Rizzoli and Isles
The Essence of Time
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters created by Tess Gerritsen or the characters portrayed on the TNT Original series.
The explosion of the bullet leaving the chamber of its gun and piercing the flesh of Boston Homicide Detective, Jane Rizzoli as it shredded its way through her stomach and out her back sent Jane's best friend and Medical Examiner for the city, Dr. Maura Isles into a panic! Maura's heart sunk as she watched Jane fall to the ground.
"JANE NO!" she screamed, running to her best friends aide.
"We've got an officer down! I repeat OFFICER DOWN!" Vince Korsak screamed into his radio. "Dispatch medical to Police Headquarters NOW!" He and Frost went running across the street to try to help Maura while the rest of the Boston PD stood by solemnly and watched this heart-wrenching scene.
"Doc what can we do?" Frost asked in a panic as he looked down at his partner.
"Find the damn paramedics!" Maura responded, equally panicked.
"Weak and losing life fast, Jane opened her eyes, looking up at her colleagues. "I'm sorry," she gasped, looking directly at Maura.
Before Maura could say anything to Jane, Frost came back to them. "Paramedics are here. A group went down to get Frankie. The others are loading up supplies to try and stabilize Jane before they move her." Maura didn't say anything; she kept her focus intent on keeping Jane alive. She was really more in a state of shock rather than being focused; she was still trying to understand what Jane had just done.
"Come on doc," Maura felt Korsak gently pull her back as the paramedics worked hard to keep Jane alive.
"Don't' leave me," she murmured, slowly letting go of Jane's hand. Maura waited until the paramedics loaded Jane in the ambulance and then climbed into next to her.
"We'll meet you at the hospital," Korsak said. Maura smiled at Vince and Frost as the ambulance closed and took off for the hospital. She knew Frost and Korsak were just as worried as she was but they were much more capable of keeping it together.
"Don't you give up on me Jane Rizzoli!" Maura ordered her. "I need you Jane! Frankie, your parents, Korsak, Frost; we all need you so you have to be okay but most of all…" she trailed off, feeling tears betray her eyes. "I need you." Maura watched as they whisked Jane off and all Maura could concentrate on was the intimate realization that her feelings for Jane were deeper than she had ever imagined they could be. As she was now faced with the very real possibility of losing Jane, Maura Isles realized she was irrevocably in love with her best friend.
Still in a state of shock and covered head to toe in Jane's blood, Maura barely found the surgical waiting room and a chair before her legs gave out and the tears over took her. She had heard approaching footsteps as she lost her hold over her emotions but until she felt a soft touch on her shoulder she hadn't realized that Angela and Frank Rizzoli had joined her; Frost and Korsak were of course close behind them.
"Any word yet, Maura?" Angela asked, barely audible.
Maura glanced up at Jane's distraught mother. "No Mrs. Rizzoli, there hasn't been any word on Frankie or Jane," she answered sadly. Her hand was still shaking when Angela sat down beside her, taking her hand and giving it a gentle squeeze.
"She will be okay Maura," Angela told the Doctor. "Janie has been a fighter since the day she was born; she won't leave us!" Maura felt bad that Jane's mother was comforting her when she was the one that had children in surgery, fighting for their lives.
"Mrs. Rizzoli, "I'm scared," Maura said simply. "There are so many things I have to say to Jane and now I may never get the chance."
Angela had no clue what Maura was truly getting at but she did know how close her daughter and the doctor were. "She'll be okay Maura. You will get to tell her everything!"