Survival-Ch 4- Saving Penelope

Derek stopped the car and raced down the side of the hill and jumped into the water, his only thought was to save his baby girl, he couldn't lose her not now. As he took a deep breath before diving again he vowed that he would tell her how he truly felt about her, he would tell her that he was head over heals in love with her but first he needed to find and save her.

Reid made his way down the side of the hill and jumped into the water to help in the search of Penelope, when he got to the van he saw no sign of any of the men, the only person he saw was Derek. Derek busted the window out with his elbow to regulate the pressure to get inside, he had to get to his baby girl, he just had to.

His heart raced when he saw her floating in from of him surrounded by bloody water, he quickly grabbed her around the waist and pulled her through the van. When he got to the window he saw Reid and he gently passed Penelope through the window to him, he then watched as Reid started swimming up toward the surface.

Derek followed them and popped above the water a few seconds after them and helped pull her to the shore, after they got Penelope laying flat on her back Derek checked for a pulse and after not finding one said, "no sweetness, no please don't leave me". Reid then started doing compressions while Derek did rescue breaths.

They continued this through several cycles before they were able to get a pulse, Derek put her hand in his and said, "come on baby girl, please open your eyes, please open those beautiful eyes and look at me". Reid raised her shirt up and said, "we need to stop the bleeding or at least slow it down Derek".

Reid and Derek both ripped the sleeves off of their shirts and started pressing it to her multiple wounds, Derek said, "that son of a bitch, he is gonna pay for what he did to my baby girl". After a few minutes Derek gave a sigh of relief when they heard sirens coming in the background, he leaned over and kissed Penelope on the forehead and said, "hang on goddess, please hang on".

Meanwhile back at the warehouse Hotch and Dave watched as JJ and Emily were loaded onto their ambulances, Hotch looked at Dave and said, "I'm going to ride with Emily, I'll see you at the hospital". Dave nodded his head as the EMT closed the door, he then jumped into the drivers seat of the SUV and pulled out right behind the ambulance with his sirens and lights blarring.

Hotch held Emilys hand in his and said, "hang on Em, please hang on, Jack and I need you", she gently squeezed his hand and he said, "that's it Em, I need you to keep fighting". JJ slowly started opening her eyes in the other ambulance and the medic said, "can you hear me"?, she weakly nodded her head yes.

He smiled and said, "hang on, we'll be at the hospital in a few minutes", she took a deep breath and nodded her head again as her eyes slowly started to close. The medic continued to work on her wounds to try to at least slow the bleeding down, she was stabbed on several places on her stomach, chest and sides.

Derek looked down at the medic and said, "how is she man"?, he looked up and said, "her blood pressure is weak, very weak and she could possibly have a collapsed lung". Derek said, "what about her stab wounds"?, he said, "she has several to her stomach and chest but this one right here", he pointed to the center of her chest, "I'm afraid has caused a lot of damage but until we get her to the hospital we won't know for sure the complete extent of her injuries", he nodded his head as he brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it".

Reid was following the ambulance and the entire time he couldn't get his mind off of JJ, how was she, how bad were her wounds, would she make it", he took a deep breath and said, "hang on Jayje, please hang on for me and Henry". The ambulances carrying Emily and JJ roared into the ER entrance and were instantly met by several doctors.

Hotch got off and followed them inside, Dave pulled up behind the ambulances and got out and followed JJ inside, if she woke up he didn't want her to be alone. The doctors quickly started examining the two agents, Emily opened her eyes and said, "A A Aaron", the doctor said, "what's your name"?, she said, "E E Emily, Emily Hotch Hotchner".

She said, "Emily do you know what happened to you"?, she nodded her head yes and the doctor said, "who is Aaron, is that your husband"?, again she nodded her head yes and the doctor said, "I will let him in to see you in a few minutes, we need to get you stablized first and see just how bad your injuries are", Emilys eyes slowly started closing.

JJ opened her eyes again and saw Dave sitting beside her, she said, " D D Dave"?, he leaned over and said, "I'm right here JJ, I'm right here", she swallowed hard and said, "wh wheres Spence"?, he said, "he'll be here in a few minutes, he is following the ambulance that is following Penelope". JJ said, "ho how is she"?, Dave said, "let's not talk about that now".

She said, "pl pl please Dave, how"?, Dave said, "it isn't good honey, it isn't good at all", she said, "she can can't die, she she has to be ok okay Dave". He squeezed her hand and said, "rest JJ and Spencer should be here soon", she nodded her head yes as her eyes started to slowly close and it didn't take long before she was out again.

The ambulance carrying Penelope raced into the ER entrance and when the doors opened her gurney was rushed inside with Derek and Spencer right behind it. Derek tried to go into Penelopes room but was stopped at the door and all he could do was watch helplessly through the window as the doctors and nurses worked feverishly worked to save his baby girl.

I'm so excited, I got nominated for Best Garcia/Morgan story with Who Wants To Marry Derek Morgan, you are all amazing and you make writing so much fun and I want to thank you all for the nomination