Once Upon A Straight Tequila Night

Ch-6 The Hunt For Toby Begins

Derek' POV

Derek is sitting next to Hotch with his head in his hands, Hotch reaches over and says, "we are checking security survelience tapes from her building to see if we can a description of Toby's car". Derek looked up at him and said, "I can't lose her Hotch, I just can't", Hotch said, "Morgan you aren't going to lose her, she is a fighter and she isn't going to let Toby get away with this".

Derek looked up to see the rest of the team running towards them, Hotch stands up and says, "she is in the ICU, she was shot in the chest, right now she is critical, stable but critical". JJ looked at Hotch with tears streaming down her face and said, "what the hell does that even mean, how can she be critical but stable"?, Emily wrapped her arms around JJ and said, "that means that so far she isn't getting any worse Jayje".

Reid and Rossi walked over to Hotch and Rossi said, "what the hell happened"?, Hotch said, "from what we are able to find out Garcia went out to dinner with her friend Toby Nelson and we know that she got shot and until we get to talk to Penelope that is all we know". JJ walked over to Derek and wrapped her arms around him and said, "she is going to be ok Derek, I just know it".

Derek looked up at her with tears in his eyes and said, "I swear to God that when I find Toby I will kill him for what he did to her", JJ said, "I can't figure out why he did this to her, he is suppose to be her friend, what kind of friend takes you to dinner and then shoots you"?, Reid walks over and says, "he sounds like a scorned lover or ex-lover in this case".

Derek stood up and said, "so Toby wanted Penelope but she turned him down and he pulls a gun out and shoots her"?, Reid looks at Derek and says, "that is the way some possessive/dominate males are when the woman that they are fixex on turns them away". The team looks up to see the doctor walking towards them, Derek took a deep breath and hoped for the best while preparing for the worst.

Penelope's POV

Penelope lays in bed drifting in and out of consciousness thinking about the past few hours, she couldn't believe that Tody did this to her, that he shot her and left her for dead and why?, because she didn't return her feelings. She opened her eyes when she heard the doctor calling her name, she turned her head and said one word hoarsely, "Derek".

The doctor put his hand on hers and said, "I will get Mr. Morgan for you in just a minute but I need to check you first Ms. Garcia", she slowly nodded her head as her eyes closed again. The doctors and nurses worked quickly to get her vitals checked so that she could rest, her heartrate and blood pressure were both low but that was to be expected with the trauma that she had been through.

He looked down at her and saw that she had drifted off to sleep again so he stood there monitoring her machines for a few minutes when he noticed that she was moving around like she was having a nightmare and boy was he right. Penelope was back at her apartment standing at the front door, she watches as Toby leans forward to kiss her.

She looks at him and says, "Toby we are just friends, I don't have feelings for you anymore", she watches as he backs away and begins walking down the stairs, she sees herself unlocking the door, she hears Toby call her name. She sees herself turning around to see him standing there with a small gun in his hand, the nine words he hears her say will haunt her for a while, "I have been thinking about doing this all night", she then hears the gun go off and she remembers feeling a sharp pain in the chest before everything goes black.

She wakes up screaming "NOOOOOOOOO", her eyes are looking around the room, the doctor walks over and tries to calm her down, he says, "it's alright Ms. Garcia, he isn't here, he can't hurt you". He motions for the nurse to come over, when she starts trying to calm Penelope down he heads toward the door, the last few words he hears before the door closes are, "I need Derek, please let me see him", he walks over to the group of people that came in with her.

Derek's POV

The doctor walks over and says, "is there a Derek here"?, Derek steps forward and says, "that's me, I'm Derek", the doctor said, "I need you to come with me please, she is very aggitated and is asking for you". Derek quickly followed the doctor into Penelopes room, she looked at Derek and said, "you were right, I should have trusted it", he put her hand in his and said, "it's alright baby girl, he is gonna pay for what he did, I promise", he brought her hand up to his lips slowly and he gently kissed the back of her hand and said, "I love you Penelope", he stood there holding her hand as she drifted off to sleep again

The doctor watched as her blood pressure and heart rate started going back to normal, he ran his thumb over the top of her hand and he smiled when she opened her eyes and whispered, "I love you to Derek", she then drifted back off. Derek closed his eyes and said a silent prayer for his baby girl, he couldn't lose her now, not after he was finally able to tell her how he truly felt.

Hotch and Rossi headed to Penelopes apartment to get the survelience from the security cameras, but before they left Hotch told the remaining team that he wanted 2 people with Penelope at all times. Reid looked at Hotch and said, "I will stay with Garcia and Morgan", Hotch looked at JJ and Emily and said, "I need the two of you to head back to the BAU and get an analyst to start processing the information that we have", they nodded in agreement as they all went their seperate

ways.

Derek looked up to see Reid walking into the room, Derek said, "where is everybody"?, Reid said, "Hotch and Rossi headed over to Penelope's to get the security surveillance footage and JJ and Emily headed back to the BAU to get an analyst that can start processing what we have so far". Derek looked back down at Penelope and then at Reid and said, "that son of a bitch is gonna pay Reid, he is gonna pay for what he did to my baby girl".

Toby removes the license plate and pulls another one out of the back of the car and quickly puts it on before heading inside the front office of a motel on the outskirts of town. The clerk looks over the counter and says, "how can I help you sir"?, he smiles and says, "I need a room mam", she says, "and the name sir"?, he smiled and said, "Shawn Tucker", the clerk smiles and says, "I need you to sign this for me please sir", he grinned as he signed the fake name to the ledger, he smiles the the clerk puts the key into his hand, he says, "thank you", and heads towards his room.

The doctor put is hand on Dereks shoulder and said, "when the meds start wearing off she will be more coherent and then she can tell you what happened, Derek sighed and nodded his head in agreement. A few minutes later Rossi and Hotch are standing in the office at Penelope's apartment building waiting on the security footage and as they watch what they see makes their blood run cold, they watch as Toby leans in to kiss her and they watch her put her hand up and then they watch him go down the stairs and turn and say something to her and pull out the gun and shoot and they watch as their friend falls to the ground.

Hotch looked at the supervisor and said, "I need you to freeze a close up of his face for me", the supervisor did what she was told, Hotch said, "can you print me a copy of that please". A few seconds later he looked at Rossi and said, "here is a copy of the sick bastard that shot Garcia, we need to get this out as soon as possible".

Hotch thanked you older woman for her help, he took the surveillance tape and the picture and headed back to the BAU, justice was going to be served and he was going to make sure that he did everything possible to make Toby Nelson pay for what he did to Garcia.