Learn to SING!

A/N: This is parallel to what was going on while Maura was taken by Dennis. Please forgive me. This is written on an iPad. Not an easy task.

It was late in Boston. The sun had long since set but the case Boston's Homicide Unit had caught was not even close to closing. It had been nearly three days of no leads and everyone working on fumes. Detective Jane Rizzoli sat silently at her desk letting her mind wonder.

** "Maura I'm glad you're so receptive to learning to defend yourself. I know how you feel about physically hurting someone on purpose. I just think it's important to know at least the basics. My goal is to show the soft spots. The places you can hit that will give you the seconds you'll need to get away. Listen to me...Sweetie, you will have only seconds...it only takes seconds for you to strike and seconds for him to recover." **

Jane was jarred back to the present by a thunderous slam behind her. She turn her head to see what was going on. She saw her partner, Dective Barry Frost, looking as though he were about to explode, "Frost, you okay?"

Waving vaguely at his desk, "Yeah, this is just so frustrating. There is nothing here. There has to be something. No one is this good!"

"I know what you mean. We're all working on fumes and spinning our wheels. I feel like Butters, my childhood hampster on his exercise wheel. It is just going to get worse the longer we work without a break."

Frost nods in agreement, "you're right, Partner. why don't you go down and see if Maura has anything? I'm going to sack out in the back. Korsak can continue until we're back. And Jane?"

"Yeah?" she said as she pushed her chair back from the desk.

"Butters?"

"Shut up, Frost. He was yellow and reminded me of butter. He was not named after any of the South Park characters."

"Hey I'm not judging."

"Yes your are."

"Yes I am," he said with a smile. Jane gave him a tired smile back giving him a playful punch to the shoulder.

She made her way to the elevators feeling a bone deep wariness. The ding of the elevator told her she had made it the ground level without realizing she entered the elevator. She was working strictly on auto pilot.

She shook off the exhaustion the best she could before pushing open the doubles doors leading into the morgue. A text 30 minutes earlier told Jane that Maura was nearly done for the night until the next body turned up on her now sparkling autopsy table.

"MAURA!" Jane yelled mostly because she knew it irked the CME but she received no answer. "hello, Maura?"

She stepped into the middle of the empty autopsy room and noticed the still streaming facet in the far corner. She unconsciously unclipped her phone from her belt while moving slowly to the facet. She saw droplets of blood peppering the edge of the sink and floor. Nearby instruments littered the surrounding area unceremoniously scattered about. She felt sick sucking in air and trying not to throw up on the evidence of Maura's apparent abduction.

Fighting back tears of exhaustion, frustration, worry, and fear she dialed Sargeant Detective Vince Korsak's number. Her voice shook slightly as she spoke, "Korsak! Maura's been taken!"

Moments later Frost and Korsak burst through the morgue doors followed closely by a CSU team. Korsak gently pulled Jane out of the way. He coaxed her to talk, "she was already...she was gone when I got her. The sink...it was left on. There's blood. God, Vince, she's hurt! We have to find her."

"Calm down Jane. I know you're scared. I'm scared too but we need you thinking clearly."

Jane nodded her head pointed at the door, "I'm...I'm...going to go see my Mom and I'll meet you upstairs."

Vince reluctantly let her go.

As soon as she saw her daughter's face she knew something was terribly wrong. Ignoring the other cafe customers Angela Rizzoli made her way to her daughter. When Jane's eyes meet her mother's she felt the hot tears begin to fall.

Quickly making her way around the counter to bring her eldest child into a much needed hug she spoke in a low soothing tone, "Jane, honey, breath and tell what happened."

Jane willed herself to calm down. She would be of no use to Maura if she let herself fall apart now, "M...Maura's gone..."

"What? What do you mean she's gone? What's going on?"

"I went to see if she had anything on this godforsaken case. When I got down there...God, Ma...when I got down there she was gone. It looks like she was taken."

"Taken? Do you have have any idea by who?"

"Not yet. I need to go upstairs but I had to calm down first. Hopefully they'll let me work on this. I may be to close on this one. Ma, this is a lot to ask but can you talk to Constance? She's going to need a friend."

"Of course, honey. I do that right now. Now go find her. Bring Maura back. And be careful."

"I will Ma. Thanks", Jane leaned over to kiss her mother gently on the cheek. Angela could do nothing but stand in the middle of the cafe with a worried look painted across her features as she watched her daughter put on an artificial brave face and walk away.

Making her way back to Homicide Jane felt calmer. She was bound and determined to find the SOB who dare hurt anyone close to her. But this was Maura.

"Was CSU able to find anything?"

Frost looked up at Jane from his desk, "Not yet. We're not finding anything. This perp is as allusive as our 'sculptor'."

"Ahhh! There has to be something. This is Maura!" Jane yelled out in frustration.

"Jane...", Frost tryed to ensure her.

"No! We're missing something...I AM missing something!"

"Jane, you look like hell. You're exhausted. You need to get some sleep", Korsak interrupted before Jane completely lost it.

"I can't go home without Maura!"

"Kiddo...Jane, listen to me", Korsak pleaded. "You are too close to this. You will not do the Doc any good dead on your feet. I need you to go crash in the bunk room. Recharge. If you don't Lieu will pull you off. Go get some rest. We'll keep working. I promise. Okay?"

"Okay", Jane nodded solemnly. She made way to the bunk room looking over her shoulder to see Korsak gently shooing her away with a wave.

Entering the small room lined with bunk beds on two walls she leaned agains the door. Her composure behind closed doors no longer mattered. She allowed herself to come apart if for only a moment. Finally able to gather the strength to lie down she felt the mind numbing fatigue overtake her. Korsak was right she was of no use to anyone right now, let alone Maura. She finally let herself succumb to much needed sleep.

** "Always Remember to S-I-N-G! Solar-Plexus, Instep, Nose, Groan. Those are some of the most vulnerable spot on the human body."

"But Jane. You do realize..."

Jane held up her hand to stop the Doctor from speaking, "I know you can tell me about 1000 other spots probably more susceptible but not quite as as easily to get at. Anyway these are the spots I can teach you to hit and take down your would be attacker."

Maura nodded keeping silent.

"Okay, first I demonstrate on you. Then I will let you feel the spots on me. Then we'll use the bag for power. After that I will let you try it out me in the red man suit."

Maura looked at Jane with a mixture of fear, trepidation, adoration and something else.

"Maura don't worry you won't hurt me. Annnnd when you are in trouble I'm always a phone call away. Ooh! And this kind of cool", Jane said suddenly excited. She pulled out her phone fiddling the apps before turning to Maura to show the screen.

"What is this?"

"It's a phone finder app. As long as the app is operating in the background you can use it to find your phone or my phone or anyone's phone as long as we trade codes. See here is mine. Now give me your phone." **

Suddenly awake Jane shot up into a sitting position. Ignoring the fact she had sweat through her tee shirt and was barefoot she ran out of the tiny BPD bunk room slamming her body full force in Homicide's double doors. The doors banged loudly against the opposing walls causing all heads to turn toward a frantic Detective Jane Rizzoli.

As Frost and Korsak moved to intercept she was yelling while waving her smartphone in the air like a crazy person, "I can find her. I can find Maura." The phone slipped free of her hand sailing through the air, "NO!" Jane cried letting tears fall. That phone was their only hope. It was their last link to Boston's CME. It was the last hope to saving the best friend Jane Rizzoli ever had.

Frost showing off his athletic prowess moved easily into the trajectory of the airborne cell phone while Korsak managed to stop Jane before she could get in the way. Still in being held by Korsak Frost made his way over. He spoke softly to his partner, "Jane, it's okay. Look I have you your phone right here."

With a slightly shaking hand Jane pointed at the apps simply saying, "Phone Finder..."

Frost nodded activating the application, "Bestie? You really are a softie, partner." It wasn't a time for jokes but he had to break through to Jane. Seeing the slight smile and the deep composing breath he knew it worked.

"Shut up, Frost...and just tell me we can find her."

"We can find her. The app is running on her cell," he said turning the screen to show Jane the blinking red dot on the screen. It looked like Maura, at the very least her phone was in the Southie's old warehouse district.

"Good, girl," was all Jane said barely above a whisper.