80A True Meaning of Hatred
A/N: I'm backkkk. I hope you enjoy my newest little bit of fiction. I do not own CBS or Criminal Minds, I just like to borrow the characters from time to time. You know I am a true blue Morcia fan. I hated that the wrong woman ended up with Derek and that he left the show, so here I am changing the history of the show, again. LOL! This my take on how the episode "Derek" should've ended. I hope you enjoy it and stop by to let me know what you think. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and a great holiday season, so far. God Bless and I love you all.
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Savannah and Penelope hadn't left Derek's side since he'd been admitted into the hospital three days ago. They both kept up their constant vigil, they took turns napping, while waiting for him to come out of his coma state. Penelope was sitting in a chair with one leg hung over the arm of the chair and Savannah with her head on a pillow on his thigh. Penelope sat there half awake and started thinking back over the past few days. His body had been badly ravaged and traumatized. His injuries were horrendous. There was a huge lengthwise burn down the center of his chest and abdomen from the White Phosphorus burnt on to him, insidiously. He also incurred several fractured ribs from the beating they gave him with the asp and finally his right hand was punctured through and through when the cleanup man stabbed him with a knife. He'd suffered so much emotionally, mentally and physically. No one could fathom the amount of torture he managed to live and fight through at the hands of his abductors.
When he'd been found by his team he was in bad shape and barely conscious. Spencer was the first one in and when Derek took notice of him out of the corner of his eye, he inwardly smiled and knew that he'd been rescued. Spencer took aim and shot the cleanup man three times immediately taking him down. As Derek completely collapsed, his family surrounded him as Hotch screamed into his mike for medics.
As they loaded Derek into the ambulance he called out. "Dad…" Spencer responded instantly, "What is it Morgan? What is it?" Derek shook his head and rasped out. "Pop, I'm scared." Very quickly after they began to head to the hospital, Derek went into cardiac arrest. He was immediately shocked and flatlined as the medics continued CPR.
Flashback
Penelope was notified that her team of Superheroes found her Noir Hero and best friend. She'd rushed off to tell Savannah that Derek was enroute to Potomac General Hospital in critical condition. They both appeared to be petrified while they ran out of the office and raced to the hospital in Penelope's trusty Esther.
As Penelope drove, her mind wandered to Derek. She'd been hoping and praying for almost two days that they would find him and that he would be alive. Her continuous mantra during this whole ordeal was "Penelope, he's gonna be okay, he's gonna be okay!" She knew he was the strongest man she'd ever known, if anyone could survive this, he could. Penelope sat there next to Derek's girlfriend, but all she could think of was how much she was in love with her Hot Stuff and had been for many years. He'd stolen her heart many years ago and would own it forever. She knew it was wrong, but she didn't want to stop her heart from feeling the way it felt. Penelope was head over heels in love with him and tried to feel guilty, but couldn't. She glanced over at Savannah and all she felt at that moment was jealousy.
End of Flashback
Penelope was brought out of her fugue state by a slight noise. It was then, she looked over and her heart leapt with absolute joy. She quickly sat up and smiled when she saw his gorgeous onyx eyes gazing into hers. They immediately locked eyes and all she could initially mutter out was, "Hi." He took a deep painful breath and rasped out, "How long?" Penelope replied with a tear rolling down her cheek, "three days." He smiled and whispered to her with misty eyes, "Thank you." He was ecstatic to see his Goddess, the love of his life sitting there staring and smiling at him. God, how he loved that woman! I made it, I made it. It was now time to set things right.
Penelope stood, nodded and blew him a kiss. She was preparing to head out to get the rest of the family and let them know the wonderful news. At that same instant, he became aware of Savannah's head on his thigh. His smile promptly fell, he began to tremble and a rage built up in him. Penelope instantaneously felt the shift in his demeanor and rushed to his left side. "Are you alright, Hot Stuff? What's the matter?" he remained silent, but continued his current behavior. "Talk to me Derek, you're scaring me!" Now, she was really perplexed, clueless and scared. Penelope really had no idea what was going on or what he was thinking. She debated whether or not she should yell for help or run for the nurses.
When Savannah felt him begin to shake, she rapidly woke up with a start. She picked up her head and grinned at Derek. As soon as he saw her sit up, his trembling changed into actual shaking. His eyes bore into her with such hatred, betrayal and disgust. He bellowed out the best he could between the pain and his weakness. "YOU BITCH, GET OUT AND GET OUT, NOW! I can't stand looking at you! Baby Girl, please keep her away." Derek turned to looked at her with tears and begging eyes.
Both Penelope and Savannah were taken aback with his sudden and unexpected outburst. While Penelope was trying make sense of it all, Savannah's shoulders visibly slumped and her mind started racing. She internally thought. Damn it, he knows. What in the hell happened? How did this all go wrong? She was also grateful that she no longer needed to keep the pretenses up. She chuckled to herself while her eyes narrowed looking at her 'boyfriend'.
Penelope stared back and forth between the two of them with a look of incredulity on her face. "Sug, it's Savannah! She's been worried about you, as well. What's wrong?" He wouldn't take his eyes off the traitorous woman he thought he once loved. He rumbled out, "It's her fault! She is the one that did all this." No sooner did he complete his sentence, Penelope gasped out in disbelief. "Ohhhh my god, it can't be?"
Savannah suddenly stood up and proudly cackled out. "Oh, yes it can! Well, I see someone spilt the beans. I just wish that my plan worked. You were supposed to be dead! Damn shame–"
Penelope abruptly cut her off and yelled. "How dare you? How could you do that? He loved you!" Savannah sucked her teeth and burst out into laughter. "NOTTTT" while this exchange was happening, Penelope managed to grasp his good hand and held on for dear life. She placed her free hand on Derek's shoulder to attempt to hold him down and to keep him as calm as possible. He was still shaking, furious and in tremendous pain.
Through gritted teeth, he managed to speak out. "Savannah, just GET OUT! I can't stand the sight of you. Yes, you betrayed me. You had me kidnapped, tortured and left for dead, but that isn't even the worst of it. Is it? You tried to kill my Baby Girl, didn't you?"
With that revelation, Penelope suddenly whipped her head to incredulously look in his eyes. She couldn't believe all that she'd just heard and gasped. "Whattt? What did you say?"
Derek felt awful and rasped out, "I'm sorry Sweetness. I didn't want you to find out this way. This is all my fault, will you be able to forgive me, pleassse?" He managed to squeeze her hand while he begged her.
She was left speechless and motionless, she was struggling to keep it together while she tried to digest everything. She thought, forgive him? What the hell, this wasn't in anyway shape or form his fault? Was he insane?
Before she could respond, Savannah spat out with venom. "You're right, you son-of-a-bitch, it's all your fault! But, Miss Piggie doesn't get to feign innocence here. She deserved what she got, too! Too bad, she isn't dead either! I need to hire better help." Penelope felt weak in the knees and couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Don't you dare talk about Penelope that way!" Derek barked out. "She is beautiful, perfect and the best person I know. She is a better woman, than you will ever be." Penelope looked down at her best friend and squeaked out a small smile.
Savannah made a gagging noise and rolled her eyes. "You bastard, I HATE YOU BOTH! You're delusional, I'm gorgeous, sexy and a hundred times the woman she will ever be. She is a fat pig, a geeky whore and a homewrecker!" She went to lunge at Penelope, but she tripped on the edge of the bed. Derek screamed out in pain at the sudden jostling movement.
"Oh god, Handsome, are you alright? Please be okay!" Derek took several deep breaths, trying to stabilize the pain and keep himself together. Finally, several seconds later, he brought his breathing under control as he rode out the pain.
Still, with tears in his eyes he nodded and barely rasped out. "I'm okay, mama!" Penelope was practically hyperventilating and gushed out. "No, you're not. Are you sure, I'll get a doctor?" He nodded again, held onto her hand for dear life and looked at her dead on. "I'm alright, I swear! Please don't leave me." She took her free hand and caressed his cheek while giving him a doubtful look. "Liar! I promise, I'm not going anywhere! Don't worry, I won't leave you alone with that, that bitch." Penelope smirked.
Savannah shrieked out and waggled her finger at Penelope. "Shut up, Ms. Piggie! You will pay for that and everything else you did. I swear to God, if it's the last thing I do, I will kill you and your Hot Stuff!"
Derek, had had enough! He winced in pain as he bellowed out. "SHUT UP! That's it! I will see you rot in prison, before you can hurt one hair on Baby Girl's head! You leave her alone or I promise you, I will kill you myself!"
Savannah was blind with fury and rage and quickly grabbed her purse. With a purpose, she reached into it and wrapped her hands around the cold hard steel. Before Derek or Penelope knew it, she'd whipped out her gun and trained it on them. Derek shouted and tried to grab for the love of his life. "GUN!" In a flash, without reservation, Penelope rushed Savannah and they began tussling. A shot rang out and it hit the wall above Derek's head.
The family was not that far down the hall sitting in the waiting room. They'd been there for quite a while patiently waiting for some news from Penelope. When they heard the gunshot they all jumped up and feared the worst. Hotch instructed Tara to stay behind with Fran, Sarah and Desiree to ensure their safety. Dave, Spencer and JJ sprinted down the hallway, closely followed by Hotch with all guns drawn and ready. They were all afraid of what they would find when they reached Derek's room.
In the meantime, Penelope and Savannah were continuing their melee. They were both screaming and shouting out obscenities and insults while fighting for control of the gun. Derek was struggling to move as he cried out to Penelope. "Baby, please be careful! I love you! Don't you hurt her Savannah." He'd somehow managed to make his way out of the bed. But, he was extremely weak, became dizzy, and when his legs gave out he slid to the floor in excruciating pain and almost lost consciousness. Unexpectedly and suddenly, another gunshot erupted and all that was heard afterwards was a high-pitched scream emanating from Penelope.
TBC
