Transformed as a wolf, Frost grunted, "Ugh, it's like eating leftovers! It doesn't taste as good compared to when it's fresh," he ripped off a big toe and began to eat it. Frost looked over at his older friend, "Wait, how come you get her torso? That's not fair!"
Korsak bit off a chunk from a liver and looked over at Frost, "It's not polite to talk with your mouth full of food."
Frost growled at his friend, "Says the one with a mouth full of liver."
Korsak swallowed his food, "You want some? I heard liver is the best part!"
Frost reached over and sunk his claws through the bloody liver, he brought it to his snout and took a bite, "Wow!" His eyes widen in amazement, "That's actually pretty good."
Korsak nodded, "Yep exactly. As a werewolf I'm surprised you've never had a liver before."
"Growing up my family always got their food from a family friend. They would always provide us with food and we provided them with money. We couldn't risk getting into trouble with the law for hunting humans. We never rarely received organs, whenever we did it would be the heart or intestines since liver was too expensive. At college they'd always serve raw meat, so I've never had liver until now."
Korsak processed what Frost was telling him, "Wow I wish my family had someone to provide food for us. We had to hunt for it which caused us to move from city to city so we could escape the authority."
"Damn, I can't imagi-"
Jane burst through the door, "What the hell was that? Who grunted?"
Frost hesitatingly rose his paw, "That was me. I didn't think I was that loud."
"You were. Richards was at the door when you made that awful sound. I had to tell him that it was Maura. Listen, someone filed in a missing report for her. Apparently she's a secretary for a fashion designer and she's like super important. We're in some deep shit you guys. Hurry up and clean yourselves up, meet me downstairs because we're gonna have a serious meeting."
They both nodded in agreement. Jane began to shut the door when she realized something, "Oh, and Frost, change yourself back into a human. You smell like a dog and I can't take you very seriously when you look like that one wolf from Twilight."
"His name is Jacob. I mean I should be offended by that, but he was pretty badass." All eyes fell on the young wolf, "Well it's true!"
Jane closed the door and sighed, "Oh God, what did I get myself into?" She whispered to herself.
In the living room, Jane sat up in her seat and looked over at her co-workers, "Is there anything left of her?"
Korsak fiddled with the toothpick in his mouth, "Her Arms. I could finish them, I was too full."
Jane turned her attention to Frost, he spoke up, "I offered to finish them, but he wanted to save them for his kids. I finished my half, although when I got to her ovaries it tasted like-"
Jane rose her hand to stop Frost, "I honestly don't need to know."
"Actually I would like to know what her eggs tasted like," Maura confessed.
Jane looked over at Maura and gave her a confused look, "Really, Maur?"
She shrugged, "What? I mean the amount of eggs in each ovary is-" Jane waved her friend off, "I've heard enough. Look, we're not here to talk about which organ tasted better or not. We have much bigger things to worry about."
"Don't you dare open that door!" Shouted Frost.
Jane reached across the coffee table and grabbed the television remote, she pressed the power button to turn the television off. Frost looked over to see who messed with the television, "Seriously? It was getting to the good part!"
Jane set the remote down and looked at her partner, "Frost, this is serious. Believe it or not you're apart of this mess, so you need to get serious really quick."
Maura felt so guilty for dragging these innocent detectives into her problem. All because she chose not to take care of herself when she should have. She should have listened to her body and fed when she had to. Maura knew what she must do, she sat up straight, "I will turn myself in."
The room became silent, everyone had eyes on the medical examiner. Jane shifted in her seat replaying the words that came out of Maura's mouth, "You're gonna turn yourself in? Like hell you are!"
Maura began to play with the hem of her shirt, "It's my fault, I shouldn't have brought you all into this catastrophe. It's the right thing to do. I won't mention any of your names, I'll take all the blame."
"Why would you think that? We all decided on our own to help you on this. We knew it would be risking our freedom. Yeah sure, we didn't think that she'd he so important to society, but we're in this hole together and we're going to get ourselves out… together. Maura promise me you won't turn yourself in."
"I honestly can't promise anything. I'm incapable of doing it."
Jane sighed, "Well then just tell me that you won't. I'm trusting in you that you won't do it. It wasn't your fault, Maur."
The Medical Examiner closed her eyes and tighten her jaws, "Okay. Fine, I won't do it."
Jane sighed in relief, Maura yawned, "What time is it?"
Jane reached her hand into her right pocket and pulled out her phone. She looked at the tomorrow, "It's seven forty-six."
"Already? Wow, I didn't think we were up there for that long," Korsak said.
Frost thought about it, "We were in the room since five o'clock. It took longer setting up the room than anything else. I actually thought it was eight o'clock. It feels like it, does it not?" Frost looks over at everyone for a response.
Maura shrugged, "It seems a bit later than that. I thought it was ten, but maybe that's just because I'm so tired."
Jane looked up at the ceiling, "I can't believe we're talking about this." She made her mind up and looked at her co-workers, "You know what? We're doing to have a fresh start tomorrow and hopefully we could actually come up with an actual idea. It's been a long day, so could we remove the plastic and help tidy up Maura's room so she could sleep in it tonight. Korsak see if you could fit an arm in each Ziploc bag, I don't care if I have to break its bones in different places to make it possible."
The master bedroom was spotless, it seemed as if no one entered the room at all. They all looked around the room to do one last inspection for the night.
"All right, seems like everything is in order. Since we've all been to many crime scenes, we should know what a clean- no spotless area looks like… no evidence. I'll go and grab the blacklight," Jane said.
"You didn't bring it. And actually it's the Crime Scene Cleaners who do the cleaning" Maura said.
Jane turned to look at the honey-blonde, "Maur, I know it's the- wait…" She knitted her eyebrows together in confusion, "How'd you know I didn't bring my blacklight? Did you look through my bag?"
"Well of course I did."
Jane opened her mouth to speak, but she stopped herself. She looked over at Korsak and Frost, "Well then I guess you're good to go home."
"Good, Nina would literally kill me if I came home late again," Frost announced.
Everyone's attention quickly fell on the young detective. He stated, "It was a joke." The tension in the room grew by the second. Frost couldn't understand why they were staring at him.
"Really, Frost? After what we just went through today you just had to make a joke about murder," Jane said.
He rubbed the back of his neck, "Oh, uh, sorry I didn't think about it."
Korsak walked over to Frost and patted him on his shoulder, "Better luck next time, Buddy," He walked away. Korsak began walking towards the bedroom door, Maura stopped him with a hand on his shoulder, "I couldn't thank you enough for helping me. I'm forever in your debt, all of you," she looks over at Jane and Frost
Korsak smiled at Maura, "Consider that debt paid once we get out of this mess, have a good night," he gave her a friendly wink and walked out of the room.
Jane chose sleep on Maura's couch to protect her in case anything had happened in the middle of the night.
The sun began to shine through the curtains, Jane stirred in her sleep. Maura's couch was surprisingly comfortable and she wished she could sleep on it forever, but too bad her job would get in the way.
Her job…
Her job…
WORK!
Jane's eyes quickly opened as she hopped up from the couch. She grabbed her phone from the coffee table and unlocked it. The time was seven fifteen in the morning, "Shit! That's not enough time. Did my alarm not go off? Why didn't Maur wake me up? I really hope she didn't sleep in either."
Jane walked over to Maura's room and softly knocked, "Hey, Maur, you in there?"
Jane waited but there was no response.
Jane knocked a bit harder, "Maura?"
No response.
Jane grabbed the door knob and turned it, she slowly pushed the door open. Jane stuck her head into the room, "Maur, you awake? We're gonna be late for work."
Jane made eye contact to the Queen sized bed, but it was neatly made up. Jane unlocked her phone and called Maura. The phone kept ringing, "Come on. Answer the phone, Maur," The phone went to voicemail.
Jane hung up and called her office, the phone began to ring.
A woman answered the phone, "This is Dr. Isles' office. This is Chang, how may I help you?"
"Susie, it's Jane. I'm calling to see if Maura is over there."
"Yeah. When I went upstairs to grab a cup of coffee and a muffin, I saw her a few minutes ago talking to Officer Richards. I must say he looks pretty interested in her. I wish men would look at me like that."
Jane's heart began to race, "Okay, thank you. Bye," she hung up the phone.
She ran into the living room and grabbed her coat and keys, "Dammit, Maur!"
Maura walked over to the main desk, she approached an officer, "Good morning, officer. I'm looking for Jack Richards, he's the lead detective for the missing case of Jessica Michaels. I need to speak with him," Maura declared.
Maura heard a voice from behind her, "That would be me. You wanted to talk to me about Jessica Michaels?"
Maura jumped, she turned around in surprise, "Oh you startled me, and yes I have Important news to share with you."
Richards nodded and took a sip of his tea, "My apologies, Dr. Isles I didn't mean to creep up on you. I was walking back to my desk when I heard you mention my name. Shall we go somewhere more private?"
Maura nodded, "Yes, that would be delightful."
"All right, follow me, Dr. Isles."
