Present

I watched as he cracked his knuckles. "I know you," I said watching the overweight goon turn around and look at me. For the moment Colin wasn't around; I shifted the ropes just around that with the right force, I might be able to get out of this chair and out of this hell hole.

I felt an evil grin come to my face. Time to pick a fight.

"What?" he asked looking at me.

"Vinny. Tony. Ralphie. Frankie…" I stopped to think. "What was your name again?"

"Tony."

"Right," I snapped my fingers. "I never forget a face."

"You don't know me," he scoffed.

"I do," I smiled. "I loved you in Soprano's."

"You better shut your mouth before I shut it for you," he hissed.

"Didn't your mother ever teach you not to hit a girl?" I laughed at him. "Besides you wouldn't want to take away from good old Colin's fun."

I watched him visibly flinch. Perhaps brining Colin's name into this wasn't a good idea. I needed to really tic this guy off. "So how does a man like you get into a business like this?"

He chose to ignore me now.

It was the smallest of reflections that caught my eye. Bingo.

"So what does your wife think about your profession? Was this a career choice you made together or were you hitting people and attempting kidnapping of young girls before that?"

I see him lunge at me, knocking me back. I knew it. He didn't want to hit me, but pushing me wouldn't be an issue. I felt my chair fall back as my head and shoulders connected with the back of the chair. A slight pain shot through- but well worth the feeling of being able to move my arms again.

Oh this poor bastard didn't know what he had coming.

He went after me. He went after Frost. His biggest mistake was going after Maura and Jenna.

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Previously

Once I was sure Jenna was asleep I came to stand in Maura's doorway. "Hey," she smiled.

"She's asleep," I said softly. "Why don't you try and get some rest."

"I don't know if I can," Maura answered honestly.

"I've got two parked units outside," I said sitting down on her bed. "and one Detective outside on the premises."

"How is I feel safest when you're here with me?"

"Well," I did my best to sound cocky and smile, "I'm the best. I take the whole protect and serve concept to the max." I gently ran my hands down her shoulder and rubber the soft skin on her arms.

"Serve," her voice dropped an octave lower, "sound kinky."

"Only if you want it to be," I smiled as I leaned forward and gently kissed her lips. Grabbing hold of my shirt Maura pulled me tenderly toward her.

"I feel like breaking the law," she whispered in my ear.

"Well then," I smiled, "I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to assume the position."

Her laughter filled the room…and warmed my heart.

Hours later, the darkness of the night still had not been greeted by the day. I watched Maura sleep soundly. My cell phone which was on silent vibrated on the nightstand. I didn't recognize the number. I flipped the phone open and before I could get out a greeting I heard his voice.

"I want you to listen to me carefully," he said in a calm manner. "I don't think you understand the force you're up against. I've got politicians lining my pockets, money in accounts on islands you've never even heard of, people who would kill at the drop of a dime simply because I've asked them to. Are you listening?"

"I'm listening."

"I want my little girl. You can have that slut for all I care. Maura can't keep her from me. She's my blood. Mine. And if there is one thing you've learned Detective Rizzoli…it's that I always get what I want."

I was silent.

"I married her for her power, her fathers connections," Colin laughed. "She had no idea who he was. The man who raised her not her biological father. A stranger who'd watched her for years, a killer, her real father. This phone conversation is getting is going nowhere. Don't think I couldn't come in that house right now and snatch that girl from that whore's grasp. I could. But I'm not going too. I'm also not going to do this the legal way. The less the law is involved the better. So I'll make this as clear and simple as I can. Give me my daughter or I'll kill Maura and everyone else you've ever loved."

CLICK.

I looked down at Maura who was still sleeping. I flipped open the phone again. "Did you get that?"

"Yes Detective Rizzoli. We got the trace."

"Good," I nodded. "Get me Judy in narcotics and create a conference with Williams from SVU."

"Yes Detective Rizzoli," the dispatch replied.

I stood in the window and watched the darkness greet the dawn.

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Present

I may be small…but don't piss me off. Some of the deadliest creatures in the world can take you down with one look. Right now- I was the deadliest.

I jumped his back, locking my elbow around his fat neck, hearing the crush from his windpipe. His gasp of, "plezzzzzzeee…" wheezed out.

"What makes you think," I hissed in his ear as we dropped to the floor, "that hurting an innocent little girl and her mother you get a please." I saw him reaching for his gun. Without quick motion and twist, he stopped moving and fell lifeless on the floor.

"I'm out of favors," I said brushing the dust off my body and grabbing his gun. "You God damn Bastard." I looked down. He was going to shot me with my own gun. I almost laughed inwardly if the situation hadn't been so deadly. How cliché would that has been.

Checking to see how full the clip was, I placed the gun behind my jeans.

"Time to finish this," I mumbled as I slowly and carefully walked to the door.

Presnet 200 miles away

Maura paced the room. "Maura we've got every available unit out looking for her. I've got the best people on this," Korsak assured the young woman.

"But he's…"

"Jane updated us all on Colin's illegal activities as well as what's been going on with you and your daughter."

"She did?" Maura wasn't sure if she was relieved or now more scared then before.

"You're safe Maura," Keri said placing her hand on Maura's shoulder. "You and that beautiful girl are safe."

"You're not going to arrest me?" Maura asked Korsak.

"Why on this green earth would I arrest you for protecting your daughter?" Korsak asked softly. "Granted you might not have taken the most legal of routes," He smiled softly. "But you wanted her safe, and having a daughter of my own- I understand that."

"We've got to find her," Maura whispered.

"Contact should be made very soon," the lead FBI agent said speaking up for the first time. "He'll try to make a deal."

"What kind of deal?" Maura asked.

"He'll want to trade Jane for Jenna I'd presume," she sighed. "He's actually stupid enough to think you'd go for it too. I don't think he knows we're in on it. Jane planned to assure him she was keeping your secret."

Wait…what?

Maura shook her head. "Wait. What do you mean…planned too?" Maura held her hand up.

Korsak looked at agent and back to Maura. There was no answer.

"Are you telling me Jane got herself kidnapped on purpose?" Maura asked feeling tears well up in her eyes.

"It was the only way we'd get inside. As far as courts and law enforcement goes…we've got nothing but dead ends. Nothing we've ever tried to pin on this guy has stuck. She's inside, getting the info we need to take him down…and keep you safe," the agent spoke evenly and calmly.

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200 Miles Away

Jane encountered two more men, both of whom were dropped and discarded quietly. The night helped her moved with little worry of being seen by anyone or anything. She'd done a few undercover assignments in her career- the perks of always being the first to volunteer.

She'd done more than her share of homework when it came to the likes to Colin. She was ready for him. And she was certain she knew how to take him down.

Maura's phone rang. The Detective gave her a thumbs up, indicating they were ready for her to pick up the phone. "Hello? Jane?" Maura answered it clearly worried. She didn't care if she sounded foolish.

"No," came the cold reply.

"What do you want?"

"A trade," Colin replied. "Jenna for your Detective."

"No," Maura shook her head. "You're not taking my little girl."

"She's my little girl you bitch," Colin said, his calm tone clearly gone. "And if you don't want to trade…then I'll make Jane…mine."

Maura felt her blood boil. "Don't you lay one hand on her head…"

"Or what Maura?" Colin laughed. "What are you going to do?" he continued laughing till he heard the click just a moment before he felt the gun push against the temple of his head.

"Dead men don't laugh," Jane said smoothly. "Say goodbye."

"Jane?" Maura was sure it was Jane. "Jane!"

"Say goodbye," Jane said pushing the gun harder into his temple.

"Goodbye …" Colin breathed out.

CLICK

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Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out riding' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
But I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasing' you
Can hurt you somehow

Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet

Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get

Desperado, oh, you aren't getting' no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're driving' you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talking'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone

Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day
You're losing' all your highs and lows
Isn't it funny how the feeling goes away?

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be raining', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you
(let somebody love you)
You better let somebody love you
before it's too late…

-The Eagles

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Maura looked to the Detective. "Was that Jane? Was it?"

The two men looked at each other and then to their supervisor. "Play it back," the agent whispered.

"Why would she be telling him to hang up?" Maura was confused. "Is she free? Can't we get her?"

The agent rubbed her temples and picked up her phone. "Is the implant still active? Good…trace it. I want to hear every word she gets out of him. You understand?"

"You're waiting!" Maura shouted. "Don't wait! Find her! Get her out!"

"We need her in there," the FBI said. "Without the evidence we'll lose him…"

Maura slapped agent across the face. "I don't give a damn about your evidence!"

"Well," Colin cleared his throat. "This is certainly a predicament."

"It would appear so…yes." Jane lowered herself down into a chair, her gun trained on Colin. Colin slowly moved his left hand.

"I may be drugged, beaten, and most likely suffering internal bleeding…but I wouldn't make that move," Jane shifted just slightly. "Unless of course you're a betting man…in which case you can figure the odds of you getting your hand close enough to that desk before I put your brain matter against the wall behind you. You want to calculate that?"

Colin considered her words and stopped moving his hand. "So now what? You kill me?"

"Believe me," Jane smiled. "Nothing would give more pleasure then putting a bullet in that cold black thing that the rest of us call a heart."

"So do it."

"Tempting," Jane smiled. "But no. I'd rather watch you get gang raped at Rikers every night while some big guy named Bubba calls you his wife."

Colin laughed. "You're a fool," he whispered.

"How do you figure that?"

"I won't go to jail," he said, his anger growing with each slipped word from his mouth. "I'll get off…like I always do. There will be some technicality. Something. And if that doesn't work…then I'll bribe a judge. Do you know how many I have on my payroll? At least 10- and that's in NY and Pennsylvania alone. Money is an amazing thing. It buys you power, freedom…"

"It can't buy you love," Jane said cocking her gun. "And it can't buy you silence."

"So what?" Colin looked at the door. "We wait here till…the Calvary arrives? It's an island you stupid bitch. They won't find you."

"You're awfully sure of yourself aren't you?" Jane smiled. "Kidnapping…three times. Assaulting and attempted murder of a Detective…actually- two Detectives. Murder of Maura's father and countless others… Hmmm…I wonder what other charges they'll nail your ass on?" Jane said egging him on.

"I wouldn't talk to me like that…"

"Like what?" Jane laughed. "Like the piece of shit you are?" Jane shook her head. "Colin you're about to get taken down a peg. Like it or not."

"You'll never be safe…" he hissed. He could hear the sirens in the background. "Do you hear me? You'll never be safe. Here…NY…with your family. I'll find you…her…and my little girl. And I'll make you pay for this. I'll make sure you pay with not just your life…but that whore's…" Jane put the gun to his temple.

"Give me a reason," she whispered near his ear. "Give me one reason…"

"You can't keep them from me. As long as you're alive and breathing- I'll be looking."

The Detectives charged through the doors of Colin's Mansion, dressed in black assault gear. "Detective Rizzoli!"

"In here!" Jane called. "Say hi to Bubba for me…" She pulled her fist back, throwing an elbow into his nose, sending him back unconscious "Oh I'm sorry…didn't see you there."

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Jane stepped off the helicopter slowly. Every muscle and bone in her body was screaming in pain. "Jane!" Jane looked up and saw Maura running toward her. "Jane!"

"Maura…" Maura whispered the name. It was the only thing she had energy left for. Maura wrapped her arms around Jane.

"Baby- oh thank god," she kissed her lips, her cheeks. "Thank God…"

"I'm okay," Jane smiled.

"You're hurt…"

"It's not so bad right now," Jane placed her hand on Maura's cheek.

"They got him?"

"They got him," Jane nodded.

"Not without your help," The FBI agent said coming up behind Jane. "The FBI and Special Forces owe you big time Detective Rizzoli."

Jane nodded and looked at her. "I'm glad you feel that way."

TBC