AN: So I'm sorry that it's been a couple weeks at least since I posted anything. I have been having a lot of trouble with the word processing software that I use for my writing. A few days ago, I tried to open this story up from my flash drive and EVERYTHING was gone. So I spent the last few days copying and pasting it from this site. But I transferred all my stories to Google Drive and so far I have had no issues. So hopefully this issue is resolved. To make up for not posting, here's a sort of lengthy chapter for you guys. I hope you like this. PLZ R&R!

Disclaimer: See first chapter.


Chapter 44: A Little Reveal

Penelope slowly awoke as she heard an annoying ringing sound in the distance. There was movement next to her and the warmth that she was snuggled up against left her as she heard a soft voice near her.

"Yeah Hotch? When? Same as before? All right, we'll be there soon."

Penelope opened her eyes as she slowly sat up and saw Derek hanging up his phone. He looked over at her and sighed.

"We have to go in?"

"Yeah. There's another body."

She nodded as she started to climb out of bed and started to get ready. They took turns using the bathroom, showering and getting dressed. They left a note for Tim and his family and walked out to the SUV and made their way to the precinct.

They walked into the station and saw the somber atmosphere as they went right for their private room. Penelope set up her equipment as Derek went to see if any of the team were there yet.

"Coffee," Derek brought her in a mug. "It's not that great, but we don't have any other options right now."

"It's better than nothing," she accepted it from him. "Are the others here yet?"

"No-"

"We're here," Hotch walked through the door with Emily and JJ. "Dave and Reid went to the crime scene."

"How was your night with your family?" JJ looked at Penelope.

"Fun," she smiled at them. "They want you all to come over for a barbecue when the case is over. Mitchell and his family will be flying in a few days from now."

"Sounds like fun," they all smiled as Dave and Reid walked in.

"Find out anything?" Hotch asked them.

"Nothing new," Dave sighed. "Same as the others."

"The same symbol was carved into the victim," Reid added. "Same place as the others, just below the ribs."

"I managed to get a picture." Dave showed them the photo on his phone. "I sent it to your phone, Kitten."

"Got it," she opened the file. "I'll scan it into the system and see if it gets any hits."


By late afternoon, they were all getting antsy trying to find a break in the case. Garcia was still running her searches as everyone else was out sitting around Mickey's desk going over the case files yet again.

"So you went to Tim's last night?" Mickey looked over at Derek. "Did you go snooping for old photos of Penny?"

"No, she told Tim to hide everything." Derek told him. "But the whole clan was over, and Shelley made this amazing dinner."

"You two had a home cooked meal and we just had hotel food?" JJ joined in on their conversation. "I am so jealous."

"Make sure you tell Pen that," Derek told her. "She said it's only fair that she gets a fancy meal after all the times we ate at fancy restaurants while we were away on cases without her."

"I suppose," JJ smiled as Derek's phone went off. "New information?"

"Not about the case," he told her. "It's an email from Ryan's school."

"What's happened?"

"The kids had eye exams today," he told them. "He didn't fail the test, but he didn't pass it. The nurse says that he's borderline and that we should schedule an exam for him."

"The kid is not going to like that," Rossi commented.

"Don't I know it," Derek sighed.

"Who's Ryan?" Mickey spoke up.

"My son-or almost son-I'm in the process of adopting him."

"Good for you," Mickey smiled at him. "So Penny?"

"Is an awesome mother for him."

"Uh, Derek?" Emily looked at him. "There's a little girl behind you who I believe is trying to get your attention."

"What-" he turned around and smiled. "Jazzy?"

"Hi Uncle Derek," the little girl smiled as she approached the big group.

"Everyone this is Jazzlynn Garcia," Derek told them. "Tim's youngest daughter."

"Everyone just calls me Jazzy," the little girl smiled at them.

"Hey Jazzy," Mickey smiled at her. "It's been so long since I've seen you."

"Hi Uncle Mickey,"

"How'd you get here?" Derek asked Jazzy.

"Sky brought me," she told him.

"Your sister's here too?"

"She's in talking with Aunt Pen."

"Do your parents know that you're here?"

"My guess is no," Hotch spoke up.

"I am going to call your dad," Derek took out his phone and dialed. "Hey Tim, it's Derek. Quick question: Would you happen to be missing your daughters? Yeah, they're down here at the station. Jazzy said that Skylar brought her. All right. I'll see you in a few."

"Would you like a snack Jazzy?" Mickey offered her some crackers. "And we have juice too."

"Ok," she sat in the chair that Derek had just vacated.

No more than five minutes later, there was a flurry of activity and Derek saw Tim and Shelley rush into the precinct. The team stood up as a deputy approached the couple.

"Do you need some assistance?" the deputy asked them.

"Not from you," Tim spat out as he saw Derek approach him. "Hey, thanks for calling."

"Mommy," Jazzy ran to her.

"Hey sweetie," Shelley scooped up her daughter.

"I met Aunt Pen's friends,"

"Where's our other one?" Tim looked at Derek.

"Over here," Derek led him to the closed door.

"Thank you for keeping an eye on her," Shelley faced the group. "I can't believe that Sky brought her little sister down here."

"It was no trouble at all," Hotch assured her. "I take it that Skylar is a teenager and starting to rebel a bit?"

"Try a lot," Shelley sighed. "She thinks we're being totally unfair because we won't let her date a freshman in college."

"Skylar Garcia," Penelope looked at the door as it opened and saw her brother coming into the room with Derek.

"You called him?" Skylar looked at her aunt from across the room where she was scowling with her arms crossed.

"Did you see me pick up my phone?" Penelope looked back at her. "I've been in here working on my computers the entire time that you've been here."

"I called him," Derek stated. "When I found Jazzy wandering the precinct."

"You brought your little sister?" Penelope glanced at her niece. "What were you thinking bringing her here?"

"She wasn't," Tim stated. "Car, now."

"Fine," Skylar grumbled as she stomped out of the room and Tim turned to his sister.

"Sorry about them bothering you guys at work,"

"It's not a problem," Penelope smiled at him.

"We weren't that busy anyway," Derek told him. "We have no leads on this case."

Penelope's computer started beeping and she turned back to it as the symbol flashed on the screen.

"No hits," she sighed as she looked at Derek.

"Why are you looking that creepy symbol up?" Tim asked.

"You recognize it?" she looked at her brother.

"Don't you?"

"Should I?"

"It was the symbol for that weird computer club you were in Senior year."

"Oh my god," Penelope's hands started flying across the keyboard.

"I think you better go," Derek pushed Tim out of the room. "But I think you just helped us with the case, so thank you."

"See you guys tonight?"

"Hopefully," Derek told him as he joined Shelley and his daughters.

"What's going on?" Hotch came up to Derek as Tim and his family left the station.

"Tim just helped us get a break with the case," Derek told them.

"What do you mean?"

"In here," Derek led them all in.

"I knew I recognized that symbol," Penelope grumbled. "I just couldn't put my finger on it."

"So what's it from?" JJ asked.

"There was a computer club started my senior year," Penelope told them. "The TA at the time started it. Back then, it was just an excuse for us to blow off study hall. We would mostly just play computer games or develop our coding skills."

"What was the name of the club?" Reid asked

"Technology Brigade," Penelope told them. "I know, we were dorks."

"Can you bring up a group photo of the current members?"

"Hold on, I'm accessing the school website." Penelope continued to type and brought up the school website. "Here it is. The computer science department. And the TA that I remember is now a full-time teacher."

"Marcus Wallischeck," Reid read over her shoulder. "He has a colorful past."

"I had no idea about any of this," Penelope stated.

"I spot four of our victims in that picture," Emily said.

"It looks like Mr. Wallischeck was passed up for tenure the last several years," Rossi read out loud. "That's got to be his stressor. If he's been teaching this whole time, he may feel like he's stuck teaching a bunch of teenagers with nothing to show for it."

"Let's bring Mr. Wallischeck in," Hotch told them. "Garcia, keep searching for anything that you can find on him."

"Got it,"

"I'm staying," Derek told them. "You guys can handle it right?"

"Absolutely,"

"I don't need a babysitter," she told him as the team filed out.

"It gives us an opportunity to check in with Ryan," he took out his phone and showed her the email he got from the school. "I figure you might be the best at talking to him about it."

"You got it," she smiled at him as he dialed his mom's number.


Derek smiled as he sat next to Penelope as she continued to talk to Ryan. He took the printed sheets detailing Marcus Wallischeck's life as the door to the precinct opened and Hotch and Rossi led a middle-aged man into the building.

"...and I'm glad I did it," the man rambled. "All that time spent teaching all those sniveling teenagers…."

"Sir, I need to remind you that you have the right to remain silent." Hotch told him.

"I suggest that you use it," Rossi added.

"He admitted everything?" Derek asked as Hotch led him into an interrogation room and rejoined them.

"And then some," Rossi told him. "When we told him that one of his former students worked for us-"

"And who that student was-he said it would only be a matter of minutes before we found out everything." Hotch added.

"According to him, Kitten was the best student he ever had. He was impressed with how well she picked up all the coding. He said that in all his years teaching, that no one ever came close."

"She is the best," Derek handed over all the information that she had found. "It's a long list of different crimes-all against teenagers."

"Where's Garcia?" Hotch asked.

"Talking to Ryan still," Derek told him. "I figure that she would be the best one to calm him down about him possibly getting glasses."

"Good thinking," Dave nodded.

"Where's everyone else?" Derek asked them.

"Recovering the bodies that we didn't know about," Hotch said. "He confessed it all on the ride over here."

"This guys a piece of work,"

"You can tell Garcia that as soon as the other three get back, she can pack up her things and head for her brother's house. I don't want her around this place anymore than she has to be."

"Good," Derek sighed as he went back into where Penelope was as she continued to talk on her phone.

"I'm really fine," Penelope smiled at him. "You don't have to worry, Fran."

"Ma," Derek took the phone from her. "It looks like we're going to be wrapping up the case. Do you think you can get Ryan out here for some sight seeing by tomorrow?"

"Absolutely, Baby Boy." Fran told him. "I will start packing up our bags as soon as I hang up with you."

"We'll see you then," Derek hung up with his mom.

"So Mr. Wallischeck is the unsub?" Penelope looked at him.

"He confessed on the way over here. When he found out that you were working this case with us, he knew that you would be able to find out everything there was to know about him. He said you were the best student that he's ever taught in all his years of teaching."

"So one of my mentors is a psychopath," she stated. "That's just great."

"Who you were taught by has nothing to do with who you are now," he told her.

"I know-"

"And just because you were arrested all those years ago doesn't mean a thing just because he was just arrested."

"Ok, i get it." she smiled at him. "So how much longer do you think we'll be here?"

"Hotch said that you can go ahead and pack up to go if you like. He doesn't want to keep you here any longer than you have to be."

"I will text Tim and let him know," she took out her phone.


A little while later, JJ, Emily and Reid arrived back at the station. They ignored the sheriff who was waiting on word from them and went to find Rossi who was coming out of the interrogation room.

"So what'd you find?" Rossi asked them.

"Garcia helped us ID all the victims from the missing persons reports that she was able to find online," Reid told him. "So after we book this guy, we can head back to the hotel and head back home."

"Morgan and Garcia and I will be staying a few extra days. Penelope and her family want to show us the sights. Kind of a pre-vacation before Winter break."

"Sounds like fun,"

"Hey," Morgan came out to them. "Garcia's getting all the contact information for all the latest victims' families."

"We actually need you to stay a little longer," Rossi looked at him. "The unsub requested a face-to-face with Garcia, but Hotch refused. Want to take her place?"

"Absolutely," he stated. "But I was going to drive her over to her brother's house since Hotch wants to get her out of here."

"I can take her if you want me to," Reid looked at him. "I have everything done until I have to do the reports when we get back home."

"It's alright with me if Pen doesn't mind."

"If I don't mind what?" they saw Penelope coming out to them with all of her equipment.

"Change of plans," Derek told her. "I actually have to stay a little longer."

"But I'll go with you to your brother's house," Reid spoke up. "If that's ok."

"Absolutely," she smiled. "How long do you guys think you'll be? Tim's going to fire up the grill soon."

"Give us about an hour," Dave told her.

"I'm ready if you are, Boy Wonder." Penelope smiled at Reid.

"Lead the way," Reid followed her out of the station.

"I'm glad this case is over," Derek sighed. "Or almost over. Now if only I can get her to open up to me about some things."

"She will eventually," Dave assured him. "Just give her some time."

"Well let's get this over with so that I can get back to my Baby Girl," Derek sighed as he followed Rossi to the interrogation room where Hotch was waiting for them.


Reid helped Penelope load up all her equipment into the back of the SUV as he thought about how he would say what he wanted to say to her.

"Thank you for keeping my secret," she turned to him.

"It's not my business to share," he told her. "But…"

"What?" she looked at him.

"You need to let Morgan in sometime," he stated. "Especially if you want any kind of future with him."

"I know," she sighed as she put her last bag into the SUV. "And I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I'm going to tell him."

"When?"

"After we get back home. I just want us to enjoy the next couple of days with my family before I tell him."

"Understood," Reid nodded as he started to take the keys from her. "Let me drive."

"Go ahead," she smiled as she opened the passenger side door.

"What?" She heard Reid's voice and looked over to see him falling to the ground.

"Reid?" she rushed over to the driver's side and saw him sprawled out on the pavement. "Oh my god. Wake up-"

"Hello Penelope," she heard an eerily familiar voice behind her and turned.

"You!" she gasped as a hand covered her mouth before she had a chance to scream.


AN: Cliffhanger! Who do you think took Penelope? Will Reid be ok? Find out in the next chapter. Hope you liked this. PLZ R&R!

Now that I stopped babysitting so regularly since summer started, I should hopefully have more time to write. But I will most likely start getting more hours at my regular job and I just started some school courses as well. But hopefully I can keep myself on a schedule for now. Until next time! Happy reading!