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Lassiter wouldn't admit that he was scared. Last time Yin had surfaced he had managed to orchestrate the death of a man he begrudgingly called a friend and had grown to actually respect. Yin was smart, there was no doubt about it. Yin had managed to cause doubt that it was him to begin with so they had been two steps behind from the start. It was a game of catch up. Lassiter was no profiler but even he could make the connection that Yin planned things meticulously, perhaps seeing Yang would be the curve ball they needed. Perhaps Yin planned for that too. Lassiter let out a deep breath and pushed his foot against the accelerator slightly harder. He would not underestimate his opponent, he had a horrible instinct they were playing into his hands and that Allison had been a dead girl walking from the moment she had been chosen. He shook his head trying to wipe that thought from his mind, he was a detective and he would do anything he could to save her.
"Turn here" Juliet instructed from the passenger seat.
Lassiter followed her instructions and turned the wheel. The facility was within sight and he wasted no time in parking, parking illegally by the entrance. This was no time no try and find a parking space.
They marched inside quickly and introduced themselves to the front desk. They were expected.
"Follow me" the receptionist instructed,
She lead them through to what was essentially a changing room. Tall silver lockers ran along one wall and a bench along another. To the side was a wardrobe that was filled with white overalls.
"Please put these over your clothing before you head through. She gets overly stimulated by colour"
Juliet grabbed the overalls straight away and her partner sighed. She handed him the overalls and he slipped them over what he was wearing. Juliet's was quite large and she rolled up the trousers by her ankles so she wouldn't trip, followed by the sleeves.
Once they were ready they followed the receptionist once more to a narrow corridor, she took a set of keys form her belt and opened the door.
"Please try not to disturb our other patients" she asked, "yell if you need anything or there are emergency switches on the walls which calls support in seconds"
Lassiter nodded and Juliet thanked her. She closed the door and locked them in causing both detectives to tense slightly. They didn't like this at all.
It wasn't hard to find Yang's cell, they seemed to be in a block that contained four patients and Yang's was the first cell they approached.
Yang saw them before they saw her, she smiled smugly and continued to play with the blue exercise ball. The blue ball was a stark contrast to the rest of the cell which was bathed in white.
"Yang" Lassiter greeted harshly.
Yang went wide eyes and grinned at both guests, "Visitors!" She squealed excitedly, grinning madly.
"It's lovely to see you Juliet" Yang grinned staring at the detective, "I'm glad Shawn got my message"
Juliet flinched at her harsh gaze and at the statement itself. What message? Or was she just trying to play games.
"Speaking of Shawn" Lassiter began, taking a copy of the photograph from inside his jacket and showing it to Yang..
Her expression instantly melted as she stared at the photo and for a second Juliet thought that Yang looked...sane.
"Such an old photo" Yang dismissed with a hand, "he was such a sweet boy" her expression filled with mischief and delight. Yang was loving tormenting the detectives, she was the one in the cell but they were ones who were in the dark.
"Where was this taken?" Lassiter demanded forcefully, trying to direct her attention into answering the question.
"Hmmmmm" she hummed with her eyes closed, she didn't say anything for several seconds before her eyes snapped open and she asked "why?"
Lassiter felt like strangling the woman, it was a good thing that he was already in a cell.
"Yin" Juliet spoke quietly, her eyes looking up at Yang who was now studying her curiously.
Yang seemed to contemplate this, "What's in it for me?"
"What's in it for you?" Lassiter repeated in disbelief.
She smirked and stood up to look him in the eye, "I'm not willing to tell you where that photo was taken...but I may be willing to show you. For a price"
"What price?" Juliet demanded instantly. Lassiter looked over at his partner, they shouldn't even be entertaining this. There was no way that they would ever get clearance to release Yang from her cell.
"I want a new picture" she demanded, "that one is far too old"
Juliet frowned, " A picture?"
Yang nodded enthusiastically, sitting down again on her blue exercise ball and bouncing like a child with too much energy.
"Of me and Shawn to go in my cell"
Lassiter froze, "Shawn's dead Yang"
Yang stopped bouncing, "NO HE ISN'T! I WILL HAVE A NEW PICTURE WITH HIM OR I WONT TELL YOU WHERE THE GIRL IS!"
Juliet froze, "The girl?"
"What do you know about the girl?" Lassiter demanded, his gaze ripping into her violently.
Yang didn't flinch, "I know many things" she replied in an airy voice, seemingly lost to the voices in the her head.
The conversation was cut short when Lassiter's phone started to vibrate and he reached to answer it, turning his back to the cell.
X
Previously at the station.
Madeline came running in like a mad woman, shouting that she had to see the Chief. Officers attempted to calm her down but she was having none of it. When the Chief heard who it was causing all the fuss and left her office and followed the commotion.
She stood facing the woman with her arms folded and a raised eyebrow, anyone could tell she did not look impressed.
"I forgot about my Polaroid camera" Madeline insisted, no one was as of yet following her. She gave a small scream before thrusting a photograph at the Chief. "I found it!" She screamed.
The Chief accepted the photograph tentatively as officers moved in to restrain her and almost dropped it in shock when she recognised it. This was the photograph.
"Let her go" she instructed, "Thank you"
She finally seemed to calm down, "Can you tell Henry for me... he won't speak to me at the moment"
The Chief gave a small nod. It was time to make some calls.
The first thing she did was give the photo to one of the desk officers. Perkins.
"I want to know where this house is, pronto"
"Yes Chief" the officer gave a small salute before scanning the image.
She dialled Henry's number and he answered almost immediately.
"Perfect timing Karen. He's awake"
"How is he? What does he remember?"
"What ever he was drugged with seemed to have taken the past few hours from his memory. He remembers Maddie arriving and then it goes blank"
"Great... Speaking of Maddie she just arrived at the station acting like a mad woman"
"God, I''m so sorry"
"Don't be. She found the photo Henry. From an old Polaroid camera. I've got someone scanning the image to find the house it was taken in front of. Hopefully we'll have a location very soon"
"Chief..."
"Don't worry, I know I couldn't keep you away. Another officer is already stationed at the hospital and knows to come up when or if you guys left"
She could almost feel the grin through the phone.
"I need to update my detectives. I'll text you the location when I have it"
She hung up the phone before there was any response.
"Chief!" Jenkins shouted. She rushed over to his desk where he meekly handed her a piece of paper. It was a print out of an advert for a house. She recognised it instantly. This was the house.
"Good work"
She wasted no more time and dialled the head detectives number.
"Lassiter"
"We've got the location of where the photo was taken. I'm sending it through to you now. This is most likely where Yin is holding the girl. I'm sending reinforcements now but you are closest so you can secure the perimeter with caution"
"Yes Chief"
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