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A/N: So they're all separated and I was mean to leave it like that, my apologies! Here, though, have more! =) Enjoy!
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Derek turned back just in time to see Hotch calming Jack and JJ holding tightly onto Henry as if he were the only reminder of Will she had. He cast his gaze up to the sky, the helicopter long gone, and he didn't feel any elation that his wife and unborn baby were on their way to safety. It was completely unsettled by the fact that she was apart from him, that she was up in the sky where anything could happen imminently.
Then he had to think on the positive side. She was going to get seen to and they'd know if their baby was safe and nothing was wrong with Penelope. However, the sight of her trapped back at the bank eclipsed the good. Seeing his wife in that type of situation scared him endlessly and it weakened him. Seeing his wife hurt stole away all of the courage that Derek had spent decades defining. It took away his agent status, his calm demeanour in crisis and it made him became an actor. He hid his fear to calm his wife's.
Derek had to focus on something until he could be guaranteed a reunion. He was just having trouble finding something worth focusing on, everything he tried just resulted back to Penelope and everything that had happened since they woke up that morning.
Emily looked at Reid who shot her an awkward smile. At that she crossed the small space between them and kissed him as if that one kiss was going to the first and last time she would get the opportunity.
Pulling back she bit her bottom lip breathlessly, "I'm sorry for leaving the first time without telling you how I feel and I can't hide it anymore, Spencer. I'm in love with you."
Reid smiled brightly then, "I'm in love with you too," He mumbled back at her and let instinct pull him closer for another kiss. "I almost lost you once, Emily."
"I'll be waiting don't you worry," She promised him as the call for all women and children was made.
Walking over to him, Derek slapped his hand on Reid's shoulder, "About time," He commented and tried to take the new turn in Reid's love life as something that offered hope. "She'll be there."
"With Penelope," Reid said as he watched Emily go to Hotch, taking Jack in her arms. He then Derek as he went over, banding together with Rossi to support Hotch.
"You lot had better not take too long," JJ teased nervously, not knowing what was ahead of them. She walked over to Derek, "I'll try and get to Pen as soon as possible, Derek."
"Get to your husband, JJ," He told her, knowing she was in the same predicament as he was. Both were separated from the love of their lives.
Hotch put his hands on his head. Years after losing Haley and now Jack had been torn away from him as well. He had no idea how long it would take before he felt his son in his arms, but he had to be optimistic and believe it would be soon.
"How long is it going to take to get to wherever we're being taken?" Hotch quickly asked as the only citizens of Quantico left were the men. "How long until we're with them?"
"It's about a three hour flight, but we need to wait for other helicopters to get back in order to get all of you to our camp," They were told, and everyone looked from one to another.
Today was going to get even longer than before.
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Having gotten into Florida, Penelope and Will had been separated the moment they reached the hospital. She was told immediately that she wouldn't be allowed to see Will until he was seen to, and she was too. Instead she tried the one thing she knew and that was try and get someone to tell her if Fran had arrived from Chicago. So far, it seemed that attempt was futile.
Having been taken this way and that Penelope was now in a room knowing what injuries she had and she was left to revel in her own fear at the prospect of dealing with it alone. She had lied and said she wasn't pregnant, because she refused to find out if it was bad news or not.
Penelope had been laying so silently still, trying her hardest to either sleep or refuse her gaze from looking at the clock and yet neither happened. So Penelope continued to stare at the ceiling above and let her surroundings blend into one.
Hearing a knock at the door, her head swung over in hope that Derek was finally here with her, but to her misfortune it wasn't. However, she couldn't dispute the fact that she was happy to see her mother-in-law standing there.
"Oh Penelope," Fran said as she swooped in and took Penelope in her arms. The moment their eyes met she saw Penelope falter and her reserve dispersed. "I got here as soon as I was told."
Penelope said nothing audible, just a sob into Fran's chest. Relief filled her that she had family that had survived the trip. Her hope escalating that Derek and the others were sure to get here before they all knew it.
Before Penelope knew it she was kept in her mother's arms and kept there. She just sat breathing in Fran's smell, letting it loop around in her system and calm some of her woes, give her the sense of familiarity she was needing.
"Have the doctors said anything about your injuries?" Fran asked as she sat on the bed and took Penelope's hands, keeping close proximity to her.
"I need surgery on my ankle," Penelope said nervously, but that was all she said and she wasn't readying the words on her lips to carry on the sentence.
Noticing her daughter in law's behaviour, Fran's brow furrowed, "What else is it?"
Looking up, Penelope gulped, "I'm pregnant." She said instantly and the tears fell thickly and heavily.
"Is the baby okay?" Fran asked immediately, her worry escalating.
"The doctors don't know. I haven't told them," Penelope admitted and looked into her mother-in-law's eyes, "I have bruising on my stomach and a couple of fractured ribs, but..."
"Penelope..." Fran said heatedly, knowing that her daughter wasn't of sane of mind to be argued with. No one really was at this moment in time.
"I started bleeding, Mom," Penelope began to sob into Fran's arms; "I don't want to know if I lost the baby."
Fran felt her heart clench fiercely, "Penelope, if you don't tell the doctors then they can't help you. What if the baby's okay? We need to know if it's okay."
"I don't want to tell Derek I lost it." Penelope whispered and looked up at Fran, "I don't even know if Derek's going to get here at all."
"He will," Fran promised, "You seemed to forget I'm the woman that brought that boy up and he will be here. Whatever happens he will be."
She saw Penelope's mind switch, as though she was about to go on a lost love ramble. She could read every fibre of doubt that was ready to spill from Penelope's pale lips and she knew she had to stop it before Penelope let out one tear of the impending torrent.
"So this surgery..." Fran started, "When is that for?"
Penelope smiled, appreciating Fran's attempt to steal her attention. "Tomorrow morning at the earliest." Looking down at her hands as they wrung against one another. She really wished that she didn't have to wait, but out of the causalities brought in, she wasn't considered an emergency. Penelope spoke quietly, "Do you think they'll be here by then? I want him here."
Fran could read every inch of Penelope's vulnerability and fear at the prospect of what was happening. She could see the terror ignited in her eyes at what was in store. Moving Penelope's fringe away from her face, Fran smiled warmly, "He'll be here. This is Derek. I'm sure he's tried to hijack a helicopter or two already."
Penelope laughed at that momentarily. "He's done a lot of saving today," Penelope commented, her voice calmed at last. "I really did marry a real life action man."
Fran let out an easy laugh at that.
"But we all know he won't admit it," Penelope couldn't stop but give a ghostly smile as she thought about all the times she claimed him as her Noir Hero and he had told her she wasn't, he was just a man that loved her wholeheartedly.
"I think it's time you got some sleep," Fran said and stood, lifting the sheets up to lay down with Penelope. "We all know you won't sleep any other way and I'm not quite sure I'm ready to leave just yet."
Penelope smiled appreciatively, but she couldn't deny just how exhausted she was feeling. She allowed Fran to pull her close and hold onto her like she was a little girl again. Penelope just held on as she was held perfectly, just like she remembered her own mother used to hold her.
"Get some sleep now, Penelope," Fran said as she finally settled Penelope. "Derek will be here before you know it."
Penelope nodded as she finally relaxed enough to close her eyes and allow sleep to invade her system.
That was what Derek saw when he finally tracked down Penelope's room; his wife in his mother's arms peaceful in amongst the chaos of their new life.
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