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After helping her back onto the bed to rest while everyone rushed around, Derek left to sign all the important things.

After signing everything, the doctor handed him a letter explaining everything, he also stipulated that because of her recent panic attack, she may have another. He took note and put the letter in his back pocket before returning to her room. As he entered he noticed that everything was packed, all that was left were a pair of shoes for Penelope to put on before leaving.

'Rossi's gone to get a wheelchair.' Hotch commented on his absence.

'I do not need a wheelchair.' Garcia added, quietly hoping not to get a response.

'Tough luck sweetheart, your carriage awaits.' Rossi said pushing the wheelchair in the room.

Hotch and Morgan stepped forward to help her into the wheelchair, as soon as she stood she felt a sharp pain race through her chest, realising it had been the longest she had stood, she knew her body couldn't cope and she fell into the support that the two men were providing.

'Pen, you okay?'

'I just need to sit.' She said sounding breathless all of a sudden. In an instance she was on the bed, leaning forward trying to catch her breath. 'I can't stand for too long, it hurts too much.'

'Baby girl, you sure you'll be okay? I don't want you to rush.' Derek kneeled down to see her face looking flushed and ill. 'JJ can you go see if this is normal please.' She just left no questions asked. 'Now look at me, what did it feel like gorgeous?'

'Right across here.' She said whilst demonstrating with her hand. 'I was fine, then it just hit me and I went light headed and couldn't stand any longer.'

'Okay, the nurse said it wasn't an unusual occurrence with bruising and injury to the ribs and chest area, she also said that if we are worried that she has no problems getting the doctor to examine Pen.' She said looking from Derek to Garcia.

'No more doctors, I just want to get home.' Garcia stated with urgency in her voice.

'Well if it persists you are coming straight back you hear?' Hotch demanded as he hated to see the face of pain on their bubbliest member.

'Right let's get you home soon. Me and Hotch will help again but Rossi will bring the chair closer, that way minimal standing, and when we get home, if you feel it again, I'll carry you if I have to.' Derek said with a flirtatious smile on his face.

She smiled, still trying to subsidise the pain. The team waited for her to be ready before setting off.

Later that day

'She's down; she started to shake when we came through the door. I laid with her until she fell asleep.' Derek said after quietly shutting the door.

'Do you think she is going to cope?'

'I'm not sure, it's just a waiting game, I was thinking once she stops getting her headaches, then maybe you two could watch a film with Pen while me and the guys get to changing the locks. I want you all to have a spare key too.'

The team nods but Hotch steps in. 'I would have made it clear that we all have a key Derek.' He pauses. 'Then we have easy access if need be.' Derek just nodded.

'So, how you feeling?' JJ thought it was time Derek needed looking after.

'I'm fine, tired now she's home.'

'Why don't you go to bed, its Friday, we've finished all work, weekends ours, we will just chill and stay here tonight and leave tomorrow morning, we just want you to rest as much as Penelope needs to.'

'Okay but only if you're sure, you know where stuff is if you need it.' He said with a yawn.

'Yes we know, now go.' Hotch said as Derek got up and left.

After an hour, they all relaxed and took places over the room to get some sleep. Derek had handed out all the pillows and blankets he could find and now tiredness was taking over their body. In no time they were all asleep.

Early the next morning, Garcia woke and felt strange, she worried it was another panic attack but then realised she was at home, which scared her until she realised Derek was next to her with his arms securely around her. She also noticed that there was no mass heartbeats or overwhelming feeling. She got up slowly, gasping as she forgot her pains, and headed to the bathroom where she quickly sat down to recover from the short journey. She lifted her top and saw the black, purple and blue bruises all up one side of her. For once she didn't feel the urge to cry and then something clicked, she didn't have the headaches. Of course, there was the immersing pain that flowed through her body when she stood but apart from that her head was no longer pounding.

She had lost track of how long she just sat in the bathroom until there was a knock on the door to bring her back to reality. 'Hey baby girl, you in there?' came a sleepy voice.

'Yeah, I'll be out in a sec, I think I might need your help though, the pains back.'

'In your head...?'

'No, everywhere else.' She stood and made her way to the door, opening it Derek took one of her hands and put the other around her waist to stabilise her. Walking slowly he propped the pillows from the bed up and laid her slowly.

'Need anything? Pain meds, water, food?'

'No thanks, more sleep, maybe something for the pain.'

'Well I'll come and check on you in ten minutes, if you're not asleep by then, I'll get something. I know you don't like how sleepy you get with the pills.' He kissed her forehead before tucking her in and then left, leaving the door slightly ajar.

'Coffee?' Derek said as he walked into the living room, they were of course all up and about and eager for their morning fix. 'She's back in bed, she was in the bathroom, God knows why but she now has pain filling her body, no more headaches.'

'Can we pop in and see her?' Emily and JJ ask in unison. Derek simply nodded, yes.

Seeing her awake, both women go into the room and place themselves either side of Garcia. She says nothing, just stares ahead. They go to say something when she starts. 'I don't know what to do; I'm in so much pain. I don't want to be annoying, or get in the way'

'Pen, you will never be in the way. Let's get you laying down and then one of us will get you some pain meds, Pen you can't go through what you went through and be fine. Your body needs to heal.'

After a small conversation, JJ and Emily got her to agree on the pain meds. JJ stayed while Emily went into the kitchen.

'Can you pass me the pain pills, someone is still being stubborn, and she won't admit to the pain, she thinks she is going to be in the way. Well that's how she feels.' Emily says as she gets a glass from the cupboard.

'Did she really say that?' Reid asked inquisitively.

'Yeah, literally word perfect. She's in loads of pain but she just about brought herself round to admitting that. I think we need to give her these regularly until Monday, that way she might stay rested and off her feet.'

He watched as she rushed back into the room, before walking out into the garden. Hotch soon followed.

'Derek, what's a matter? You can't be blaming yourself for what happened.'

'Well if I had fought back, I could have helped her, but before I knew anything I had been injected with something, and when I woke up, he had her already.'

'You sure you want to talk about it?'

'Yeah I think I need to. I woke up rubbing my arm and I heard dragging and I looked up to see him taking her, so I jumped up except I didn't my body wasn't taking basic commands, I kept trying but then my vision blurred and the next thing I knew I was in a car and then I was in the warehouse and Pen... and Pen wasn't moving, she barely looked like she was breathing. '

'Look, you need to stop the blame game, or it's going to simple eat you away and that's not going to help anyone at all. You need to realise that you saved her, at the end, you were the one who had taken charge, took her life and yours in your own hands. Derek you protected her when you could, you weren't to know that the Unsub would take you.'

'Why? Why did he take us?'

'Too many similarities. There was a previous case, his wife and child were killed in front of him, he was rein-acting it, except I don't think he knew she was pregnant, he was doing the same thing with you what he had to go through. You and Penelope mean more to each other now, he knew by taking you he was taking two vital parts of the team, the family. As well, Emily discovered that Penelope looks like his wife, which meant his attraction to her was inevitably.'

Derek didn't say anything, his mind trying to register what his ears had just heard and then finally spoke. 'Your right I can't blame myself, she's alive, and we have a baby on the way. Like Pen always says, everything happens for a reason.'

'Come on; let's go back inside, breakfast is in order. We have a hard day ahead to keep her in bed.' Hotch said with such truth in his voice.