattoo for you?" Garcia asked.
"Yeah, it's got my birthday and my date of "death" on it," he explained.
"Man, now I feel stupid. I guess I should have let her explain herself," Reid said regretfully.
"Yes, you should have," Derek agreed.
"Where is she now?" Garcia wondered.
"JJ took her back to her house. She's staying with her, Will, and Henry for a couple days. She needs to cool down for she talks to you, Spence," Derek explained. Spencer nodded he knew he'd messed up, and he just hoped they'd be able to fix it.
TBC?