As the day continued thru the investigation, Dean couldn't get Jane out of his mind. Without really being there at her side, he had realized he loved her more than anything. This case was important to solve and the fact that Jane had to resort to terrorist like actions bothered him even more than he could fathom. Being in the FBI for years and without really any social life, Jane was the first real relationship he wanted to pursue. Most agents are trained to never get serious on any level as far as companionship. But to him Jane was different in so many levels. She was beautiful beyond belief, intelligent, insightful, funny and caring. He could see right thru that hard exterior she had to put up for the sake of her job. He knew being a female Detective in any precinct or the only female Detective must have put a lot of pressure on her. But he could tell from their last meeting, she was up to the challenge and probably better than her co workers.

Gabriel shook his head, knowing he still had to keep focus on the case. Going thru what case files he could, he noticed that Korsak had one lead that must have stopped him or someone made him stop the case stone cold. It seems there were notes, within notes. Korsak had carefully concealed that there were higher authorities that were stopping the case, to which he added his own twist. It seems he was reprimanded in his personal file for insulting the Police Commissioner. It seems it was around the same time the case went cold. He had dates matched to the slim file about drug trafficking and the events that surrounded the case. From what he could piece together, Cavanaugh personally took him off the case.

What bothered Dean the most was why would he put Jane onto the case, after one Officer was already murdered being attached to this case? Why not inform Korsak that the case was being reopened and not involve him?

'Could Korsak be involved in the drug trafficking? Could he be a mole in the department?'

To Dean there were too many holes and questions. Too much hidden that should be in the file, but are not. He knew Jane was tenacious when it came to a case. She had proven that when he worked with her during Holt's stalking of Jane. He noticed she never quit, even though her own life was in constant danger. That alone was admiration and respect for her job as well as her personally.

He needed to speak with Cavanaugh and Korsak, and he had to do it soon. The shipment of drugs and guns in the Police warehouse were not safe, while still in the city. He knew with millions of dollars of merchandise like that, someone would not just simply let it go. He made a call to another FBI agent.

"Benson, Dean here. Put extra guards on that shipment until we move it to the FBI headquarters here. I want all information gathered on this case after the bust. It's not a coincidence that they left Danny's body in the warehouse. They could have easily dumped his body and left with the shipment. Bobby left his partners body there for a reason, or someone wanted to send a message."

"Yes Sir; Do you suspect another mole is in place at the precinct?"

"Bobby hired mercenaries that were international, not local. Their prints came up in our database, not the police files. Either Bobby was stupid, or he made a mistake and tried to clean it up. Either way, I suspect that Bobby was going to be a dead man like his partner and he just didn't know it yet."

"Yes Sir, I'll have extra agents on their way. Anything else?" Asked Benson.

"Yeah, I'm going by the hospital to see if I can question the survivors. Maybe they know something we haven't seen yet."

"Yes Sir; Benson out."

Dean had kept his feelings for Jane at bay. But his hunches believed that some answers could be with Jane.

'God how I missed you Jane. I need to see you. I'm not going to let you push me away this time'

Dean headed out, while the assigned agents finished up closing off sections of the precinct. Some of the Officers had made it very clear they wanted to get back to their jobs and catch those involved. Dean understood their frustrations, but the case was under FBI jurisdiction. He had to find a way to buffer their anger and work together to solve this crime on themselves.

As he drove off, one dark car was being a shadow to him. It would see where Agent Dean was going.

JANE'S APARTMENT

Frost had gone to Jane's apartment to take care of Joe Friday. Jane had given him a key, just in case she was ever incapacitated and couldn't take care of her little dog. Jane's dog had to be walked and fed and he was more than happy to oblige. It still bothered him that he couldn't be there to watch over her. He was worried about his partner and the whole ordeal of this case bothered him the more he thought about it. Korsak had told him to keep a close eye on the case, and he had his police laptop with him, so he sat down while Joe leapt onto the couch snuggling into him. He didn't particularly like dogs, but the little scamp grew on him.

Frost went thru some notes that Korsak and he had gathered, while at the warehouse. He valued Vince's experience as well as Jane at looking at all the clues and evidence and putting the puzzle pieces together. He was talking to himself, while typing in notes from his notebook.

"Vince told me that Bobby was not involved with the case as well as him. That Cavanaugh had secretly pushed the case onto Danny. Why was Danny more trustworthy than Vince and Bobby?"

Frost bit into a sandwich he had made himself and tried to put together other information that was not on file.

"Boston Harbor had two major events." Typing in dates. "There were big ceremonies that day. Hmmm… Typing in more dates. "Bobby's schedule shows he was at both events each time; why?" Frost checked his notes and the amount of the shipment that was catalogued. "Danny was found right after the second event. The witness said she saw a man enter the truck and he stayed for a few minutes before a black man entered. Hmmm…. Said that she saw another Caucasian man enter from the side entrance and held a gun on the other, while something was yanked from his chest. Which probably was the wire attached to Danny. Then she saw the man go down on his knees and then shot. That's when they heard her moving around and thought she was dead. Said here that police showed up and the two men left. Claims she never saw the shooter. This had to be Bobby."

Frost continued to go thru his notes. "So where are the recordings of that shooting and the wire? Why didn't the Police go in before the shooting? They had to know Danny was in trouble. Why did they hesitate? No one questioned the other officers involved on the sting….hmmm."

As Frost typed in more notes, he came across a couple of names that sounded familiar. He concluded he needed to know where the Officers assigned to Danny where. His gut instincts told him that something was wrong with the whole sting operation. He wanted answers and he was going to find them. He closed the Laptop and headed out; knowing Jane's dog was fine for now.

BOSTON HOSPITAL

Joe was about to leave the hospital when he eyed Korsak on his cell phone. He wanted to approach the man, but instincts told him to contact Dean to coordinate a meeting with Frankie.

Korsak looked up from his phone to see Joe leaving ICU, and heading for Frankie's room. He decided that Cavanaugh could wait and headed down the hall way to get Dr. Isles something to eat and check on Jane at the same time. He knew she had spent most of the day with Jane, which he was glad for. He hated seeing Jane so injured and it broke his heart he couldn't protect her this time, like he had when Hoyt had her pinned to the floor with scalpels. To him, this was the second time he saw Jane so vulnerable. He looked in on Jane and saw Maura asleep in the chair. It saddened him to see so many monitors and tubes hooked to Jane. He wanted to stay, but couldn't. He had so much on his mind, that at least he could try to help out for Jane's sake. He closed the door quitly and nodded to the nurse on duty. He continued up to the vending machines just a flight up.

Eyes watched the ICU staff. The lurking shadows would wait until the time was right. It would wait until the shifts changed and they would make their move.

TBC