"Jane she's gone!" Van Pelt yelled when she got back to the office. Jane stood up and looked from Lisbon to Van Pelt.
"I thought you said she was in an interview room?" he snapped at Lisbon but Van Pelt answered instead:
"I just saw her running out of here"
Jane paced up and down in front of his brown leather sofa, his hands on his head, racking his brain for where she would have gone.
"Which way was she heading?" Patrick asked her.
"She went left when she got outside. Why?" Van Pelt asked him.
"I don't know why! I just want to know where she was seen last!" Jane roared.
"It must be Red John" Lisbon said "she hasn't done it voluntary, not after I brought her back here. Jane, think. Where would Red John want her to go?"
Jane stood still, thinking for a moment. When it came to Red John he didn't chose where to kill people randomly. He always had a hidden agenda; he wants people to know they are never safe, regardless of where they are. Safety was the key and Patrick knew it. Where did Lucy feel safest? She felt safe with Patrick; he was her dad and would protect her regardless of anything. But Patrick didn't have Lucy. Lucy was always at home with Patrick...home...maybe. Maybe, Red John had got her at home. He had done that with Louise, he killed her at Patrick's first home and so it would make sense to kill Lucy at her home, it would show to Patrick that no matter where he was, he could not protect the ones he loved.
"She's at home" Patrick said quickly "It's the only place I can think of where he would go..."
"At least it's somewhere. Cho, Rigsby, Van Pelt, we're going now. Van Pelt, on the way I want you to alert the local police that Red John has Lucy"
With that the team began to run towards the car in the parking lot. Patrick couldn't believe this had happened. He had gotten his daughter again but this time she had gone by herself. She hadn't been dragged there by him; she had run off to him. Jane couldn't quite understand why she had done this...was it him? Had he pushed her away? Did she think that she couldn't talk to him about it? He hated himself for what he had said to her. The drive there seemed to be long and slow, despite the fact that Cho was breaking the speed limit. When they arrived there the house was quiet. Jane jumped out of the car and ran into the house first; he didn't care about procedure anymore. He wanted his daughter.
"Lucy!" he cried into the house. He couldn't hear anything or see her anywhere. Was he wrong? Was it too late and she was somewhere else? Jane ran upstairs and checked all the rooms; he then went back downstairs and looked out of the patio window. He could see two faint figures on the beach. One had blonde hair and that was good enough for him. Jane slid the window open and ran onto the patio and down the uneven stairs, taking them two at a time. When he got onto the beach he saw Lucy on the floor...underneath him. Rage boiled up inside of Patrick and he ran over to her. Red John didn't hear anyone approach them but Lucy could make out the figure of her father from the corner of her eye. Lucy sighed in relief. He was here. As soon as Patrick had gotten there he picked Red John up by his collar and threw him off his daughter and onto the floor.
"Get you filthy hands off her you scumbag!" Patrick yelled as Red John tumbled onto the sand. Red John was quick and he stood up, looking at Jane. He smiled. It was all too perfect, he had both the Jane's together.
"Mr. Jane...what a pleasant surprise" Red John greeted him. Lucy sat up on the sand and looked up at her father.
"If you ever hurt her again...I swear..." Patrick threatened him.
Lisbon had heard Jane's voice come from outside and as she stood looking down onto the beach she could see Lucy's blonde hair and Jane. He was stood opposite Red John.
"Cho! Rigsby! Van Pelt! The beach!" Lisbon shouted and began to run down the stairs.
"So Mr. Jane...you have backup" Red John said as he stared at Lisbon "too scared to finish me off yourself?"
Patrick looked at Red John before punching him in the face. Red John stumbled backwards but he laughed. He then lunged for Patrick who attempted to smack him in the face again but he failed and Red John flung him to the floor and kicked him in the stomach. Lucy stood up and began to clumsily stumble towards her father who was moaning in pain. Before she got to him she heard the clicking sound of a gun.
"Stay there bitch" Red John shouted as he pointed the gun at her. Lucy stood where she was and looked down at her father.
"Don't hurt him...please...kill me...!" Lucy begged him but Red John laughed.
"Oh I intend to kill you after I have had a chance to enjoy you fully without interruptions" he said and kicked Jane in the stomach again.
"No!" Lucy shouted and ran a hand through her hair in despair; she looked away from the painful sight of her father.
"Drop the gun!" Lisbon shouted as she approached the scene. Cho and Rigsby were to the left of her and Van Pelt was behind Lucy. Lucy looked at the sight. Red John was cornered.
"Agent Lisbon" Red John greeted and Lisbon repeated:
"Drop the gun"
Red John kept the gun pointed at Jane who was in the floor, wheezing in pain.
"I don't believe it" Red John whispered "you've caught me"
"So drop the gun!" Lisbon shouted again. Red John laughed and pointed the gun at Lucy again who sobbed loudly.
"May as well go out with a bang" Red John said and then he turned the gun back to Jane and the next thing Lucy heard was a bang and a cry of pain from her father.
"No!" Lucy yelled and began to run to Jane but Van Pelt grabbed onto her upper arms and dragged her back. Lisbon, Cho and Rigsby opened fire on Red John who then dropped his gun and collapsed next to Jane. Lucy struggled in Van Pelt's grasp and with the last amount of strength she had she got out her grip and ran over to her father.
"Dad...dad..." she said and knelt in the pool of blood which was coming from his stomach "dad...dad...please..."
Lisbon was dialling for an ambulance in the background whilst Rigsby was knelt next to Lucy and he had tied his jacket in a ball and was trying to stop the blood flow from Patrick's stomach. Patrick couldn't believe the pain he was in. He looked up into the eyes of his daughter who was crying.
"Lucy..." he gasped "I'm sorry..."
"No" Lucy snapped sadly "don't say goodbye to me. You're going to get through this"
Jane didn't say anything and instead he felt everything turn numb.