A/N: hey guys! sorry if i havent been on time with the updates. my bee. we anyways heres chapter 4 probably one of my favorite chapters ive written so far. well enjoy! and please leave a review it really helps! as always PM me if you have any ideas... well okay my speech is done. go read!

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Chapter 4

"Maura… Maura… Maur come on. Wake up." Frankie was holding her as he sat on the ground and cradled her in his arms. He caught her just before she hit the ground. Lucky for her or she could have hit her head and would have to go to the hospital which was not ideal at the moment. They need her awake.

"We should either take her home or to the hospital. I know she would rather not want to wake up in a hospital bed."Jane was worried. She knew that Maura knew who wrote the note. She just didn't tell her who it was. 'I need her to tell me who it is. I'm going to protect her. I promise.' she thought.

"I'll take her to my place. Whoever is out there probably knows where she lives. She's not safe there." Frankie was worried as well. They just started dating Maura was his. HIS. And no one was going to take her away from him that easily.

"Okay. Let's go to the precinct and form a protection detail for her."Jane helped Frankie up. Frankie picked up Maura bridal style and carried her to the car. He laid her in the back seat and sat with her, with her head on his lap as he ran his fingers through her caramel hair softly. Jane jumped into the drives seat and they made their way to the precinct.

Twenty minutes later they parked Frankie's car in his parking spot and got out of the car. Frankie carried Maura around back to the autopsy doors and went inside. Once inside they went into her office and laid her on her couch. Everyone was getting worried because she had been out for 45 minutes, which was unusual.

Korsak and Frost went into Maura's office with plans on how to protect her and names of who they thought the killer was.

"I have an idea of who it is… But I would need Maura to confirm it. If it is who I'm thinking, which I hope it's not, then we better be on her every second because he's dangerous." Jane was pacing.

Frost nodded at Jane. "Who do you think it is?"

"Ian"

"Shit! I'm not letting him get within 100 feet of Maura! If he wants her, he is gonna have to go through me. I just got Maura and no one going to… " Frankie was stopped when they noticed Maura begin to stir. She was sweating and crying. Frankie didn't know what to do so he picked her up and placed her in his lap and cradled her. Maura thankfully woke up a few minutes later.

"Hi baby" Frankie said softly. "Are you okay? Do you need anything?"

"What happened? Why does my head hurt?... Oh my God. Jane… It's… It's… Ian. I'm not safe anymore. I knew he would come back. Don't let him get me please. Please Jane." Maura pleaded. Jane was the only person Maura told about Ian's prior actions. She begged her not to press charges and Jane stupidly listened. Now he was back to "claim" what was rightfully his. Jane wanted to kill this bastard in cold blood.

"Maur I promise that this bastard won't get you. I'll protect you, I promise." Jane tried to calm her friend. She remembered that night that she got the call from her mother about what happened to Maura.

At Jane's Apartment:

It was around 1:30 in the morning when her mother called her.

"Damn it Ma. It's…" she looked at her clock, "1 freaking 30 in the morning." Jane said as she reached for her phone. "What do you need Ma?" Jane asked with annoyance in her voice. She was about to yell at her mother until she heard screaming and shouting and things breaking in the back ground. "Ma, what's going on? What's wrong?" She asked as she got out of bed, got dressed and grabbed her gun, badge, and keys.

"Jane… You need to get to Maura's fast. I heard screaming and things breaking…. I think she's in trouble… Hurry!" Angela said, her voice was full of fear. She loved the doctor like a daughter. She was panicking. She wanted to go in to Maura's house and help her but she knew she shouldn't.

"I'll be right there Ma. Stay in the guest house. Call Korsak and then call for an ambulance. If you see anyone leave Maura's house write down their description. I'm on my way." Jane ran from her apartment, down the stairs and to the car as quickly as possible. "Maura I'm coming. Don't worry. I'll be there. Just hold on." She said as she got into her car and drove to Maura's as fast as she could.

At Maura's House (in her bedroom):

"Ian stop….. Ian you're hurting me STOP….. Ian I'll scream." Maura shouted at the top of her lungs. Ian grabbed her wrist and threw her on the ground. He kept kicking her stomach. He reached down and grabbed her and pulled her to her feet. Maura could feel at least 100, maybe more, strands of hair being pulled out of her head.

"If you scream I won't hesitate to kill you Maura. Your mine, Maura. Do you understand me? YOUR MINE. Get that through your head. Nobody wants you. You're lucky I want you." Ian screamed in her face as he slapped her twice.

"Ian I don't love you anymore. Stop… just leave and I won't tell anyone. Please just leave." Maura begged. Ian kicked her in the ribs once again.

Jane was in the car, two or three minutes away from Maura's house. She heard the sirens and sped up. She wanted to catch this person so she could kill them with her bare hands for laying a hand on her best friend. "I'm coming Maura. Be strong. I'm coming."

Maura heard the sirens and had hope but it all ended when Ian threw her into her the mirror. It shattered into thousands of pieces. Hundreds of them cut Maura everywhere. "Ian stop please. Ple-" Maura was silenced with another hard kick to the ribs. She gasped for a breath that she could manage to get. She tried not to cry out in pain but couldn't help it.

"Shut up bitch! I didn't give you permission to cry." Ian yelled and kicked her again. Then Ian heard the sirens from the ambulance and became even madder, if that was even possible. "You called that bitch detective? Are you stupid Maura? Your gonna pay for that bitch!" Ian picked Maura up by the hair again and punched her in the face. Direct contact with her jaw, he was happy when he heard the 'crack' and knew he broke it. "When I come back I'm going to ruin you for any other man. NOBODY will want to be with you when I'm through with you!" Ian punched Maura in the face, then in the stomach. The punches were so hard that Maura passed out on the floor in the middle of the mess that Ian made out of her bedroom. He ran to the back door and slipped into the night without anyone noticing.

Jane reached for her gun, kicked down the front door, and barged into the house. The place was trashed. There were small puddles of blood on the floor. 'Oh my God. Please tell me that's not Maura's. Please God let her be alright!' she thought. She finally found her voice and called out to her friend. "Maura?" No response. Jane started to panic and ran to the stairs. "Maura?" No response again. Jane sprinted down the hallway. When she reached Maura's room she stopped, got her gun ready and opened the door slowly. That's when she saw her. Her friend, her beautiful, smart, and kind friend was lying on the ground. Bloody, beaten, broken, so broken. Jane ran over to her side and knelt down to grab her friend. "Maur. I'm here. I got you. You're safe now. I promise." Jane wanted to cry, but she had to be strong for her best friend that now lay limp in her arms.

Korsak came running into the bedroom and called on his walkie-talkie for the ambulance. "Jane the paramedics are here. Everything will be okay. Don't worry, she's strong. She will bounce right back and be her normal quirky self in no time."

"Okay. Send them in. She needs medical attention now. There's no telling what that bastard did to her." Jane said softly as she swept Maura's hair off of her face. That's when she saw the black eyes, the busted lip, and the cuts, bruises, scrapes, and discoloration. "Oh my God. Maura I'm so sorry."

The paramedics came in a brought Maura out of the house. Jane forced the medics to let her ride in the ambulance. Throughout the whole ride Jane never let go of Maura's hand. Even though Jane knew that Maura was out cold she needed her to know that she was there and wouldn't leave her. Once they arrived at the hospital, the immediately brought her into surgery. She had some internal bleeding that needed to be stopped as soon as possible and they needed to set her broken wrist so it could hear properly.

Maura had internal bleeding, 3 broken ribs, a broken jaw, one black eye, a broken wrist, and had to get at least half of her cuts stitched up. She made it through surgery without any complications but the doctors decided to put her in a drug induce coma to try to help Maura with the pain. She was in a coma for 4 days and Jane stayed right by her bedside until she woke up. Maura started to tell Jane everything that happened. Throughout the story Jane wanted to do nothing more that hold Maura as she cried. She wanted to fill out a police report but Maura flipped at the idea of having to tell other people about what Ian did to her. Maura went off on a screaming rampage at that idea, Jane understood that Maura didn't want to be looked at as being weak or scared, but always kicked herself for not at least telling Korsak the full truth about what happened that night.

When Jane came back from her memory of that night, she saw Maura curled into a ball silently sobbing next to Frankie, who was holding her arms protectively in his arms, whispering sweet words to her. It was then that she vowed to get Ian and make him pay for what he did to Maura and all the fear and pain he had caused her the night that he attacked her.