Disclaimer: Still don't own Mentalist.

A/N: This chapter goes out to all my twitter friends who always make me smile with their theories. You guys are always the best.


"Here," Jane said as he broke off a piece of chocolate and handed it to Lisbon.

"Thanks," she grabbed the piece. "Why do you even have a chocolate bar?"

"Grabbed it this morning, figured I might need it later," Jane smiled as he took a bite.

"Not bad," Lisbon stated as she finished her bite.

"The finest selection from the vending machine," Jane smiled and handed her another piece.

"Makes you wonder how often they switch out the candy?" Lisbon asked curiously as she looked at the piece.

"At least it is food," Jane replied. Lisbon nodded and placed the bit in her mouth.

"You know the stain on the door looks like Elvis," Jane pointed.

"What?" Lisbon asked as she looked where he was pointing. "Looks more like a bear."

"Really a bear?"

"What is wrong with that?"

"Nothing," Jane replied.

"That wasn't what you were go to say, " Lisbon said as she looked at him closely. "So spill."

"Just another tidbit into the life of Teresa Lisbon," Jane responded. Lisbon huffed.

"Well, at least I don't see Elvis in every stain," Lisbon shot back.

"I only see Elvis here and above my couch," Jane pointed out with a smile. Lisbon shook her head.

The two of them sat together enjoying what was left of the chocolate bar and talking about everything from the team to past cases. The trust they had built over the years had allowed both of them to treasure the friendship that had bloomed. They shared a laugh when they started talking about their last case and how Rigsby had ended up in a freezing pool after chasing their suspect down. Lisbon wouldn't admit it to anyone else but these where times she enjoyed the most with Jane.

"It is getting colder," Lisbon commented as she pulled her jacket closer to her body. Jane nodded and looked at his wrist. It was only going to get colder as daylight started to disappear.

"Well at least we have each other," Jane remarked.

"Excuse me?" Lisbon said shocked by what he had just said.

"For warmth, my dear," Jane pointed out.

"Oh," Lisbon whispered with slight disappointment in her voice.


Meanwhile:

Cho watched as several SUVs pulled into the visitor area. Wainwright caught up with him within a few seconds.

"Sir," Cho acknowledged.

"We are going to have a local law enforcement search for Lisbon and Jane," Wainwright informed.

"We can help," Van Pelt stated.

Wainwright studied her for just a second. "No, I want people familiar with the area searching for them."

"But sir," Rigsby was about to protest before Wainwright waved him off and walked away.

"He can't expect us to just wait around," Rigsby murmured after Wainwright was out of earshot.

"What should we do?" Van Pelt asked Cho.

"Let's find them, before anyone else," Cho stated firmly and headed back towards the campsite.

"Where could they have gone?" Rigsby asked as the three of them got to the campsite.

"Look for any clues," Cho ordered. Rigsby and Van Pelt nodded and started looking around the site for any clues that might lead to where Jane and Lisbon had gone.

"Anything?"

"No," Van Pelt answered Cho's question disappointed.

"Alright let's say Jane saw something, which way would he head?" Cho asked.

"Well, if he had taken the path then someone would have seen him," Van Pelt pointed out.

"Which means they headed off in another direction," Rigsby stated.

"Which way?" Cho asked as he looked around.

"There are only a few paths that are accessible from here. Three choices since the rest are surrounded by trees," Van Pelt replied.

"Alright lets go this way," Cho said as he took one of the path.

Rigsby looked up at the sky while he pulled his jacket tighter around him, the temperature was dropping slowly as the sun was setting. Van Pelt silently hoped that they would find Jane and Lisbon soon before it got too cold to search for them.


"Jane?" Lisbon asked softly.

"Hmm?" Jane asked as he lay on the mattress.

"Mashburn," Lisbon said simply.

"What about him?"

"I was spending tonight with him."

"Oh," Jane said a little put out.

"He had called a few days ago and said he was in town," Lisbon began to explain. "He wanted to know if I had plans tonight."

"Well, as soon as we are out of here you can join him," Jane stated.

"Yeah," Lisbon replied unenthusiastic.

"You seem thrilled about it," Jane said sarcastically.

"It is just..." Lisbon began to explain but Jane rose to his feet quickly. "What?"

"I heard something," Jane replied as he headed towards the door.

Lisbon rose to her feet as she muttered "Better not be a damn goat."

"What?" Jane asked.

"Nothing."

There was a sound of a key being placed in the door and the handle turning, at which Jane backed behind Lisbon. Lisbon swore to herself for leaving her gun in the SUV as the door opened.

"Who are you?" a man asked shocked.

"I'm a CBI agent," Lisbon informed him.

"Why are you in here?"

"We got locked in a few hours ago," Jane stated.

"Oh, you must be the two people," the guy said with realization.

"What two people?" Lisbon asked.

"The rangers and cops have been searching for two missing people for the last few hours. They asked me to check out the cabins," the guy explained.

"Sir, what is your name?" Lisbon asked.

"Mark."

"Well, Mark if you don't mind can you please lead us back to the visitor center," Lisbon asked. James nodded and led them out of the cabin.

"Boss?" Cho's voiced drifted out from the trees. The three of them caught up with Jane and Lisbon in front of the cabin.

"We've been looking for you guys," Van Pelt explained. "What happened?"

"We will explain later, what new information do you have?" Lisbon asked.

"Nothing at the moment," Rigsby informed.

"Let's head back to the visitor center and talk to the mother and father again," Lisbon ordered. The team nodded and led the way out.

"So you are going to admit that I'm right," Jane smirked.

"About?" Lisbon replied

"About the daughter running off," Jane answered with a huge smile.

"Stop smirking," Lisbon demanded. Jane nodded and followed behind her.

"Agent Lisbon," Wainwright greeted the team as they approached.

"Sir."

"Everything all right?"

"Yes, we just got locked in a cabin that isn't too far from the campsite," Lisbon explained.

"Any idea of who locked you in?" Wainwright asked.

"Not at the moment," Lisbon stated.

"She doesn't but I have an idea," Jane grinned. Lisbon glared at him as he walked away. Lisbon quickly walked away from Wainwright not wanting to try and explain what Jane was doing or thinking.

"What do you mean you know?" Lisbon hissed as she stopped him from opening the door.

"Well it's obvious."

"Care to explain?" Lisbon pressed. He smiled and walked into the room.

"I hate when he does that," Lisbon growled before following him.

"Mr. Miller, how is your relationship with your daughter?" Jane asked quickly.

"I have an excellent relationship with her," John replied,

"Which is why you let her run off," Jane declared.

"Excuse me?" Sally asked shocked. She looked quickly at her husband. "John?"

John sighed to himself and then looked at his wife. "She needed to get away, and I told her to go."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"You would have done everything to make sure she couldn't leave the country. I wanted her to get out before you had a chance to stop her," John explained.

"Bastard," Sally yelled. The two of them started arguing.

"And another case solved," Jane said gleefully as he exited the visitor station.

"You knew all along," Lisbon stated.

"I was just trying to help," Jane said defensively.

"Help! Jane you could have saved all of us time by telling me right away," Lisbon said angrily. "Not to mention we would have never been trapped in that damn cabin.

"How was I supposed to know that we would be locked in?" Jane asked.

"Find another ride back to the office," Lisbon hissed as she got into the SUV and left Jane standing there.

"You pissed her off again, didn't you," Cho said as he walked up to Jane.

"No more than usual," Jane shrugged.

"Wainwright wants to know who locked you in the cabin," Cho stated as he headed towards the other SUV.

"Oh, that is easy. The Mark guy works on the cabin. He by accident locked us in after he finished checking up on it," Jane explained as he got in.

Midnight was in about an hour by the time the team had bid him goodnight, leaving him alone with Lisbon. He walked into her office and placed a cup of tea of her desk. Her glare let him know that he was not forgiven yet.

"It is a peace offering," Jane motioned to the tea.

"No thanks, I'm just about to leave." Lisbon stated as she shut down her computer.

"Ah, yes, your plans with Mashburn."

"If I'm not mistaken, didn't you have plans also?" Lisbon asked as she grabbed her stuff.

"Yes."

"Well, goodnight Jane," Lisbon said as she walked out of the office.

"Night," Jane whispered to himself.


Stay tune for the final chapter.