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Pain, that's all I felt, was pain; my whole body was screaming at me to stops moving, but I had too. I had to keep walking, keep moving.

How did this happen to me?

Oh yes, dead body found behind a hospital and then when we started to dig deeper (it wasn't that deep, since they had only been on the case for less than 3 hours) more dead bodies; all of them tortured to death. All of them female and blond. It was obvious now that I think of it, the man who owned the hospital(s)… Mr. Millen was taking sick blond woman and torturing them, slowly killing them at his house.

I should have called for backup when I went to his home alone for the second time today, but I had heard the hallow thumb come from some of the floorboards that I walked across, the first time I was there with Cho and I just couldn't get that feeling out of my mind that he was the one. Besides Jane has told me many times to go with my gut feeling and speaking of Jane, that damned bastard too was busy trying to find Lorelei today so my team was on their own. I should have hit him.

Now that I thinking about it... I totally pulled a Jane; good job Lisbon, let's think like Jane and do everything alone. Now who's the hypocrite? You're so stupid! Of course Mr. Millen would notice your disappearance, of course he'd look in the one spot he was trying to hide and course he'd be pretty damned pissed off when he sees that you've released the two girls from their prisons and allowed them escape (with your cellphone, they needed to call the team and tell them what was going on)

Mr. Millen had done a great number on me… took my gun, beat me pretty damn good and then shoot me in the shoulder; just below where O'Loughlin shot me. Before picking me up and throwing me into the trunk of his car. I was happy that I got a few good hits on him. Let's see him try to hid the black eye and fat lip I gave him.

He drove for what felt like hours before I found the safety hatch that opened the trunk and then jumped out of the car... Yeah good one Teresa, jump out of a moving vehicle and run that won't hurt.

After I laid on the road for a few seconds, catching my breath and fought off the blackness that was threatening to take over my mind. I stood up and I just ran in a random direction, of course I couldn't run for a long period of time like I could if I wasn't injured, but I hoped Millen didn't come after me.

God please… I pray to the, please guide me to someone safe. I don't care who it is, just have them be a safe place to be….. Please, before I pass out from this pain. I swear I'll take Van Pelt out on the field more often, I'll be less harsh to Jane. Come on please help me…. Someone please help me.

"Pepper…PEPPER!?" I looked up from the ground that I was focusing on to find myself standing at the edge of the carnival…. The carnival that held Pete, Sam and Daisy; I missed Daisy

…..and there in front of me was Sam; eyed wide with shock and worry.

"Oh, I can't tell you how happy I am to hear that stupid name." I mumble out. What were the chances of stumbling into the carnival anyway? I felt a wave of relief wash over me. I felt my knees finally buckle and the pain take my conscious away. "Please don't take me to the hospital, don't call Jane" Was the only thing I remember saying before everything went black.