Derek was whistling when he walked back through the precinct. He had a cup that was full of Penelope's sherbet.
He made a beeline for her little office. After this morning he knew his baby girl needed a pick me up. They were closer than ever to finding this UNSUB, and he knew then he would get some alone time with his girl.
He opened the office door to see that it was empty.
"Hmm that's strange." Derek wondered where Penelope had gone off to. He chilled in her office for a little over an hour waiting for her. He tried to call her cell phone and it went straight to voice mail. He got a chill of terror. Normally Penelope always answered her phone. If it was work calling she would answer in the middle of sex.
Derek called his mom. She hadn't seen Penelope either. Then he called Frankie, and texted Joey. Neither of them had seen her either.
Derek panicked. He jogged out of the office towards Hotch and asked, "Have you talked to Penelope?"
Hotch took a moment to think, and said, "Not since this morning. Why what's up?"
"We have been here for over an hour and I can't reach her."
Hotch said, "Okay, well let's go back to her office, and take a look around."
Derek shakily walked towards the office. Once he was back inside Hotch closed the door.
Hotch took a deep breath and said, "Morgan look at me. What I am about to say is probably going to scare the shit out of you, but you need to hear it. You and Garcia fit the profile. Now I know you don't think you are better than anyone else, but you do have a law degree, and a minor is psychology, plus you are a local hero. Not to mention you work for the F.B.I. To a lot of people that is an important job."
Derek's knees buckled. He sat on the little couch and took a ragged breath. "Hotch what if he hurts her? What if he kills…"
Hotch sternly said, "Stop. We will not do this now. We will tear this office apart before I let you give up. If we need to we will call another tech in on this, but under no circumstances will I let you give up on her. Damn it you know she is strong, and you know she will do anything to come back to you. Don't let her down by doubting that."
Derek wiped his tears away and said, "Hotch I hear you. Okay. Okay get Reid in here. He has gotten bored before and read some of Penelope's computer manuals. "
Hotch called out, "Reid we need you."
Reid walked into the office.
Morgan said, "Close the door."
Reid raised an eyebrow and asked, "What is going on?"
Morgan took a deep breath and said, "Someone has my baby girl."
Reid gasped and said, "Oh my god. I am so sorry. We will get her back."
Hotch said, "Reid I want you to try and go through Penelope's computers. I am going to call a tech back at Quantico and get them out here as soon as I can."
JJ knocked on the door and said, "Hey guys. Derek where is Garcie?"
Hotch looked at JJ and said, "She's gone."
JJ knees buckled and asked, "What do you mean she is gone? Frankie is here to bring her lunch. Fran cooked up another storm."
Derek said, "Tell Frankie to get in here,"
Frankie came in the room.
Hotch said, "Close the door. Frankie I am going to interview near by shops. Can you come with me?"
Frankie replied, "Sure. What is going on." Frankie took one look at Derek and knew something bad happened.
Frankie asked, "How long?"
Derek looked at Frankie and said, "About an hour."
Frankie looked around the room and said, "Shit."
Everyone went into action. JJ quickly called the local news with the story. She didn't give a damn about the request from several lawyers involved in this case to not put to much personal information on television. Crooked judges and doctors were not going to stop her from finding her best friend.
Hotch gathered a handful of police officers to canvas the area along with Frankie.
Spencer was using what he knew about the geographical profile to figure out where and when exactly she was taken.
Hotch called Emily and Rossi from a squad car and told them what was happening. They immediately went into action. Emily and Rossi were hell bent on speaking to the victim's families again.
Derek sat in Penelope's office for a moment. He wondered why god hated him so much to do this to him. Derek chuckled at himself. He could hear Penelope's voice scolding him for being so dramatic.
Derek thought for a moment. He knew Penelope would have his ass for wallowing in misery. He thought back to when she screamed at him for taking Cindy's case and a direct insult to himself instead of being the hero Cindy needed.
Derek put his hands in his pockets and said, "Yeah baby girl I am trippin'."
He was starting to get frustrated. He had searched her office up and down. Spencer couldn't find anything that would give a clue to what happened.
Spencer was typing away on her keyboard when her computer system locked up. Derek growled. Derek reached past Spencer. He picked up the keyboard and threw it against the wall.
Spencer was scared. He hadn't seen Derek like this since Penelope got shot. Reid had no clue what to say. There was nothing on this earth that could bring Derek comfort other than Penelope.
Derek through blurry eyes noticed the little piece of paper where the keyboard was. It was a description.
He read what she had written.
Derek took a deep breath and asked, "Reid when does the tech get here?"
Spencer dialed a number on his cell phone. Spencer quickly asked, "What time will you be here?"
Spencer took Derek by surprise when he said, "Look I don't give a shit what you are doing. Get your ass on that jet and get here. Do you understand?"
Spencer quickly ended the call and said, "Lynch will be here soon."
Derek clapped Spencer on the back and said, "Well damn pretty boy."
Derek went across the street. He went to a few local shops and showed a picture of Penelope. No one had seen her. He went to the ice cream shop next. The sweet couple said that they had seen her. The older gentleman said, "I saw her outside. She looked happy to be out of that darn office. Then I saw a boy approach her. I didn't see anything else. I had to grab the fries out of the deep fryer."
Derek ran back to the precinct in time to see Kevin come towards him.
Kevin said, "I am here and ready to help. Tell me what to do."
Derek replied, "I need for you to check traffic cameras and hack into any security camera footage from the shops across the street. Also check the near by alleys, I know a few of the seedier shops have cameras as well."
Kevin tried to log into Penelope's computers. He laughed and said, "Of course."
Derek asked, "What?"
"Penny has placed more than one password protection software. When you guys were going through her computer it locked up because you need to bypass three checkpoints."
Kevin spent a few minutes typing away. He was getting frustrated until he saw a green light. He sighed and started hacking into the camera footage.
Derek tried not to hover over Lynch but he needed to see what the hell happened to his baby girl.
He saw from a traffic camera she went into the ice cream shop. He also saw her talking with the older couple for a while. He then saw her get up a leave.
Next Derek noticed a preteen come up to Penelope. He looked like he was saying something of importance to her. He then saw the boy grab her hand and drag her to a near by alley.
Derek shuddered as he saw a black van pull his fiancé inside.
"Kevin get me that license plate number."
Kevin typed rapidly and said, "I can give you a partial the run it trough DMV records.
Derek watched Kevin work as fast as he could. Kevin said, "The van belongs to Alton Harris."
Derek asked out loud, "Where have I heard that name before?"
Kevin said, "I have and address from Alton. I can send them to the teams tablets."
Derek said, "Do me a favor and see if there are any family members of his in the area."
Kevin took a few minutes. Derek took notice that his P was a helluva lot faster. But right now Kevin was helping him out big time.
Kevin said, "Alton's mother is named Althea there is no father listed on the birth certificate. HE has three siblings Carla Jones, Raymond Harris, and Rodney Harris."
Derek slammed his fist into the wall and said, "Damn it. I know who has her. Look in the area and see if they own any properties that is capable of making a lot of noise without being heard."
Derek snatched his phone out of his pocket. He pressed the number two button on the key panel and waited for an answer.
Aaron said, "Morgan."
Derek quickly said, "Rodney Harris has her. Kevin is locating any properties they have."
Hotch said, "I am coming back to the station. Have Lynch dig up all he can about Rodney to see if he fits the profile."
Derek said, "Will do. Hotch if he has her, she is in a world of trouble."
Hotch replied, "We will get her back. Stay focused and don't lose yourself."
Kevin brought Derek out of his thoughts by saying, "I have an address to an abandoned industrial building."
Derek didn't hesitate. He scribbled down the address and instructed Lynch to send it to the rest of the team.
Derek ran out of the precinct. Gordinsky saw Derek leave and gathered his officers together.
Gordinsky said, "Fitzpatrick, and Collins follow him, but stay away and for god sakes don't use the sirens.
The two officers nodded and hauled ass to the patrol car.
Derek jumped into the SUV he barely gotten the door closed before he took off.
Derek came to a red light, he took the safety off his gun and placed it in his lap. He knew by the end of this day Rodney Harris was leaving this earth with a bullet in his head.
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