AUTHOR'S NOTES: (FYI: I published two chapters within a day of each other so make sure you read the last one before going to this one)

WOO! Finally done! I never thought it would take this long but I am happy with the result. I have a lot of Juliet in this chapter for the fact that I never liked that she appeared out of nowhere to save the day. I would have loved to see the story, so I wrote it and wove it into the alternate reality. Hope you guys like it.


Chapter 9- I've Seen it Both Ways

Juliet knew she was damn lucky the GPS was still working on Shawn's phone. Henry probably hadn't figured out how to turn it off, or remembered that cell phones had it. Both he and her partner had been ignoring her phone calls. She'd let herself into the Psych office and used Shawn's computer to get a bead on their location and cursed when she found out where they were. Julian Drake's house.

"I'm going to kill you two myself!" She grumbled through clenched teeth. Take one emotionally volatile father and a detective with a "devil may care" streak and you get a very bad combination. She shuddered to think of what they had planned.


It didn't take her long to get to the affluent neighborhood where Drake's house was. She spotted Carlton's car a block away from the property, but to her chagrin, it was empty. "Shit." She swore and took out her gun, carefully making her around the back of the house.

When she got there she found the back yard had a high privacy fence and she was unable see over it. "Okay… what now?" She asked herself but froze when she heard hushed voices.

"Everything's in place, now make sure you press and hold the button…"

"I know how to use one of these!"

"Well you can't use a cell phone so I just assumed."

That's them! Juliet chanced a glance around the corner of the house.

"Looks like it's working." Both men were looking towards the house. "Ew…" Carlton turned away and faced Henry, "I'll be at my car. Get Carp there, and I can do the rest."

Juliet crept closer, keeping her back against the house, and saw Henry and Carlton hunkered down in a ditch in full view of the home's occupants if they just happened to look out the window. As an officer she'd just expected them to go around back as a tactical advantage and never would have thought they would be sitting ducks out in the open. What the hell are they doing!?

If she called out to them she would definitely be heard. She decided to run over to them to stop their insane plan instead, but before she could, Carlton ran off the other direction and Henry snuck closer to the other side of the house near the garages. She made an exasperated sound and went back around the way she came, towards the high fence, hoping to catch Henry if he came around back. She crouched behind the fence and was just about to climb and peek over it to see if he was there, when a huge explosion sounded from the front of the house, and all the lights went out.


"Holy!" Henry hadn't expected the explosion to be that loud, but he recovered quickly and hit the breakers on the house, plunging the entire place into darkness. Shouts of confusion and alarm came from everywhere and a couple guards ran past him towards the explosion across the street. They'd chosen the location because it was clearly visible from the house, and it gave Henry a view of how many guards had gone to check it out.

Henry quickly entered the house through the back kitchen door. He noticed right away that something was up. Boxes and crates littered the floors. They were planning on leaving. He reasoned, And leaving soon! If they had waited just one more day, Drake probably would have been out of the country. Henry steeled himself and left the kitchen, quickly checking and making sure his gun was still on his hip, having the feeling that he might need it to get Carp out.

"Check the panel! Somebody get these damn lights on!" Henry heard Vest call out.

"Crap." Henry cursed quietly. He hoped to have more time to find Carp, but the darkness was hindering him just as much as it hindered the guards. Vest's voice was getting closer and the lights would probably be back on any second so he ducked around the corner and ran right into none other than Julian Drake.

Altering the plan, Henry quickly used the element of surprise and drew his gun on the faux philanthropist. "Hold it right there Julian."

Drake took a step back and took stock of the situation. The aging former detective from two days prior had invaded his home and was now pointing a gun at him. Jerry Carp had mentioned his name more than once and it took a moment for Drake to remember it. He raised an eyebrow. "Clever getting in, Mr. Spencer but how on earth do you expect to get out?"

The lights suddenly came on and more voices joined Vest's from behind him. Henry knew he was in trouble if he didn't get out soon. "Where's Jerry?"

"Is that who all this is about?" Drake feigned innocence. "Well I can take you right to him if you want a reunion."

Henry spun Drake around and jammed his gun in his back. "Walk."

Drake sneered and planted his feet. "I'm a very busy man, I can't have you being a thorn in my side… if you really want Jerry Carp, we can make a deal."

"I don't deal with scum. Now walk!" Henry had to hurry before he was caught out in the open.

"Henry?" Carp's voice from behind him made him spin around. His former friend was holding a gun straight at him and Drake. "I figured you'd be comin'."


Juliet heard the shouting from behind the fence and knew she had to do something. She hoped Henry's diversion could work for her too. Going around the side of the fence, she opened the gate to the back yard quietly. After low crawling next to the raised porch, the lights suddenly came on and she ducked under it.

Panicked but muffled noises sounded from a couple feet above her. Juliet dared to peek over the side and saw a large blond man tied to a chair. He'd seen her and he was frantically shouting through a gag. Juliet put a finger to her lips, signaling the need for him to be quiet. She hauled herself up and removed the gag.

"Thank you, thank you. They were going to kill me." The man took deep breaths.

"Who are you?" Juliet whispered, still not sure if she should just untie some random guy she knew nothing about.

"I'm FBI, undercover in Drake's operation. They made me this afternoon and I've been here since." He whispered back.

Remembering Carlton saying something about an undercover agent in Drake's operation, she realized this must be him. Juliet tucked her gun back in her pants and started to untie his hands when raised voices from the other side of the glass caught their attention and Juliet slid behind the pillar next to the chair, praying that no one inside saw her.


"Put the gun down Jerry or say goodbye to your boss!" Henry growled.

Carp smirked. "You aren't going to shoot him. Hell, you can't even shoot me."

Henry gave him a look of pain and betrayal. "Why'd you do it Jerry? Why'd you shoot my son? Why'd you kill Jack? For money!? We were friends!"

Locking eyes with Drake, Carp grimaced. "You don't know these people Henry. Nobody quits and lives. Jack quit and look what happened to him." His eyes became steely. "We may have been friends, but I never said I would die for you, or your kid. I figured shootin' him would get you off my trail till I could get out of here."

"Shawn had nothing to do with this, he was just protecting me, you could have let him go."

"Think about it Henry!" Carp hissed through gritted teeth. "I was a detective for 35 years! I had you and your kid point blank. I could've shot him a million places and he'd have been dead in seconds." He chuckled mirthfully, "I may be old, but I'm still a hell of a shot." He tightened his grip on the gun, as he saw Drake's glare. Carp knew that the gun runner was going to kill him for the admission that he'd let Shawn live. He switched his gaze to Henry. "But you are too stubborn! You never know when to quit!"

Henry couldn't believe it. Carp shot Shawn just because he thought it would be enough of a distraction to get him to back off. He shook his head, "You shot my son Jerry. I'm not going to quit."

"Well it's settled then." Carp lined up the shot. He'd kill Henry, then Drake and get the hell out.

Both armed men were taken by surprise when Drake suddenly rammed back into Henry, putting him off balance and kicked Carp in the stomach, causing him to drop his gun and fall to the ground. While Henry was dazed, Drake leveled his own gun at Carp. "You should really watch who you are friends with Jerry." He smiled ruthlessly. "You never know when they might just get you killed." His finger tightened on the trigger.

Carp winced and covered his face, waiting for the end.

Three shots rang out and broken glass sprayed everywhere as the patio doors burst in. Three crimson spurts of blood appeared on Drake's chest and he collapsed lifeless to the ground.

Both former detectives glanced through the now glassless doors and their gazes landed on the figure of Juliet, still poised to shoot but her aim was now on Carp. "Hands in the air!"

Henry was panting from exertion and shock, "Juliet? How?"

Before she could answer his question, Vest came around the corner with his gun drawn. "Watch out!" Juliet shouted and leveled her gun on the body guard. Not giving the trained gunman time to shoot, she took out his gun arm which dropped him to the floor in pain.

While Juliet was taking care of Vest, Henry made sure he had his gun on Carp. "The jig is up Jerry. You're going away for a long, long time." The defeated look Carp gave him was more satisfying than Henry could have hoped for.

Carlton came rushing in a moment later. Having heard the gunshots, he called in back up and hoped to not find Henry Spencer lying dead on the floor, knowing his partner and Shawn would never forgive him. To his surprise he saw Juliet, who was supposed to be at the hospital, cuffing a bleeding Vest, Julian Drake dead on the floor and Henry holding a gun on Carp.

He froze in place, his eyes widening in shock. "Okay, what did I miss?"


It took all night for the mess at the house to be cleaned up. Julian Drake's body was hauled away by Woody and the crates and boxes of weapons were all the evidence they needed to convict everyone associated with Drake, including Jerry Carp. The weapons that Carlton had found in Carp's house earlier were the nail in the coffin and there was no way a judge was going to let him go.

The FBI agent Juliet saved also helped out so Henry didn't have any charges pressed against him, stating that they would have lost Drake if the SBPD hadn't acted when it did. He begrudgingly gave his thanks before haughtily striding out of the office, hoping to never ever to have to come back there again.

While Carlton was taking care of most of the paperwork, and Juliet was making sure Gus and Shawn knew they were safe, Henry had a talk with the Chief.

Chief Vick gestured to a chair after she'd called him into the office, "Henry, sit down."

Henry hung his head and knew that he was going to get a very long talking to about what went on, but after catching Carp and taking down a weapons dealer, he figured it was worth it. "Look Karen, I'm sorry about what happened. I know you told me to back off but…"

She silenced him with a hand and asked, "How is Shawn?"

Surprised by the question, Henry went with it. "Good, Juliet said she got a call saying they are taking out the tube today. Knowing my son the first thing he's going to do is eat."

They both chuckled a bit at that but Chief Vick's face turned somber. "Do you know why O'Hara ended up at Drake's house Henry?"

Henry thought about it, and shook his head. He'd never really had the chance to ask her how she found them or how she was able to sneak up to the house.

"She followed you because she didn't want anything to happen to you and because she saw how worried Shawn was." She tried to lay the guilt on thick to get the point into Henry's head. "People care about you Henry. I need you to know that for the next time you run blindly after a killer. What do you think Shawn would rather have, justice, or his father at his bedside, safe?"

Henry put his head in his hands, wondering how he could be so stupid to make Shawn worry about him so much. "I know Karen."

Chief Vick stood up from her desk. "Go see your son. I'm sending O'Hara with you too. Detective Lassiter can finish the paperwork, since he's going to be on desk duty for a while." She had found out some of what Carlton had done, and it was enough to have him suspended without pay, but she figured the bigger punishment would be to actually have him sit down and do his own paperwork without pawning it off on his partner.

Henry grinned sheepishly and made a note to thank Carlton for the help and apologize for getting him put on Chief Vick's crap list. "Okay Karen, and…thanks."

She gave Henry a curt nod and went back to her own paperwork, reminding herself that she had to go see Shawn too eventually.

Once out of the office, Henry spotted Juliet right away, as if she was already waiting for him. "Karen talk to you too?"

"A little. She told me I could have a couple more days off to spend with Shawn after last night." Juliet paused and looked over at her partner whose desk was completely covered in papers.

"Damn it where is the white out!" Carlton shouted and three rookies ran to go get him some.

Juliet smiled at the sight and followed Henry out of the building.


Juliet and Henry saw that Shawn was asleep when they arrived at the hospital. It was still early in the morning and all the excitement of the last few days must have really taken its toll on his energy, so they spent some time filling in Gus on all the details of the night before.

Gus turned green at a few parts and was glad Shawn wasn't awake to hear all this. His dad had almost died again, and his girlfriend was in a lot of danger. He knew his friend wouldn't take it well. Especially in the state he was in.

The doctor interrupted their discussion an hour into it. "How are we all doing today?" He went over and opened the blinds flooding the room with sunshine and eliciting a groan from Shawn. "It's time to get that tube out of you Mr. Spencer."

Shawn couldn't have been happier about that statement and he showed it by doing everything the doctor asked him to while he removed it. As the last of the tube was removed, Shawn let out some painful hacking coughs before taking a deep breath.

Juliet had taken his hand. "Shawn, are you okay?" The other's looked on as well.

A few seconds later and Shawn was able to give a breathy response, "Yeah… yeah I think I'll be okay."

The doctor nodded. "He should be out of the woods now. The infection is clearing up nicely and we'll be able to tell in a couple days how long he'll need to stay here."

"Thanks Doc." Shawn smiled and turned his eyes to Juliet. "Hey sweetie… I could really use a smoothie." Even though he could talk, they'd gotten pretty good at non-verbal communication over the past few days, and his eyes told her that he wanted some time to talk to his dad.

Getting it, Juliet let go of his hand and motioned for Gus to join her. "I'm thinking you want a smoothie too Gus."

"Nah, I'm fine." Gus shook his head. He wanted to stay with Shawn.

Shawn rolled his eyes. "Gus." *Cough* "Don't be a fourteenth wheel. Go get a smoothie."

Gus gave Shawn an annoyed Tsk and reluctantly followed Juliet out of the room.

Finally alone, Shawn let the mask he'd been holding in place for his friends' sake drop and gave his father a grumpy pout. "You're an idiot."

Henry's eyebrows raised. "Oh, and I suppose you're one to talk. You probably would have done the same thing in my place."

Shawn huffed out a breath and adjusted to a more comfortable position, "Semantics."

"Fine, I'll admit I went a little overboard, but we got him right?" Henry put a hand on Shawn's shoulder and gave it a comforting squeeze.

Shawn nodded. He was just really happy that his dad and Juliet were okay. Looking up at his dad he asked, "Did you really set off an explosion?"

Henry gaped at Shawn. He'd said that to Gus when his son was supposed to be out cold. "You weren't asleep were you?"

"No. I'm glad you're okay though. My girl really saved the day didn't she…" Shawn's voice trailed off. Now that the tube was gone, he was actually pretty comfortable. "You can tell Jules to hold off on that smoothie." He yawned and groaned at the pain it caused.

Henry chuckled and watched as his son. Shawn was almost asleep when Woody, who must have gotten done examining Drake's body, came in with another body bag. "Hey there! How is Shawn feeling?"

Shawn sat up and gave him a confused look, while Henry stood and stomped to the door. "I told you last time Strode! OUT!" He shut the door in Woody's face once again.

"What was that about?" Shawn asked.

"Nothing…"

Henry was interrupted by knocking at the window and a muffled voice calling out. "I'll stick around just in case!" He waved the body bag and gave a thumbs up.

"STRODE!" Henry shouted and bolted out the door, chasing the coroner down the hallway.

I must have missed something there. Shawn mused to himself and hunkered back down into his soft blankets, content that his loved ones were safe and justice had been served. Speaking of served, I wonder when they breakfast is…


END NOTES: All done guys! Thank all of you guys for the great reviews and for sticking with it!

I had to have Woody in that last part. He is so random. Anyway, I also tried to flesh out Jerry Carp's motive a bit and explain why the hell a guy who has shot guns for most of his life couldn't kill someone three feet away. Seriously, once I thought about it the holes in this episode were nuts! Sometimes I really wish they wouldn't sacrifice so much substance for comedy, but we all got to see BadassShawn! So it's all forgivable..

OH! And anyone else notice a pattern to the last names in the episode? Vest, Carp, Atwater, Drake... all having to do with fishing. Lol