Hope you enjoy this fanfic. This fanfic is (hopefully) the beginning of a series "The Return of Red". Read my story "The mentalist: The Aftermath" to learn about Red John's demise and Jane's decision to leave LA.

LD: I do not own the mentalist, all the merit goes to the creators actors and every person that makes the show possible

Patrick Jane crossed the frontier with a lot of regret. He really didn't want to leave and some part of him told him he shouldn't. But he couldn't work with the team anymore, and even though the team had forgiven him, he couldn't. He arrived to the frontier and he passed the American side of it quite easily. He didn't expect to have problems crossing the Mexican side either. He took a look back and sighed. USA had given him so much he had never pictured himself leaving. He arrived at the Mexican side of the frontier and was welcomed by a rather fat policeman as bold as a pull ball. He forced his best "smile" when the policeman spoke.

"Welcome to Mexico" The policeman said with a thick Mexican accent. "May I have your passport please?"

Jane took out his passport and handed it to the policeman. The man just smiled while checked everything was in order. The policeman handed him the passport and proceeded with his next question. "Motive of your visit?"

"Pleasure" Jane lied. After all he didn't know if he would remain in Mexico or in other country so he didn't know exactly what to answer. So he answered with the only reason he wasn't doing this travel. He didn't feel good lying but he thought "escaping from my past" was a not valid reason for this question so he didn't exactly have a choice. He smiled as he remembered again the words of his former best friend. "What will you do after you kill him".

After a few more minutes he passed the frontier and was off to his new life. He arrived to a little Village nearby village which name he didn't care to remember, for him it was transition place, he would stay only two or three days before deciding what to do with his life. He arrived to an inn with a beautiful young lady as the owner. He rented a room and went straight to sleep even though it was only 3 pm and didn't wake up until 9 am next morning.

He had slept for 18 hours straight but he still felt sleepy. He went down to the cafeteria where the owner was preparing breakfast for 2 truck drivers that were seated near a window. The girl looked at him from the kitchen and greeted him from the kitchen.

"What will it be Mr. Jane?" She asked smiling brightly. He couldn't help but notice the girl had good memory, remembering his name after seeing him only once. He put his best "fake" smile and greeted her.

"Good morning. A coffee and a bottle of tequila" He replied.

"Trying to forget?" She asked as she put the bottle in his table.

"Yeah. To forget…" He said melancholically.

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The bullpen was empty without Jane on it. The team worked great as always but they missed the touch of sarcasm Jane brought into their lives. Also the solved crimes rate was decreasing dangerously and Darcy, now the new chief, courtesy of the FBI was all but happy. For Lisbon things were difficult right now. She couldn't help but wonder what if she could have said something to change Jane's mind.

"Boss" Rigsby said, getting Lisbon's attention towards the door of her office. "Yeah?" She asked absent mindedly.

"We have a case" He replied making her turn the work mode on.

"Where?" She asked, though Rigsby knew she was asking for more details.

"In California, a young girl of approximately 20 has appeared on an alley near Hollywood boulevard." He replied although Lisbon knew he was hiding something.

After a long travel to California Lisbon understood why Rigsby had been so nervous. The police agents on the scene looked obviously consternated so it was obvious that some of that nervousness had rubbed off on his agent. But as she approached the scene of the crime she froze. There it was. The smiley that had greeted the police so many times before was there looking directly at them laughing like so many times before. Below there was a message addressed to no one in particular. A warning.

"To you foolish people of California, who have rejoiced on the death of our Master. You who tried to erase our beautiful red from your lives. You will fear us and watch impotently as we destroy your lives and paint them of a beautiful scarlet red color"

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Joanna456: Everything is going like expected.

Johannes: Good. Have you found Mr. Jane?

Joanna456: Not yet. I'll contact you when we do.

Johannes: Please do. But remember do not act without my knowledge.

Joanna456: Yes sir. But he is the responsible for the death of Master.

Johannes: "Meister" will be avenged at its right time. What about our fallen brothers and sisters.

Joanna456: Most of them have committed suicide on jail. Only Katie remains.

Johannes: Do take care of that as well.

Joanna456: Yes sir.

(Joanna456 logged out)

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Hope you enjoyed this first chapter. Reviews are the life of Fanfics so I won't update until I get at least 2 reviews