Okay I can't believe I'm doing this but here I am posting my very first Mentalist fanfiction. I'm totally into it now and I'm watching it out of order and in order so I'm all over the place so I'm going to do my best not to make this come too late in the series more of in the beginning. I'm doing my best to stay in character but it might be a little out of character cause I'm still getting my feel of the folks. So enjoy and I hope you guys like it.

Chapter 1: A Little Witness

Teresa Lisbon hated scenes like this. It was too early to be at such a place, and when she found out that a child was involved and she didn't know in what capacity she was sorry that she had invited CBI consultant Patrick Jane. He never liked cases that involved kids; she just hoped that she could find out if the kid was the victim before he got there.

Patrick Jane couldn't help the feeling of unease as he pulled up to the park. There was just something about parks that gave him the creeps. It wasn't that he didn't like it, hell back in his days as a carnie this was his bread and butter it was just this park. He had been here recently and well something kept telling him that would come up today. He still kept his secrets from his new family. There was stuff that he didn't tell them for a reason he still had to keep them safe. He put on a pair of sunglasses and approached the scene.

"What do we got?" Teresa asked as she approached the cop in charge.

"The woman was taken from her car just as soon as she pulled in. I guess she and the kid wanted to get here early before the crowds. I don't blame her; we got one witness that said that she was pulled into a SUV that was dark in color. She said that she never saw the person it was like hands just came from the interior and pulled inside. There was a struggle though, and there's some blood inside the car."

"What about the kid? I was told there was a kid." She asked concerned. As she looked at the car she couldn't help but think about her own mother and the car accident that had taken her life. She closed her eyes to calm herself. She would not lose it not now, she looked up and saw that Jane was on scene, but there was something about his demeanor that was off.

"Patrick?" she asked but he was slowly walking around the car."

"Yea her daughter, the poor kid must be in shock she won't let anyone touch her, we are waiting on social services.

"Okay well do we have any ID? I mean who was this woman, we should be finding her family and getting ready a hotline for ransom if that's what this situation is."

"That's the problem there is not kind of ID in the car, and the car is a rental and we're trying to get a whole of the files there."

"Maybe we can get something from the girl. Patrick we need to-"

"Where's the kid!" he demanded.

"What the hell Jane?"

"Lisbon, she should have had a little girl with her, about five. She would have a bunny with her and red curly hair. Where is she? Is she here? Did something happen to her Teresa answer me now damn it!"

Just as she was about to answer Patrick's question she saw the officer take a bunny from the back of the car. It was easy to tell that the bunny started out white but it must have fell in some blood because no one of the feet was red stained with blood. She watched as all the color drained from Patrick's face and he turned to throw up.

"Jane what the hell?" she asked both concerned and confused.

"Patty!" she heard someone shout, and she turned in the direction.

What she saw was even more confusing. A little girl was running right towards them. Her red hair was bouncing freely as the tears streamed down her face. She has the prettiest caramel skin that she had ever seen and you would think that her extremely red hair would look odd on her but it was just perfect for her and then there were her eyes they were sort of green and blue and she said his name again and that's when she noticed it didn't sound right it sounded almost as if she was speaking under water.

Patrick Jane had stopped breathing from the moment he recognized the car but when that little girl came rushing towards him with her arms stretched some of that worry dissipated as she begin to frantically speak to him with her hands. She was deaf, that was part of the reason she hadn't spoken she only would talk to those she knew.

Cho, Van Pelt, Rigsby, and Lisbon all stood confused while Patrick went back and forth with this petrified little girl, but she was telling him everything. They knew because he was taking it all in and listening to every word.

"Jane?" Van Pelt asked but he ignored her.

Then she pulled a white envelope from her pocket and handed it to Patrick. Everyone stopped when they noticed the smiling face on it.

Patrick took the note and it read:

Look at what happens when you keep secrets from me? This is going to be fun.

"I'm Erica Sampson from Child Services." A small woman approached drawing Lisbon's attention away from Jane and the words of his letter.

"You shouldn't have been called, you're no longer needed." Jane said approaching her. The little girl is hot on his heels.

"I know that she maybe a witness but we've been told what happened here. She is probably in need of some medical attention of her own, and they say she hasn't spoken since it happened."

"She hasn't spoken because she didn't know the people who were around. You are not needed; I'm here now I can take care of Greer."

"Greer, Patrick do you know this little girl, and what was on that note?" Lisbon asked but he put it in his pocket before she had a chance to read it.

"Mr. Jane, I've heard of you and your antics all around and you will not bring this little girl into your shenanigans. Just who do you think you are?" she asked.

"Oh didn't I mention it, I'm her father." He smiled, scoop up Greer and walked off like he hadn't just dropped the bomb of a lifetime.

"Lisbon with me." He shouted for her to follow.

Okay so that's the first chapter let me know what you think. I know that everyone might have been a little out of character and I'm learning okay. All mistakes are mine and well reviews will let me know if I should continue or not.