I'll be dead in a few hours, let's get all sentimental... for imtherookie

[bettercop]

[She's been delaying this call for almost ten minutes now. But Van Pelt deserves it, and a part of Lisbon needs it, even if she's loath to admit it to anyone but herself.

Finally, she dials...]

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[imtherookie]

[Weird, her cell phone is ringing. Everyone knows she's at work...Lisbon?]

Boss!

[bettercop]

Van Pelt. [Strictly business at first.] Look, uh, we have a situation here. [Pause.] Something unexpected and out of our control, but...it looks like Jane and I won't be coming back.

[imtherookie]

[instantly grim.]

What do you mean not coming back, boss? What happened?

[bettercop]

We've been exposed to the virus, and...it looks like we have a few hours left. [Ok, so that's the official stuff out of the way.] I already talked to Cho and Rigsby, I wanted to uh, call you myself.