Broken Before It Started

Lisbon ran into the office expecting to find Jane dead on the floor, only to find that he wasn't there. The so-called Candyman had snuck into the office and taken Jane.

"Did you leave him?" asked Lisbon as she looked at Rigsby and Cho.

"Yes," was all Rigsby could say.

Cho just stood there for a moment, waiting for whether Lisbon expected and answer from him. She did.

"We left to see if we could find the people who got shot. No one was. This is what he was going to do from the start. Get Jane alone and Kidnap him."

For some reason Lisbon couldn't be mad at her team-mates. Sure they just made the biggest mistake in the history of big mistakes, but they had been trick just like everyone else.

"Jane was in a bad way when we last saw him. We need to find him before its too late." Said Van Pelt.

Lisbon felt the urge to roll her eyes 'Thank you captain obvious' she thought as she looked to her hands. She had no idea where to begin looking. 'This guy obviously likes Candy… He could own a candy store' said a voice in her head, Jane's voice.

"We she start looking for candy stores in the area. They'd be a good place to start."

'Couldn't have put it better myself.' Said Jane again, that forced a smile onto Lisbon's lips. He was still with them, in a way.

"What is it boss?" said Cho as he noticed the smile.

"Nothing, just realised that Jane would have been the one to come up with that."

Cho looked confused but didn't press the matter. Was their boss already grief stricken.

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They looked up all the candy stores in the area but one really stood out.

"Hey boss one of the sweet shops in the Sacramento area is called Candyman. I'd say that would be a good place to look first." Said Van Pelt as she looked over her shoulder at her boss.

"Can you see who owns it?" Said Lisbon as she walked to Grace's side.

"Yeah," said Van Pelt as she brought up the information file."

"Jason Walker, 45. He has a criminal record for drunk and disorderly nothing serious. His medical file is here too, maybe there's something on there."

Lisbon nodded in agreement.

"Ok," said Van Pelt as she typed a little more "Ah, Jason Walker is a schizophrenic, but it also says he takes his meds and they believe his isn't a threat."

"Doesn't mean he isn't. I say we pay him a visit." Said Lisbon as she gave Van Pelt a slight pat on the shoulder.

20 minutes later they were stood out side Candyman Sweet Store, it was a very clean and well kept looking place. Everything was decorated with pinks, plumbs and red. The windows were filled with tubs of sweets piled to the ceiling. It just looked like and ordinary sweetshop.

"I'm beginning to think this was a waste of time." Said Cho blankly.

Lisbon only looked at her colleague for a second before she returned her attention to the shop in front of her.

She was the first to walk through the door followed by Cho. The shop was quiet due to it being still quite early.

"Can I help you?" said a Man from behind the counter.

"You Jason Walker?" asked Cho.

"Yeah, who wants to know?"

"I'm Agent Lisbon, this is Agent Cho CBI. Where were you last night at approximately eight pm?"

"I was here, clearing up."

"Have you got anyone that can vouch for that?"

"No, I work alone."

Lisbon recognised the voice, it was similar to the voice of the phone but not enough to prove that it was him. Then the plastic wrap in a room behind the shop caught her eye.

"What would you need plastic wrap for, aren't the sweets already wrapped."

"Yes, that's for special occasions."

Lisbon gave him a quizzical look.

"Easter, Christmas, that kinda thing." He concluded.

"You mind if we take a sample?"

"You haven't told me why you're here yet. Have I done something."

"We are investigating the murder of a young girl and the attempted murder and kidnap of our college." Said Cho.

"So to rule you out of the investigation you won't mind if we take a sample of that plastic wrap."

"Oh I'm afraid I can't do that." Said the man.

Suddenly the shutters on the windows and door came down.

"What the…" said Lisbon and Cho as they turned too look at the windows.

"Put down your weapons." Said the Man as he now aimed a gun at both of them.

The two agents turned to face Jason Walker only to be staring down the barrel of a gun. They complied with his demand. Lucky for them they had gone to the shop with back up so they wouldn't be stuck with this nut job for long.

"Where's Jane?"

"Mr Jane is downstairs. Would you like to see him?"

Lisbon nodded along with Cho.

"Go through there, nice and slow, no funny business."

The agents did as they were told and went through the door and then down the stairs. It was cold and damp at the bottom. Fear began to twist Lisbon's stomach into knots.

Jane was lying on the cold damp floor convulsing violently.

"How long has he been seizing?"

"Five minutes, longer than any of the test subjects. Worked better then I could ever have hoped."

Lisbon stared at Jane with tears in her eyes. His body stilled abruptly, blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, his wrists bleeding from the shackles around his wrists. He was a mess and it broke Lisbon's heart.

Sorry it took so long. I literally wrote this chapter with non-existent time. Four weeks left of my course means I have no time on my hands. Please tell me what you think ^.^