Author's note: Okay so I don't own Rizzoli and Isles, I wish I did though. I pretend I own it, does that count? I own Lauren and James :)
-This idea came to me in a dream and I decided to roll with it. I'm kind of testing the waters with this one. I'm very open to suggestions about the plot line, don't be hesitant. I don't bite, well very hard anyway ;) Enjoy!
It was a hyperborean day in the heart of Boston and Jane hated these days. Not only did she not like them due to the below freezing temperature but it made her hands ache. Who knew that two miniscule, crescent shaped scars on a cold winter's day could bring so much pain? These were the days she knew that it'd be a rough one.
It was precisely 8:00 a.m. when Jane entered the Boston Police Department alongside her best friend, Dr. Maura Isles. Maura sensed that something was off with Jane and she was determined to find out what it was. "Hey Jane?" She asked as they stepped into the elevator. Maura pushed B1 while Jane pushed 3.
"Yeah Maura?"
"Would you like to join me for drinks at my house this evening?"
"Yeah Maura, that actually sounds great." Maura noticed Jane's voice drift. Now this was really disturbing her.
"J-Jane is there something bothering you?" She hesitated, she normally wasn't indecisive when it came to asking Jane questions but she couldn't figure out why now was any different?
"I'm fine Maura." She said robotically.
"We've been friends for seven years, four months and fifteen days and I can tell when you're lying to me. Jane you can tell me anything."
"My tell isn't as simple as yours Maura. I don't break out into hives when I even think about lying." She snapped at her.
"No you don't but-" she was interrupted by Jane.
"BUT NOTHING MAURA! I SAID I AM FINE!" Maura tried her very best to suppress the giggle but didn't succeed.
"Would you care to inform me as to why you're laughing?"
"That's it."
"That's what, Maura?"
"Your tell."
"What do you mean?"
"When you say you're fine, you're really not. There is something deeper taking place than you're letting on. I began to take notice after you've taken on a hard-bitten case and couldn't deduce the mystery, after what happened with Hoyt and after Frost died.." Jane just stood there, expressionless. Maura was right, something is bothering her but she couldn't figure out how to tell her. Her thoughts were interrupted when Maura spoke again. "Jane what's wrong?"
"I-" The elevator doors opened to the squad room. "I'll tell you tonight." She hopped off the elevator.
"Ja-" The elevator doors shut before Maura could finish her sentence. Jane stood there, facing the elevator. She took in a deep breath, turned around and walked into the squad room with her head held high. She went to go sit at her desk when her phone rang. "Rizzoli."
Downstairs, Maura plagued her mind with a series of questions. What's going on with Jane? Did something occur within the last 12 hours that could seriously damage her mental health? Was she sick? Was she pregnant? Was she attacked? 'Oh god' she thought, 'she was sexually assaulted. Maura what is the matter with you? Do you always think the worst scenarios rather than thinking that maybe she's just having an unpleasant day and just feeling a little under the weather.' Her thoughts were soon interrupted when her phone rang. "This is Doctor Isles"
The dynamic duo arrived shortly after one another. They both entered the house and were horrified at the sight. Jane knew today was going to be a bad day. Boy was she right. She walked over to Maura and the body was tied down to a chair. "What have we got Maura?"
"Male, late 40s early 50s, gunshot wounds to the thigh, torso and head."
"Execution style." Jane shook her head.
"Yes, it appears to be so." Jane looked at the wall behind the body.
"Maura how many total bullet holes are in John Doe."
"John Doe is actually James Sawyer and he has…" she paused to count, "three gunshot wounds, no through and throughs"
"What are you thinking Jane?"
"If John Doe-"
"James Allen Sawyer" Maura interrupted.
"If Mr. Sawyer has three bullet holes, none through and throughs then where did these two bullets come from." One of the CSU techs walked passed Jane "Did you guys locate a weapon?"
"No we didn't Detective." Jane thought for a moment. The CSU tech started to walk away when Jane called him back again.
"Hey wait, you got anything to pull these bullets out?" The tech set his kit on the ground and pulled out what appeared to be blue tweezers and handed them to Jane. "Thanks" Jane pulled a bullet and examined it closely. Korsak looked over her shoulder.
"There's too much damage to this bullet. Check for shell casings." Her and Korsak parted ways and began looking for casings. A few minutes of non stop searching, Jane heard Korsak call out to her. "Over here Jane"
"What've you got Korsak?"
"9 millimeter shell casing."
"Mhmm"
"What are you thinking Jane?"
"I'll let you know when we get the body to-" She heard a noise.
"Jane?"
"Shh" Jane put her hand up, "You hear that?" There was a distant thud and faint cry. Jane grabbed her side arm and went in search of the the noise. She checked every bedroom downstairs while Korsak checked the kitchen and first floor closets. Jane indicated upstairs to Korsak. He took the lead. "Maura, hang tight while I check upstairs"
"What am I hanging tight?"
"It's just a- never mind. Just stay there." Jane rushed up the stairs. She could hear the faint cries of a small child coming from the master bedroom. She crept to the door and pushed it open slowly with her right hand, gun in left. Korsak right behind. What they saw terrified them even more than the scene downstairs. "MAURA!" Maura instantly knew something was wrong. She ran as fast as her feet could carry here in heels. She never thought she'd sprint in Christian Louboutins but she did today. She entered the master bedroom and it looked like a scene from Dexter. Blood splatter covered the walls, the bed, and the floor but that's not what alarmed her.
'Scalpels. Scalpels through her hands. That's impossible, he's dead. Jane shot him to protect me.' Maura could feel the bile rising. The girl couldn't be much older than sixteen.
"He's back." She could her Jane's voice crack.
"He can't possibly be back. It's impossible to come back from the dead." She said as she went to the girl's aid.
"Maura, you can't tell me that he's not back because there are scalpels through her hands!"
"Jane you shot him in the hospital room. I was there!"
"I know you were but this is too eerily perfect to be a copycat." Jane started to rub her scars. Maura checked for a pulse.
"Call an ambulance, she has a pulse. It's weak but it's there." Jane couldn't move as if she were suddenly paralyzed. "JANE CALL AN AMBULANCE!" She didn't move. Maura ran to the other side of the room and grabbed the house phone.
"9-1-1 Operator what is your emergency?"
"This is Doctor Maura Isles, Chief Medical Examiner of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,I need an ambulance at 5876 E. 2nd Street. Quickly!" Maura's voice was full of urgency.
"An ambul-" Maura hung up the phone, that was all the reassurance she needed. She rushed to the girls side. She started to stir. Maura didn't know what to do. Her patients were typically of the deceased variety. She placed her hand on her shoulder. "I'm Doctor Isles, the Chief Medical Exam- I'm Maura. Can you tell me your name?"
"L-La-Lauren" her voice cracked. Maura could see Lauren resisting the urge to let the tears fall. The next question she asked chilled her to the bone? "Is a Detective Rizzoli here?" This pulled Jane and Korsak from their momentarily catatonic state. "I'm going to go get EMS" Korsak said.
"I'm Detective Rizzoli, please call me Jane" Jane walked toward Lauren. "Why do you ask?"
Lauren hesitated, "H-He told me to give you a message if I was alive by the time you arrived." She let a single tear fall from her face. Jane walked over to her and wiped away the tear.
"What did he tell you?"
"Here we are again, Jane." Jane felt a pang in her chest, like she'd been hit by a semi truck going a hundred miles an hour. She had to ask even though she'd knew what the answer would be.
"Lauren, w-who did this to you?" Her voice was barely above a whisper.
She choked a sob, "I'm so sorry. I'm so so so sorry." She cried harder. Korsak came up with EMS. They carefully removed her from the bedroom to not disturb any evidence. They got her all strapped up and they began hooking her up to IV fluids."Wait, Who did this to you?" She swept Lauren's hair off her face and tucked it behind her ear. Lauren hesitated.
"You can tell me, you're safe now." Jane could hear her heart beating in her ears.
"The… Su-Surgeon." She choked out. Jane let out a sob she didn't know she was holding back.
"Jane, did she just say who I think she said?" Korsak asked. She nodded her head 'yes'. Maura placed a hand on Jane's back and began to rub circles.
"We'll get him Jane." Jane couldn't process what Maura just said.
She felt her whole world crashing down with two words. "The Surgeon" She could hear Lauren's voice repeating over and over in her head, "The Surgeon", "Here we are again, Jane." The nightmares were nearly non existing now and she felt like she's back to square one. She managed after four years to control her nightmares and now she felt that they'd come back even worse this time. She broke, "He's back"
Okay so I might be Satan trapped in a human form. Did you like how I used the line as my title? No? Oops sorry. Satan out!
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