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"What wrong?" He asked worriedly. "What's happened to Garcia?"
The team just continued to look at each other and avoid Morgan's gaze as he became increasingly worried.
"Tell me." He said and caught Reid's eye.
"She's fine, or at least we guess she is…" Emily began.
"What do you mean you guess?" He asked now starting to get angry.
"Morgan, she transferred." Hotch said seriously.
"Where to?"
"That's the thing, you see we don't know." Reid said sadly.
"Excuse me?" Morgan asked not sure he was understanding them.
"She was transferred, but she didn't tell us where to so we have no idea where she is." JJ explained.
"She's been gone for over five months." Hotch added.
"You didn't try to find her?" Morgan asked.
"Yes we did, but we couldn't find her. She just… disappeared." Emily answered.
"So you just gave up?" Morgan asked not believing what he was hearing.
"She obviously didn't want us to know where she is and we couldn't look forever." Rossi said.
"I don't believe this." Morgan whispered to himself as he pulled out his phone and dialed Garcia's cell. He prayed she would pick up, but after a minute of no answer he hung up.
"We tried Morgan. Trust me we did." JJ said.
"Have any of you talked to her since she left?" Morgan asked as he ran a hand over his head.
"She e-mails us once every month or so." Reid answered.
"And before you ask, we did try to trace it, but she routed it through so many channels it wasn't traceable." Emily added.
Morgan sat down in his chair and let out a breath. He shouldn't have left. Now Penelope was gone and he had no idea where to start looking.
"Sorry Morgan." Reid said sadly. "We miss her too."
"Yeah I know it's just…" He began, but didn't think it was the best time to get into why he came back or how much he needed her. "I have to find her."
"We will." JJ said reassuringly. "In the mean time just remember, Garcia's been on her on for a long time so she can take care of herself."
'She shouldn't have to.' Morgan thought as he rubbed his eyes then looked up at the others.
"When was the last time she e-mailed you?" He asked.
"A little over a month ago." Hotch answered.
"So she we should hear from her soon." Emily said trying to make Morgan feel better.
The team knew how Morgan felt about Garcia and knew what this was probably doing to him. They needed each other, even if they wouldn't admit it.
Just then a phone rang. JJ reached into her pocket and took out her cell before walking a few feet away.
"Why didn't anyone tell me?" Morgan asked mostly to himself.
"Right before she left, Garcia asked us not to tell to." Reid answered.
Morgan looked over at JJ as she walked back over to them and stood up.
"I remember that look." He said with a slight smile.
JJ just rolled her eyes before turning to Hotch. "We have a case." She said.
"Looks like you're just in time Morgan." Rossi said as they headed to the briefing room.
Morgan remained silent and just kept walking. The only thing he wanted to do was go out and look for Garcia, but he needed to think. So he set down at the table and tried to listen as JJ went over the case details. He would never stop looking for her and, no matter how long it took, he would find her.
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