While Hotch and the team was going over the murder case once again on the jet, Derek kept thinking about Penelope and their conversation earlier. For the ten years now Penelope hasn't got any texts not even a phone call not since she blocked her Exe's number from her phone. But this morning all of sudden Penelope gets a text from an unknown number and that doesn't sit well with Derek. Of course she deleted the text without reading it and claimed that it wasn't from him. But Derek can't stop getting the feeling that it's definitely her ex. Derek has never met Penelope's ex boyfriend, not even once. But Penelope had mentioned him a few times and from what Derek heard, he's glad that he never met the guy because if he did, it definitely wouldn't be a friendly conversation.
Derek was brought out of his thoughts when he heard a ding coming from the laptop that's sitting on the small table in front of everyone and his beautiful wife popped up on screen." What you got for us baby girl? " He asked as he sat up straight.
Hey crime fighters, I just received another alert about another murder - this time, it's another female. Her body was found about a mile away from the original dump site.
"Thanks, Garcia," Hotch said as he looked at his team. "Morgan and Reid, I want you two to go check out the crime scene. Simmons and Alvarez, why don't you guys go talk to the neighbors and see if anyone saw anything?" He paused for a moment before continuing. "Rossi, JJ, and Gideon, will come with me to the police station and talk to the detectives."
Once everyone nods their heads in agreement, Hotch looks at Penelope. "And Garcia, I need you to find everything you can on the victims. There's gotta be some kind of connection between our Unsub and his victims."
Penelope nodded her head. "I will see what I can find out." She said as she was about to close the window, but stopped once she heard Derek's voice.
Hey, did you receive any more text messages?
Penelope shook her head. "Not since this morning," she said. "You guys be safe." And with that, she was gone.
" Text messages? What text messages?" JJ asked with concern as she looks at Derek. Besides Derek, JJ also knows about Penelope's ex boyfriend and what happened the last time he texted her.
Feeling all eyes on him, Derek deeply sighed as he closed the file. "This morning, before Penelope and I dropped the kids off at school on our way to work, she received a text message from an unknown number." He glanced over at his team.
Reid asked, "What did the message say?"
Derek shrugged his shoulders."No clue," he said. "She deleted it before she could read it. Penelope also said she doesn't think it came from her ex-boyfriend, and who knows, maybe it didn't. But she hasn't had any contact from him in ten years, and then out of the blue, she got a text from an unknown number."
Gideon asked, "Who's her ex-boyfriend again?" He didn't remember Penelope ever mentioning an ex-boyfriend before.
Derek answered through gritted teeth, "His name is Kevin Lynch."
" Oh, my God." JJ said with a sigh as she pinched the bridge of her nose as she exhales deeply. JJ remember when Penelope got those threatening text messages from Kevin the first time. As matter of fact, JJ was the one who told Penelope she should block his number and lose all contact with him. She just thought after ten years, he wouldn't find a way to contact Penelope again.
" What do we now?" Reid asked with concern as he was starting to worry about his best friend.
" One thing at a time, let's get through with this case and as soon as we're done. We'll talk to Garcia when we get back." Hotch answered as he wanted the team to focus on the case right now.
While Penelope was trying to find connections between the victims and their UnSub, like Hotch asked her to do, she suddenly noticed she received a message alert on her computer. Without thinking about it, Penelope opened the message, assuming it had something to do with the case. Once the message opened, Penelope gasped in horror and quickly called Derek.
Hey baby girl, what's up?" He asked as he and Reid walked towards the crime scene a few minutes after the rest of the team had gotten off the jet.
"I got a new message, and this time it came from my computer. "Penelope answered, her voice trembling slightly as she fought to keep her hands still.
What did the message say?" Derek asked calmly, attempting to maintain his composure despite his mounting frustration.
"He sent a message saying that he's watching me, and that he's always watching me. Derek even sent me a photo of us in bed together. He sent a few more pictures, but I am afraid to open them. Oh my God, Derek... he was in our house. Kevin was in our house."
Derek closed his eyes as he had to calm himself down in order to keep her calm. "Whatever you do, don't delete them. They're evidence now and once we're done with this case, I'm gonna have Hotch look into it more, and baby girl, don't worry everything will be fine. I will be back soon."
Penelope sighed as she nodded her head."I just can't believe that he's back, and even worse, he's been watching me, watching us," Penelope said as she shuddered a little.
" Well, don't worry too much about It. As soon as we're done here, we'll figure everything out and baby girl, I love you."
Penelope sighed softly as she smiled. "I love you too. Hurry back." She said as she ended the call. Taking another deep breath, she closed the messages and proceeded to focus on the case. As Derek had mentioned, the faster they got done with the case, the sooner they could stop Kevin for good.
AN: Even though this is only Chapter 2, this might be a filter chapter. but don't worry I can always do better. As always leave reviews xD
