New Beginnings

Twenty

No.
No.
NO.

Penelope's arms wrapped around you quickly. You weren't aware you'd actually been shouting until she started to soothe you.

"Shhh, shhhhh Y/N" her words soft as she rubbed your back.

"Hotch?" she spoke to him, her own eyes filled with concern.

"The Agents on scene are searching the area now."

"Hotch it was a set up. He somehow knew Reid and Rossi were in the area and called in the tip himself. Look around his motel room. The room is filled with pictures of them both." Derek was still on the video call and panned the camera around so the Agent could see.

"Is that a laptop?" Penelope spied the small computer on the bed.

Derek nodded, "We found two cell phones also."

"Turn it on, tell me the IP address," Emily followed Garcia's instructions and she released her embrace on you, turning back to the screen.

Fingers flying she linked up to the laptop, searching through its contents.

"Do you ever leave your phones unattended?" she asked you. You nodded numbly.

"Work and personal? And when?"

You swallowed, "Sometimes both. If we're at the gym we'd generally only take one of our work phones in with us. We locked the rest in a locker." You'd started doing that a while ago, when the team realised how much time you were spending together they only ever needed to be able to contact one of you.

"And that's the same gym Kennedy Marshall went to right?"

You nodded, "Why are you asking me all of these questions Penelope? Why aren't you trying to ping Spencer's phones?"

"I am sweet pea. I'm asking because I found some sort of cloning software on this laptop. He's managed to get hold of both of your work cells and your personal ones. They're linked into this programme. I'm guessing the cells that Morgan has there might be clones of your personal ones, whilst he has the clones of the work ones with him."

"That's how he knew where Reid and Rossi were going then. But how'd he do it?"

Emily and Morgan were still searching the room, Emily holding up and item of clothing.

"There's an employee tee shirt and lanyard for the gym. Either he worked there or managed to get a hold of it from someone else who did. He's obviously managed to get the cells out of your locker, clone them and replace them."

"It's easy enough to do if you know how," Penelope spoke.

"Continue searching the room, see if there's anything else and then head back to the gym with the new pictures of Cane. Then get back here." Hotch gave his instructions and Morgan and Prentiss signed off.

Turning to you he spoke, "There's Agents at the warehouse searching for any clues and I'm sending another team back to the motel to pick up anything Derek and Emily miss. Penelope will do everything she can to track any movement on Reid's cell."

You nodded tearfully, "What now?"

"I need to go to the hospital to check on Dave and find out what he remembers from the attack."

You stood up, grabbing your bag and phones, "I'm coming with you."

"No you're not. I don't want you leaving this building."

"Hotch, I'm coming with you. He is my friend as well as colleague and he's been injured because of me. I either go with you now, or I wait for you to leave and follow you myself. Either way I'm going. I need to know what happened."