Story Title: Ghosts From The Past.
Disclaimer: It may kill me to say this but I do not own Patrick Jane, Simon Baker nor the show The
Mentalist. If I did however, Jane would never ware a shirt.
Summery: The computer screen went off with a flash of red lights and a soft alarm. Lisbon walked over to
Van Pelt and rose an eyebrow "What is it?" She asked. Van Pelt lifted her head up at her "The FBI found
a finger print in a murder and kidnapping case that belongs to-.
Couples In Story: Patrick/Teresa | Wayne/Grace | Allison/James | Talli/Zellon | Mason/Quinn
Chapter Six: Lie To Me.
California
CBI Office
8:00 AM.
Charlotte stood in the ladies room of the California CBI Office building. She stood in front of the mirror in the single bathroom, door locked of course. She brushed her hair and added some gel Agent Van Pelt had let her use to calm her wild curly hair. She hooked her bra and slipped on some Christmas panties. Pulling on a new pair of jeans Agent Lisbon had been so nice to guy her along with a new red T-shirt that had a Christmas tree on the front and said "Happy Holidays." in green and gold glitter letters.
Charlotte leaned in to be closer to the mirror and added some eyeliner on her water line before adding blush, mascara and a orange pink lipstick from Revlon called "Baby Spice".
She smacked her plump heart shaped lips together and grabbed her bag, shoved her old clothes in it and un-locked the restroom door. She walked outside and back into the office. She smiled a bit at Van Pelt "Where is Agent Lisbon and Jane?" She asked.
Van Pelt rose an eyebrow at her calling her father Jane, but she couldn't blame her. She had just re-met him around two weeks ago.
Charlotte sat on the couch, poker cards in hand as she slapped one down on the table before her, guessing each of them before she turned them over. She got over half of them right.
Charlotte looked up as Jane and Agent Lisbon walked in. Charlotte stood up a bit and Jane smiled at her before Lisbon talked "Charlotte, Me and Van Pelt are going to see Mr. Jacobs in his holding cell. Jane here is going to take you for lunch then back here to look at some photos we found at Mr. Jacobs house." She said.
Charlotte nodded. "Okay." She said.
Jane waved to the lunch room area "Tea or water?" he asked the girl.
She smirked a bit "Tea please." She said.
Jane nodded "Lemon, Jasmine or Green tea?" he asked.
She smiled "Lemon, please." She said.
While Jane fixed some tea for him and Charlotte he sat down beside her on the couch "Any reason Joshua Dallas called you "Circus Girl?" in the interview room when we let you two see each other?" he asked.
Charlotte blushed a deep pink red in the cheeks and sighed a bit "Red John took us to the circus one a year. After a while I grew very good at walking on tight wire." She said.
He laughed "Well it does run in your blood." he said.
Charlotte grin "Really?" She asked.
He smirked "Yeap." he said.
California
CBI Office
Two Hours Later
10:00 AM.
Lisbon walked in while Van Pelt and Jane talked to Charlotte to see what she knew about the other kid Red John had kidnapped. She sat at her desk and picked up a package, not thinking anything of it. She opened it with a letter opener and white dust flew everywhere. The brown eyed Agent started coughing before Wayne ran into her office "Lisbon, Boss what's the mat-" he paused as he say the white powder and the paper that flew from the package. It read:
Dear Agent Lisbon,
I do not like it when snob nosed narcissistic woman try to break down the way I work.
Signed,
Red John.
At the bottom was a red bloody smiley face wrote in real blood.
Lisbon, gasping for air looked at Wayne "Call- Call a - lockdown. Level one." She said, now on her knees before passing out from lack of oxygen. He picked the phone up and called the front desk "A white powder has been released from a letter sent to Agent Lisbon. Possible virus or toxin. Call a code red and lockdown the building. Call the CDC." he said.
A woman's voice came over the office speakers a moment later "Code red, repeat code Red. Everyone out of the building." She said.
Jane and Van Pelt got wide eyed. Charlotte frowned "Code red?" She asked.
Jane nodded "It means-" Van Pelt cut him off.
"It means a virus or toxin has entered the building." She said, voice still.
Within ten minutes the CDC men in yellow and orange suits showed up. Two EMT people in the suits rushed a pale Lisbon out. One radioed in to tell them to get ready for them. Lisbon through the oxygen mask turned to Jane, grabbed his arm.
She let out a wheezing sound as she took in a deep breath "Jane, have Van Pelt and Cho stay over at your house tonight to keep you and Charlotte safe." She said before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and they pulled the mask back onto her face. One CDC guy got in with her and nodded for the driver to go ahead and take them to the local ER.
Charlotte, who now clung to Jane like she was glued to him looked scared at hell.
Van Pelt frowned when the blue eyed teenager grabbed for her yellow inhaler and breathed in two puffs of the nasty smelling medicine. She sighed softly.
Two CDC guys eyed her. She sighed softly "Asthma. Just freaking asthma. I didn't inhale any of the toxin." She said.
The main CDC guy in charge nodded a bit "All of you will be taken to the hospital and have blood drawn anyway." he said.
California
Hospital
9:00 PM.
Charlotte stood in big, baggy blue scrub pants and a shirt. Her hair was curly like Jane now since everyone had to take a shower and she didn't have her hair gel or flat iron with her. She pushed a curl of hair out of her eyes and pulled her hair into a messy bun and tied it off with a rubber band.
A CDC guy walked in and Charlotte got up off her bed. "Can we leave now? I'm like uh bored!" She said, annoyed.
He laughed "Your blood test have not come back yet and the lab is still working on what the virus or toxin is." He said.
A nurse walked in warring a orange suit and handed each of them pills to take "Keeps your immune system up." She said.
He grinned at the brown eyed nurse. Charlotte smirked a bit. The CDC guys name was James Winters. And the nurse's name was Callie Mark- Winters. She was his wife. A doctor walked in, this time a man named Dr. Nathan Callahan. He checked on all of them and left. Since the CDC guy had been such a jackass when he turned to leave Charlotte smiled a bit like Jane did when he saw something no one else saw.
Charlotte licked her lips "Hey, Winters!" She said.
He turned, annoyed at the teenage girl. "What is it now?" he asked.
She smirked big time. "Your wife is cheating on you with Dr. Callahan." She said.
The CDC guys face fell.
Van Pelt laughed a bit because right now, she sounded like Jane.
Who happen to be smirking wide at what Charlotte said.
The CDC guy frowned more "Your lying, kid." He said.
Jane laughed "No, No she's not." he said.
At that moment Charlotte got into a loud coughing fit. The doctor helped her on the bed as he listened to her lungs.
His face fell.
The nurse came back in with the test results.
Jane was clear.
Van Pelt was clear.
Cho was clear.
Wayne was clear.
Lisbon was clear but only because of medicine they gave her to help her fight of the virus.
Charlotte was not clear.
She was infected with whatever the toxin or virus was.
And it was already attacking her lungs.
AN: I know, I know! I have not been posting as much. But I will. I was all Christmas excited and that lasted a bit longer then I thought. But I will be writing more now! Like before Christmas. Also, soon I will be posting my Twitter and Facebook links on my page if any of you want to follow me and what's going on with the story as I write chapters. Review.