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Chapter 6 Undercover
Pen walked into the bureau the next day to get all the details on the case she would be working undercover plus her new identity she would be using. She finished packing the majority of what she would be taking with her with Hotch's help of course. The rest of it would be picked up by the movers and put in her storage unit till she returns although she really wasn't sure she wanted to come back and have the awkwardness between her and Derek and to tell you the truth she wasn't sure she could live in Quantico, Virginia without his friendship when everything around her would remind her of "them".
Stepping into the bullpen she noticed the director eagerly awaiting her next to two gentleman and the Oh so sexy Agent Cruz "Hello Ms. Garcia words can't express how glad I am you agreed to help us out we haven't gotten anywhere within the last five years. Pen was listening but she wasn't giving him her full attention Agent Cruz and her were too busy undressing each other with their eyeballs. "Huh? Wait what? Did you just say five years? Oh my goodness this must be good." Pen exclaimed not quite believing it had been a five years case so far she hoped she wasn't in over her head. "Well Ms. Garcia its not good but it has been a tough one, now if you will follow us in the conference room we will give you and Cruz here who I see your already acquainted with the details of the case." The two just smiled neither denied his assumption, just smirked at each other.
"Ok at agent Hotchners request I granted him permission to join and listen of course he is not to share it with anyone else that includes the other members of your team, when I begin to tell you the location your headed I will ask that he step out" Everyone nodded and waited for him to continue. "Ms. Garcia before I begin I want you to know that agent Cruz is heading with you for your protection he is going to be your fiancee at your place of work, and is too follow you everywhere you go outside of your home. That includes grocery stores and so forth. The house you will be staying at has a fence all the way around it with motion detectors that will then signal the alarm to let you know there is movement outside the home the outside cameras stay on at all times so when the alarm signals the outside feed will pop up on your televisions right away in every room. There will be surveillance on the you both at all times these agents will only contact you if there's an issue which at this point they will be required to give you some information before you assume they are legitimate." He stopped to hand them each except for hotch a folder pertaining to the case before continuing.
"This is a prostitution ring we have been trying to take down for some time, those pictures our missing underage girl's that we believe were taken into this ring. We have had agents under for some time and a few techs but none have been able to get us close to shutting them down now-"pen interrupted him. "Sir if know one so far has been able to give you anything substantial what makes you think I will be able too?" pen was confused how on earth could she do this when hundreds of others couldn't. "I was getting to that Ms. Garcia, now I want this case solved just as bad as anyone else working it so I came here and had a meeting with all the unit chiefs in this building and I told them I needed the best tech they could give me and I wasn't leaving with anything less. Every single one of them told me technical analyst Garcia was the person for the job, now don't get me wrong im not asking of you to be a miracle worker but do what you have always done dig, dig, dig, and then dig some more anything you find that another tech didn't might be our missing piece. We have been told he has his own book keepers and a few websites he uses to exploit this is where you will begin. If you find anything we will relate it to our undercover agent on the next meet." He paused then sed."Oh and Ms. Garcia, don't leave a trace you've been there but you have my permission to do what you need to do. Do you understand what I mean?"pen smirked and nodded her head.
"Agent Hotchner will you step out now please I will send Ms. Garcia to your office when we are done here" Hotch obliged but so didn't look like he wanted to.
Before the door shut all the way Hotch stepped back in staring straight at the director with a tense face. "Director I know there are no guarantees in our line of work especially undercover work but, I just really need some kind of reassurance that SSA. Garcia will be protected at all cost and will not be asked to do anything that isn't behind a computer. Now I'm aware this is a tall order to ask of you but I've worked with Garcia for eight years now as you all know our team here is a family and well… she's the glue that keeps us together if anything were to happen to her we would fall apart. Garcia I'll see you in my office when you are through here." Pen couldn't help but get teary eyed Hotch spoke with so much emotion his voice kept cracking as if he was holding back tears of his own. It was rare to see Agent Hotchner show any kind of emotion when it came to the job.
The director took a second to gather his thoughts. He wished he could gurantee he would have his tech back in one piece but there's always that chance anything could transpire. Evil never has sympathy on the very people who are trying to bring them down. "Ok Cruz, Garcia you are headed to Los Angeles, California you will be staying in a pent house in the rather high dollar part of town. We haven't been able to identify the head of the operations but we do know a few people that work for them. They all have loads of money and live in this part of town also. You would never guess this is how they make their millions, they appear to look like legit business men. They play themselves off to be just that. Telling young girls who grew up less fortunate they can make lots of money being models, the sane ol' rouse many unsubs use to obtain underprivileged kids into there world. Of course when they finally meet with these men modeling and acting is the last thing they will be doing. Some will most likely not be from the united states but as I tell everyone in this operation from here or not I want every single minor to be rescued first and for most. Ms. Garcia I know your probably wondering how we know all this information yet cant take them down I can tell by the look on your face you've been dying to interrupt to ask this question." Pen nodding yes, she was thinking that very question. "The answer quite frustrates me, but the law is what stands in our way. The law prevents us from just kicking the door down and taking them down. Several undercovers have tried over five years to gain trust of a few guys but never got anywhere. For lack of a better word these sick f*cks are GOOD!" The director hit the table with his fist to emphasize 'good'.
"There are a few other things you need to know but we need to get going so we will not miss the private jet we will be taking to LA. These are two of the agents that will be keeping an eye on you two from a distance." Pen couldn't help but feel kinda creeped out by that. "Um sir do I have to be worried about being watched in the shower?" Everyone let out a slight laugh only Penelope would ask something like that. "No Ms. Garcia they are strickly for out side observation from a far just to be sure the same car doesn't keep passing by or a suspicious person that appears to be following you." Passing them each a small pocket book he began. "These are your new identitys, when you arrive at the pent house there will be a gentleman by the name of David Martinez there to give you each your keys to the vehicles and house, show you how to work the surveillance and alarm systems-" Ok is he serious? Pen scoffed before interupting Would he really be sending me if I needed leassons on how alarm systems worked. "Sorry to interrupt Sir but I guess your unaware that I am the Oracle of all things known and unknown im sure we can figure out how to work an alarm system just fine so just save your man power." Cruz looked at her like she had lost her mind talking to the director like that. "I have only heard wonderful things about you so I do believe you could figure it out on your own but David will be there regardless with your keys plus a packet that states where you will be working and as well as things to tell people about your past if asked. Starting right now no more Cruz or Garcia it's Xavier Reyes and Ilene Espinoza. You are a happily engaged coulple. Ilene you may make your way to Agent Hotchners office now please try to meet us at the elevators within the next ten minutes" Gathering there papers everyone stood and made there way out the conference room Cruz..I mean 'Xavier' put his hand on my lower back and whispered huskily in my ear "The only person you have to worry about seeing that sexy body of yours in the shower is me cause I plan on being right there with you… FiaNceee" She just rolled her eyes laughing at how he stretched out the work 'fiancee'. But pen never one not to have a quick retort put her hand in the air in front of him "Hmm you see what's crazy about that is my lonely little finger doesn't seem to have a engagement ring on it" giving him her sincerest pout she rushed off to Hotch's office.
"Hey boss man he's giving me ten minutes to grace you with my presence for however in the heck long from now isn't that just uber mean?!" she was trying to lighten the moment they were both almost in tears earlier, she did not want to have an emotional break down if it couldn't last longer then ten minutes. Hotch chuckled at her wittiness "That is just plain evil. I have your new credentials but of course now i know you cant take them along, I have your phone, laptop, and the Penelope identification put up safely as you wished." Giving him a sincere smile she mouthed 'thank you'. "Please be safe pen im expecting you back when this is all over in one piece and yes, that is a order! It will be mere days before someone from the team starts calling me worried about you im guessing it will be Morgan to notice your phones off first then he'll go by your house and he'll use his key to open up an empty apartment. He will be heartbroken so I wont take any of the anger he unleashes on me when he calls personal. He will wonder why he isn't the one there to protect you, in all honesty I'd like for him to be the one with you but with this being prentiss's last week you gone also I cant send him too." Pen just sighed and looked toward the floor she wished he could be her big sexy muscled bond body guard to but after what had happened, what he had sed to her afterwards had assured her she needed to put out the torch she'd been carrying for Derek Morgan for all these years if she ever wanted to be able to move on and fall in love with someone who reciprocated her feelings.
"Penelope did something happen between you and Morgan?" REALLY? pen thought 'cant get anything past a profiler!' "I hate profilers" she mumbled. Hotch smirked knowing he'd hit it on the nose so he just waited for her to begin. "While im gone please take care of him. Don't allow him to throw himself in a dangerous situation just to be the hero. If he still gives you trouble im going to tell you the secret.. pull the mama card! Works like a charm and I promise he'll calm his hot headed self. But shhh you didn't hear it from me." Hotch knew she was avoiding telling him what happened between them. They hardly ever fight this is strange. "Ok pen I will keep that in mind. If you want to talk about what happened I can be Aaron for the few minutes we have left." She really did want to talk to someone about it but Hotch?! Standing up to pace she began "Okay.. okay! Ill tell you since you forced it out of me but please don't tell him or anyone else for that matter." She took a deep breath to collect herself "Long story short.. wewentout…iwenthomewithhim.. I KNOW STUPID DRUNK ME…one thing led to another wehadsex.. and he told me I was just like all his other one night stands then apologized for it?" She was crying now damn hotch for making her tell him! "I just don't get it hotch he broke my heart into millions of pieces last night yet I'm still in love with him?" straightening herself up accepting the tissues he was handing her she cleaned her face up and promised herself she wouldn't cry over him a minute more!
"Pen im so sorry he did that. I don't believe he really meant it I think he just got scared. Morgan is brave when it comes to the field but when it comes to the women he's in love with he scared shitless. He thinks by telling you he's not ready for a commintment or settling down is saving you from heartache but in the end it's doing just that." He gave her hand a reassuring squeeze, time was about up so they stood up to say goodbye. "Thanks for listening to me boss man I refuse to cry another tear over that man ever again." Hotch nodded smiling softly. "Penelope please be safe if you are asked to do anything in person refuse. You could get seriously hurt and loose your life. I have a feeling there's more to this then I've been told i hope im wrong. I know how independent you are pen so promise me you will not try and get away from the people trying to keep you safe. If you have to think of jack and henry, how much they'll miss you if they never saw you again. This is hard enough a whole year maybe more, hopefully less without there Cool Aunt P." pen couldn't stop the tears from coming now.
"Ill miss you all tell jack ill miss him like crazy but im sure I will have collected tons of toys between now and then for him and henry." He glanced out the door seeing the director gving him a look. "Looks like there getting antsy out there better get going" pen was feeling really nervous now she prayed her family in Quantico would remain safe while she was gone. It would be devastating no to be here for them if anything were to happen. Leaning in giving him a hug she whispered "Ill remember all the promises I made you please remember the ones you made me. Keep yourself along with all my other babies safe I don't want them mad at me so please let them no I didn't have a choice." Releasing eachother from there hug Garcia turned around and started walking to the door before she got any crazy ideas to go awol.
She was just out the door when Hotch called her name, she turned her head expectantly waiting for him to say something. Noticing his slight hesitation she spoke first. "I love ya boss man don't loose any sleep over little ol me ill be back before you no it." Hotch always had a hard time expressing his feelings with words unless it was his child or wife. Pen was like a daughter/sister he wanted to protect her from this but knew he couldn't. "Penelope I don't care about the rules or procedure if your in a bad position, your in trouble or hurt call me. Ill be right there." Its true he'd risk this job to save his family he failed at that already with Hayley and Jack. He'd lost a wife and his son lost a mother because of the job. It would be a cold day in hell before Agent Aaron Hotchner let anything like that happen again.
As pen walked up to the four men waiting for her it all finally sank. She wanted nothing more than to bolt more than that she wanted Derek with her he always made her feel safe. That wasn't an option he wouldn't stop his life for her nor would she want him too. All she could do was lean into the side Cruz had offered her his arm wrapped around her protectively and pray that they could help solve this send some children home safely to there parents where they should have been all along and hope that nobody else gets hurt in the process.
A/N: I know this is a long one and forgive me if im wrong about some things in here this is my first fic im tryin my best for ya! I love ideas if you have any. Next will be morgans reaction to his babygirl undercover Uh-OH! lol
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