Author's note: Sorry for the long wait people but here is the new chapter! To my new followers welcome! To the old ones: thanks for sticking with this story! Next chapter our ladies will go to Ireland, so yay there! See p.d for some notes about the chapter if you want, and any questions you have you can ask them or PM them to me!

"I just don't like her." Jane whispered to Maura, who was in the middle of the kitchen making some coffee for both of them. "I don't like her and I don't trust her."

Maura nodded. "I also don't like her Jane, but it is true that we need her help. Up until now I don't have any evidence to say that she is working for the enemy, so until we do we will have to trust her."

"I still don't feel ok with this. I mean, what are the odds that just as we start to get some answers to our murders Paddy Doyle and Carlota appear and tell us that we need to go to Ireland?"

"So you think that what they are trying to do is take us away from the investigation?" Maura asked surprised.

Jane nodded. "Maybe because we are really close to finding something. I just think it's too much of a coincidence for them to appear now. Why didn't they come sooner? Why not tell us all of this before?" Jane added while moving to the living room. "But are you sure of the validity of the prophecy?"

Maura nodded again. "Pretty sure. I researched about the Oracle and it does say that they have been around since the times of the ancient Greek. Same things we saw: them being surrounded by light, eyes shining and multiple voices speaking at the same time. It has to do with the fact that a spirit, in this case the spirit of Delphi, invades the body of a chosen human being and resides there. Almost like a symbiosis since both parts receive benefits from the union. As you experienced yourself, Carlota has the power to dissipate at will, which I bet can be really helpful."

"So then she definitely couldn't have been the woman murdered at the warehouse?"

"I think Mephisto wasn't aware of her being the Oracle. Her ability as a Bean Neighe helps her further into knowing things about the future, but the ability of the Oracle is completely separated from that."

"So when Mephisto killed the shifter..."

"He was unaware of the fact that Carlota is the Oracle, which makes me suspect that Carlota set that trap up for Mephisto so that he would stop looking for her."

"It." Jane spat angrily. "So then this can work to our advantage."

"I believe it can, but what worries me is that Carlota planned all of this." Maura said while taking two cups and pouring coffee on them. "She wanted to disappear Jane."

"And now she is tagging along with us to Ireland." Jane finished.

"If you two have any questions about my integrity you should just ask them straight to me." Carlota said while sitting on the couch.

The two women were speechless. Jane took her gun out and pointed it at Carlota, who just shrugged.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Jane screamed.

"I heard you were talking about me and so I came to answer any questions you may have."

"So you just decided to apparate at Maura's place and answer them while drinking some coffee?" Jane asked sarcastically.

"Your sarcasm is annoying." Carlota said while taking Jane's cup and drinking. "Endearing, but mostly annoying."

"I'm sorry Carlota. but Jane is right. You cannot decide when and where we talk. This is an invasion of our privacy." Maura said politely. "And quite frankly I don't feel comfortable."

"Well, get used to it because during the rest of your quest all you will feel is uncomfortable." Carlota continued while sipping the coffee. "And it's true, I did have to do in the murder of that shifter."

"You had it killed, right?" Jane accused the woman.

Carlota shrugged. "No, I didn't. Mephisto's men were actually looking for me, but Douglas covered up for me so I could escape."

"So you are telling me that a person chose to give their life for you out of thin air? I find that very hard to believe."

"Douglas gave his life for me because it was his duty as guardian of the Oracle." Carlota said angrily.

Maura nodded. "She is telling the truth Jane. Every Oracle has a designated guardian that has sworn to protect the Oracle until taken by death."

"Because of that, the guardians of Oracles have always been shifters." Carlota said. "They can take the shape of any creature which is a very significant aid. Only the highest families have the honor of doing this." she said sadly. "He was a brave and fine gentleman."

Jane noticed the pain in that last statement, and although she hated the woman deeply she did feel sorry for her. "You cared for him, didn't you?"

Carlota nodded. "We were together for 20 long years. And when you have my kind of life, and Douglas's kind of life, it is always a breath of fresh air to know you have a person to count on. Douglas was that for me. Sadly, I couldn't return the favor." she said angrily. "Which is why I want to help you with your quest. Not me as the Oracle of Delphi, but me as Carlota Florenci the Bean Nighe."

Maura nodded and despite herself took Carlota's hands. "The only thing we ask from you is honesty. Help us trust you."

Carlota nodded. "I do owe you some explanations about your past, especially you Jane. I think one way to earn your trust is by telling you what I know."

Maura started to excuse herself but Jane held her hand. "Don't leave. I don't want any secrets between the two of us."

When Maura sat down Carlota took a deep breath. "I had just received the spirit of Delphi and given my first prophecy. It was a prophecy about two children stopping a creature known as Mephisto." she said while staring at the two women. "At the time I didn't know about the creature and how powerful it was, but the prophecy was told to the heads of the two families involved: The Doyle's and the Torrenti's." Carlota continued while looking at Maura. "During that time the head of the Doyle's was Paddy's father, a ruthless man that was more upset about the fact that his favorite son was infatuated with a young woman from Boston."

"My mother." Maura said quietly.

"We never knew who she was and your father has been very careful in protecting her identity." Carlota said sadly. "But when I told the families the prophecy Paddy knew that it was about her newborn child. The Torrenti's were the opposite of the Doyle's, and like the Italian family they were, they were proud of having the child of the prophecy, a young girl named Jane." she said while looking at Jane who was staring deeply at her. "Sadly, that pride was what led to their death. Mephisto was desperate, and during many months it chased and killed most of the Torrenti bloodline, leading to the extinction of the last name. Your parents were the last ones to be found, and when they knew they were ratted out by a member of the family, they gave you to me and asked me to take care of you."

"Why would they give me to you? You are the Oracle." Jane said shocked.

"Because your mother was my sister." Carlota said while staring sadly. "During all this time I have been upset with my gift and with the spirit that lives inside me because it has led to the death of many people I love."

Jane shrugged and looked at Carlota. "So basically you are my aunt?"

Carlota nodded.

"And you still treat me like shit all the time?" Jane said smirkingly. "I may not know much about recently found relatives, but I bet you don't treat them the way you have been treating me."

"I have been doing that because your problem is your pride Jane Rizzoli. That same pride distinctive of the Torrenti's and that led to their death. I don't want you to suffer their same fate." Carlota said sadly. "This type of life has been very hurtful for both families. You two have the chance to put an end to it." Carlota said. "Because the line will continue with the two of you, based on what I heard in the interrogation room."

Maura and Jane nodded, a little embarrassed but excited about the prospect of having a family together. Carlota, who had been watching their interactions and their small and tender demonstrations smiled deeply. You have no idea how much we have been waiting for you two, she thought while looking at the two of them comfort each other. When Paddy Doyle found her, something that she deemed was quite impossible to do, she laughed when he told her that he had found the two women of the prophecy and that one of them was her daughter. Carlota had lived many years and seen many people claim to have the power to save the world, and although at first she believed them, the disappointment from each failed try made her become a cynic. Nevertheless, Paddy's reputation and family heirloom obliged her to come to Boston and meet the two women, the identity of the second one kept a secret from Paddy as leverage, but in reality an incentive to the woman's curiosity. The surprise was huge when she saw the same Jane Rizzoli that she had tried to so hard to hide and protect stare deeply at her, analyzing and trying to make if she was a friend or foe. She was not going to lie, she was angry at herself, for her failure as a keeper and also at Jane for being so willing to risk her well being for the love of a woman. She reacted badly and crossed the woman, who just like a Torrenti, passionately showed her dislike towards her. What her sister saw in Lucca Torrenti was a mystery to her, but she could appreciate that Jane was a woman of character and protectiveness. The woman would do anything for the people she loved, a very endearing but dangerous trait in their world. She suspected Mephisto was aware of this and was going to use it against the woman, who clutched to Paddy's daughter as if they were glued together. Too much love only will hurt you dear child, she whispered to herself, and turning her gaze towards Maura Doyle she expected to see a hint of boredom or lack of care, being met instead by total devotion and love. In her eyes Carlota saw that Maura Doyle was just as madly in love with Jane and that she would do anything for her, even give her own life and dreams to make Jane's happen. This only reconfirmed that the two women were meant to be together and finish this quest as Rizzoli and Isles. She liked the sound of it, and again smiled to herself before focusing again on what she came to tell the two women.

"There is something else." she said while looking at Jane. "Mephisto is evil and it will use your fears against you. It will use what you love most." Carlota saw that the two women stared at each other and grabbed their hands out of inertia. "It will come after you and your loved ones."

"Ma, Frankie and Tommy." Jane whispered while looking at Carlota, who nodded.

"It has done it before, so I don't think it will not use it again. It will want to break you both and take what you love so you act recklessly. Do not let it do that."

"But how?" Maura said. "Maybe we can ask Korsak and Frost to put surveilance or relocate them for a while.

Jane shook her hand. "I think I know what Carlota means." Jane stared sadly at the ground. "She means that we have to say goodbye."

"Until you eliminate Mephisto." Carlota added. "And only for their safety."

"But how would that help? He already knows we love our families." Maura said quietly, not hoping to step under any boundary with her including herself in Jane's family.

Jane smiled and nodded, approving and encouraging Maura to think of her family as theirs, knowing that when all of this ended she was going to make it official. "I can also see Maura's point there."

"There is an ability that Mephisto has." Carlota said. "And that many thought it was a myth because no one has lived long enough to confirm or deny its existence. It's a draining ability."

Maura gasped. "I have read about this in ancient books. A draining ability lets you take the good memories of a person and use them as energy for yourself, leaving the victim with only the bad things that have happened to them."

"But why don't they run away?" Jane asked surprised.

"Because the creature that has the draining ability releases a toxic that acts as an hallucinogenic that makes the victim see the thing that scares them the most. They basically freeze because of fear." Maura finished sadly.

Jane just looked speechless at Carlota, who confirmed what Maura said. "Which is why we need to keep them and locked away from your memories, so that it doesn't use them against you. It already has enough leverage with the way you feel about each other."

"So then we have to live unhappily?" Jane asked surprised. "Because that is the only solution I can find."

"No." Carlota said. "But keep your families away from its gaze. It already knows about the way you two feel, so no point there in keeping it hidden. But what it doesn't know is who and where your family is. Do not give him the opportunity to exploit this against you." Carlota finished fervently. "The reason why Mephisto is able to locate victims efficiently is because of this ability."

Jane and Maura nodded, knowing that Carlota was right. The last thing the both of them wanted was to put their family in danger. Jane exhaled and stood up, quietly excusing herself and making her way to Maura's bedroom. She had heard enough for the day and wanted to curl up against Maura and just forget everything until tomorrow. Maura knew Jane's intentions, and feeling herself sad from what she learned about her own family, she also stood up while smiling sadly at Carlota.

"Thank you for telling us the truth, and if you want you can spend the night in the guestroom. I hope you don't mind if Jane and I retire for the evening. We have a lot of things to talk about and discuss."

Carlota nodded and stood up too, making her way to the door. "I couldn't impose. But please tell Jane that I'm sorry."

"Sorry for what?" Maura asked curiously.

"For not being there when she needed me."

p.d: Chapter 21 done! Can't believe how far I have gone into this story and most of it is because of your sweet and encouraging comments! Some notes about the chapter.

1. Carlota is nicer than what you all thought! I know, a surprise since I made her be a bitch when I introduced her, but she is going to become an important asset to the girls in future chapters, and as you all know well enough, Jane needs to trust someone in order to let them help.

2. A little background on Jane's family and who they were is also revealed. I know, Jane has suffered a lot but luckily she got the Rizzoli's who truly love her.

3. We learn about Maura's mother, and a small spoiler, won't be the last time we do, reason why I kept the description to a minimal.