Title: Where Do We Go From Here

Author: Politicalthry88

Summary: Maura and Jane's lives are thrown into upheaval as everything they once knew is changed in an instant.

Disclaimer: I do not own these characters.

Author's Note: This is a continuation of the Rizzoli and Isles season finale, "When the Gun Goes Bang, Bang, Bang."

Chapter One

Jane Rizzoli had never been so scared in her life. This situation was quickly surpassing her experience with Charles Hoyt. At least Hoyt was methodical. His focus allowed her to feel that there was time to deal with everything that was happening to her… time to possibly rectify what may occur. But here, right now, that was not the case. Right now, everything seemed to be out of control. So out of control, that she felt that there was no time to think about her actions.

As soon as Korsak's voice came over the walkie-talkie, Jane knew that she had to move. Her initial instinct was to jump Bobby, but that was impossible with Maura and Frankie being there beside her.

When Bobby turned toward them, gun in hand, all she could do was step in front of Maura to shield her from whatever was about to happen. She did not know what would happen next, but at least she knew that she had protected those who mattered most to her.

Maura yelled for her as Bobby pulled Jane through the morgue's door. Jane's eyes pleading with Maura not to follow, but the look on Maura's face told her that her friend would be close behind.

Jane did not know what to do as she was dragged through the front doors of the precinct; gun pressed painfully against her right temple. The entire precinct seemed to be outside with their guns pointed at her and Bobby. Korsak was even brazen enough to be standing out in the open, almost begging Bobby to let her go. She yelled at them, "Shoot him! Take him down!" but no one did. She looked to Frost, his expression telling her that they would not shoot as long as she was being used as a shield.

Time seemed to stand still as Bobby just stood there, holding her tight to his body to keep his colleagues from firing on him. No one moved for fear of triggering Bobby to do something even more irrational than what they were witnessing. They had already lost a number of colleagues that day; they were not going to risk the murder of another.

Jane saw movement out of the corner of her eye. Maura had entered the precinct's lobby and was running toward the door. Bobby must have seen the same thing because the gun had moved from its place at her temple to where her friend was now emerging from.

This was it… Jane knew that she could no longer remain the victim and allow Bobby to tear apart her world. "SHOOT HIM!" she yelled.

Maura stopped, she was half way through the door and Bobby's gun was pointed directly at her. Before she could even take a step backwards, Jane's hands were there, dragging the gun down until it was pressed against her own body. It only took a second for Maura to realize what Jane was about to do. "JANE," she yelled… but she was too late, Jane had already pulled the trigger.

The power of the bullet ripped through both Jane and Bobby, throwing them backwards toward the cold concrete sidewalk. Jane's eyes stayed locked on Maura's as she watched her best friend run to her side. Korsak and Frost were quickly beside her. By the time they reached their friend, her eyes were closed and her breathing was shallow.

Maura's hands sought out Jane's wounds, trying to stop the blood that seemed to be flowing too quickly. She took the jacket that Frost offered her, hoping that it would help slow the bleeding more than just her hands would. She pressed her left hand against the wound on Jane's stomach, as her right held the jacket against the exit wound. Maura could not even begin to imagine what might be going on internally.

Korsak was quick to shift the attention of the arriving EMTs from Bobby to Jane. "She's the one you need to worry about," he said, pushing the EMTs to where he felt they should be.

Jane was quickly placed on a gurney and moved toward the ambulance; Maura's hands still pressing into her friend.

"Ma'am," one of the emergency technicians said. "You can't come with us."

"I'm a doctor," Maura said, refusing to leave her friend in this state.

"All right," the technician responded. "But, you have to stay out of the way."

Maura did not answer; she just slid into the back of the ambulance, helping the EMT by placing the monitors on her friend while he tried to slow the bleeding.