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The next day found them rushing back and forth between JJ's room and the ICU room that Penelope was still in. There was, of course, the three that were made to stick with JJ, they were Will, Henry and JJ's mom, and of course the three that were made to stick to Penelope's room, they were Derek, Fran and Paul. The other's flittered between the two in even numbers.

'P what did we say about taking it easy?'

'I know I know, but I just want to sit up more.' Derek grabbed the pillow and slid it behind her before she had to ask.

'Baby girl before Paul and my mom get back I want to talk to about starting a family... how do you feel about it?'

'I think it's time.' She said instant, no time for thought, she had done that already.

'Really?'

'Yeah... it's been nearly a year and we've wanted a family and I know with the right help and everything the past won't reoccur.'

'P, I know this is going to come as a shock but they found out you're pregnant.' Derek looked at her face and saw the slight smile grace her lips. 'I wanted to tell you when you were more alert, like today.'

'Is the baby going to be okay?'

'They're going to check when your body is more healed... which should be any day soon... I'm sorry I kept it from you.'

'Don't be, I understand why you did, I just don't know what to say... everything that's happened though, won't that have some affect?' She said worriedly.

'Look Pen you need to stay calm but they didn't know but they don't think anything bad could have happened.' He saw her breathe out and he smiled and relaxed.

'You didn't know how to tell me did you?'

'No.'

'This is the start handsome, start of everything.' She looked at him. 'I didn't think I'd feel like this... I was convinced I would be scared but I'm not.'

'I have a good feeling about this goddess.'

'Me too.' She smiled largely. 'An extremely good feeling.'

'About what...' Fran saw Penelope's face, and notice Derek seemed to have the world's problems on his shoulders anymore. 'You told her.'

'He did.'

'And...'

'It's time to grow the Morgan family.' Penelope said that brought a smile to Fran and Paul's faces.

'Well some better news to go with that is that the doctor just stopped us, they are thinking of moving you upstairs later today.... to a joint room with JJ.'

'Really?'

'Yep... apparently JJ asked yesterday and her doctor and yours have spoken it over and think it will be good for you both.' Penelope nodded.

'All things are on the up eh handsome?'

'Certainly are baby girl.' He leant in and kissed her temple.

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'Well at least that persistent bleeping is gone.' Penelope said as the doctor left the room she now occupied with JJ. The doctor had ruled out that all Penelope needed to do was rest, just like JJ. So she no longer had multiple blankets on her, a couple yes but not the mass that was before, there was no more oxygen tubes or masks, no more heart monitors bleeping, just the plain and simple IV in her hand. 'Now are we going to get down to business?'

'Business?'

'Did you seriously think I wouldn't question it after Gideon goes, they got him before he got us?'

'I guess we shouldn't have.' Hotch said smiling.

'Exactly.'

'Well we didn't save his family in time, it was years ago but it's taken him this long to exact the place to that calibre that every room worked identically.' Gideon started.

'He felt it was simple pay back for his loss, that we needed to live with the fear that we could lose our family at any moment in that place, that was why he tested us, so that we would have to fight for our lives and each others, like we had failed to fight for his family's.'

'He was on the verge of a psychotic breakdown when they got to him but he had no remorse for the pain and injuries he had inflicted.'

'So what's going to happen?' JJ asked with a sleeping Henry on her chest.

'His going to a high security mental facility where they'll rule out how deep his psychosis runs.'

'He also said his been following you guys, of the team for nearly 2 years, which would make sense with the wedding photo's, however some he took from your houses, copied them and replaced before you all had chance to piece it together.'

'How did he get in the houses without us knowing?'

'Well seeing as Hotch and Emily are both field agents, as are Morgan and Penelope they were always out of the house together, he knew your routines so he was precise, whereas with JJ it was more luck and chance. Rossi he said wasn't difficult with him being a field agent as well.'

'All the other pictures he took from just following us to every case, to every problem, he was there.'

'Hence why he had photos of Henry's illness and James's death. And the injuries of Reid, of when Hotch was shot and JJ and Emily's kidnapping. He was obsessed.'

'So when he's trialled he'll be done as unfit and insane and sent to a mental facility for life.'

Everyone remained silent, and then the majority of them turned their gazes to Penelope and JJ, the badly hurt ones of their clan. Then they realised their fought for their families, they kept going for fear of losing one another. None of them were lost at all; they were all in the room together.

'One question.' Emily said breaking the silence. 'If he was after the B.A.U. team how does Kevin, Jane, Strauss, Austin, Elle and Gideon come into it?'

'We were just part of the fun.' Gideon said in his usual mono-toned voice that no one has truly missed until hearing it again. 'He thought that if he put each of you in a room with the most unexpected person, we would have more trouble wanting out, as we wouldn't put petty squabbles aside.'

'Boy was he wrong.' Penelope said. 'I learnt a long time to never live a grudge, and I don't not know, everything's too precious now.'

'Too right baby girl.'

'Well said Penelope.'

They all notice Kevin and Jane eventually relax; everyone was in the room to hear the revelations about the capture of their abductor and game master but they all knew that Kevin and Jane weren't exactly the most liked of everyone.

'Okay so I get me, Pen, Kevin and Jane.'

'Me and Strauss for our past... shows this man did his background checks.'

'Me and Elle because I replaced her.'

'Same with me and Gideon.'

'Me and Will because we never truly got along, we were just civil.'

'Same for me and Austin... but I think that's all changed now.' JJ said with a smile that everyone managed to copied.

'And now I'm pregnant!' Penelope said with actual excitement that shocked everyone at hearing Penelope say it, instead of one of them or the doctor. 'It's a definite fresh start.'

'She's pregnant?' JJ questioned pointing to Penelope but looking at the sea of faces in the room.

'No one told JJ? The mommy already in the B.A.U. and no one told her.' She looked at JJ with a smile. 'Well JJ honey I'm pregnant.'

'If I could hug you I so would right now.' JJ said happy that Penelope had declared a new lease of life on them on.

'Well if I could accept a hug I would take it.'

Everyone laughed as the two women spoke to one another like everyone else in the room was simply nonexistent. New children start new life, so for them all they took a new page in life, tomorrow was always a better day.