1995
It was one forty-five in the morning and Penelope was still up working on a '' poject'' of sorts when she heard the scream coming from Sara's room. Garcia was up in a flash running past Lisa and James as they groggaly walked out of their rooms to investigate.
"Sara what's wrong!'' Penelope asked running into her room
'' The girl was sitting on her bed with her arms wrapped around her legs sobbing
'' Sara what is it you can tell us said Penelope as James and Lisa walked into the room
'' yeah kid." said James in a somewhat confused voice '' You can tell us were your family."
''FAMILY!" screamed Sara at the top of her sixteen year old lungs " YOU ALWAYS SAY THAT WERE A FAMILY! BUT WE ARE NOT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW EACH OTHERS REAL NAMES OR WHO WE REALLY ARE BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A JOKE! WE ARE NOT EVEN RELATED!''
Sara put her head back down and began to sob again all Penelope, Lias and James could do was look at each other and then James cleared his throat
" My real name is Mike Jansen and I ran away when I was Seventeen because i told them my parents that I 'am gay and my parents wanted to send me to be 'fixed' I have hacked ever since. Said James looking at Sara. " Oh yeah and the reason I chose the name James is because that 's the name of my first boyfriend who was sent away by his parents so yeah that's my story...Anna?"
James just looked at Penelope who was staring at him in shock at this new revelation she never knew what circumstances had brought her twenty-five year old friend into the underrelm as she liked to call it. After hearing his confession she could admit her painful past.
" My real name is Penelope Garcia and well I was at a party one night and had missed my curfew. when I came home two and a half hours later I found my thirteen year old brother sleeping on the couch and a message on the machine that told me to come down to the hospital right away that there had been an accident. When I got there my mom and dad had died they were hit head on by a drunk driver while out looking for me. A few weeks later I had to stand up in court and tell a judge that I couldn't handle raising four kids on my own and put my brothers in foster care, James came to me later that night and told me about the netizens I was hooked." Said Penelope fighting back tears as the painful memories of her thirteen year old brother Adam looking at her with the utmost hate as she told the judge she couldn't take them.
Mike and Penelope then turned their gaze on to Lisa the oldest and second newest person to the group she had showed up two weeks before Sara did.
" I guess It's my turn then." Lisa said smiling shyly " My real name is Amila hearshade, and well I guess up untill a few months ago I was one of the happiest people alive. You see I had everything, a good job a loving husband and two beautiful kids. Said Lisa visibly close to tears now." Everything was great untill one night where I had to work really late I was a computer programmer you see and well a week before I had taken a vacation so I had a ton of work to catch up on so I stayed at my office late. It had to be around midnight when I got a call from my neighbor who was screaming and crying on the other line. It turned out that my house had caught fire because of a faulty fuse and the fire department was still trying to quell the blaze, by the time I got to my house they had put the fire out but... um." Lias tears were streaming freely now along with Penny's and Mikes as they could guess the rest of her sad story. " My family didn't make it none of them and after that I just gave up went crazy I guess just like everyone here. "
Sara was crying now to as she realized that she wasn't the only one life had screwed over and diced that if her family could tell their stories she could tell hers. Wiping off her tears she began.
" My real name is Noella Grey and I never had a posh life you know it was just me and my mom who had a minimum wage job but it was okay you know. Up untill like six months ago you see my mom meet this new guy at work his name was David I thought he was cool at frist but after like a month or so he started to hit her, and then he got her hooked on drugs which she started using all her money on. After awhile we had no food in the house and my mom started well you know sell herself for money which she would only use on her addiction. I was always good with computers so I found you and diced to run away and I had a bad dream where you didn't want me and made me go back!"
The three young adults just started at each other untill James spoke
"Sara we would never send you back and we are a family and nothing could ever change that."
Sara was smiling through her tears and so was everyone else.
"can you guys stay with me to night? she asked
Evertone nodded and laid down next to the girl and before they knew it they were all asleep.
2010
" we have nothing to hold her on!?" Said Rossi and Morgan together " Why Not? She was found were the hack was traced to!
" That's true" Said Hotch calmly" But the computer and the house was registered to her boyfriend and as far as we can tell she has nothing to do with it.
" Hocth" said Morgan " shes hiding something, even if she's not involved she knows something
" I agree with Morgan ''' Added Emily '' She has to have seen something!"
" We will just have to wait mabey Garcia can find something on Lucy's computer.
As the team were auguring outside the conference room Penelope was hurriedly typing to Lisa who was still living underground she hoped her old friend would reply and come get Sara or Lucy out of Jail. Just as all hope was failing Penelope's computer dinged
Dear Anna got ur message will be there soon btw are u still with the fbi?
Penelope quickly looked up to see the team was still looking over Lucy's files.
Yes and they can't know that I know you guys when will you be here?
Penelope waited for the reply
No problem but we need to talk! something strange is going on around here but expect my call get sara a message some how to let her know im coming
Alright see you soon -A
When Garcia was done talking to Lisa she cleared her history and the hard drive on the laptop no one needed to know. Just as she was finishing up the phone started ringing.''
"Hello this is tenchal analyst Penelope Garcia of the FBI who is this."
" Hi my name is Jamie Muhlally Lucy's cousin I heard she's in some sort of trouble."
Penlope couldn't help but smile as she heard her friend speak
" Please hold while I get my boss."
" Alright."
Garcia set the phone down and ran up to her team.
" woa baby girl were's the fire?'' Asked Morgan with concern
" Someone wants to talk to you Hotch she says she's Sa-Lucy's cousin"
" What does she want" Said hotch looking at Garcia with suspicion something was up with their annalist.
" I don't know she said she wants to speak with my superior.
" Alright. Can you trace the call?"
" On it Hotch."
Hotch nodded and followed Garcia to the conference room and started to talk to the woman on the phone meanwhile Garcia excused her self to go to the restroom after walking in the bathroom and closing the door she pulled out her ipad and did something she hadn't had to do in years. Hack the FBI system but she knew what she was doing now. Disabling the cameras around the interrogation room she put the cameras on replay showing the empty hallway it was time for her to make her move. She opened the door to the bathroom a bit to make sure the coats was clear after she was sure she walked over to the interrogation rooms where her adopted sister was being held.
" Sara, Sara what have you gotten yourself into now." Penelope said smiling to the young woman sitting at the table.
The girl looked up and gave one of the biggest smiles ever
" ANNA ohmygosh IT'S YOU I have missed you so much'' said sara forgetting that she was supposed to be handcuffed stood up to give her sister a hug.
" I see those didn't last long." Penelope said looking at the handcuffs still attached to the table " but I can't stay long heres your back story you met Lance three years ago and he is a great guy but when you woke up this morning all his things were gone and you've tried to call him I hacked your phone records and put in a number that is now registerd to Lance who I assume is not a real person."
"Man I no wonder why the FBI gave you a job but how am I getting out?"
Lisa's on her way her cover name is Jamie Muhlally and she is a very close cousin of yours she is also a law student who has very good lawyer connections but i have to go now I was never here ok,"
" Ok Anna but we need to talk soon okay?"
" I Know now bye."
As she left the interrogation room Penelope turned the cameras back on and walked back to her team who were disscuing the new developments of the case.
" Her cousin is a law student?" said Morgan " Well that's just great she'll know that we have nothing to hold her on we'll have to let her go!"
" Chill Morgan" Said Reid " Garcia you found something good right?"
" I'm sorry you guys this girl is either REALLY scary good or she's innocent and I have nothing."
" Garcia are you sure there's nothing there." Said Hotch angrily
" Come here I 'll show you." Said Garcia leading them back to Lucy's fake main computer.
" Now when you look for a hacker's computer your looking for odd things like recently cleared computer history or illegal programing that will help you bypass fire wall and on this computer there is none of that all that I can find is normal woriking functions of the windows 7 programing and other default programs nothing wonky at all.''
" So were back at square one" said Rossi " Thats just great."
" I'm sorry for yelling at you Garcia It's just that the longer we stand around the more likely another kid is going to go missing, have you flared the school files" Said Hotch
" Yes sir I have" Said Penelope " But you see I can only see the hack while it's happening if the files have already been hacked I won't know untill..."
" Until another kid goes missing" Hotch finished for her
" Yeah I'm sorry Hotch I could go through every kid in the system but there are like 200,000 kids in school in the bay area it would litarly take a lifetime."
" What if you narrowed it down." Said the young genius
" Your right Reid! they were only taking smart high school students!" Said Garcia running to her computer " Now if I narrow it down to high school students in all honors classes or something like that it will narrow it down to UGH 9.000 names, well I better start somewhere"
" Is there anything we can do to help baby girl" Said Morgan watching Penelope type a 1,000 words per minute
" Not really hot stuff unless you can clone me?"
" Sorry babe lemme know if you got something.''
" Got it hot stuff."
As Morgan and the rest of the team left the room Garcia continued to look for leads Knowing tat Lucy had nothing big to do with the case.