AN: I'm still working on my other stories. This one I was doing while on vacation last week. I'll be updating the others soon.

She was sitting in the airport terminal waiting for her flight. How could she have let herself get here? She thought back to her conversation with Mikey.

"What do you mean you want out, Garcia? I thought you loved the BAU? I pulled a lot of strings to get you over there and not to get you moved again. Being your handler has cost me a lot of built up favors."

She lay on her bed, "I know Mikey, and I appreciate everything you've ever done for me. I just can't do it anymore; the blood, the guts, the children. I work crazy hours; I'm just burnt out. Please Mikey, this will be the last time."

He huffed into the phone. "Alright Garcia, but it's going to cost you."

She rolled her eyes; she knew nothing came free when it came to Mikey. "Anything, I just need out as soon as I possible, please."

"It just so happens we need your services somewhere else. Be at the airport by 10 pm tonight your flight leaves at 11. Your ticket will be at the counter. Only pack what you need for a few days. I'll send my men to collect the rest of your belongings and move them to your new apartment by morning. I'll have everything sent to your phone in about two hours. Denials will pick you up once you land. Oh and Pen... "

"Yeah Mikey?"

"Consider this a favor that I will be collecting on."

She hung up the phone and started to get her bags together. Once she packed what she wanted she decided to write a note to each member of the team telling them goodbye. She placed the envelopes on her counter with a note to deliver to an Aaron Hotchner with the BAU.

"Flight 862 to JFK now boarding." She grabbed her belongs and made her way to the plane. With one last look out the window she handed her ticket over to the Agent. With a heavy heart she made her way to her seat.

The next morning Aaron Hotchner had a strange feeling in the pit of his stomach. Something was wrong, he just didn't know what. Once he made his way into the office he looked around at his team, everything seemed fine so he walked into his office to work on paperwork. At 11:30 he finally noticed what was off, there wasn't the teams ray of sunshine anywhere. Normally, by this time she would have made her rounds and brought a new case for him to look at. He glanced at his phone; there wasn't any missed calls or texts from her. He got up and went over to her office. The lights were off and the door still locked. "Aaron what's wrong?" Rossi said coming up behind him.

"I'm not sure Dave, but something's off. Have you heard form Garcia today?" Rossi saw the worried look on his colleges face. "No Aaron, I haven't."

"Alright Dave, I have a feeling something's wrong. Don't alert the others yet. I'm going to drive to her place. I'll keep you updated."

With that he walked out of the BAU to find his teams heart and soul.

When he arrived at her apartment he was surprised to see a moving truck with workers. He walked up to one holding a lamp "Excuse me, isn't this Penelope Garcia's belongings?"

"Yes sir, and you might be?" the mover looked at the agent. Right when Hotch was about to answer a man in a suit came up.

"I have a feeling you're Aaron Hotchner, is that correct?" the man held at his hand to shake it. Hotch obliged and nodded his head. "Yes, I'm Agent Hotchner. Can you tell me what's going on here?"

"I'm not able to tell you everything, but I do have these for you. I was going to drop them off at the BAU before we left." He handed him five envelopes.

"If you excuse me we need to have all this stuff on the road in an hour" The agent turned and left Hotch standing there with more questions then before. He looked through the envelopes noticing there was a name of each of his team mates on them. He picked up the Boss man and opened it.

Hi Boss man,

I'm sure you have many questions but I don't have many answers. Tonight I had a conversation with my Handler; I'll be transferred by the time you read this. I know this is the cowards' way of leaving, I am well aware of that. It had to be done this way. I had nothing left here for me so I needed to leave. Please tell Jack I love him and that his Aunt P will still do whatever she can to help him.

Aaron, you're by far the best boss I have ever had in my life. This is not a reflection on you. I needed to do this for me. You should be getting the transfer papers sometime this week. Please know that I love you and the rest of the team. I will reach out to you when I feel it's safe to do so. Don't try and look for me, you know you wont find me. You'll always be my favorite.

Love Penelope

He looked over the letter again. He pulled out his phone to call Strauss.

"Strauss"

"It's Hotchner, did you know about Garcia leaving? Do you know where she is?"

"No, Agent Hotchner, I was just informed about an hour ago when I received the paperwork. I just sent it down to your office."

"Do you know where she was transferred too?"

"Yes Agent I do, but I will not be divulging that information on to you." He looked at his phone. He always hated that woman. "Thank you" he hung up making his way back to his car.

"Rossi"

"Dave, bring everyone to the conference room I'll be there in 10 minutes."

"Is everything okay?"

"No, but it's going to have to be."