Missing That Certain Spark: Chapter Eleven: The Spark Is Ignited
"Well unless you people haven't got the message yet, but we're here to get our building back."
There was a silence once more.
"In other words GET OUT!"
"Uh-huh, keep Rollin out fed boys." Frost and Frankie commented as they stood by the doors as the federal agents left the building.
It had been at least five hours now. And all Jane had done was bust all the police force of Boston out of prison and taken over a building. She hadn't done anything that productive…
"Frost, I need you to get on with tracking this message ASAP." Jane said passing the phone to Frost.
"Oh the joys of being back home…" He mumbled to himself, despite Frankie chuckling away. The two heading off up stairs, while police officers of Boston all stood in one room.
"Ok everyone, get out on the streets and look for any signs of bomb scares or suspicious behavior." The police officers all strolled out back into their cop cars, the majority of them all waving at Angela.
"Ok be safe officers." Angela called out, waving at them. God how they are such an improvement on those boring old feds… No wonder Janie doesn't like them…
Once they had all driven off, Angela turned round and faced her only daughter.
"Jane what on earth have you gotten yourself into?"
"Ma, please, I really can't tell you everything but Maura's in danger as well as all of Boston because there's some bomb been placed somewhere and I have to find both of them in the next…" Jane paused to look at her watch "nineteen hours!"
There was a silence as Jane waited for her mother to respond. Looking up at the sky and then back at her daughter Angela said "Well make sure you wear a jumper and bring an umbrella, I think the rains on soon."
Letting out a heavy sigh, Jane just turned and ran back to her department. Frost, Korsak and Frankie all in the computer room.
"Have we got anything?" Jane asked.
"Jane. I've been here two minutes at least, and you think I've just managed to track one phone call throughout all of Boston? I mean-"
"It was a yes or no question Frost." Jane cut the man off.
"No. But maybe you should try and think of some tips or hints." Frankie suggested.
"Oh yeah, why didn't I think of that?" Jane said sarcastically "Oh right, let me just sprinkle my little hints and tips dust around us, and we'll fly to all-answers-r-us land."
"Jane?" Korsak said lowly, looking behind Jane. Causing Jane to turn round.
"Sir?" Jane asked wondering what Cavanaugh could possibly want at this time.
"Rizzoli, I think you've had a long enough vacation now. The rest of you leave Frost to do his god damn job! He doesn't need a baby sitter to watch over him. Maybe you should go and check out the CCTV's in the crime lab or whatever it is you guys do."
Sorry sir, but we don't usually get stolen medical examiners, so excuse me if I'm a little rusty! Jane felt the urge to say, but kept it in her head.
"Yes sir!" they all replied, Cavanaugh's word was law. He would never come out of his office for no good reason, unless it was to update the team on certain things they have missed while out on the job.
Frankie, Korsak, Jane and her personal stalker (as Jane now referred to him as) all headed down the elevator. When they got to the lower ground, everyone seemed a little surprised to find three police officers, one tall and bulky looking man, with Jane Rizzoli in cuffs standing in the middle of them all.
As they stepped out Jane was already giving orders. Telling the other guys where to go. Maura's office, this was the place Jane had reserved for herself to investigate.
Opening the door, Jane noticed the signs that would be oblivious to the crime scene staff, but to her stuck out like a dog with three heads.
The first one being Maura's chair. It was sticking out, and not neatly rolled under the desk like Maura always left it, so Maura must have been taken from here.
"Could you wait there please? I don't want you to tamper with any evidence." Jane asked the stalker.
The man gave a nod, standing just under the door frame. Wondering round the room, Jane continued to analyze the objects in her mind. Eventually Jane could see the desk, trying to imagine what Maura had seen.
But the only thing that came into Jane's head were the countless times she'd come into Maura's office, with a smile on her face, the idea of getting to see her best friend once more throughout her day.
Jane's eyes scanned over Maura's desk, over photos of herself and Maura pulling funny faces, the little contraption on Maura's desk that Jane still hadn't figured out what it did, but in Jane's mind it was a very expensive paper weight. As well as all the other pieces of plastic on Maura's desk.
Eventually Jane's pupils met the computer and laptop that sat on the desk. Jane approached the computer and moved the mouse, shaking the computer out of its standby.
Jane's eyebrows pulled into a frown as she realized what web page she was on.
80% off fire extinguishers? Why would Maura be on that?
"Jane!"Frost's voice echoed down the corridor, causing Jane to jump a little. Frost held the phone out, Jane took it quickly when she realized someone was calling on it.
"Hello?"
"Jane, tut-tut. I never said friends were allowed in our little game."
Jane recognized the messed up voice immediately.
"If you're not going to tell me where this bomb is, or where Maura is, please…" Jane trailed off, not wanting to swear in her working environment "…get lost."
"Oh Janie, I just wanted to ask a question… can I ask you a question? It's not a trick one."
This guy is messed up…
"Yes?" Jane responded through gritted teeth.
"Are you and Maura friends?"
Surprisingly, this question caught Jane off guard. The last time Jane remembered talking to Maura she'd ended up making a big mess of it.
"You'd have to ask her." Jane admitted.
"Oh well, I don't think it's fair that you have to work against the clock."
"So you won't detonate the bomb?"
"Heavens no! I'm just going to change the clock."
"What does that even mean?"
"Oh I'm sure a detective like you can figure it out. But remember; once you figure out the first clue, the clock will no longer be against you. Bubye Jane."
"Wait!" Jane said to the phone, only for a continuous beep to ring her ears. "Shit." Jane cursed, pressing the end call button, letting the phone drop to her side in Jane's hand.
Now she had more questions than answers.
God damn it, why does life seem to really suck today?!
Jane wondered in her mind, as she decided to go back up with Frost to see if he could track that call, while Jane decided it was time to stop running for a bit and think.
"So you're like batman, and this guy's the riddler?" Frost said as they stood in the elevator.
Jane let out a chuckle; she had to be strong about this. Jane would be no use if she just sat in a corner crying about how there were so many mean people in the world. Despite her hand shaking, and the urge to rub her scarred hands, Jane kept them in her scuffed up jeans, but constantly seemed to be switching to the ones in her hoodie. Yup, she probably didn't smell too good either.
"Na, more like Wolverine and Saber tooth."
Frost was genuinely surprised.
"You know comic book heroes?!"
"S'poze." Jane said casually as the lift dinged, "but don't tell Frankie, I'd never get to live it down when I spent our child hoods ignoring his questions about who would win out of batman and superman."
Frost was tempted to ask, but decided against it.
Jane went over to her favorite place, the big board. It was where Jane felt like she could put down all of her ideas in an investigation and link them up, see some connections and expand on them.
So Jane got to it, writing down all the conversations she could remember having over the phone.
Once you figure out my first clue, the clock will no longer be against you…
Are you and Maura still friends?
Fire extinguishers?
A bomb? Now where in Boston would you put a chaos causing bomb…? Jane wondered in her head.
"If the clock is no longer against you… where is it?" Jane wondered aloud "Behind you maybe?"
"Let's thing, what's special about this week? Why would this guy plan this now?"
"The only thing special I can think of is St Patrick's day, two for one on sandwiches down stairs erm…"
"St Patrick's day… that celebrates peace and churches… and how that guy got the snakes away…" Jane started to mumble…
"Thousands of people will be celebrating that in Boston." Frost replied. "With loads of people, that would be a pretty good place to set off a bomb don't ya think?"
"The bomb… he said that when I figure out his first clue, the clock won't be against us. What was his first clue?" Jane wondered racking her brains… "God damn it." Jane cursed "What if we don't find her in time Frost? We don't find the bomb and we don't find Maura. We lose everything…"
"I guess our only option is not to let that happen." Frost said it like it was putting a bike together.
Jane just looked at Frost, but then noticed the fire extinguisher behind him. Bolting up, Jane's gut felt like she was onto something.
"Maura's computer said she'd been looking up fire extinguishers. The guy's first clue was that, he then asked if me and Maura were still friends!" Jane was starting to shout a bit now.
"And when I figured that out, the clock wouldn't be against us!"
"Jane, what are you on about?"
"Get ready! Get the bomb squad ready! I know where Maura and the bomb are!" Jane said, running out of the room.
But then the phone rang.
OK well Jane if you know where it is, stop shouting and go there already!
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