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*Trigger warning*
Chapter Four: For the Love of My Life.
05x21: Exit Wounds

Eden and Derek had yet to move in with each other. They saw each other every day, and she was afraid to ask. What if Morgan didn't want to move in with her just yet? What if they were moving too fast? She had many endless doubts and ne, needed to talk with someone out them. Of course, when JJ invited her out for a girls shopping, not. Well, let's say she jumped at the idea. The trio were walking down Monroe Boulevard. Emily had two cups of Coffee, while Eden and JJ had just one.

"JJ, that's not the point."

"Well, are you gonna call him?"

" Maybe."

The two blondes groan at their friends' stubbornness.

"Emily."

" Mick Rawson is an arrogant, Oversexed, egotistical–"

" Hot British dude with a sexy accent, badge, and gun. Just your type." Eden finishes off for Emily, who sends her a pointed glare.

"Ugh."

" You know what? I don't even get you sometimes." The trio had not noticed the very eager red-haired Technred-haired with both of her arms full of shopping bags.

"It wouldn't go anywhere."

" You don't know that," Eden says, sipping on her Coffee.

" I know our work schedules."

"Ok, you know what? Will and I make it work."

"So do Derek and I, and we kept it a secret from all of you for what... A year?" Ed... points to JJ, who nods in agreement, and they turn t. Theycia is in front of them with arms full of shopping bags.

"Oh, no"

"I know. I know. I know. Could you not say it? But when you see what's in here... And I don't believe that it's my fault. They were calling to me, I swear. And they were all on sale. And when you think about it, that means that I am helping the economy, Which is more than I can say for you guys 'cause no one else has bags." she rambles as the trio laughs.

"Hey, I will let you know I bought some hazardous clothing for Derek Morgan." She shakes her bag at Garcia, who laughs.

"Which she looked Hot in, by the way." Emily shoves her arm playfully as Eden laughs.

"Yeah. Please tell me all of those aren't for my son."

" They're not."

" Good."

"This one is for Kevin." she shakes a tiny black bag in the air as they all laugh.

" What? It is my duty as a fairy godmother To spoil the child. And Henry is finally old enough To be fun when opening presents. I'm not taking them back. Give me my Coffee, and no one will get hurt."

" Oh, uh, half-caf extra shot venti, 2-pump nonfat, Hold the whip caramel macchiato." Emily hands her the Coffee, and she sips it with a Happy sigh.

"Mm-hmm. Next stop, Xanadu." They cheer, bumping their cups together as JJ's phone rings. JJ' sh, wait. Uh... Xana-don't. Time to go to the ball, ladies."

They all groan as Emily thinks for a moment. "Maybe I should get a cat."

The team was gathered around the round table, and Morgan chatted with Garcia while leaning over Derek. They were all waiting for Rossi.

"Whoa!" Emily cheers at Rossi, who is dressed in a black suit, has a bow around his neck, and is wearing a hat.

" Sorry to ruin your night."

" What, are you working on wife number 4?" Morgan jokes, earning a few laughs.

" I see you people way too much." he sighs, sitting beside Eden.

"Let's get started."

" All right. The Anchorage field office is asking us To investigate a series of murders in Franklin, Alaska. There's three people dead in less than a week." Eden flips open her file at the same time as Emily.

" For a town with a population of 1 476, That's pretty significaprettyReid murmurs as JJ nods.

"It's their first murder investigation on record."

" Who are the victims?"

" Uh, Jon Baker, a hunter. Dedaimia Swanson, a schoolteacher. Brenda Bright was the first mate on a fishing boat. There's a new victim every two days." She pulls up pictures of the victims on the screen behind him.

"Any connections?"

" Unfortunately, in a town this small, Everyone's connected."

" Different kill methods. It says the first two victims Were both shot with a rifle, But Brenda Bright was stabbed twice with an arrow?"

" Are we sure it's the same guy?"

This went on for a few minutes, their usual bouncing ideas off on each other before their Fearless leader spoke up.

"The local Sheriffs out of his depth. Alaska hasn't handled a serial investigation since Robert Hansen was in the eighties. We'll fly out tonight. Everybody can sleep on the plane. Garcia, I need you with us."

" Sir?"

" I've tasked a satelliassignedink, and it's your job to keep us connected." He informs them," Heh, an analyst who looked nerv, who looks, sir."

" This town's already on the brink, And if this pattern continues, we've only got another day Until the next murder. Let's finish this fast."

"Nature in her most dazzling aspects, "or stupendous parts, "is but the background and theater Of the tragedy of man." John Morley.

The Bau team was now piled onto the jet. Eden was on the couch with Garcia, JJ next to Morgan and across from Emily and Rossi, Reid was on the other side of Eden, and Hotch was perched on the end of one of the small tables. They were still brainstorming ideas, and everyone was dressed in warmer clothes than their usual pant suits and Blazers. Eden was wearing a long-sleeve gray turtleneck, light blue high-waisted jeans, a white puffer vest, gray boots, and a beanie.

"When we land in Anchorage, a float plane will take us to Franklin. When we arrive, Morgan, Prentiss, and Eden work at the crime scene. We need to know exactly how he ambushed his victims. Reid and Rossi, the bodies. Find out what you can there. JJ and I will work in victimology. And, Garcia, town records. Find us something we can use."

" Of course, sir. I should let everybody know That reception in the area is unreliable at best. I'm giving everybody satellite phones for communication, And I've already preprogrammed all your digits into a speed dial. Guess who's lucky number 7."

They all pile out of the float plane, walk up the stairs, and leave Morgan, Emily, and Eden behind to talk with the deputies.

" Welcome to Fr.anklin. I'm Deputy Flack." She defends her hand so that everyone can shake it.

" Are these the docks that Brenda Bright was working The night she was killed?"

" Yes"

" All right, we'll get started here." With that, the raven woman nods, and Deputy Flack sends some officers to put the Bau's bags away so they can get straight to work. They walk down the docks, Deputy Flack taking the lead.

"How do you get basic supplies?" Eden asks from behind Deputy Flack.

"Float planes bring grocery and hardware deliveries on a weekly basis, and fishermen and hunters provide the town's meat supply." She pats a guy's shoulder as they walk past. Another man with fishing gear, two bags, a cooler, and a cooler approaches Craig Ramey. Are you all the FBI?"

" What gave us away?" The raven-haired woman speaks

" You're sure packing a lot of stuff for a fishing trip." Morgan looks at the man's bags.

"I'm not going fishing. Getting out of dodge Before it's me or my wife put in the ground."

" Did you know Brenda well?"

" Everyone did. She was sweet. She pulls a haul just as good as any guy on these docks. I'm heading out as soon as I get my house boarded up. Suggest you do the same, Susan." With that, he walks past the group and on his way. Flack sighs as they continue walking down the dock.

" I can't say that I blame him. With what's been going on, I'm surprised more people aren't trying to leave." they reach a man tying up the rope on his boat, and she points at him. " This is Keith graves. He was wGravesenda the night she died."

" Mr. Graves, Did you notice anything out of the ordinary the night of the murder?" They all turn towards the man.

" No. I offered to wait for her, But she insisted I head up to town without her."

"What were you two doing that night?"

"We finished for the day. I left. She stuck around to clean the fish she wanted to take home."

" Does She usually walk home alone?" Eden leans forward onto the railing of the dock.

"Yeah. Brenda said that walking Was good for the soul."

" How far is it into town?"

" About half a mile," Kieth replies as the behaviorists look at each other.

"The unsub could have waited for her anywhere," Eden says, and they nod before turning back to Keith again.

" Appreciate your time."

Flack took the trio to the scene of Brenda's attack. It was a small junk yard-like area filled with scrap metal, random objects, and a few parked or broken-down cars.

"Your report says the assault occurred here."

"That's right. There was a trail of blood Coming from that direction." She points to an anger in the dirt that looks like something was dragged.

"I don't see any blood."

"We covered it up."

" You contaminated the scene?" Prentiss speaks up, eyes and looks, and the words are in the Deputy's mouth.

"We had to. We've got a rabid bear in the woods. It's been ripping smaller games to shreds. A creature like that smells blood. He'll come into town with no hesitation." They nod at the Deputy's words.

"Ok, you said the other two victims were found similar to this?"

" Jon was found on the edge of the woods. Dedaimia was up by crest falls. It'Crest Falls hiking route."

" Who would know their routines?" Eden asks as Flack shakes her hands firmly pressed to her hips, like she was g, as iflf.

" Everyone." she sighs, as does the Trio of Agents. They all agreed to meet at the lodge where they were staying and set up to gather info. Rossi stood at the fire, poking it with a poker. Eden was curled up on the couch next to Reid, who was in a lounge chair. He hadn't taken off his scarf since they arrived, probably do the fact it was colder than fuck outside, or Maybe he was just too skinny. JJ was on the other side next to her, a hand pressed to her forehead while she leaned her elbow against the nearest table. Their knees curled up to her chest, mimicking Eden, laying her head on her shoulder.

"He's already experimenting with his victims. He violated Brenda Bright with an arrow."

" And he's inciting panic. People who have lived here most of their lives Are packing up to leave."

"Can you blame them? We have a psychopath Whose hunting ground is a town of 1,400 people." JJ sighs as Eden snuggles into more.

"Most of them grew up learning to kill animals and start fires."

" It sounds like your basic survival skills," the Sheriff says, his voice husky from his old age.

" No. They're hunting skills. Think about it. The marksmanship, The urine-- it makes sense."

" The urine makes sense?" Derek leans forward on the back of the couch.

" It's a hunter's trick. You urinate downwind to keep the animals away."

" He tried to preserve Jon Baker's body So it would be discovered intact."

" All right, so we've got a psychopath with hunting skills. Who knows everyone's routine in town? How are we supposed to keep everyone safe?" Eden perches up from her spot next to JJ as Morgan looks down upon his girlfriend from the back of the couch.

"Sheriff, I suggest you institute a curfew Until we have the unsub in custody. Nobody goes out after dark."

" I'll have one of my deputies Patrolling around the clock."

" Garcia, how's it coming with town records?"

" I've run everyone who's been printed through CODIS. Nothing's come up so far. I will pull an ongoing other and finish going through the town records. Should have back should check by sunrise." she says with a cheery smile from next to EdenMorgan rubbing her shoulders.

" Good. The rest of us should get some sleep; start fresh in the morning."

"I've got 4 of the upstairs rooms available."

"Uh, 4?" Reid stutters at the thought.

"Come on, that's the best we can do. Your team is double the size of my department. I'll see you in the morning." the Sheriff leaves.

" Good night. I.t looks like we'll have to double up."

" I'm not sleeping with Reid," Morgan whines as Eden and JJ chuckle. There would only be one bed in the room, and he wasn't about to Spoon with Reid.

"Two to a room. I don't care how you divide it; figure it out." Hotch sasses as Eden looks over at Garcia and Mogan.

"Dibs," Garcia says, holding Morgan's hand as Eden chuckles. She was not coming between that woman and her dark chocolate.

"Dibs," JJ says, holding onto Emily. Eden kisses her teeth, and Emily sends her a wink.

She turns to Hotch and Rossi, who look at her with that "You already know" look.

"Okay, it looks like it's you and me." She smiles at the good doctor, who gulps quickly. He would have to spoon with Eden, which he honestly didn't mind. It was Morgan's glares that were making him nervous.

Eden was laughing with JJ and Emily; they talked and hung out before they did their routines, face masks, and showers. If they were lucky, a few movies and maybe painting their nails. She was bunking with Reid but wanted to hang out with her girls before bed. Even though it was colder than hell outside, Morgan told Garcia he would take the floor. Even though he missed Eden, Garcia explained how she probably wouldn't even be in bed for the night, seeing as she was pulling an all-nighter, and that if he wanted to, he could invite his porcelain doll into their room for a snuggle sesh along with a few winks afterward, which caused him to laugh. He liked how Eden wasn't jealous of him and Garcia's relationship; she wasn't upset about how Garcia was with him, and she was flirty and loving. Besides, as was Eden and Emily, she was like that with everyone. Eden didn't see anything wrong with it, if anything she was constantly shipping their names together. Kevin Garcia's boyfriend, on the other hand, was highly jealous; Morgan even told her he would talk with him about it. He only had eyes for one woman; she was a completely different redhead. He doesn't think that he will ever not be in love with Eden, not until the air leaves his lungs. Before anyone could get ready for bed, they were being called away to another body, which just so happened to be found by none other than Penny Garcia. Everyone went to look at the body while Eden and Derek helped console a traumatized Garcia, Eden was holding her hand while Morgan wiped the blood from her which was covered on her face and hands.

"He was alive."

" What?"

" He was still alive." She turns her gaze to Morgan, eyes glassy as he stops wiping her face and looks at her.

"Baby, there's nothing else you could have done."

" I felt him leave. He was there one second, And then-- just a body."

" I'm sorry you had to see all that." Derek holds her hand, whipping the bl, onde from it while Eden rubs her head, wanting to desperately place her head on their chest like a higher ld. Penny was too pure for this side of the job, and she couldn't have her tainted.

"Derek, I--I didn't see, I was in it. I was used to seeing horrible things From the safety of my screens every day, But this was... Right there."

"Why didn't you find someone before you ran out there?"

"Because when I got shot, I remember thinking, The last thing I'm ever going to see in this life Is the man who killed me, And I couldn't let that happen to him. He had to see something good before he died." tears are rolling down her cheek at this point as she hands her a tissue, thanks her, and wipes it as Eden squeezes her shoulders. No matter what she wanted to do, she knew Garcia didn't want to be treated like a victim

" You ran right. Towards the unsub. You could have been killed."

" I know that. Don't treat me like I'm the victim." she warns as Erek looks between the two women before him, Eden giving him—a waggiest, sassy look. This wasn't the time to be overprotective.

"All right. I'm sorry. I want to ask you a couple of questions, all right?"

" No. I--I told you everything I saw."

Derek cuts her off as Eden crosses her arms over her chest, giving him her famous glare, which he ignores. " You said the man's face was mostly in shadow, But there was also a lot of blood on it. You might have seen more than you realize."

" No. Cognitive interviews," she stands up, shaking her head,d at the man. "breaking someone down to a science And statistic-- and is your world, Derek, Not mine!" She wants towards the stairs.

"Penelope!"

" I will help from mine," she yells sto, ming up the stairs as Derek tries to floor her. The trio had not seen JJ until now.

"Realluntilr?"

"Penelope!" He yells again as Eden glares at him. He had made both of his girls in one instant.

"Derek, let her go," JJ says calmly.

"Will you look after her, please?" he begs the two blondes in front of him one of them sli, onennoyed with him than the other. Eden says nothing walking up the sas he walkso check on Garcia .

"Yeah, of course." JJ's reply was heard as Eden made her way upstairs. Usually, she would be looking at the body with the others, But she wanted to be there for Garcia, and Hotch felt there were enough people on the body for now.

There wasn't any sleeping going on anytime soon, and before they knew it, they were cramped into the small lodge lobby with freshly changed clothes and Coffee in their hands. The thought of sleep was nonexistent. Which didn't do anyone but their job after all, and they would do things for the Earth to protect it from doing their jobs and getting them done. So here it begins: all the behaviorists standing around giving the profile of an unsub in a town where everyone knew everyone and no one could figure out who would do something this awful. Kill their friends without remorse; It's funny how the world works.

"We're looking for an emotionally immature male, Probably in his mid to late twenties, Who suffered a traumatic loss. Now, this loss could be anything. Death of a parent, separation of a spouse, a loved one who moved away. Something that made the unsub feel abandoned and alone. He'll have extensive hunting experience. The bodies were buried not because of remorse but to protect them from wild animals. His familiarity with the victims' routines Suggests the unsub has lived here for most of his life. He also has extensive knowledge Of the landscape and surroundings. So we should split up and cover the town. Focus on younger residents with a history of petty crimes and assaults. It would help if you looked at their trash, fireplaces, and laundry. Look for signs of bloody clothes or even cuts and bruises. One of the victims may have gotten in a good blow or two Before they died. Bring in anyone who seems to have something to hide. The unsub has already broken patterns, so he could strike again anytime."

" Sheriff, you and I need to look at the school; talk to the teacher and see if she remembers any students exhibiting Early signs of homicidal tendencies. Let's move." Hotch explains as all the Deputies in the room close their notepads and scutter around, gathering their things and being told where they are going. Hotch and the Sheriff got a name from the principal/ teacher of the school: Joshua Beardsley, the tavern owner's son. Rossi went to interrogate him while the others went back to the Tavern. Reid was sitting on the couch with a file perched on his lap. JJ was next to him, staring at the computer in front of her, while Eden was in the chair next to them with her glasses pushed up on her nose and her eyes focused on the file in front of her, staring at the other laptop opened on the table in front of her. She felt like she was back in med school trying to study and cram in some info before exams. She pinched her nose when Emily walked down the stairs.

"Hey. What are you guys working on?"

"Hotch asked if we'd go through Garcia's background profiles. Try to find a link between Joshua and the four victims." Reid speaks up as the two blondes look up from their work in front of them.

"You find anything?" Eden shrugs at the raven-haired woman's question, and JJ does.

"They all had hunting licenses." Reid continues not to look up from the file. Eden had not said much; she was mad at Derek for his actions toward Penny. The thing about Derek was he felt the need to protect everyone all the time and Penny was different from them, she had her way of processing things and that bothered Derek, he didn't like it. But he needed to respect her decisions even when he didn't like them. Eden loved her boyfriend, sometimes it irritated her how stubborn and headstrong he was.

"Needle, meet Hay. Needle, yeah, we need the big guns." Emily sighed as Garcia appeared from upstairs for the first time since last night.

"Ripped and ready to rumble." She was cleaning her glasses' lenses with the bottom of her sweater.

" Uh, maybe you should sit this one out." JJ scoots over to let the orange-haired hair down.

" No, Jaje, I'm OK. Put this bastard where he belongs." she pulls on her glasses before sitting down and looking at the screen. " Joshua Beardsley?" She looks over at JJ as Preteniss looks down and between them.

"Yeah. We think he's our unsub."

" No, he's not," Penny snaps as noise is heard from the bar behind them. Emily and Eden both turn to see Joshua's mom walking out from the kitchen into the bar area.

" He fits the profile. Abandonment issue triggered by his father's recent death." Reid was when the Tavern Owner walked out from the bar area. "Hunting e.xperience,"

" Reid–" Eden warns

" Experimentation with animals."

" Reid," Emily says, looking behind them as everyone turns.

" You arrested my son?"

" We brought him in as a precaution," Eden assures her as she sighs and walks off.

" I'm telling you, it's not him."

"What makes you so sure?"JJ asks the orange-haired analyst.

" Because the unsub ran away from me."

" Of course he ran. He knew you were FBI." Reid speaks up

"But Joshua knows I'm a techie. He knows I don't carry a weapon. If he were the answer, I'd be dead right now." Garica explains to her colleagues as all of them sigh, getting together to gather more evidence. This time Emily joined them, all their spots were different. Emily sat in JJ's spot, Reid was on the other end of the Couch, Garcia was on the floor, and Eden was in a chair across from JJ—everyone with files in their hands.

"Wait a minute. You said the unsub has abandonment issues. And Craig Ramey was leaving town, right?" Penny turns to Eden who nods.

" Yeah, he couldn't wait to get out of town"

"Ok. Uh... Let's see. Dedaimia Swanson was retiring in a month. She was moving to Florida."

" What about the other two?"

" UH, Jon Baker just bought the property in Fairbanks, And he and his wife just separated. She just filed the divorce papers."Penny Explains

"Well, welcome back, red delicious," Derek says, smiling at the tech fairy. Eden just rolls her eyes. Garcia nods.

"Take a bite out of this. So far, 3 of our victims Were on the fast track to getting out of town. And let's see... Connect 4. Brenda just accepted a job in Seattle."

" Anyone else looks like looks might be leaving town?" Derek asks as she types on the computer.

" Um... I got one. Kat Allen. She was accepted to the summer honors program at the University of Birmingham. She currently works as a waitress at Big John's coffeehouse."

" Penelope, you are–"

"I'm so ready to go. I'm soe." She cuts Derek off as he looks over at his girlfriend, who is trying her hardest not to swoon over his chocolate eyes and pearly white smile.

"Eden," he says as everyone looks over at the woman. JJ and Emily try to ker at the couple's apparent fight. Well, Eden, being mad at Derek and him using his charms not to make it, was stubborn but stood up, arms crossed over her chest and an evident pout plastered on her face. She stomps off behind him like a toddler as the women laugh.

"You Know you can stop being mad at me now, Penelope; Penelope."

"Yeah cause she falls for charm easily I on the other hand don't." she sasses as he chuckles.
They pull up to Big John's Coffee house. As Derek Housethe car in Park and sighs, staring at his girlfriend, admiring her beauty, drinking it all in, he needed this to sit here for a second and stare at his woman, this case was stressful and she was the only thing that made everything better. He hadn't slept, and they hadn't cuddled in four days. He was growing impatient and irritated. She looked over at him, meeting his gaze before sighing and pressing a hungry kiss to his lips, she was dying and after that kiss she felt alive again and wide awake. She smiles before climbing out and heading towards the coffeehouse. Morgan on her tail, they walk up the counter together, seeing a b, blonde woman with pigtails wearing an orange dress with a white apan.

"Hi. We're looking for Kat Allen."

" I'm Kat." a pregnant woman says from behind them she was wearing. She has the same uniform as the blonde, only with short, brown chocolate hair. They find a nea. The youth and listen to Kat talk.

"It was completely unexpected. Never been I have never been. I'd given up on ever having kids."

" Do you mind me asking who the father is?" Eden asks, gripping the white mug of Coffee in her hand. Derek takes a sip from next to her.

" A guy I met on a cruise. He doesn't want anything to do with her. But I do. I want to be able to give her a good life, So I'm going back to school." Kat replies as Eden can't help but smile, thinking back to Adelaine.

"Did you tell anyone that you were leaving?"

" Yeah. A couple of people. Uh, I don't know... My mom. My boss."

" We're going to need you to come with us." Eden says as he looks at them with a wide-eyed look wide eyes his about?"

" It's just for tonight. It's for your protection." Derek assures her as they take her into custody.

The next day rolls around, and the team gets to sleep. Eden snuggled up into bed with Reid, his body w;s naturally hot and she was, shivering even with all the blankets and a sweatshirt. She was practically almost inside of Reid's body, the way she was clinging to him for warmth. He couldn't help but laugh, trying his best to keep her warm. After a while, the two woke to someone's phone ringing. They didn't need to tell whose voice was on the underend. That caused Reid to jump back from the snuggle slightly. It wasn't like they were cheating, and she didn't like Spen in that way, just like he didn't like her in that way. There was one small bed and not enough warmth in the room. She laughed so hard at the blush on his face before he hung up, saying they found another Body. It was Carol. It tavern/I, an owner. Hotch, Derek, and Emily all went to see the body, while Eden, Reid, and Rossi didn't talk with Joshua to explain to him that his mom was the last victim. They all gather at the Tavern again.
"I got one of my deputies tailing Joshua. If he does something stupid, we're gonna know."

Going toe's got to be a connection we're missing. Garcia, anything?" Hotch turns to the woman sitting on the floor again. Eden is next to her on the floor as well. JJ and Reid are on the couch. Morgan is in a chair next to Eden and Penny. Hotch is standing along with Rossi, and Emily is in the other Chair across from Derek, the Sheriff. Theeaning on the back of her chair, Deputy Flack leans against the fireplace.

" Their lives have been torn apart, Figuratively and literally, and I can't find anything."

" Try again."

" I'm hacking into his college database as we speak. Maybe there's somethI may have missedut his life in Seattle I may have mi right, why Carol? Why the mutilation? Why the overkill?" Hotch says as Rossi stands up from his leaning position.

" Mutilation? You said you found the remains Of mutilated animals in the woods from a rabid bear?"

" That's right."

" Did you take pictures of them?"

" Of course we did. We documented everything for identification." Deputy Flack nods as Rossi sighs

"We'll need to see those pictures right away." and with that," the Sheriff says, taking Rossi to go, and Rossi to

After looking at the photos, they concluded that they were looking for a teenager and not an adult. Hotch and the Sheriff went to talk with the principal again, and they got a lead on a kid named Owen Porter; the others got the name from Hotch and waited for him to get back to them about whether or not they found Owen at his house or if they needed to search the woods.

"We've got a problem." Deputy runs into the Tavern, panting.

"What,t is it?"

"Joshua managed to shake deputy stiller. Deputy Stiller reported a hunting party going into the woods."

" Oh, God," JJ says to Ev. Everyone looks between each other; they're hunting Owen." Derek says as they all suit up and run through the forest. A gunshot is through the air as they all pause, pulling out their weapons.

"Did they just shoot him?"

" They would be shooting if they weren't close."

" Let's go," Rossi orders. They were divided into different places. Hotch and Reid were at Owen's house talking with his parents. Garcia and JJ were gathering info on where Owen may be going at the Tavern, and Rossi, Emily, Derek, and Eden were in the other with Deputy Flack.

Derek's phone rings, and he answers it. He hangs up and explains the new plan that Owen was headed for the Harbor to get onto a Boat, they arrived there hearing the butt end of Joshua's sentence as Joshua and a few of the townspeople have their guns aimed at Reid Hotch and Owen.

"Are you kidding? You're outnumbered and outgunned. Who do you think has the higher ground here?"

" I'm pretty sure we do!" Rossi yells as Eden is the first person in the front, followed by Derek, Emily, and Flack. Eden was a good shot; she never missed d, and if she did, that meant something was wrong. She watched as all the other men started lowering their weapons.

"What are you-- what are you doing? We can still take him!" Joshua yells as Craig turns to his friend.

"It's over, Joshua."

" He killed my mom."

" I know, And I'm sorry," Craig replies as Joshua raises his gun towards Owen. Eden shoots him in the shoulder. She's only a few. She's away from him when Craig catches Joshua, who falls into him.

"You shot him?"

"Hmm, did I?" she shrugs weapon. Derek moves Joshua's shotgun away from him.

The team begins packing up to leave, and Derek and Eden see Garcia behind the Tavern, staring at the ground. She sighed as she nodded toward Penelope who was talking to a local person. The trio gather around each other after Penelope is done talking.

Derek smiles at his girls before them.

"I can't wait for you guys to get married and then cute little Derek and Eden's babies." Penelope comms,nts as Eden lets out an attractive snort, and Derek laughs. Eden Wonders if she would get pregnant again and hates herself that she can't. Scared that Derek who wants kids, might hate her because what if she can't? what are they supposed to do? Figure it out together or had she already found her soulmate a long time ago and this was just some sick joke that the universe was playing her.

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