Jane tossed and turned in bed, tormented by a nightmare about Maura being abducted and raped just to hurt her. Like it had happened in one of the previous cases. She got up at 4 am after waking up soaked in sweat. She went into the kitchen to make herself some tea.

How much longer would this take? She thought as she rubbed her head. the brunette wondered how Frost and Maura could sleep so well. Maybe its because they know that you take care of them a voice whispered inside her head. Frankie had offered to help her, but she had denied. "The surveillance team in the street will do their job." She had said although remembering that the last time they had totally missed the predator. But she hoped that they were more awake now. Besides she feared that whoever was chasing Frost would be scared off by too many people in the house.

For a while she just sat and stared at the clock over the door, her mind completely blank. Then she decided to open the fridge and make herself a sandwich. She missed having Gradie around. She wondered what Mrs. Woo would say if she knew about the situation. Was there a way for her to find out? Anyway, Jane hoped that the problem would be solved soon.

There must be another way than sitting around and waiting she thought. There must be another possibility to find him. But this was very difficult without any clues or description. The officer would have better followed the predator than coming to the house in order to check on them. It was good to know that Korsak, Frankie and Nina were on board and still working on finding the bad guy.

"One day, you will make a mistake." Jane thought. "And then we will find you." She got off the chair and went back to bed where Maura snuggled herself into the brunette's arms. Jane heard a noise which made all little hairs on her body stand up, just when she was about to relax again.

Alerted she grabbed the weapon on the nightstand and got off the bed. But before she knew a man in a dark suit was standing right in the middle of the bedroom. "I wouldn't do that." A harsh voice whispered to Jane and the brunette could see how a gun was pointed to her and Maura. "You shouldn't have gotten into the way." The voice stated and demanded that the brunette tossed her gun to him.

Jane hesitated for a short moment than decided that it would be better to do as he said. She felt her girlfriend stirring in bed next to her. "What is it?" Maura mumbled, still half asleep. The man tossed Jane two pairs of handcuffs and ordered her to put one on the blonde and one on herself.

He was good she thought, he had everything planned through obviously. And she hadn't really heard him coming. The brunette knew that she couldn't fool him by not putting on the handcuffs properly. So, she turned to Maura and whispered, "I'm sorry baby." The blonde looked at her with eyes wide open as she felt the iron on her skin and Jane cringed. Her mind racing about what to do. Was Frost awake in the other room? How had the intruder been able to come in and when? Had he already been there while she had drunken tea in the kitchen? Probably she thought and felt freaked out and stupid.

She tried not to hurt Maura while going through her possibilities. "I'm sorry Maur." The brunette whispered again, and she could see Maura nodding. "Its ok Jane." The blonde said in a silent tone, her hazel eyes locking with hers. Jane shivered as she saw trust and love in these eyes. She turned away quickly so that her girlfriend wouldn't see her dwelling tears and panic. What if she couldn't protect her woman? Would Maura be hurt and then ever trust her again?

The man interrupted her thoughts by hurrying them up. Jane shot a look towards him, measuring the distance. He had come closer to check if Maura was tied up properly. Then she swallowed hard, took a deep silent breath and jumped off the bed towards him.

She heard a shot, but she didn't care as she managed to pull him down. The man was strong. She could feel his muscles as she started to wrestle with him, rolling around the bedroom floor. Her hands tried to reach for his gun, but it seemed to be an impossible task.

Suddenly she saw a foot stepping on the intruders' arm so that he had to drop the gun. Frost bent down to pick it up before handcuffing the guy.

Jane stayed on the floor catching her breath. Just a few seconds, she thought and wondered why the world around her started to become dizzy. She heard the voice of Maura, panicked, but couldn't understand what she was saying. She felt someone touching her and tearing on her body.

She realized that she must have been shot and then passed out.

When she woke up, her mouth was dry. Jane couldn't remember what had happened and was startled to hear some beep noises. As she looked around, she found herself in a hospital room, surrounded by machines. Only then she started to recall and felt immensely relieved when seeing Maura being well. The blonde was sitting on a chair in a green gown. The only thing which wasn't covered were her eyes. The brunette would always recognize them. No matter where, no matter when. A warm hand squeezed hers and Jane closed her eyes as she felt tears dwelling up covering her face.

Maura took her hand away after one more squeeze to push a button on a command next to her bed. "Shhhh." Jane heard her say with a soothing voice. It hit her then that she still had a tube in her mouth. "You had an operation. Its all going to be fine. The doctor will be here any minute." Her girlfriend said and caressed the brunettes face softly. Jane nodded moving her hands slightly.

She heard a door open and watched a doctor move closer to her. Maura stepped away to give him space. The man introduced himself as doctor Honeywell and explained every step he did. The examination seemed to last forever, and Jane saw by his look that it seemed to be all right.

After getting rid of the tube and some machines, Jane felt much better. She wanted to sit up and Maura helped her. She took some careful sips from a cup while the blonde told her, that she had been shot into the chest. "Your ribs will certainly hurt for a long time." Maura said as she wrapped her arms around Jane who heard the other woman's heart bumping. She sucked in Maura's scent and remembered all the times she had adored it when hugging her friend. It made her feel at home. And now that they were a couple, she adored it even more.

She could have stayed in Maura's arms forever, but she had to use the bathroom. So, she broke off the hug and told the blonde so. Her girlfriend helped her getting off the bed and walked with her. "I can't uhm do my business when the door is open" Jane muttered. But Maura won't let her close it. At least the blonde had turned around and the brunette rolled her eyes.

Once back in bed she felt a lot of pain. "You shouldn't be moving so much." Maura said and smiled; caressing Janes face again. The brunette sighed. "Obviously not. Damn it."

She looked at the blonde and then they started to chuckle. Jane wasn't a patient patient. But neither was Maura who now carefully crawled into the bed so that she could hug Jane again. The brunette relaxed.

Frankie was now taking care of Frost. Unfortunately, it was not over, because the intruder hadn't been the man they were looking for. But at least Frost was being taken care of. And maybe they were able to find the bad guy now that they had one of his men.