I get outside right after I put up my hands in the morgue, saying don't shoot. I saw what was happening to Jane and I cried out her name right before the gunshot rang out. I saw Jane and Marino fall and then Jane's eyes close. I wasn't even thinking about the thirty-plus cops that had their guns drawn-in a futile attempt to save Jane. I ran down the steps, beating Korsak to Jane.

I untangle Jane from Marino and I check for a pulse. Relief floods through me when I discovered a pulse, all but weak. I clamped my hands down on the wound in an attempt to staunch the bleeding. While I was checking for a pulse, I didn't seem to notice that Jane's eyes had opened and she was looking up at me and that a steady stream of tears were coming out of her dark eyes.

"Maura-Frankie" then silence and her eyes closed again.

"Don't try to talk. Frankie's going to be okay. Don't worry. Everything's going to be fine." I said, reassuring her and also reassuring myself as well.

I could hear Korsak saying something, but I couldn't make out what he was trying to say. My only focus was on my best friend and making sure that she was going to pull through. As my hands are covered in Jane's blood, I heard the best sound in the world. That sound was the sirens of an ambulance coming to rescue Jane and save her. The ambulance came around the corner and the EMT's jumped out and Korsak guided them over to where Jane and I were. I moved out of the way but not enough where my hands didn't leave her abdomen.

While the EMT's were working on Jane, her eyes fluttered back open and there was a look of pain on her face. When she was looking around for a familiar face she became panicked. I shouted to her that I was right beside her and I looked her right in her dark eyes.

"Ouch that hurts!" Jane screamed at one of the EMT's removed my hands and started applying a bandage to her abdomen. I saw the pain in her face and knowing that right now Jane couldn't give the EMT the death glare, I gave it to him for her. He saw my glare and iterated an apology to Jane. They put a back brace and a neck brace on her and moved her to a stretcher. My ears picking up on every moan of pain that came out of Jane's mouth when they moved her into the ambulance and took off. I could feel the tears coming but I halted them in their tracks because right now was not the time to cry.

Korsak was staring at the place where Jane had been and he was looking at the blood. I could tell that he did not believe that his old partner had shot herself in order to save everyone else. I went over to him and gave him a pat on his shoulder.

"Korsak let's go to the hospital. I want to be there for when Jane wakes up and I am pretty sure that you want to be there to. I will drive." I said. Frost hearing this part of the conversation went to his car and said that he could get us there in two shakes of a lamb's tail. Korsak and I thought this over and we got into his car and Frost sped off. We arrived in literally three minutes, but to Korsak and me, it felt like forever. Frost parked and we ran into the hospital and asked the nurse about Rizzoli. The nurse said "Rizzoli. Which Rizzoli, Frankie or Jane?"

I remembered that while I was running outside, another cop had gotten Frankie out, into an ambulance and to the same hospital. I answered the nurse, "Jane Rizzoli"

"Are you next of kin?" The nurse asked me.

"No but I work with her, as do Frost here and Korsak." I answered her.

"I am sorry then I can not tell you anything until next of kin comes in." She said.

At that precious moment, Frank Sr and Angela Rizzoli came in through the hospital doors. I looked relieved and I could tell that Frost and Korsak were as well.

"Jane Rizzoli where is she and where is Frankie Rizzoli?" Angela screamed and crumbled into Frank's arms.

"Mr. and Mrs. Rizzoli, all I can tell you is that Frankie and Jane are in emergency surgery right now. Let me show you all into the waiting room." she said and ushered us into a room. We all sat down and I found myself surprisingly next to Angela on her left side. She looked at me and the tears were streaming down her face. I took that to heart and that was when I finally let myself cry over what had happened. I felt Angela hug me and I felt Korsak's hand on mine, squeezing it every so often. I composed myself when I heard the doctor come into the room with some scary looking stains on his scrubs.

"Rizzoli" the doctor said

"Yes here we are." Frank said to the doctor.

"Jane is now out of surgery. The bullet was a through and through but before it left her body, it caused internal bleeding and it broke three ribs. We were able to stop the bleeding and we bandaged her up so that the ribs can heal. She will be in recovery for three weeks then she can go home. You may see her now but only one at a time and for only a few minutes." He said.

Angela went in first, then Frank sr, then Korsak, then Frost. I was the last one to go in. When I did the sight of my best friend all bandaged up and various cuts and bruises brought tears to my eyes and I sobbed uncontrollably. That was when I heard a faint whisper coming from the bed. Oh my gosh she has woken up. I rush over to the bed, take her hand in mine, and look into her eyes which were wide open now.

"Hey Maura, I bet they could hear you in Florida." Jane said and smirked and laughed, wincing in pain when she laughed.

"Haha very funny but you scared the hell out of me. I yelled out to you before the gun went off. I was trying to stop you from shooting yourself. Didn't you hear me?" I asked her, tears still coming down my face.

Reaching up to wipe the tears off of my face, she said, "I honestly didn't hear you call out my name. The only thing I could think about was getting you and Frankie out of there as quickly as I could. Oh my gosh is Frankie okay!" she asked.

Seeing the panic in her face and not wanting to have her hurt herself, I gently eased her back onto the pillows and I said, "He is in surgery right now. His surgery is a bit more extensive than yore's was. He is good hands. Another cop got him out of there while Marino had you in a tight hostage hold."

Relief came over her face replacing the panic stricken face that she had shown moments before. She answered, "Thank God. I was yelling at Korsak and Frost to shoot Marino but I guess his hold was tight."

"Yeah it was. I ran to you and I beat Korsak to you." I said.

"I am really glad that when I opened my eyes you were the first face that I saw. Thanks for everything Maura. You saved my life and Frankie's life. I am really sorry that I screamed at you to help him when he couldn't breathe before the lung issue." Jane said.

"You are welcome for the saving of the lives of you and Frankie. You do not have to apologize for screaming at me. I totally understood that you were upset and worried about Frankie." I said to Jane.

"Okay thanks Maura." Jane replied. I could tell that Jane was getting exhausted and was trying to fight the essence of sleep so I gently put her hands on her stomach, told her I was leaving and to get some much needed sleep.

She smiled and winked at me and as I made my exit, she turned her head towards me and said, "Goodbye and Goodnight Maura. You get some rest too and tell everyone to go home okay".

"Okay no problem. We will all be back in the morning. Goodbye and Goodnight Jane." I said to her as I shut the door.

I walk out to the waiting room, deliver the message, and we all exit the room but not before checking in on Frankie who was now out of surgery. Angela wanted them in the same room so Frankie was wheeled into Jane's room so that when Jane woke up again she could check up on her little brother.

I head to Frost's car waiting to be driven back to headquarters so I can go home. Frost drives us back and I collect Bass, my car keys, and I go home, but not before going to Jane's apartment to get Joe Friday. Once home I put Bass in his room, Joe Friday in my room, take a shower and finally crawl into bed. I make sure that I put my cell phone by my bed so that Jane can reach me if she needs me. I drift off into sleep, not being able to get the thought out of my head that I almost lost my best friend today.

Chapter 2 coming soon.

SJ.