Cho drives faster than the speed limit; Lisbon doesn't notice, all her thoughts are on Jane. How did this happen? Of course with Jane anything can happen. She unconsciously rubs the cross her mother wore until the day she died, praying she will find Jane at home with a turned ankle or some silly thing he did. That is what she wants it to be, but with Casey calling her at the office, she knows it is very serious.
"We should be there in five minutes Lisbon. You need to be calm when we get there, no matter what has happened to Jane. Casey needs her mother calm so that she will be." Cho looks at her and sees her fingering the wedding ring on the chain with the cross.
"I know, it's just the not knowing."
Four police cars and a fire truck converge on the Jane's home. Police and paramedics rush into the house. A car pulls up to the scene and stops. The two people in the car look at each other for a second. They quickly get out and rush to the house without exchanging a word. A policeman standing by the door stops them.
As he raises his hands to stop them, "Who are you folks?" the officer says with the slow accent of a born and bred Texan.
"We are friends of the family. We just arrived from California to meet them here," Rigsby says trying to stay calm.
Grace moves away from Rigsby and adds in a serious tone, "Is their daughter in the house? We are her God parents. I have the papers showing we are authorized to take the child if the parents are unable to do so." She starts searching her purse.
"You can go in and get the girl now. Her mother is on the way."
The Rigsby's rush past the officer. They see paramedics working on Jane, an IV already in his arm. One paramedic is on the phone to the hospital briefing them about the patient they are getting ready to transfer. Rigsby goes over to Jane, while Grace looks around for Casey. She hears someone yelling her name and suddenly a little body is slamming into her. The little girl is sobbing. "Aunt Gracie you're here!" she says hugging Grace as she tries not to look at her father on the floor surround by men in blue uniforms. She knows they are the good guys. Grace picks up Casey and carries her out of the room, hugging the girl, telling her everything would be fine. She enters Casey's room and sees the bed turned over. She goes to the rocking chair and sits down.
"Uncle Wayne and I are here. Where is your mother, sweetheart?" She puts Casey on her lap so she can see the child.
Casey tries to stop crying but having seen her father on the floor again, just keeps saying 'Daddy' over and over. Rigsby comes into the room and kneels in front of the chair. He puts his hand on Casey's back. Grace tries to remain clam as Rigsby talks softly to Casey.
"Sweetheart, your daddy is going to be okay. They are getting ready to take him to the hospital. Where is your mother, the police need to talk to her?
"I called Mama after I called 911 like Daddy told me. Uncle Cho said they were going to be here, but they weren't here yet," she says in a whisper. "I want my mama." She looks at her uncle. He stands and lifts her. Her head is on his shoulder.
A female officer charges in. "Casey you were supposed to stay with me!" She softens her tone. "You had me worried," the woman says, looking at the couple with the child. Grace goes to speak quietly to the officer.
"We are Casey's God parents. We just got here from a flight from California and saw what was going on. Do you know where her mother is?"
"Agent Lisbon is on her way here from FBI headquarters. She knows her husband has been injured and that Casey is okay." Grace breathes a sigh of relief. They hear more distant sirens. "That's probably her arriving now," the officer says and leaves to check. Casey is now almost finished crying, hiccuping softly. Rigsby nods for Grace to go meet Lisbon. She rushes away. Jane is now on a stretcher ready to be taken to the hospital. She continues outside where she sees the FBI van pulling up. The doors open and Cho, Lisbon and Wiley pile out.
Lisbon sees them bring Jane out and hurries to him, putting her hand out for the paramedics to stop. She reaches the stretcher and looks down at her husband. His face is severely swollen, with bruises and a bloody nose. She leans down and whispers, "I'm here, sweetheart. They're taking you to the hospital and you're going to be fine." She stands and looks at the paramedics. "I'm his wife and I'm riding with you. I'll back in a moment."
"No more than a few minutes. We're ready to take off."
Cho approaches. He looks at Jane, worried. "You go…I'll stay here with the police and see what's happened. I'll bring Casey to the hospital shortly."
They load the stretcher in the ambulance. Cho helps her inside. He watches her sit by the stretcher and take Jane's hand.
Cho starts for the house when Grace comes out. She runs over as soon as she catches sight of him. He catches her in a comforting embrace.
"I'm so glad you're here, Cho! Was that Lisbon in the ambulance?" She says as they separate.
"Yes. Who's in charge?" he asks looking around as the fire truck and some police cars leave.
"Someone mentioned Sheriff Hayden - in the house. He has people dusting for fingerprints." They walk into the house followed by Wiley.
Grace approaches an older man who is directing the officers to search the grounds near the house. He sees Cho, turns, and shakes his head. "Agent Cho, sorry to have to meet you again at the Jane's house. Right now we really don't have much to go on. Their daughter won't talk to me. She's pretty scared."
"Did Jane say anything?" Cho looks down at the blood-stained floor where Jane must have been.
"He came around just after we arrived and asked about Casey. I told him she's safe. That stopped him from making it hard for the paramedics to work on him. Then he passed out. Right now we have no clues on what happened. He was shot twice, in the foot and upper thigh. Whoever shot him damn near beat him to death."
"If you don't mind, the FBI will handle this case. He is still our employee. There's a long list of people he helped put away that might still hold a grudge."
"No problem. Figured you'd want the case. I'll make sure you get all the reports and any prints we get from the house. I'll leave a couple of men here tonight in case someone comes back." He looks around the house and lake. "They made this place a nice home. The land and cabin were for sale for seven years, a real eye sore."
"Surprisingly Jane did this mostly on his own. Sometimes I think there's nothing he can't do. Thank you for all the help, Charlie." They shake hands and Charlie leaves.
"Wiley, start going through the FBI cases Jane's worked on. Then we'll look at some of cases from the CBI. Talk to Abbott about that."
Wiley nods okay, looks at the blood-stained floor and pales. Working with Cho hasn't helped much when looking at blood. "I'll catch a ride with the police so I can get started." He dashes out to catch one of the cars leaving.
Grace speaks. "Wayne's with Casey in her room. She won't tell us what happened. She sees you more often than us." They start towards the bedroom. "Jane told her to run to the safe room in her bedroom. We're not sure what she saw."
In the bedroom, Rigsby sits in the rocker with a very quiet Casey. She looks up, climbs down from his lap and races to Cho. Not really being around children much, Casey is the exception to Cho's rule. He sees her two or three times a week. She captured his heart in the first hour after her birth, when he saw her in Jane's arms. Despite everyone's concern about how Jane would react to having another daughter, the look on Jane's face showed this daughter was very much welcome. Rigsby rises and nods to Grace to follow him out of the room.
Cho sits in the rocker and pulls Casey onto his lap. "Are you okay, sweetheart?
"I was scared until the good guys came into the house. I put bandages on Daddy's face, and one of the men said I did a very good job. Where is Mama?" She looks to the bedroom door, hoping to see Lisbon.
"She went with your Daddy to the hospital. She knows you are a big girl who can stay with me here."
Casey tries not to tear up - after all, Uncle Cho says she is a big girl. "When can I go?"
"It will be a while until the doctors take care of your daddy. Your mama will stay with him. After you and I have a talk I'll take you to the hospital so you can see your mother." Cho knew Casey had a mind like her father's; she took in everything like a sponge.
"Casey can you tell me what happened here today? I need to know so we can arrest the bad man who hurt your father."
She gets down from his lap and stands next to him. Just like her father when she is nervous her hands never stop moving.
"I was in time out….I needed to clean my bedroom." She takes a look at her room for the first time. "I guess it needs more work. I heard a car come up the driveway and this big man got out. He was really tall. He took a gun from his coat and I thought he might be a friend of Mama. I wanted to let Daddy know 'cause sometimes you can't hear cars from the kitchen. I told Daddy that a friend of Mama's was there and he had a bigger gun then she has. Daddy told me to go to my rabbit hole and not come out until he told me. I could hear the big man yelling at my daddy and there were two gun shots." Casey suddenly looks worried. "Marvin, my bear, told me not to leave the rabbit hole, but I heard Daddy yell out like he was hurt bad. When it got quiet Marvin said I could tiptoe and see what was happening. I was as quiet as a mouse and went out my rabbit hole and walked out of my room. I saw Daddy on the floor and ran to him. He had blood all over and he could only open one eye. He told me to call 911, then went to sleep again. Do you think Daddy will be mad I came out without him telling me I could?"
Cho stands and reaches for her hand. They leave the bedroom. "He won't be upset. You were a brave little girl and you helped your daddy. Your aunt and uncle are going with us to the hospital so you can see your mama."
A tiny voice says, "And my daddy too."