Rescuing Of Innocence-Ch 17
Derek, Penelope, Tracey and the rest of the team smiled as they were escorted back to the judges chambers, the door opened and the judge said, "come in, come in". They all followed the bailiff inside and Natalie said, "good morning", everybody said, "good morning" in unison as they walked over and sat down in their seats.
The judge said, "my name is Judge, Oliver Cryer and I'll be presiding over your brief", Hotch said, "and I'm Aaron Hotchner and I'll be representing Penelope today". Oliver smiled and said, "ahhhh yes Aaron Hotchner, I've heard a lot about you", he grinned and said, "good things I hope"?, Oliver said, "oh yes definitely, definitely".
His attention then turned to Penelope as he said, "I see that you wish to take Tracey back to Virginia with you, is that correct"?, Penelope said, "it is sir, I want to keep her with me, I want to be her mom". Oliver said, "I understand that you have all been through a lot over the past few days, especially Tracey".
Penelope said, "that's true sir, my heart breaks at what this poor, innocent child has been through and I want to do whatever is possible to make sure that she has a life filled with love, joy and happiness". Natalie looked on as Oliver said, "you are a special woman Ms. Garcia, very special indeed".
Derek said, "you have no idea sir", Oliver looked at Derek grinned and said, "spoken like a man in love", Derek intertwined fingers with Penelope and said, "head over heels sir, head over heels". Oliver looked at Derek and said, "well then Mr" and Derek said, "Derek Morgan sir" and Oliver said, "alright Derek since you are obviously in love with Penelope my question to you is do you plan to be in Traceys life on a permanent basis if I allow her to go to Virginia with Ms. Garcia"?, Derek said, "yes sir I do".
Natalie looked at the judge as he said, "what do you think Natalie"?, Natalie said, "I've never seen a child take up with a group of people before like Tracey did with the BAU, especially Derek and Penelope". Oliver said, "if I agree to let her go to Virginia could you work with the Social Services in Quantico to make sure that Tracey is taken care of"?, Natalie said, "yes sir, that won't be any problem at all".
Oliver looked at Tracey and said, "Tracey do you want to go home with Penelope"?, the little girl snuggled closer to Penelope and nodded her head and said, "uh huh". Oliver looked around at the smiling faces and said, "alright Ms. Garcia your petition to take Tracey back to Virginia has been approved".
Penelope said, "thank you sir, thank you so much",
Oliver looked at them and said, "but I'm afraid that you won't be able to leave today, it will take us at least 24 hours to get the paperwork taken care of, will it be possible for you to wait till in the morning to head back home"?, Penelope looked at Hotch and he nodded his head and said, "that will be fine sir and thank you, thank you so much for everything".
Oliver said, "you're very welcome" as the team stood up and headed toward the door, as Dave put his hand on the door Natalie said, "I'll make sure to get the paperwork to you in the morning". Hotch said, "thank you Natalie", she smiled and said, "you're welcome and thank you for everything you and your team did to stop the mad man that destroyed so many families", the team smiled and thanked both Natalie and Oliver again before they followed the bailiff out of the judges chambers and back out to the lobby.
Derek then looked at Tracey and said, "alright now who's ready to go to the park and have some fun"?, Tracey said, "meeeee daddy, meeeeeeeee" as she jumped into his arms. Hotch said, "why don't you go on over to the park, I'm going to go grab a few things and then I'll meet you there".
Penelope smiled and said, "okay bossman" as she intertwined fingers with Derek and followed the others across the street to start their day of fun and for Penelope maybe, just maybe a few surprises.