Jane heard her heart pound in her ears and saw nothing but a blur as she ran down the corridor and up the stairs, she was scared, petrified.

"I-I don't know if she's breathing" The girl sobbed as they ran up the last few steps heading toward the bathroom.

"It's okay Kimi, just call an ambulance okay?" Amanda spoke calmy as she ran next to Jane.

They reached the door, Kimi entered first, followed by Jane, Amanda turned around and warned no one else were to enter except Jacinta Jacobs, Amanda knew she was a Pediatrician, at least that was something for the moment, after all, Maura was 32 weeks pregnant.

"Oh god" Jane mumbled as she rushed to the side of her pregnant fiancee, she kneeled down and shakingly placed two fingers on her neck in hope to find a pulse. Thank god. There was one, it was faint, but it was there. She observed her wife-to-be's body, Jane felt her stomach drop as she realised Maura had been stabbed. Once on her arm near her shoulder, and once that seemed to be near her stomach. God not Peanut. Jane had one hand on Maura's shoulder, pushing down to control the bleeding, and one hand near the stomach where the blood appeared to be coming from, she was too afraid to press down hard in case it harmed their baby.

"We really need to get her to a hospital, how long until the ambulance is here?" Jacinta's voice was full of concern as she looked over to where Kimi and Amanda were standing.

"They should be here soon, the ambulance base isn't even 5 minutes from here" Kimi was still shaken up. Amanda held her close.

"Let's hope they get here no later than that" Jacinta mumbled.

The ambulance arrived 3 minutes later, and the paramedics were now crouched around Maura. After refusing to leave her side, Jane was still there as well, barely listening to what the paramedics and Jacinta were talking about, she never did understand the medical mumbo-jumbo. That was always Maura's place. After receiving Jane's permission, the paramedics cut the right side of Maura's dress from the bottom of the dress to the strap.

"It's hard to say if it's done any damage to the baby, but it does look promising" Jacinta smiled in relief. "Anymore to the left and she'd be in a lot of trouble"

"Why isn't she waking up" Jane mumbled.

"We won't know until we get her thoroughly checked out at the hospital Jane" Jacinta pulled Jane aside so the paramedics could apply bandages to the wounds and get Maura onto the trolly.

"Can I ride with her in the ambulance?" Jane grabbed onto the arm of one of the paramedics, pleading with them. "Please" She barely whispered. "I'm her fiancee"

The paramedic nodded and they were soon on their way to the hospital.


"Janie?" Angela ran through the hall way screaming her daughters name. "Janie?" She saw her daughter sat in the corridor staring at the floor, she was sat alone. Her Janie all alone at such a terrible time. She found herself running toward the fragile detective. "Janie" Angela sat next to her daughter. "How's Maura? How's the baby?"

Jane continued to stare at the floor as she shook her head. "I dunno, Ma" Her voice was soft and broken. "They haven't told me anything since we got here"

"What? You're Maura's family, you're her fiancee for crying out loud, show me the doctor, I'll make the asshole talk" Angela stood up but was only tugged back down by her brunette daughter.

"She flatlined in the ambulance, Ma" Jane fought back tears. "What if..what if I lose them"

"Oh Janie, don't think like that" Angela placed her hands on top of Jane's and held them tight, her hands were freezing cold. "They'll be okay. They are both tough. Maura is a strong girl and that baby will be too"

"Miss Rizzoli?"

Jane looked to her left to see a female doctor in scrubs standing there. "Is Maura okay?"

"The baby?" Angela added as the Doctor sat down next to Jane.

"Miss Isles took a while to stablise but we got there in the end, she lost a lot of blood, she's okay for now, but she's not out of the woods yet" The doctor took a breath. "The knife was close to the womb, but it didn't cause any damage, but the baby is in a lot of distress, the ultrasound detected that there isn't enough oxygen getting to the baby via the umbilical cord, and the heart rate is low" The doctor placed her hand on Jane's shoulder. "We need your permission for the baby to be induced"

"Maura's only 32 weeks" Angela exclaimed. "That's 8 weeks early, there's a lot of risks, the baby wouldn't even be developed properly yet"

Jane's stare returned to the floor, her wife had been attacked and left to die, her attacker was still on the loose, and their baby was in danger.

"What are the risks of the baby being born now? Not the medical crap, give it to me so I can understand" Jane asked the doctor, snapping herself out of her stare. "Can't peanut just stay in there and I discuss this with Maura when she comes to?"

"Jane, we don't know how long it's going to take for Maura to wake up, she's falling in and out of consicousnes. She took a nasty bump to the head, she lost a lot of blood. From what we can tell, the baby is measuring at 17 inches long, but it's too high of a risk to leave the baby in the womb now and the baby needs a chance at surviving. The baby's isn't breathing, but the baby's heart rate is low, it's a sign the baby is still alive, but it's too low for our liking, it's raising high concerns of Bradycardia. The baby's lungs are a little under-developed." The doctor yet again paused to allow Jane and Angela to take the information in.

"There's a high chance of survival if the baby is born now, she or he will be in the NICU until all milestones are reached, the NICU equipment is actually more intimidating than the baby, with incubators, respiratory support, IV lines, monitoring equipment, feeding tubes and the likes. There are more risks if the baby stays in Maura's stomach for the last few weeks, in fact the baby may not even survive, the baby knows Maura is in trouble and is stressing."

"So it's best if the baby is born today" Jane's heart was racing, she had no idea what to do. This isn't supposed to be how their baby was going to be born.

"Yes" The doctor was firm. This baby needed to be delivered. "We have doctors on standby to deliver the baby in the next few hours, we can prepare Maura for surgery, unfortunately you won't be able to be in there but you will be kept informed every step of the way"

"Where are the papers?" Jane's voice became a whisper again.


Jane stood leaning against the wall and stared at the operating theater doors awaiting news on how Maura and the baby were doing. They had been in the theatre for 2 hours now, Jane felt psychically ill from the negative thoughts racking through her brain.

"What are you going to call the baby?" Tommy spoke up, breaking the silence in the room. Constance, Hope, Angela, Frankie and Tommy all sat around in the corridor keeping Jane company and awaiting news on their daughter and sister-in-law, the baby too, of course.

Jane closed her eyes.

*Flash back - 10 weeks ago, Maura is 20 weeks pregnant*

"Let's talk baby names, Jane" Maura wore the biggest smile on her face as she pulled Jane to the bed with her. "Are we definitely sure we're going to have Rizzoli-Isles"

"Of course, it just goes, it's perfect" Jane smiled at the adorable bundle of joy that was her wife-to-be. "I like Dustin for a boy"

Maura screwed her nose up. "Absolutely not, Jane. His nickname will be Dusty" Maura shook her head. "Not after a red sox player, either, miss!" She poked the brunette who frowned.

"Right, well, no scientist names either" Jane poked her wife back, gently of course. "How about we suggest names, if we don't like what the other suggests, we say void, and move on to the next name"

Maura crossed her legs and leaned back on the pillow. "Kellie"

"Void" Jane grabbed a pillow and laid across the bed. "Girls first? Emma"

"Void, too common" Maura thought for a second. "Savannah"

"Definite void. Matilda?"

"Void" Maura sighed, this was going to be harder than she thought. "What about Celine?"

"Celine Rizzoli-Isles" Jane smiled. "That's cute"

"Celine Clementine Rizzoli-Isles"

"We're voiding that and we're voiding Dorothea as well, I refuse to torture our children" Jane couldn't help but giggle. "Why not just Celine?"

"Celine Rizzoli-Isles" Maura firmly repeated the name a few times. "It's beautiful Jane. I really adore it. Baby Celine."

"Now for the boys name, and seems I can't have Dustin, what's your bright idea princess?"

"Sebastian" Maura turned to her side and saw her fiancee screw her nose. "Right, so that ones a void"

"Definitely. What about Harper?" Jane smiled as she saw Maura consider the name. "Harper Fenway Rizzoli-Isles" Jane laughed at the use of Fenway as the middle name, she loved to stir Maura.

"Oh Jane, that's really beautiful" Maura beamed. "Harper Fenway"

"Babe, I was only joking about the Fenway part" Jane looked at Maura with concern. "Baby brain or something, right? Fenway is a park"

"But it sounds somewhat intelligent, Jane. Harper Fenway Rizzoli-Isles. I love it. So there we go. Harper for a boy and Celine for a girl" Maura rubbed her stomach. "How do you like those name ideas Peanut?"

"I think I will just call him or her Peanut, regardless" Jane smiled and kneeled in closer to her girl and kissed her tenderly.

*End of flashback*

As Jane was about to announce the names the couple had chosen, the two doors swung open and the doctor walked up to her.

"How did it go?" Jane asked, springing off the door and walking up to the doctor.

"The baby is okay, he's been taken to the NICU for tests, you will be able to see him shortly" Doctor Flannigan grabbed Jane's hands. "Maura flat lined once again, she lost a lot of blood, we were able to stop the bleeding, but, I'm sorry, we've had to put her into an induced coma"


Author Note -

I'm one for cliffhangers ;).

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