This is my second fanfic! I hope you guys love it (: This first chapter is a little slow but I had to have it in order for the story to make sense, the next chapter will be more interesting. That's when the adventure will start :D Please read and review!

Disclaimer: I don't own The Mentalist

Chapter 1

It was late November and the weather was quickly becoming cold. Grace pulled her coat tighter around her as she entered the CBI building. She took the elevator up and entered the bull pen. "Hi, everyone!" Grace greeted her team with a bright smile. "Hello" they chorused back.

"We've got a case, 3 girls have been kidnapped" Lisbon said as walked in.

"Well, what are waiting for? Let's go shall we?" Jane said he was eager to work on a kidnapping case, they were usually fast paced and full of excitement.

"Ok, Van Pelt, Cho, and Rigsby take the van. That leaves Jane with me" Lisbon said.

"Yay!" Jane cried

"Oh joy, won't this be fun" Lisbon said sarcastically

"Ya know Lisbon…" Jane started

But Lisbon interrupted "Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit." Lisbon said, her voice mimicking Jane's.

The rest of the team tried not to laugh as they exited the CBI building.

They pulled up to the victim house, it was light blue and high up in the mountains.

They climbed out of their cars and into the bright sun light. Grace smiled, she loved being outside and she loved the forest. She just wished they were out here under better circumstances.

She followed her team into the house, Lisbon talked to who Grace assumed to be the mother of the girls. Soon they were all sitting in the living room. Grace, Lisbon, and Rigsby were sitting on the coach. Cho was in a chair and Jane was wondering around the room. Across from them sat the girl's mom, dad, and older brother.

"So what happened?" Lisbon asked

"Last night I was in Nevada with my husband attending my sister's wedding we were going to be gone for 4 days so we left Jordan in charge since he's 17. He called me yesterday afternoon and said the girls were begging him to let them camp outside in the tent they got for their birthday last month. I said they could. Jordan didn't want to sleep outside so he sleep inside…" The mother said.

"Okay, what happened next Jordan?" Lisbon asked the more details they could get the easier it would be to solve the case.

"I got up at 5:30, I was going to try and scare my sisters. We always have scare wars and try to see who can scare each other more." He smiled and the memory then continued "I went outside and walked towards their tent. It was dark outside and all I had was dim flashlight so I couldn't really see anything until I got closer to the tent. When I approached it something felt wrong the flap was unzipped and there were scratches and rips all over the tent. I completely forgot about trying to scare them, I ran towards the tent but they weren't in it. I searched everywhere for hours and I still didn't find them. So I called my parents and they took the first flight home."

Lisbon nodded, the poor boy was close to tears.

"Could you tell us anything about the girls?" Lisbon asked the mom.

"Sure their names were Elizabeth, Kimberly, and Samantha they-"

Jane walked into the room "I've got this one" he interrupted "My guess is Samantha preferred to go by Sammie or Sam, Elizabeth by Lizzie or Liz, and Kimberly by Kimmie or Kim" Their mom nodded.

"Lizzie is the most outgoing, she's very kind and entertaining. She loves the arts: singing, acting, dancing, and playing instruments. She is very creative but sometimes she can be overly dramatic." The mom starred in awe.

"Kimmie is the shyest of the three, she loves learning and is very smart and thoughtful. She's very knowledgeable but is sensitive and easily scared." Now both the mom, dad, and brother stared in amazement.

"And last but not least Sammie, she is the most athletic. She loves all sports but soccer is her favorite. She's funny and always knows how to make people smile and cheer them up. She's strong and determined, she never gives up and she doesn't back down. She's adventurous- sometimes she's reckless, spontaneous, and impulsive."

From the looks on the father, mother, and brothers face Jane could tell he had hit the mark.

"How did you know?" The mom asked

"Your husband showed me your daughters bed rooms. You can tell a lot about a person from their bed room. Oh and they are triplets- 10 years old" Jane said.

"I'm speechless, you were correct on everything" She said

"Oops I forgot Jordan! Jordan wants to be a director. He loves filming movies and the girls"

Jordan nodded then his face lit up. "The camera!" He yelled his voice was filled with hope as he darted out the front door.

He stopped at the tent and fiddled with the sleeping bags. Lisbon, Grace, and Rigsby watched cautiously. They heard a sudden 'Ahh-haaa' "I've got it" Jordan said as he emerged from the tent.

"Got what?" Grace asked curiously

"My video camera, I told the girls to record what they did yesterday." Jordan answered

"So you're thinking you might have got a shot of the kidnapper" Lisbon asked

"Yeah, do you think it was kidnap?" He asked

"I'm afraid so, the tent shows signs of kidnap and struggle"

"Okay, here's the video camera you should check the footage" He said as he headed back to his house

"Please find my sisters" He said before disappearing into the house.

After talking with the parents and examining the tent the team went back to the CBI office

***CBI Office***

The team entered the bull pen. They got to work right away. "Van Pelt could you view the video camera footage and look for any clues of sign of a kidnaper"

"Sure boss" Grace said.

She pulled out the video camera and took out the memory card. She plugged it into her computer and waited for it to load. She started viewing the videos from the other day. She smiled as she watched a video of the sisters dancing around Lizzie's room and singing into their hair brushes. Their curly brown hair bounced as they jumped and their blue eyes shined. She saw a video of them playing soccer, having a pillow fight, and painting each other's nails. She fast forward the tape a little until she noticed they were in the hot pink tent. They were still wearing the clothes they had been in earlier. She fast forwarded more until they were asleep- they must have left the video camera on. The camera was wedged between a few pillows, it was hard to see much but she could make out the silhouette of someone at the flap of the tent. The flap was opened and someone came in and took the girls. In the confusion a pillow was thrown over the camera and the screen went black.

"Lisbon, I've got something." Grace called out

Lisbon came over and Grace showed her what she had just seen.

"Okay, great work Van Pelt"

Thanks for reading I hope you liked the first chapter the next will be much more interesting! Please read and review :)