Author's note: After a little wait here is chapter 23! I'm sorry I took this long but midterms and hws were demanding! I know I said I would take the characters to Ireland in this chapter, and I did to it, but the plane talk turned out to be longer than expected, reason why I divided the chapter in 2 part. Now, for sure the chapter of the girls in Ireland will be updated tomorrow or saturday! Thanks for the support and for the reviews. For the new readers, welcome! For the ones that have stuck and have been reviewing this story since the beginning, thank you!
Btw, next chapter will be reviewed by a beta before being uploaded, so because of this it may take a little longer for me to post chapters.
The moment Jane saw Maura for the first time she knew that she was wealthy. Although Jane wasn't a fashionista, she knew about expensive clothes when she saw them. When she saw Maura's house a few weeks later she was completely sure that Maura was wealthy. Nevertheless, the moment Jane saw the big airplane that was waiting for them in a private rail of Logan International Airport she realized that Maura was extremely wealthy. If it weren't for the circumstances in which they left Boston, Jane would have been completely intimidated by all of it.
"I don't think Boston PD has the money to pay for this." Jane said amused.
Maura shrugged. "They didn't pay for it."
"Maura." Jane complained. "You cannot pay for these things. I mean, enough payment with giving our lives so we can save the world."
"I didn't pay for it either."
"Then who the hell got us this plane?"
"I did." Maura said while moving her bag and making her way to the stairs of the plane.
Jane started to run after her with her small duffel bag. "So are you telling me that this plane got here out of nowhere and we are just stepping inside of it?"
Maura looked at Jane amusedly. "No Jane. This jet is here because it's mine."
"You have a private jet?!" Jane screamed. "You are shitting me."
"Language." Maura scolded Jane. "And it was my parents." she added quietly. "A few days ago my lawyer contacted me. She heard about my mother's passing and told me about her will."
Jane stayed quiet, knowing how hard it was for Maura to talk about her parents.
"She left everything to me: The management of the foundation, the houses, the art galleries, everything." Maura continued while stopping at the top of the stairs to take a deep breath.
"What do you plan to do?" Jane asked, suddenly afraid of Maura's answer and what that could mean to their relationship. As Jane saw things, she had nothing to offer to Maura. "Are you going to leave Boston?" she bravely asked.
Maura looked surprised at Jane. "Of course not. I love Boston. I love my house, I love my job, I have friends and I have you there." she added quietly. "I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, but now I can't see myself or my immediate future without you in it."
Jane released the breath that she had been holding during Maura's answer and immediately went to kiss her deeply. "Don't be embarrassed because I feel the same way. I love you and I will help you in any way I can." she continued while grabbing Maura's hand and squeezing it. "Although, there is one condition."
"Anything." Maura blurted.
"Keep the jet." she said while running inside.
Maura giggled and soon enough found herself running too, her carry-on bag slowing her down a little. When made it to the end of the jet she saw Jane lying on the bed and smiling like a child who just discovered Christmas.
"Are our accommodations of your approval?" Maura asked amused.
"Now I know that this plane wasn't bought or booked by the Boston PD." Jane said sarcastically. "This is amazing."
"Welcome ladies." a man said while making his way to the center of the corridor. "The captain told me to inform you that our flight to Ireland will take 6 hours and 30 minutes." he continued to say while pouring them champagne. "After the seatbelt sign is turned off you are free to move around the aircraft, but nevertheless turbulences are unexpected so do be cautious. We have a small staff that will bring you dinner, breakfast and lunch over the course of the trip when you are ready. My name is Thomas and if you need anything don't hesitate to ask." he finished while looking at Maura.
Maura nodded. "Thank you Thomas. You can let the captain know that we are ready for take-off."
"Will do Dr. Isles." he told her while smiling.
During the whole conversation Jane was distracted by looking at the many cool features that the plane had, which included set of speakers, unlimited snack bar, shower, room with another bed, a play station 4, a movie room, a small Jacuzzi, wireless internet, unlimited selection of movies and channels and massage chairs.
"This jet is like a mansion." Jane said more to herself.
Maura nodded. "My parents were very extravagant with their tastes and ways of life."
"You think?" Jane asked amused. "Why did you decide to leave this kind of life?" Jane suddenly asked. "I mean, you had and have everything you could wish for."
"Because the one thing you don't have here is companionship. The people that live this kind of life, and the ones that I used to know before moving to Boston, had everything they could ever wish for but still felt quite miserable. Money can't but love."
Jane nodded and grabbed Maura's hand. "Lucky for me you decided to put up with us nut-balls ."
"And why is that?"
"Because if you would have stayed in that world we would have probably never met." Jane said while smiling.
"You know sometimes you can be such a romantic." Maura said sweetly.
"I do have my moments." Jane smiled. "But I'll deny I said it."
"You will?" Maura asked while trying to sound sad.
"No, of course not." Jane immediately said, believing she had made Maura feel sad. "I was just joking Maur." she stopped talking when she saw Maura laughing. "You were pretending to be upset!"
Maura kept on laughing. "So that you know how it feels like to be on the other side of the joke."
Jane looked at Maura surprised. "Dr. Isles! The nerve."
Maura was going to answer Jane but then the airplane started to move forward. Jane yelped at the surprise and grabbed the edge of the bed.
"I guess that is our cue to go to our seats and put our seatbelts on." Maura said calmly.
Jane nodded softly, slowly making her way next to Maura and closing her eyes when the plane started to move. Maura immediately noticed this.
"Jane, are you afraid of flying?" she asked softly.
"You just go straight to the point." Jane answered quietly. "And yes, I am not so fond of flying. You know, I think this is the fifth time, during my whole life, that I have been inside a plane." she added shyly.
"You never told me before." Maura said while grabbing her hand. "We could have talked about it, prepare some sort of distractions."
Jane smiled despite herself, and in a very bold move she took her hand and swiftly located in on top of Maura's breast. Maura jumped in anticipation. "I think I can find something to distract us for a while." she added seductively.
"Janeee." Maura moaned while feeling Jane's hand cupping her breast and caressing it sweetly. "We are inside a plane."
"You said that we were completely alone, right?" Jane said while kissing Maura's neck and making her hiss in total pleasure. "And that the crew will only come if called, correct?" she added while biting Maura's soft spot and then licking it.
"Yes." Maura moaned deeply.
"Unless you want me stop." Jane suddenly said, creating some distance between aura and her.
"Don't you dare stop now!" Maura said desperately while taking her seatbelt off and putting herself on top of Jane, immediately creating friction.
Jane was surprised, and completely aroused, by Maura's attack. "Can we take already our seatbelt off?" she asked dumbly while kissing Maura and taking her hands under Maura's shirt.
"Don'tknowdon'tcare." Maura mumbled while kissing Jane's lips and moving her tongue around it.
Jane was so focused on the sensations that she was getting from her close contact with Maura that against her fear of heights, which see knew was more than just a normal scare for planes, she took her seatbelt off and stood up swiftly with Maura on top of her, making Maura moan deeply because of the sudden movement.
Maura was growing with excitement, realizing where Jane was going to as soon as she took them up from their seats. Kissing her again she felt herself being carefully laid on the bed while her skirt was carefully removed. Without any kind of objection, and enjoying the tenderness with which Jane was taking her clothes off, Maura felt Jane's kisses along her back where the zipper to the skirt had been. Between sweet bites and what she suspected would be future hickeys, Maura was in a state of total bliss and arousal.
Jane was kissing every part of Maura, every part of her body being attended and taken care off before moving to any open available space. She quickly moved her body up, but not before teasing Maura's tights and planting wet kisses on the sides.
"Janeeee." Maura said again, feeling herself completely wet and worked up because of Jane's demonstrations. "That feels so good."
"Nothing but the best for the best." Jane whispered in Maura's ear and licked it softly. "Feeling you like this, knowing that it is because of me, it's intoxicating."
Maura's breath hitched. Intoxicating, she thought. The word, and Jane's way of saying the word made her body spam suddenly. "Jane, I'm so close." she said deeply. "Please."
"Not yet." Jane said while slowing her attack to Maura's neck and opening her blouse. She saw that Maura was wearing a black satin bra, and taking her hands behind her back she unclasped it, immediately turning her attention to Maura's breast and kissing and sucking them with love. If Jane kept on kissing her like that, and she did nothing to distract herself from her arousal, she knew that she was going to unravel before Jane even focused on her lower part.
Maura could not allow that, and making a bold move that set Jane backwards, Maura took the reins and took Jane's shirt off in one big move, breaking all the bottoms of the shirt and completely running it. The action turned Jane on so much that she felt herself make a guttural sound that rumbled in Maura's ear. The sound of arousal made Maura yank Jane's pants down, panty included, and in mere minutes the two of them were completely naked, staring deeply at each other with hunger in their eyes.
"Maura."
"Jane."
The two said at the same time while collapsing with each other and kissing fiercely. Hands and lips were everywhere, marking and branding the other while whispering promises of love to each other. It had been a while since they have been intimate, the sudden deaths and attacks experienced by them taking a toll on their relationship. Maura was the first one to be on the verge of release, and Jane realizing this lowered herself so she could put her tongue inside Maura's.
"Cunnilingus." Jane moaned while kissing Maura everywhere and sucking the essence of Maura.
When Maura heard Jane speak all scientific she knew it was the sexiest thing that she had ever heard. Desperately craving for release, Maura pushed Jane's head deeper and Jane complied. It took a few minutes, and the addition of two fingers, to make Maura unravel completely, and with so much strength that a whole new set of fluids came down from Maura and into Jane's mouth, who greedily got them all.
"Maura." Jane exclaimed completely aroused. "That was..."
"Wonderful." she heard Maura murmur softly. "What I just felt was so..."
"Deep." Jane finished for her, the throbbing between her legs growing by the minute.
Maura smiled softly, and deciding that it was about time to return the favor, she positioned herself on top of Jane and attacked her breasts.
"Mauraaaa." Jane purred. "Don't stop."
"Wasn't planning on it." she said while accentuating the action by putting two fingers inside of Jane and making her yelp.
"Right there, please." Jane was begging while moving her pelvis up and down, meeting Maura's strokes and trying to make her hand move deeper inside of her. "I'm so so close."
"Cum for me." Maura whispered while biting Jane's ear. "I want to see you come."
That last statement was the drawing straw for Jane, and after a deep guttural scream felt her orgasm make way. "Maura, Maura." she chanted while coming down.
They stayed in the bed for hours, hugging and kissing each other. Jane wasn't sure if the crew heard them or realized what they were doing, but when she went inside the bathroom to take a shower and minutes later finished it, she saw Maura talking with Thomas.
"Jane." Maura said, looking at her clothes and approving of them. "Thomas is going to bring breakfast soon." she said while smiling and taking her hand.
Jane nodded and looked a little embarrassed at the man, who did nothing more than be professional and smile warmly. "I wonder if he realizes what we were doing here?"
"If he did we won't know a thing because he is very professional." Maura said absently. "Which reminds me that they will be soon doing the autopsy of the man you captured yesterday."
"Who is doing the autopsy again?" Jane asked while getting her eggs from Thomas and smiling brightly at him, thankful for the food and not realizing how hungry she truly was.
"Dr. Pike." Maura spat the word as venom. "And I hate that he is going to do it. The man is completely incompetent."
"He is far worse than that." Jane uttered with her mouth full. "Is criminalist Chang going to be there examining and keeping him at ease?"
"Along with Sergeant Korsak and Detective Frost." Maura said while eating her fruits. "That was the only way I could be convinced of getting on this plane."
"The guy's a joke." Jane said upset. "And quite capable of contaminating and destroying any kind of leads that we may get from the body." she added preoccupied. "Maura, this jet has WIFI, correct?"
"Yes, and a very fast one if I may say so."
"I'm going to call Frost and tell him to set a connection so that we can see the autopsy." Jane said while taking her phone out and texting Frost.
"What a wonderful idea." Maura said happily.
Jane nodded and closed the phone. "Take your computer out and turn it on, Pike already started the autopsy so Frost is going to set the connection really fast."
Maura nodded and quickly took all the necessary things out of her bag. Soon enough the two women were staring at the computer, expecting Frost's call. When he did call he told them about Pike's angriness towards them watching the autopsy. Frost ignored the warnings of Pike and set the camera so that the two women could see the body.
"I thought I told you to not videotape this autopsy." Dr. Pike said angrily. "You went against my orders detective."
"He followed mine." Maura said angrily. "And as Chief Medical Examiner, which hierarchically makes me your superior, I order you to allow our presence and input during the autopsy."
Dr. Pike angrily nodded, and soon enough the room was in complete silence.
"Did you get an ID from his prints?" Jane asked, breaking the uncomfortable silence.
"Ran it through CODIS and every database that we have, but no hits." Korsak answered. "Either this guy was clean before trying to abduct you..."
"Or he is a ghost." Jane finished for him.
"A ghost?" Maura asked baffled.
"It means that his fingerprints were taken out of the system on purpose so that he wouldn't be identified." Frost answered her. "Maybe CIA?"
"I don't think so." Jane said while motioning for Frost to focus on the arms. "No tattoos or any kind of branding from military activity. And besides, when he was talking to us he was quite nervous. Military men are trained to handle hostages. This guy wasn't prepared at all."
"So then why bother to take his fingerprints out of the system?" Frost asked.
"Maybe he wasn't in the system?" Maura added. "Maybe he was paid to capture us?"
"We can't be sure unless we check his finances, but sadly no ID means no name." Korsak said upset.
"After preliminary analysis the cause of death is inconclusive." Dr. Pike said to the detectives. "No entry or exit wounds, no injuries or lacerations that can be seen to the naked eye." he added while taking the scalpel. "Now I'm going to do the Y incision so we can see the inside of his body."
"Wait." criminalist Chang said. "I see something under his neck, really close to the earlobe." she added while taking a closer look with a magnifier. "There is something here."
"No there isn't." Dr. Pike said. "I checked every part."
"Apparently not so well." Jane said sarcastically. "What did you find Susie?"
"It looks like a small dart." she said while showing it to Korsak and Frost.
"Can you put it closer to the camera?" Maura said while moving forward. "I have seen this before."
"You have?" the three detectives said surprised. "I don't think we have heard of a case with what seems like poisonous darts."
"We haven't confirmed that they carry poisonous chemicals." Susie said, earning an are you serious stare from Jane.
"She is right. What you said was an assumption." Maura added.
"An assumption based on the fact that usually darts that are stuck on people tend to have poison on them." Jane said exasperated.
Korsak and Frost laughed at Jane's remark but Maura kept on looking at the dart. "The dart seems to be from the 17th century. European design, probably used by royal army."
The three detectives looked speechless at Maura who just shrugged. "I know one or two things about medieval weaponry."
"A little?" Frost asked amused. "Jane, she' s a keeper." he added while winking.
Maura blushed, embarrassed that the detectives were now aware of her relationship with Jane, who just smiled brightly at Frost and nodded.
"Lucky for me she wants me too." Jane added while then focusing on another thing on the body. "Korsak, take a look at the jacket. Do you see a small tear on it?"
Korsak moved to where Jane was pointing and took the magnifying glass from a frozen Dr. Pike, who just found out that Dr. Isles liked people from the other sex. He was never going to admit it, but he had an immense crush on Dr. Isles since he met her, and unable to ask her out properly, he recurred to fights and discussions that at least made her have some sort of feelings for him. Now, watching Detective Rizzoli touch Dr. Isles' hand softly, and in response earning a lovingly smile from her, Dr. Pike was angry.
"I am the pathologist assigned to this case, hence the one responsible for doing the autopsy and checking for any kind of evidence." he said angrily while taking the magnifier from Korsak. "And you, Senior Criminalist Chang, are here to assist me and take the evidence that I gather to the lab. Don't forget that."
Jane saw Susie flinch and nod softly, embarrassed and sad about being reprehended by Dr. Pike. Korsak was also angry, but instead of saying something to the pathologist he just moved aside and stood right next to Frost. The man is such an asshole, Jane thought while looking at Maura and watching how angry she also was.
"Jane." Maura whispered. "Convince me to not make this plane go back to Boston."
"What?!" Jane asked surprised.
"Convince me to not go back to Boston so I can get personally rid of Dr. Pike." Maura said angrily.
"As much as I would like to see that I'm afraid that we cannot go back Maura. We have far more important things to worry about. He is not worth it." she said out-loud.
Dr. Pike turned around, angry at the whispers that he could hear from the computer screen. "You have something to say Detective Rizzoli?"
"If I have something to say?" she said amused. "Boy, the things I have to say..." she started to raise her voice.
"Jane." Maura said loudly. "He is not worth it."
Maura saw how Dr. Pike's angry face fell, completely broken by Maura's last words. No way, Maura thought while realizing why Dr. Pike was so angry. But it can't be, she tried to deny what her common sense was telling her. It was obvious: the body signs were there, the way he kept on staring at the computer and flinching when Jane lowered her hand, and how he grew so hostile towards Jane. He was jealous.
Jane looked at Maura, realizing that she was thinking about something. "A penny for your thoughts?"
"Dr. Pike is in love with me." Maura said quietly.
"He what?!" Jane said amused, but then realizing that what Maura said made complete sense. "I see, so that's why he hates me."
"I believe so too." Maura said annoyed. "Another thing to add to the list; annoying."
"I think it's charming." Jane said jokingly. You and Dr. Pike, what a cute couple you would make." Jane continued teasing Maura. "
"Stop it." Maura said while smiling. "I'm glad you find this situation amusing, but if I were you I would be scared of him tampering with the investigation because of the lead investigator."
Jane stopped laughing and looked pleadingly at Maura. "Maur, you have to stop him."
"So you see now why I'm worried. Here we are thousands of miles away and he has the scalpel and body." Maura whispered but then set her gaze towards the computer, noticing something. "Jane, there is very faint bruising under his armpit."
Jane saw this, and motioning for Frost and Korsak to take a picture and send it to her she showed it to Maura minutes later.
"Dr. Pike. Can you do the Y incision now?" Maura asked politely.
"But I'm still not done with the preliminary autopsy. So reckless of you to skip steps." he started to say.
"NOW, Dr. Pike, unless you want to find yourself without a job by the end of the day. And let me remind you that moments ago you were ready to start with the internal examination " Maura said angrily.
He gulped and nodded, carefully doing the cuts. Jane looked at Maura with admiration and complete arousal. To see an angry Maura, one taking lead and control of the situation was something that always made Jane feel tingles in her body. She couldn't control her impulses, and while pretending to get close to her so she could whisper in her ear, Jane licked it and bit it. It took all of Maura's self control to not moan.
"When I see you like that, taking control and so powerful..." Jane started to whisper huskily. "The things it does to me." she finished and separated from a very bothered Maura.
Maura gulped, and knowing that her voice pitch would reveal the complete arousal she was in, she faced the screen to see the autopsy and try to calm herself down. Jane smiled, happy of the effect that she had on Maura.
"Removing the chest plate." Dr. Pike said clearly annoyed. "This is not possible." he added worriedly.
"Korsak and Frost approached the body, Frost taking the camera with him so that they could see.
"He doesn't have a heart." Jane said. "It was the Erkling. That's why he simply collapsed and died. The Erkling took his heart."
"Although I hate to guess, based on the perfect condition of the rest of the body, the bruises under his armpit and manner in which he died, it is possible to say that this man died because his heart was removed from his body per mortem." Maura said.
"Would that have hurt?" Jane asked sympathetically.
"It must have been a huge and excruciating pain." Maura said without remorse. "Maybe he deserved it."
"Maura!" Jane said shocked.
"What? He was an evil man Jane, one that inflicted pain and was willing to kill us. Forgive me for not feeling sorry about the manner of his death."
Jane nodded. "No Maura, you are right. I cannot tell you to feel sorry for him. And I don't feel sorry for him." she added. "But I can understand pain and how awful it is to almost die with pain."
"When did you...?" Maura started to ask but Jane hushed her.
"I will tell you, I promise, but not now."
"Why not now?" Maura asked.
"Because we are landing soon." Jane said while facing the computer. "Guys, if you find anything else call me, but based on the other autopsies I think we already got the only possible thing from that body."
Korsak and Frost nodded.
"Be careful Jane." Korsak said. "And you too Dr. Isles."
"We want both of you back in one piece." Frost tried to joke.
The two women smiled at the attempt.
"We will try." Jane said. "Take care guys." she finished while shutting down Maura's computer and putting it away.
"I can still tell them to turn the jet back." Maura whispered, suddenly scared.
Jane nodded. "We could do that." she looked at Maura and grabbed her hand. "But somehow we would find our way back here."
"I'm terrified." Maura confessed while squeezing Jane's hand tighter.
"I am too." Jane whispered. "But knowing that you are here with me I know we can succeed. I believe in us." she said fervently. "Do you believe in us?"
Maura nodded. "I believe in us too." she kissed Jane's hand softly.
Jane smiled while putting her seatbelt. "Then I guess it's show-time."
p.d
Promise next chapter will be in Ireland and remember the dart Maura said came from medieval times? Next chapter you will see how it relates to the case.