Alone In Paradise-Ch 13
JJ and Emily ran through the doorway and into the shelter and what they saw made their hearts break, what they saw was one of their best friends in the world dying in front of them. JJ got down on the ground beside Penelope and said, "hey Garcie, don't you dare give up you hear me"?, she weakly opened her eyes and said, "JJJayje".
Tears were streaming down her face and she said, "I'm right here Garcie, right here and we are going to get you to the hospital and you are going to be fine". She gently squeezed JJ's hand before drifting back off, Derek said, "she's been doing that for the past half an hour", Reid said, "did you lance the wound to let the poision out"?, he nodded his head and said, "yes, a few minutes ago but she doesn't seem to be doing any better".
Reid put his hand on Dereks shoulder and said, "we need to get her to the hospital before the spider venom gets to strong a hold on her", Derek nodded his head in agreement as they stepped aside for the medics to check her out. Derek stood there watching helplessly as the meds frantically worked to stabilize his baby girl.
Emily wiped her eyes when the medics loaded her onto the gurney and quickly headed out of the shelter with Derek right on their heels, Hotch looked at the medics and said, "Agent Morgan will be going with you if that's alright"?, Scott the lead medic nodded his head and said, "that's fine but we need to go now because she doesn't have much time left".
Derek, Penelope and the two medics got on one boat while the rest of the team got on the other, Dave said, "we will meet you at the nearest hospital Morgan but if you hear anything please call me". Derek nodded his head and said, "I will Dave" before the boat carrying him and his baby girl took off for land and a waiting chopper.
Thankfully the trip back to land didn't take long and soon Penelope and Derek were in route to the hospital, he sat by her side holding her hand the entire trip to the hospital. The medic kept constantly checking her vitals and her heart rate was getting dangerously low and he was doing everything he could to keep her from flat lining.
when they reached the hospital about 15 minutes later Derek jumped off the chopper and ran inside right behind the gurney carrying his goddess, his baby girl and the sole owner of his heart now and forever. He wasn't allowed to go into the room with Penelope but he was allowed to stand and look through the window as the doctors worked frantically to hook her up to the machines.
Derek watched helplessly as doctor after doctor ran into her room and all he could do was pray that they would be able to save her before the poison took her away from him forever. For a few minutes it looked like they were making progress but then her heart monitor started going crazy, he put his hand up on the window and said, "please don't leave me, please don't leave me".
Derek jumped when he felt a hand on his shoulder he looked up and saw his mom standing there, he turned and said, "I can't lose her momma, I just can't not now". She said, "she's going to be alright baby boy, she's a fighter and she loves you and will do anything to be able to stay with you", he smiled at his mom and opened his mouth to say something that is when he heard her heart monitor flat line.
Fran wrapped her arms around her son and held him tight and rocked him back and forth, meanwhile inside the room one doctor said, "charge the paddles to 200". A few seconds later the paddles were handed to the doctor, she said, "CLEAR" and then Penelopes body jumped up and the doctor said, "charge to 300".
Everybody in the room watched as Penelopes body was once again jolted off the table, the doctor gave a sigh of relief when her heart started beating again. She said, "alright lets get a poltice made of activated charcoal on the wound and get some of that poison absorbed, I want to start her on a broad spectrum antibiotic also and let's get her hooked up on a ventilator until she is stable".
A few minutes later the doctor walked out into the hall and said, "Penelope Garcia", Derek said, "I'm her boyfriend", the doctor walked over to him and said, "she flat lined on us for a couple of minutes but we managed to get her heart going again". Derek said, "how is she doing"?, the doctor put her hand on his shoulder and said, "I'm not going to lie to you she has a rough road ahead of her, the next 24 to 48 hours are the most crucial".
Derek said, "when can I see her"?, the doctor said, "were you with Ms. Garcia when the bite occured"?, he nodded his head and said, "yes mam", she said, "the bite looks like that of a brown recluse spider so I'm putting her on the ventillator until her condition starts improving and I'm putting an activated charcoal poltice on the bite area to help suck the poison out".
She looked through the window at Penelope and said, "I am putting her on a broad spectrum antibiotic to hopefully stop the infection from spreading through her body". Derek wiped his eyes and said, "thank you for everything you've done to save her", the doctor sighed and said, "don't thank me yet we still have a rough couple of days ahead of us".
The doctor put her hand on Dereks shoulder and said, "you will be able to see your girlfriend in a few minutes", he weakly smiled as he watched the doctor head back inside Penelopes room. Fran wrapped her arms around her son as they stood there looking through the window at her and said, "she's strong honey and she will fight to come back to you".
He put his hand on the glass and said, "I love you baby girl, please fight to come back to me", Frans heart broke as she watched the tears streaming down her sons cheeks.