Chapter 9
Cho, Jane, Lisbon and Jones arrived at the crime scene with the unpleasant feeling that their team got smaller and smaller with the time. Jane felt worst of all of them because he knew that it was his fault. Red John wanted revenge although he already got it.
But this crazy psychopath never stopped. Because it was fun to him, murdering was fun, seeing Jane suffering was fun. Jones knew, that somehow Red John felt related to Jane, he loved him. They were so similar, they both could perfectly be charming and manipulate others. She knew the comparison, Jane had so much in common with Red John, more than he would ever think.
John was in love with Jane, as John was the male form of the name Jane. They just fitted together, they could be twins in character. Both were so intelligent men, knowing all risks and knowing what to do. Red John was the evil twin of Jane, it was funny that Jane never noticed such a relation between them.
The four agents entered the motel room all wondering who of them was going to die next. It seemed like the last vengeance of Red John, judgment day for Jane. They walked into the bathroom and directly looked at a grinning, bloody face.
'I can't believe Rigsby worked for this psychopath' Cho muttered and pointed at the bloody writing below the smiley.
'He is…what?' Jane read. 'Ma…M-A…is this an R or an N?' Jane asked.
'No idea. That's what we're supposed to find out' Cho explained.
'Doesn't make any sense for me' Lisbon said.
'Heismar or Heisman…what about He is married?' Jones proposed silently. She tried to play the still-under-shock-agent as Rigsby had tried to kill her only an hour ago.
'Could be possible, but what does it mean?' Cho asked.
'That I'm supposed to look for a married man' Jane said. 'I think we're finished here' he added and walked out of the room.
'When did it happen?' Jones asked.
'About one and a half hours ago' Cho informed her.
'Then he was here when Rigsby called him' Jones mentioned.
The other two agents nodded. 'The only question is who of us is going to die next' Cho said.
Lisbon looked at him as if he has gone mad.
'It's obvious. Red John is eliminating everybody who is close to Jane, starting with his team' Cho explained.
Jones nodded agreeing.
'What about my brothers?' Lisbon asked.
'That was just because you provoked him' Jones said.
Now it was Cho's turn to nod.
'Okay, we'll all stay together so that Red John won't have a chance' Lisbon ordered.
'And how long? Red John has time. We can't watch ourselves all the time. He waits until we get careless and then he hits' Jones muttered.
'I don't know. But for the next time, we'll stay all together. We don't want to make it that easily for him, do we?' Lisbon said but she wasn't convinced by her plan either.
'At least, we don't have a mole inside left' Cho shrugged without knowing that he was so wrong.
'He is married…he is married…he is married…'
'We know that, Jane' Lisbon said nerved.
Jane looked up. He lay on his couch, like always. Lisbon had moved into the office, she used Rigsby's desk. She wanted to feel closer to the team as they were only four people left.
'Red John will return soon' Jane mentioned.
'Hasn't he done enough for quite a while?' Jones asked.
'No' Jane was sure. 'He told us that he was married. He wants us to search further and as we don't have any clue he'll give us a new hint.'
'For example?' Cho asked without any impression in his face.
'I don't know' Jane had to admit.
'Perhaps kill the next member of this team' Jones said bored while staring on her computer.
'He has no moles in CBI left' Jane muttered.
'How do you know this? He can still have a man inside' Jones reminded him.
'However' Lisbon started. 'We shouldn't focus on this. We have only each other and we know that Red John is outside. He will grab the next opportunity to hurt one of us.'
'So you agree to my hypothesis that he will soon come back' Jane laughed.
'Yes. But I am tired now and I go home. We should all go home. Jane and Cho, you pay attention to each other. Jones, you stay over at my house, okay?' She nodded and the two girls left the house.
'Do you think they get along?' Jane asked watching them both walking away.
'If they don't start a chick-fight, yes' Cho mentioned and shut off the electricity of his computer monitor.
Lisbon closed the door behind her and the two women went into the living room.
'So, what now?' Lisbon asked and both sat down on the couch.
'Lisbon, there is something I have to tell you' Jones started.
The boss looked at her. 'Tell me.'
Jones sighed and pulled out the ring that was on her necklace. It had hung down inside her blouse so that it hasn't been visible.
'You…you're married?' Lisbon asked surprised.
She was nineteen years old, she seemed to be a bit too young to marry.
She nodded. 'But there's something else…my husband…'
'Tell me.'
'I am her husband' Lisbon heard a voice and turned around.
She was shocked when she saw a man in a black cloak. He put away his hood and Lisbon saw his face.
'Who are you?' Lisbon asked slowly and not understanding what this meant.
'You know me under the name Red John' the man explained in his neutral and slimy voice.
Rachel smiled and pulled out her knife.
Lisbon turned around sharply. This can't be true, it must be a nightmare, she thought. 'No' she whispered.
'Oh yes' the man explained. 'You will die. First, because you called me names in publicity and second, because it will hurt Jane. He loves you. I watched you, night for night. And yes, Rigsby was my man, but Rachel, too. And you trusted her, so stupid. You're such a fool, Teresa. And now you'll pay for it. You always underestimated me. You never suspected Rachel, the newest member of your team.'
Red John smiled when he saw Rachel's knife shimmering in the moonlight. 'Dear Teresa, I'm so sorry but this will be the last thing you see on earth. You will leave us very soon.'
'No' Lisbon whispered but Rachel was faster. She grabbed her arm and threw her down on the floor.
She pulled her over where she had more space. Rachel sat on Lisbon and bent down to her.
'You love Jane. And he loves you. It's such a tragedy that it has to end like this' she hissed and Lisbon saw the madness flashing in her deep black eyes.
Coldness, no warmth, emotionless, she absolutely fitted into Red John's character. Both psychopathic, sadistic, mad men.
'Listen to me, Rachel. You are a good woman. You don't have to do this. Red John doesn't love you, he plays with you and one day he will kill you, too' she tried to say that calm but her fear was unmistakable.
'Don't even try that, Teresa. This is ridiculous and pathetic' Red John answered.
It was funny, actually, Lisbon thought. She would have never guessed Red John to look like that. She couldn't describe it but he looked so much different from her imagination. But there was no mistake, this was Red John.
And his wife was about to kill her. She saw the knife shimmering in the bright moon light. Rachel tore her blouse apart and set down the knife.
She cut in a pattern and the blood sputtered out of the wound. She made deep scratches and the red, thick liquid flowing down her pale body.
It hurt like hell and she yelled like she has never done before.
Why didn't anybody hear her? Why didn't anybody listen to her?
'You can scream as much as you want, Teresa. It won't help you' Red John said calmly and sat down on the edge of the sofa.
He watched his wife torturing Lisbon as if it was the late evening news. He smiled seeing Lisbon suffering. Rachel cut open Lisbon's trousers and removed it. She smiled while scratching her legs and started de-skinning her feet.
The puddle of blood grew bigger and bigger and Lisbon felt like losing consciousness all the time. Unfortunately, she didn't and Rachel continued with her devil's work.
'You evil bitch' Lisbon cried.
She felt tears running down her cheek and mixing with the blood.
Rachel laughed looking into her scared face.
'You have no idea' she whispered.
'You have no idea how much fun this is' she hissed and stabbed the knife deep into Lisbon's arm.
Then she put the knife into her mouth. Lisbon tried to turn her head away but Rachel held it with her left hand.
'Do you know the Glasgow method?' she asked like a crazy woman asks you.
Lisbon wanted to shake her head.
'No? No?' Rachel repeated. 'I give you a hint. It is very famous,…ah, it was used on the Joker…you know the Batman stories, don't you?'
Lisbon didn't react.
'Answer her' Red John said calmly in his slimy and evil voice.
Lisbon nodded trying not to be cut by the knife while doing so.
'Great' Rachel decided and slashed Lisbon's face from the edge of her mouth to shortly under the ears.
Blood drowned out like a waterfall, it wasn't stoppable. Lisbon hit wildly around with her arms and screamed as much as her open mouth allowed it. 'Sshhht' Rachel whispered.
'Come here, the other side now…' She took Lisbon's head again and set the knife back into her mouth.
With strenuous effort she cut the other side open, too. Lisbon defended herself as much as she could but she was weakened by the torture before. She tried to escape but the nineteen year old girl was too strong.
She waited until Lisbon got calmer again and stared at her face. She lay on the floor and didn't move any more. She must have entered the phase where the victim didn't try to protect herself so much, where it started to understand that any resistance was futile.
'Okay, I'm very glad you finally understood that you have not the slightest chance' Rachel said in a calm voice.
'And now, let's have a bit of fun.'
Rachel pulled out a device that Lisbon didn't recognize at once. But she remembered when the crazy woman started denailing her finger nails. It didn't stop bleeding and hurt as hell.
Lisbon couldn't endure it, it was too much for her. 'Stop! Stop it!' she screamed in panic.
'As long as you still can scream, I haven't tortured you enough' Rachel hissed.
Lisbon looked into her eyes, nothing warm to detect in there. She was an ice-cold killer. That didn't bring her much hope. After having ten nails lying on the floor, Rachel continued cutting off Lisbon's skin.
The bloody patterns were barely to recognize as everything was covered in blood. The dark-brown liquid was sputtering around and Rachel's blouse and jeans were all covered by it. Her face was deep red already, too.
Lisbon couldn't stand it, she wanted to escape this laugh of eternity. When did she have enough? When would she release her?
'It's enough. It's enough…' Lisbon muttered and felt herself getting weaker.
She gave up fighting, gave up defending herself, she gave up hope. This was the end, she thought.
She didn't have a single point on her body that didn't hurt and that wasn't drowned in blood. Finally, Rachel reached her neck, cut deeply into it and Lisbon hoped so much that she killed her now.
But instead, Rachel licked up the blood from the knife and smiled.
'Your blood tastes good. Perhaps I should fill it into a bottle and keep some for later' she said and laughed shortly the typical mad laugh.
She stood up slowly. Lisbon couldn't move.
She watched Rachel putting her knife away, Red John standing up, too and giving his wife a kiss on the lips.
Lisbon wanted to say something, something snidely but she couldn't. She was too weak for it. She wanted to forget, she wanted to leave.
The both killers stared down at her, the joy could be easily read on their faces.
This was the last thing that Teresa Lisbon saw forever on this world.
Her view got blurry and then black. She heard a laugh and then she had a voice.
'I don't leave you. I love you.' It was Jane.
Suddenly, Lisbon had to laugh. It was Jane, rescuing her. 'I come' she said cheerfully.
'I come.'
But then, she noticed that she was dead, and left the world forever.
Because she was dead.
Okay, it's very hard to destroy Jisbon but as both Red John and Jane are still alive, the hunt will go on. And when Jane finds out what Red John (and his wife) did to his beloved Teresa, he will fight like never before to finally find and destroy Red John as he destroyed him. By the way, I just finished the third season and watched the analysis of Red John. I'm sorry if this one still has a few gaps but I try to make the Red John in my stories as close to the Red John in the series but like RJ himself, this still develops. I do not own anything.
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