TRIGGER WARNING - RAPE - ASSAULT

If you had asked anyone who knew Jane whether a) she would get married and b) would marry a woman they would have laughed in your face. Jane is a fierce, strong and independant woman who will stand her ground with the guys. But no one really ever thought she was actually gay. That was until Dr Maura Isles become the new Chief Medical Examiner at BPD.

There were subtle changes happening, so subtle that Jane herself didn't even know they were happening. Until the first time she had kissed Maura. After that, everything changed, Jane felt she couldn't live without this blonde haired, beautiful angel in her life.

6 months after officially coming out as a couple Jane had proposed to Maura and she had said yes. They have been happily married for 3 years. And to celebrate there anniversary Jane was taking Maura out to her favourite restaurant.

L'Espalier is such a beautiful restaurant and one of Maura's favourites. It is also one of the hardest to get a reservation for in Boston. That's why for the past 2 years they have made the same booking a year in advance. So they knew they would always get their favourite table by the window overlooking the Charles River.

After helping Maura with her chair, she couldn't help but stare at the gorgeous woman sat opposite her. 'You're staring again Jane' the blonde said with a twinkle in her eye.

She reached over the table and grabbed her hands, 'How did i get so lucky, you're so beautiful'. She looked into those hazel eyes lovingly. 'Jane, it is i that am the lucky one', she never took her gaze away from her wife. She could have sworn that she saw Maura blush.

A few hours later, they emerged from the restaurant, filled with love and hope. That the future was going to be a happy one.

'Oh Jane, thank you for tonight it's been lovely'. The cool air outside hit them both instantly. Jane took her wife's arm and tucked it under her own. Trying to pull the blonde into her to keep her warm.

'You're very welcome, and once we get home i'll show you even more how much i love you'. She pulled the blonde towards her so there faces were almost touching. Before bringing their lips together in a long passionate kiss.

Maura felt like she was the luckiest person in the world, pools of brown velvety eyes showed her how much this woman in front of her loved her.

That night they had decided to walk home through the park, which meant heading underneath a bridge. For all the years Jane had lived in Boston, she had never heard or experienced any problems walking home this way. It wasn't particularly that late, there was still that autumn glow in the sky. The sun had set but the last remnants of light was fading.

As they made their way down the path it sloped down slightly to go under the bridge. As they were halfway under a gang of lads were heading there way. Instinctively Jane's hand tightened around Mauras. She felt vulnerable, because she wanted to look nice for Maura, she had decided on wearing a little black dress. Which meant she had no-where to hide her gun or badge.

Without warning the one closest to Jane hit her in the stomach, she couldn't tell if it was a fist or some kind of weapon. The pain that she felt sent her to her knees, and she was struggling to catch her breathe.

As they had struck Jane, the others had grabbed Maura and held her away from her. 'Keep those dyke bitches away from each other' one of them sniggered.

Maura couldn't believe what was happening, she knew that they were in trouble. There were too many of them to fight them all off. And all she could think about was Jane. They had struck her hard.

She was struggling to take even breaths, and when she did it hurt like hell. She was trying to keep track of the lads that had now circled them. As of yet they hadn't done anything to Maura. Maybe, just maybe, they would only hurt her and leave her wife alone she thought. Unfortunately that hope was dashed.

'I think we should teach these dykes a lesson, show them what a real man is, what do you say lads'. His voice dripped with lust and desire.

There was a chorus of cheers and shouts that shook both Maura and Jane to the core. Jane had no illusions what they were planning on doing. But she would be damned if she wouldn't fight back.

Without warning she had managed to take the 'leader' by surprise by landing a good punch to his face. She could feel the crunch of bone on bone as she felt his nose break. This took him by surprise and she had managed to knock him to the floor. She managed to land another punch on one of the other gang members before she felt something hard make contact with the side of her head. She was instantly knocked off her feet, as she was lying on the ground she could feel the warmth of her blood streaming down her face.

She knew she was in trouble now, soon after she could feel what she thought were feet and fists making contact all over her body. By now the whole gang were having a go, landing punch after punch and kick after kick. She could hear her own bones breaking and snapping with each blow. All the while she could hear Maura screaming her name. Begging for them to stop. After what felt like an eternity they did. She tried to see what was happening but she could feel her face and eyes starting to swell up.

Her eyes darted amongst the gang until they found who she desperately need to see. She tried to will her eyes to show Maura that everything was going to be alright. She could see the love coming back to her from the blonde.

Suddenly strong hands gripped her arms hard and lifted her up onto her feet. As soon as they moved her, pain shot through her body. Every nerve felt like it was on fire. The pain was excruciating, she couldn't help but let out a yelp. Her body felt heavy and her head felt foggy, it was getting harder and harder for her to keep awake.

When her eyes came back into focus she saw the damage she had inflicted on 'the leader'. There was blood all down the front of his t-shirt. She knew she had definitely broken his nose. Then she saw his eyes. Nothing but pure hatred, he was pissed. Shit. She knew this was gonna

end bad.

'You fucked up my face, bitch' grabbing her chin and turning her face to the side. She recognised the familiar sound of a switchblade knife. 'Now i get to fuck up yours'. He started to make a deep incision above her right eyebrow, bringing the blade down her face. Cutting deep, almost down to the bone. She couldn't help but cry out in pain.

She was still being held by his goons, her head falling forward, she could see the blood pooling below her. She hoped that would be the end of it. She was wrong. Her hair was roughly grabbed and her head yanked back. He made sure he was looking into her eyes as he calmly and slowly pushed the knife into her stomach. It was the most painful thing she had ever felt, even more painful than when she shot herself. It felt like it was never going to end, he was enjoying inflicting this torture onto her. She could feel and taste copper on the back of her throat, before she knew it she was coughing up blood.

She just wanted it to stop, for the pain to end, and for Maura to not be screaming and crying her name in fear and panic. It was one of the worst sounds she had ever heard.

Suddenly the strong arms that held her up let her go, and she couldn't do anything from stopping herself crumbling to the ground. She had already lost too much blood, sleep was coming to claim her. Whilst lying on her stomach her hair was roughly yanked and lifted up. 'Oh no, you don't get to die yet dyke, you get to watch'. With a wicked wink and coy smile 'the leader' took out his bloodied knife and started to walk over to an hysterical Maura.

What she saw broke her heart, he had struck Maura in the face, not too hard to make her unconscious but enough to daze her. He started to cut away at her dress. When he had completely removed the offending clothing, he punched her again in the stomach. Maura doubled over in pain, which caused her to land on the ground in a heap. He circled her like a wild animal circles its prey before moving in for the kill.

By this point the other gang members had gotten hold of Maura's arms and were pinning her down on her stomach. 'The leader' had made quick work of cutting away her lace bra and panties. Jane was trying to get to her knees, desperately trying to get to her wife. But each time she tried to get up, all it resulted in was her coughing up more blood. As she collapsed to the ground a third time, she watched in horror as he violated Maura from behind.

With the last bit of strength she had remaining she had managed to drag herself across the ground towards her terrified wife who was facing her. All the while leaving a trail of blood on the cold, hard ground.

Jane was almost at arm's length from Maura, with the last bit of will she had left she tried to reach out for her. The last thing she saw and heard was her wife being brutally raped and the rapist telling her to scream out Jane's name before the darkness finally surrounded her.