Author's note: New chapter people! And this is a very important one! As usual, for explanations you can look at the p.d after the chapter so that there are no spoilers! I hope you enjoy it and if you have any questions and suggestions you are welcomed to PM me or review!
Jane instantly stood in front of Maura, her desire to protect Maura from her mother's coldness overwhelming her senses. She felt Maura hold her breath, trying to control her nerves and fear. She hated to see Maura like this, this vulnerable.
"You must be Maura's mother." Jane said while going forward, noticing how Maura was refusing to let go of her hand.
The woman just looked at her and quickly scolded the hand that Jane had extended to her. "If you don't mind, I would like to talk to my daughter."
Jane stayed put, wanting to show Maura that she supported her. The woman did not like this.
"Besides from poor, are you also deaf? I said that I wanted to speak to my daughter."
"Besides from rich, are you also a witch?" Jane retorted while smirking at the woman, knowing that her rhyme was better. She was so close to saying bitch, but for Maura's sake refused to use it. She saw Maura's mom look angrily at her daughter.
"Of all the possible prospects that you could obtain, you decide to engage in a relationship with a low-life Italian dyke?"
Maura snapped out of it when she heard her mother's insult. Before Jane had a chance to answer she squeezed her hand, letting her know that she could handle this. Jane nodded.
"You will stop talking about Jane, or insulting her right now." Maura whispered angrily. "She is caring, respectful, loving, brave and all the good things that a person can have." she continued while grabbing her hand. "And I'm lucky enough to be the person she chose to be with."
Constance was ready to retort but Maura didn't let her.
"And you have no right to come barging into my life after all this time and expect me to follow every rule and demand that you make. I am not 18 anymore." she said angrily while going towards the door and pointing. "I'm sure that you can walk yourself out."
"Maura Dorthea Isles, you have no authority to..."
"No!" Maura screamed, making Jane bolt up. She had never seen Maura so angry before. "You have no authority to come uninvited to my house, insult my girlfriend and then expect me to still be polite. You will leave the spare key that I gave you on the table that is right next to the front door"
"You are going to make a very big mistake Maura." Constance tried again. "I came to talk to you about something truly important."
"Really?" Maura said sarcastically. "I was under the impression that you came here to criticize my life and the people in it. Now, please leave."
Maura just felt her body tense, and after watching her mom gather her things and leave the room, her legs gave up and if Jane wouldn't have caught her, then she would have sported some awful bruises to work tomorrow. She started to cry, and when she felt Jane kissing her temple and forehead sweetly, she looked up at her.
"I'm sorry for putting you in such a tough spot there Maura." Jane whispered quietly. "I understand if you would prefer for me to leave."
"I couldn't stay quiet and let her say all of those things to you. And I'm sorry about not doing it sooner." she whispered while kissing Jane's lips.
Jane smiled sadly. "And I'm proud of you for standing up to your mother in order to defend me."
Maura smiled softly. "You have made me be stronger and more confident about myself and my feelings Jane. And I don't regret it." she added when she saw how Jane was looking at her. "Not one bit."
They were all meeting at the morgue, apparently Maura had made a discovery on the body of the man, and by discovery she meant that she had used her ability to see what happened to him before he died. Because of the antidote, Maura was able to avoid the decomposition of the body, unlike the first victim, and use it to further the leads that they got from it. Wanting to give them the answers as soon as possible, she had invited them all to witness the 'retrieval of the memories' as she liked to say sometimes. Jane was going inside with her, that becoming a normality between the two of them. The both of them smiled to each other before closing their eyes and feeling the pull and sudden darkness. Soon enough the both were walking around the park, one that was probably 15 minutes away from BCU. They suddenly felt themselves become aroused, and Jane immediately blushed, not liking at all what she felt.
"It's not you." she heard Maura say through the fog. "We are feeling the arousal that the victim felt."
Jane nodded, and without her trying to interfere, she let herself be led to the forest, and right away she saw a figure appear. It was wearing a mask, and the both, as on cue instantly walked towards it.
"He never had a chance." Jane said sadly while feeling herself take off her pants.
Maura nodded while doing the same. "The arousal was too strong, and as you can see, the victim just went straight to craving his needs.
Both froze when they felt a sting, and merely seconds after that the both were flying, too overwhelmed by the feelings of the man.
"This must be the hallucinogen." Maura said with a shiver in her voice. "It will be a couple of seconds until the venom fills the veins of the victim and the convulsions start."
"I think they already have." Jane said while holding her hand, which started to move uncontrollably.
Both women opened their eyes to find themselves being watched by Korsak and Frost with a hint of curiosity and concern. They straightened themselves up, and after taking some breaths, Jane shuttered and focused on the body again.
"He never saw it coming. He was too aroused and inhibited to fight back." Jane said quietly. "And the creature was wearing a mask." she added angrily.
"Shit, so dead end there." Korsak said angrily. "Are you sure we are dealing with a Fugus doctor?"
Maura nodded. "Now that I experienced it, I can confirm without a doubt that it's a very old and controlled Fugus."
"Which makes things more difficult for us." Frost said angrily.
"What do you mean?" Jane asked.
"Older Fugus means that they are most probably not in the system, like no bank accounts, no property, no official records, nothing that can tie them to society." Frost said.
"Which makes them hard, if not impossible to find." Jane finished for him.
Korsak nodded. "The only thing that we can do now is wait for it to make a mistake."
Maura looked at their expressions of defeat and was going to add something when she got interrupted by her senior criminalist.
"Dr. Isles, there is a woman outside wanting to talk with you. She said that she's your mother."
Maura flinched, and after getting the surprised look of all the detectives she nodded. "Tell her to wait for me outside."
Jane approached Maura, and after telling Korsak and Frost that she would meet them later, she accompanied Maura to her office and closed the doors and blinds. Maura collapsed on her seat, defeat and sadness in her eyes.
"You don't have to see her if you don't want to." Jane said. "No judgment."
Maura looked up and smiled sadly. "She is my mother Jane."
"She sure doesn't act like it." Jane said quietly.
Maura looked up at Jane. "She never has. Not that I'm aware off."
Jane walked to stand next to Maura and cupped her cheeks. "Do not let her make you feel guilty, or unwanted or unimportant. Sadly for her, she still doesn't realize the great and beautiful daughter that she has."
Maura smiled and kissed Jane's lips. "Thank you."
Jane smiled and stood up. "I'll be here waiting for you Maur."
Maura nodded, and also standing both of them went to opposite sides of the room. Jane to take the elevator back to homicide and Maura to the waiting office of the morgue. They smiled to each other, and with one last look at Jane, Maura took a deep breath and opened the door. Her mother was quietly looking outside the window, deep in thought, and for once, not caring about keeping her usual tough and powerful persona up. Maura smiled sadly, and while making her way further into the room she saw her mother turn and face her.
"Maura." Constance said while standing up. "Thank you for talking to me."
"Of course mother." Maura said coldly. "What can I do for you?"
Constance nodded. "I came to talk to you..."
"Mother, I don't really want to hear anything you have to say, I thought I made myself clear yesterday."
"Maura, you don't realize the mistake you are making by staying here in Boston. You are wasting your life and potential by surrounding yourself with..." Constance started to say.
"With hard-working and dedicated people that risk their lives to save others?" Maura asked angrily.
"You are an Isles! You could do whatever you want, be with whoever you want to, and instead of doing that you choose to life a mediocre life."
Maura flinched at this comment. "It makes me so sad to see that you think that my accomplishments and my life are mediocre, but, I realized a long time ago that I was never going to be able to make you happy. By doing that, I was only making myself be unhappy."
Constance tried to reason with her daughter. "It didn't seem that way. You enjoyed the parties, the people, the cultures and the society."
"I enjoyed being with my mother." Maura said somberly. "And if it meant that I had to go to a party in order to do so, then I was more than glad to oblige."
"I will not let you throw away your life Maura. I came here to bring some sense into you and make you realize that Boston is not for you." Constance said firmly while grabbing her purse and taking a ticket out of it. "This plane will leave in two days, first class, everything paid. I expect you to be on board of it."
Maura laughed bitterly. "Seriously mother? You expect me to just accept this and go to wherever you want to?" she tore the ticket to pieces. "I guess there's your answer."
Constance got up from the seat and instead of anger there was sorrow on her eyes. "Maura, please, do this for me. I need to on that plane."
Maura faltered a little by her mother's tone, but she was well aware of how she could manipulate people. "This is my life, I chose it, and I intend on staying here. I'm sorry I was never the daughter you wanted me to be." she finished while opening the door and heading out, leaving Constance standing in the room.
It had been two days since she spoke with her mother, and after crying herself to sleep with Jane next to her, Maura felt herself at peace. She saw that Jane was sleeping soundlessly, and after brushing her curly hair, she kissed her lips softly. Jane smiled.
"Good morning Dr. Isles." she said while looking up. "How are you feeling?"
Maura smiled softly. "Sad."
Jane kissed her again. "I'm sorry Maura."
"It's not your fault or mine that my mother is that way." she whispered. "And during my whole life I have tried to make her be proud. I guess it's now my time to be happy."
Jane nodded. "You deserve to be happy Maura. You are a wonderful human being that deserves much more than what you were given."
Maura smiled. "How do you know what to say?"
Jane looked at Maura with questioning eyes.
"How do you what I need to hear?" Maura rephrased her question.
"I don't." Jane said while lacing her fingers with Maura. "I'm always scared of saying something wrong, something that will make you realize that you made a mistake and that I'm not worth at all."
"Jane, you were not responsible for the discussion that I had with my mother. What you were was the final straw drawn out, and the most important one. You see, I always aimed to please, and now that I am with you, I have become a little selfish. I want to be with you, and enjoy all the benefits of that, which I guess makes me a little self-centered."
Jane smiled. "And no one is stopping you."
Maura purred while kissing Jane deeply, making her moan. "Let anyone try."
The both were moving around the bed, quietly kissing and teasing each other. Maura was enjoying herself too much, but craving more, she started to move her hand downward, making Jane's hips move forward. Jane in return kissed her neck and started to suck deeply. Maura moaned.
"Janeeee, don't leave me a mark." Maura managed to whisper.
Jane nodded softly while looking at her neck, realizing that she probably did that already. She shrugged and instead kissed Maura's mouth again, and fully. Maura would get upset with her later, but now she was going to enjoy her company fully. Or, she thought to do so when they heard their phones ring. Jane groaned, making Maura laugh deeply.
"Rizzoli." Jane answered.
"Isles." Maura said while looking at Jane and kissing her hand softly.
'We got another one.' Korsak said at the other end of the line. 'It's in Jamaica Pond.'
Both women looked up surprised. 'That's just minutes away from where I live.'
'We got briefed because the victim has the same symptoms from our other two victims.' Korsak said somberly. 'You would be the first ones of our team on scene.'
Jane nodded, while Maura left the room to get herself ready. 'I will let you know what I see and go with Dr. Isles and the body to the morgue.' she finished and then went to wait for Maura.
As soon as both of them were in the car, they went to the scene in a comfortable and welcoming silence. Both women were trying to think about their life and the revelations that they had during this night. Maura was thinking about her mother and the disappointment she always seemed to have for Maura and the choices she did in life. She never understood why, or what she could do in order to improve this, but after many years of struggling and jumping from event to event, man to man, and finally from country to country, she realized that her mother would never truly be happy with her, and perhaps it was time to stop her attempts at making her happy and just be happy for her own self. This is what finally made Maura leave Paris and her family fortune behind. One day she decided to grab her things and bags, get on a plane and then apply for a job in the states. Based on her expertise and name, she got contacted by many police departments, but for some reason she decided to choose Boston. She remembered many childhoods in Boston and how wonderful the city was, the way people enjoyed life and the many wonderful places that they had. In Boston she could have a clean start, no one knowing her and valuing her for her own achievements and not her family last name. Boston PD hired her, and after keeping her ability secret for a while, she soon found herself being contacted by Sergeant Detective Korsak about an extra-curricular job opportunity inside the Boston PD under a branch called Special Homicide Unit. Maura, ecstatic about the opportunity to work with people that had the same abilities as her, accepted the job immediately.
"Maura." she heard Jane say while stopping the car. "We are here."
Maura nodded, and after concentrating deeply she went out of the car and headed straight for the yellow lines. From what she could see Jane was a few steps ahead of her, walking decidedly and in full control. Maura smiled warmly, and realized how Jane was so brave and dedicated to finding the truth. Maybe that's what attracted her to Jane, that sense of duty. She kept on walking, and when she saw Jane's frozen expression she stopped herself. Jane heard her coming, and immediately went to stand in front of her, blocking her view.
"Maur, darling." Jane started to say quietly, and with tears in her eyes. "You do not want to see this."
Maura froze with this comment, and more specifically by Jane's tears. "Jane, who is the victim?" Maura started to say while pushing Jane away.
Jane tried to hold her and keep her in place, but Maura was able to move past her. What she saw made her scream. In front of her, with eyes fully open and staring blankly was Constance Isles. Maura felt her legs wobble, and without her control she felt her body fall to the ground. Jane saw Maura falling and immediately set her arms so she could grab her and put her to her chest. She felt Maura shaking, and when trying to comfort her Maura separated from her. Jane just looked up sadly at Maura, who was taking deep breaths and containing her tears.
"I'm the medical examiner, let me through." Maura said while shaking. She took one last breath before bending down, and opening her eyes concentrated on the autopsy.
She felt steps, and without looking up, she saw Jane's boots. "Victim is in mid 50's. Smile on her face, and based on body temperature, I would say that it has been probably two hours since she was... killed." Maura whispered the last part. "Based on preliminary analysis, I can conclude that this crime is similar in nature and method to our previous two murders."
Jane nodded. "Maura..."
"Don't." Maura whispered angrily. "I know what you will tell me, but I will do this. For my mother."
Jane just stayed quiet and watched Maura get in the coroners van, a gleam and sad expression in her eyes. She looked around the scene, and angrily kicked one of the fences. She needed to clear her head, and although she didn't like Constance, it made her sick to have seen her merely three hours ago. This was not a coincidence, and that scared her too. The creature responsible for this was making things personal, haunting them both. She had to put a stop to this, but how? The only leads they had was the species of the creature, and although Maura had tried to enter the memories of the victims, the creature seemed to know about this and decided to cover its face with a mask, which made Jane grow more impatient. She felt a shadow looming around her, and after a sudden chill she saw a figure appear from behind the trees. Jane took her gun out.
"Boston PD! Identify yourself!" she screamed while pointing at the figure, which walked forward.
"Well, would you like me to be Detective Rizzoli?" the figure answered while switching forms. One minute she saw her mother, the other Detective Frost and finally Maura. "I can be whoever you want me to." it kept saying but with Maura's voice.
"I swear that if you keep doing that I will shoot you no questions asked or answered." Jane screamed while taking the safety off. "And I keep my promises."
The figure smiled for a bit and then changed to become Constance Isles. "I knew that you were stubborn, and rude, but it seems that also very protective of my daughter."
"Constance Isles is dead." Jane said while looking at her surroundings, trying to find any trace of civilization. "Her body is being taken to the morgue by her daughter."
This made Constance flinch. "I know, and I hated to do that to her, but I had to protect her."
This made Jane lower her gun slightly. "Protect her from what?"
"There has been this whisper around us, this quest for the blood of my daughter and yours, Detective Rizzoli." she whispered.
"What are you?" Jane whispered while looking at the woman become a shadow again, her gaze looking down and watching what Jane saw.
"I guess you would call me a ghost." Constance said while looking at her hands.
"How?" Jane whispered.
"I went to see Maura because her life was in danger. Ever since she was a child, I knew that she was special, although I never really knew how. When we adopted her, we were told to protect her, and that she was far too precious for her own good. When Maura started to succeed in her intellectual and cultural endeavors', I thought that was what the person that gave her to us meant. Nevertheless, the threats against her life started to come, people around us and close to her were disappearing, and this made my husband and I realize that the only way to keep her safe was to move her around the world. We knew it was going to be painful to her, but you have to understand how much we loved her, how much we cared." Constance said sadly. "I never stopped caring, or watching over her. Not when she decided to leave the house and come here to Boston, and after years without any threats, I thought that the worse was finally over, until I heard her name being called again. I had to come, to ask her to leave, although I knew that I had to do it without revealing myself to her."
"Why keep all of this from her? She had a right to know!" Jane said sadly.
Constance looked sadly at her. "Because when we got Maura we made the promise of not interfering with her life directly. This means that I was not allowed to tell her about my ability or what I knew without paying the consequences, which meant Maura being taken away from us."
"That's a very lame excuse." Jane said angrily.
"Not to a Banshee." Constance said sadly. "Being able to see who lives or dies is something that is not take very delicately in our world Detective Rizzoli. One con of it is knowing about the possibility of someone dying and not being able to stop it."
Jane was speechless for a while. "So when you talked to Maura on friday..."
"I knew that I was going to die two days later." Constance said quietly. "And I knew the creature responsible for my murder was going to be the same one you are trying to find. And this creature is being controlled by a stronger one, one that is asking for the blood of you two. I wasn't able to save her, but maybe you will. Save Maura." Constance pleaded, while her shadow was becoming more foggy. "Tell her I'm sorry for everything and that I loved her so much."
Jane nodded softly while feeling tears in her eyes, and just as fast as Constance shadow appeared it turned to complete dust. Jane just stood there, staring at what had been Constance Isles.
P.D:
1. So, a very revealing chapter this one! I was in doubt at first of how to show Constance, and although she realized that she was mean and severe with Maura, I did not want it to be because she wasn't accepted or loved. I guess that's why I made Constance have the role of a protective mother that never knew how to make her concern and love be seen (which I guess is something we can all relate to).
2. Constance is a Banshee, and just like she told Jane, they are able to see who will live or die, and they reside in the underworld, which is how she heard the whispers of Mephisto asking for the creatures to kill Jane and Maura (remember that Maura said that abilities didn't define between humans or creatures, but merely how they chose to live after getting them).
3. Constance told Jane that Maura was given to them by a strange person that claimed she was special. By special, Constance thought that Maura was extra intelligent, but what the stranger meant was her ability, ability that Constance never realized Maura had.
4. The reason Constance is able to appear to Jane is because of Jane's ability, and how she seems to be more influenced by the abilities of others and her surroundings. I guess one could say that she is more in "tune".
5. Constance thought that the only way to keep Maura safe was by separating her from Boston and keep moving her so that they wouldn't find her, and when she saw her being attached to Jane, she knew that she had to end their romance in order to have a chance at making Maura leave.