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Red John sat in his chair watching the news. It was becoming an increasingly more worrying situation. He had decided to let the girl live if Jane made it in time but now she could ID him, which wasn't good. Maybe he'd have one of his so called friends take care of her. He grinned evilly...
Jane stood up angrily, he still couldn't sleep! No matter how hard he tried sleep constantly eluded him, chased away by his guilt or misery. He looked down at his new watch, 4am. He groaned, ages till Holly would be up. What the hell could you actually do in a hospital at 4am?
He paced the room still desperately trying and failing to calm down enough to sleep, he was just so on edge and he was so tired. They'd have to replace his blood with caffine if he couldn't sleep soon! He stopped pacing as Holly turned in her sleep, at least she was doing okay, better than him anyway.
He noticed Cho outside the door and his curiousity piqued, went to see why he was there.
"Hey Cho,"
"Hey Jane. What you doing up?"
"Can't sleep. You?" from Cho's face he could tell it wasn't good news.
"Grandma just died,"
"I'm sorry," he said sincerely, Cho and Ling were good people it wasn't really fair but then when was life ever? He heard someone behind him and spun around, it was some male nurse he didn't recognize and he was about to go into Holly's room.
"What are you doing?" Jane asked fighting a yawn.
"Checking on your daughter," he replied shiftily.
"No one else ever checked on her at 4am," Jane continued moving between the nurse and the door.
"Maybe you were asleep,"
"I haven't slept since before the attack," Jane noticed suddenly a small knife behind the nurse's hand, "why does a nurse need a knife?"
The man's eyes widened and he jabbed the blade at Jane catching him in the side, Jane gasped as pain shot through him and he fell on the floor clutching his side.
"CBI, put your hands in the air!" yelled Cho pointing his gun at the nurse, the nurse without hesitation suddenly cut his own throat, "I guess that solves that," Cho muttered as knelt beside Jane.
"Check on Holly!" Jane snapped, trying and failing to hide his pain. Cho opened the door to find Holly already standing there.
"What happened Cho? I heard yelling," Holly looked as worried as she sounded.
"Good Hol, you're okay," Jane felt his vision start to swim with black spots, "take care of Holly Cho, don't leave her..." Jane trailed off as he blacked out, he heard both Cho and Holly call his name but couldn't stay wake anymore...
Holly rushed past Cho when Jane stopped talking. He went back into the corridor and called for help. Holly sat beside Jane crying for him to wake up, Cho pulled her away gently as the doctors rushed around to see to him. Cho got out his phone and called Lisbon, he had to tell her what had happened, he was sure it was linked to Red John.
"Where are you taking my Dad? I wanna go with," Holly yelled at the doctors.
"I'm sorry doctors only kid, you wait out here with that guy," one of them answered her and rushed away with Jane. Cho gripped Holly's hand to stop her going after him, she was shaking badly.
"Why don't we go back into your room?" he said gently.
"What the hell Cho?" barked Lisbon, "You ring me up at 4am to ask me to sleep with you?"
"I wasn't talking to you," Cho explained.
"Then who were you talking to?" Holly asked suspiciously, she looked just like Jane when she did that.
"I was talking to you Holly,"
"My name isn't Holly!" Lisbon yelled down the phone.
"I know who you are,"
"Obviously," Holly said continuing to look like Jane, "you've been talking to me and Daddy all day," Holly promptly broke into tears, Cho bent down awkwardly to comfort her, he wasn't great with kids.
"It's okay,"
"You woke me up to tell me every-thing's okay?" Lisbon sounded angrier by the sentence.
"No," Cho replied beginning to feel exasperated.
"No? He's going to die!" Holly cried harder.
"So why did you call me?" Lisbon snapped.
"Would both of you be quiet! Please? Lisbon hang on a sec, I'll explain in a minute. Holly, your Dad is going to be fine, he's not going to die. You have to believe that Holly, I know you've been through alot but you have to be strong okay?" his words seemed to sink in as Holly calmed down. He turned his attention back to Lisbon, "there was an attempt on Holly Jane's life, Patrick Jane got stabbed instead. The assailant slit his throat when I pulled my gun on him, that's why I called you," Cho hung up without another word and sighed with relief.
They went over into two vaccant waiting chairs and sat down waiting in silence until he saw Lisbon striding up the corridor.
"Well? What happend exactly?"
"It's polite to say `hello,`" complained Holly sounding eerily like Jane again, "pleased to meet you Agent Teresa Lisbon, CBI," Holly held out her hand to a dumbfounded Lisbon who shook her hand slowly.
"How did you know my name?"
"I'm psychic. I get it from my Dad," Holly grinned. Yep, Cho thought, she was definitely Jane's daughter.
"But..." Lisbon still looked bewildered.
"She saw you on the news," Cho told her, putting her out of her misery.
"Oh,"
"This is Holly Jane by the way Lisbon," Cho introduced.
"Oh,"
"Are you sure you're awake?" Holly asked innocently.
"Yes, I'm fine," to Cho's relief she finally seemed to compose herself, "so come over here and tell me what happened," Lisbon motioned with her arm as Cho stood up.
"You're going away?" Holly moaned, "Daddy told you not to leave me, it was the last thing he said," for a minute Cho thought she'd cry again but she remained composed.
"We'll only be over there Holly and I don't think Jane-" Cho was cut off by a familiar voice.
"What don't I think?" Jane asked stepping forward, he flashed one of his handsome smiles at them all as Holly ran over to him and hugged him, he lifted her up and she hugged him tighter, still holding the IV in her other hand. He certainly made an entrance Cho thought and a recovery, he was wearing one of those three piece suits and looked completely fine, well except the rings under his eyes.
"And you must be the infamous Lisbon," he continued happily turning to Lisbon.
"And you must be the infamous Patrick Jane," she retorted.
"I'm starved, anyone want some breakfast?" Jane asked grinning again.
"This is not a time for breakfast," Lisbon complained.
"I'm hungry," Holly piped, "don't pretend your not hungry Cho, I heard your tummy rumbling,"
"Okay I'm hungry too," Cho admitted, gaining a dark look from Lisbon.
"Care to join us Agent Lisbon?" Jane asked sweetly, "you must be hungry being woken so early,"
"Fine," Lisbon admitted grudgingly.
"Excellent, follow me then," Jane continued leading the way...
