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Lisbon had taken a photo of the shooter before he was taken away. She emails it to VanPelt so she can run it through the data base, and then she goes to talk to Pete. She knocks on the trailer door. From inside she hears:
"Who is it?"
"Agent Lisbon."
The door opens and Sam invites her in.
"I thought you would have gone to the hospital with Patrick."
"He's doing okay and I need to talk to you to first, and to thank you once again for what you did."
"You're welcome."
Pete is sitting on the couch and Lisbon's invited to sit in a chair nearby. She holds out her phone towards him.
"This is the guy who shot Jane. Do you recognise him?"
Pete takes the phone from her and studies it for a few moments and then hands it back, shaking his head.
"No, I've never seen him before."
"Never?. Are you sure?. We may have this guy, but there are more of them and it seems they want to silence Jane. We need to catch them as quickly as possible. Take another look."
She hands out her phone and he takes it once more and studies it. He then passes it to Sam.
"I haven't seen him before, have you Sam?"
Sam glances at it and shakes her head.
Lisbon looks from one to the other and shakes her head in disbelief.
"These men are dangerous, they tried blowing Jane up and now shooting him, and it might not have just been him they were after, because if you do know him, they will try to silence you too. And if I find that you've withheld evidence from me, I will haul you in and arrest you for aiding and abetting. And don't think that just because you're friends of Jane's that I won't. In fact I should take you in now and see if you will answers questions any better at headquarters."
Pete looks at Sam and then at Lisbon. He holds his hands up in surrender.
"Okay okay, no need for that. I've seen him around a few times. He says his name is Ben Watson."
"When did you first see him?"
"About two months ago."
He looks to Sam for confirmation, and she nods her head.
"What did he want?"
Pete shrugs:
"Nothing really, he asked questions about the carnival, said he used to come when he was a kid, and was always fascinated by the life. He said he envied the kids he saw performing, that they got to spend their lives travelling from place to place, not having to go to school, but spend their time, feeding the animals and learning tricks."
"And you just welcomed him in and told him all about carnival life and did he ask about Jane?"
Pete looks uncomfortable.
"He mentioned about how he'd seen Jane's name in the paper after some investigation, and that he remembered a Patrick Jane and was it the same one?"
"And how much did he pay you for that information?"
"He didn't give me anything, I would never betray Jane, he's like a son to me."
"Sure, so what did he give you money for?"
"Just to allow him to hang around for a couple of days and learn a little about carny life. He didn't ask about Jane until later, I never thought much of it."
There's a knock on the door and someone shouts her name. Lisbon gets up and opens the door, one of the local cops is standing there.
"We found something in the guys car."
Lisbon follows him to where it's parked and looks in the trunk. She sees the makings for a bomb. Pete and Sam have followed her and are standing a short distance away. She beckons them over.
"It looks like Jane and I interrupted his plan, my guess is he came to silence you, not Jane. Got anything to add to your statement?"
They both shakes their heads. Lisbon looks at them in disbelief.
"Right, I'll be sure to tell Jane how co-operative you've been, I'm sure he'll be touched by your willingness to help him."
"Okay, his family travelled with us for a while, They manned the ferris wheel."
Pete looks down at his shoes.
"He has a brother called Mason, they were mean, back then, seems like they haven't changed much."
"No kidding! Thank you, if you remember anything else, be sure to let us know."
Lisbon's didn't try to hide the sarcasm in her words. She gives final instructions to the cops at the scene, then leaves to join Jane at the hospital. She pulls out her phone and gives Ben and Mason's name to VanPelt.
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"Finally you're here to get me out of this place."
"Good to see you too Jane."
Jane rolls his eyes.
"Sorry, Hi Lisbon, now can we go?"
"I haven't seen the doctor yet and you're not leaving until I do."
Jane throws himself back on the pillows.
"Lisbon, please, just get me out of here."
The curtain's pushed back and a man, Lisbon takes for the doctor enters. This is quickly confirmed by Jane.
"Finally doc, some one who can free me."
The doctor scowls at him.
"Mr. Jane, you've been a thoroughly unco-operative patient. My nurses are only trying to help you, by doing their jobs."
"I'm sorry doctor, I've just had enough of hospitals. I'll make it up to them, I promise."
"Well it certainly isn't the way to get out of here, co-operation works a lot better. Because it took so long to get your blood samples, we're still waiting for the results and we can't release you until they come back. We need to make sure you're well before you go home."
"What does my blood have to do with anything? I was knocked out."
"As Nurse Goodman and Nurse Carmel tried to tell you, because of your recent trauma we had to check that this latest incident as not caused any harm. As I said Mr. Jane, we're only doing our jobs."
Lisbon interjects.
"I'm apologise for my consultants behaviour. How long will it be?"
"Hopefully, we should have the results back in half and hour."
Jane groans and they both ignore him.
"Thank you doctor, he won't cause any trouble from now on. Will you Jane?"
When Jane doesn't say anything, Lisbon cocks an eyebrow at him, letting him know she expects him to do as she says.
"No doc. I'll be a good little boy and await my fate."
"Good."
The doctor leaves and Lisbon gives Jane a thunderous look. He tries to retreat into the pillows.
"Remember Lisbon, I'm a sick man."