Disclaimer: You guys are probably getting tired of hearing this, but I don't own Criminal Minds.
Garcia's door was opened and closed so many times during the next half hour Morgan lost count. While they waited Morgan stood as close to the door as possible and leaned against the wall. JJ had her arms crossed and was standing close by with Reid who had his hands in his pockets. Emily simply walked back and forth nervously while Hotch and Rossi talked quietly further away from the group.
After half an hour Garcia's doctor came out of the room followed by a nurse. The team immediately straightened up and walked closer as the doctor talked to the nurse. Once the nurse left the doctor turned to face the team.
Seeing their anxious faces staring at him hopefully, Dr. Micksney couldn't help but smile slightly.
"Well, I don't know how, but Ms. Garcia is awake." He said happily.
At that there was a collective sigh of relief and smiles spread across all of their faces.
"It really is amazing. She was in a come for about two months, had no brain activity, and was being kept alive by machines and yet she's awake and basically breathing on her own." The doctor added.
"So she's going to be ok?" JJ asked excitedly.
"I don't see why not."
"What about her head? She had a bad head trauma so did it cause any problems?" Rossi asked.
"We checked and she doesn't appear to have any brain damage. At first she couldn't remember anything, not even her name, but after a few minutes her memories started to come back. She is still a bit fuzzy on some things and a little disoriented, but it should pass in a few days." He answered.
"Oh and one more thing; I checked her eye and it seems to be healing, but I believe it would be best to perform surgery on it so she doesn't go blind in that eye. We'll probably wait about three days or so before we do that. In the mean time the bandage will be removed tomorrow." Dr. Micksney added.
"Can we see her now?" Emily asked.
"Yes of course, but she'll probably be in and out of it for a while and remember, she may be a bit confused until her head clears."
"Thank you." Hotch said.
"No problem at all." He answered with a smile before walking away.
Morgan, who had been silent the whole time, was the first to make it to the door. He took a deep breath and opened the door quietly. He stepped through the door and the first thing he noticed was the lack of tubes and machines. He looked up and his heart almost jumped out of his chest when he saw Penelope watching them. He rushed over, with the others just behind, and looked down at her.
She was still slightly pale and her lips had a blue tint, but she no longer had a tube down her throat. Morgan looked into her undamaged eye and relaxed for the first time in over a week.
"Derek?" Garcia asked in a soft voice sounding confused.
"Yeah baby girl, it's me." He said still smiling. He gently wrapped her hand in his and squeezed lightly. She smiled tiredly back at him before turning her head slowly to see the others. JJ was next to Morgan, then came Emily and Rossi at the foot of the bed, and Reid and Hotch on her left.
The team watched as she looked around at them obviously confused.
"What are you guys doing here?" She asked in a soft raspy voice.
"Visiting you." Rossi answered with a smile.
"How'd you know I was here in D.C. and… what's all my stuff doing here?" She asked.
"First of all you're not in D.C.." Hotch answered. "You're in Virginia."
"What?"
"We'll explain later baby girl, when you're not so tired." Morgan said as he stroked her cheek lightly.
Garcia looked up at him as her eye began to close and within seconds she was sound asleep.
"I almost don't believe it." Emily said quietly as they continued to stand and watch Garcia sleep peacefully. "Guess I shouldn't be surprise though, this is Garcia after all." She said and laughed softly.
Garcia was in and out of it all day just like Dr. Micksney had said she would. She was never awake for more than ten minutes and always seemed dazed and disoriented. But the team was always there and smiling when she woke up.
Hotch didn't even bother to tell anyone to go home and sleep as night came. He knew they all wanted to be there when she woke up again and so they all fell asleep in Garcia's room with smiles still on their faces.
Well, how'd you like it?