A/N: I just want to thank everyone for the comments and follows. The second part of this chapter gets violent, so heads up there. Sorry for any mistakes or if it seems choppy. I really jammed through this one.
Walking up the stairs, Jane tries to come up with any excuse for her actions downstairs. Coming up with nothing she decides to wing it. Knocking on the door to Maura's bedroom she waits for a response. When she doesn't get one after the third knock she decides to just walk in. When she does she sees the blonde lying on her side of the bed.
"Maura?" Jane watches as the woman before her pulls tighter to the pillow she is clutching to. "I don't know what to say other than I'm sorry."
The brunette comes to sit on the opposite side of the bed with her back to Maura. "I know you don't want to talk to me, I know I wasn't just a jerk today but lately as well. I guess I would chalk it up to stress, but I don't want you to feel the way you do. I am sorry for my attitude and getting you and Nate into this ordeal."
When she hears tears she turns around and inches closer to the blonde. "Maur, I'm sorry. I don't know what to do?"
"I—I don't think you can do anything about the way I am feeling. That's just it Jane, what I'm going through…oh God…I don't know how I ended up doing this and wrecking everything."
"You didn't wreck anything." Jane crawls closer and lies down next to Maura, wrapping her up in her arms. "Tell me what's going on Maur."
"I love you." Maura chokes out through her tears and Jane quickly answers her to aid in an attempt to help the blonde. "I love you too, you know that, now whatever you are going to say won't stop me from being your friend."
"No…that's just it." Maura sits up, her heart beats double time and her body shakes from fear and anger. "I thought that after Ian, I was immune to love…but I realized I never felt it before. I can't eat, I can't sleep, and I can't do anything without thinking about it…about you. I want you to feel the same…I need you to notice, when I'm not around, I need you to want me like I want you."
She pushes forward and before Jane can processes the other woman's words, she feels Maura's lips on her own. The brunette kisses back, as her heart swells. It is unlike any other kiss she has ever felt. Jane nudges the blonde, silently telling her to lie back. Crawling on top she pushes deeper into the kiss, as well into the blonde. She only realizes that her hand is slowly exploring Maura's body when she hears the woman beneath her moan.
"Dr. Isles…Jane?" The brunette stops and curses out loud when she hears her partner's voice. "I really need to talk to you!"
Looking down at the blonde, Jane gives her an apologetic, half smile before getting up and walking to the door.
"WHAT?" Jane demands when she finally swings open the door. "This better be good!"
"Um…" Frost looks to the bed as Maura stands and straightens out her outfit and before he has time to comprehend the scene before him he begins to explain. "I-It's Hoyt…he had some kind of seizure or something and they have him in the prison emergency room."
"He's asking for you…he said that he would tell you and Dr. Isles where Emily Stern's body is."
"Call for a unit to come here and watch the house, call Frankie too." Jane begins to walk out the door to the hallway. "When they get here, you and Korsak bring Maura and meet me there."
"No," Maura comes up to her quickly. "He asked for the both of us and I will not let you go there alone."
"With everything that is going on…" Jane stops and looks to Frost before narrowing her eyes at the blonde. "You know…it would be good to get our heads together before going to the prison. Which means maybe we should go separately."
Maura shakes her head and Frost comes up to her side. "Jane, I don't think it's a good idea to go alone. As your partner, I would feel more comfortable if Dr. Isles went with you. She can call us if anything comes up."
Just as she is about to protest Frost shakes his head and tilts it at the blonde as if silently urging Jane to take Maura. "Fine, come on Maura."
…
The car ride had been silent, even though both Jane and Maura wanted very badly to discuss the recent change in their relationship. Both of them knew that now was not the time, they had to leave personal issues at home and think about what was lying ahead for them.
As they pull into the parking space and Jane turns the car off, she looks over to the blonde. "I just want to say something real quick before we go in."
"I'm listening." Maura says as she looks to the brunette.
"I wanted to say that just because we didn't get a chance to discuss what happened…in your room…it doesn't mean I don't want to talk about it. When this is over, I want to talk about it—us."
"Okay." Maura gives her a bright smile before nodding and stepping out of the car.
"Warden Price, what's with this?" Jane says as she slips on her boots. "They locked up my gun and searched me and Dr. Isles like we were criminals."
"It's the new procedure I put into place." The man says as he begins to walk over to the detective.
"You're doing this because you hate the department for being the reason why you lost all your court cases but Dr. Isles has nothing to do with this. They frisked her…like touched her in a not okay way."
"JANE!" Maura looks over to the brunette as her loud outburst has drawn attention from the people surrounding them. "It was just a security check, I am okay you don't need to make a scene."
"Fine, but just for the record the way you looked at me when you were being patted-down did not look like you were okay. Don't look at me like that if you don't want me to do anything about it." Jane lowers her voice as she follows the silent warden down the hallway.
As they come closer to the room, the warden gets a call. When he hangs up he explains that there is an urgent matter he must take care of. Making their way to the door Maura reaches over and squeezes Jane's hand, silently reassuring her that everything will be fine.
…
"Jaaaaane." She hears the sinister voice before she sees her devil. Pulling back the privacy curtain she sees the grin plastered on Hoyt's face. "Oh, Jane you look so pretty…just the way I remembered you to be."
"Cut the crap Hoyt." Jane slowly walks closer to the man lying in the bed. "Tell me where Emily Stern's body is."
At that moment a nurse comes into the room, "Sorry, I'm just here to check your vitals." She says to Hoyt as she closes the door with a click behind her. Jane takes a moment to glance back to Maura. She gives the blonde a questioning look when she notices her eyeing the nurse, watching as Maura gives the nurse a wary look before shaking off a nagging thought.
"I'll tell you where it's not." Hoyt speaks trying to get the attention back on him. Jane gives a look to the nurse as she busies herself behind the guard. When he doesn't get her full attention he switches gears. "How are the boys?"
"I'm not playing anymore games." Jane growls, coming closer to him, she grabs his gown with her scarred hands. "You mention those kids one more time and I'll kill you right here!"
The blonde comes around the other side of the bed to where the guard and nurse are standing. The detective notices the movement and momentarily her attention gets averted and before she can look back to Hoyt she sees the nurse slit the guards throat. She can't even react before she sees the nurse grab Maura from behind. As that happens she feels a hand grasp her hair and the thin metal digging into the base of her neck.
"MAURA!" She screams out.
At the angle Hoyt has her head, Jane cannot see the blonde her fear for the blonde's safety has clouded her only thought. "MAURA ANSWER ME!"
"Jane." She hears the small and skittish voice.
"Jane." The second time she hears her name it comes out in a strangled cry.
"DON'T YOU TOUCH HER!" She unsuccessfully fights to be freed. "I'LL KILL YOU! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"
Hoyt laughs as he feels the fight from Jane inflame his dominance over her, "Janie, calm down. I'm just having my dear nurse zip-tie her hands. I don't plan on killing her yet." As he lowers her on the bed that he was laying in only moments before, Jane finally is at a position to see the blonde. She is sitting, hands tied on the other bed across the room. The tears are rolling down her face; they are unstoppable even when Jane mouths that everything is going to be fine. Her eyes never leave the blonde's even when she hears her begin to scream.
Jane knows that Hoyt is about to do something but she cannot stop looking at Maura. Her need to know if the blonde is okay outreaches her need to know what Hoyt is about to do. The brunette only looks away when she feels the scalpel cut across her neck.
"I'm glad I finally have your attention." He hisses as his face comes inches away from hers. "We don't have much time so it won't be as long and agonizing as the last time we were together."
When he speaks again, Jane can smell his vile breath. "Is everything in order?" he calls out to the woman who is helping him out.
"Yes, the jail is in lockdown and will be for the next 10 minutes."
"You see my lovely assistant over there." Hoyt grabs her face a forces the brunette to look to where the other two women are. "There's the body, I told you that I was going to let you know where Emily Stern was. You just mistook that the body was going to be a dead one."
"Emily why don't you introduce yourself to Dr. Isles?" Charles Hoyt calls out and seconds later Jane hears a zap as Maura's body convulses and falls to the mattress.
"WHAT DID YOU DO?" She screams and it shocks Hoyt enough to accidentally dig the scalpel into her shoulder. She knows that Maura isn't dead but the thought of the woman she loves being hurt sends her into a fury. The brunette musters all her strength and slams her head into the man above her.
Standing she gets nowhere as the hit leaves her dizzy. Jane doesn't have time before she feels the electric jolt run through her body. Her legs quickly give out and she falls to the floor with a painful thud, Emily Stern is swiftly on top of her, arms raised with a scalpel in hand.
"No!" She hears the panic in the blonde's voice. "Emily!"
Maura stands and it is with all she has that she keeps her shaky muscles from bringing her to the ground.
"Emily, Hoyt is using you." The blonde says and immediately she regrets it as the scalpel goes to Jane's neck.
"He loves me!" Emily violently screams looking to Maura and then to Hoyt who is slowly getting his bearings back. "He killed for me, for me to have this wonderful life."
"I know that he told you all these things sweetie but the people who are looking for you, they care for you Emily, they love you." Maura sees a flicker of recognition of a reality long forgotten. "And Jane, I love her so you see if you put down the scalpel we can all go back to the people who love us."
Slowly Emily drops the scalpel and comes to a standing position. "Don't listen to her." Hoyt finally stands and holds one hand to the gash on his forehead. "They are going to throw you in jail and keep you from me."
Walking over to Emily, Hoyt reaches out his arms and when she goes to accept the waiting hug, Hoyt stabs her repeatedly in the stomach, "I didn't want to do this, but you are weak."
Maura, with her hands still tied, goes to Jane and urges her to get up. "Come on Jane. The electrical signal from a stun gun, affects the nerve cells, telling them to release a neurotransmitter, a chemical to your muscles. This is a rapid moving chemical; your muscles should only be immobilized for 30 seconds to a full minute. Therefore, you should be getting up now, I need you to get up, and help me. Please help me." She looks into the brunette's eyes as she pleads.
"Dr. Isles? If you want to leave this room alive I would advise you to step away from Detective Rizzoli." Hoyt declares as he wipes Emily's blood from his hands. As Maura goes to protest she sees the brunette give a small and discreet nod. It's then she notices the scalpel Emily had dropped next to her heel. Bending down she slyly scoops it up before coming to lay half her body on Jane. She gives the brunette a kiss, using this time to sneak the weapon into the other woman's grasp.
"See, I knew the two of you were an item." Hoyt kneels over Jane when Maura backs away. "I only go after couples, it is such a thrill to see the fear in one's eyes as I take away the thing they love. It's a shame that sometimes when one begs me to kill the other one and spare them. I wish we could have dragged this out longer, I would love to see the good doctor beg me to keep you alive." Hoyt smiles as he looks at Maura. "But seeing that I only have…three minutes before the lockdown is over I really need to get this over with."
"NO!" Jane sees the blonde slam into Hoyt with her shoulder, knocking him to the ground. Rolling over, Jane takes the same position Hoyt previously had her in. Grasping the scalpel Maura slipped her, she raises it and pierces Hoyt's chest.
"You never should have come after Maura! MY FAMILY! I WIN HOYT…I DO!" Pulling the blade out she raises it once more and stabs him again.
That was a busy chapter full of kisses and stabbings. I hope you enjoyed!