"What? What did you find?"
She knew exactly what she'd found and she knew in an instant that she couldn't let Kevin see it. She minimized one of the reports before he stood.
"Go get Hotch!"
"What? Why? Let me see what you found!"
"Not now Kevin! Go get Hotch!"
"But…"
"KEVIN!"
"Okaaay…fine!"
Then he scurried out of the lair as he was instructed. Garcia picked up her phone and dialed.
Rossi had just stepped into Hotch's office when Hotch's phone rang. It was Garcia.
"Yeah, Garcia?"
"It's Kevin!"
"What?"
"I sent him to look for you…I think he knows where Derek is! Please you've got to get him to tell you…."
"Slow down, slow down…"
"I can't Hotch I found something and Kevin is involved he's on his way to…"
There was a knock on the door. Both men looked up to see Kevin's face pressed against the glass. Rossi waved the man inside as Hotch continued to listen to Garcia. Kevin nervously opened the door and walked in.
"What can we do for you Kevin?" Rossi asked.
Before he could answer Hotch ended his call and turned to face the man.
"Lynch?"
"Uh…Sir, Penelope says she's found something. She wanted me to come and find you…"
"Have a seat Kevin." Then motioning to Rossi. "Dave, lock the door please."
Unknown Location-
"Are you having second thoughts?"
Sam glanced back at the sleeping man and quietly stepped into the hall closing the door behind him. He closed his eyes for a moment before answering.
"Sam! Answer me, are you having second thoughts?"
Of course he was having second thoughts. He hadn't signed up for anything like this. He wasn't even sure how he'd gotten involved in the first place. Now Savannah wanted him to do the unthinkable. He wasn't sure he could.
"Savannah, this is crazy! I'm not a fan of Derek Morgan but this is wrong! Kidnapping…now you're talking murder?"
"It won't be long before they figure it out! I have a funny feeling that they may have already figured it out."
"What are you talking about?"
"I should have already received a phone call or a visit but it's been quiet…too quiet! I've been trying to reach Kevin for the last hour and all I get is his voicemail!"
"Do you think he double-crossed us? He has as much to lose as we do!"
"That weasel will do anything to save his own skin!"
"Can't we just drop him off at the hospital entrance? He's not going to be able to prove anything. We can be each other's alibi."
"Are you kidding? He's a FBI profiler! He can say that the sun fell out of the sky and they'd believe it. Now, do as I say, Sam!"
"Savannah…"
He could hear her exhale in frustration on the other end of the phone. He knew it was pointless to try any more to change her mind. He still wasn't sure he could do what she was demanding.
Savannah knew that Sam would be the weak link. She hadn't shared the news about Penelope carrying Derek's child and neither had Kevin; she was keeping that little tidbit for a moment just like this.
"Look, I know how you feel. I wasn't planning on taking things this far either not until…"
"Not until what?"
"Not until I found out that Penelope is pregnant with Derek's child."
Morgan opened his eyes. Surprisingly he was alone and for that he was grateful. He slowly tried sitting up but he found out quickly that it was going to be harder than he thought. He needed to get out of there and get help. He knew eventually Sam, Kevin or Savannah would be back and whatever they were planning for him was not good.
The door opened and Sam stepped inside staring blankly at him as he approached the bed. Again Morgan tried to sit up and again he failed.
"You're awake."
"Sam it's not too late to stop this…"
"Please don't try and use your profiler mumbo jumbo on me, agent."
An odd smile crossed his captor's face; it didn't match the glint of rage in his eyes.
"What are you going to do?"
"It's time for me to do what I know is best. Savannah and Kevin they're looking out for themselves and I need to do the same."
"What does that mean?"
"It means I need to get you out of here before either of them get back."
BAU Headquarters –
Puzzled, Rossi closed and locked the door and turned to face Kevin and Hotch. Hotch sat on the edge of his desk while Kevin fidgeted in his chair.
"Shouldn't we be getting back to Penel- uh I mean Garcia? It sounded pretty important."
Hotch crossed his arms and without saying a word stared down at Kevin.
"Hotch?"
Rossi had seen that look on his friends face before. It wasn't good.
"There's one thing that most federal agents share. Do you know what that is Kevin?"
"No. No sir, I don't."
"We're paranoid."
"I'm sorry I don't understand…"
"Agent Morgan was very intentional when he picked that location to live. Of all the houses that he's restored over the years, many a lot larger and nicer than that one, he chose that particular house."
Kevin continued to fidget and now he could feel the heat from Rossi's stare on the back of his neck.
"Do you know why he picked that house?"
"No."
"He picked that house because the city has one of its traffic cameras situated across the street."
Kevin's gulp was heard across the room.
"Garcia had the footage pulled and you know what it showed?"
"I can explain, I-"
"It showed a late model Ford pickup registered to you parked out in front of Morgan's house last night and it was still there this morning."
Rossi took a few steps and now he stood behind Kevin.
"You know what else?"
Kevin was afraid to utter a word so he simply shook his head, no.
"It shows you following agent Morgan after he left his home this morning."
Before Kevin could speak he felt Rossi's hands land heavily onto his shoulders and jerk him from the chair onto his feet. Then before he or Hotch could react, Rossi whirled him around and slammed him face first into the door.
"What did you do?" Rossi growled.
"Noth-nothing! Please!"
Kevin panted afraid to move as his body remained plastered against the door.
"Dave!"
"You better start talking right now!"
"Dave…"
"No Hotch! This asshole has been smack dab in the middle of our investigation all along and Morgan could be…"
He couldn't finish his statement instead he increased the pressure on Kevin's body to assure the man that he'd kill him without so much as a second thought. Hotch stepped toward the two men and leaned in close to the terrified one.
"Kevin, listen to me very closely. Your window of opportunity is very narrow and it's closing rapidly. You tell us right now where agent Morgan is or I'll personally put a bullet in your head."
Unknown Location –
Savannah knew very well that she might have to do what her partner was too weak to do. Their conversation earlier did nothing to ease her mind so as she pulled into the parking space she grabbed her gun from the glove compartment. Sam had become a liability now and she wasn't about to let him bring her down.
Slipping the gun into her purse Savannah opened the door and hurried down the hall toward the room where they were holding Morgan. It was quiet; too quiet and her eyes widened at the sight when she opened the door.
"Damn!"
She looked around the room empty with no signs of its earlier use. The monitors, the gurney and other medical paraphernalia was now gone. She continued to look around as if her denial would change the fact the Sam and Morgan were gone.
"Where are you taking me?"
Morgan tried desperately to clear his head as he lay uncomfortably in the back seat. The hum of the road beneath him seemed to aid the effects of the drug that Sam had given him just before he rolled him from the old dilapidated building. Sam continued to drive without saying a word.
"Sam, where…"
"Shh…save your strength. You'll need it where you're going."
"Don't do this! It's still not too late."
"Yes…yes it is too late. You took Penelope from me. I loved her she belonged to me!"
"Sam, don't do this."
"Don't worry, agent. I'll take good care of Penelope and the baby."
Derek felt a sharp pang of terror as he tried desperately to move against the bindings around his wrists and feet.
"No…"
Sam began to chuckle as he glanced through the rearview mirror at the man who many believed couldn't be beaten. Then his chuckle morphed into a hysterical cackle as the darkness pulled Morgan in and held him tight.
"Baby Girl…"