This story plays at the end of the first season.

Chapter 1

It already was evening when Jane came home after a long day of work. It was dark outside and the street was silent when she opened the door to her house. She entered but didn't know that she was observed doing so.

Someone shot photos from her going in, dressing in her sleeping clothes and finally getting into bed. The person in the car smiled looking at the taken photos. Hoyt would love to get them.

'What have you got for me, Maura?' Jane asked when she entered Autopsy in the basement.

'A new body and a new assistant' the Doctor answered and Jane noticed the other woman in the room, also wearing a doctor's overall.

'Hello. I'm Valentina Riddle' she answered and they shook hands.

'I'm Jane Rizzoli. Maura, you haven't told me you've got a new assistant' the detective answered.

'Well, I got the memo yesterday evening. She has just finished her medicine studies' she answered. 'Can you give me the dissecting tool, please?'

Valentina gave it to her and Maura started to cut open the body in the typical V-form that rather resembled a Y.

'Have you found out anything?' Jane asked impatiently.

Maura shook her head. 'I cannot determine cause of death yet. I need to wait for the toxicological test results' she answered.

'Can you guess?'

'No, there was no harm done to the body.'

'Nothing at all?'

'No, why haven't you been at the crime scene? Frost had tried to call you at least ten times.'

'I've put my cell on mute and my alarm clock didn't go off' Jane answered grumpily. She wasn't in the best mood. She didn't like to appear late at work and especially not when she missed a crime scene.

'Okay, I'll drive there again and have a look. And you call me as soon as you have any testing results' she said and went out of Autopsy.

Maura nodded and together with her new assistant she carried on performing the postmortem examination.

Time went by and they just didn't find anything that could have harmed the body. 'The only thing that is curious is, why we don't find blood in the upper part of the body' Maura stated when they were nearly done.

'What if he hung down shortly before death?' Valentina asked.

'Good idea, cut open his legs.'

She did so and blood was dripping off.

'But this won't be cause of death' Maura riddled.

Suddenly, the computer behind her began to beep. 'The toxicology results' she said.

They both put off their gloves and Maura typed in her password to see the results.

'Drug results are negative but look at this value here' Maura said and pointed at the screen.

'Could be a new designer drug which the system doesn't know yet' Valentina said. 'May I have a look?'

Maura let her to the computer and her assistant started to compare a few results. 'Look here, this one's positive and this one's negative. It contains phenethylamine and this structure reminds me on lophophora wiliamsii.'

'A cactus?'

'I had to examine one in my third semester in studies. I never forget how thousands of prickles were spread all over the room' she explained and Maura laughed shortly.

'And what does it mean?' she asked.

'This cactus is used to produce mescaline buttons.'

'I've heard of it. It's a new designer drug' Maura stated and went back to Autopsy table. 'This means I need to run a new test' she explained.

'Why doesn't the computer recognize it?' her assistant asked.

'It is so new and rare that it is not in the testing. And I cannot remember any case of death after intake of this specific designer drug. It's uncommon.'

'And it doesn't explain why there is no blood in his upper body part.'

'Exactly' Maura agreed and they started a new test series.

Meanwhile, Jane and Frost returned to crime scene. 'Jane, I don't know what you want to find here. We've searched everything and the crime scene has already been cleaned' Frost said when they entered the house.

'Not one of the best districts' Jane stated when she went through the floor. There was graffiti on the wall and it smelled like if garbage hasn't been brought out for weeks.

'It is right there' Frost pointed to the end of the corridor. The door was open and they entered.

'Oh god' Jane moaned when she saw the messed room. 'You told me cleaning team tidied up here?'

'Only what was affiliated by the crime scene' her partner answered and they put on gloved. Unfinished meals and opened alcohol bottles were standing everywhere.

'We've confiscated all drugs' Frost explained. 'This evening a second cleaning team for the rest will come.'

Jane just nodded. 'How was he found?'

'Lying on the bed over there' he said and guided her to the sleeping room.

'Maura doubts that he died here, too' he informed while she already examined the bed.

'Nothing to find, as I said' Frost mentioned and watched her. She looked under the bed and opened the night table draw.

'And how do you call this?' she asked and put out a single piece of white paper. There was printed something on it, with a computer and she doubted that they would be able to find any fingerprints on it. It seemed to clean.

'He was killed in the basements, just in case you don't find out' Jane read out and looked at her partner.

'Well, let's go there' he said quickly before she could complain that they haven't been thoroughgoing enough.

But Frost could swear that this paper hasn't been there when he had opened the draw three hours ago.

They went into the basement which was nearly feet-deep filled with water.

'That's disgusting' she mentioned when she opened the heavy stone door. She was surprised that there actually was electricity when she switched on the lights. 'Oh dear' Frost answered and felt like needing to vomit soon.

Jane walked on and examined the table in the middle of the room. 'It seems like rests of a drug' she said and took a smell at the brown stuff.

'I think this was how he was killed' Frost said and pointed at the chains hanging down from the ceiling.

Jane turned around when suddenly her cell phone rang. 'Maura' she answered it. 'Any news for me?'

'He was killed by mescaline buttons. It's a drug, brown—'

'Dark brown slices, three centimeters, right?'

'Yes, you found some of it?'

'Indeed.'

'Please bring it to me. I need to align the mixture and find out if it is the same charge.'

'Did the drugs kill him?'

'I think so. I will do some tests—'

'Maura, anything else, does he have any marks on his wrist joints?'

'No, but on his ankle joints. The only thing we found unusual on his body. Except for the fact, that there was nearly no blood in his head and upper body part and we don't know—'

'He hung down from the ceiling.'

'What?'

'He was killed in the basement and I think that he first was forced to take the drugs and then someone hung him down from the ceiling. Here are chains to proof it.'

'And he experienced the drug trip while hanging down. And the overdoses killed him slowly while he couldn't free himself. That he blood was flowing into his head made the effect stronger. Oh god, he has been tortured with this. Can you send me DNA samples of the chain to proof that he hung there, Jane?'

'Of course, Maura' the detective answered and put the phone back into her jacket.

They had found out time, cause and place of death. Only suspect and motif to go. She sighed and stepped forward to the chains to examine them.

'Okay, we know how he was killed: He was given mescaline buttons, a drug. He died because of overdoses and was hung from the ceiling. The blood flew in—'

'Wait, it doesn't fit' Maura interrupted Jane. 'He was hung down with his feet toward bottom because there was no blood in the upper body part. We found marks on his feet because they were bound together, too. But why didn't we find any marks on his wrist joints?'

'Perhaps he wore gloves' Valentina proposed.

'That's it' Jane agreed.

'So we have a killer who hangs a victim with gloves?' Korsak asked in disbelief.

'He wanted to confuse us' Jane said.

'It worked' Maura muttered.

'But we still have no idea who it was' Frost mentioned. 'There is no one in his close environment who wanted to kill him, none of his usual foes would be clever enough to do such a murder.'

'Then we have to take a closer look' Jane decided.

'Or he was a random victim' Maura proposed.

Jane only shrugged. 'I don't think so. Someone wanted to torture him' she said and they all went back to work.

'I think I'm suffering paranoia' Jane said when she and Maura entered her house the next day's evening.

'Why?'

'Somebody is following me. I'm sure.'

'No, you're not being followed' Maura said and put down the handbag on the sofa.

'What do you have to eat here?' she asked.

'I don't know. You can look in the fridge, I'm gonna change. I hate this blouse' Jane said and walked over to her sleeping room.

Maura was just opening the refrigerator doors when she heard a loud scream.

'Jane? Jane! What's up?' she shouted and with her high-heels she tried to run, or rather tip-toe, over to her friend's sleeping room.

'Oh my god' she muttered in disbelief when she saw what Jane was looking at. There was a person laying in her bed, a young man, perhaps around twenty. He was pale and his mouth was open. There was no harm done on the body, cause of death couldn't be determined.

'I'll call Korsak' Maura said and went to her handbag to get her cell. Jane still didn't speak and came back into the living room. She sat down on the couch. 'Oh my god' she sighed and tried to breathe deeply.

'Someone personally put a body in my bed' she added and listened how Maura called the cops.

'Cause of death known?' Valentina asked when she helped Maura to put the body bag on the table.

'No, no physical injuries' Maura explained and opened the zipper. They unclothed the body and started autopsy.

'Take this to the forensics lab' Maura said and Valentina nodded. She brought over the evidence and traces for toxicological tests, like before.

'There's really no harm done' the doctor muttered when her assistant entered Autopsy again.

'There's a match to the fingerprints analysis' she mentioned and pointed to the computer. 'I'll send the information to Jane' she added and sat down in front of the computer.

Maura just nodded, she was so fascinated by the body. 'Why does someone not do any harm to the body but kill? A killer usually tries to feel stronger by harming them, cutting them open' she wondered.

'Perhaps to show that the killer is not guided by its instincts but by the need to kill at all' Valentina proposed.

Maura looked up. 'That's right. He wants to show us how human he is' she stated.

'Or how inhuman and dangerous. He has full control while killing. He doesn't lose it by injuring violently.'

'Why haven't you studied psychology?'

They both laughed and Valentina turned around to help the doctor opening the body.

It took three hours until the testing results reached the lab of Maura and her assistant Valentina.

'Amphetamine' Valentina read out surprised.

'Let me have a look' Maura said astonished, too.

'No typical drug whose consequence is death.'

'It wasn't combined with anything else. They often do it to make the feeling stronger.'

'How much must he have taken to die just because of Amphetamine?' Valentina asked.

'A lot' a voice behind them said. None of them had noticed Jane entering. 'And I bet that he didn't take it voluntarily.'

'Do you have any suspects?' Maura asked but her friend shook her head.

'Because the two murders are similar we think that it was the same killer. He must know a lot about drugs because he gave his victims just enough to die slowly. He doesn't injure them and it seems as if they're coincidental victims and he doesn't know him.'

'Why that?'

'Because the last murder was personal to me' Jane stated. 'He wants a relationship with me.'

'But…he doesn't see you as the next victim?'

'I don't know. Perhaps it's someone I brought behind bars. Frost and Korsak have a look on all people who want me dead.'

'That are a lot.'

'Right. Or it is someone else who just chose me to play with. However, when you find something out, call me' she smiled shortly and left Autopsy again.

'She seems to have some personal problems' Valentina mentioned.

'She thinks she's been followed lately' Maura explained. 'Have you read about Hoyt?'

'The serial killer who's in prison?' Maura nodded. 'He has tried to kill her recently' she started explaining and told her everything.

Meanwhile, Jane came back to the office upstairs only to find out that neither Korsak nor Frost have found out anything useful. It went late again and Jane thought that she could better start to live here in office than at home as she spent most time of the day here. It was midnight when her phone rang.

'Who calls you now?' Korsak asked confused and Jane just shook her head.

She was tired and thought about just ignoring the call. But whoever called her now, it must be really important. 'Jane Rizzoli' she answered and Frost and Korsak could see how Jane's smile got smaller and smaller and finally vanished from her face.

'Who was that?' Frost asked when Jane hung up the phone.

'Prison department' Jane said slowly, looking out of the window. She seemed to be distracted now.

'Jane!' Korsak screamed loudly and Jane was torn out of her dreams.

'Hoyt escaped' she said and looked into the horrified faces of her two colleagues.

'About an hour ago. He had taken a security guard as hostage and a car had waited for him outside. The car was stolen and had just been found two kilometers from her. There were no DNA or fingerprints, except those from Hoyt' she explained.

She leaned back in her chair. 'Why have you been directly called?' Frost asked.

'Because today he had told a guard that he would escape soon. They haven't believed him. And he has told them, that as soon as he was out, he would kill me' Jane added and looked at Frost and Korsak, sitting there with their mouths open and in disbelief.

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