Reunited-Ch 26

The next few months passed by fast and the team was staying busy going on case after case after case, they were rarely home longer than one night before being sent out on another case. Penelope was now almost 9 months pregnant and in the middle of her last day before her maternity leave was due to start.

She sighed and said, "I can't wait to meet you little one, I can tell that it won't be long now", she grabbed her stomach when she was hit with a very sudden and sharp pain. She said, "it must be that salad I had for lunch working on me" and continued working on her searches, the team were out on a case but this case was in town so they were only about half an hour to 45 minutes away today.

Derek looked down at his watch and said, "how long have we been waiting here on this sicko"?, Reid said, "45 minutes and 23 seconds", he laughed and shook his head and said, "thanks pretty boy". Hotch looked over his shoulder and said, "there he comes", Derek and Reid opened the doors and eased out and closed the door.

The unsub was carrying groceries from a nearby store when he looked up and saw a strange car sitting up the road, when Derek and Reid looked up the unsub was gone. Hotch said, "he went up the side street behind the diner, you two go on the upper side and the rest of us will go on this side", Derek said, "10-4" and him and Reid headed on around the building and into the alley.

Penelope looked into her cup and sighed finding it empty, she got up and headed into the kitchen area to fix another cup, when she walked into the room she saw Anderson pouring him a cup of coffee. She said, "helloooooo Anderson", he grinned and said, "well hello to you to", he took a sip of his coffee and said, "how are you feeling today"?, she said, "good, really good, I am so full of energy today but I think that salad I had for lunch is not going to agree with my tummy".

He said, "what do you mean"?, she said, "well I've had a few sharp pains in my stomach", he said, "how far apart are the pains"?, she said, "well the last one I had was", and before she could say anything else she was hit with another pain. Anderson said, "Penelope that isn't the salad sweetie, you are in labor".

She shook her head and said, "noooo it can't be that I still have about 2 or 3 weeks left", he said, "my sister just went through this and trust me you are in labor". She looked up at him and said, "I need to call Derek", he said, "why don't we go grab your stuff and head to the hospital and you can call him on the way, okay"?, she kissed him on the cheek and said, "okay".

Derek and Reid went around the corner and saw the unsub looking around the other corner, Derek motioned for Reid to go around the car in the alley to get a better shot. Reid nodded his head and made his way to where he had the perfect shot and Derek said, "Steven Miller FBI freeze", Steven turned around and said, "I I I haven't done anything".

Derek said, "I want you to lay your gun down, NOW"?, he said, "gun, I don't have a gun", Derek said, "yes you do I can see it, now take it out and lay it on the ground". Steven laid the groceries on the ground and slowly started reaching for his gun, Hotch and the rest of the team had made their way to the end of the alley and started watching Steven.

Penelope grabbed her purse and said, "alrightttttttt" and she grabbed her stomach and said, "ohhhhhhhhh Anderson", he wrapped his arm around her and said, "it has been about 4 minutes since your last contraction, baby Morgan doesn't want to wait much longer". He said, "don't worry Penelope I'll get you to the hospital we are only a few minutes away".

Penelope took a few steps and then said, "ohhhhhhhh that's not good", Anderson said, "what happened"?, she said, "either I just peed on myself or my water just broke". Anderson said, "ohhhhhh it's okay sweetie your water broke", she bit down on her bottom lip and took a deep breath knowing that her contractions would start coming faster and harder.

She held on to her stomach with one hand and wrapped the free arm around Anderson as they made their way toward the elevator, a few minutes and a big contraction later Penelope was getting into Andersons car. She said, "Anderson I'm scared", he put her hand in his and gently squeezed and said, "you can do this Penelope, just remember you breathing from class", she nodded her head as he put the car in drive and pulled out of the parking garage.

Steven smirked and grabbed his gun and aimed it at Derek and said, "you should have stayed away because now you have to die" and before he could pull the trigger both JJ and Reid hit him with several shots. After his body hit the ground Derek walked over and checked for a pulse and shook his head and said, "he's gone".

The rest of the team walked over and were standing with Derek when his cell started ringing, he pulled it off his belt and smiled when he saw the name baby girl flashing on his ID. He said, "hey momma we will be heading home in a few minutes", she said, "hotstuff change of plans, I need you to meet me, meet us at the hospital".

Derek said, "hospital, why"?, she grabbed her stomach when another contraction hit and said, "I'm in labor hotstuff, the babies coming"