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"You just couldn't rest eh, Morgan?" Rossi asked as Derek slowly lowered himself into a wheelchair the next day.

Finally seated, Derek gritted his teeth, "I will once I've seen Penelope but not before." He replied strained, a hand wrapped around his tender body.

"Going against doctor's orders," Fran said and shook her head disapprovingly. "You and Penelope are too alike and all this going to do is lengthening your recovery. I should smack your heads together"

Derek winced, "And cause your baby more pain, Ma?" He asked with a slight cheeky smile. "I'm going to her. I need to. I need to know myself she's okay."

"Losing part of an organ weakens the body," Reid said as he stepped to the door, "Typically, what Penelope did for you is so rare it's hardly ever done. Only in extreme cases."

"What's your point, Kid? Or can we go see my woman?" Derek asked, looking up at Reid. "I know what Pen did for me was rare and life threatening and I also know that she's weak still, but I know that just seeing her I can cheer her up, I can make her feel better. It might not be conventional medicine but for me and Pen it's all we have."

"Okay," Reid said and then stepped out of the way, readying to go to the waiting room to find Emily, "Nice ring you got by the way."

Derek smiled and allowed Rossi to lead the way. That was proof that Penelope had followed through on his one request and had the ring on. It wasn't until he got a proper look at her, he saw the injuries concurred and he saw the small smile on her lips as her eyes latched on that he saw the ring on her finger.

"Seems one of us struck up lucky with this deal," She mused playfully as Rossi pushed Derek further forward so he was next to the bed, able to now grab Penelope's hand.

"Thank you, Baby Girl, thank you saving us both."

"Any day, Handsome," She told him back with a brighter smiled, "All in a day's work."

Smiling Derek kissed her knuckle, "How you feeling, Baby?"

Shifting painfully, Penelope looked at him, "As fresh as a daisy." She replied teasingly to him, "I'm guessing I don't look as good as you do right now."

"I think we'll leave you for a moment," Hotch spoke up, pushing himself up from his seat, "Half an hour tops Morgan, you already went against doctor's orders."

"News travels I see." Derek joked.

Penelope watched as they all left and dropped her gaze to meet Derek's and felt a part of her falter, the tears building. "I thought I had royally screwed up back there, Derek. When you left me and I was still there, I thought I'd done something wrong."

"Shh, you did amazingly, Baby Girl," Derek replied, trying to keep her calm. "You saved me and you came back. You did everything I asked of you and for that I can't ask for anything else."

"I want to go back," Penelope replied softly, a tear pulling down her cheek, "I want to go and come back when we're better. This is like torture."

Derek sat in silence; he had to admit he didn't expect to come back to this much damage. Internal damage, broken bones, fractures, cuts, burns, bruising, organ transplants. There was so much to contend with and he knew, he really knew, that by getting out of bed and not resting he was on the right lines to being laid up longer, and possibly rejecting the liver.

It was just his need to see Penelope, back in the real world that was, that gave him the strength to get out of that bed and go to her.

Now he knew why Penelope was so determined with saving him.

He also knew that she had lived and barely survived the days in which she was awake and he wasn't. He understood, for a moment, what she went though because he lived in their limbo entirely alone, entirely without caution and he lived without any inkling of what was going and how things were going to turn out.

"I'm here," Derek said out of the silence all of a sudden, "You don't have to do this alone now, Baby Girl. I'm here, like I promised I would. I came back to you, just like I promised."

Penelope looked at him, and smiled a little, "I'm so happy you did."

"Can't go breaking my promises to you now, Princess." He told her and smiled brightly at her, his entire thoughts and concerns for Penelope eclipsed his pain thresholds. He would endure any physical pain to make sure that Penelope was okay, or as okay as she could be considering the situation. "I make promises, I don't break them."

"It's good to know," Penelope said back and she just scanned his face, her eyes trailing the cuts and scrapes, her mind analysing the damage. "I did wonder if this would even work. If what I was doing was a lost cause."

Derek brought her hand to his lips, he knew Penelope had a lot of doubt casted from what had happened, there were so many reasons left unknown, so many desires to gain back. He knew there was a lot to recover from and there was a lot to get over, but he was convinced that by them both waking up they had opened the way to making it easier.

"Whatever you do, it is never a lost cause, P, never." Derek affirmed as he let their hands rest on the bed. "You always do things for other people, and now it's time we made sure that you do things for yourself. This is time for us to recollect and I will make sure you do this probably and heal up right."

"You need to heal too." Penelope dropped in.

"I know, I know, but I'll be fine all the time I know you're okay." He persisted and smiled at her, "I'll get better once I know that for once you're putting yourself first."

"I can do that," Penelope confirmed softly, "Just for you."

"Good," Derek breathed and just watched her as she watched him. "I love you so much, Penelope. Everything we've been through just proves how much we love each other and I promise you I'll never ever have any reason to doubt where I stand in your life." He could see Penelope relaxing at long last, "Your soul really is mine."

"Think it's safe to say we swapped, Handsome. Just like you have my heart."

"And now you're liver," He joked and finally heard her laugh. At long last he heard one of his most favourite sounds, after hearing her cry and sound so scared, that one echo of laughter made everything seem so much brighter.

Looking at him, a lighter look to her eyes, she took a little breath, "Now we just need a way to tell them all what limbo's like."

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I got a shoulder built for you
Just in case you need it to lean on
These hands I have are for you
Just in case you need help to hold on

The world is just a super sized merry go around
Sometimes your finger lose their grip, we all fall down

Don't sit there in the dark
Don't worry your heart
Everything will be fine
If trees fall on your power line

If your wills turn strong
You will always have a home
If your power's out
If the light turns dark
You can stay here in my heart
If your power's out

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Song: Nicole Scherzinger ft Sting – Power's Out