Chapter 2

The plane landed and it was obvious that Penelope had been crying and Emily knew that she was the reason for her tears. Emily wanted to apologize but didn't want to swallow her pride to do so. Derek kept cutting his eyes at Emily. Rossi, Hotch, Reid and JJ could feel the tension between the 3 of them. Reid and JJ looked at each other in the unspoken language that only they had. JJ got lost in his eyes for a few seconds until Rossi looked at her and she snapped back to adjust her gaze at her feet. Rossi made a mental note. JJ's phone had been going off like crazy ever since the plane had taken off from Maine where their last case had been. They didn't even get to go home before taking on another case.

"Hotch, can I please talk to you alone when we get a few minutes. I think we have some things to discuss." Said Rossi

"Okay." Hotch said in a curious drawn out tone.

Hotch and Rossi straightened themselves up as they saw a tall man heading their way. He was walking quickly and Hotch was more concerned about the team right now. They were standing in two groups. One group consisting of Reid and Emily. The other group consisting of JJ, Penelope, and Derek. Rossi and Hotch were dealing with the head of the Kansas PD. Rossi noticed Hotch's concern and walked to where the group was separated. Rossi stood in between the two groups and motioned for them to join him. He started to lecture them.

"Okay. We're supposed to be a team here and nobody is acting like it. If you care to explain, then that's great. If not then I suggest you all get it together because this isn't how a team should act. Nobody is doing their part. If you think that me and Hotch can't notice that Emily and Derek and Penelope are having problems, then you must take us for fools. We also see the tension between JJ and Reid. Not much gets past us and every one of you have yet to learn that. I can't believe this team."

The group all looked around confused and acted all innocent. Knowing that David Rossi had just called all of them out for nothing but facts. Penelope looked over at Emily and the tears started streaming down her face yet again. Derek wrapped her in a hug to hide her face. Derek secretly was very curious about what was happening between Spencer Reid and Jennifer Jareau. He knew both of them very well. He had helped JJ with Henry and Spencer with girls. He thought both of them trusted them. He decided to leave it alone and focus his attention to his Baby Girl.

"Baby, you're going to have to just let her go. You know Emily has always had problems after her whole incident. You do have to cut her some slack too though because she did almost die." Said Derek comfortingly.

"Maybe that bitch should have died." Said Penelope sneering

"Penelope! You know you did not mean that!" Said Derek shocked

"So now you're going to take up for her her!?" Penelope practically yelled.

"That is not what I meant-" Derek just gave up.

Penelope was already walking briskly across the airport concrete. She rented her own taxi so she wouldn't have to ride with the team. She got into the taxi and remembered she had a slip of paper that had the address of the hotel.

"Where to?" Said the driver

"Um… If you could just give me one second. I'm sorry I have to look real quick." Said Penelope.

"108 Parkview Drive?" Questioned the driver.

Penelope pulled out the paper using her phone as a flashlight. She looked at the paper and it read 108 Parkview Drive.

"Yeah. 108 Parkview Drive. That's the place" She said nervously.

She was panicking in her mind because the driver knew her destination before she even did! She was so nervous. He was dressed in dark clothes and she couldn't even see his face. She sat in the back seat for about ten moments and she was at the hotel. She got out of the car.

"Oh and Penelope, good luck catching the Reaper. I'm telling you it's not a copycat." Said the driver.

Penelope was very scarred at this point. She had paid in cash and had never told the driver what her name was and she had never told him about the case either. The case was supposed to remain a secret until the reaper was in the custody of the Kansas police. She ran in her pink heels to the lobby of the hotel. Sitting in a dark red chair holding a newspaper was Derek Morgan. He had been waiting for her. She walked up to the lady at the counter and asked for a key to the room that her boss had already booked.

"I'm sorry ma'am, but there are no keys to your room." Said the lady at the desk.

"I think you're looking for these?" Said Derek holding her keys.

Penelope walked up and went to go grab her room keys. Derek handed her one and kept the other for himself. Penelope had not seen the second key. Penelope got into the elevator, checking behind her to make sure that Derek wasn't following her. She got to her floor. She strolled down the hall trying to get to her room. She didn't even shower. She was so tired that she crawled into bed and laid down. She was almost asleep when she heard someone walk into her room.

"What the hell?!" Said Penelope

"Oh, don't worry. It's just me." Said a familiar voice.

"Derek, I'm kinda mad at you right now, but I don't care. I'm going to bed." She said

She felt someone wrap their arms around her.

"Derek, you're losing some of your muscle, you'd better take care of that." Penelope said sleepily

She drifted off to sleep. When she woke up in the morning she slipped on her slippers and headed down to the lobby to get some coffee. Noticing that Derek was no longer in her room with her. She was in her own little world when she heard a voice.

"Good morning Baby Girl" Said Derek

"Good morning… Hey, I have a question for you. Why were you in my room last night?" She asked skeptically.

Derek looked worried and very confused.

"I wasn't in your room last night. I did keep one of the keys so that I could come check on you because I have been worried about you and Emily here lately, but I was never in your room last night." Derek said seriously.

"You weren't?" She asked quivering with fear.

"No, if there was someone in your room last night it wasn't me." Said Derek.

They walked up the stairs together this time. Derek Morgan's arms wrapped around Penelope. He knew it would make her feel somewhat safer. Considering her room got broken into last night. She had already told him about the person laying in bed with her almost all night. Derek was furious about this. They got up to her room and Morgan had already called for crime scene investigators to be on the scene. Derek walked into the bathroom and scrawled on the mirror was the words "I'm back, don't make the same mistakes." It was written in Penelope's favorite red lipstick.

"Um… Baby, I think you should see this. Did anything weird happen before you got your room last night?" Asked Derek.

"Oh God. Is this really happening? I can't believe this. Yes something weird happened. The cab driver knew exactly where I was going before I ever even told him the address." She said.

"The person laying in bed with you last night was The Reaper. And now he's taunting us." Said Derek.