Red John's New Obsession

Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I own nothing, but I really do wish that I did.

From Abby's Point of View…

It has been a couple of months after the war in the Wizardry World in England and Abby was being hunted by the British Magical Community, because the rest of her so called family made sure that everyone believed that she was the next Dark Lord or Lady. All because they found out that it was her that was the Chosen One, not her brother, James Jr. Thankfully, the American Magical Ministry did not believe that load of crap and they gave her citizenship when they heard that she was being hunted down for ending their war.

So now Abby is living in Sacramento, California and has a job at the local bookstore. She always did have a love for books as they were her only friend during her time in England. The war took a lot from her, like her friends Luna and Neville; sure they were alive and did not believe the lies that were about her. But she would never be able to see them again. And also during the last battle, Tom made sure that he left his mark on her to remind her about him. He had damaged her left leg to the point that she would be forever walking with a cane. Draco who became her friend when she saved his family's life at one point gave her, his father's cane with Lucius' permission.

For the last couple of days, Abby has been feeling like she was being watched and followed, but whenever she tries to figure out who it is, there was no one in sight or around. The local gang thought she was being paranoid, since they knew of her past and how she was involved with the war as they too, were magical. But they still kept an eye out in case, she was right.

It started when she was working the bookstore, a man who was in his late thirties or early forties, came up and bought several books and they chatted for a bit, before he took off. His name was Kent, just Kent. She got no last name. But there was something odd about him, but she did not know what and that got her warily about him. He was nice and stuff like that. He even invited her out for coffee sometime later on. She just told that she will have to see as it was not easy for her to get around. When he was about to say something, a customer asked if their order was in. She grabbed her cane and walked to the back of the store and got the order. When she had came back, Kent was gone. She just shrugged it off as she thought that he had to go somewhere important or that he was late for his job.

After she had closed the store up for the day and she was walking back to her apartment. When she suddenly had a feeling like she was being followed. But she could not see or find out who was following her. And it was driving her crazy as she thought it was someone from England looking for her, but the magical government promised to inform her if there were any British wizards coming to her area. And also they would have tried to kill her immediately.

So far everything was going good for her and she was beginning to heal from the war and her past.

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From Red John's Point of View…

When he first saw her, sitting on a stool in the bookstore, he thought she was the most beautiful woman that he ever saw. And he saw a lot. But this one was different; she did not wear makeup like those other slut did. Far as he could tell, she only wears lip gloss. He had to go in there and meet her. So he went into the store and looked around and found some books that looked to be interesting to read.

As she was checking out the books that he brought up, he found out that she was from England. He also saw the scars on her neck and arms like she has been in a fight or a war. He did read about the attacks that were going on in England. But from what she looks like, she must have been caught in the crossfire of one of those attacks and survived.

Her name was Abby that was a nice name for someone like her. He invited her for coffee on a later date. She said that she will have to see as it was not easy for her to get around. He was about to ask her why, when a woman asked if her order was in yet or not. Boy was he in for a shock when a cane with a snake's head for the handle made an appearance and he found out his answer to why she could not get around easily.

Then the woman started to flirt with him and even said that he wanted a real hard working woman to talk to, that he should go out with her. She even gave him, her name and phone number. He had to leave, but he did take her phone number, because he will have to deal with her later on and show her that it was not right to insult someone like Abby who was prettier than her.

So he left, but he intended to come back later when Abby closes down the store and he will follow her to where she is living. At eight o'clock, he was sitting in his black Honda, when he saw her locking the door. Carefully, following her, he noticed that she knew that she was being followed by someone as she was looking around warily. He frowned at what he saw, no woman should be that aware of their surroundings like she was. And by the way her body was tense; it looked like she was expecting to be attack or something.

Then it added up, the scars, her leg and cane, and her awareness, she was somehow involved with the terrorist's attacks in Britain. He was about to jump out of his car when he saw a local gang member walk up to and another member following him. They were laughing; he watched how her face lit up and how she looked so care free. Suddenly, her face got serious as she said something to them and they frowned and started to look around for something or someone. They escorted her to the apartment building; he counted the men that were standing in front of the building. It was all the members that belong to the Wolf Pack Gang.

He frowned as thought of everything that he knew about the Wolf Pack Gang. They were nine members, very protective of their turf, and very fierce when fighting that the other gangs leave them alone as they were very dangerous when angered. What was Abby doing with those type of people? They all live in the same apartment building which has ten apartments in it. She couldn't be one of them as it was known it was all men gang and there were no females in it.

But at least he knew where she lived, maybe if he played his cards right. She will probably fall for him with in due time. He looked in his mirror and wondered who would not fall for him. Sure he was around forty-two years old and she looked about to be twenty-two, but there was a saying that age does not count when it comes to love. He was very good looking, he kept in shape, he has to be for his extra project like the one he is going to do later tonight, he was smart, well off, and could take care of Abby and treat her like she should be treated. There was no way that Abby won't fall in love with him.

Well, he better be off, he still has to teach this Emily Smith a lesson or two that she will never forget.

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It has been several days since she felt like she was being followed. She was glad who ever it was, had stop. It was around noon and soon it was going to be lunch break. Vic just left after making sure that she was doing alright and that she was safe. He always trusted her gut feeling when something was about to happen. Vic was the alpha of his werewolf pack, the Wolf Pack Gang. There were a total of nine members or ten if you count her. After a few days after she moved into their apartment building, they finally accepted her as one of their own. It did help that she had a wolf Animagus form, so that whenever there was a full moon, she could travel with them in her form and not get hurt.

Since she told them that she believed that she was being followed, Vic and the others took it upon themselves to walk her to and from work or to where ever she needed to go, in case that the stalker took it to the next level.

The last customer left when a blonde hair man who seemed to smile a lot came in with a serious looking brunette woman.

Smiling to them as they came up to the counter, she said, "Hello, welcome to Past Time Bookstore. How may I help you?"

The man smiled back and said, "Hello, I'm Patrick Jane and this is Agent Teresa Lisbon and we are from the CBI and we would like to ask you a few questions. If that is alright with you, Miss…?"

"Oh, right. I'm Abby Potter. No, I don't mind if you ask me questions. Go right ahead," Abby replied as she introduced herself.

"Those are some interesting scars that you have on your arms and neck. I take it from your accent that you are British, but somehow was caught up in the cross fire in one of the terrorists' attacks back in England. Am I right?" Jane asked with a smile on his face.

Agent Lisbon watched how Abby's face suddenly became worn looking and a tired look in her eyes that should not be there in someone as young as Abby. It was the same look whenever someone mentions Jane's family to Jane. It was the same haunted look as Jane whenever Red John shows up on their radar.

Abby sighed as she told them, "I wasn't caught in the crossfire of the attacks. I was involved in the attacks trying to stop them from hurting and killing more people. It was like a war was going on. I have too much death and blood to not be war. I fought against the terrorists for several years now and these scars are the result from those attacks. I had to move away from the pain and memories of that place."

"Interesting," Jane said as he nodded before wandering off to look at something.

Agent Lisbon pulled out a picture and handed it to her as she asked, "Do you know this woman?"

Abby frowned as she studied the picture, she answered, "Yes, I know her. Emily Smith was in here a few days ago to pick up an order. What happened to her?"

"She was murdered a few days ago by a copy cat killer," Jane said immediately.

Abby felt her eyes go wide when she heard that the woman was killed on the same day that she was being followed.

"Did you see anything strange or unusual when she came to pick up her books, Miss Potter?" Agent Lisbon asked.

"No, but when I locked up the store that night and started heading to my apartment, I felt like I was being followed by someone, but I could not find or see who it was that was following me. I'm sorry that I couldn't be any more help," Abby said.

"That's alright. Thanks for your time," Jane told her.

They were about to leave when she spoke up, "Wait, I remembered something when she was in here to pick up her books. There was a man who was in here at the same time as she was. He told me that his name was Kent, but he did not give me his last name. But there was something off about him. I maybe paranoid from what happened in England, but I would know if my gut told me that something was wrong."

Jane asked with curiosity, "Can you describe him?"

Abby nodded as she began to describe him, "Late thirties or early forties. A little bit of gray in his hair. Good looking. It looks like he works out often. He was almost six feet tall. Nicely dress. I say he weigh about almost two hundred pounds. But like I said before, I had a gut feeling that he was not all that he seemed to be. When I got back with her books, he was gone and she looked disappointed. I believe that she had flirted with him or something that would chase him off."

Agent Lisbon smiled and said, "Thanks for your help. I hope that you have a nice day."

"Yes, have a nice day, Abby and take care of yourself," Jane waved goodbye.

Abby waved goodbye and watched them leave in their vehicle. She did not notice the blush on Jane's face when she waved goodbye to him, but Agent Lisbon did.

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Once, Jane and Lisbon was in the vehicle, Lisbon had to ask, "So, Jane what was with that blush on your face when Abby wave goodbye to you?"

"What blush? I wasn't blushing," Jane replied.

Lisbon rolled her eyes at his behavior and denial. She knew that he refuses to love anyone else since his late wife and daughter, but she knew that Jane liked Abby.

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Kent saw that Patrick Jane and Agent Lisbon was talking to Abby, he saw the haunted look on her face when Jane said something. Taking out his camera, he took a close up picture of Jane leaning towards Abby while they talked. But when they left, he noticed the blush on Jane's face. Interesting. He wondered what would happen when Jane receives a letter from Red John with a certain picture in it. That would be fun to watch.

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It was getting late and it has been two days since Jane and Lisbon visited Abby at the bookstore. Jane just could not get her out of his mind. She was very interesting to be around. Plus, Lisbon told everyone in CBI that he had a crush on a young woman named Abby Potter, so almost everyone took to teasing him about her.

"Excuse me; is one of you named Patrick Jane, here?" A teenage boy asked.

Jane stood up from his usual spot on the couch and walked over to the boy, and said, "That would be me."

The boy shifted around for a second, before holding out a letter and told Jane, "I was told to give this to you, Mr. Jane."

"Thank you, young man," Jane opened the letter when the young boy left. He saw what was in the envelope; he lost all color to his face.

"Who is it from, Jane?" Cho asked as he was the closest to Jane.

Jane looked scared as he said, "Its from Red John."

"WHAT!" Lisbon yelled.

Jane handed her the letter, before sitting down on the couch with his hands covering his face. Lisbon looked and saw it was a picture of Jane, Lisbon, and Abby Potter talking, but Jane was leaning towards Abby. With the picture, there was a note with something type on it. It read:

Interesting choice, Patrick Jane.

It seemed to me that you like Miss Abby.

Well, I am going to have some fun with her.

Red John

"Well, damn," Lisbon said as she continued to stare at the letter and study the symbol of Red John.

AN: I hope that you like this new story. It popped into my head a couple of days ago and refused to leave alone. For the record, I do NOT know who Red John really is. This is my take on who I think Red John is like. Please review and tell me what you all think of it. Have a nice day everyone. Remember review.