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A/N: I know it took a while to update so I apologize for that. A big thank you goes to Nerwen for the help with this chapter and all previous chapters.


And the Water Turned Red.

Lisbon moved her head away from his hand "Get the hell away from me?"

"Such a little spitfire." Red John replied. "That was something I always liked about you."

"You know him?" Jane blurted out.

"Of course she does." Red John answered as he looked over at Jane. "Your lover here and me have known each other for a while."

"Jane, don't listen to a word he says." Lisbon growled.

"See I knew Teresa when she was a young and brilliant woman." Red John smiled as his roamed over Lisbon. Lisbon suppressed a shiver as she watch him. "But, those were in her earlier days."

"My earlier days?" Lisbon couldn't stop herself from asking.

"Yes, those days when you were determined to help the innocent and punish the wrong." Red John stated as he walked behind them and checked on the handcuffs. "Now you are more than willing to break the rules."

"No, she isn't," Jane hissed as he looked over his shoulder at Red John.

Red John started to laugh as he came back around to face him. "You should have been a comedian instead of the fake psychic."

"Thanks for the suggestion." Jane replied sarcastically.

"What do you want from us?" Lisbon asked as she watched Jane and Red John look at each other.

"I want him to pay." Red John replied without looking.

"He has suffered enough."

"No, dear he hasn't, he has yet to learn his lesson. A smarter man would have figured this out by now."

"Who says I haven't figured it out?" Jane shot back.

"Enlighten me." Red John smiled as he bent a little so him and Jane were eye to eye.

"Now where is the fun in that?" Jane knew fully well that he was playing with fire.

"Jane!" Lisbon warned him as she looked over at him.

Red John smirked and rose to his feet before walking back over to Lisbon. Lisbon made herself look directly at him.

"Still trying to figure it out." Red John told her as he leaned down to give her a better look at his face.

Lisbon studied every feature on his face and forced herself to remember everyone who she had met in her past before meeting Jane. He smiled and lean over to her before whispering. "See the hidden clues."

"Oh my god." Lisbon said as it dawned on her. Jane looked at her with shocked as the two of them watched Red John smile and rise to his feet before walking away.

"I'll have someone bring you something to eat."

"Oh good, because I rather not suffer on a empty stomach." Jane stated as he looked at Red John.

"Keep that humor of yours. You will be needing it." Red John replied before closing the door and leaving the two of them alone.

"So you have known who he is all this time." Jane stated as he looked at Lisbon. She picked up on the hatred in his eyes immediately.

"Really?"

"You would think that after all we have been through that you would have had the decency to tell me who murder my wife and child."

"First things first don't you dare talk to me about having the decency to tell you something when you rarely tell me about your stupid plans and second I had no damn clue that he was Red John." Lisbon yelled back at him.

"I don't believe you." Jane told her truthfully.

"You don't trust me?" Lisbon asked as she felt her throat tighten. All the progress they had made over the years in their friendship and now their new relationship seem to be crumbing right before her.

"No." Jane whispered as he looked away from her.

"Bastard."

The door opened and a person walked in with two bowls on a serving tray. He placed it on the ground before heading over to the pair and unlocking the cuffs.

"My master says enjoy." The man stated as he walked out the door.

The unmistakable sound of a locking clicking meant that they were now trapped in her. Lisbon got to her feet and headed over to the bowls. Kneeling down to looked at the two bowls.

"I wouldn't eat that." Jane warned her.

"I wasn't planning on it." Lisbon replied harshly as she looked inside the bowls. It looked to be chicken soup but she sure in hell wasn't going to try it. Getting to her feet she headed over to the door and turned the handle just to make sure.

"We need to think of a plan." Lisbon said as she turned around and noticed that Jane wasn't sitting anymore but rather he was now standing right behind her.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I haven't seem him in years so how was I supposed to know that he was Red John?" She already knew what he was talking about.

"How do you know him?"

"You already know how."

"Tell me more."

Lisbon sighed and brought her hand to the bridge of nose and gave it a slight pinch as she closed her eyes to the pain that was pounding in her head from the headache.

"I'm waiting." She heard Jane state. Dropping her hand she opened her eyes again and looked at him.

"When I first started with SFPD I worked with him for a few cases."

"And?"

"And what?"

"You can't stand there and tell me that is all you remember about him."

"Yes, because unlike you I don't have a damn memory palace."

"You do and if you had taken the time to learn how to remember things then we would have the answer already."

"I had no clue what the hell a memory palace was until you mentioned it."

"Well, there is only one way that we can solve this problem." Jane told her.

"No." Lisbon shook her head.

"You have no clue what I was about to ask."

"Oh, yes I do."

"No, you don't"

"Jane, this might be hard for you to believe but I know you better than you know yourself."

"I disagree."

"You want to hypnotize me." Lisbon smirked as she knew she was correct by the look on his face.

"Then you agree to allow me to do it."

"No." Lisbon shook her head.

"Why?"

"What purpose does it serve when we know exactly who he is?"

"I need to know what led him to kill my wife and child."

"You already know that." Lisbon said softly.

"I need the reasons leading up to it." Jane told her truthfully.

"We both do."

"So now that we are both on the same page then let me hypnotize you." Jane pleaded.

"Jane, I don't want you to."

"What aren't you tell me?"

"There is nothing. I just don't want you inside my head." Lisbon said nervously as she walked away from him.

"You told me that line before and you were lying then as you are lying now." Jane reminded her as he walked over to her. "Just tell me."

"You aren't going to like it." Lisbon said as she reached for his hand.

"I can handle anything that you throw at me." He gave her a quick smile.

Lisbon sighed and looked straight into his eyes. "I think I know the reason why Red John went after your family."

"Tell me." Jane dropped her hand and took a step back from her.

"I'm the reason."

"What?" Jane asked with disbelief.

"I went out with him once and he sort of grew this obsession with me but I turned him down. Not soon after that I went to work for the CBI. This is all around the same time that your wife and child were murdered." Lisbon informed him.

"I'm not following you exactly." Jane told her.

"I'm betting you once gave a reading to a detective Michael Rossi." Lisbon told him.

"I've seen him before but I didn't remember his name." Jane said as he sat down on one of the chairs.

"He probably went to you looking for answers." Lisbon stated as she sat down next to him. "What did you two talk about?"

"I don't remember exactly. He wanted answer about someone who died and then he wanted me to tell him about his future."

"And you lied."

"Well, of course I lied."

"Tell me what happened that day." Lisbon laid a reassuring hand on his leg.

"He had just finished a case but he was unsettled on the outcome. He wanted me to contact the victim in order to make an apology of some sort." Jane explained.

"The O' Mallory case that had a young boy murdered. There was a rumor going around that he knew who the killer was but he didn't think he fit the profile so he never checked him out until the last second." Lisbon told Jane.

"He wanted to ask the boy for forgiveness."

"So you pretended to contact him."

"Yes." Jane dropped his head a little before continuing. "I said the boy forgave him for everything and that he was free from all burden. But, he wanted more proof of the work that I did so he asked me another question."

"What was the question?"

"He wanted to know if the woman he was in love with was also in love with him." Jane told her.

"Did he say who it was."

"Yes, and he called her Teresa."

"What?!" Lisbon jumped out of her seat.

"He was in love with—."

"I heard you the first time."

"Which means that when you didn't reciprocate his feelings he figured out that I lied about everything."

"But you went on television and called him out so how can I possibly be part of this?"

"Think about it. He had the means to be able to kill without ever getting caught and he knew how to lie to those working with him. Not to mention he probably already had connections to higher ups then." Jane began.

"It still doesn't explain anything."

"He went after me the moment he found out I lied, then I went on TV and he was given the perfect opportunity to destroy everything that I ever loved." Jane told her as he got to his feet and walked over to her. "He wanted me to suffer because you made him suffer."

"Jane." Lisbon said as she dropped her head. "God, I'm so sorry."

"Hey, this isn't your fault." He pulled her into his arms and held her.

"And fate just happened to play into my hand the day that you agree to take him on as a consultant." Red John voiced drifted to them. They broke apart and quickly looked at the doorway in which he was standing with a smirk on his face.

"You bastard." Lisbon lurched forward but Jane grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

"It wouldn't be wise for you to hurt me." Red John smiled.

"You did all this because I lied?" Jane asked.

"Yes and no."

"Meaning what exactly?"

"Yes you lied to me and several people but it was when you called me out on TV that forced me to punish you."

"Why not kill me instead?"

"Because you wouldn't have learned your lesson. Killing your precious family forced you to see who you really were." Red John started. "After that you had your breakdown and if Sophie hadn't convinced you to go on living then you would still be there. So as fate had it you got better and turned to the CBI for answers, and to my delight you ended up on the same team as the woman I loved."

"You couldn't have known that I would be assigned the Red John case." Lisbon pointed out.

"I have many powerful friends, all it took was pulling a few strings and the case was yours." Red John explained.

"So it wasn't fate but rather you playing God." Jane snarled.

"That is the more correct version."

"So all of this is because I didn't fall in love with you?" Lisbon asked him.

"Everything from me killing his wife and child to now has been because of you." Red John informed her. "How does it feel to know that their blood is on your hands?"

"I didn't kill them."

"But you did sign their death certificate." Red John studied Lisbon before speaking again. "I'm going to take much pleasure in killing you."

"Don't you dare touch her!"

"You can't protect her just as you couldn't protect your wife and child." Red John smiled and turned to head back out the door. "I do find it funny that once again I will be killing the woman you love."

To Be Continued.

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