Survival- Ch 6 C- The Service
Derek Morgan sat in the middle of the aisle beside Penelopes brothers, he closes his eyes and listens as person after person gets up and talks about what an amazing woman his baby girl was. He watched as JJ was wheeled up to the front, he watched as she wiped her eyes and said, "Garcie was my best friend and the Godmother to my son Henry, she liked to call herself his fairy Godmother because it was her duty to spoil him rotten".
After JJ came Emily who talked about how her friendship with Penelope was one of the best she had ever or would ever have and that her son Jack was the luckiest little boy in the world to have Penelope as his Godmother. After Emily was Hotch who told about his first meeting with Penelope and how she handed her resume in on pink paper, which got a laugh out of the crowd.
Reid was next and he talked about how much Penelope was like his sister and how much he loved her, he talked about her loving heart and how the world was going to be a gray place without her. Rossi stood up next and smiled as he looked at the huge picture of her and said, "kitten you were the most amazing woman I have ever met, your presence will definitley be missed".
Derek wiped his eyes as Rossi said, "you are like a daughter to me and you will always live in my heart, Derek stood up and nervously headed up to the podium. He took a deep breath and started talking about Penlope, he talked about how much he loved her and what an amazing heart she had and he then continued to tell how they first met and how he called her the wrong name and he said, "from then she owned my heart and that will never change".
Penelopes brothers walked up to the podium one by one and talked about their sister and how much they loved her and how much she would be missed, they also talked about how lucky she was to have wonderful family and friends like she has. As the service came to a close everybody walked by the coffin and paid their last respects to Penelope.
Derek, the team and Penelopes brothers were the last people in the church, Derek leaned over and said, "I love you baby girl and you will always and I mean always be the owner of my heart". JJ and Emily completely broke down as the lid on her coffin closed for the last time, Hotch and Reid did their best to console their wives but their attempts failed miserably.
The funeral procession was led by the two limos carrying her team and brothers to the cemetary, her brothers had thought about flying their sisters body to California to be buried with their parents but once they saw the place that Derek had suggested they knew that they had made the right choice by leaving her in Virginia.
The family stood around the grave site and paid their final respects to their best friend, co-worker, sister and to one the love of his life, Fran took a deep breath as she wrapped her arm around her son and led him back toward the limo. Once he was inside he laid his head back against the seat and the tears streamed down his face.
Fran put her hand on his and said, "I'm so sorry baby boy and I wish there was something I could do for you", he said, "there isn't anything anybody can do momma, she's gone and I'm never gonna see her again". Meanwhile in London Penelope weakly opens her eyes and looks around the room, she has no idea where she is and her heart rate starts to race causing her machines to start blarring.
The doctor runs into the room and says, "Ms. Garcia my name is , you're safe and I need you to calm down", she then started taking deep breaths and soon her heart rate was going back to normal. She was so tired and weak but she managed to say a few things, she wanted to know where she was and where was Derek.
The doctor said, "you are in London and Derek is in Virginia", when she found out that her hotstuff was in Virginia she gave in to her exhaustion and soon drifted off to sleep. It would be several months before she would learn the full extent of her injuries and everything that led to her being all alone in London.