Hola Readers! Here is a new story with our fav CM characters. It's an idea I had, so depending on the traffic and if you guys like it a lot then I'll continue it. Thank you again for reading and reviewing because it makes my day!
I don't own Criminal Minds :(
Mistakes are mine.
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It was a beautiful sunny day and the ocean looked calm so blue and inviting. Alvez and Penelope were on a cruise with some of their friends and loved ones. They had chosen to stay 4 days; 3 nights and they all were having the time of their lives.
A much-needed mini vacation.
"I don't want to go back to our busy lives. I'm having so much fun I don't want any responsibilities anymore," Penelope chuckled and whined as she sat in the lounge chair by the pool on the top deck.
"P come on it's not that bad right?" he asked with a smile.
"Yea but still," she smiled. "No, I'm just being silly. I love what we do. I'm just having so much fun and I don't know when we'll be able to do this again. There's a lot of crazies out there in the world that keeps us employed." Penelope said.
The two of them watched their friends made their way towards them.
"Hey, hey, hey," J.J. smiled. "You two look comfortable." She raised an eyebrow seeing Penelope and Alvez seating so close on the lounge chairs.
"Do I have to worry?" Sam teased as he sat next to his girlfriend.
"No babe. You know I'm yours only," Penelope kissed him.
"Just checking," Sam winked at Penelope and Alvez chuckled.
"So, babe how is it that you are tolerating the sun right now?" Krystal teased her boyfriend.
"Well even though I hate it with a passion sometimes, Koralys and I wanted to spend some time alone before we leave tomorrow." Alvez caressed Krystal's thigh.
Krystal smiled and kissed him.
J.J. looked to the side and saw her husband walking up to them. "Hey babe."
"Hey love," he kissed her. "I just made dinner reservations for tonight so you all better get dressed up and eat like there's no tomorrow." He grinned. "They say this place is incredible."
The rest of the day they spent it on the main deck of the cruise enjoying the sun and the incredible view of the ocean.
Later that night
"Now I'm the one that doesn't want to leave," J.J. whined. "This has been the best vacation ever and you know how I feel about cruises." She told her best friend making her husband laugh.
Penelope laughed. "Oh, I know but aren't you glad you came?"
"I am!" J.J. smiled.
"Well you know I'm part of the fun you've had here," Will winked at J.J.
"So true," J.J. smiled and kissed him.
"Let's go to the club one last time," Krystal suggested.
"That's a good idea!" Alvez smiled and leaned into kiss Krystal.
"Dancing! You can never go wrong with dancing!" Penelope grinned. "You game baby?" she asked her boyfriend.
Sam nodded. "But then you're mine tonight."
Penelope grinned at him. "Of course."
"Happy New Year guys!" J.J. said as she raised her wine glass.
"Happy New Year!" Everyone replied and they clinked their drinks.
After dinner, they headed to the deck were the club was. Music was blaring, big dance floor and people were dancing and having a great time. The gang was entering the club.
"Hey P?" Alvez asked.
"What's up?" Penelope looked over her shoulder.
Alvez watched their friends keep walking and then looked at her. "We should sneak away to take our picture alone one last time." He said excitedly.
Penelope grinned. "I'd love that! Not every day my best friend goes on a cruise."
He laughed and kissed her forehead and they made their way to their friends.
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Midnight
Penelope was dancing with Sam, Alvez danced with Krystal and J.J. with Will.
At one point, they were all dancing together.
"Hey guys, we'll be right back," Alvez said to his friends as he pulled Penelope away from their group.
"Where are you going?" Will asked loudly against the music but Alvez and Penelope were already gone.
"It's sort of like a tradition for them." J.J. started to say.
"Every time we take a vacation mini or otherwise, it doesn't even have to be in a vacation, but when they do something out of their comfort zone, they take a picture together." Krystal smiled.
Will chuckled. "Cool."
"They've been doing this for years." Sam added.
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Penelope laughed excitedly as she made her way through the people as Alvez pulled her to the side of the cruise by the railing where they were alone.
"Ready?" she asked.
Alvez smiled and took his camera from his pocket and took a picture of her.
"I wasn't ready," she said amused.
"I couldn't pass it up," he smirked and showed her the picture.
"That's beautiful," she smiled. Not because of her in the picture but the way the background and light captured the whole thing.
"Okay come on," he grabbed her waist and pulled her against him. He moved the camera far up and took a picture.
They took a couple of more pictures when suddenly they heard a loud warning sound coming from the ship.
"What is that?" she asked even though she guessed Alvez couldn't hear her cause it was so loud.
"This is not a drill; I repeat this is not a drill. You need to put a life jacket and head for the emergency boats." Said a man through speakers all around the cruise.
Alvez looked at Penelope and they headed to a trunk by the walls where they remembered they kept the life jackets. He helped her put her life jacket on and then he put his.
Penelope looked around as the people started walking out from the inside towards the boats. They all had life jackets on and had made a line to be ready to board the emergency boats. It started to rain, and the cruise ship made a sudden stop, men and women were starting to freak out and children were crying.
"Luke what about our friends?" Penelope asked while they were in line and close to getting into the boat.
"We have to do what they say," Alvez said calmly. Even with the rain he could see the tears run down her cheeks and he sighed. They were about to climb on the small boat but the look on her face stopped him. "Come on P." He got out of the line and ignore one of the cruise employees telling them to get back in line.
"Where are we going?" she asked as she held his hand and Alvez led her through the crowd of people and inside the ship.
"Let's go back to the rooms maybe they are thinking the same and we'll meet them there." He said without looking at her.
When Alvez and Penelope arrived at their joined suites there was no sign of their friends anywhere.
"Look they were here." Alvez pointed to the couch.
"The other two red emergency bags aren't there. Good!" Penelope sighed in relief.
The first day of the trip they all had made emergency bags with the most important essentials just in case something like this happened but never in a million years they thought it would actually happen.
"They left one for us." Alvez said and grabbed the bag putting the camera inside. "Let's go maybe we can catch up to them." He said as he took her hand, and both ran to where the small boats and lines were forming. When they got there, they noticed there was only one boat left.
"Of course, there is one boat left," Alvez muttered in aggravation.
The rain was so hard that Penelope couldn't see past six feet in front of her. She sniffled, "Luke I can't see them anywhere."
"I know Pen, we'll keep looking but we can't move from here. We need to get on that boat." He said softly trying to soothe her.
When they finally reached the end of the line, one of the safety lines that held the emergency boat gave out. Penelope's eyes widened as she saw a couple of people fall from the boat.
"P watch out!" Alvez screamed as he moved her away as the other safety lines gave out and the boat fell to the water.
Penelope was breathing really hard as she watched the last rescue boat sink in the ocean. "Luke."
"I know. Come on. There's gotta be other boats around here."
She sobbed as she followed him hands still joined looking frantically outside on the decks for anything that could save them but had no luck. "Where are we going?" she asked as she realized they were just running around like lunatics.
He stopped when they were inside out of the rain and she bumped against him. He tried to even his breath as he tried to think about what to do.
Penelope looked around where they were and gasped. "Look."
Alvez looked at her and then to where she pointed with her index finger. They were in the middle of a few stores and there was one that looked like an antiques/gift shop. Right by the window they saw an antique but brand new Coastal Compact Yellow Life Raft unopened. He grabbed it without thinking if it would work or not and took her hand. "Come on."
When they made their way outside Penelope gasped and her eyes widened in horror because the back of the cruise ship was sinking. "We have to jump."
"God dammit!" Alvez said beyond pissed off.
"We have to jump as far from the ship as we can, or we'll die!" she repeated.
"Shit Penelope," he said as he looked at the dark water. Why the fuck did he come on this trip?
They both ran to the right side of the ship where it was sinking slower and looked at each other. They wanted to say so many things before they did this crazy jump but as their eyes focused on each other all they could see was fear and trepidation.
"Don't let go of my hand okay?" Penelope asked with tears in her eyes.
"I promise." He said truthfully and hugged her. "Let's do this."
They looked at the water getting closer and closer and when they counted to three, both of them jumped as far as they could. It was as if they were in slow motion waiting to jump in the ocean and hit the water. The water was freezing cold the moment it hit their bodies and they swam up to finally take breath.
Without a thought, Alvez opened the raft and it inflated in front of them. "Come on get in." He pushed her up and when she was on the raft, he gave her the small emergency bag and then she helped him get in as well.
For the first time since they heard the loud warning sound on the cruise ship, they were able to take a deep breath.
Penelope watched the cruise ship sink slowly onto the dark freezing ocean. She moved closer to Alvez and sat against the raft in silence. Both of them in awe as they thought about the situation they were in together alone in the ocean. They couldn't see the other boats or any other sounds except the rain hitting the water and the raft loudly.
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