Double Trouble (A Psych Fanfiction)

Search and Rescue...Sort Of

Crouched in the back seat of a black car, Evelyn peeked out the window. She got a quick look around and ducked back down. “What do you mean you think you did something stupid?” Shawn demanded, sounding worried. “Don’t you know you have to go really far to qualify for stupid in my world?”

Nervously, Evelyn giggled. She heard Henry’s voice in the background. “Ok. How about I did something I shouldn’t have and I’m calling to get some help?” she amended.

“I will accept that,” Shawn said. “Tell me.”

There was the sound of a door slamming nearby, making the girl jump. “Um, I hid in the backseat of the car a murderer was driving,” Evelyn explained. She peeked out again. “I thought I’d find Ethan. I’m down by the docks and I don’t see him anywhere.”

She heard Shawn relay that to Henry. “Get out and find somewhere safe to hid,” Shawn ordered. “I’ll be there as soon as I can.” He paused. “And so will my dad so you better hid really well. He was worried you’d been kidnapped when he couldn’t find you and now I think he’s on the warpath.”

“He doesn’t scare me,” Evelyn responded.

“That's just because you don't know him well enough,” Shawn told her. “Tell me where you are, what do you see?”

“I see the outside of a bunch of warehouses,” Evelyn reported. “They all look kinda run down.”

The door of the car opened then. Evelyn looked up and swallowed hard as she saw the muzzle of a gun in her face. “Shawn,” she said, fear in her voice. The phone was snatched out of her hand. She forced a smile. “Hi. I'm looking for my brother, Ethan. You wouldn't happen to know where he is?”

“Evelyn? Evelyn!” Shawn said, his voice rising as he got no response. He flinched as there was a loud click in his ear. He looked at his dad as he lowered the phone. “I think Evelyn just got caught, but she's down by the warehouses like I said she'd be.”

“Shawn, what's going on?” Gus asked in bewilderment.

“Tell the police where she is. Now,” Henry responded.

Visibly, Shawn hesitated and then turned towards the conference room. “Lassie!” he called out, forcing his tone to be excited. He put his fingers to his head. “I've had a vision! One that will neatly wrap up your two cases. I know where you can find your two drug rings.”

Lassiter eyed him skeptically. “Where?” O'Hara asked eagerly.

“There large buildings and water,” Shawn explained, struggling to keep up his act. Only Gus and his father seemed to notice though. “The bay! They're down in the abandoned warehouses.”

“Are you sure about this?” Chief Vick demanded.

Shawn met her eyes. “Positive,” he replied.

Considering him, the chief nodded once. “All right,” she said. She looked at her Head Detective. “Detective Lassiter, get a team ready. We leave in five minutes.” As Lassiter moved to comply, Vick focused on Shawn again. “Mr. Spencer, do you think you'll get more once we're there?”

“You couldn't keep us away,” Shawn answered. His father cleared his throat. “Oh, my dad is coming too.”

Sighing, Vick shook her head in resignation. “Just this once,” she stipulated. “And once we're there all three of you will stay with the cars.”

“Absolutely.”

As the chief joined the hustle of getting the raid ready, Henry grabbed his son's arm. “Are you sure you want to do this, son?” he asked in a low voice. “Shawn, it is highly likely that Evelyn and Ethan are already dead. Do you want to find them like that?”

Gus turned a little green as he looked at his friend. “You're still going knowing that?” Shawn asked, his tone even and completely serious. Henry nodded. “Well, then, I am too. I was supposed to keep them safe, Dad! There's still a chance that they're alive so I'm not going to get all worried about that yet.”

“Henry? Shawn?”

Slowly, the pair turned. Maddie Spencer stood in the middle of the hallway. Gus moved away to give them some space. “Mom,” Shawn spoke first. He pulled away from his dad to hug his mother. “What are you doing here? I only wanted you to call, not come all this way.”

“Both of you called me and said you needed to talk to me,” Maddie explained, embracing him quickly. She looked up at him worriedly. “And since I was coming anyway, I canceled my last appointment early. What's wrong, Goose? Your message and your father's message sounded urgent.”

“Spencer, we're going with or without you,” Lassiter called out.

Nodding, Shawn kissed his mother's cheek and took off. “We've got to go, Maddie,” Henry said to his ex-wife. He caught her hand and squeezed it quickly. “We'll explain when we get back.”

Frustrated, Maddie watched them hurry away. She pulled out her phone and dialed a familiar number. In the now quiet police station, she listened as her call went straight to voice mail. “Hi! You have reached Double Trouble's mailbox. Leave us a message!” Ethan's recorded voice said cheerfully.

Worriedly, Maddie just shut her phone without leaving a message.

It was very quiet in the warehouse until one of the minions arrived. “Dad!” a tall and skinny man shouted. He went into the office, his voice just barely reaching Ethan. “The Rossettis want to meet. They say they have something they want to exchange for the drugs and their boy.”

Interested, Ethan paused in his diligent efforts to get free. The patriarch of the group asked a low question Ethan couldn't hear. The young man made a swift response of, “Warehouse number 12.”

Jones came out of his office with the man right behind him. "Well, it would be rude to ignore a respected colleague such as Rossetti," the older man said, a sarcastic note in his voice. “Keep an eye on the kid while I go. If Carl reports back with the girl, you know what to do.”

The young man nodded. Within minutes, it was once again quiet. His keeper flipping through a magazine, Ethan twisted his wrists one last time. The rope that had held him fell to the floor, landing with a light thud. Moving quickly, Ethan bent down and untied the ropes around his ankles. He glanced up warily,'but his captor was not watching him.

Taking a deep breath, Ethan bolted for the exit. “Hey!” the man shouted, scrambling to follow. “Get back here!”