Author's note: Sorry for the wait people but here it is a new chapter! Hope you enjoy it, and as usual take a look at the p.d part for answers to some questions about the chapter. Thank you for your support! :)

"Anything on Paddy Doyle and Constance Isles?" Jane asked while going to sit at her desk, earning some curious glances from Frost and Korsak. "What?"

"How is the Doc?" Frost asked quietly.

"How do you think she is? She discovered her mother's body, did an autopsy on it and is probably the target of a dangerous serial killer that we still can't catch." Jane said sarcastically.

The two detectives flinched at this comment and Jane's gaze softened. "Sorry guys."

"We also care about her." Korsak said while going to stand next to Jane and put a hand on her shoulder. "You are all family. And family protects family."

Jane smiled softly at this remark and turned to look at the board that they had set, a timeline that connected Mephisto's and Fugus' crimes. "We must be missing something. There is a connection here."

"Apart from the fact that Mephisto is this mythological creature that can rule under the underworld and control the Fugus?" Frost said sarcastically.

Jane had called them after discussing her findings with Maura the previous night, expecting them to just discard it as hocus pocus. Nevertheless, the opposite happened and they were even accepting the theory of Mephisto being related to the Doyle's, that being the main reason why it chose Constance as a target.

"Yes. I mean, why Constance? Why Maura and why me? Why now?" Jane asked exasperated.

"In mob families things are always hierarchical." Korsak said while grabbing a book from his drawer. "So maybe Constance was in the highest seats of the family?"

"Constance Isles a member of a mob family?" Jane asked surprised. "I would have laughed at that remark a few days ago, but today I feel like speculating a little more."

"Yeah, I mean think about it Jane. Mephisto wants to have revenge on the Doyle family, and Constance is a member of it. Also, by killing Constance he is hurting Maura, and by hurting Maura he is hurting you too. It all works in his favor." Frost said.

"I know this will sound ridiculous, but bear with me." Jane said while closing her eyes. "Remember that in the movie Van Helsing the family that was responsible for the capture and ultimate kill of Dracula were seen as guardians of humanity? What if the Doyle's have been trying to keep Mephisto from gaining control?"

Jane was expecting to hear them laugh at her remark, but instead they were deep in thought.

"It's not the first time I haven't heard of something like this. "In fact, during medieval times many noble families were ordered with the task of protecting their villages from evil creatures that roamed around the earth." Korsak said.

"So maybe the Doyle's have been around trying to stop Mephisto from becoming more powerful and that's why he is so desperate in destroying them all?" Frost said while looking at Jane.

"I'm not sure guys, but the fact that the Doyle family is involved is primordial to solving this case, although other than hurting Maura by killing Constance is the only connection we seem to have with these murders. We are not going to get much from the forensic evidence, merely what we already know. I know that what Constance told me meant something, I just don't understand what." Jane said while angrily kicking her desk. "This is so frustrating." she suddenly stood up and headed out.

Mumbling and rumbling angrily she kept on walking until she found herself at the elevator, heading to the familiar comfort of cool rooms and a very bright woman. She wasn't thinking, and doubting herself and what Maura needed, she was close to just going back up, but she heard a voice stop her.

"Jane." Maura said while looking up and seeing Jane doubt between staying and leaving. "Is everything alright?"

Jane smiled softly. "I should be the one asking you that question Maur."

"It would actually help me if we talked about your problems instead of mine." Maura said while smiling softly. "For distraction." she added.

"I'm trying to find sense in the connection between the Doyle's and Mephisto. I know that the book says that Mephisto is part of the Doyle family." Jane said absently. "But I don't understand what's that got to do with the murder of your mother and why now." Jane said frustrated.

"I know you had some theories on mind. Do they seem plausible?" Maura asked while sitting down at one of the couches, motioning for Jane to do the same.

"I really don't know Maura. I mean, they sound silly to me, like taken out of a story from Bram Stoker, but then it turns out that they may not be that ridiculous. I have even been thinking that the Doyle's are like some kind of protectors of humanity." Jane said after seeing that Maura wasn't getting it. "But if I don't know the family or where they could be, there is no way to confirm that this is even true."

"Give me the book." Maura said to Jane while grabbing the object from her hands. "I remember seeing the name of the author on the back." she added while reading quietly and quite fast.

"You can read fast?" Jane asked surprised.

Maura smiled softly. "It's very easy once you get used to it. The author of the book is a woman named Carlota Florenci."

Jane smiled brightly. "Finally a lead that can actually help us in trying to solve this." she said while going to one of the computers on the lab and typing the name. "Well, this is easy." she said while motioning for Maura to approach her. "She lives in North End. Wanna make a trip and get some good Italian cannolis?" Jane said smirking. "And no telling Ma about this."

Maura smiled and stood up. "I guess some cannolis won't hurt."

Jane and Maura were making their way inside a very old and decayed building. The drive to the North End had been uneventful and filled with light talk from both women, who were deep in thought trying to understand the clues laid to them.

"I used to come to the North End with my parents every week." Jane said while moving around the building and looking at numbers. "I remember I used to have such a wonderful time eating and just walking around the street watching my Pop talk in Italian with some of his friends from war."

Maura smiled. "Your father was in the war?"

"Yeah, he went to Vietnam, although he never saw action." Jane said absently. "I think that is what motivated me to have some kind of work that had to do with law enforcement."

"I think I always knew that I was going to become a doctor." Maura said while walking closely to Jane. "I was a weird kid and had a fascination for the truth and finding answers. After finishing my rotations I realized that my awkwardness and sometimes coldness was a gift that many did not have. I realized I could do some good by helping the ones that could not speak anymore."

Jane smiled and took Maura's hand. "Just because you are not scared of death that does not make you cold. Maybe a little weird, but never cold."

Maura smiled and squeezed Jane's hand as a sign of contempt. "Jane, this is the apartment." she said while pointing to a door with the number 112.

Jane made Maura stand behind her and took the gun out. "Miss Florenci, could you open the door? Boston PD."

They heard some movement from behind the door, and after a few seconds they were met by a small woman who had red lips and the biggest glasses that they had ever seen.

"Well if it is Detective Rizzoli and Dr. Isles." she said happily.

Both women looked surprised, Maura the first one to speak. "How do you know us?"

The woman just ignored her. "Please, do come in. I will answer all your questions to the best of my abilities."

Jane was a little hesitant to go inside, especially after the fact that the woman seemed to know about their presence. She didn't like this at all.

"I don't bite Detective, and I promise I'm all alone."

Jane nodded and made her way inside, motioning for Maura to follow. After inspecting every room and being satisfied she sat down on what seemed to be a couch. Maura flinched a little at the dirtiness of the place, but years of etiquette classes made it impossible for her to complain.

"Want some tea?" the woman asked them while moving to the kitchen.

"No thank you." Jane said a little impatiently. "We would like some answers."

"We read the book you wrote about the first families in Boston." Maura said. "About how some had members that did not want to adapt to the new life and became creatures."

The woman looked up when Maura used the term.

"So tell me, what kind of ability do you have?" Maura said deeply focused. "Because I'm sure you have one. In order to understand this world you need to be a part of it."

The woman nodded. "I have the ability of sight."

"So you are a Banshee." Jane said.

"No, because a Banshee is forbidden from telling the person affected what she can see. I am not, which makes my sight abilities be more about the past." the woman said. "And I'm sorry about your mother Miss Isles."

Maura flinched a little but still mumbled her thanks. "I never knew she was part of this world."

"She was a Doyle. One of the most important ones in the organization."

"And why is that?" Jane asked.

"Because she was the sister of Patrick Doyle of course." the woman said while getting up and moving to the kitchen to where she poured herself a cup of tea.

"Do you know where Patrick Doyle is?"

The woman laughed. "No one knows where Patty Doyle is. That is like asking where the creature Mephistopheles is."

"How old is Patty Doyle?" Maura asked suddenly.

"Very old." the woman answered, suspecting Maura had already figured things out.

"Why does that even matter?" Jane asked frustrated.

"Because Patty Doyle is the brother of Mephistopheles." Maura said sadly.

The woman nodded. "Yes, it was Patty Doyle the one that made the promise of killing Mephistopheles, basically cursing his whole lineage."

Jane looked up to the woman after this comment. "You seem to take it very personal. What is your relationship to Patty Doyle?"

"For a while I was with Patty Doyle." she said quietly. "That's why I knew Constance was a part of the family."

"So do you know then who gave me to Constance?" Maura whispered.

"I'm afraid not." she said while meeting Maura's gaze. "But the day you came into Constance's life that was the day she left the organization and went to Europe. Never saw her again after that."

"When did you leave Patty?" Maura continued to ask.

"When he became obsessed with killing Mephistopheles and almost got himself and the whole lineage killed in the process. I could never be with a person that has so little self-regard for their safety." the woman said while looking at the Detective and Doctor. "Which I know is what worries you two the most."

Jane looked up surprised. "What do you mean by that?"

"Each one of you worries about the dangers that you think you are getting the other one get into by being in a relationship." the woman simply explained. "Which I think is plain dumb."

"How do you even know this?" Maura asked surprised, not caring about denying what she said.

"Because the meeting between the two of you was not mere luck. It was predestined." the woman smiled softly. "The two of you were meant to find each other. I have seen your cases, and I know you two have helped each other grow in the development of your abilities."

Jane nodded and nevertheless smiled warmly at Maura, taking her hand.

"But by being predestined to be together, it means that others know and fear this union." the woman whispered.

"Mephisto." Jane said quietly.

The woman nodded.

"But I'm not a Doyle. Just because I was adopted by one that does not make me a blood relative." Maura said while looking at the woman for confirmation. "What are you not telling me?"

The woman flinched. "There was another woman before me, who was in a relationship with Patty. He never talked about her, but I knew he never got over her. He left her when his father, who was alive and the leader of the family at that time, threatened to kill her and their little daughter."

Jane saw Maura hold her breath, and immediately gave her hand a good squeeze.

"After that we never heard about them again, and Patty never mentioned them."

"But you suspect I am that baby." Maura said with anger.

"I had my suspicions for a while, and based on the way Mephistopheles is chasing you, I think it makes sense." the woman said while focusing on Maura. "Children that are born from old humans with abilities have deeper abilities that can expand."

"My mother told me that." Maura said sadly. "She told me I could expand my ability once I learned how to motivate that expansion."

The woman nodded. "Only children of old humans can do that." she then looked at Jane. "Which I bet makes you wonder how you also have the ability to replicate."

Jane nodded. "I know my heritage. I know I come from an old Italian immigrant family that came to Boston to work on the city."

The woman smiled sadly. "Are you sure that is your real story?"

Jane faltered. "What do you mean if I'm sure? Of course I am." Jane said angrily. "My pop and Ma told me the story. How we settled here, my dad working as a plumber and then going to war."

"But have you seen pictures of this?"

Jane's smile fell. She knew there weren't many pictures of her as a child, and she never minded.

"It's not my place to reveal the truth to you if your parents are still alive." the woman said while standing up. "But once you ask them you are welcomed to come back."

Maura took Jane's hand and kissed it softly, making Jane react and give her a sad smile. "Before we go, do you know where we could find a place with Doyle's relatives?"

"There has been this whispering around." the woman said quietly. "About a service in honor of Constance taking place today in the old cemetery of South Boston." she added while showing Jane and Maura to the door. "You may still catch it if you go now." she pushed them outside. "And they are not so warm towards cops." she finished while pointing to Jane's badge and closing the door, leaving both women in a state of trance.

Maura wanted to say something to Jane. She knew how she must have been feeling, herself experiencing that disappointment when her mother told her she was adopted. They had been shocked after their talk, but instead of talking about it, they quickly got inside the car and made their way to South Boston, hoping to find members of the Doyle's, and now Maura's family.

"Jane." Maura said quietly while looking at her. "Please, talk to me."

Jane softened her gaze. "I don't know what to say Maur. I just got told that my whole life may probably be a lie."

"Maybe the events did not occur as you were told they did, but the love and happiness that you felt were all real Jane. You had a good childhood, with siblings and present parents that could share it with you." Maura said sadly. "I wish I was that lucky."

Jane immediately understood what Maura meant, and felt bad about being upset. "I'm so selfish Maur, I'm sorry. You also got some news from the woman and I have been only thinking about my problems."

Maura smiled sadly. "I think this is the least of my problems." Maura said sarcastically. "The smallest in a pile of things that I have managed to uncover during the last couple of weeks."

"Was that sarcasm Dr. Isles?" Jane smirked.

"Using irony to convey contempt?"

"You just can't stop, can you?" Jane smiled and poked Maura on her side, making her laugh. "I love your laugh." Jane said suddenly. "During this last couple of weeks I haven't heard it so much." she looked at Maura and smiled. "When I do hear it, and I know it has to do with something I have done, it makes me so happy."

Maura looked at her and smiled. "You make me happy. Your company, your friendship, your support, your love. I don't think I would be able to be here if it wasn't for you Jane."

Jane was going to answer her when she suddenly stopped the car, making Maura a signal to lower her head. "Maur, stay here and call Korsak. Tell him we need backup and ambulances. Lots of them."

Maura was going to answer Jane when she heard the sound of guns fill the streets. Jane lowered herself and took her gun out, using the front door of the car as cover and looking around for sights of the shooter.

"Could it be a sniper?" Maura asked scared. "The team is on their way."

"I don't know Maur, but I think their main target was the cemetery. Someone spilled on the Doyle family being here."

Maura froze. "Do you mean?"

"Yes, that's why I stopped the car before we got inside. I think someone targeted the family."

"Mephisto." Maura whispered. "It was him."

Jane nodded. "That's what I suspect." she stopped talking when she heard more shotguns being fired. "I feel so helpless." she whispered. "Here I am hiding behind my car while someone or something is shooting at all those people."

Maura looked at Jane. "You tried to move, and someone shot at you. That does not make you a coward. And you are protecting me."

Jane looked fiercely at Jane. "And I promised I would do that always."

"Then stay here and keep your promise."

Jane nodded, grabbing a hat from the car and shoving it out, immediately feeling a bullet go through it. "We were set-up."

"Someone knew we were going to come and they were waiting for us." Maura said. "And the only person that could have known this was that woman."

"But why would she tell us all of these things and then send us away to a trap?"

"Because she hated Patty for not loving her, and probably hated me too for being his daughter and a reminder of the woman he truly loved. "Maura said quietly. "Did you listen to that?"

"I didn't hear anything." Jane said.

"Exactly, everything is quiet." Maura said while moving around the car and standing next to Jane. "I don't like this." she added while taking a gun out of her purse.

"What the hell Maur!" Jane said surprised. "You have a gun?"

"Of course. You don't think that after being in this field for some time I wouldn't want to know how to defend myself?"

Jane smiled. "I guess not Dr. Isles. Do you know how to use it?"

Maura smiled. "Of course, I go to the firing range every weekend."

Jane smiled and patted her shoulder, getting serious. "I don't want to stay here any longer. But I'm also afraid of the sniper. We will need a distraction." Jane finished.

"Like what?" Maura said looking at Jane get inside the car."

"Like this." Jane screamed while turning on the car and it quickly accelerating. "Now run!" she heard Jane say.

Maura quickly stood up and started to run behind Jane. She expected to be shot at, but instead she saw Jane move from side to side, looking for a building nearby and finally making her way inside an old bakery.

"Why didn't the sniper shoot at us?" Maura asked surprised.

"Because he shot at the car thinking we were there." Jane said while taking deep breaths. "Where the hell is back-up?!" she said angrily. "I don't think we can stay running like this for long."

Maura nodded. "I only have six bullets."

Jane nodded. "I have another full round and then I'm out."

Maura flinched at those news, the statistics were not on their side. Jane seemed to notice this and quickly took her hand.

"You trust me, right Maur?" she suddenly heard Jane ask.

"With my life Jane, and you know that." Maura answered her seriously.

"Good, because there is something I want you to do for me, and you will probably need to lie. You need to make the men that are going to come inside think I'm injured."

"But Jane, it's impossible for me to lie. I break out into hives and stutter." Maura said.

Jane nodded. "Well then, I guess we have to make it be true." she said while taking her gun and shooting her leg.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Maura screamed while running towards Jane and putting her hands on the injury.

"I just grazed my leg." Jane said while not trying to sound in pain. "No surgery or therapy, only a little of lost blood."

Maura angrily looked at Jane. "That was really stupid."

Jane smiled a little. "Let's not make it be in vain and drop your gun right next to my right hand."

Maura did as Jane asked, getting a soft kiss on the lips. "Remember, I will pretend to be out. You will face the shooter, so be ready for that."

Maura nodded. "I have your back." she felt Jane nod and fall limb when noises came from outside the bakery.

Maura held a yelp, expecting to be shot point blank, but instead a man came in with a semiautomatic weapon. He looked at them and smiled.

"Which one of you is Maura Isles?"

"I am." Maura answered him bravely.

"Let's move then. My boss wants you alive."

"I will not leave my friend behind." Maura said, expecting him to come closer and drag her out.

"I don't give a shit about your friend. My orders were to bring you alive to Mephisto." he said while getting within Jane's grasp and grabbing Maura's hand.

Maura screamed at the pain the man was exerting by pulling her hand to the point of almost breaking it, but in a swift move she saw Jane move her right hand and left part of the body and quickly fire three shots into the man's chest, making him collapse on the floor. Maura felt herself breathe again, and after some words from Jane, her gaze moved from him to her. Jane was going to talk when they heard more voices approach the bakery, and after a deep look, they both grabbed their guns and pointed them at the door, ready to shoot anyone that tried to get inside.

"Don't shoot, it's us Rizzoli." she heard Korsak say. "We are going to go in now." he added.

Jane and Maura looked at each other and felt their posture relax, the guns hitting the floor immediately and the two hugging and kissing each other hungrily. Korsak made his way in, followed by Frost and looked at the spectacle. The two women were embracing each other with a dead man in front of them. Jane and Maura separated and gave a relieved sign, which made Frost and Korsak relax and know they were ok. Nevertheless, they also had some bad news.

"Korsak, the people on the cemetery." Jane stated to say while using Maura as a support to stand up.

"I'm sorry Jane, but they are all dead." Korsak said sadly.

Maura felt tears fall, the sadness of so many lives lost and what she would be expecting to see on her autopsy table. "How many?" she asked quietly.

"23." Frost whispered. "23 confirmed members of the Doyle family."

P.d: This chapter took me a little longer than expected because I had some doubts about some of the characters and how to make the story move forward.

1. The book and what it's role would be. I knew that the key thing from it would be the author, and after some thought I made the author have a significant role in the story.

2. Maura is Patty Doyle's and the unknown woman's daughter. I decided to reveal the truth to Maura because it was silly to keep it from her and you readers after establishing that Mephisto is obsessed with killing her.

3. Jane's parents lied to her? I know big shocker! But then it had to be something like that because of her ability being that unique and both Constance and Carlota explaining to them that children of old humans had special abilities.

4. The shooting. I decided to add some action and have Maura be a little bit more badass by having and knowing how to fire a gun :)

5. So Carlota. Right now the team is suspecting her as the responsible for the trap against the Doyle family, and clearly Mephisto was involved in it, which means that he is desperate to kill Jane and Maura.