Street name given by the suspect, some minutes later:

- "What was the number of the building again?" Frost asked. He was scrutinizing the scrolling buildings through the window as Jane was driving.

- "236 on North west..."

- " That's what I thought. Jane, I believe we have a problem..." Jane turned to him and her eyes followed the direction at which he pointed.

- "Damn it! Frost, call the fire department, we'll need their assistance."

She parked the car in a neighbouring street and ran back to the adress, closely followed by Frost; Maura walking, as fast as she could considering her heels, meters back . All they could do was watch the building in flames as the firemen had not yet arrived. But that was not really 'Jane Rizzoli like". Indeed after a few seconds, she got tired of waiting (patience was not her greatest quality). In a minute, she had made her decision and ran to the stairs of the fire exit.

- "Jane! Wait! We have to wait for professionals! This can be very dangerous and you don' thave any protection against fire..."

- "What if Laura is in there, Frost? Should I let her burn, waiting for rescue? I'm going in wether you want it or not, but I promise if there is nothing, i'll be out as fast as possible." She winked at her partner, who sighed, vainquished. There was no arguing with Jane Rizzoli, he was well placed to know it.

- "Turn on your phone, so that we can follow your progression", he advised.

- "Now, that's a good idea, Frost", she approved. "Dr Isles, stop looking that terrified or you will make me regret to have brought you." She had a reassuring smile for Maura and reached for the third floor window. It was old and she had no trouble breaking in although more trouble getting herself in, as the frame was very narrow. There was no smoke yet in the appartment but she had to work fast before the all building collapsed.

- "I'm in", she announced, gun in hand. "It seems to be empty." She opened the first door in front of her, ready to defend herself

-"Aaarrggggggggh! …..."

- "Jane! are you OK?" Frost's voice was worried. She picked up the phone she had dropped: " I'm finnne..." She steadied her voice: "I wouldn't say the same of that body here... it fell on me as I opened the closet door... I was taken by surprise... but this is not Laura..."

- "I wouldn't move if I were you!"

Jane had a tensed smile and turned towards the voice, gun and phone still in hand. A hairy man, with tired eyes, was looking at her, a kitchen's knife in his trembling hands.

- " Boston homicide, I am detective Jane Rizzoli", she announced. It did not seem to reassure the man who tightened his grip on the knife. She continued: "I was sent here by Mr Roy..."

- "You know Roy?" He interrupted. " Roy is nice man, why he knows police? His look was interrogative.

- "He may suffer from the same problem as Roy, she heard in the phone. Speak to him gently. If you put too much pressure on him, he won't make any sense. He is already forgetting words because he is stressed. If he is like Roy, be nice to him and he will help you."

Jane smiled. Bringing Maura had been a good idea in the end.

- " Yes I am a friend of Roy. My friend Maura, that you hear in the phone, was supposed to have lunch with him today...

- "Oh yes, pretty doctor from bar. Roy told me about her."

- "That's the one." She had trouble masking her impatience, the building was still on fire and time was counted. "Roy said he brought a girl here, I need to talk to her; it is important. Is she still here Mr...?"

- "Luke," he hastened to fill the blank.

- " Would you please bring me to her?", she requested with a gentle smile.

- "Yes mam, follow me," he put his hand on his head like a soldier and went down the corridor.

- " Are you alone in the appartment Luke?" she asked. Two surprises were enough, she was not going to let a third man catch her aback.

"Yes mam! It is just me and the girls! I can be trusted", he added in confidence.

Girls!?, Jane thought, but she said nothing. Luke opened one of the door on two girls sitting on the floor, tied up, a gag on their mouth. Their eyes widened as they saw the gun in Jane's hand.

- " They are here. Jane stated for her colleagues, "Laura and another girl. I am detective Jane Rizzoli, don't worry we will take care of you and get you out of here", she added for the prisonners. "Luke, can you untie them please?"

The man looked bothered: " well, I am not really supposed to do that you know..." He was starting to shake again.

-"The firemen have arrived Jane. Their boss is pretty pissed off, Maura is trying to buy you some time."

- "Thanks Frost. Look Luke, I know you have orders and I understand." She put on what she considered her most reassuring smile and continued: "but the building is on fire, we have to leave now. I am sure nobody can hold against you that you left the building under the circumstances right?"

She could see the storm fighting in Luke's head but he finally agreed with her and started cutting the ropes with his knife. Jane left the room and opened all the doors to check that there was nobody else in the flat.

- "For the love of God!", she exclaimed jumping back for the second time.

- "Jane?"

- "There is another body, female too. Fell on me again. I hate that place. But it seems like Dr Isles will have some serious work here."

Overcoming her disgust, she grabbed the body under the armpits and dragged her towards the window. She could see a fireman's face behind it and hurried to him. She handed him the body through the small opening. He hesitated for a moment in front of the obviously dead body and finally grabbed it without asking questions. Jane turned back and grabbed the second passed it through the same exit to a second fireman. As she was finishing, she saw Luke, Laura and the other girl hurrying towards her. The smoke was starting to get in the appartment; there was few time left. "Get out through the window, there are firemen waiting for you! Hurry!"

Down the building, the firemen crew and the cops were given a very peculiar show: first, two firemen had dragged two dead bodies out of the building in flames, now they were helping two young girls and a man to get out by the same exit. But the detective was nowhere to be seen.

- "Where is Jane?" Maura asked anxiously.

Frost took his phone that he had put down for a moment, seeing the people coming out: "Jane? What are you doing? The building is going to collapse, get out now!"

- "Just a minute Frost!" She had gone through the whole appartment which was now definitely empty. She returned to a weird room she had discovered earlier and took some pictures with her phone. Then she caught sight of the computer on the bedroom table and after a second of reflexion, grabbed it too and rushed to the exit. She extracted herself from the window and ran down the stairs to let the firemen finally do their job.

As she finally set foot on the pavement, she was hugged tightly by Maura, causing her a great surprise. She raised an woman stepped back and stared at her for a moment. Then she said flatly, as an explanation: " I was worried about you... But thank God you are fine..." She then walked back uneasily towards the two bodies lying on stretchers at the back of the street.

Jane realized she had been holding her breath and breathed deeply to calm her nerves which had had a rough time for the past ten minutes. Then she moved to the two girls sitting at the back of one of the trucks and climbed with them. She waved to Korsak and pointed to the police car in which Luke was sitting. He had his face against the car window and his eyes were wide open staring at the building in flames. Korsak nodded and Jane gestured to her driver to go now. She would call Doctor Isles later for more information on the bodies but first she had to deal with the live ones.

She emailed the pictures on her phone to Frost and turned to the two girls with a soft smile.

From the other side of the road, Maura Isles watched the truck live and sighed. She had been pretty ridiculous and she was willing to forget it. She looked back at the corpses and tried to bury herself in work to forget it. But her brain kept reminding her that Jane Rizzoli would have to call her to get her conclusions on the cause of death of the two girls she had so bravely took out of the appartment. After all, it was her case. A sweet smile wandered on her lips. She wondered what it would be like to work with this team on a daily basis. She had already looked who was usually in charge of their division: Dr Pike. He would not be easy to convince, she would have to play smartly.

Hopefully, they won't regret Dr Pike, she thought as she passed her instrument under the victim's nails to collect a sample.

I wish Dr Pike was like her, Jane thought, her face wincing at the thought of the medical examiner. Our lives would be much easier without him. But enough with the dreaming, she scolded herself. There was no reason why the Chief Medical Examiner of Massachussets would chose to work with them instead of on all the much more interesting official business she usually had to work on. She had appreciated the meeting though and scheduled in her head an appropriate moment to meet with the medical examiner and talk about the case. She shook her head and focused her attention on her current mission. This case was really turning her head upside down!

Hey! We are already on chapter four! I am excited to see where this is going and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I like writing it! Don't hesitate to leave a review with an advice, an idea... it helps me improve. Thank you very much to all the people who follow/ favorite this story and review it! Hopefully, you'll get a new chapter soon...