AN: Hello! This is my first ff EVER! I don't know how it turned into Rizzoli & Isles, my ideas are almost always for Mass Effect. I am somewhat nervous about it tho since I've never published my stories. I think the idea is kinda unique and I'm looking forward to improve my writing.
If you get a chance please let me know what you think of the story, writing etc. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
Three German Shepard dogs were set free by the Widow guards of the Township as the thief's shadow disappeared into the woods. The majestic full moon of the night caused the tall woman to lose her calm. She believed the full moon brought her bad luck every month, since the day she was born. Jane Rizzoli dropped a few smoke bombs onto the ground causing the canines to stop barking all at once and then magically one by one they were all fast asleep.
One of the clever inventions of the tall woman but that night was not going as well as planned for her. She was looking for clues at the Grasslands where The Surgeon was last seen but she was very much caught up with inspecting the trash in the back alleys that she did not hear the foot steps approaching and before she had the chance to defend herself one of her own homemade smoke bombs was used on herself and caused her to fall to the ground.
She woke up in an unfamiliar place. The smell of death and flesh was overwhelming. The surgeon stepped into the light and bent down to level with the thief.
"We meet again doll! " Said the creep.
"You didn't have to go through all this trouble. A simple invitation would have worked just fine. " Said the brunette with a smirk.
"I just love the way your body moves."
"Thanks...I run alot. You should try it..oh wait! oops sorry I forgot you kind of can't. "
"Haha... but causing each other pain is so much fun Rizzoli. Kind of like this..." The Surgeon pulled out a silver knife from his blood stained robe and without hesitation stabbed Jane in her working left hand with a swift motion. Rizzoli groaned in tremendous pain but closed her mouth shut. She knew her opponent well. He fed off the fear, screams and begging of his victims. It was all part of his livelihood and the last thing she wanted to happen was to give the criminal the satisfaction of seeing a weakness within her.
Jane was far gone from where she last saw the dogs. She gazed up the sky and sighed at the full moon. "Damn it. I should have just stayed indoors today. " Rizzoli was almost in tears from the pain. She had lost alot of blood caused by the open wound on the palm of her hand. She made a quick stop by the creek to freshen up and washed her wound.
Her reflection frightened her. This was not the same woman who walked out of her mother's warm house earlier today. She felt broken. For the matters to get worse, within minutes a dark layer of clouds covered the sky and a shower of rain began falling. Rizzoli rolled her eyes and cursed the full moon once more before leaving the creek site in hopes of finding shelter.
On the other side of the creek the town's healer reside alone with her companion Bass who happened to be missing since that afternoon. Dr Isles came home from a long day at work dealing with both dead and alive patients only to find her favorite tortoise's lettuce basket full. Her stomach dropped at the sight and Maura forgot all about her miserable day at work. She had been assigned to examine the bodies who were disfigured by a maniac.
"Bass,oh Bass! Where are you? I know you're scared baby. Gosh you must be hiding in your shell in this rain." Said Maura out loud.
Meanwhile the unlucky thief was walking around in circles, exhausted by the days events she decided to give in to the nature of the full moon by finding shelter under a mulberry tree. She was soaking wet, cold and hungry. No amount of skill and wildlife experience was going to make her stand up to mother nature that night. However Jane was slightly content with the rain washing away the blood from her hand and clothes. The leaves she had put on the wound seemed to have nearly stopped the bleeding but the pain was becoming unbearable when the last bit of effect adrenaline had in her system wore off.
The honey blond had spent the last hour looking for her missing tortoise with no luck. She was beginning to worry the high levels of water had washed him away so she made her way towards the creek by her house. Dark clouds eventually cleared up from the sky, granting the full moon access to shine down on Shadowlands once again brighter than before.
Once Maura crossed the bridge to the other side she felt a tang in her stomach that made her to consciously look up to the sky and worship the beautiful moon along side the ever twinkling constellations. Maura heard movements coming from the woods not far from the bridge. She immediately recognized, it belonged to Bass's claws digging through the leaves.
"Of course Maura! " Said the doctor. " The mulberry leaves. His favorite treat."
Maura rushed to the reptile's side and kneeled down. " Thank goodness you're ok. How did you manage to get this far in a matter of few hours?"
"cough...cough.. ugly beast belongs to you?"
"Oh my! Who is there?" Replied Maura, startled by the stranger's voice.
"You're welcome. I saved that thing!"
Muara walked to the other side of the tree and saw a woman in black attire shivering and covered in dirt. Maura moved closer for a better look. Ragged breathing,chills and blood. This woman was injured! Thought the healer.
"I can help you. I am a doctor." Offered Maura so gently but the word 'doctor' ignited a fight or fight response within Jane. She could not fight or run so her body chose for her. Freeze.
"Hello?! Miss?" Maura was clearly concerned about the stranger's health and when she reached out her hand to touch the brunette's shoulder, Jane jumped to her feet shoved Maura away and straddled her. "Do not touch me! Do not touch me. You hear me? Do you? How dare you..." She screamed and threatened to punch the innocent doctor. Maura matched the aggressor's symptoms with hyperventilation. Blood dripped down on her cheek and Maura saw a glimmer of vulnerability in Jane's eyes. This woman was damaged goods and she had just ruined her expensive genuine leather coat by shoving her down in the mud and to top it off she was bleeding all over her. But the healer remained assertive and tried to resolve the misunderstanding without any use of violence.
"Listen, I don't know who you are. T..tthank you for saving my Bass. Please let me look at your hand. We need to stop the bleeding now or wait for it to get infected and then you'll have to cut it. You are left handed right?... You probably don't want to lose your hand. Please! Let me repay you for saving Bass..."
Jane Rizzoli remembered crawling in the mud when she spotted a giant turtle struggling to flip itself. She rescued the reptile and took him back under the tree knowing her simple act of kindness had worsened her condition. She hoped tomorrow should be a better day and maybe her mother or brother would come looking for her. Little did she know that night under the full moon's watch, everything changed for those two lonely souls.