A/N: man… I feel like I put so much into these chapter than when I publish them they're so short! IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS! Any-who, sorry I keep doing that to you all.

Grace was lying in a hospital bed on her side facing away from the door so that she didn't see Cho, Rigsby, and Jane standing right outside of the room she was in. A nurse came by and greeted the two agents and Jane "Can I help you?"

"How is she?" Rigsby asked almost immediately.

"She's in a lot of pain… she sustained a concussion and scraped up some of her scalp. Also her back is pretty banged up. We had to use some anti-bacterial and inflammatory cream on the scrapes on her back. That's why she's on her side; it's to painful for her to lay on her back. Apart from that, she's got some pretty nasty bruising on her neck."

"Has she said anything?" Jane asked.

"Yeah, said she wants to get the hell out of here." Rigsby and Jane couldn't but slightly grin. Even Cho slipped a smile. "She's awake," the nurse continued "What with the concussion and all we couldn't let her sleep."

"Thanks." Rigsby said. The nurse left and Rigsby turned to Cho and Jane "I'm going to go make sure she's okay, then I'll catch up with you when you find McMann, 'kay?"

Jane and Cho agreed and left. Rigsby made his way into the room, "Hey Grace."

"Rigsby?" she responded, not turning to look at him though.

"Yeah it's me. How ya feeling?" He made his way to the other side of the bed so that he could see her face now. He knelt down the level his eyes with hers.

"Like a pin cushion."

"Well you look great!"

"Hush." She slipped a small mile, which then turned into a wince. "My head hurts."

"What about your back?"

"They put some numbing stuff on it… I can't feel anything. Apparently it looks really bad."

Rigsby stood up and leaned over the bed. "May I?" he asked. She nodded. He untied the back of her gown and lifted it. Her back looked raw, and where the skin hadn't broken on contact with the pavement, it was inflamed. He noticed that the wounds hadn't been cleaned, flecks of concrete and cement were embedded in some of the openings on her back. He found himself relieved she couldn't see what it looked like, or feel it. "Doesn't look too bad." he said with a brave face.

"Your such a bad liar." He couldn't help but chuckle as he lowered himself to his former position. "Wayne…"

"Yeah?"

She took a beat then said, "Do you think we could've saved her?"

"What?"

"Lisbon… if we hadn't failed at taking down McMann… could we have saved her?"

"Who says we won't save her?"

At that moment his phone vibrated, he looked at it and saw a text from Cho "Found McMann."

She started to stand up, but she moved very slowly expecting the worst. When she saw him take a stance she knew what was coming and she was ready; he lunged for her and she side stepped away from him, and started to run before he could regain his composure. Lisbon threw the storage door open and bolted outside. She was running through aisles of empty storage units, and she never stopped running. She could hear Daniel's feet pounding behind her. She tried to pick up the pace, breathing hard, a bead of sweat dripping from her face.

She stopped after about five minutes, she was pretty sure she had some time ahead of Daniel. The minute she stopped she involuntarily fell to her knees; she couldn't believe this was happening! Running for her life, after being abducted and held and she did nothing about it. Hell it was her fault. She got herself into this whole situation, she couldn't expect anyone else to get her out.

Lisbon started to get up, when all of a sudden, something sharp pierced her side. She was about to look down to see what had pierced her skin, when a jolt of electricity was sent through her body. She convulsed and immediately hit the ground again. The shock ceased, and she tried to get up again, but another shock was issued, this one lasting longer than the last. Her vision was clouded, but she could make out the outline of Daniel in front of her, "Get up!" he demanded. She couldn't believe her ears, "Get up!" he shouted once more.

She pushed herself up, her arms shaking uncontrollably, her legs doing the same. When she was back on her two feet she swayed there for a moment, trying to stare straight. Daniel grabbed her shoulders, and raised his knee into her abdomen, once, twice, three times before he threw her back to the ground. He grabbed her shoulders, picked her up and threw her down once more, "Fight back!" he shouted.

Lisbon was in a state of grace. The pain was unbearable, all of this was too much, and it was all her fault. She wished death would just come sooner, but then again, she knew it wouldn't.

After yet another hypnotism on McMann, they had the list of names. Only one stood out to Jane though,

"Doctor Royston Daniel!"

Rigsby's cheeks flushed "What the -?" but before he could finish his phone went off, he answered, receiving a glare from a nearby nurse.

"He's on the list…" Jane said "But that makes no sense. We saved his life. Why would he want to bring harm to Lisbon?"

"Or the CBI?" Cho added.

"This is too strange…"

Rigsby shut his phone, "I think I know someone who can shed some light on the situation." Cho and Jane looked to him, "Smith showed back up at the motel. Officer's took him into custody."

Nobody had to say anything, the three of them practically ran out of the hospital.