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The team sat in the car as Lisbon floored it down the highway. "Jane, where are we going?" She asked as they continued.
Jane shrugged. "Just keep going. I'll let you know when we get close."
Lisbon was not keen on this answer, but decided to just focus on getting to wherever they were headed as fast as possible. The rest of the team was in the back seats, armed for any possible confrontations, while other police officers followed them down the road. With LaRoche's okay, everyone had gotten on board to find Sarah, although they were all silently praying that there actually was a girl to be found.
Jane led them off the highway onto the backroads, and Lisbon instantly recognized the road to the Park. She wondered what Jane was thinking, but he was too busy pointing out where to go to answer questions. They turned off the main road a little bit before the campsite, and followed the twisting road for about ten minutes. Finally, they arrived at a small clearing that had a cabin in the center of it, but no vehicles around.
Lisbon led the team as they broke the door down and found the inside of the cabin dark, but a comfortable temperature, as a small fire was merely coals now.
They found the lightswitch and searched the cabin. Cho finally found Sarah chained to a bed upstairs. They brought her down and paramedics checked her, while everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Lisbon turned to Jane.
"Okay, what happened?"
"What do you mean 'what'?"
"Who kidnaped Sarah?"
"Ah, that 'what.' Mr. Lampton and Helen did."
"What?" Lisbon was confused, as the rest of the them listened intently, "But they hate each other?"
Jane shrugged. "Their okay actors, but I saw right through it. Those two have been working together on crimes for a lot longer than they were supposedly 'married.'"
"He's right," Sarah spoke up, sitting up on the stretcher that she had been placed on as she was checked, "Those two wackos kidnaped me."
"Are they really your parents?" Lisbon asked, after getting an okay from one of the paramedics to question her.
"Yeah, but I haven't talked to either one of them since I turned eighteen. Those two are completely insane, and I practically ran out of the house once I was old enough just to get away from them."
"Why do you call them insane?"
"Because they would kidnap people and lock them in the basement until they got their ransom money, not just to get money but because they got a kick out of the thrill of the kidnaping and the possibility of killing their victims if their ransom was not made. They never actually killed anyone, but they dream about what it would be like to kill someone. They never hurt anyone, but I still remember hearing the people's cries for help from upstairs in my bedroom. I wanted to help them, but I was terrified of what my parents would do if I got caught. They would normally deprive me of food and even water for long periods of time if I so much as forgot to wash the dinner dishes. They never beat me, but I knew that if they had a good enough excuse they would take great pleasure in inflicting pain on me, that was the impression they gave."
"Why did they kidnap you?" VanPelt asked.
Sarah shook her head. "No idea. I was on my way to go hiking, but when I got to my regular trail, they grabbed me and forced me into their car and drove me here. My friends were all out of town, or I would have normally been hiking with them. They locked me up here and just left some water and bread for me to live on. I was terrified at how long they would be gone, but I couldn't break free."
Lisbon spoke up, "We found a bloodied shirt at the campsite where you were supposedly kidnaped. Do you know anything about that?"
Sarah pulled up her pant leg to a reveal a large bandage on her thigh. "They cut my leg here and soaked up the blood with a shirt I had in my bag for hiking. They bound it up good, but it still hurt like heck. But, thankfully that was all they did to me."
"Any idea where they are now?" Rigsby asked.
Sarah shrugged. "If they thought you were on to them, they probably fled. I have no idea if they have extra money or passports or anything for traveling. Sorry."
Lisbon nodded to the paramedics and they began to pull Sarah out. "Thank you, Sarah, for your help, and I promise that they will be caught prosecuted for what they did to you."
Sarah grabbed Jane's arm just before she was at the door. "Wait, were you the one to find me?"
"Well, kind of."
Sarah smiled. "Thank you, thank you everyone for finding me."
Jane gave her hand a squeeze before Sarah was taken outside to the ambulance. He turned back to the team. "Well, now that she is safe and on her way to the hospital, how about finding Bonnie and Clyde?"
Lisbon nodded. "Right, let's get to work."
The cabin was searched as Jane, Lisbon and the team went back to the station and sent out an notice for the arrest of Mr. Lampton and Helen. Everyone was on alert for the two, and Lisbon and the team scoured all the information they could get on the couple about any possible house in other states, passports, anything that might lead them to an arrest. After an all night of looking, they found nothing. They finally got a report that Helen's was seen at a gas station near the California-Mexico border an hour ago, but that was the only thing they could find. Lisbon realized that they could do nothing from where they were, as they were all dead tired from the late night. She decided to let everyone head home for a full rest, and then resume the search the next, hoping that Mexican authorities would help them in finding the two kidnapers.
Lisbon and Jane got in Jane's car and headed back to their apartment. Lisbon turned to Jane as they pulled to a stop at the traffic light. "So, what was that clue you kept talking about?"
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