*Okay as always I own nothing of Criminal Minds or Rizzoli & Isles just enjoying using the characters.
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Maura looked at Jane with wide eyes and in shock, "What?"
"You heard me Hades is your old flame Ian Faulkner."
"That just can't be." She said standing up and walking towards her desk.
"You know JJ has this warrior mate thing down better than I do... maybe I should call her." She said pulling her phone out but stopped, "Shoot I can't because she is doing the warrior mate thing for Emily."
Maura stopped in her tracks finally realizing what Jane was saying. She turned and looked at the woman, "All of this..." she made a circle with her hand, "... was you trying to be a warrior mate to me?"
"Yes... and I'm not really good at it except maybe the earlier part but I think that was because you were about to pop anyway from the lack of..." she paused and motioned with her hands, "you know." Maura bent over laughing. "It's not funny Maur."
"No... No... you are right it's not funny." She said trying to regain her composure. She came and sat down beside Jane again. "Tell me everything Jane. Help me understand how an ex boyfriend could be Hades."
"I'll remind you that you called him the love of your life a few years ago."
"That is true but I have long since realized that I was deflecting and that if he truly was the love of my life I would have gone with him no matter what. Emily is the only one that I would drop everything for and you possibly run a second." She said smiling at the woman and giving her a peck on the cheek.
"Have you told Emily that?" Jane asked looking at her seriously.
"No... I know she knows that."
"Well Maur she doesn't but let me finish this so you can help her get this daemon out of your lives."
"Ian is not a daemon! He tries to help people that no one wants to help."
"Yeah as a cover for smuggling drugs!" Jane said cutting the woman off. "Maur... you never told me about your time in Ethiopia other than that's where you and Ian met... right?"
"Right..."
"This is what Emily told JJ this morning. Emily found out that you didn't get married and went to Ethiopia on a relief aide trip so she came to talk to you."
Maura had a sudden in take of breath, "Oh no..."
"Yeah... She found out about you and Ian and ran him through Interpol checking him out. She found out the only thing true about what he told people was that he was from Australia. She was told she had to arrest him on international drug smuggling charges and when she did he had you kidnapped by his gang."
"Stop Jane..." Maura said looking down as the tears started flowing. "How?" She asked her hands confused.
"You need to hear the rest Maur." She just shook her head for the woman to continue. "Ian knew Emily's name because you called for her in your dreams and sometimes during sex and he tortured her by telling her that."
"Oh God I'm going to be sick." She said holding her hand over her mouth as the bile started up but she choked it back down.
"He told her that if she didn't release him that he was going to have them sale you to the sex traffickers but that wasn't all. He made her promise never to see you again and became a Interpol informant."
"She saved my life from him?" She whispered to herself more than to Jane.
"Yes... and I'm guessing since word has gotten out about your marriage he is here to torment her some more and collect on the broken deal."
"Wait... he is the one that had that man kidnap Emily and was going to kill her and Bella." She said as she started connecting the puzzle pieces right and left.
"Yes...and get this... Emily will not allow anyone to capture or kill him because she thinks you still love him."
"Why didn't she tell me?"
"She was afraid of loosing you. If she told you then you might just think she was jealous but I really think she didn't tell you because she didn't want you to feel used by him."
"Yeah... that's more her mind set." Maura said shaking her head at the last part of Jane's statement.
"Julie knows where he is and they can handle everything but Emily has to give the okay. You are the only one that can get her to do that."
"Let's go." The woman said walking out the door.
Jane knew that Maura was focused because she had forgotten her dress laying over the chair. She picked the dress up and said out loud, "a warrior mate's job is never done, "as she closed the office door making sure it was locked.
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JJ had managed to calm Emily down and had even convinced the woman to take a nap after their shower. Emily was exhausted after her rounds with the punching bag. She ended up sleeping on JJ's chest for three hours straight. She hated to wake the woman but knew that Bella would need feeding and that Maura would be home soon for their own dinner.
"Em... honey... time to get up sweetie."
There was no answer so she tried again.
"Em... Maura will be here soon." She said and kissed the woman's head.
"Love her..." was slurred out as JJ smiled and thought, "I know you do..."
"Emily... you also have to feed Bella sweetie." The woman sat up with her eyes closed and lifted up her shirt causing JJ to bust out laughing. "Well I believe we need to get you to the bathroom and wash your face to wake you up a bit more because it's going to take a little more effort than that to feed Bella."
"Okay..." She said as she fell back on the pillows. JJ gave up on it and went to the bathroom and got the cold wet wash cloth to help the woman wake up. "Jennifer!"
"I'm sorry Em but Bella's hungry and as Dr. Kate says "you are the kitchen." She said laughing.
"It's a good thing that I love you." She said as she got out of bed and engulfed the woman in a hug.
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They had just finished feeding Bella and started to go to the dinning room when Maura and Jane walked into the Ambassador's house. Pen walked up to them, "Perfect timing you two dinner is almost served."
"Pen where is Emily and Jennifer?"
"The last I saw..."
"Habibiy..." was said from the top of the stairs as Emily and JJ started to come down to join her mother for dinner. Maura took off running up the stairs and caught Emily in a firestorm of a kiss.
"Damn... I guess Maura's having Emily for dinner." Pen whispered to Jane.
"Maybe... come on." Jane said as she started towards the stairs.
"Hey... I need more warning than this if we are going to have a pop corn evening." Pen said giggling as she started the stairs towards the others.
They made it to the top about the time the kiss was breaking apart with the needed air. "Not that I mind but..." Emily started but Maura put her finger on the woman's lips to quite her.
"Bedroom... " was all that Maura could get out at the moment when she saw Emily's bandaged hands as tears started falling down her face. Jane and Pen started to follow when JJ stopped them.
"Guy's I think they need privacy." She said lifting her arms up to stop them.
"No... all of you come." Maura said in a firm tone before she went into the room.
Emily had sat back down on the bed and was looking at her hands. She knew that Maura had seen them and she still didn't have an explanation for them to tell her yet. Maura came up to the woman and took her hands gentle in a motion for Emily to stand. When she had... Maura took her scrub top off leaving her only in her bra and scrub bottoms. Jane caught Pen's mouth with her hand and whispered, "No comments...just watch," as Pen started swatting Jane's hand away from her mouth shaking her head that she understood.
Emily didn't take her eyes off of Maura as the woman pulled her bandaged hands up and placed them on her chest and held them there. "Emily Prentiss I gave you my heart Christmas day at the Cathedral Notre Dame DeParis 1987 and I haven't asked for it back. I have at times been angry with you and confused until the truth manifested itself. But know this and know it now you are the love of my life and there is no other..."
Emily engulfed her in a kiss that was cut short by the Ambassador's voice. "I will not have my dinner severed cold Emily Prentiss."
Breaking the kiss, "Yes mother... we are on our way down." She said as the room was irrupting in tears and laughter. "We have to move home soon habibiy." She said rolling her eyes and brushing her hair off of her forehead.
Maura had put her top back on and came and hugged the woman, "Soon love...very soon. We will live our dreams fully."
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Emily made it through dinner even though holding a fork was difficult. Maura had cut her meet and acted like it was a normal occurrence trying not to draw attention to the woman's hands. They had managed to dodge the Ambassador's question's about the drums with just enough truth to satisfy the woman that they wouldn't be heard from again.
The gang met up in Emily and Maura's room again after dinner so they could finish the conversation that Maura had started. Jane couldn't help but start it the moment the door closed. "Emily... Julie has a plan to capture Hades soon."
Emily looked up at Jane, "Her plan will not work." She said firmly. "It's to predictable."
"Then what is your plan?" She asked but before Emily could say anything she got a text from Will. "Yes!" She said with her fist clenched in victory.
"Care to share with the rest of us?" JJ asked wondering what the smiling woman was up to and hoping it wouldn't piss Emily off again. It had taken her hours to calm the woman down that day.
"Earlier today I was thinking the same thing Emily is about Julie's plan so I put in place my own simple plan. We have him in custody and now I'm hoping that Maura can talk you out of your protective band around Ian that I told her about this afternoon." She said to Emily.
"You told her about Ian!" Emily strode over and was face to face with Jane. "What else did you say to her?"
JJ and Maura were fast as they each caught an arm of Emily, "Habibiy... It's okay. Calm down sweetie. It's okay... I know it all and it's okay."
Emily looked down to her hands, "How... How could she have?"
"Run Jane!" Pen yelled as it all came to Emily and she got a look of pure rage on her face. JJ pushed Jane back and got in front of Emily this time and started pushing the woman away as Maura held Emily's hands to her side.
"Habibiy... she meant well."
"Come on Em... calm down... it has worked out. Maybe Jane is God's answer to your prayers for Maura to find out so you can deal with him." JJ said as Emily pulled away from the both of them and walked to the bath room where she proceeded to put her fist through the plaster of the wall.
"Maur... we have him in custody but if she doesn't lift her protection on him then he will be out in twenty four hours." Jane said whining to her best friend.
"Really Jane! Are you crazy? Did you not see her just put a hole in that wall over there because of you?" Pen asked unbelieving of Jane's fortitude to push things.
"I saw it Pen but I'm also trying to help here!" Jane yelled back.
"Jane I've told you that Emily is a very private person and she is feeling very exposed right now maybe you should leave." Maura said trying to calm the situation down.
"I can't leave until she lifts..." She stopped in mid sentence as Emily came out holding her hand in a towel that blood was seeping through."
"Jane..." She said and looked around the room like do not come near me. "... I have sent Raphy and Jaclyn to meet you at BPD. I have talked all I'm going to tonight about this." She said as she turned and went back into the bathroom.
Jane stood frozen in her tracks as she saw the trail of blood droplets to the bathroom. "Go Jane... you got what you wanted... now go!" Pen said totally done with the woman.
"Maur..."
"Pen's right Jane you need to leave for awhile. But Jane listen to Raphy and Jaclyn... I'm sure she has given them instructions so please follow their lead for your sake. I'm not so sure bucking them would be a good idea at this point." Maura said turning to go to the bathroom.
"God... I thought I was doing the right thing. I'm not getting this warrior mate thing at all." Jane said looking down at the floor feeling defeated and not understanding why everyone wasn't thrilled that Hades was in custody.
"Come on Jane... I'll go with you and we can talk." JJ said even though if truth be told she was just a little upset herself that the woman intruded on a moment between her and Emily. Hopefully she could help Jane before Emily really did think about shooting her.
Okay as I have always said I will let the characters dictate their will. I know Jane seems to get into hot water a lot but this is setting up something for the future as well. You just got to trust me. I also promise the wedding is right after Hades is dealt with.