The Present...

Shawn was running for his life. The smoothie stand down the street, which, by the way, had thee BEST pineapple smoothies in the history of France (according to Shawn), was about to shut down and he craved its delicious smoothie vendor (or as Shawn called him, Senor moo-stache), was starting to put his supplies away when Shawn reached his stand and gasped for air.

"One..Whew! one.. pineapple, smoothie," said Shawn as he tried to catch his breath. Senor moo-stache reached beneath his cart and into his freezer and pulled out an already made pineapple smoothie. Shawn looked up and smiled. "What would happen if i said i wanted a mangosity smoothie instead?" The vendor just gave him a blank stare. He reached over grabbed his smoothie and paid. Suddenly Shawn looked up and noticed that the usual milky white mustache upon the vendors face was no longer there. "Hey, you shaved the stache! I must say it really brings out your intimidation. I am now 5% more scared of you. O.K i lied its actually more like 15% but hey whose keeping track?" joked shawn. The vendor just tilted his head.

"No Habla Ingles," voiced the vendor.

"...Yea. But hey, that's what makes you a good listener," said shawn as he waved good bye and headed back to the psych office. The vendor just stared at the strange man as he walked away into the sunset.

About half a pineapple smoothie later, Shawn was back at the psych office and contemplating his next move when Gus walked in.

"Shawn, why weren't you picking up your phone!" yelled Gus the second he saw Shawn chilling behind his desk.

"I had an important client to deal with so i put my phone on vibrate," said Shawn smoothly.

"Yea, uh huh, ok. Did this clients name happen to rythme with the words Tineapple Roothie?" asked Gus, clearly annoyed that he had panicked over Shawn while he was enjoying a delicious treat without him. Which thanks to him, he now craved.

"Well look at you! Acting all psychic!" smiled Shawn.

"Shawn this is important! It's about Juliet!" exclaimed Gus. He walked back out of the office and got in his blueberry and waited for Shawn to join him. 5 seconds later...

"Dude, what about Juliet? Is she o.k?" worried Shawn. (Hook, line and sinker thought Gus) He started the car and took off to the station. "Dude, what happened?" Gus kept his mouth shut wanting to punish Shawn for his lack of phone retrieving until they reached the hospital. "Gus! tell me what happened!" Gus parked the car and turned it off.

"Okay first of all i want you to know Juliet is fine," said Gus. Shawn released the air that he seemed to be holding since he left. "Second of all, i need to know you will be able to restrain yourself. and third of all (gus held up his hand to stop Shawn from speaking) let this be a reminder from now on, you should have your phone on at all times."Gus got out of the car and closed the door as shawn followed his movements.

" Okay on the first note..." said Shawn. He reached over and punched Gus in the arm. ("Ow! hey!"said gus). "On the second note what do you mean restrain myself. Restrain myself from what?" Five minutes later... "New response to the second note. I make no promises." Gus had led Shawn to a hospital room containing Juliet, Lassiter, and a pretty brunette that was sitting on the bed.

"Shawn you are finally here!" said Juliet, standing up."What took you so long?"

"The spirits and i were having an argument on whether or not mangocity was a word," said Shawn. "But clearly this is more important!" He turned around and smiled at the young woman on the bed. She looked down at the floor. Shawn extended his hand out to her. "Shawn Spencer psychic detective." She shook his hand without looking up.

"I'm-" she started saying but Shawn cut her off.

"Wait, let me guess," he said. He put his forefingers to his temple and began following his surroundings in his mind. He saw a chair covered with dirty clothes. A broken necklace with the letter T on it, A tattoo on her right shoulder that looked like a dolphin, and remembered juliets face before they walked in. He opened his eyes and removed his fingers from his temple. He turned around and faced Juliet. "Why didn't you tell me your best friend from Miami was in town? I would have taken us all to the Pineapple Festival last weekend." He turned once more to the girl and took her hands. "I'm sorry you went through this traumatic event. Is it Tasha? Tisha? Taylor?.."

"Its Tammy," she said raising her head to face him. Thats when he noticed the severe bruising around her neck. He closed his eyes and focused.

"Was the man who strangled you repeatedly wearing a ring?" he asked. She looked at him surprised.

"You really are psychic,"replied Tammy. "I was just going to tell them about his college ring." She looked down once more remembering the event and shuddered as she let go of Shawns hand. "I can't tell you the color or anything but it was shaped like one. I remember my dads and how thick and chunky it was." Tears began swelling in her eyes and Juliet paced over and hugged her damaged friend.

Gus, Shawn, and Lassiter walked out of the room and closed the door. "What happened?" asked Shawn as the trio walked down the hallway.

"Look Shawn, if i had my way, you wouldn't be on this case, but Juliet suggested you and the Chief agreed,"said Lassiter with clear aggravation in his voice.

"Lassie, we all know if you had it your way i would be in handcuffs right now. But this isn't Burger king, just tell me what happened."

"Last month we got a note saying he buried a woman alive and if we wanted to save her we had an hour before she ran out of air. He even gave us the directions. We were able to save the her but she had bruises around her neck like she was strangled by many men. Turns out it was one guy. According to the woman he kidnapped, he strangled her until they pass out and then brings them back to life only to do it again. The amount of time varies but it is somewhere between 15 and 18 times over a period of two days. Same thing happened the next week, and the next week. We have no leads and none of the women could piece together a description."

"So basically you need me," teased Shawn.

"No. We don't. What we need is for him to slip up, not a rabid monkey on a sugar high," Lassiter smiled at his own joke as the other two stared at him.

"Well when i solve this case, you are going to have to apologize to all the monkeys you just offended. I just so happen to know a man that lives in a hut by the beach who has a monkey named Fernando. He might even be rabid but i never got close enough to find out." Carlton just sneered at him and got into his car as Gus and Shawn walked to the blueberry parked farther down.

"Gus i'm worried about Juliet. I'm not sure she will be able to handle this after what happened to her best friend."

"Im sure she will be fine. Juliet is strong." As Gus went to the drivers side, shawn noticed a note attached to the windshield. Yes a parking ticket! Shawn thought. This time its gus's fault! Shawn pulled the paper off and immediately realized it wasn't a fine.

-Hi boys! I see you have just been briefed on my case. Say hi to Tammy for me, i am so glad your team was able to find her in time. I would hate to lose her, she was like a sister to me. Speaking of which, my other sister is in need of your assistance. You can find her about six feet beneath Whicamore Street. Can you sense her? I'll be waiting for the results! Don't screw it up or you will kill her. She has about fifty six minutes left of air. fifty five... better hurry! -sincerely Me