Ch.2-Connections and Labor
When the jet landed at the Port Angeles air strip the team was welcomed by four black Tahoe's. Everyone grabbed their own belongings and gear from the jet and placed it in their designated vehicles. When that was done everyone loaded themselves into the vehicles. Before Morgan got into his own Tahoe he helped Garcia into hers. When she was comfortable in the backseat of the vehicle Morgan leaned in and gave her a quick kiss on the lips before he said, "see you when you to the station." With a childish grin Garcia answered, "See you hot stuff." Hearing this Morgan smiled as he walked over to his Tahoe. During the drive from Port Angeles air strip to the Forks Police department all that could be seen from the car windows was trees and rain clouds. Even with the view Garcia stared out the window mesmerized at what she saw. With another hard kick in the ribs Garcia gasped for breath from the unexpected impact just as she grasped her upper belly area near her ribs. Hearing Garcia gasp, JJ turned to face her from the front seat and asked, "You ok Garcia? What's wrong?" Looking at JJ Garcia gave her a small grin as she replied, "I'm fine. The baby just kicked me in the ribs again, and it caught me off guard." JJ gave her an understanding nod and said, "I know how that feels from being pregnant with Henry." That said JJ turned back around in her seat and faced the front once again. Later on as they finally entered Forks the complementary rains began and giant drops came down on the winds shield. With the rain drops coming down the officer that was driving them quickly glanced to JJ and Garcia with a grin as he said, "And here is the everyday rainy weather to welcome you to Forks." JJ returned the grin as she replied, "Garcia is the Twilight expert, and warned us about the constant rainy weather. We came prepared." By the time that they arrived at the station the rain was coming down fairly steadily. Stepping out of the Tahoe at the station JJ and Garcia opened umbrellas to cover their heads. Inside the dry station JJ and Garcia were met by Morgan. Seeing them Morgan grinned as he walked over to Garcia and said, "I thought you two would never get here." Returning the grin while rubbing her belly Garcia replied, "You left ahead of us so you had a head start. I thought that once you got here you were meeting with one of the deputies and heading over to the Bowman residence?" Morgan gave her an affirmative nod as he replied, "Yeah deputy Daniels and I are heading out now. I just wanted to make sure you both got here all right." At that moment Deputy Daniels came over and nodded toward the door. Morgan nodded to the Deputy before leaning in and quickly kissed Garcia on the lips. A he headed to the door he said, "I will see you when I get back later." Garcia nodded and said, "K, I'll keep you and everyone else in touch if I find any new information." With a huge smile spreading across her face Garcia added, "Love you hot stuff." Smiling at being called that again Morgan replied, "Love you too baby girl." When Morgan had exited the station JJ and Garcia turned around to see the rest of the station; at that moment they were met by the chief of police. He was a middle aged man, average built and about Hotch's height. When he came to JJ and Garcia, he gave a warm smile as he extended his hand and said, "You must be the ladies from the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit. I'm Chief Tyler." Shaking his hand and nodding JJ said, "I am Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer Jarreau, you can call me JJ." Motioning to Garcia JJ continued, "This is our computer technician Penelope Garcia-Morgan." Chief Tyler nodded to both of them and said, "It's nice to meet both of you. I wish you could have been here for a better reason than for why you are here." JJ nodded in understanding, then noticing Chief Tyler's question on his face, said, "The rest of our team will be here a little later. They are checking out the three crime scenes. They sent Garcia and myself here to set up the important things before they arrive." After saying this JJ then asked, "Chief Tyler do you have a conference room of some sort that we can set things up for the team, and then can I speak to you in your office?" Chief Tyler nodded and replied, "of course, follow me." As they walked behind Chief Tyler, the Chief confessed, "Our conference room isn't all that big. Our department is kind of small after all. I hope that won't be a problem." Just as he said this Chief Tyler opened a door and revealed to them a room that was a little bigger than Hotch's office at BAU headquarters. Taking a good look around the room JJ saw that there was a medium sized table in the middle of the room, and a dry erase board, and notice board on a wall opposite two windows. Seeing all this JJ said, "This should do fine." At that moment Garcia spoke up, "Chief Tyler do you have wireless internet?" With a huge smile Chief Tyler answered, "That I am happy to say we do have." Returning the smile Garcia replied, "That is all I need to do my job." With that Garcia placed her laptop on the table and slowly lowered herself into a chair. As Garcia sat down and began her job JJ left the room to talk to Chief Tyler about what they needed with the department regarding the media. In front of her computer Garcia began searching for a connection between the three crimes other than how they were killed. To do this she looked at records and any other information about each of the victims' lives. It didn't take long for her to come across something; immediately she dialed Morgan's cell number. After two rings she heard,
"Talk to me baby girl. You are on speaker."
"I found a connection between the three victims. All three attended Forks High School, and they all graduated with each other last year. It also appears that the three victims were friends with one another. And may I add that this is just like the characters' lives in Twilight. This is getting really creepy."
"Alright that is great work, baby. Now baby, we found out that Jessica Bowman was talking on her cell phone just as she was attacked. Can you retrieve that recording and see if you can decipher anything from it?"
"Will do I will get right on it. Talk to you later my lover."
"Alright baby, Deputy Daniels and I are all done here and are heading back to the station so I will see you soon. I will call Hotch and the rest of the team and inform them what you told me."
"K, see you in a bit."
Ending the call Garcia immediately began to search for Jessica Bowman's last phone call recording. Then quite suddenly Garcia experienced pain in her abdomen. When she felt the pain Garcia gave a low moan. When the pain subsided Garcia had a good idea of what was going on but she decided to wait till JJ came back to confirm her suspicion. Since JJ hadn't returned from talking with Chief Tyler, Garcia continued her search for the recording. After about ten minutes of searching Garcia finally made a discovery. Before she could get to her feet to find JJ and inform her of her discovery JJ walked into the room. Seeing JJ Garcia opened her mouth to tell her what she had found but before she could get a work out Garcia experienced another wave of pain in her abdomen. Immediately Garcia closed her mouth and bit her lip to stop herself from groaning in pain; instead she gave a small flinch. Even though she didn't make a sound JJ just happened to look at Garcia at the same time that she flinched in pain. Upon seeing Garcia flinch JJ immediately opened her mouth to ask what happened but at that time Garcia said, "While you were talking with Chief Tyler I informed Derek of the connection that I found between the three victims…" Hearing this JJ asked, "What was the connection?" Garcia immediately replied, "the three victims graduated together from Forks High School last year, and they all appeared to be friends, which is as you know just like the characters' lives in Twilight." JJ nodded at hearing this. Seeing the nod Garcia continued, "Derek said that Jessica Bowman was talking on her cell before she died, and asked me to find it and decipher it, and so far all I have deciphered is that she has got some lungs." JJ gave a smile when she heard this, then when Garcia didn't say anything else JJ asked, "Garcia are you feeling ok? I saw you flinch a little while ago." With a nervous expression Garcia confessed, "I had a pain in my abdomen which I am pretty sure was a contraction." Not prepared for that answer JJ replied, "…are you sure? Have you had any other pains besides that one?" With a slow nod Garcia replied, "Yeah I had one other that was ten minutes before this last one." A small smile began to spread across JJ's face as she said, "Garcia you are in the beginning stages of labor. We need to get you to the hospital…" When JJ stood to help her up Garcia said, "No I want to wait for Derek. When I talked to him a little while ago he said that he was done at his crime scene, and that he and Deputy Daniels would be here soon." With an unsure expression JJ said, "If your sure you want to wait?" Garcia with a quick nod, "I want to wait. And until he gets here maybe you can listen to Jessica Bowman's interrupted phone call with me and see if you can discover anything that I couldn't." JJ sighed and her face held an expression of surrender as she sat herself down in the chair next to Garcia. With JJ in her seat Garcia started the recording. JJ paid close attention to the recording, and as she listened she made quick glances to Garcia. At one point when she glanced at Garcia JJ saw that she had another pained expression on her face. Immediately understanding what Garcia was experiencing JJ reached over and squeezed her hand. This seemed to help Garcia deal with the pain of the contraction. When the recording ended JJ heard Garcia exclaim, "OH, MY GOD!" Turning to look at Garcia JJ saw that she looking down at something, not knowing what it was JJ asked, "What? Did you hear something on the recording?" Garcia raised her head to look at JJ with a wide eyed expression of surprise while she replied in a small voice, "My…uh…my water just broke." Immediately JJ's eyes looked down at Garcia's lap and she saw that Garcia's water had indeed broken. In a split second JJ had her cell out and quickly dialed Morgan's cell number. After only one ring she heard,
"Morgan."
"Morgan, its JJ. Listen; how far are you from the station?"
"We are about five minutes out, why? Did something happen?"
"…Garcia's water broke."
"Ah man. Tell Garcia that I will be there as soon as I can."
"Ok I'll tell her."
Closing her phone JJ turned to Garcia and relayed Morgan's message. Hearing what Morgan had said Garcia gave a sigh of relief which quickly turned into a gasp of pain. Hearing her gasp JJ grasped Garcia's free hand and said, "Just remember to breath. In through the nose and out through the mouth. It helps."Still dealing with the pain of the contraction, Garcia just nodded. After the contraction ended JJ helped Garcia to relax a little while they waited for Morgan to arrive. A few minutes later Morgan came through the door to the conference room and ran to Garcia's side. When he reached her he quickly kissed her on her head as he kneeled next to her. With a slightly scared look upon his face Morgan asked, "How are you doing baby girl?"Looking at Morgan with a small smile Garcia replied, "I'm ok. It looks like it's time for us to have our baby." With a smile spreading on his scared face Morgan nodded, and then said, "Alright sweet thang, we need to get you to the hospital, now." That said Morgan stood up and helped Garcia to her feet. Before they could take a step Garcia said, "Grab my computer. I can still do work while I am in the hospital." Since Morgan was busy helping Garcia, JJ grabbed her computer and followed them as they headed out of the conference room. Once they made it into the main area of the station Morgan looked around for Deputy Daniels; finding him he waved him over to where they stood. As Deputy Daniels made his way over Morgan turned to JJ and said, "JJ I'm going to need you to inform Chief Tyler about what has happened. Let him know that Daniels is transporting us to the hospital." JJ gave a quick nod as she said, "I'll find him and let him know once you guys have left. Do you need me to call Hotch as well and let him know what is happening?" Shaking his head Morgan replied, "No that's ok. I'll call him while we are on the road and tell him." At that moment Daniels came and stood by their side. Just as Morgan opened his mouth, Garcia gasped and doubled over in pain. Holding onto Garcia's arm to support her Morgan turned to Daniels and said, "Her water broke and she's gone into labor. We need you to drive us to the hospital. SSA Jarreau will inform the chief of what you are doing." Having seen Garcia double over in pain Daniels said, "The Tahoe is still parked out front and I still have the keys so let's go. Do you need me to help you?" Morgan shook his head as he and Garcia started for the door. Daniels ran ahead of them to the vehicle; when Morgan, Garcia and JJ made it outside Deputy Daniels had the door to the backseat open, the engine running, and was already in the driver's seat. Morgan and JJ helped Garcia slide into the backseat. Right as Morgan closed Garcia's door JJ handed him the laptop and said, "Call and keep us posted as she progresses." With a nod Morgan said, "Don't worry I will, and I will give you the number to her hospital room so we can continue to communicate. And I will call Hotch and let him know what is going on." With all that said Morgan got into the passenger side backseat next to Garcia. As Daniels drove the Tahoe down the road Morgan used his cell phone and dialed Hotch's cell number. After two rings he heard,
"Hotchner"
"Hotch, its Morgan. Something has come up."
"What is it? What's happened?"
"…Garcia's water broke and she is in labor. She and I are heading to the hospital with Deputy Daniels. Now Garcia has her laptop with her and will continue to work on the case. I will call you when we get to the hospital and I will give you the phone number to the room."
"Alright, we'll call and keep you updated and if we need her to find anything else. You just try to relax a little and keep us informed."
"Sure thing Hotch, I will call if Garcia discovers anything new about the case."
The conversation having ended Morgan placed his phone back in his pocket. With his phone away Morgan glanced at Garcia and saw that she had a nervous expression on her face. Seeing this Morgan reached over and grabbed Garcia's hand that was closest to him and squeezed it as he asked, "Hey you ok baby girl?"Turning to him Garcia gave a small smile and nod as she said, "I'm ok till the next contraction comes at least."Garcia looked down at her stomach and then slowly looked back to Morgan and said, "I'm nervous Morgan, really nervous." Morgan raised Garcia's hand that was interlocked with his and gently kissed it. As he lowered their hands Morgan had a small grin on his face as he said, "What's there to be nervous about? A few hours from now you will be holding our precious baby in your arms and we will finally be a family." Giving him a small smile in return Garcia said, "I can't wait to hold the baby in my arms, I'm just nervous about the delivery. Even though I asked JJ about her delivery with Henry and she reassured me that the delivery isn't that bad apart from the long hours in labor, I'm still nervous." Morgan squeezed her hand again and replied, "Everything will be fine. I will be with you all the way. You will be fine…I love you Garcia." Having said that Morgan leaned over and kissed Garcia on her head. After receiving the kiss Garcia replied, "I love you too Derek. Your right, everything will be fine…But I'm still nervous." Morgan laughed quietly as he looked toward Deputy Daniels and asked, "Are we almost at the hospital?" Deputy Daniels glanced at Morgan through the rear view mirror as he replied, "We will be there in about five minutes." Hearing this Morgan nodded in response. At that moment Garcia yelped in pain from another contraction and leaned her head back onto the head rest.
