Chapter 52

Hi I'm sorry this update took me so long but this is the penultimate chapter and I have planned what I am going to write for my final chapter (so you should get it Sunday next week). I don't own criminal minds and thank you for your reviews and generally your awesomness. I hope you review this chapter and enjoy reading it!

I grabbed my suitcase (which was full of memories of my old life) and holdall and exited my apartment with Garcia.

She was surprised at how much I had in my apartment. We didn't have enough time to go through it all but I knew the rest of the stuff I left behind would go into storage in case I wanted it or ever came back which was unlikely.

We went in the elevator and got out of the building. Rossi got out of the car and helped me put my suitcase in the boot of the SUV. I could put the holdall in the back with me. It wasn't too big nor too small. It was the perfect size for me.

Once we all got back in the car Rossi started driving to Garcia's apartment which was about ten minutes away.

We arrived outside Garcia's apartment building. It was a grand white building with a small grassy area in front of it.

Again Rossi stayed in the car while Garcia and I got out. We ran up the first flight of stairs and arrived at Garcia's apartment. Garcia quickly unlocked her door.

It hadn't changed much since I was last here which was about two years ago. It was still colourful and quirky just like Garcia should be.

She walked into her bedroom to grab her big, bright blue, hard shell suitcase.

She said "Reid, could you go to the kitchen and throw away any food, please? I'll get packed!" I nodded as I walked to her kitchen and grabbed a black bin bag and she started to pack.

Garcia was emotional.

A lot had happened these past few months. Garcia had started dating her true love and Reid lost his, then Reid's mum died and he tried to do a disappearing act but failed. Then Garcia and her chocolate god of thunder went to rescue Reid to find him in a dank bar outside of the Vegas strip with drugs. Garcia had gotten shot, kidnapped, tortured and raped before being dumped in the middle of a giant pond. Garcia's family had all been hurt and the unthinkable had happened her true love and boss had been murdered. Morgan was murdered on a few hours after finding out she was pregnant. That was what hurt the most. Reid was being hunted down by the cops for a relatively minor crime and she was too for hacking into the main database and deleting everything on her and Reid as well as causing chaos with the system.

It was easy to get lost in the emotion but she had to stay strong at least until they were out of the country.

Garcia knew Reid would be there for her during the pregnancy and be there for the child even though it was not his and he didn't love her in a romantic sense.

She knew Reid would be supportive of even through the toughest of days as she would be for him.

She looked outside to see him putting the food in the bin and smiled slightly.

Garcia knew they would be alright so started to pack.

About 5 minutes into clearing Garcia's cupboards I heard a knock at her front door. Since she was packing and I was nearest to it, I went over and looked through the peephole and saw a flustered Kevin at the door.

He looked like he hadn't slept in about a week and he looked like they had worked him too hard. He had a purple shirt on with about five different stains on and a small black tie with some black trousers. His hair was ruffled and slightly greasy.

He whispered "Please let me in Penny. I have to tell you something. I've got the stuff just as you asked for, please just let me in!" I opened the door to let him in.

He rushed in and I closed the door behind him. "Hi Spencer, where's Penny? I need to talk to both of you about something." Kevin said hurriedly.

"Ok," I said as I walked towards her bedroom. I looked at Garcia and she looked like she had been crying.

I rushed over to her and put my arm over her shoulder and asked quietly "Are you ok?" She nodded and replied "Yeah, I was just thinking about what has happened the past month. It's been quite an adventure! Is Kevin here yet?" I nodded as we walked into the living room.

"Hi Penny, I've got the passports and IDs in this envelope. I have to tell you something though; the feds are on to you. You probably know that but soon they will find out where you are going. I doubt though that they will extradite you back though. But once you return to the US you are both probably going to get caught and serve time in jail. That's if they don't arrest you at the airport before you get on the plane! I can't stop for long though, they expect me back soon to continue the hunt for you two! It's good I like you. I have to go so goodbye Penny and good luck both of you!" Kevin said as he turned back towards the front door.

"Goodbye Kevin," Garcia and I said at the same time.

Kevin left the apartment so I asked Garcia "Are you done packing?" She nodded and went back inside her bedroom to grab the case and her hand luggage.

We left her apartment and started to drive to the airport.

When we arrived in the car park, Rossi parked up and helped us get our cases out and walked us to the check in area.

We stopped and honestly I couldn't believe I was leaving like this.

I wonder what everybody would have thought. I wonder what my mum, Morgan, Maeve and Hotch would think of me running away from my problems like this. I was giving up everything just so I would not to serve jail time.

I wonder what JJ would tell Henry about Uncle Spence and Auntie Penny leaving.

I wonder how he is going to feel. I suppose I can't go back now.

I'm going to make sure, though, that Garcia and her baby are well cared for. They are the last strands of Morgan I have left.

Rossi had a tear in his eye as he said goodbye to us.

He gave us both an Italian hug and the key to his villa with an address. This was probably going to affect him the most.

He lost Hotch (a son figure) and now he has lost his innocent colourful light and genius. I wonder how this is going to affect him.

He said just before he left "Promise you will either call me or email me when you arrive in Italy." We nodded and proceeded to the check in desks while he left.

From there it was pretty plain sailing. We got through customs and security quickly and were in our terminal waiting for our plane before we knew it.

We were happy this was all going to be over soon and we could start our new life together.

It was about 11.15 PM when our plane started boarding. Our flight was scheduled to take off at midnight.

We would get to Italy in the afternoon because of time difference and the length of the flight. It didn't look like a very busy flight and there were no noisy kids. We sat down in our seats and started to relax.

We knew we'd be safe for now.