Maura and Frankie rushed back to the Police Department. Frankie was slightly disappointed that his moment with Maura was interrupted but he knew his focus needed to be with his sister right now. They were surprised to see the building closed off. Frankie placed his hand on the small of Maura's back and gently led her up the stairs. "Frankie Rizzoli, Boston PD and Dr. Isles, Medical Examiner. We work here" Frankie said to the guard showing him his badge. They made their way up to Jane's office. They stepped in to see Jane, Korsak, Frost and Agent Dean along with some other detectives and cops gathered around the TV watching a SWAT team enter an abandoned building. Maura recognized it as the building Hoyt held Emily Stern in. "Dr. Isles! Frankie!" Frost motioned for them to join them. "What do you know so far?" Frankie asked.
"Well, so far he's been gone about 2 hours. The prison guard noticed his mouth was bleeding earlier this morning. So he went in to make sure he was alright. Seems like Hoyt had purposely chewed on the metal bed frame to make his mouth bleed in an attempt to get the guard to come in. Once he was in, Hoyt killed him and ran for it. There aren't many guards in the part of the prison Hoyt is kept in. Guess they thought the concrete doors and alarms were enough. However, when the guard went in he had to disable the alarms. So when Hoyt exited the building, no alarms went off. The FBI sent a SWAT team to the place where Emily Stern was kept just in case he decided to go back to that place." Korsak answered. "He's not going to be there. Hoyt's too smart for that." Jane added. Jane turned and kicked the table legs of her desk. "He's not going to get you Jane." Agent Dean reassured her. "Absolutely! If he comes anywhere near here..." Korsak growled. "We need to find him! Do we have any leads? Where are we going to look next?" Frost exclaimed. "That's just it. We have basically nothing. Right now, Hoyt has the upper hand. We have to wait for him to make the first move." Agent Dean replied. Korsak closed his eyes and ran his fingers through his hair. "Agent Dean is right. We don't have any leads or clues or anything. Right now we have to wait. Jane, I don't think it's safe for you to stay at your apartment. If Emily Stern knew where you lived you can bet she told Hoyt." "She can stay with me." Frankie said. "OK, but we're assigning extra security." Frost said.
Maura's phone rang and she excused herself to answer it. "Dr. Isles?" she waited for someone to answer but all she heard was silence. "Hello?" She heard a deep sigh. "Dr. Isles..." Maura's eyes filled with terror as Hoyt's voice filled her ear. She waved at everyone frantically to be quiet and she turned her phone to speaker phone. "I'm sure you've heard by now that I've escaped." Everyone gathered around Maura's phone to hear better. Frost went to the computer to start a Trace and Trap on the phone Hoyt was using. He motioned for her to keep him talking as long as he could. "Why are you calling me Hoyt? Isn't Jane your target?" Maura asked him. The sound of Hoyt's dry, humorless laughter sounded through the phone. "True, so very true Dr. Isles. I still want very much to kill Jane. And I will. Don't worry. But I have another target this time..." he said. "Who, Hoyt? Who's your other target" she whispered. "You." he replied confidently. Maura's blood ran cold. She looked up at Frankie in fear. His jaw tightened and he instinctively moved closer and laid a hand on her lower back in reassurance. Frost motioned for her to keep him talking. "Why am I one of your targets, Hoyt?" she asked trying to disguise the fear in her voice. "You mesmerize me, Dr. Isles. I was very intrigued that you weren't frightened of me the last time we met. Do you remember that?" "Of course I remember. You used Emily Stern and endangered my friend's lives and tried to capture my best friend." she replied. "Oh yes yes. It was enjoyable reading about it in the newspaper. Oh look, my coffee's here. I have to go now Dr. Isles." and then he hung up. Still in shock, Maura stood there staring at her phone. "Dammit! I didn't get him. He was using a disposable phone that was programmed to switch locations of the cell towers that it was bouncing of. I couldn't trap him at one long enough to get a location." Frost said. "Well, we know that Maura is also a target and he's at a coffee shop. Frost, get a list of all places that would sell coffee around the cell towers that his phone bounced off of. Agent Dean, send cops and agents to every location and have them question the employees working there. Bring a picture of Hoyt; see if any of them saw him." Korsak said. Maura noticed that Frankie's fists were clenched by his side. She reached over and softly stroked his wrists. Frankie looked over at her and unclenched his fists and grabbed her hand in his. Jane noticed this but said nothing. "Maura and Jane are staying at my place tonight." Frankie said. "OK sound good." Korsak replied. "I'll make sure to heighten security at your place." Agent Dean said. Maura turned and grabbed her phone. "I'll be right back. I have to grab some things from my lab." she headed out the door. "I'll go with her. She shouldn't be alone right now." Frankie said. "Of course not." Jane said with a smirk.
"Maura! Wait up!" Frankie called. Maura turned to see Frankie running after her. "Hey... are you alright?" he asked. "I'm scared Frankie. Hoyt has managed to escape twice from prison and has had murders committed for him from behind bars. He not just an average criminal. He will stop at nothing to get what he wants. What if... if..." she couldn't even finish the sentence without tears spilling down her cheeks. "Hey... don't cry..." Frankie said softly. He pulled her tightly against him and tucked her head under his chin. "I won't let him hurt you." he whispered. Maura tilted her head up and gazed at him through her tears. Frankie leaned over and gently kissed her tears away. "Please don't cry." he murmured. "I'll keep you safe. We'll go back to my place with Jane and there will be cops and FBI securing the building. That son of a bitch will never get to you. And if he does, I'll kill him myself." Maura leaned into his chest and listened to his steady heartbeat. "I know we haven't even gone out yet but... I think... I... might be falling in love with you." Maura whispered. Frankie grinned and kissed the top of her head, "That's OK: I'm already head over heels for you." Maura looked up and brought his lips down to meet hers in a passionate kiss.
To be continued...