Chapter 25
Savannah was so engrossed and intent on making sure Penelope was dead that she didn't even notice that Derek had busted into the room. Suddenly, all Savannah heard was, "You bitch! I'm gonna kill you!"
Savannah was completely caught off guard and her immediate response was to drop the pillow on Penelope's face, she stood up and whipped around to face a livid and incensed Derek.
Savannah jammed her hands onto her hips, as she smirked, and sneered at Derek. She stared right at him, gloated and viciously shrieked, "Bastard! You're too late to save your precious Baby Girl!" She proudly yelled to him, "She is DEAD! D-E-A-D! You deserve to die too, but this is so much better! You get to suffer forever now!"
Derek stood there momentarily, beside himself, while both hands clenched into fists. All he could see was red, his eyes were wide as saucers and fully filled with tears. He growled and was practically foaming at the mouth. He was outraged and ready to commit murder. He wasn't in his right mind. All he knew was that the woman he loved was dead.
At that moment, he reached the edge of his sanity and gasped out as he roared, "You sick animal! You are going to die! How dare you? You've taken away the only woman I truly ever loved. My Baby Girl was the most beautiful person I have ever known. She never did anything to you. She didn't deserve any of this. You're gonna rot in hell!"
When he finished raving, he deliberately and purposefully started to stalk towards her.
Savannah initially wasn't deterred and began to spew more of her malicious taunts. "That fat cow took everything from me! She deserved to die, and I'm thrilled that I was the one who got to do it. She was nothing but a slut and I wi—" Savannah took note of his proximity and the look in his eyes as she began to back up. She realized that her life was in danger and Derek was indeed going to kill her.
Derek was now standing directly in front of her, seething with hatred and venom in his eyes. He unclenched his hands and brought them up to her neck. In the blink of an eye, his hands were around her neck and started choking the life out of her as he kept ranting, "This is for Baby Girl, you bitch!"
Savannah couldn't do anything but gasp for air as she tried without success to pry away his hands from her throat. She felt herself getting lightheaded and saw nothing but stars around her. She knew she wouldn't last much longer because of all his strength was being fueled by his hatred.
Without warning the door to the room flew open and in ran Hotch, Dave, Spencer, and JJ. The local police weren't too far behind them in the hall. They all quickly sized up the situation and the three men charged at Derek, fearing he would kill Savannah and end up in prison for murder. As they all reached Derek, they tried with all their might to pull him off Savannah. Derek stayed true to his course he was determined to strangle the life out of his ex. He'd never felt so much hatred in his life as did right at that moment.
While the melee continued, JJ looked over at Penelope and gasped. She sprinted over to the bed, removed the pillow from Penelope's face, pulled the tape from her mouth, and immediately felt for a pulse. By then, the locals had made it into the room, and they jumped into the foray to pull apart Derek and Savannah.
All that could be heard was, "This bitch killed Penelope! She needs to die! Get away from me! Let me do this!"
Hotch, Dave, and Spencer were yelling to him, "She's not worth it! She'll get hers! Stop, Derek, stop! Let her go! Garcia wouldn't want this!"
Derek wasn't listening to anything they were saying. He was determined to kill Savannah. No matter what.
Over the din in the room, JJ began to vehemently thunder out with, "She's got a pulse! Derek, she's got a pulse!"
Derek wasn't sure of what he heard but JJ kept clamoring, "Damnit, Derek she has a pulse! Penelope's alive!"
Suddenly, things got extremely quiet as the whole group turned to look at JJ. Derek couldn't believe his ears and squeaked out, "What?"
He stared at JJ with pleading eyes as JJ repeated herself. 'She's got a pulse. It's weak but it's there. I swear!"
In a split second, without any hesitation, Spencer ran to the opened door and screamed, "Help! We need a doctor in here. NOW!"
Derek and the team's eyes quickly filled with tears and they all deflated their lungs as they gasped. Derek instantly swiveled his head to glare at Savannah and then finally released her neck. She slid down to the floor all the while coughing, gasping, and trying to catch her breath.
In a flash, he was right beside Penelope's side, he pulled the tape off her arm, and grasped her hand. The tears were cascading down his cheeks as he begged, "Princess, don't leave me! Please open those beautiful eyes of yours. Come back to me, I'm so sorry! I love you!"
While Derek was pouring out his heart, JJ was in the process of removing the tape from Penelope's other arm. As soon as she finished, Dr. Moore and several nurses ran into the room. JJ moved out of the way to allow the staff to start working on Penelope.
Savannah, in the meantime, was sitting on the floor rubbing her neck while she tried to get her bearings. Two of the locals grabbed under her arms and forced her to stand. Without delay, they roughly brought her arms behind her back and slapped the cuffs on her. As they escorted her out of the room, they read Savannah her rights. She was fighting with them and screeching the whole way out the best she could after almost being strangled to death by Derek.
Simultaneously, the doctor was hollering for everyone to leave the room, so they could properly examine and treat Penelope without interference. Derek, of course, tried to dig his heels in but to no avail. He kept shouting he had to stay with her. Dr. Moore put his foot down and glared at a crying Derek. "Derek, if you don't leave, she may die! Penelope needs our full attention. GET OUT!" That got Derek's attention and he finally acquiesced and allowed Hotch and Dave to lead him out of the room.
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