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Hotch paced between the rooms, Penelope was back opposite and now everyone bar Emily sat in Derek's room.

'What was she like?' Derek asked in a frenzy as he tried to get used to the idea that Penelope had probably sat through hell without him not knowing her and he could kick himself for some strange reason for not remembering, he loved her, she was his everything yet he forgot her.

'Em said she was burning up, and she just seemed really exhausted.' Hotch said as he watched the door. 'She was reluctant to come back.'

'I need to get in there.' Derek said with trepidation.

'Derek just let the doctors sort her out and then we can get in there.' They sat around until Emily entered the room. 'Well?'

'She's sleeping, she's worn herself out... she's got an infection on the burn on her arm, the rest of the burns are fine, her other arms fine...she's on antibiotics and won't be awake for a bit.'

'How bad is the burn?'

'It's pretty bad... they recon she won't scar from it but she's not too convinced at the moment.' They separated again, Fran trying to find a doctor to allow Derek to get up and get into Penelope's room.

'Did they say anything about the fact she was burning up?'

'All part of the infection, it should be cleared up in a couple of days... the thing that worries me, is that she just stared throughout, and when the nurse left she started to cry, I don't think it's settled in that Derek remembers her again.'

'Well she had better... or I'm going to have to instil it again.'

'Derek what are you doing up?'

'He wouldn't stay settled until he saw her.'

Emily got up and moved so Derek could take Penelope's hand in his. 'You know she loves you so much that what just happened in the last couple of days, even week or so, has forced her to give up hope.'

'Her face when she said she was sorry and that we weren't meant to be, she looked close to crying, she looked so lost.'

'When I was trying to calm her down she asked me what if you didn't like her once you got to know her, what if you saw her as the fat geeky tech girl and not your baby girl... I told her she would always be your baby girl and she told me not if you didn't remember, she sounded so broken.'

'We're going to fix this.' Derek said adamantly. 'I just can't believe Kevin would do this, he pointed a gun at her, he knows how she hates them, yet he stood there and shot at her.'

'We saw you get her out of the way, you could've got shot Derek.'

'I don't care I just didn't want her to get shot again.'

The team looked at Derek with admiration that he had made that a priority. 'Look she's waking up, we'll go and get something to eat... see you a bit.' Hotch as Emily, Fran, Sarah, Desiree, Rossi and himself left the room closing the door behind them.

'Baby girl.' He soothed, and saw the tears gathering as her eyes opened. 'Hey princess save the tears.'

'What are you doing here Derek?' She asked confused, to her Derek still didn't have any recollection of her, parts from the hotel fazed in and out for her.

'I came to see my goddess.'

'Goddess?'

'I am so sorry I forgot you P.'

'P?' She retorted, he was using all the nicknames he had for her, she didn't want to smile just in case someone had told him the nicknames.

'But I smelt your perfume and it all came back and I'm so sorry you had to doubt your life... I love you silly girl, nothing could change that, even though I didn't know you, I had this overwhelming urge to wrap my arms around and hug you.'

'I thought Kevin had won.'

'I know you did but he didn't, in the end it all came back and nothing could change that.' He kissed her hand and looked at her. 'You had to go and leave the hospital didn't you?' He teased.

She smiled slightly and felt the overwhelming feeling to cry again, this time with happiness not with loss. 'I just couldn't be in this room, with you on the other side of the corridor, it hurt so much.'

'I think I would always love you.'

'You recon?' He nodded. 'What scared me the most was that it was like meeting you all over again but it was too normal and when we met it was nowhere near normal and I was scared to be pushed out of your life if you didn't like me... so I thought it was best to do what I do best and that's run and hide.'

'Whilst in the process making yourself worse.'

'I guess so.' She whispered. 'I prayed so hard you'd come back to me, and you did, and then all of a sudden you didn't and I think it hurt more for you to be alive and remember everyone else but me than for you to be dead... I'm sorry for what I said the other night.' She said as the tears finally made a big debut down her cheeks.

'Baby girl come on, I know you didn't mean it, you were hurting and I understood but when you said those words and you walked out I felt my heart breaking and I knew how close I held you in my life and then Emily brought your perfume you had left and everything just came back and I needed you. I needed to know you got out safe, that I hadn't let Kevin hurt you.'

'You saved me handsome, twice and for that you will never know how much I will love you for it.'

'Hey princess, no man that says he loves you would put you in the firing line of any danger like Kevin did, I refused to allow you to get hurt again and I will spend the rest of my life protecting you from it.' Derek said to her and saw her smile at him.

To Kevin the perfect revenge was to separate the pair up, eliminate one, make one forget the other and whilst he had succeeded it was temporarily because a bond so strong could never be broken, something was going to trigger a chain reaction, once soul mates always soul mates.

The End!

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A/N: Thanks to all that reviewed and read... I hope you liked it!

I could carry on but why when Kevin hadn't won! :))