What Doesn't Kill Us-Ch 24
A few hours later Derek looked up when he heard the nurse walking over, he stood up and said, "is there any change"?, she sadly shook her head and said, "nothing yet but if you are ready I can take you over and let you see her"?, Derek said, "yes, thank you". She looked at the rest of the team and said, "I'm afraid that for now only 2 can go".
Hotch said, "Reid you go with Morgan and the rest of us will wait", he nodded his head and followed Derek and the nurse up the hall, when they stopped outside her door the nurse looked at them and said, "now I want to prepare you for what you're going to see once you get in there". Derek swallowed hard as the nurse said, "she is hooked up to the ventillator, the heart and blood pressure monitors and IV's are all around her".
Derek took a deep breath as the nurse pushed the door open and said, "go on in", he looked at Reid before stepping through the door, his heart broke when he looked down at his angel, his baby girl, his goddess as she laid there fighting for her life in front of him. Derek reached down and gently put her hand in his and said, "I love you".
Reid walked over and put his hand on Dereks shoulder and said, "she loves you to", he then looked down at Penelope and said, "we're all here Garcia and we love you and need you to fight to come back to us". He reached up and wiped away a tear that was streaming down his cheek and said, "Henry needs you and misses you to, you are after all his fairy godmother".
Penelope didn't know what was happening to her, all of a sudden it was like she was floating, she looked and saw Derek and Reid standing beside her and said,
"hotstuff what's happening"?, she reached out and tried to touch him and her hand went right through his. She said, "Reid please tell me what's going on why can't I touch Derek, am I dead".
Derek said, "I can't wait till you get better so we can get married, I'm not waiting till you get out of the hospital either, just as soon as the doctor says you're strong enough I'm making you Mrs. Derek Morgan". Penelope smiled and said, "promises promises my love", she then felt herself floating over her body and when she saw herself laying there hooked up to all of those machines she said, "what happened, what am I doing here"?, it was a few seconds later when her feet touched the floor and she heard a famaliar voice".
She looked around and said, "mom, mom is that you"?, she reached out and wrapped her arms around her mom and said, "ohhhhhh mom I have missed you so much", it was then that Maria said, "and your father and I have missed you to honey". Penelope said, "am I, am I"?, Maria put her hand in Penelopes and said, "no sweetie you aren't dead, it isn't your time yet".
Penelope said, "not that I'm not glad to see you but what's happening"?, Maria said, "you were stabbed honey and there was a lot of damage done and right now you are fighting to survive". She said, "momma I'm scared", she gently squeezed her daughters hand and said, "don't be honey we are here with you, always have been, always will be".
She sighed and said, "where's daddy"?, she smiled and said, "he's right behind you", she turned to see her father standing there with his arms open, she said,
"daddyyyyyy" as she threw her arms around him. He kissed the top of her head and said, "there there princess, daddy's here", she smiled and said, "I've missed you both so much".
Miguel said, "we know honey, we know", Penelope said, "I don't know what to do daddy", he said, "that's easy baby, you fight, you fight to come back to the people that love you". She smiled and said, "daddy I love them so much", he caressed her cheek and said, "I know and they love you just as much, especially my future son in law Derek".
She looked at Derek and said, "I've loved him since the first day I met him daddy", Miguel laughed and said, "he's been in love with you since then to", she smiled and said, "I don't know what I would do without him". Maria said, "and he doesn't know what he would do without you either", Penelope said, "what does the future hold for us momma"?, she said, "love, joy, happiness and beautiful beautiful grandbabies".
Penelope said, "momma are you sure"?, she touched Penelopes face and said, "I'm positive, you are going to have several beautiful children and they are going to mean the world to you just like you mean to your father and me". Miguel kissed Penelope one final time and said, "we need to go", she said, "no can't you stay just a little while longer"?, he said, "I wish we could baby but don't worry we are always with you".
She hugged her parents one final time and then watched as they disappeared, she then started feeling funny and she started floating again, the last thing she saw before going back into her body was the worried face of her soon to be husband. Derek brought her hand to his lips and kissed it and said, "come back to me goddess, please come back to me" and a huge smile graced his lips as she squeezed his hand.