The team was pretty much wrapped up in Penelope's kidnapping. They had the motive, they had the person, but they had neither Penelope nor the man they had taken.
Luke just wanted proof that she was alive. He just wanted to see her again. He just wanted her by his side.
He woke up alone in bed. The silent house. Roxie was still with Nanny Pet. He had no head for anything. He needed to focus on Penelope.
When the phone vibrated. He did not want to answer.
- He'll call you later. He thought before turning to the other side.
The phone rang again. Luke jumped scared from the bed. This person tried desperately to talk to him. It was not Hotchner or a known number.
- Penelope. Luke thought before answering the phone. - Penelope! Luke yelled as he answered the phone.
- One more chance, Agent Alvez. Richard said. - One more chance.
- Who are you? Where is Penelope? Luke yelled at the man on the phone.
"She's in a better place now. Richard said.
- You bastard. Luke thought before cursing the man. "If you touched a golden thread in her hair, I swear I'll kill you."
"If you kill me, you'll never know where she is." - I'm talking about Richard. - I sent you a picture. If you want to show your friends, feel free. They'll never get me. Richard hung up the phone.
- Please wait. Luke shouted at the sound of the dial.
The cell phone vibrated with the arrival of a message. Luke hesitated for a moment. He clicked and a photo was uploaded.
"Pen ..." Luke began to cry when he saw the photo. "Why with you?"
Luke called Hotchner and reported on the photo and the call. He arrived at the FBI.
- Hey. - Said Hotch. - We'll find her.
"He said she was in a better place. Luke said sadly.
"He said that to annoy you. Reid said. "Then he must know when you like her."
"He wants revenge on her, I know, but why torture me?" Luke asked. - Send her pictures like that.
"He knows you love her enough to commit madness." - Answered Hotch. - And it will get worse.
Luke nodded his head. Penelope was so frail in that picture.
Penelope woke up in what looked like a prison cell. Unlike one, this was a bit narrow. Not that she knew of a prison cell, but she had a certain sense of the time when she went to work with the team in the beginning. In Gideon's time.
Penelope stood up and noticed that her back burned as if they had been burned. It was the consequence of whipping. She tried to open the bars, but she could not. The moment she put her hand on it, she felt as if she had caught fire and then let go.
She took a step back and hit the brick wall. She looked around to see if she recognized anything.
- What place is this? She asked loudly to herself.
- It's your new home. Richard said.
"You were here all along?" - She asked.
- Perhaps. - He said. "I see you've explored your space."
- That tiny square? She mocked. "Maybe I should stand on a stool in the middle."
"Something wrong with the bed?" - He asked.
- Most likely. - She answered.
"The next session will begin in forty minutes." - He replied.
"My team will find you. - She said.
- Hope so. - He replied. "Otherwise you'll die here."
"I'm really sorry I lived through that hell, but I'm not to blame. She pulled away a little as he approached.
"If you had not left then perhaps your parents were alive." He hit the railing.
She pulled her close to the railing and made her swallow a pill.
- What is it? She asked, startled.
"It'll make you relax for a few hours." He replied threatening.
She began to feel dizzy. She sat up in bed, her dizziness increasing gradually.
- I'll be back in a few minutes. - He said.
She began to fall asleep quickly.
- Luke. She lay down in bed knowing what would happen next. - Save me please.
She closed her eyes and slept. Richard came back and saw her sleeping. He gave Penelope a scary smile.
- Take her. He spoke to two men. "And put it in the place we provided."
They picked her up and took her to a van. They took her to Levenworth. She would spend some time there to learn and see closely what he had been through.
The team had no idea what she was going through. Luke was agonized with Penelope's disappearance. He could not remember how many times he went to Penelope's room and sat there for a few minutes.
He missed her so much that he could not bear the thought of closing her room with a crime scene.
"It's not a crime scene!" He yelled at one of the men who had investigated the place behind evidence. "It's not a crime!" She is alive.
- Luke. Hotch said coming up behind him. "Do not be so nervous. We'll find it and you'll be able to tell.
"What if it's late?" - He asked. "What if I have to tell a dead body at the coroner's desk?" What if it equals Rossi when he said goodbye to Strauss?
"Stop pessimism, Agent Alvez. A voice spoke.
- Derek. Reid said when he saw Morgan coming out of the elevator.
"Why did not you tell me that Penelope was taken?" - He asked.
"We could not get you involved." - Answered Hotch. "You're a civilian now.
- I can still help. Morgan said. - I really can help.
Luke got pissed off.
- Agent Derek Morgan. - He thought. "The only man who gets a sincere smile from Penelope without anger.
Luke took a deep breath.
- Agent Luke Alvez. He said, holding out his hand.
- Much pleasure. Morgan answered. "Derek Morgan or you can call me Chocolate Thunder."
"I've heard the story about you. Luke spoke with a certain jealousy of him.
"So you know that between Penelope and I is just friendship." Morgan said.
- IT IS. Luke said. - I know.
- Let's go to work. Hotch interrupted the agents.