Okay your reviews have had me rolling…a lot of you enjoyed the drag king show, I'm glad and quite a few of you had a good time with Garcia and her antics. I'm very glad to have been able to give you some insight into the Drag King scene. It will continue to play a part of this story so it's not the last time you see the kings

Thank you everyone for the reviews, alerts, favoriting, etc.

**By the way, am partaking in a joint writing venture with SSA-Rtune, it'll be called Damage Control, will be exclusively a Rizzoli and Isles piece and will be posted under my pen name, but written hand in hand with SSA-Rtune. Look for it, should be good…

They had all had entirely too much too drink except for Emily, who happily made up for it when they got back to her condo. After their nightcap, and more conversation, the ladies retired to their respective rooms, with Garcia set up comfortably on the couch.

Penelope lay on the couch thinking about Jordan's lips on hers and realizing that she hadn't felt a connection like that in some time. They had only had a short time to talk to one another, but it was enough. She couldn't wait to speak with him again tomorrow, giggling to herself she thought "her, Pen, her…."

As JJ walked into the bedroom she could feel Emily close behind her. They had been all over each other for most of the evening and now that they were finally home, she sensed Emily approach her from behind. Strong arms encircled her waist and she leaned back, she could smell her scent, the hint of her perfume mixed with the scotch she just had, "I love you Em…"

"Show me," she growled. Turning her around Em's lips took JJ on a journey of exploration.

Pushing her onto the bed, Emily straddled her, kissing her neck and teasing her nipple through her shirt. JJ's answering moans spurred her on, "God, Em…" she let herself go, forgetting about work, unsub's or anything else. There was only Emily.

Maura looked down at the hand holding hers and thought about how wonderful it felt. Not so long ago she despaired of Jane ever admitting how she felt and then having found each other, everything was almost lost when Jane almost died at the hands of a man intent on punishing Jane for what his mother had done to him. She almost lost Jane then…

Maura's grip on her hand tightened unexpectedly, "Hon you okay?" Jane asked, seeing the sadness in Maura's eyes when she looked at her, she knew immediately what she was thinking. "Maura? Baby I'm right here okay." Bringing Maura's hand up, she held it to her chest, placing it flat so Maura could feel the beating of her heart. "See…" Jane held her gaze until she nodded.

Taking back her hand, Maura cupped Jane's face and kissed her tenderly. "I see Jane, I see…" taking her by the hand, she led Jane to the bed and sat her down. Unbuttoning Jane's shirt, she opened it up and was pleased to notice Jane's awareness of her touch.

"Maura are you sure?" Jane's voice was more husky than usual. Maura had been hesitant to do much because of her injuries and while they had been intimate in some respects, she knew Maura had held back, tonight she knew would be the culmination of three months of wanting. Right now though she was feeling no pain, only warmth that was spreading wherever Maura touched her.

Pulling her down roughly, Jane kissed her, inviting her to take even more.

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"What do we have?"

"Female age 34, multiple stab wounds to the back and chest…Full arrest on scene…Sinus rhythm established…BP 90/50 and dropping…"

"Go, go…we need to get her into surgery immediately…do we know her name?" The nurse who asked looked at the EMT's

Officer Samuels, Metro PD arrived in time to answer the question. "Her name is Jordan Rivera…she's a probation officer in Arlington." Her ID was found at the scene.

As the responding officer to the frantic 911 calls, he was shocked at the scene he had come upon. A passerby by had witnessed the attack and started yelling, which had thankfully scared the assailant off. This was the fifth stabbing on his beat and the first with a survivor…for now.

Grabbing his cell he called dispatch for the number of the detective assigned to the case, he needed to know they had a survivor.

Maura left at the same time JJ and Penelope did, Maura for her conference, since she was going to the Plenary Session that was set to begin at 11am and JJ and Penelope for Quantico. Just for a few hours to meet with the detective on the file Garcia asked her to review.

Emily and Jane sat in front of the picture window having a cup of coffee and planning their evening. JJ and Penelope had set up dinner with the whole team while they had the chance. Jane certainly didn't mind, they had become family after all, even Derek.

"So," Emily leaned back in her chair, "now that we're alone, how are you feeling?"

Emily was nothing if not blunt and Jane appreciated that in someone, especially a friend.

"Better," catching her eye she laughed, "no really, yesterday was just a long day and I guess I pushed myself a little too much that's all. I feel fine right now." Jane hated when anyone worried about her.

Emily eyed her up and down, "you know you are as bad if not worse than I ever was."

"Hey I'm not the one who forgot they had been shot and passed out on everyone." Jane laughed and seeing the look of surprise on the other woman's face, "before you ask, Maura told me."

Emily couldn't help but grin. She had been a bit shocked to wake up on a gurney when her last recollection had been Rodriguez being shot.

"Fine, so it's the pot calling the kettle, regardless you need to be careful Jane." Her voice more serious, she tried to convey to her friend just how important this was.

Jane took in her words, unconsciously rubbing her chest. The pain was more of an ache now, with only occasional sharper twinges that at times took her breath away. She hated it, according to the doctor it would heal, but damage like that would never fully disappear. Her physical therapy consisted primarily of cardio work to exercise her heart.

"I know and for the most part I am, I just hate Maura worrying about it, or anyone else for that matter. It's my own fault for scaring everyone in the first place." She said ruefully.

"Hey! None of that bullshit okay? It was Rodriguez not you. I mean damn Jane you protected Jennifer almost at the cost of your own life. Don't belittle that selfless act by faulting yourself for it." Emily's tone was firm and no nonsense, she knew what guilt was like better than most and she knew it would eat away at Jane if she let it.

"Okay…I get you…" seeing Emily's look, "honestly I do…I just…it'll take me awhile okay?"

"Fair enough," taking a sip of her coffee she figured she would let it go for now, grinning at Jane, "so what did you think about the show?"

Jane's laughter was contagious as the two women discussed last night's show, the outing of one Penelope Garcia and the behaviors of their respective partners around the drag kings.

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"What time is he supposed to be here?" Garcia kept checking the time and her phone, wondering what she could possibly have done wrong that Jordan hadn't called.

Seeing her normally outgoing friend so quiet, J couldn't help but ask, "You okay PG?"

"Huh? Oh yes, it's just…well Jordan said she would call and she hasn't yet…I don't know, I just thought we clicked you know…" her normally bright eyes were full of unshed tears.

"Oh Pen I'm sure something just came up, you know how things can be," JJ said quickly, hoping that's all it was. She hated to see Penelope so down.

Answering her phone, "Yes…yes he does…send him up…he's here." JJ pulled the file out again and looked at the pictures again. She believed the cases to be connected as did Garcia, but she wanted to run some things by the detective before they considered taking a case in their own backyard.

Standing up at the knock on the door, the women greeted Detective Calderon.

"Detective, I'm Agent Jennifer Jareau we spoke on the phone, and this is our technical analyst Penelope Garcia, she forwarded your case file to me for review."

"Pleased to meet you both and I'm sorry I'm late, but we've had a new development that I needed to follow up on and one which I think will weigh heavily in favor of the FBI and specifically your unit helping us out with this case."

Intrigued by his words, she took in his appearance. He looked like he hadn't slept and the stress of the case was obviously wearing on him.

"So detective, talk to us, what new development?"

"There was another woman, a lesbian, attacked last night.

"What!" JJ sat up quickly, "where?" Realizing they were in the district last night she wondered if they had been in the vicinity.

"About a block away from a gay club called Apex, it was ladies night…the woman was apparently performing there as a…" looking at his notes, "a drag king."

JJ looked over at Penelope, who's look of shock frightened her.

"Detective, do you…" Garcia swallowed at looked at JJ for strength. Her nod empowered her, "what was her name?" She didn't want to know, her gut was telling her who it was, she hadn't called like she said she would and Garcia felt her heart twist at what she would hear.

"Her name is Jordan Rivera, she's a probation officer from Arlington" Detective Calderon watched the two woman and could tell something else was going on. The boisterous blonde he had first spoken to on the phone was gone; she seemed subdued asking him the question.

"Look, I don't know what's going on, but, is everything okay? I mean this is the fifth woman that's been attacked and only the first to have survived…"

"Survived?" Garcia's voice was louder than normal, "you mean she's alive?"

"Yes, she got lucky, a passerby interrupted the attack, and she's at Washington Hospital Center. She's critical; I understand it was touch and go during surgery but they have her stabilized for now. We're trying to get in touch with her family, but haven't had much luck. We found a phone number on her but we haven't called it yet." Pulling out the piece of paper, he handed it over to JJ.

Penelope's handwriting was glaringly obvious to her as she turned the piece of paper over in her hand. They were involved, and even if they weren't invited, she knew that Garcia would request that we be a part of the investigation. She looked at Penelope and saw the tears in her eyes that she was working at not letting fall, and felt for her. Garcia really liked Jordan and Penelope didn't like that way too easily.

"Detective Calderon, if you don't mind, I'd like to call in the rest of my team and brief them on the case. Is this your whole file?" looking down at the file in front of her she guessed it wasn't.

"No, it's a rather large case file given the number of victims, I can bring it back if you…"

"No, that's alright…It's almost noon now, are you available at say three pm? We can come to your office in DC. And review what you have, and if you can make your witness available we can interview them as well." Looking at Garcia, "can you also have a an update on your latest victim?"

Standing, he looked from one to the other, "so is this a yes?"

"Yes, it is, I have to confirm with my Unit Chief but I don't see a problem. We'll see you at three." Walking him to the door, she showed him the way out. Turning back to Garcia she pulled her into an embrace as she sobbed.

"God, JJ I was so mad that she hadn't called, I thought she was just playing with me…I was feeling so stupid about last night and…and now I just feel so guilty for feeling that way. Why her?" she cried.

"Shhh, it's okay Pen, really, it'll be okay. Why don't you go see what you can find through your computers on her condition okay? While you're at it, take the file and get complete workups on all of our victims so far…including Jordan okay?" Garcia's nod was shaky.

"Do you think…do you think she'll be okay?" Pen asked.

"I don't know Pen," she couldn't lie to her or fill her with false hopes, "why don't you go see what you can find out…"

Watching her leave, JJ shook her head in disbelief. "It never ends…" picking up the phone, she called Hotch to brief him and let the rest of the team know. Hotch's disbelief about their connection to the latest victim was almost funny, almost. When she hung up, she realized she had to call Emily and let her know what was going on. Hopefully she would let Jane and Maura know and make their excuses for haven't to cut their fun short this weekend.

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Emily hung up her phone and looked at Jane, "What?" Jane said

"You remember yesterday when JJ and Garcia were late?"

"Yeah, she was reviewing a case or something, why?"

"Well the case is here in DC and its ours, four women all lesbians found stabbed to death, last night there was another victim." Her voice held a curious note in it that Jane felt the need to question.

"Another body?"

"No, this victim is still alive, she's at Washington Hospital Center…" seeing Jane's questioning look, "Jane, its Jordan…Penelope's Jordan."

I couldn't disappoint those of you who liked Jordan Coyote and Penelope. Plus, I have my own reasons for saving him.

Hope you liked this update and hope you continue to review and provide feedback.

As always, more reviews=quicker updates

And don't forget, will be posting a new R & I fic written with SSA-Rtune called Damage Control. Should be a heck of a ride.

Look up SSA-Rtune and read her stories for more insight…

*I also recommend Whitebordeaux and for you SVU fans, Jennylynne

Great writing all the way round.

(something new I'm doing…every once in a while will recommend a writer or two)