Reid was starting to irritate Penelope. He kept asking her how she felt, and if she needed to take a nap. Penelope had been stuck in her little office with Reid for a little over fours working on the Geographical profile.
Each woman had been abducted near either a shopping plaza or a local eatery. Reid had deduced that the women were being taking within a five mile radius of each other.
Penelope emailed the rest of the team the information she found, and the geography of the abduction sites, as well as the condensed information from each interview, the team was ready to give the profile.
Reid, Morgan, JJ, Rossi, Hotch, and Prentiss stood in front of the police officers that seemed captivated by the sheer confidence of the B.A.U.
Hotch began, "We are looking for a male in his mid to late 30's."
An officer raised his hand and asked, "Do we know what race the man may be?"
Reid said, "Given the geographical profile and the area we are in, it is more than likely that the Unsub is African American, however we don't want to limit our thinking right now."
The officer nodded his approval and wisely stayed quiet.
Prentiss spoke up and said, "We believe that he is trying to redeem himself with these killings. There is something about the Unsub himself he is not pleased with, and is using the women to take his anger and aggression out on."
Morgan that said, "Because he is killing women who came from meek and humble beginnings to marry prominent black men, we believe the Unsub is either quite poor, or has limited resources. Look for suspects that make less the minimum wage, or does work under the table."
Reid said, "He has only attempted sexual assault with the last few victims, also he is abducting them from places were each victim had spent a large amount of money. These women also drive flashy cars, and wear really expensive clothes."
Rossi said, "Chances are the Unsub had been rejected to many times by women of a social standard."
JJ spoke in a grave tone saying, "I don't need to tell you how important it is to stay away from the media. Most of the victim's families were lawyered up when they came to speak with us. These are known men, who would like to keep their private life just that. Eventually we may uncover some things that will need to be dealt with immediately. Please I want to stress the importance of staying away from talking to anyone about this case other than fellow officers, and with us. Thank you."
The officers and the team dispersed. Derek delivered a hard copy of their profile to Penelope.
"Hey mama there you are."
Penelope grumbled and said, "Here I am. It's not like I can go anywhere."
Derek said in a concerned tone, "Hey, hey. That does not sound like my baby girl."
"Derek I have been stuck in this office violating these women's lives. I have uncovered dirt, and secrets, and lies, and…."
Derek placed an arm around Penelope's shoulder and said, "Baby, I know, and I hate that you have to do this, but you know we can't do half of what we do without you. Now come and give me a smile."
Penelope huffed and said, "No."
Derek bent at the knees. He turned Penelope's office chair until they were eye to eye. Derek placed Penelope's hands in his, and rested them on her lap.
Derek said, "I know you hate snooping like this, but it is the connections that you find that saves our asses every time. I know you call us your super heroes but baby you are just as much of super hero. I told you if this ever got too much you could call mom, or my cousins, Des..and pretty much the rest of my family to come get you, but you didn't. No matter how down you get about cases, you pick yourself up and you get the job done."
Penelope removed her hands from Derek's and cupped his face. "I love you Derek Morgan. Thank you."
Derek smiled back and said, "No thanks needed." He tapped the tip of her nose and stood up. He turned her chair back to face the monitors, and kissed her temple."
"Baby girl do you feel better?"
Penelope smiled up at him and said, "Much. Now let's catch this baddie so I can take my vacation from this vacation."
Derek chuckled and said, "You got it silly girl."
Derek left and went to meet up with the rest of the team. He was going to talk to Hotch about getting another tech to help out with the case if need be.
Derek and the rest of the B.A.U left the precinct to narrow down the suspect list. Penelope had given them a long list of suspects with priors that would suggest they were capable of this sort of crime.
Penelope was in her little office and decided that she was going to stretch a little and get some ice cream. She smiled when she saw the older couple who owned the shop standing outside handing out free samples.
Penelope stood up, grabbed her purse and made her way across the street. She sat in the shop and talked with the owners about everything and nothing. They told her how they had met in church, he joined the military, and she became a nurse. The shop use to be something else, but when they retired they purchases the space, and started the business to leave something for their children and grandchildren.
Penelope gushed over the flavors they let her try. She settled on a sherbet mix that looked like a bright rainbow with all of her favorite colors. The older woman couldn't help but smile at Penelope's love for life. She said that it was people like Penelope that made her glad she opens her shop every day. She also confessed that some local thugs had been hanging around her shop. Penelope promised that when the case was over she would help them install a high security system.
The couple thanked her. She waved to them as she was leaving the shop.
A boy no older than 13 or 14 ran up to Penelope and said, "Help he's hurt."
Penelope looked wide eyed at the boy and asked, "Whose hurt?"
"M-m-my brother, please."
The young man grabbed Penelope's hand and she followed him down and alley. She saw a man laying down. He wasn't moving. Penelope handed the boy her cell phone and said, "Dial 9-1-1."
Penelope got closer to the man. She prayed he wasn't dead. After what happened in Alaska she could go her whole life without watching another person die in front of her.
Penelope bent down to check his pulse. She sighed with relief that she felt one. The man sat up quickly and grabbed Penelope causing her to screech.
He roughly placed a hand over her mouth and said, "I am going to tell you this once. Shut the fuck up."
The man stood up and roughly tugged Penelope to her feet. He kept his hand clasped over her mouth. The boy she had given her phone to was nowhere to be seen.
A van quickly drove into the alley. The door opened and Penelope was pulled inside and thrown on the van's metal floor.
She closed her eyes and prayed. When she felt a burlap sack being placed over her head panic really set in. She was terrified, crying, and pregnant.
She felt someone pull her into a sitting position, and tie her arms behind her back. They then pushed her back down.
A voice said, "Drive faster, we need to get the hell out of here."
The drive said, "Man calm the fuck down. We get there when we get there."
Penelope inwardly snorted to herself, "Of course she would get abducted by tweedle dee and tweedle dum.
The first voice that spoke asked, "Why isn't she screaming or something?"
The drive said, "How the fuck should I know. She works for the F.B.I, maybe they have a class in how to shut the hel l up. I wish you would take that class."
The van drove for about 15 minutes. They came to a quick and rough stop. The men flanked each side of Penelope and drug her inside of what she could imagine was an industrial building.
Penelope was placed on a cold metal chair. Her hands were untied but quickly cuffed to the metal chair.
The sack that was on her head was yanked off.
Her eyes were red rimmed, and wide like an owl's. Penelope asked, "What do you want from me?"
A man said, "It's not what we want, it is what he wants."
Penelope tried to think. She asked herself what would Derek do?"
One man said, "He was right she is pretty, and a little thick too. Maybe she will be the one this time."
The two men looked down at their watches and said, "Hate to snatch and run, but we got shit to do."
They left Penelope alone in a building that was now being lit by the sun outside. The room was cold and empty. She saw some dried blood along one of the walls and a hook hanging from the ceiling.
She saw a wooden door off to the side open. A man came out dressed like local gang members.
He was tall, maybe a little taller than Derek. He had a clean shaven head, he was dark skinned, and he looked angry.
The man's heavy tennis shoes made a loud noise with every step he took. He came very close to Penelope and said, "Damn you're fine. I think I might be able to have fun with you."
Penelope said in a small frightened voice, "No please don't."
The man sneered in her face and asked, "Why not."
Penelope said, "Because I am engaged and pregnant."
The man laughed and said, "Do I look like I give a damn about that?"
Penelope hung her head sadly and said, "Please."
He lifted her chin and asked, "Please what?"
"Let me go."
"Fuck NO."
Penelope sniffled and asked, "Why are you doing this?"
"Because bitches like you don't appreciate shit. You have your Mr. F.B.I and you think you are better than everybody else. Do you think Derek would still love you if he found out you were some poor bitch from a trailor park?"
Penelope gasped and asked, "How did you know that?"
"Oh Ms. Garcia, I have spent a little while looking at you, and I have been meaning to hurt Derek for a long, long time."
"Why do you want to hurt him?"
The man pushed Penelope backwards until her chair fell over. She hit her head and back with a thud, and the sound of metal clamoring and vibrating.
"Derek Morgan is a mutha fucker. I have hated that man for a very long time. He always got the girls, he always got the fans, and now I am going to take two things from him he loves more than anything else in the world."
"Please don't do this. Please."
"Begging only turns me on, now shut up. You are going to need your rest for what I have planned for you."
Penelope let her tears fall in silence. She knew she couldn't get to worked up because of the baby, but she couldn't stop the shiver that ran down her spine.
The man flipped his hood on and asked, "Now do I look familiar? I saw you looking at me that night."
Penelope gasped and said, "Oh god it was you."
He stalked over to Penelope and said, "Oh yeah it was me, and now I have you."
Penelope breathlessly asked, "What are you going to do with me?"
The man smiled an ugly smile and said, "I'm going to play with you, and like with all the others I am going to kill you. "
"You're the one killing those women, but why?"
"Because of bitches like you. You all turn your stuck up noses at me. You know with Janine I made her beg for her life, then I stabbed her until I could see the light leave her eyes."
The man started to pace and growled out, "It wasn't enough they were married to some rich bastard, but they cheated with men that had money too. I saw you with that prick Frankie. You fuckin him too?"
Penelope said, "No I would never. He is Derek's cousin, he gave me a ride home."
The man stopped moving and said, "I bet you gave him a ride too."
Penelope said, "I could never hurt Derek like that."
The man snorted and said, "I bet eventually you would have."
Penelope bowed her head and said, "I'm not like that. Why do you hate Derek?"
"He took someone very important from me away."
Penelope sighed and immediately thought a girl.
The man sneered in her face and said, "He took away my mentor."
Penelope was in utter confusion.
"What do you mean your mentor?"
The man sighed and said, "Buford. He took away Buford."
Penelope's stomach rolled. She knew what kind of monster Buford was. Why would this man want to protect him?
The man said, "I was his favorite until that fucking golden boy showed up. Buford revolved his whole world around Derek fucking Morgan."
Penelope said, "You don't know what you are talking about. Carl Buford was a monster."
The man roughly grabbed Penelope's chin and said, "He was not a monster. He loved me and Derek took him away."
"He had too. You know what he did to those boys."
The man said, "He only loved those boys."
Penelope squared her shoulders as much as she could and said, "He hurt them. He didn't love them."
The man back handed Penelope and said, "You are lying. He loved them, and he loved me."
Penelope smartly stayed quiet.
The man nodded his approval. Another man came into the room and said, "Rodney they still don't know she is gone."
Rodney laughed and said, "And these assholes are supposed to be the best. You hear that Goldilocks, they aren't even looking for you."
Penelope narrowed her eyes and said, "He will find you, and he will kill you."
Rodney smiled and said, "After what I do to you, he will want to kill himself."
Penelope hung her head and couldn't stop the sobs that were wracking her body.
Rodney tilted her head and said, "I am Rodney Harris, pleased to meet you."
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