Sweet Surrender

Summary: "I want to see just how human Patrick has become, and you Teresa, will help me." L/J

Disclaimer: If I owned The Mentalist we'd all be in trouble, I mean—think of the situations I would put Jane and Lisbon in? *shivers*

Spoilers: Immediately following 2x08 or "His Right Red Hand"

Warnings: Language

"I looked away
Then I look back at you
You try to say
The things that you can't undo"

--Fall to Pieces, Avril Lavinge

Her eyes were open, vision hazy and trying to fight the heaviness in her eyelids as she watched Red John slink in and out of her vision—darting between the darkness and the light of the hovel, Jane still unconscious and resting peacefully for the moment as every once in a while Red John would stop to pause and stare at Jane, and then his eyes would flicker toward her as if she was going to behave any different than she was already acting.

Whatever he had done to her had only given her an adrenaline boost, something to keep her awake after her strange dreams of swirling colors and the twirling hues of fear which had consumed every bit of darkness from her vision, and for once, she felt safe—as if Red John couldn't touch her here, and that feeling gave her the inch of strength, mentally she needed to fight off whatever he had planned next for the both of them.

"—bon." Sluggish. Everything was hazy, and warm as if whoever was speaking had buried their head deep in the bottom of a well. "…do to her?" She flickers her eyes over to Red John, amusement written all over his visible features as she watches his mouth move, she can read his lips behind the hazy sluggishness.

"Same thing I've done to you once before." Red John explained.

"—ex with a drugged female makes for a much better time, doesn't it?" Jane?

"I have no desire to touch her." Red John responded, arms over his chest. "Why would I do that?" Red John shook his hooded head. "Patrick, I thought we've been over this…." whatever caused Lisbon from focusing was suddenly gone, and she could hear Jane's response perfectly.

"Let her go." His soft voice pleaded. "You've gotten what you want."

"Do I?" Red John questioned, just as soft. "Do I? Because I'm under the direct interpretation that you're in love with her" Jane didn't respond. "I'll be back to take from you again tonight, and by then—you better have your priorities straight because if you don't…" Red John threatened, inching closer to Jane. "Things will get much worse for Teresa, and I doubt you want to see any part of her turn blue or purple for that matter." Jane struggled against his restraints, until Red John's next words had him stop struggling all together. "All you have to do is say the words and I'll set both of you free." Wasn't Red John's whole plan to fix the both of them, not to get anything else out of the plan? He was becoming more complicated each time he spoke to either of them, and Lisbon felt as if there was some part of this that she was missing. "I'll be back later." Red John left his parting.

"Well," Jane started. "I guess you'll be wide awake tonight." She couldn't quite manage to get her mouth to move, and he continued on. "I'm…"

"No." She managed. "For the last time, this isn't your fault."

"I'm going to give him what he wants." Jane replied, after a few moments of silence. "You'll have your chance to escape…"

"Jane…"

"—and once you escape, promise me something?" Lisbon stared at him, and he brought his eyes up to stare at her. "Lisbon!"

"What?" She breathed.

"Promise me that once you escape, you won't look back." She stared at him again. "Promise me, that no matter what happens—no matter what you hear or what you think, you won't look back." She didn't respond. "I need you to promise me."

"Why?" She questioned, and he shook his head. "Jane, tell me why?"

"Promise me."

"Tell me."

"I…" Jane began. "I can't, and you need to understand that." He turned away from her slightly, his head facing a different direction.

"Then, I can't promise you anything."

Authors' Notes of Importance:

First off, I need to apologize for the lack of updates for this story and I can't promise that I'll update the next chapter anytime soon, but all I can really say is that everything will be coming full circle for both of our lovely captives and the evasive Red John soon enough and also in the next few chapters we've got some fluff, and much darker waters ahead.

As always, thank you to all the reviews reads and adds—it's always amazing to find that someone other than me actually enjoys reading my stuff.