Your wish is my command…here is another chapter for you all….thank you all for the wonderful reviews. I'm glad you are all still enjoying this story. The only characters that belong to me unfortunately are the murdering ones.

I hope you continue to enjoy, word of warning, this one is a bit angsty.

Enjoy…

Morgan stood up as the first set of EMT's approached to check on JJ. Being right by the stairs, they got to her before Jane.

Leaning in the one of the first responders started to ask her questions.

"Jane," she said, "Jane first…" JJ hurt, her legs still didn't feel right and every breath felt like she was sucking in razors but Jane was already coughing up blood she was in worse shape.

"JJ honey let them help you." Emily couldn't understand why she wouldn't accept help.

"Em please…Jane first" the tears in JJ's eyes convinced her and she nodded to the young men who immediately moved over to Jane. Another EMT crew came in not a minute later and Emily had to convince JJ to let them help her, that Jane was being attended to.

Emily looked down at the woman she loved and could feel the rage building in her as the EMT's assessed the damage and loaded her onto the stretcher. Her moan of pain when she was moved broke her heart and when they put the oxygen mask over her face her hands clenched. They had removed the gloves from her hands and she could see the swelling of her right hand and discoloration of her knuckles, and knew some were broken. Leaning down before they moved her she kissed her tenderly on the forehead.

"I love you Jennifer, you're going to be okay…. you have to be" she whispered, looking over at Jane, she saw the EMT's working at getting her stabilized before moving her onto the stretcher. It didn't take a doctor to see that she was hurt even worse that Jennifer. Her heart broke for Maura as she watched her stand back arms wrapped around her. She was a little surprised to see Reid with his arm around her shoulders comforting her.

Maura seemed so lost, shaking her head, she totally understood.

Turning to Morgan, "Derek I'm going with JJ, I need you to stay here and try to track Rodriguez down, and…call Garcia please," looking at JJ, "let her know what's going on" voice softening she looked intensely at Derek realizing that he was right about where they were being held and if not for him….she didn't want to think about that right now.

"You got it Princess…hey, she'll be okay" he said softly.

Patting him on the shoulder, she turned to follow JJ, "I hope so Derek"

Turning around, Morgan watched as the EMT's worked on Rizzoli, she didn't look too good.

The EMT's working on Jane were seriously concerned. Her blood pressure and respiratory rate were very low, and the blood at the corner of her mouth indicated that there was internal bleeding.

Maura wanted to go to her but Reid was holding on to her. "Let them work" he said quietly.

Reid liked this quirky woman, in the short time that he had known her he felt like he had found a kindred spirit and it had hurt him to see her so devastated by Jane's disappearance. Now, he didn't know what else he could do for her except be there. He knew JJ was in good hands with Emily and Derek; Frost had been with Maura but walked away when he realized Reid would be there for her.

Frost couldn't take seeing his partner like that and motioned to Morgan go outside with him to join the officers trying to follow Rodriguez' trail. He could hear one of the dogs from the K-9 unit as he stepped outside from the exit Rodriguez used. "What a cluster" he thought.

With oxygen forcing its way into Jane's lungs, she felt hands on her body; every touch causing her intense pain and she couldn't understand why they wouldn't stop. Jane tried to raise her hand to stop them but her arm wasn't listening. She tried to say something but the only sound that came out was a groan. The emergency techs looked at one another, "Detective, can you hear me? Can you open your eyes?" He finished connected the leads to the heart monitor and watched as piercing dark eyes stared back at him.

"Hu..hurts…" her voice was a hoarse whisper and Maura immediately dropped down beside her.

"Jane…Jane honey I'm here…" stroking her forehead the relief that filled Maura at seeing those beautiful eyes was overwhelming.

"Hey…Maur…" she tried a small smile when her body was racked by coughing. Rolling her slightly to her side Maura was horrified at the crimson stain that appeared on the front of her dress. The monitor fluctuated ominously before leveling out again.

"Oh my God," she said. Looking at the EMT's she saw the urgency in their eyes, "Jane…look… at me Jane, they need to move you now okay…" she knew the tears were spilling down her face but she couldn't help it. She knew the damage that had likely been done.

"K" was all Jane said as she closed her eyes, it hurt so much to breathe or move, the weight on her chest felt unbearable.

The EMT's in unison loaded Jane onto the stretcher partly on her side. Again she groaned. Maura could see that her teeth were clenched and as they strapped her down to get her up the stairs; Maura looked at the monitors and could see the distress the movement was causing her.

Moving quickly, the men lifted the stretcher and made it to the backyard before the tone startled all of them.

"Noooo!" Maura's wail pierced Derek's resolve as he watched her collapse in the grass. Reid was beside her as the techs worked on Jane. Her body jerked as they applied the defibrillator.

"Nothing….go again…clear…" Jane's body jerked again, "We have a rhythm…move, lets go!"

Rushing to the ambulance, they loaded the stretcher while Maura ran up with Reid, "Ma'am you can't…"

"That's Dr." Reid said firmly, "Dr. Isles and she is coming with you." Reid helped her in and closed the door as the ambulance sped away.

Reid watched the ambulance and felt Morgan when he came to stand by him.

"You okay kid?"

"She died…" his voice was quiet and small. He was remembering when JJ had come out and told them that Emily never made it off the table, how devastated he had been that he hadn't gotten a chance to say goodbye. Feeling his eyes watering he took a deep breath and looked at Morgan. Seeing the understanding in his eyes was too much.

"Have we found anything?" he said gruffly.

Morgan knew what he had been thinking, he felt the same way, and this had brought everything back. "She's strong kid and she has Dr. Isles, her family, heck she's got us now too."

"I know Morgan it's just…it seems unfair doesn't it? I mean how many times does she have to be a target, how many times do any of us?" Walking away, Morgan realized Reid was having a crisis of faith and it was his turn now to support him.

"Come on Reid, we'll get this guy, you know that" Morgan caught up and made Reid look at him, "You know that right?"

"But at what cost Morgan"

"What the hell happened?" Frost came running up, "one of the officers told me Jane flatlined." His voice was strained; he knew he should have stayed. "Is she okay?" he looked from one to the other, "Tell me Jane's okay, "he asked worriedly.

"They brought her back Frost, Dr Isles is with her." Frost expelled the breath he was holding at Morgan's words. "How much more could she take" he thought.

"Where did you go?" Morgan asked

"Korsak called, they're almost here so I went up front to meet them." Pacing he looked at the two agents, "do you think they'll be okay, Jane and JJ?"

Neither answered immediately. Reid was intimately familiar with the autopsy results from the previous victims and the internal damage found was extensive, enough to have killed them eventually. The strangulation was just pure overkill. The beatings were enough. He couldn't answer him, so Morgan did.

"I don't know Frost, I'm sorry but Rizzoli, Jane, she was really bad off."

"Fuck!" he said as he walked away. Grabbing his cell, he knew he had to call Frankie, dialing his number, he took a deep breath, "Yeah hey Frankie, yeah its me…listen…Jane's on her way to the hospital…no… I know…Frankie wait…shut up Frankie! Its bad…you need to call your ma…Boston General." Rubbing his face, he tried to keep his feelings locked up, he needed to find this bastard and make him pay.

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Rodriguez approached the convenient store and waited, his arm hurt like a bitch! "Fucking FBI man, he clipped him" the bleeding had slowed so he knew it wasn't bad. He had ditched the gloves in a trashcan and was waiting for "there!" some idiot just walked in and left their car running. Approaching quickly, he climbed in and drove off. He just needed it to get where he needed to go.

"Boston General, if she's not dead that's where they'll take her. If she is one less thing to worry about, he still had the little blonde bitch to take care of."

The anger flowing through him was palpable. How the hell had that bitch gotten the better of him. And Jane was down, how…he couldn't understand how she had been able to get up again. "Fuck!" slamming his hand on the steering wheel over and over, "ahhhhh" he yelled out loud. "How?"

That last shot he gave Jane should've done the trick but he didn't have a chance to follow it up. Even if she were alive she wouldn't be able to defend herself, she was easy pickings in a hospital.

Slowing down he tried to mind the speed limit; he certainly didn't want to be pulled over for something as foolish as that. He couldn't wait to get his hands on that little blond bitch either. She killed his father, he had never been without his father in his life and he was not going to rest until he had taken hers. Besides, his nose ached from where she broke it.

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JJ lay still holding back tears as the doctor moved his hands over her abdomen. Looking over to her right, she could see Emily. They had told her to leave when they first started examining her and she had refused. The tone in her voice let them know she was not to b messed with so they left her alone. She needed to talk to her and let her know about Jane.

"Ohh…" one particular touch elicited a moan from her.

"Jennifer?" Emily approached again and was waved off by a nurse. Ignoring her, she took Jennifer's left hand. "Shhh baby its okay…" brushing away her tears she kissed her cheek.

"Agent Prentiss we need to take her to x-ray." Emily nodded and went to move away, but JJ grabbed her hand.

"Emily, please how's Jane?" Emily looked at her and tried to hide her feelings from the woman she loved. She saw when they brought Jane in; she only had to see Maura to know that it didn't look good. Focusing on JJ she tried to think of what to say to her. She promised she would never lie to her again.

"Jayje honey, she's not doing to well. I haven't checked but…"

"Please Em you need to check on her," agitated she was taking shallower breaths,

"Agent Prentiss, please don't upset her."

Glaring at the nurse, Emily ignored her. "Jennifer, slow down honey, I will okay."

Tears rolling down the side of her face, "she protected me Emily, she wouldn't let them hurt me so he…he…she was coughing up blood Em…please…I'm fine…check on her, on Maura…"

"Okay honey I will, I'll go check right now okay, I promise…I called Hotch and he sent the jet to get Garcia up here. She should be here soon Jayje, okay. I won't leave you till she's here." Emily was not going to leave her alone.

All that talking tired her out and JJ nodded as they wheeled her out.

Emily stood there trying to sort through her feelings. She needed to keep a clear head, JJ needed her, they still had to find Rodriguez, and dammit she promised, she had to go check on Jane.

Walking down the hallway she found Maura sitting outside a trauma room. "Maura?" she said tentatively.

"Oh Emily, how is JJ?" her voice was off, flat, she didn't sound like the Maura she had drinks with what seemed like a lifetime ago now.

Kneeling in front of her, Emily took Maura's hands in hers, they were icy cold, "Maura look at me, have they said anything about Jane?" the sympathetic warm tone, seemed to penetrate the wall Maura had built.

"Emily?..." her voice broke, "they just took her into surgery…she…she went into cardiac arrest twice. I can't lose her Emily…I just can't…" Emily gathered her in her arms and held her while she cried herself out.

When her crying had slowed, Emily pulled back and let her talk.

"She has broken ribs, and at least one has punctured a lung. Her heartbeat is erratic and won't stabilize, they're worried about a myocardial contusion…my god what do I tell her mother…what if…"

"Don't do that Maura, no what ifs…she would not want you to do that to yourself…Jane is going to be fine, you have to believe that do you understand?" Emily's voice was adamant; she was taking to herself as much as to Maura.

"Everything will be all right"

So, what did you think? Have to tell you I almost couldn't get this one done, not only because it was difficult to write (angst is always difficult), but I've caught a bug from one of the kids I teach and am home sick. My wife's not too happy that I chose writing to sleeping, but now that this chapter is up I am going to take some meds and go to bed. Dr visit tomorrow morning. I hope to have another one up tomorrow but at this point I can't promise, although reviews do spur me on, so as usual, reviews= quicker updates.

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