Author's note: Took longer than expected but new chapter is up! Thank you so much for all the follows and reviews I truly appreciate them! Bear with me for a while because the mood is being set-up for the girls trip to Ireland. A little bit of history is coming in the next chapter and probably after that the trip to Ireland! P.d: In Chapter 18 I made the mistake of saying that Maura went to school. For the purposes of the story I had to go back and change it to Ireland. So where Maura did the consulting case was in Ireland.
When Jane saw Carlota's eyes shine she knew she was the real thing. Maybe up until that moment she was refusing to believe that Carlota was the Oracle and how serious this oracle could be. Nevertheless here she was, holding Maura's hand and scarily looking at the woman levitate and speak in many tongues, but the one thing that was clear was the prophecy that bounded the two of them to an awful mission, or quest or whatever all of this was. She saw that Maura was also scared, and that the bravery that she had infused on the two of them was slowly melting. They had never seen such a thing before, and from Korsak's face it seemed that he was also speechless. When the voices stopped talking and the woman finally landed on the floor with her eyes closed, they knew it was all over. Jane felt herself breathe, and that was the moment she realized she had been holding her breath and Maura's hand in a very tight squeeze that had left marks.
Carlota opened her eyes and looked at the two women as if nothing had ever happened. Maura had been completely fascinated by what she had just seen: the number of people aware of the existence of the Oracle, or to actually see the Oracle say a prophecy. But wait, the Oracle just did a prophecy about Jane and me, she realized and the scientific excitement that she had felt before left her body. Instead, she felt fear at its core emotion, her nervous system shutting down and not reacting to her commands. She was literally frozen, and all of this occurred because of a prophecy that they had volunteered to take on. She had convinced Jane of doing it, and now she had probably sentenced the both of them to death. She couldn't take Jane's life and throw it away like that, she just couldn't do that to the person she loved the most. She started to hyperventilate as soon as she realized what she had done.
"Maura!" Jane screamed after watching Maura lose her balance and almost fall.
Korsak noticed this too and just before Maura hit the floor he grabbed her and held her still. "Are you ok Dr. Isles?"
Jane saw that Maura wasn't responding, her stare blank and just gazing at the wall.
"The hell you did to her!" Jane screamed to Carlota. "What did you do?"
Carlota shrugged. "I did nothing."
Paddy nodded. "She is in a state of shock. Probably from hearing the prophecy."
Jane looked angrily at the two of them. "I bet you think you have done a good thing by telling us the truth, a little redemption." she continued while focusing on Paddy. "But you did not. What you did does not make things become a bed of roses. What you did was wrong, sentencing us to this live and this prophecy because of your past." she spat at him.
Paddy lowered her gaze, and instead of answering he quietly stood up and left the room, followed by Carlota who had become a shadow of him. Korsak on the other hand had stayed, expecting Jane to tell him what to do.
"Jane..."
"Don't..." Jane interrupted him by pushing him away from Maura. "I understand your reasons, and hell I would have done the same." she continued while placing her hands on Maura's face and caressing her. "But you had no right to decide this for us."
"I didn't decide anything."
"Yes you did." Jane said angrily. "You did and I understand why you did it. You have a city and probably the world to protect." Jane said sadly. "But I also have someone to protect Korsak, and that person is standing right in front of us." she looked at Maura and bent down, kissing her lips softly. After a while she felt Maura kiss her back, her lips sucking and biting softly her own. She looked down and saw hazel eyes look deeply at her with love and sadness.
"Maur." Jane said reverently. "What is wrong?"
Maura felt tears come to her eyes. "I'm sorry Jane, I'm so sorry." she whispered while starting to cry softly.
"Maura." Jane said seriously. "I know what you are thinking. And you didn't decide alone."
Maura now started to cry loudly, making Korsak feel like an outsider to the scene. He quietly stood from where he had been bending down with Jane and quietly left the room. The two women didn't even notice it.
"Honey, you did not." Jane continued while planting soft kisses on Maura's face. "You did not force me to choose this. I did because I also want to be able to live a life with you, and I know that won't happen until we are free."
"But if something happens..."
"If something happens then it was completely worth it." Jane interrupted her. "You know I'm a little skeptic about this whole destiny and faith thing." Jane said while standing up and pulling Maura along. "But it seems that we were meant to be together. And I know it may be a little masochistic, but it seems that we were meant to be together so we could do this."
"So we were meant then to die together?" Maura said bitterly.
"No darling. We were meant to succeed together." Jane said fiercely. "We don't and we won't give in to fear."
Maura simply nodded, and deciding that this was the moment to show all of her fears and doubts, she searched for Jane's eyes. "I'm so scared."
Jane looked at Maura and saw the fear in her eyes. "Me too. I haven't been so scared in my entire life." she confessed. "But I have never had anything worth fighting for. Not until I met you, Maura Isles."
"Maura Dorthea Isles." Maura said while smiling softly.
"Dorthea? Are you serious?" Jane said while laughing. "Dorthea is your middle name?"
Maura looked at Jane a little offended, but then smiled. "I never disliked it. But I can also see the reasons for mocking it." Maura then smiled more. "C an you tell me yours?"
Jane looked a little mortified. She didn't want to admit to Maura that her name was also funny. Maura noticed Jane hesitate.
"Pleaseee." Maura said while pouting. She knew Jane found this gesture of her enduring. "Please tell meeee."
Jane pouted. She knew she would do anything Maura told her. "Clementine." she whispered.
Maura smiled a little and Jane saw this.
"Don't laugh." Jane said while smiling a little.
"I'm not laughing." Maura said while holding a laugh. "I actually find your name very beautiful. Like you."
Jane smirked but then kissed her on the lips chastely. "Nice try." she laughed. "But you are still not forgiven. Now." Jane said while grabbing Maura's hand and squeezing it. "Let's go kick this prophecy in the butt."
When Maura and Jane made it out of the special interrogation room they saw Korsak, Paddy and Carlota sitting around the homicide headquarters without talking. It was a little ironic that the only thing that made these people function together was the two of them. When they saw them they quickly stood up and started to make their way towards them. Jane raised her hand and the three of them stopped moving.
"Listen. Just because we are here that doesn't mean that we are less mad at you. You all lied to us and in a way manipulated us. Nevertheless, we understand the reasons why. And most probably..." Jane said besides herself. " I would have done the same."
Paddy took this as encouragement enough to approach Maura. "I cannot begin to..."
"Don't." Maura interrupted him coldly. "Just because Jane said that we understood, that doesn't mean that we forgive what you did. Specially me." Maura said angrily. "You lied to my mother, your sister, about her relationship to me, your relationship to me. Do you have any idea how hard it was to think that I was the adopted child that no one wanted? That was left abandoned because it wasn't good enough?"
Paddy was going to interrupt her again but Maura just kept on going.
"And the sad thing is that this is not far from the truth. I was abandoned and I wasn't wanted. I always imagined finding my parents and that they would be so happy. So happy for finding me and wanting to be with me. You are not my father. My father died years ago from a heart attack. And my mother died a few weeks ago trying to save my life from a man that you knew was a danger and still refused to let us know. It doesn't matter what you think, or what you tell yourself, it doesn't change the outcome. You are a killer and a liar."
Everyone at the room stayed quiet after Maura's speech. Not even Jane, who was beaming with pride over what Maura said, could utter a word. She was proud about Maura finally telling others what bothered her and standing up for herself. The Maura she knew when she began working for the Special Homicide Unit was one that kept her emotions and feelings in a shell. But now, the Maura that was standing in front of all of them, making one of Boston's most feared mafia boss silently stare at her was something else.
The silence was interrupted when Carlota decided that the two women had said what they wanted to say. "Listen you two. I know we didn't do this the right away, if there is even one right way, but now that you decided to accept the prophecy you need our help."
"Listen, we have managed without the two of you before and I think we can keep doing it."
"Managed in what way? Here you are without a murderer and with bodies pilling the morgue. Your lives have been in danger numerous times and still you are stubborn enough to say you don't need help." Carlota said sarcastically. "Your Achilles tendon is your pride Jane. Don't let it rule your decisions because it may cost you dearly."
Jane immediately looked up at her. "Is that some kind of threat?"
Maura had to stop Jane from going towards the old woman. "Jane, don't." she said while holding Jane at her place.
But Carlota kept on pushing the hot-tempered Italian. "It's not a threat, but a reality. The worst is that it may not only hurt you but Maura."
That was all it took for Jane to get away from Maura's hold and to directly jump to where Carlota was standing. Instead of tackling the woman down, Jane felt herself fall to the ground and hit her face with the floor.
"What the hell?" Jane started to say while getting up.
Maura was just as speechless as Jane was, especially since she saw Jane just jump right in front of Carlota and go through her as if she was made of thin air.
"You silly girl." Carlota started to say while laughing. "And you say you don't need help."
Jane was getting up again. "Oh, I'm a fast learner Carlota."
"Jane, don't." Korsak finally intervened. "She is right Jane. You need their help, especially her help. There are so many things that you don't know about this world Jane. And you too Maura."
"To protect you from this world also meant to keep you in the shadows of it." Paddy finally said, looking mostly at Maura. "And although you hate to admit it, you do need Carlota's help. You need to know where to start too."
"That I already know." Maura said, making all of the people in the room look at her. "It made sense after you told us the prophecy. It first had to do with the fact that Mephisto is from the Doyle family, which is from Ireland. After that it was when I told you about my trip to Ireland and how it seemed that Mephisto planned it all." Maura said while staring at Jane. "And finally with what the prophecy said about us going to finish what our families started centuries before."
"Which means?" Jane said impatiently.
"It means that we have to go to Ireland."
"Ireland?" Jane said almost laughing. "But it's impossible I come from Ireland. I mean look at me."
"Old families with abilities do not have to necessarily come from the same ethnology, but they can settle there." Carlota said instead.
"So then you are saying that my real family also came from Ireland?"
"Yes." Carlota said. "But they were originally from Italy. They moved to Ireland because of the prophecy."
"But you said this prophecy is new." Maura said confused.
"The prophecy that they heard during that time." Carlota said. "Oracles say many prophecies around the world to many people. Your family was one more of the group." she finished.
Maura scolded Carlota for her la ck of touch. "I'm sure Jane they were very important, and also that they were very upset about giving you up." she said to Jane who looked up and smiled sadly.
"And you will also need my help. I have many contacts in Ireland." Paddy said.
"And how did you get these contacts?" Jane asked sarcastically. "I bet they are not people we would want to be seen during the daylight."
Paddy nodded, ignoring Jane's sarcasm. "But they will protect you from anything. They are family. And a Doyle always protects a Doyle."
"Like you protected my mother, your sister?" Maura said angrily.
"Constance went against my orders and dodged my bodyguards. I told her to be careful and safe but she just wouldn't listen."
"She didn't listen because she wanted to warn Maura." Jane answered angrily. "She did her duty as a mother and didn't care about putting her life in danger in order to save her daughter's. Unlike others who hide in the shadows behind other people."
In a flash Maura saw how Jane's words hurt Paddy, making him take a step forward towards the detective, who immediately took her hand to the holster that was holding hr gun. Maura stood in the middle of the two of them. "Don't you ever think of hurting Jane."
"She disrespected me. From you I accept it because you are my daughter, but I'm Paddy Doyle."
"She told you the truth. It's not her fault that it sounds bitter and disrespectful." Maura said quietly. "And if I find out you ever do or plan to do something to her I promise you I will hunt you down and kill you myself. Is that clear?"
Paddy nodded and immediately stepped back.
"I guess this settles things." Carlota said while going to the door. "Tomorrow you two will meet me at the entrance of BCU at 7:00am. I'm a very busy woman so do be on time. There are a lot of things we need to discuss before you leave."
"But my case." Jane started to say.
"This is part of your case." Carlota answered Jane. "Your case now became a quest Detective Rizzoli. And one that you cannot afford to lose."