Chapter 26! All the new reviews and follows are great guys! Some of you really want to see Pike go down. Hopefully I've done that for you, so let me know. Enjoy! She chews him out in a very Maura way, I guess.
The idiot had actually just hung up on Maura. Jane glanced over at Susie and saw her standing there with her mouth wide open in astonishment. Dr. Pike looked at them both for a moment, "My word is final here. The autopsy will be in the morning, now both of you can go."
"Are you dismissing me?"
"It's my morgue Detective, so yes I am." The man turned quickly and entered Maura's office, shutting the door behind him.
"Dr. Isles is not going to like that." Susie looked up at her with wide eyes.
"You have no idea."
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Richard Isles came back in the front door, to find his wife trying to calmly persuade Maura to stay at home. His daughter was sitting at the island carefully putting a running shoe around the brace on her foot. The look on her face was one he'd never seen there before. He had of course seen her anger when she was a small child. She'd thrown tantrums just like any other, but this seemed like raw fury.
"Mother, if there is one thing I've learned while working at the Boston Police Department, it is that sometimes you have to walk in and take control." Standing up she grabbed her jacket, and headed toward the door.
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Jane walked back into the bullpen, with a shocked look on her face. She'd texted Maura asking the only thing she could think of which was, *What now?*
It had taken a few minutes to get an answer, *I'm handling it.*
After that there was nothing to do but explain to Korsak what had happened. The older detecive was livid, and was ready to go downstairs and beat the life out of Pike himself. Jane had calmed him down, and asked him to update Cavanaugh.
Even now there were loud voices coming from the office, and all she could do was sit in her chair and fume. She looked up as Frost rushed into the bullpen.
"Jane, Maura just grabbed Frankie and his partner in the lobby, and is headed for the morgue."
"WHAT?" Jumping up she ran for the stairwell. "Get Korsak!"
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Frankie had tried to ask her what was happening when she'd walked in the front door at BPD. He could tell from the look on her face that she was livid. Even when she'd been fighting with Jane this kind of anger had never crossed her face. She'd said nothing more than a barely polite, "You two follow me."
Now he was standing behind her in the elevator, a little afraid to make any noise. He glanced over at his partner Thomas, who had the same spooked look on his face and shrugged.
The doors opened and Maura stalked out, barely limping heading straight for her office. When she got to the door and found it locked she growled, reaching into her coat pocket for the keys. "You will be escorting Dr. Pike from the premises as soon as we're done with our little chat."
The key turned smoothly, and she shoved the door open, "Pike, get out of my chair!" The door slammed in the two officers' faces.
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Jane rushed out of the stairwell, skidding around the corner, and found Frankie and his partner standing nervously outside Maura's office. "Frankie!"
Her brother put his finger up to his lips, gestering toward the door. Inside the detective could hear Maura's raised voice. "Not another word!"
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Moving around her desk and glaring at Pike, who was now sitting in the most uncomfortable chair in her office, she slowly sank into her own. It had been adjusted and she quickly put it back to her own comfort level before leaning forward. "You're going to listen very carefully. I've put up with your immature antics for long enough. You are not in charge here, I am."
"You are on a medical leave of absence..." He jumped when she slammed her hand down on the desk.
Ignoring her stinging palm and grateful she hadn't used her cast like Jane suggested she raised her voice, "I said not another word!"
"We are in the middle of a high profile case that has everyone up to the Mayor and Governor breathing down our necks for answers, Dr. Pike. You've consistently delayed or refused to gather evidence properly and efficiently. You've been insubordinate and unprofessional at levels not even I thought was possible from you. I don't know if it's jealously, or if you actually believe half the things you think of yourself, but I'm tired of it. Quite frankly Dr. Pike, how you received your credintials is beyond me."
He opened his mouth to speak, and she pointed a finger at him causing it to slam shut again. "Have your letter of resignation on my desk in the morning. I'm offering that as a professional courtesy. If it's not here, I'll just fire you out right. Turn in your badge." She held her hand out for the item, watching as he slowly removed it from his coat. Dropping it into her desk, she raised her voice again. "Officer Rizzoli?"
The door swung open immediately and Frankie and his partner entered. "Escort Dr. Pike from the building."
"I'll go to the Governor over this Dr. Isles. This is an abuse of power." Jerking his arm from Frankie's light grip he seemed even more arrogant now.
"I've done a full review of all your cases Dr. Pike, you don't have a leg to stand on." Maura leaned back in her chair as the men left the room, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath.
"I think I finally figured out why you like that chair so much." The doctor's eyes snapped open to see Jane leaning against the doorframe, smiling at her.
"Why's that?"
"You are the Queen and this is your kingdom." Pushing herself off the doorframe, she slowly made her way toward Maura. "Plus, I was sitting in it this morning. Damn thing is comfortable."
A laugh left her mouth, and she finally felt her shoulders relax. Jane knelt in front of her. "Well, it does have excellent lumbar support." She accepted the kiss left against her lips. "But stay out of my chair, Detective."
Another kiss, and Jane leaned back smiling. "Yes, My Queen."
"Careful, I could get used to that." The detective stood and moved back around the desk, taking a more professional stance, but the playful smile was still there.
"I thought I told you to stay home and relax?"
"I couldn't let it stand Jane. Not like that."
"I'm proud of you Maura, and I was right."
Maura's brow furrowed. "About what?"
"That was one of the hottest things I think you've done with your clothes on." Dodging the empty folder coming at her like an errant frisbee, she laughed and backed toward the door.
"If you're done distracting me, I have an autopsy to do."
"For now, My Queen."
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Angela placed the coffee cups on the table in front of Constance and Richard. "I never liked that Pike. He was so arrogant."
"I've never seen Maura that angry." Constance said as she sipped at the coffee.
They all looked up as Frankie and his partner escorted an agitated Dr. Pike toward the front doors. They disappeared out them and came back a few seconds later without the doctor. Angela waved her son down, and he headed toward the cafe after saying goodbye to Thomas.
"What happened?"
"Remember when I told you about Maura getting on me for guessing in the morgue?"
Angela nodded making an impatient gesture with her hands. "I got off easy, that's all I'm going to say. I gotta get back upstairs."
He nodded at Maura's parents and left, passing by a widely grinning Jane on his way and giving her a high five. Kissing her mother on the cheek she made her way to the coffee urns, mixing two, and heading back to the table. "Goodbye Dr. Pike."
Taking a large sip, she grinned in truimph. "I take it Maura dismissed him?" Richard asked.
"More like handed him his..." she blushed. "Um, yes. Personally I would have decked him and thrown him out the loading dock doors but this was better."
"From the stories I've heard about him, I think I would have preferred your way."
"Richard! Maura would not resort to violence." Constance seemed scandalized but had a small grin on her face. Angela just nodded and smacked a fist against her palm.
Jane raised an eyebrow, and shrugged. "You've never seen her in self defense class. It took her a while but she can flip Frankie over the couch now."
She got a delighted laugh from Richard, and a confused look from Constance. "She's going to be doing the autopsy, and that's going to take a few hours. You guys don't need to hang around if you don't want to. I'll have her home by dinner."
Getting nods she motioned for the crutch leaning against the wall by the table. Hooking it over her arm, she handed her mother some money, grabbed the coffee and made her way out the door.