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Five days later Garcia was in a private room at a hospital in Virginia with Morgan sitting by her bed. She had been transferred three days ago on Director Leroy's private jet which he had loaned to the hospital so the transport would be easier and safer. Morgan had flown with Garcia and then went straight to the hospital with her. He hadn't left her side in five days and even though they tried the team couldn't get him to go for even an hour. So Reid had got his keys and brought him some clothes.
Morgan knew he couldn't stay in Garcia's room forever, but he just couldn't leave her. Anytime he had gotten up to go to the bathroom or go down to the cafeteria he had felt bad for leaving her and rushed back. He knew that if it was him in a coma, Garcia wouldn't leave him for a minute. She needed him just as much as he needed her and he wasn't about to abandon her again.
Just then JJ, Hotch, and Rossi came into the room. Morgan looked up at them before looking back at Garcia. Hotch and Rossi exchanged worried looks and then took their seats against the wall.
"We're here Morgan; you can go get something to eat." JJ said as she walked over to him. They knew he wouldn't go unless someone was there to sit with Garcia and keep her company so they would go eat and when they got back Morgan would go.
"Where's Reid and Emily?" Morgan asked as he looked around at them.
"Don't know. They left right after we ate. They said they had an idea and that they'd be back in a bit." JJ answered with a shrug.
"Morgan go get something to eat and don't worry, we'll watch Garcia." Hotch said.
Morgan got up and stretched before leaning over and kissing Garcia on the head. "I'll be back in a few minutes, ok baby girl." He whispered in her ear. He then stood back up and looked at her for a second before turning to leave.
Once he was gone JJ sat in his vacated chair and looked sadly down at her friend.
"We're not going to be able to do this forever." Rossi said to Hotch.
"I know, but no one's going to be able to focus on a case right and the director said we could take as much time as we needed, besides after what we just found out we defiantly need some time." Hotch answered. He sighed and ran a hand over his face tiredly. "Things aren't going to be the same without her." He added sadly as he watched JJ talk quietly to Garcia. Since she'd been moved each of them, including Hotch, had started talking to her. At first it had been words of encouragement, but now they just said whatever was on their minds.
A couple of minutes later Emily and Reid walked into the room each carrying a small box and smiling.
"What's all this?" Hotch asked suspiciously as he and the others gathered around where Reid and Emily were sitting down the boxes on the table at the foot of Garcia's bed.
"We made a little detour." Emily answered with a smile. Hotch, JJ, and Rossi looked in the boxes and smiled for the first time in days.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get started." JJ said happily.
About a half hour later Morgan was on his way back to Garcia's room with a cup of coffee. For the last few days he had been trying to decide what to do. Should he stay in the BAU or leave the FBI for good? He just didn't think he could do his job as well without his baby girl. Sure, he'd managed to work while she was missing, but the whole time he was working to find her. It had been his goal and purpose, but now he'd found her and wanted to stay with her.
Morgan sighed and pushed the door to Penelope's room open, but when he saw the scene in front of him he stopped in his tracks and his mouth hung open slightly. The room had been decorated with all sorts of stuffed animals, pictures, and other colorful things that Morgan recognized from Garcia's office.
"So what do you think?" JJ asked.
It was then that Morgan noticed the rest of the team watching him. He closed the door and stepped the rest of the way in to get a better look. "It's great." He answered with a slight smile as he looked around.
The window had a long purple clothe draped around it and strings of pink beads hung in front of it. The walls were decorated with photos of the team and pictures of puppies, cats, baby pandas, and other colorful pictures. There were stuffed animals and dolls arranged on the bed side tables and on the window seal. Flowers had been scattered around the room, mostly in corners except for a sunflower on top the TV near the ceiling. It was then that Morgan looked at Garcia. There wasn't much difference there, except the red and blue blanket laid neatly across her. He recognized it immediately as the one she always kept in her office for those long nights. She had told him once that it was her favorite.
"Wait a minute; I thought all her office stuff was packed up somewhere when she left." Morgan asked after looking around.
"It is, but yesterday while we were at lunch the director gave us the key to the storage unit her stuff is being kept in. So Emily and I went by there and got some things." Reid answered.
"We thought that it might make her feel more at home." Emily added as Morgan walked around the room.
"Technically she wouldn't be able to feel…" Reid began but immediately stopped when the others gave him a death glare. It didn't matter though because Morgan wasn't listening, instead he was lost in memories. He came to a stop beside Penelope's bed and leaned down to kiss her cheek completely oblivious to the others in the room. He reached out to take her hand, but pulled back suddenly when he saw her finger twitch. He looked at her face, then at the monitors, but there was no other change. He quickly looked up at the others expectantly, but only saw their confused looks.
"Did you see that?" He asked excitedly.
"See what?" Rossi asked.
"Her finger, it moved." He said pointing to her hand.
"Morgan, she's in a coma…" Hotch began sadly.
"I'm telling you her finger moved." Morgan said almost yelling. "Go get the doctor." He said before taking her hand in his and sitting in the chair next to her.
Hotch nodded to Emily who quietly left the room.
A minute later Emily came back with a nurse who went over to one of the machines hooked up to Garcia. Morgan looked up at her expectantly as she examined the different screens and charts.
"I'm sorry, but there is no evidence of any change." She said apologetically.
"I know what I saw." Morgan said angrily.
"Her heart beat is the same as it has been and there is almost no brain activity." The nurse replied sadly. "I'm sorry." She said again before leaving the room.
"Morgan, why don't you go home and get some sleep." Hotch said after she was gone.
"No." Morgan answered simply as he stared at Garcia.
"Morgan you haven't been home in days, you're tired. As much as I wish Garcia would wake up, the doctors say that she's not going to. You heard the nurse she said there's barely any brain activity anymore." JJ said sympathetically with tears in her eyes. "We all want her to wake up and be ok, but Morgan, the chances of that…" JJ said and trailed off as tears ran down her cheeks. She closed her eyes before sitting in a chair and burying her face in her hands.
"Morgan go home, you can come back tomorrow." Hotch said quietly.
"Hotch…" Morgan began.
"I wasn't asking." He said seriously.
Morgan sighed before looking at Garcia. Maybe they were right, maybe he did just see what he wanted to see. He stood up and with one more look around left the room.
Several hours later Morgan was making his way back to Garcia's room. It was two forty-five in the morning, so technically it was tomorrow. He had gone home and tried to sleep, but he just couldn't. So he had tried to read, but after about an hour he realized that he was still on the same page and had no idea what he had read. Then he cleaned his house in hopes of passing the time and taking his mind off of Penelope. Of course it didn't work, so he went ahead and had dinner. When he went to bed he found himself restless, so went for a run, took Clooney out, and got in the shower. He had laid in bed for a couple of hours unable to go to sleep until finally he gave up, got dressed, and drove to the hospital.
Now here he was making his way to Garcia's room. He nodded at the night guard as he passed the nurses desk and quietly opened the door to Penelope's room. Hopefully the others wouldn't be there, that way he could say he just got here before them. He pushed opened the door, went in the dark room, and quietly closed the door behind him. It was dark but thinks to the lights on the many machines he could still somewhat see. He looked around and saw JJ and Reid in chairs against the wall near the foot of Garcia's bed. He walked closer to see if they were asleep and sure enough they were. So he walked over to his chair and sat down next to his girl.
As he watched her pale features the last few days began to catch up with him. He felt his eyelids getting heavier. So he pulled the chair as close as possible and laid his head next to her shoulder while he gently placed one arm around her waist and put his other hand on her head. He was fast asleep in a second. No one saw the line on one of the monitors jump, or saw Penelope's eye twitch, or heard the slight moan that escaped her lips.
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