*** Thinking about quitting writing this because I have gotten some hate on it. Tell me what you think I should do.***

Chapter 3

They all sat in the Kansas police department. They were so tired from their long flight and Penelope didn't feel safe anymore. Not even in the security of Derek. She had been sleeping in the same bed as the Reaper. This is not okay she kept thinking.

"Okay team. I've already lost Haley to this son of a bitch and now he's targeting Penelope. I'm not having this." Said SSA Aaron Hotchner.

"Well, I hate to say this but I think Penelope's in danger. I mean, the Reaper did kill Haley and now he's targeting Penelope. It may be best for her to be off the case for now." Said Emily schemingly.

"You don't hate to say it Prentiss… You want me off the case, you want me out of your way. If this is still about the incident on the jet, then forget it. I'm over it and you should be too." Said Penelope getting mad.

"Penelope! Outside NOW!" Said Derek.

They walked out and Penelope slammed the door. Derek just looked at her obvious to the attitude.

"What?" Penelope asked.

What? You go in that room and act like that, then ask me what?" Said Derek getting upset.

"How is it my fault she's mentally unstable? Oh wait. It's not? She's the one that needs to be off the case if you ask me." She said her attitude growing.

"I do think you're in danger." Derek said. The space between them grew less.

"I'm not in danger as long as you're here to protect me." Whispered Penelope.

The space between them grew less and less. Before Penelope could get her emotions in line they were kissing. Then things grew. Derek moved down her neck. When she pulled away and told him to stop, he did. She didn't know what had happened. She had so many thoughts whirling around in her head. Was this for real? Did she really just have a hot make out session with Derek Morgan. She got herself together and they didn't speak a word. She just quietly walked into the room where the rest of the team awaited them.

"I've discussed it with Penelope, she won't be leaving the case, but she must have someone with a gun on them at all times." Said Derek.

What Penelope didn't know was that Hotch had told Derek earlier that he could call the shots when it came to Penelope. He had also told Hotch he was going to ask her out even though it was against the BAU rules. Hotch didn't care, but once Strauss found out then he was to be left out. Derek knew Strauss found out about everything that ever happened in the BAU regardless of how long it took her, she always found out. It was kind of a promise she made to the team. Good or bad, she would find out. Derek knew that for now their relationship was safe.

"This meeting has been dismissed." Said Hotch with authority.

"Hey Derek. Can I talk to you?" Said Penelope.

"Yeah, sure. Just wait a second until the room gets cleared." He said lowering his voice as he said the last half of his sentence.

"Do you think that since my room was broken into that I could maybe stay with you in your room until we catch this guy?" She asked thinking about more than her safety when she asked the question.

"I was going to ask you the same thing. I don't want that creep getting into your room again. He know's we're onto him and I don't want him to come back. He may hurt you." Said Derek.

"Okay. Good." Said Penelope. Her heart in her throat.

JJ was walking quickly trying to catch up with Reid. She kept calling out his name but he wouldn't stop.

"Spence, please stop. We need to talk. This is important." She begged.

He stopped and looked at her. She stopped in her tracks. Noticing his face streaming with tears. It was a shock to see Spencer crying like he was. She backed off.

"What do you want? I wanted a relationship with you before you married Will, now that you and WIll are married I don't want to complicate things any further for you and him." He said bitterly.

JJ had lost all of her confidence and the courage to tell him what she wanted to. She just shook her head and backed off. Hotch didn't know what happened between them last month when they were working on the Canadian border. She just turned around and decided she would proceed in looking for walked outside taking note of how chilly it was. She saw Emily on a bench under a tree. Lost deep in thought.

"Hey, Emily." She said softly. Wrapping Emily up in a hug.

Emily just broke down into soft sobs. She just cried. Nobody could possibly understand how she felt right now. She was supposed to be dead. It wasn't fair because being dead almost had to be better than living the life she was right now. Declan had been taken from her. He was taken back to Ireland. He lived in a foster care house with lots of other children and Emily felt it was all her fault. She knew that in one month she could bring Declan back to the states and be his mother. She had so many questions and she was afraid Declan would blame her. JJ was really the only one that Emily talked to about her depression.

"Em, you've been doing so well here lately and now this. You're spiraling again and I hate seeing you like this. Declan isn't going to blame you for his dad." JJ said trying to reassure her friend.

"JJ-" Emily whined.

"Yeah?" Said JJ

"Nothing." Emily said.

"No. Tell me." said JJ questioningly

"I have always wanted to say this to you, and you can take it any way you want. I just wanted to say that I love you." Said Emily.

JJ somewhat shocked just looked at her and made a smiling face. What Emily didn't know is that JJ's smile was totally fake. She was conflicted about the way she feels. JJ just hoped she meant it as a friendly kind of way. Deep down, JJ knew that it wasn't just for friends she meant something by it.

It was getting late at night so Penelope headed up to Derek's room She climbed the last flight of stairs. It was quiet in there. She used her room key and waited for the click to let her know that the door had been unlocked. She turned the handle and took notice that it was extremely dark in the room. She walked in, turned around and heard footsteps. She felt a sharp pain in her neck and crumpled to the ground.

Derek came walking up to the room. He noticed that the door was swung wide open. There was Penelope's pink handbag on the floor. That was the bag that she kept her three iPads, laptop and all except for one of her cell phones in. Her emergency cell was on her body at all times. At this very moment, Derek knew something was wrong. He went to go find Hotch. Knowing what had happened. Derek went back to the room to look for anything he could find to help identify this unsub. The killings had subsided since his hunting of Penelope. He looked on the mirror and there was a message scrawled in what looked like blood. He noticed that it was dripping down from the mirror. He took a swab of the blood. Hoping it would not be Penelope's blood. He put it in a container and just hoped it wasn't.

Hotch just looked around. Penelope was the one that kept this team strong. She made everyone believe that it was going to be okay even when she was having trouble convincing herself that it was okay. Hotch had never realized how important she was to the support of the team. He knew that she was vital when it came to researching people and hacking, but not to the emotional part of the team.

Emily came up to the room where Penelope's last known location was. She had tears streaming down her face. She had been crying a lot. Not only were her eyes red, she reeked of alcohol. Derek looked at Emily. He pulled her outside of the room where the kidnapping had happened.

"Em, I know you're having problems right now with your life and you feel alone. It's obvious. You need help. I want to help you, but so did Penelope. We need to focus and I can't do that with you walking around here moping." Said Derek.

When Penelope came to, her head hurt. He tried to sit up but she was tied to what seemed like a hospital bed. She looked to her left and she was hooked up to an IV. She followed the tube up her left arm and she located the needle. She got ready to pull it out when a man emerged from the shadows. He had a black mask on with an all white suit with black rubber boots. He took a needle and a syringe and stuck it into the tube to the IV. Penelope begged for him not to. She watched him push the plunger and she faded into darkness.