Chapter 2 – See One. Do One. Teach One.

It had been a couple weeks since Jane closed that awful case and since her and Joe had started to date. Joe left that night after the short kiss he initiated leaving Jane with plenty of questions but his feelings for her were no longer one of them. He laid it all out in the open only needing a little liquid courage to finally man up and make a move….after all he did harbor these feelings since they were little kids. Joe didn't hold out much hope when the next day he found out Jane took a day off, the first one since she started working homicide. He figured she was ignoring him and feared he might have blown any chance they could have at any type of relationship even friendship.

It wasn't until the next night when he received a note from Jane wanting to meet that he had a little hope things might work out. They met that night at her place and over a glass of wine and some stir fry they agreed to try this dating thing. Jane had some very specific rule including no smothering, no telling people for at least a month and no comments about her job. Joe happily agreed and so far things had been working out great, however they were about to be tested.

"Do you really have to go?"

"Joey whining really isn't attractive on you," Jane said with a smirk. "And yes I have to go my mom will kill me if I don't make it over there on a semi day off….and I am not going to have my mother on my back again about how I work too much and she never sees me."

"Isn't she also on your back about meeting a guy a settling down?"

Jane gave him an ice glare.

"You know what scratch that last statement….can you call me tonight when you get home?"

"I'm on call I might catch a case but if I don't I will call you after the fun Rizzoli family dinner."

"Sounds good," he said giving her a kiss goodbye.

And with that Jane was on her way to her parent's house in the suburbs of Boston. As annoying as her mom could be she did like that every week they tried to get together and have dinner. With her crazy schedule and Frankie also being a cop it was hard for them to all get together consistently but they still tried even if it was just for a couple hours.

Jane should have known that tonight wouldn't be a quiet night…somehow Sundays never were. While the rest of the Boston was preparing for the new work week, crazy criminals found Sundays to be the ideal killing day making her on call day most certainly a work day.

After a strange encounter with Detective Crowe on the way in, she snapped her gloves in place and she entered the crime scene with her wet behind the ears partner. Frost was a good kid and she knew he would be just fine if he could get over seeing dead bodies, something unavoidable in the homicide unit. A few steps into the house she saw Detective Korsak and got a very bad feeling. Dr. Maura Isles was already examining the body when Jane started looking around.

"…..And a tea cup."

For a moment total fear coursed through her body there was no way it could be….he was in jail and if there was a prison break….especially with this prisoner she would have heard about it.

"Is he out? Is the surgeon out," Jane had to ask.

"Oh my god Korsak," Maura said almost disgusted that they weren't warned.

"He's not out it's his M.O. that's all."

"Why didn't you warn us….warn Jane at least," Maura said on the edge of letting her usually controlled demeanor get out of control.

"I wanted your unbiased opinion. He is not out…I called the prison authorities he is in lock down."

"Look stun gun marks this is Hoyts work."

"Anyone could have watched the news and seen that….we got a copy cat that's all."

"Except we didn't release this detail….Hoyt trained an apprentice."

And that's when Jane knew this was going to be the start of a very long week. Hoyt was back and worse yet there was someone out there gunning for her and they had no idea who it was. As night drifted into day break Jane wondered if she was going to get any sleep at all this week. She didn't have much time to through herself a pity party as they were due to go to the prison to see Hoyt first hand.

Joe knew the life of a cop had crazy hours so when Jane didn't call that night he was not overly concerned….he knew she caught a case. Jane might have been a tough girl on the outside but she always kept her word and called when she said she would unless a case came up. Not wanting to bother her he went to bed knowing she would give him a call when she had a free moment.

That free moment never came though as the next day Jane was all over the place. First she went to the prison to see Hoyt…something that was more emotionally draining then anything….not that physically she had much left either. After that Frost phoned in that they found the wife's body in a secluded area of the park. Then the worst and most terrifying news came that Hoyt escaped custody. The fear and despair Jane felt when Agent Dean told her Hoyt had escaped couldn't be described in words. Her life was in danger and not the type of danger it usually was dealing with criminals….this was a killer, a stone cold killer with his eyes solely focused on her. Being both emotionally and physically drained she honestly wanted to cry but kept it together not wanting to let one how terrified she was.

On top of that Jane was not having a good feeling about this FBI guy that was floating around her case. The FBI didn't just send people out to assist in a homicide unless something big was going on. He knew too much about the case for just having caught it on the radio. She didn't have the time to babysit this fed who probably just wanted to steal her thunder.

Jane knew this wasn't just another case. She normally didn't have killers after her, ones that came close to killing her once already. That prompted Frankie and Frost to station themselves outside her apartment. However, when her mother came over running her mouth about how she worried all the time and it wasn't worth it Jane knew she had to get out of there. After much protest Jane grabbed her coat and bag and left.

"God I'm coming take it pill," Joe mumbled flipping on the hall light.

He glanced at the clock and saw it was well past midnight and whoever was knocking on the door was not going away until he answered.

"Jane," he said slightly surprised to see her.

"Can umm I come in," she asked looking around still in a state of panic?

"Yeah sorry come on in. I am just surprised to see you here it's after midnight….must be some case I haven't heard from you in a couple days."

"I haven't slept in a couple days," she mumbled trying to get her thoughts together.

"Jane whats wrong," he said knowing something was up.

When Jane said she hadn't slept in a couple days he looked her over and could tell that was true. Sure cops worked over nighters and pulled 36 hours on a case before but something was different. Jane wasn't fired up to catch the bad guy, she looked almost broken.

"Did you ever hear about how this happened," Jane asked raising her hands to show him the scares?

Joe instantly went into high alert. If this had anything to do with that case all bets were off and he didn't care how over protective he became.

"Yeah, I think everyone at the station heard about it…I looked into it a little more than others though as it did involve my childhood crush," he said trying to lighten the mood a little.

"I caught a case last night…same M.O. from the tea cup to the stun gun…Hoyt trained an apprentice."

"Oh god Jane do you have any leads on who it is?"

"It gets worse."

"How could it get worse," he asked fearing the answer?

"Hoyt escaped custody this afternoon. He is on the loose with this maniac and picking up right where he left off…and hunting me down like a pack of wolves."

Joe immediately went to his front door and locked all the security devices he had before returning to Jane and pulling her into his arms. Jane accepted the embrace feeling safe for the first time all day. She was finally able to let her guard down and as much as she tried to hold back a few tears trickled down her cheeks.

"I am not going to let anything happen to you," he whispered into her hair.

"Can...can I stay here," she asked trying to find her voice but only able to get a whisper out?

"Yes…god yes I wouldn't want you anywhere else. Come on let's go to bed…you need to try and get some sleep. I promise I am not going to let anything happen to you."

Never having the intention of spending the night at Joey's this soon in the relationship, she knew this was an exception to her rule. This was her life and while she was putting up a tough front deep inside she feared what could be. She thought she had made significant progress getting past Hoyt and now it was thrown right back in her face.

The next morning Jane had to convince Joe it was ok to go into the office. She was still a cop and she needed to work this. She would not let Hoyt ruin her life and make her live in fear. She was going to catch him and put an end to this once and for all. Joe was less than thrilled about her going back after Hoyt. He wished Frost and Korsak could just take this over and he could take Jane away until it was safe. As he watched Jane leave he prayed he didn't get that phone call no one wanted to get.

Joe wasn't sure which he would have preferred not knowing any of this was going on until it was over or knowing and worrying about Jane 24/7. This wasn't the normal kind of worry either; he wasn't worried she might be hurt doing her job. He was terrified she would be captured, torture and then killed by this sicko that wouldn't rest until he finished Jane off.

What was worse was that no one knew about them. He couldn't just ask Dr. Isles or Detective Frost to really look after her or call him if anything happened. He knew this wasn't Jane's fault nor was this a normal occurrence for the homicide detective and now fully understood what Jane had been talking about and she was right….no man that should could love would want her doing this job. Joe really did support Jane being a homicide detective but at moments like this he really wished she wasn't.

Not being able to just sit inside and relax on his day off Joe got himself ready to head down to the station. He couldn't be involved in the investigation and he couldn't ask other people to watch Jane but he sure as hell was going to be down at the station looking into what was going on and keeping an eye on Jane.

"Grant didn't you get the memo it's your day off," his partner asked with a grin?

"Yeah, I know right but I need to get some of this paper work done and since I don't have any other plans I figured I would just get it done now."

It was then that the elevators opened revealing Jane and Dr. Isles. Pausing for a moment upon seeing Joe in the station, Jane told Maura she would catch up she was just going to grab a cup of coffee for the road. Joe watched Maura head out and Jane strolled into the café.

"What are you doing here Joe?"

"I work here," he said with a smile.

"It's your day off…you're here to babysit me aren't you."

"Jane I am not asking you not to work the case don't ask me to sit at home and wait."

"I can't tell you what to do with your day off," she said turning to leave.

Joe gently grabbed her arm.

"Hey just come home safe to me please," he said in a gentle request.

Jane's death glare softened slightly and nodded before heading off. This was what she was scared of, someone worrying about her….someone being in the back of her mind when she should have been 100% focused on Hoyt. Joe sighed grabbed himself a cup of coffee and then headed back to his desk to finish some paper work.

Talk about an unproductive day. Joe sat at his desk for no longer then 30 minutes at a time before he would wondering over to homicide to talk to an old friend or drop something off hoping to hear about anything that was going on with the case. Jane had been in an out of the office twice since that morning but she since had left the office seemingly pissed off about something. In spite of the situation he did not envy the person on the receiving end of Jane's wrath.

Joe was just about to head home for the night when there was suddenly a bustle around the office. He ventured over to homicide to see what was up.

"Crowe what's all the fuss about?"

"It's this damn Hoyt case…we think he hit Rizzoli's house."

With the tightness he was feeling Joe was certain he was having a heart attack.

"Was Ja…was Rizzoli there?"

"No she was downtown at the Fed building they called her and she is on her way there now. I have to run man it's all hands on deck for this one. Go home and enjoy the rest of your day off we got this."

There was no way he was going home and there was zero chance he would be enjoying the rest of his day off. In fact he couldn't remember a day that was more stressful than this one. Approaching the familiar block Joe could see cop cars and lights all around. The only comfort Joe had was the fact that Jane wasn't home at the time. After flashing his badge he walked up to Jane's apartment and was shocked to see it totally trashed. They were clearly trying to send a message by destroying everything they came across hoping Jane would see it adding to her fear.

"Dr. Isles where is Rizzoli?"

"Detective Grant I didn't know you were going to be here?"

"Yeah cases like this everyone is on call. I came to help with anything around here with the other homicide detectives are out in the field," he said lying a little.

"I called Jane she should be on her way here."

"How long ago did you call her?"

Confused by the question but knowing there was a purpose for it Maura pulled out her cell phone to check the exact time.

"45 minutes ago."

"Detective Crowe said she was at the Federal Building."

"Yes she went to speak with the FBI agent working this case."

"The Federal Building is only 20 minutes from here….call her again."

"She might not have rushed out the door."

"You told her Hoyt was in her place she would be here instantly call her again," Joe said getting worried.

Maura knew Grant was right; Jane should have been here by now. She dialed her friend's number hoping to her the Detectives voice but no such luck.

"It went to voice mail."

"He has her," Grant said as if stating a fact.

"We don't know that."

"Keep trying to reach her," he said as he left the building.

Joe walked outside and looked around now sure what he was looking for but knowing something wasn't right. That is when he spotted it, Jane's car but she was nowhere around. Grant immediately alerted everyone to the find and everyone was on high alert now. The FBI was called to inform them that Hoyt had Rizzoli and time was precious.

All the training and all past experience didn't do any good when it was someone you cared about out there in harm's way. Every decision they made could mean life or death for Jane. Joe could barely think straight let alone make any decisions right now and for once in his life was glad he wasn't in command of this one.

"WE HAVE THE CALL LETS ROLL!"

Joe's head snapped up hearing the yell and seeing half the force rush into action.

"What happened," Joe asked grabbing one of the officers.

"Rizzoli called in she has Hoyt."

"She's safe though?"

"I'm not sure about her injuries but she is alive."

Relief flooded his body when it finally sunk in that Jane was ok…she was going to be ok. Knowing it would be a long time before Jane was back home Joe grabbed his stuff and went back to his place. He sent her a text message that when she was finally released to call him no matter the time. He knew between interviews, briefings, hospital visits and wrapping up the case Joe might not hear from her until the next day but he could take comfort that Jane was alive and that was most important.

Joe was just settling down for the night when there was a knock at the door. He was half tempted to ignore the persons attempts summons him but got out of bed anyway. When he opened the door he was glad he didn't just ignore it.

"Oh baby I am so glad you're safe," he said bringing her into a tight hug.

"Ugh to tight," Jane winced as he pushed against her burns.

"Im sorry baby," he said really looking at her this time and noticing the bandages on her chest and throat. "What happened?"

"I just want to go to sleep I have burns and cuts we can talk about it later."

Joe understood it had been an extremely long night. He got her some shorts and a BPD tshirt to sleep in. After she was in bed he went to the bathroom and got a warm wash cloth to help wash her face of some of the dirt. Jane appreciated him taking such good care of her; she knew it was a stressful day for everyone.

"Thank you Joe for being there for me….I know I'm not easy to deal with."

"I will always be here for you…even when you're a pain in the ass," he said with a smirk giving her a kiss goodnight.