i'm SO SORRY IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE UPDATED! A lot has been going on, i got really sick again, which required some rest. So here is chapter 4 and enjoy the story. Remember, opinions are valued and wanted.

I don't own CM...oh i wish i did.

Derek sighed; it had been 2 hours since he got the call. He didn't want to tell Penelope that Spencer was hurt; it would only make her feel even worse than before. She hadn't woken up so for now he was just going to let her sleep and wait for updates from Hotch. As if reading his mind she began it stir in his arms, making faint noises like she was in pain. She then called out, "NO, Kevin, please don't, I am sorry don't hurt me", she started sobbing in her sleep. Derek just pulled her closer and tried to pull her out of her nightmare, "Wake up baby girl, it's me…, it's Morgan baby" Penelope woke up startled and her eyes started to dart around, when she saw Derek she immediately calmed down. Kevin wasn't there, tearing her apart again, she was in the arms of the man who would never hurt her. She relaxed even more into his chest and looked up. She then noticed his expression, something wasn't right, she could tell. There was this unspoken bond between them and she knew him inside and out. This expression meant something was wrong.

"Derek, what's going on? I can see it in your eyes something's wrong"

"Well, Hotch and the rest of the team went in to arrest Kevin, he pulled a gun on Hotch and Prentiss. Reid who had been downstairs the entire time, tried to sneak up behind him but Kevin heard him. He pulled the trigger on Reid when Prentiss shot him to keep him from shooting Reid."

"Wait, so how is Reid, is he ok?" She didn't care at all about Kevin; she hoped he was six feet under by now.

"He's at the hospital, I haven't heard an update from Hotch yet, he was shot in the stomach. Baby girl, depending at the point of impact he most likely won't make it"

Penelope eyes began to tear up but instead of crying she got out of bed and started ripping apart his room.

"Baby girl, what are you looking for?"

"My shoes, lets go. If he dies, he will have died protecting me, the least I can do is be there if it happens." She said as she found the underneath the heap of wet pajamas.

Derek didn't waste any time because she was half way out the front door, it was one thing to hurt her but she was the Mama bear of the team. When anyone in the team was hurt she made sure they took care of themselves and took great pleasure of putting the SOB in jail, since usually it was an UNSUB. When Haley left Hotch, she was originally going to file for sole custody of Jack, when Pen caught wind of this she made it known to the former Mrs. Hotchner that she would make her life a living hell if she cut Aaron out of the child's life. You never mess with the Mama bear.

At the hospital the rest of the team had been waiting for an update on their youngest member. Emily was a complete wreck; she didn't want Spencer to die without him knowing how much he meant to her. JJ was the closest to Spencer, they had a unique bond, not like Garcia and Morgan but one that didn't involved shameless flirting. Rossi and Hotch looked at the young doctor as a son or brother of sorts. He was a smart man and a great asset to the team. When Gideon left the team, Hotch was there to pick up the pieces and he had found a great fondness of Reid he would have never had if that situation never arose.

A doctor finally came out from behind the double doors displaying an unreadable look.

"Spencer Reid"

The team all jumped up and Penelope and Derek walked in the waiting room at that exact moment. Each person saying "yes"

"Spencer lost a lot of blood, but he was lucky, the bullet went into his abdomen but didn't hit any important arteries or organs. It was hard to tell at first but it looks like he'll be fine. He's still asleep right now so as soon as his wakes up I'll let you in to see him."

Emily stood up and stopped the doctor before he walked away.

"is it possible… that I stay with him, so when he wakes up, he won't be alone."

The doctor looked into Emily's sad eyes and even if it was against regulations he figured he'd let it slide.

"Sure, but if anything happens, if he gets worse, I'll ask you to leave."

"Deal," Emily said before he could change his mind. She followed the doctor away from the group and into Spencer's room.

Once Emily was gone the focus was once again turned back to Penelope who was cuddled into Derek's side. In the light her bruises were more visible to the men who had let her have her space and the blood boiled within Rossi and Hotch who had yet really taken in her appearance. While they were looking at her she watched them, the whole time was exhausted and it was written on each of their faces. She began to feel guilty that each of them was in the current situation even if she knew it was irrational because she didn't ask to be raped, it still ate at her. The group of profilers might have been tired but Rossi caught on to her body language and could tell what she was thinking. He approached her slowly and put his hand on her shoulder before saying,

"You'd do the same if it was any one of us."

She pulled him into a hug and whispered a thank you into his ear causing one lone tear to fall down the senior profilers face. The room with thick with emotions and they just needed to stick together because in the end everything would be ok, at least they all hoped.

Across town, Kevin Lynch laid on a stolen hospital bed and having stolen medication fed through his veins. He had been luckier than Spencer Reid, he knew they were coming and had prepared for their arrival. He called in a favor from his friend Marsha, to falsify the rape kit, but when Emily Prentiss stood in the way of her doing so he had to come up with a new idea. He knew how the BAU work, they tried to sneak in and raid the area but when they raided his house he had put on a bulletproof vest. He remembered something Pen had said when Battle shot her, "I held my breath so he'd think I was dead", but in the end the paramedic who pronounced him dead was another friend who owed him a favor. Here he was, thought of as dead and not in jail for what he did to her but this was far from over, Penelope Garcia was his and she would forever be. He laughed into the early morning sunrise knowing that they were waiting for the fate of one Spencer Reid to keep the team together. How he was going to get her back without Derek Morgan tearing him to shreds was something he'd need to process, but it was going to happen.