"There is still one thing I can try. One thing I can think of that would draw out Red-John. Everyone's going to hate me for it though. I know that. But the idea is pretty perfect apart from that. I have grown to like every member of this team, but they don't understand, they will never understand, I hope they never have to understand. I know she would never take to the idea, even if she did, the others would talk her out of it and so would the powers that be. So I have to be a little sneaky. That won't be hard. I will have to deceive. Again that won't be hard. I have been deceitful most of my life. I have to do this. I have been left with no other choice. I have to catch him. I have to kill him. I have to. It's the only way I can get it all to go away. The feelings are as bad now as they were then, that night they died I died with them. Now I am a shell, the shell that is going to avenge them, avenge them by putting a friend in the firing line. But I have to, it will work and will catch him, so I hope she will forgive my actions, eventually. I have to use her, I have to, it's the only way. I need to put all of this to rest. Try and eventually move on with my life, but while he is still out there I can't do that. While he still kills innocent people, I cannot do that. I loved my family too much to let this go. So I will have to sacrifice her, make her a target. Make Lisbon a target. I have to convince her to get closer to me, more personal with me, outside of work. I need to make Red-John think and believe I have moved on, that I was 'happy'. That will infuriate him, he will not be able to stop himself trying to kill her. I would never let him actually get that far. I will never let it get that far, not purposely anyway. But if she was close enough to him that he believed enough to try and kill her, then he would be there to stop him. This has to end and this is the only way it will. It will be ended by using Lisbon, my friend and boss, as bait. Now that is decided, how do I convince her to get closer, without sounding like I'm in love with her or anything? I could hypnotize her... No, that would really piss her off. I'm going to have to be tactful and very careful. I don't want her to get the wrong idea, but then maybe it would be better if she did, would look more convincing. But no, I can't go that far. I will have to use her pitiful excuse of a social life to draw her in, that would work. Take her out places, just me and her. Like dinner or the movies. Any sort of date like scenarios. Scenarios she wouldn't make to many assumptions about though."

Everyone had arrived in the office, the thoughts of my plan still running through my mind. I have been thinking about it all night. Thinking of different ways and scenarios. It was a tough challenge, a difficult way of doing this. But I have made my decision, this is the way it has to be. This is going to work. I'm finally going to get Red-John.

"Jane?…Jane?" she nudged him, shaking him from his thoughts. He looked up at her.

"Yes, Agent Lisbon?"

"Have you been here all night? Again?"

"No, last night I went to lots of places, why?"

"Did your body leave this office?"

"No, not my body, but my mind has traveled far," he smiled, standing up.

"Jane. We have talked about this, if you don't start listening to me. I'll take the couch away! You understand me?" He nodded and she left him to do what he always does, bother the rest of the team. He made idle chit-chat with Cho, but he was busy with old paper work that Lisbon had been pestering him for. He showed Rigsby a few 'magic' tricks but he was far to easy to convince and then confuse with his explanation of the trick. So he got soon got bored of that. Then he bugged Van Pelt, mostly about her obvious relationship with Rigsby. Then she snapped and he backed off. That left him with nothing to do. So he decided to make a start on his plan. He went to speak with Lisbon.

"If you've come to bother me because the others have bored you or told you to get lost, then don't. I have paper work coming out my ass and I really need to get on with it!" She then looked up at him hovering in the door way, his usual grin on his face. "Okay, what are you up to?" she asked, knowing that grin only ever meant trouble. Or at least some sort of stupidity at the least.

"I want to ask you something, wait no, I will be more assertive. I wanted to tell you something."

"Okay, if I listen will you leave me alone?"

"Yes, well for a while anyway." he smiled at her and she motioned him to come in and invited him to ask his question.

"You're having dinner with me tonight, you'll have to wear something formal, it's a fancy place. Also I don't want you to argue, just be at this address at 8:30. I promise you'll like it, the food is amazing and it isn't cheap."

"Why? What do you want?" she asked, wondering about the suspicious invite.

"To have dinner with you, that's all, no hidden agenda, I promise" What a lie that was, it had a very major hidden agenda, but he couldn't tell her that, it would ruin everything.

"Really? Formal? You know I don't do formal," she told him, trying to protest.

"Just be there and make sure you get dressed up. All girls love to get dressed up. I guarantee it will be worth it."

"Fine, if I agree, will you go away?"

"Absolutely."

"Fine, I'll be there…now go!"

With that he left. Step one had worked, he just hoped she showed up. It took a lot of persuasion to get the table and he didn't want it to get wasted. But then he could always let Rigsby take it, but no way he could afford it and he would never accept money from him, so that idea wouldn't work. So he just hoped Lisbon would show. He just hoped she took the bait and become the bait.

I need to make sure this works. It has to work.