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Deep Crimson

Chapter 10: Alone Once Again

Teresa Lisbon

He hadn't driven off, but he left me. Left me laying there, alone; he could have stayed, but he didn't. I tried to believe him when he said he would be there for me, that he would save me, but I knew I would come second, always second. I knew all along and yest I still let myself hope. I always did that, and every time it always got me hurt. I just couldn't learn, could I? And once he left my body there, I felt it, finally felt the lies become true. My eyes opened, the poison effect was wearing off, I could move, breathe, talk. Feel. I struggled to a sitting position, my body throbbed, I had cut and bruises everywhere. Blood stained my clothes, I was in no shape to do much of anything, but somehow I pushed that aside. The betrayal, the hurt, it pushed me to go forward, to move. I looked over my body, none of the cuts were lethal, I wouldn't even need stitches. From a sitting position I grabbed the boulder to help me up, I had to get away from here. From Jane.

The loss and betrayal stung, yes, but it wasn't something I hadn't felt before, that I wasn't used to. The first few steps I took were unstable, every muscle in my body screamed in agony. I closed my eyes, letting the feeling on emotions wash over me, relishing it. I knew once I was alone, once the adrenaline wore off, I would feel the emptiness again. It would wash over me completely, drowning every other emotion, leaving me as and empty shell, alone once again.

Patrick Jane's POV

It, she had been right there, right in front of him. She had been within his grasp the whole time, and he had just let her go. He had just given up, lost all hope. He had felt her pulse, in was nonexistent, she had been dead. All the facts were there, yet he found himself doubting himself, he found himself doing something he hadn't done in what felt like years, he felt hope. But, the thing he had found with hope, it was the ultimate downfall. It lifted your spirits, just to crash them down again. To leave you completely, to turn it's back and forget everything, it happened every time. But if she was alive, if, then he would've had left her all alone. Again. She would have been alone once again.

The Team's POV

They had seen it, the look of pure horror on Jane's face. He had seen her body, felt her pulse, she had been dead, and now she, her body was gone. Disappeared into thin air. Gone. All of them felt the tiniest shred of hope, that maybe, just maybe she would be alive and it wasn't just someone cleaning up their mess. No one knew what she had been through, not even Patrick Jane could know, the only people who knew were missing in action. Teresa Lisbon and Red John. One was injured, possibly dead, and the other, the other had never been caught, and no one even knew his real identity. So basically, they were screwed, and they knew it.

But, the thought that clawed into each of their minds, maybe wasn't the worst, but it was certainly in no way good. If she wasn't dead, if, then there was a good possibility that she knew Jane was there, that she knew he had left her body there. And if she did know that, it could be the reason they had no body, no Teresa Lisbon. The team knew that over the last few months, what with the Red John case being taken from them, with Sam Bosco and his team being murdered, the other cases, and with Jane being taken and then saved by Red John they had grown closer. To really trust each other. And this, if she knew, would destroy all of that. Possibly permanently. Lisbon had been through a lot recently, even if they all didn't know what exactly, they could see that it was affecting her, and Jane leaving her there wasn't going to help. It would hurt, possibly more than anything else she had been experiencing lately. She would've been left alone once again.

A/N: So, it was shorter than the last few chapters, but it worked. Thank you for reading, and reviews make me update faster.