Ash and An Evening With Mr. Yang

Splitting up.

We pulled up to where Shawn told us we needed to go before rushing out of the cars and ran towards the bin.
"That's it! That's it! That's it! That's it!" Shawn told pointing towards it and looked in to see nothing.
"Could it be around in this area?" Penelope offered.
"We would hear it ringing if it was." I pointed out as I pushed some of my hair out of my face and we heard birds squawking.
"Follow the birds." Gus told making us run to the pier.
We pushed through the crowd of people coming and going before we heard a phone start ringing.
"Bunny, can you use your gift?" Shawn asked as he rushed around trying to find it.
"There's too much noise and I'm panicking." I pointed out, worried that I've failed him.
"That's ok. It's not your fault." He quickly told to try and making me feel better.
He stopped a few feet in front of us before turning back around to hear where the ringing was coming from. He looked towards the bench that a homeless guy was sleeping on and something clicked in his head when he did so.
"There." He spoke before rushing forward and pulled the phone out from under the bench and showed us, just as it rang again.
"That's five rings, Shawn! Answer it!" Jules told him, only for him not to.
"Shawn, what are you doing?" Gus asked.
"Shawn, pick up the phone!" I told as I panicked.
"No, don't you see? It didn't start ringing until we were three feet away." He stated.
"Answer the phone, Spencer!" Lassie ordered.
"He's watching us right now from somewhere!" Shawn told as he looked around to find Yang.
"Of course Yang has been watching us! How else is he meant to know we are playing his game!" I stated.
"Did you know we were being followed?" Shawn asked.
"Of course I knew! Everyone should have realised that! It's what I would have done in his shoes. Pick up the fucken phone Shawn!" I shouted not wanting a girl to die.
"Answer the phone, Shawn!" Gus told as the phone ringed again.
Shawn put his hand in the air to show the phone before turning around and threw it into the ocean.
"Shawn?!" I shouted in shock as we all stood there confused why he just did that and I pushed my hair back to not panic any more then I already was.
"If that girl dies, you're an accessory to murder." Lassie informed him.
"Shawn, I hope to God you know what you're doing." Jules stated as I felt something on the back of my neck.
I looked towards where it felt like I was being watched from. Once I saw the light flicker in the psych office window, I looked around to make it seem like I haven't and waved Shawn to my side.
"What?" Shawn whispered.
"Office window." I whispered making him look towards psych and saw the flickering light.
"Unbelievable." He told before the two of us started to run and the others chased after us.

Everyone took a different entrance to try and catch Yang, only to have just missed him as we went into the main office room. Shawn rushed to the window and looked out before looking down to see the binoculars on the chair. He picked them up and looked towards us as he rested his hand on the back of the chair.
"He's been here. He was here watching us the whole time!" Shawn shouted before throwing the chair, making me flinch from the noise.
'It's never been this bad before.
"Don't touch anything." Jules ordered as I carefully placed my hands on his arms to try and comfort him.
"Let's get CSI down here to dust for prints." Lassie told making Mary speak.
"There's no need. I'm sure he touched things. He probably touched everything,
but you're not going to find any prints. He's too good for that." Mary informed us as Lassie gave him an annoyed look as he stood next to him.
"What is this sick, twisted admiration you have for this whack job?" Lassie questioned.
"Now do you get how good he is? This puppy's just warming up." Mary stated causing Shawn to punch the desk.
"Shawn stop that." I told grabbing his wrist to stop him.
He took his wrist out of my grip before pulling me into a hug so he could comfort me after the amount of times he's made me jump and I could comfort him over this whole thing.
"I'm sorry." He whispered so the others didn't hear as he held me close.
"Don't be." I whispered back before Gus spoke.
"Hey everybody, check it out. Look how big I am compared to this plane." Gus told as he held the plane they had in the room and pretended to be monster. "I'm King Kong."
"Guster, what the hell is going on with you?" Lassie questioned in utter confusion as we all looked at him.
"Seriously, man, I need you to pull yourself together." Shawn told before winking.
I looked over at Jules to see she was looking at some of the photos of the three of us. Gus standing in front of the office window on the right side. Then it was me crouched down in the middle, before she looked at Shawn's were he stood to the left. She moved up a bit to look at the photo of the three of us and Peter when we were all younger, but the photo above that was what really got her attention.
"Oh, my God." She spoke before rushing to take it off.
"Let me see that." Mary told before taking it and smashed it against the table to see what Yang said, just as a beeping began to be heard.
Jules quickly searched through the draws on her side, only to come up with nothing. Lassie quickly looked on his side and found he stop watch.
"I got it!" He informed us before Mary spoke.
"It's a message. He says, 'You are a naughty,
naughty boy.' He's giving us another chance. She's still alive. Let's go back to the station, wait for instructions." Mary explained.
"Forget that. I'm... I'm not going." Shawn told confusing us all.
"What do you mean?" Jules asked.
"I'm nobody's puppet, okay? I'm done. I'm done playing his little game. I solved his puzzles. I talked to a rat. I even chased a train. I'm finished." Shawn explained, trying to keep his anger down.
"No one's ever gotten this far. That's why he's still playing. It's a sign of respect." Mary stated.
"No. It isn't, Mary. You said it, man, with your fey name and your weird Ken Burns haircut." He told before he started to shout. "He's too good! Isn't that right? He's better than me! We never had a chance! He's going to kill that girl either way!"
"Maybe, maybe not,Shawn, but I know this, you don't just give up." Jules pointed out.
"Tell you what, Jules, uh, the next time a serial killer calls you out, personally, you can pick up your little pompoms and you can rally the troops and never say die. I'm out. Now, get out. All three of you." He told to Mary, Jules and Lassie.
"I can't believe I'm hearing this." Jules told making Shawn shout again.
"Should I say it again?"
"You know what? Screw you, Spencer. We don't need you!" Lassie told before looking towards Jules. " We don't need him, O'Hara. We will find this sicko on our own. Come on! We're running out of time."
The three left, leaving the four of us in silence. I grabbed one of the clocks I kept here and held it against my forehead, feeling the cold metal.
"Ashley....." Penelope began before I threw the clock against the wall in the kitchen area.
"You shouldn't have come, Penelope. I should have told you to stay with the BAU."
"I wanted to come."
"That's the problem." I told as I leaned against the desk and licked my lips.
"Look, Shawn, Ash, I know you're both upset, but if we give up now..." Gus began, only for Shawn to cut him off.
"Gus, don't be The Last of the Famous International Playboys. We're not giving up, okay? Far from it."
"Thought you were smarter Gus." I added before turning around to face them.
"The only chance we have to win the game at this point is to change the rules, okay? I took a risk out there because I knew he wouldn't kill her."
"Will be honest, kinda a stupid one." I added as I took my jacket off and rolled my sleeves up.
"I knew he wouldn't kill her because he loves the game too much, but that bought us time. It bought us time to work by ourselves." He explained to Gus before he began to pace and think. " Okay? We're going to... We're going to drop off his radar.
We're still going to find the girl. We're going to do it on our own. That's our move."
"All right, but where do we start?" Gus questioned.
"We go back to the beginning. Back to the beginning, and we trace the steps of Mr. Yang." Shawn told making Gus nod, but I could tell Shawn wanted to tell me something.
"All right. You like what I did with the King Kong?"
"You're on fire. You're even using props." He told before looking towards me and I gave a nod. "Give me a moment with Ash."
"Yeah."
"Penelope," I called making her look and I tossed her my keys. "Wait in the car for me. Please."
"Ok." She told before the two left.
Once we saw the door shut we looked at each other.
"Ash, I need you to stay safe. I can't risk losing you as soon as I got you back. So I need you to stop working the case."
"You sure." I asked making him nod.
"I'm sure." He told and I grabbed his hand.
"I need to quickly talk to you about something. While I was undercover."
"Uh, sure. What's up?"
"While I was undercover, me and Dean got back together. I would have told you sooner, but I wasn't expecting this and we never had proper time alone."
"What?"
"I needed help, and so I got him and his brother to come in and help me. But they didn't really like outsiders, so I said Dean was my partner. So we dated while I was undercover." I explained.
"You dated Dean?!"
"Shawn...."
"Seriously?!"
"I needed help!" I pointed out.
"Why didn't you call me?!" He questioned.
"Because that's putting you at risk!"
"How?!"
"Because if they found out what I was really doing there, I could have been killed and anyone I brought in would have been in the same boat. So I brought in those two because obviously no one is gonna fuck with a Winchester. And I obviously couldn't be a fed if I'm connected to them. I'm sorry but it was the only way my job was going to succeed." I explained to him, hoping he would understand.
"I could have handled it."
"I couldn't have, if I got you killed. I would have died if they hurt or killed you Shawn, I couldn't handle that." I confessed, making a hurt look form on his face.
"So what does that mean for us?"
"I'm waiting for a call from Dean to see what's happening on his end to make sure him and his brother got away. But at the moment.... I'm not fully sure."
"Does this mean you don't want to get back together?"
"Of course I do." I told as I cupped his face so he would look at me. "I want to be with you."
"Then why does it matter if he's ok?"
"Because I still married him at one point, Shawn. You don't stop loving someone once you've loved them. I want to make sure he is safe and ok before I talk about us no longer dating since I am an fbi agent and he's a wanted dead criminal."
"Why tell me all this?" He asked as he moved my hands into his.
"Because relationships is about honesty. And I want to be honest with you on this. Not even my team knows I married a Winchester, only you, Henry and Gus know outside of my family and Baby face. If you still want to get back with me, then I want to be open with you on what I had to do while undercover before getting out. So you are aware." I explained making him squeeze my hands.
"Ash, I love and care for you. Always have and always will. While I wish it was me you got to help you, I'm also glad you had someone like Dean to protect you. We can talk about our relationship more after the case. Ok?"
"Ok." I told making him give me a quick kiss on the lips before one on my forehead and we both rushed to our respective cars.
I took the light off as I climbed in and started the car before getting my phone as Shawn and Gus drove off.
'Please don't get hurt Shawn.'
"We aren't going with?" Penelope asked.
"Nope. We are off the case."
"But Shawn said...."
"He doesn't want me working it anymore for safety. So, we're off. My main focus is keeping you safe Penelope. But if you wanna still help, I can drop you off at the station. I would rather keep you by my side so I know you are safe, but I will if you want it."
"I'll stay by your side." She told making me give her a small smile before pressing call.
"Hello?"
"Hey Madeleine. Wanna hang for a bit? Shawn's kinda wants me to be out of harms way." I informed her.
"Sure. I'll send you my hotel and room number. It'll be good to try and get past your awkwardness with me."
"Probably would." I admitted before we said our byes and she sent her address.
I started the car and headed towards the hotel she was temporarily living in.
'I hope Shawn and Gus stay safe. I can't lose them after just getting out.'