This chapter is sad... and I do apologize for that. I just couldn't figure out how to make a chapter with Hoyt in it seem romantic. So this one is sad, but no worries: the next will be happier!
Maura slowly opened her eyes to find herself tied and bound with duck tape in a small dark room. She tried to move but found her head to be kinda fuzzy and any movement to be very lethargic. 'What the heck happened to me?' she thought. 'Where's my Frankie?' She remembered the gun shots and Frankie and Jane going down to find out what happened while she went to Frankie's room and hid in his bathroom silently waiting for him or Jane to come get her. She remembered Hoyt coming out of the closet and grabbing her roughly. Maura had tried to scream for Frankie but Hoyt had put a damp washcloth over her mouth and everything went black. 'And now I'm here...' she thought. 'But how did I get here and where's Hoyt?'
As if to answer her question, the small door opened and in walked Hoyt. He looked the same as he did last time she saw him except he was now wearing normal clothes instead of the orange prison jumpsuit. "Ah... Dr. Isles. You have woken up. So nice of you to join me." he said smoothly almost oily. Maura shuddered inwardly from his cold voice. He leaned over her and pulled the tape off her mouth and sat her up against the wall. "You're never going to get away with this, Hoyt." she said calmly and confidently even though inside she was terrified. Hoyt threw back his head and gave a cold laugh. "Actually, I'm thinking I might get away with it. They'll never find us here." "Where are we, Hoyt?" Maura asked as she looked around again. "We're under the city of Boston. Did you know Boston has many underground tunnels? We're right in the heart of the city. Under Heart Break Hill, I believe it's called. The last place the Boston PD would ever think to look for us."
Meanwhile, back at the police department Frankie was all out of sorts. He promised her he would keep her safe and protect her. He promised her that Hoyt would never get to her and if he did, he would kill him. 'I didn't. I didn't keep her safe. I didn't protect her.' Frankie thought frantically. 'But I will kill him.' he swore. 'That son of a bitch dared to lay his hands on my beautiful, sweet Maura. His filthy hands touched her soft, innocent skin...' Thinking about all these things brought up a new rage in Frankie. Clenching his fists, he punched the brick wall next to him will all his strength. "Frankie! Come on man!" Frost yelled out as Frankie cursed out loud as his knuckles bruised. "That's not going to help anything. I know you're upset, but we're gonna find them." Frost reassured him. "I promised her, Frost" Frankie said. "I promised her I'd keep her safe. I'd protect her. But I didn't. That asshole has my Maura... he has her." Frankie half sobbed in his hands. Frost was dumb stuck. He had never seen Frankie so distraught, so... broken. He sat down next to him and asked, "Was Dr. Isles... more than just a friend to you...?" uncertain of how to phrase the question. "I'm in love with her." he whispered. "I've loved her for a long time, but I just got the courage to ask her out... and she said yes... she said yes..." Frost could only imagine the pain Frankie was going through. "We're going to find them, Frankie." Frost promised. He just hoped he wasn't wrong. A beeping sound from Frost's computer interrupted them and Frost excused himself to see what it was. "What the heck...?" Frost wondered out loud. "What is it?" Frankie asked coming over to see. "It's a link up to some website... that's just weird because this is a secure network. Hold on, let's see what this is..." he said as he typed out a code to open the link. A live video feed popped up on the screen. At first it was blank, but then a light switched on and they were able to see Maura, tied and bound with duct tape and laying on a dirt floor all curled up in a tight ball. Frankie felt an overwhelming anger boiling up from inside him. Frost ran out and called the Jane, Korsak and the other agents in. They huddled around Frost's computer. "Dr. Isles, do you have any words to say to your friends at the police department? Anything you want to say to them." They could hear Hoyt talking to her, most likely from behind the camera. Maura looked up and tried to focus her eyes on the camera. Frankie looked in her eyes and saw everything that she was feeling even if she wouldn't say it aloud: she was in pain, she was hungry, she was terrified and she needed to feel safe again. She opened her mouth to speak but immediately had to clear her throat before speaking. "Please help me." she whispered. "Please save me... I... I'm... I'm scared..." she sobbed. Frankie clenched his fists as his heart squeezed painfully. "And I'm sore; I haven't been this sore since we ran in the Boston marathon. Remember that, Frankie and Jane? When we ran in the marathon..." she took a big breath and continued, "I love you, Frankie... more than anything and I wish we could've gone out on that date and watched the sunsets and held hands while we watched movies and danced... I love you so much." Frankie watched and listened with his heart breaking with every word. "We're going to find you, sweetheart." he whispered as he gently touched her face on the screen. Hoyt's voice filled the speakers, "We have to go for now. It's time for me to have my fun with Dr. Isles. But no worries, Frankie. I promised you I would be gentle." his manic laugh could be heard as the screen went blank.