His phone buzzed and he reluctantly lifted it to his ear and he noted the time that read from his bedside clock-1:14. Who'd be calling at this time of night? Lisbon he immediately answered himself.

'Lisbon'

All that came as a reply was a small sob.

'Lisbon? What's wrong?'

'Please?'

'What is it?'

'I don't know what to do'

'Where are you?'

'My flat…but I…'

'I'll be there in five'

He hung up and dressed racing to his car and speeding to get to Lisbon. He strode to Lisbon's front door and placed a knock on it being the only sound he could hear that night down her street save his car a few moments later. There came no reply.

'Lisbon…it's me…Lisbon…'

There still came no reply so he tried the door. Open. He went into the sitting room finding her sat covered in someone else's blood in the corner of the room. There was a gun sat by her ankle and you could tell it'd just been fired. But worse than that there was a body just yards away from her. He instantly recognised it as Red John but kept that to himself taking in the sight before him. Lisbon had just killed Red John and nothing could prove her innocence. Everything would go against her except one thing.

'What…?' was all he got out before the sirens tore down the quiet walls protecting her from sight of nosy neighbours.

He lifts the gun and wipes it on her sleeve to clear it of her prints and held it. He stood in another corner of the room as the police burst in. Upon seeing Jane holding a gun and a dead body on the floor covered in it's own body and Lisbon sat in the corner of the room shivering and covered in the dead man's blood they immediately assumed he had murdered the man and was planning to kill the woman in the corner not knowing that she was an agent or that he was saving her job.

'May we ask what happened here?'

'I…' Lisbon started but was cut off Jane

'I turned up here to find Red John backing her into a corner upon entering he turned around and I saw he had a gun and had been pointing it at her and he was still doing so and threatening to pull the trigger and I shot him to save her'

'Patrick…'

'Don't worry about it Teresa…it wasn't your fault it was mine. I shot him not you'

'May we ask your names?'

'Patrick Jane and this is CBI agent Teresa Lisbon'

She looked gobsmacked and was staring into space beyond her knees that were clutched closely to her body.

'CBI?'

'Californian…'

'Yes I know what it stands for! I just figured since she was the cop she would've got to killing him first'

'Yeah well, this man did kill my wife and child!'