Carbon Copy-Ch 12
Mandy was amazed at how fast and organized Penelope was on the computer, no wonder the FBI wanted her, she was absolutely the best data analyst she had ever seen in her life. Penelope watched the footage over and over untiil she finally noticed something off in the tape, she pointed to the screen and said, "right here behind Molly in the alley, do you see the can and then a second later you don't"?, Mandy looked at her and said, "yeah".
Penelope smiled and said, "that means that the video was spliced together", Mandy said, "meaninggggggg", Penelope said, "meaning that whoever did this messed up so I can almost guarantee that whoever spliced this video it wasn't Chad". Hotch said, "do you notice anything else Penelope"?, she restarted the footage from the start and played it in slow motion and when she did that Hotch said, "right there, pause it".
Penelope looked at him and said, "what is it bossman what do you see"?, he said, "look at when "you" supposedly stab Molly", Penelope smiles and says, "where did the knife go"?, Mandy smiled and said, "so that is two mess ups so far". Penelope said, "when can we get the footage from inside the store"?, Mandy said, "Paul said that he would send it to me just as soon as he could get it".
No sooner did she finish what she said than her cell started beeping letting her know that she had a message, she pulled out her cell and said, "it's another video from Paul". Penelope said, "send it to me and I will pull it up and we can watch it", Mandy smiled as she mashed a few buttons and Penelope smiled and said, "I've got it, now give me a couple of secondsssss anddddddddd, here we go".
They all watched as Molly walked into the store and on the other side of the room you can clearly see Penelope looking at clothes, both ladies look at clothes for a few minutes before they bump into each other. Mandy watches as the two stand and talk for a few minutes, they watch as they hug and then Molly leaves, Penelope sighs and says, "how much do you want me to watch"?, Mandy opened her mouth to say that was enough when they watch the screen and see "Penelope", walking out of the store.
Penelope looks up at everybody and says, "that never happened, I never left the store, Derek came into the store and we finished shopping and then we went and got some breakfast before coming here". Mandy looked at Derek and said, "where was Penelope when you came into the store"?, Derek looked at her and said, "she was over by the dresses".
Hotch looked at Penelope and said, "how long was it after Molly left the store did Derek come inside"?, Penelope thought for a minute and said, "it was about 3 or 4 minutes I think". Hotch pulled out his cell and Mandy said, "who are you calling"?, Hotch took a deep breath and said, "I'm calling the rest of my team, they are all the best at what they do and maybe they can help".
Mandy leaned over Penelopes shoulder and watched as the one figure stabbed the other one and then they watched as the body was dragged away and then the screen switched back inside the store and you see Derek walk over to Penelope and wrap his arms around her waist. Penelope said, "the only part that happened was the part where Derek walked over and wrapped his arms around me".
Derek looked up at Mandy and said, "how bad is this"?, Mandy looked up at him and said, "it's bad Derek, very very bad", Penelope said, "but it is obvious that some of this footage is put together". Mandy sighed and said, "and I will argue that but all of this proof looks very very bad for you Penelope", she put her face in her hands and started to cry.
Derek got down beside her and said, "we will prove that you were framed baby girl, I promise", she looked at Derek with tears streaming down her face and said, "you can't promise that Derek, you know that I could spend the rest of my life in jail for something that I didn't do". He caresssed the side of her face and said, "no you won't goddess, you won't, no matter what I have to do".
Hotch got off his cell and walked over and said, "the team will be here in a few minutes", Mandy looked at Hotch and said, "do you have any ideas"?, Hotch sighed and said, "as a matter of fact I do". He sat down in front of Penelope and said, "do you trust me"?, she wiped her eyes and said, "definitely", he said, "I have an idea but I don't think that you are gonna like it".
Derek looked up at him and said, "what's your idea"?, Hotch looked up and said, "Penelope needs to be sent back to jail", Derek's mouth flew open and he said, "WHAT, YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS". Hotch stood up and said, "listen to me Derek, just please listen", Penelope stood up and intertwined her fingers with Dereks and said, "we need to listen to his idea hotstuff".
Derek took a deep breath and said, "what's your idea"?, he looked at the three of them and said, "we can have Penelope put in protective custody and Derek you can stay with her the entire time to protect her". Derek smiled and said, "ok, well that part I like, but", he looked at Hotch and said, "I get it, you are wanting the unsubs to think that they are getting away with this, they will let their guard down and mess up".
Hotch nodded his head and said, "they messed up a couple of times already and if they think that Penelope is in jail until her trial that will give us more room to get out and investigate and try to find the sick freaks that are doing this to her". Derek looked down at Penelope and said, "it's your call goddess", she took a deep breath and looked at Mandy and said, "I agree with Hotch, if we do this they will slip up because they are to cocky not to".
Mandy put her hand on Penelopes shoulder and said, "are you sure about this Penelope"?, she looked into Dereks loving eyes and then back at Mandy and said, "I'm sure Mandy". Hotch looked at Mandy and said, "let's wait till the team gets here so that we can fill them in on the plan before she goes into protective custody", she nodded her head in agreement as they watched Derek wrap his arms around his baby girl.
Hotch walked over to Mandy and said, "our communications liason will leak the news of her re-arrest and then the plan begins", Mandy smiled at Hotch and said, "I hope your plan works Aaron". He looks over his shoulder at the brokenhearted couple behind him and said, "it will Mandy it has to", Hotch and Mandy then sit down and further discuss the details while they wait on the team to arrive.
