This is an acrostic story using characters from The Mentalist.

I'm a fan of the show and thought I would try my hand at writing a story in this fashion.

Hope you enjoy it.

What Matters in the End

Part One

"Please, no… no!" whispered Lisbon gripping her gun tightly.

A red smiley face was painted over the side of Jane's makeshift bed in the CBI attic.

Terror and anger battled within her as Lisbon reached for her phone.

"Rigsby! Get Cho, both of you up here right now!" she yelled into the phone.

"Is it Jane, boss? Did you find him?"

"Call security!" she yelled "Have them lock this place down!"

Kimball Cho strode through the attic doors, already half way up the stairs as soon as she called.

"Jane?" he asked.

A blood stained blanket lay strewn across the bed.

"No." whispered Lisbon. "He's not here. Red John…Cho, Red John has Jane."

Even as she spoke a determined look came over her and Lisbon ran from the room, gun cocked.

-TBC-