Chapter Seven
(Updated)
Disclaimer: I don't really understand why I must state the obvious but here you go; I don't own Criminal minds
Hotch had just finished calling Jack when right before he slipped his cell back into his pocket it started ringing "Hotch" he answered
"Oh my gosh I'm so stupid, so, so, stupid"
"What is it Garcia?" Hotch asked
"All the girls went to the same daycare. I tried to see who worked most with the girls but all the employees took turns, you know rotation. Then there are the volunteers, which the daycare has no electric record of..."
After that all her words started running together until Hotch couldn't understand a word of it.
"Garcia" Hotch said in a no nonsense tone that finally stopped her babbling "is there any way to track the volunteers or do I need to send JJ and Reid?"
"I think you'll have to send them sir" Garcia mumbled.
"What's the name of the daycare?"
"Welcome to Rain-Shine daycare how may I help you" a very bored teen said picking at her nails behind the reception desk.
"I am special agent Jennifer Jareau and this is Dr. Spencer Reid, from the FBI. We would like to ask your boss a few questions"
The girl snorted "my boss?" The teen turned around and yelled "DAD, FBI!"
A very short man round man came running "Y-y-yes" he stuttered in a high pitched voice.
"We would like to ask you some questions involving a case we are working on" Reid told the short man "what's your name?"
"T-T-Tillbit, W-Willy Tillbit. And this is my d-daughter B-B-B-B-B-"
"Billie" the teen, Billie finished for her father.
JJ and Reid shared a look. This was going to take a while.
Penny sat up groggily rubbing her right eye.
"Hello?" She called out in to the darkness.
Silence.
Penny look around trying to see where she was, it was dark, cold, and familiar. A jolt racked her small body as she recognized the place. It was the man's 'sleep' room where he sent all the bad angels to do 'penance'. Penny had never been sent there but she had seen it when he told her and another girl to bring the 'bad angels' food and water.
Suddenly she heard breathing, penny turned her head to see who was there but saw no one.
"Oh my little disobedient angel" the man's voice, deep and comforting threaded throw the air seeming to come from everywhere and nowhere.
"No I'm not 'your angel' I'm Penny! My name is Penny!" She screamed covering her ears.
"Oh my dear little angel still clinging to the clay"
"Stop!" She cried thrashing about violently trying in vain to make his voice go away.
"My angel"
"I said stop!" She sobbed.
"Angel"
"No" she whimpered curling in to a ball.
"'My angel you fly higher than others you are truly not of clay as humans are I will come for you my angel so you may fly'" this time his voice sounded different; distant, weird, and his voice seemed to becoming from a light...
Penelope Garcia woke to loud uncontrolled subs sitting up she turned to Penny wailing in her sleep Morgan was next to Penny trying to wake her.
"Penny it's only a dream...come on...wake up…it's going to be alright" Morgan murmured into Penny's ear.
Garcia moved closer as she did she noticed a blood red origami lying next to Penny.
"Morgan…" she whispered pointing at the angle when he turned to look at her "An angel…"
"No" Penny whimpered curling into a ball.
Garcia felt an urge to unfolded the origami angel, when she did Garcia saw a note she read it aloud "'My angel you fly higher than others you are truly not of clay as humans are I will come for you my angel so you may fly'"
Suddenly Penny froze still as death.
"Penny" Garcia and Morgan said in unison.
Penny blinked once seeing them she started to cry tears of relief "I thought he took me back I don't want to leave you guys, don't let him take me"
"Don't wary we will never let that happen" Morgan told her
Penny sniffed "okay. I know you can't be sure of that but I know you'll try"
Garcia wanted to cry at the unfairness that this little girl had to go through.
"I know you're too big for the bed but can you try and fit?" Penny asked as she whipped her tears away "I feel very save when you're close Mr. Derek"
"Of course I can"
Garcia scouted to the edge of the bed so Morgan could have room penny hiccupped a giggle when Garcia and Morgan held her hands.
"Can I…" Penny trailed off staring at the ceiling
"Can you what?" Garcia asked giving her hand a reassuring squeeze.
"Can I call you mom and dad?" Penny quickly added "just for tonight!"
"I don't have a problem with that" Morgan replied glancing over at Garcia.
"Sure" Garcia whispered as a faint blush graced her cheeks.
"I love you mom" Penny looked at Garcia then Morgan "and dad"
"I love you too" Garcia and Morgan told Penny as she snuggled in trying to find dreamless sleep.