As always, Z beta-ed and anything left over is all my fault.
Somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico…
Sera Beltran sat in a fairly uncomfortable chair as she reviewed the files on what was dubbed the Cuervo Case on her laptop. It was a ridiculous name. After over a month of nearly two dozen researchers digging into all aspects of this new cartel, she finally had a lead and it wasn't a very big one but with a little time she was hoping that it could develop into something substantial.
She looked over at her partner and opened her mouth to address her concerns when she found him strapped into the aircraft seat fast asleep. His hands cupped over the barrel of his M-16 A2, and his forehead resting on those massive hands of his.
"How in the hell you can sleep in this noisy beast is beyond me." Beltran mumbled before looking out the small window of the military V-22 Osprey.
"I'm not." He said, "I'm just checking my eyelids for damage."
She laughed at him, "Could've fooled me."
He looked up at her and moved the battle rifle aside. "What's on your mind Sera?"
The part helicopter, part plane bucked violently before settling again. She put a hand to her stomach as it took another few seconds to settle. "Next time we need to get a G-6."
He smiled, "Then we'd look like the guys we're supposed to bring down." He groaned as the Osprey hit more turbulence. "I can't believe how bad this one went. A simple snatch and grab and all we get out of it, is a gunfight and our target dead."
Beltran closed her laptop and stuck it in the side of her chair, "This one was screwed from the beginning." She looked aft to see the DEA strike team that was scattered around the cargo area. Most of the eight agents had done a great job today but that wouldn't matter to the Director. Three months of this guy tearing up the drug world and their only solid lead had blown up in their face; literally exploded.
Barricade looked up at her. "What was that?"
She looked back at the strike team and the two men on the floor with their medic bouncing around checking vitals. None of them would meet her gaze, it was a normal reaction and one that she relied on more often than not. She looked back at him, "We've either got a leak, or a mole; they knew we were coming."
He looked back and nodded, "I've had that thought but… there's not enough information to move on it."
She grimaced as the plane bucked again, "Barricade, I don't want this to go bad again. We may have to step outside of the agency."
"You're thinking about the Baltimore Op, aren't you?" He said calmly.
"It's what we have left," She shifted in the jump seat, "Until we can develop or turn someone else, we need to push that one through."
"Well you know that I'm on board but who else can you call on for this? It's a small operation. Like three or four people and with an agency this big I can't believe you want to go out the of house on it."
Sera leveled a cold gaze his way, "I'd rather keep it in house but if I can find two suitable operatives, then we control the leak. I don't want to take the chance of this one going up in smoke."
Barricade picked at some dried brown smear on his tactical vest, "Okay, I can see that. I'd rather not wear any more of our canaries anyway."
"Good." She said, "Thank you for understanding."
He nodded, "So who do you have in mind?"
"No one in particular." Beltran answered, "But I'm going to go around and cue up all of the east coast LEOs while that contact develops. I shouldn't be gone more than a week or two."
"The old pull them into the Task Force yank?" he chuckled. "One day someone's going to figure out that it's just cheese to get the rats to play along."
She laughed, "Not everything is a yank, Barricade. A little information or some help on a case and you can get LEOs to dance with feeling."
"Always thinking." He said with a grin, "That's why I'll follow you blindly into hell. I might be blind but you've got the situation scoped out."
She nodded, "I'll run through New York before heading down to Newark, Baltimore, Norfolk, and Charleston. I can always hit the other ports on the way back."
"I'll go beat the street and see if I can find a song bird." He said. "What cover are you going to use?"
"Probably the DC office," She said nonchalantly, "It works better than Boston HQ."
He nodded. "Okay. Then what do you want me to do while I'm not looking?"
She thought about that for a second, "I'll start sending you names. Pull files and set them up for me and see if you can find that little shit who gave us this lead. I'd rather have him in lockup than running around waiting for someone to cut out his tongue."
He nodded, "Got it." He set his rifle in front of him again and returned to trying to sleep.
Sera went back to her laptop. She sighed heavily at the lack of information there. Ordinarily she'd have a mountain of data but this cartel leader was damn good at killing off potential leads. She sneered at her reflection in the screen. "Time to step it up."
What the hell? She backed up two steps and whispered, "Kate, where are you?"
She reached into her blazer to pull out her radio but she didn't have it on. Instead of her usual clothing she was in full tactical gear. She patted her shoulder looking for the mic but it wasn't there. The radio was in its place but the microphone wasn't there. She felt around her neck, cursing herself for not having it when she felt the military throat mike. She wasn't part of NYPD or BPD any more.
She remembered now, She worked for FBI Special Operations.
She pressed her fingers to the mike, "Kate where are you?"
She got static in her ear piece, Jane rose up her Five seveN P-90 and started up the hallway again. As she heard Maura crying out she quickened her pace. She stopped near the end of the hallway and as she glanced around, she saw her partner and Maura.
The scene was horrific. Kate was lying in a pool of blood. Maura was cradling her in her arms; her doctor's coat was covered in Kate's blood. Her partner's eyes were open, lifeless. Her chest had been torn open and Maura was weeping over her. As Jane took another step in, Maura caught sight of her.
Jane reached out and Maura cringed away.
"Maura, c'mon." she said softly. "I got to get you out of here."
Maura curled into Kate's body. "Get away, Jane! Get away from me!"
"Maura I just got you back, I can't let you get hurt." She said, "I'll come back for Kate, I owe her that much."
Maura looked at her with frightened eyes, "then why did you kill her?"
Jane stopped. "What was that?"
Maura set the other woman down, and stood. She looked like she had just bathed in the blood.
"You killed her, Jane. You tore her heart out right in front of me."
Jane shook her head. "No!" She took a step back as Maura raised up Kate's side arm.
"I can't let you hurt anyone else Jane." She said.
Jane took two more steps back, she didn't want to shoot Maura but as the cold embrace filled her, she raised her hands. The scalpel glistened in the dark.
Jane ran a hand over her scrubs wiping the blood off her hands before she was forced to do this.
In her mind she could hear Hoyt's voice, "Do it Janie, do it and we can be together." Jane took a step closer to Maura. The woman she loved.
Jane leaped forward in bed as she screamed, "NOO!" Her heart thundered in her chest as she realized it had been a dream.
Slender arms wrapped themselves around her and Jane pulled back to blast who ever grabbed her but as she caught sight of who else was in the bed, she threw herself away from the curvy blonde.
Maura climbed out of bed and started toward her. Her concern was plainly evident.
"Get back, Maur!" She said as she backed up against the wall.
Maura didn't even stop. She was almost within reach when Jane ran out of the bedroom as fast as she could. She came to a stop in the kitchen and looked back to see Maura leaning against the door frame of their bedroom. Jane put her back to a wall and slid down to the floor.
"It was a dream, honey." She said. "I'm right here and I'm not leaving."
Taking stock of herself, she felt for It and found it stirring but compliant. It settled at her thought.
Maura approached her carefully; not knowing what Jane's reaction would be but as her dark eyes met hers, she knew her love was there again. Maura sat down next to Jane and embraced her, willing all her love and comfort into the touch.
Jane didn't settle within Maura's arms, she collapsed into them.
"You were screaming my name." Maura said softly, "And Kate's too." She stroked Jane's hair as she pulled her back into bed. Jane had been shaken by her nightmare, badly.
"Maura, I'm scared." She said into honey gold locks. "I'm not sure what I am anymore."
"Do you want to tell me about it?" Maura asked sweetly.
She shook her head violently, "I can't. I can't. I've tried to but every time I do I feel like I'm going to lose you."
"Jane you're not going to lose me." She said soothingly. "I love you, all of you."
She hid her face in her hands. "You know. You've seen it, I know you have but I can't tell you about it and it makes me a liar because I promised that I wouldn't hide anything from you. Its dark and dangerous and I can't talk about it."
"Jane," her voice was soothing, "Tell me about the nightmares."
She looked up and Maura could see the tears ready to burst. "No! I can't Maur. I just… I can't!"
Jane jerked to her feet and stepped quickly into the bedroom. Maura got up to follow when Jane suddenly reappeared, dressed in her workout clothes and carrying a duffle bag. She was so fast, grabbing her keys and running out the door, Maura barely saw the blur of ebony hair.
She stood, stunned as she realized that Jane had just ran out on her, in the middle of the night. The last time this had happened…
Maura sank back to the floor as the agony of that year came upon her again.
Laying in Rick's warm embrace, Kate felt complete as she dreamed of a beautiful house with a white picket fence and two chestnut haired children playing in the yard while she and her husband sat on the porch.
It was a beautiful summer day as she watched Alexis playing with the twins in the grass. She waved as Jane and Maura jogged by with their son right in front of them and they waved back. She settled more closely into Rick's arms on the swing. Her pleasant mood was interrupted as her cell phone began to ring.
She lifted one bleary eyelid as she looked at the clock on the nightstand. It was after three in the morning.
"Don't answer it." Rick mumbled sleepily.
Kate ignored him as she rolled over slowly and groped for the phone. She cursed the touchscreen as she was forced to open her eyes to answer the call. She missed her old phone where she could grope blindly for the call button.
Flicking the green phone she let her eyes drift shut and placed the phone to her ear.
"Beckett." She said groggily.
"Kate, it's Maura." Even in her half state of sleep she could hear the ache in Maura's voice.
Her eyes opened. "Maura, you okay?"
"I… I'm sorry to call so late but…"
Kate sat up clutched the covers to her chest. "Maura, what's wrong?"
"It's Jane." Her heart started pounding as adrenaline forced every ounce of sleep out of her body. "She had another dream and… I tried to get her to talk to me but she ran out. She ran out on me."
"She ran out? As in…"
She got dressed, grabbed a bag and literally ran out the door before I could say anything. She's been gone for a couple of hours and she won't answer her phone. I'm scared Kate. I'm scared she won't come back."
Kate ran a hand threw her mangled hair and blew out a sigh. She knew where Jane had gone and she had a good idea why. She thought of her partner still trying to make sense of herself and she knew that Maura was her best chance at that. But her stubborn friend just wouldn't let her in.
Enough is enough, Jane. You won't let her in? I'll kick the door in for her.
Kate slung her legs out of bed and stood up. Rick rolled over to look at her, stunned that she was leaving.
"I'll be over in a few minutes. Get dressed and I'll take you to Jane."
"You know where she is?" There was no missing the hope in her voice.
"Just get dressed and I'll be over soon." She said as she hung up.
She started pulling on her clothes as Rick stared at her.
"What's up?"
She looked back at him as she stepped into her sweat pants, "Jane and Maura had a fight."
"So?" He said as he sat up.
"So my friends need me." She said not understanding his words.
"Kate, they'll figure it out. They never fight for long and it's almost three in the morning."
She stared at him as she slipped her shirt over her head, "This one is different and Jane's the one who's being pig-headed."
He stood up and she tried to focus on her task as she slipped on her socks. It was hard not to just ogle him in his nudity. Just as she had caught him looking before she got dressed.
He yanked his robe off of the bathroom door and glared, "Kate, it's the middle of the night. I don't understand why you have to drop everything every time one of them calls you. Come back to bed and let them figure it out for themselves."
She levelled a malevolent glare at him, "This isn't a normal fight, Castle. It's something Jane should have done a long time ago and she's still putting it off. You have no idea what it's about and it's about time someone gave my favorite pain in the ass a good kick in the ass. And if it was you who was on the phone and needed me, I'd already be out the door."
"So instead, I'm the one who's going to be sitting here waiting for you to come home."
Kate slipped on her sneakers and stalked toward him. Her glare was met with his defiance. "Tell you what. Don't bother waiting up. I won't be home tonight." She patted him roughly on the chest and walked out.
Leaving him staring as she slammed the door.
Kate stifled a yawn as she negotiated the late night traffic on her way to Harlem. She really hated fighting with Rick but he didn't understand that this thing with Jane was a long time coming. She knew her partner better than even Maura did at times and she knew that Jane was in absolute terror at the prospect of talking to Maura about her darker side. It was something that Maura too was afraid of but It needed to be seen and addressed if they were to continue because Maura had made it clear that Jane couldn't keep secrets like the darkness. It would kill her lover.
Kate had to agree because as Boston got closer, her best friend's nightmares were getting worse and Jane had been there for her PTSD from the beginning so she couldn't let her suffer alone. It was Jane's suggestion to allow Burke to treat her PTSD and her friend faithfully drove her to every appointment and again when it was Alexis. Even when Kate didn't want to go or was too busy, Jane made her go and she was right to do so. Kate owed her for that, both as a friend and in a vindictive but loving way.
She looked over at the honey blonde doctor in the passenger seat as she stared out the window. Maura had been crying when she arrived and it had taken her a few minutes to calm her before she got her into the car.
She had begged Kate to tell her about what Jane was hiding but she had refused.
"She's my best friend, my partner, and my sister. I have to give her this chance to tell you before I stick my nose in. But I promise, either way, you'll get your answers this morning, Maura."
She didn't relish that fight with Jane if her royal stubbornness wouldn't talk and it would be a fight.
As she turned onto 109th West she spotted Jane's car in front of Mickey's gym. She took a steadying breath before she pulled in behind the black Impala and shut off her Crown Vic. Maura looked around at the graffiti.
"This doesn't look safe." She said with a startled gasp.
"It's not as bad as it used to be but I wouldn't want to walk around here too long. But I'm armed so don't worry about it. We'll be inside in a minute."
"Inside where?"
Kate pointed across the street, "Mickey's gym."
She pulled out her keys and selected the one for the door before she climbed out with Maura rushing around the car to stand near her.
A couple of shadows moved and a man stepped into the light.
"Hey ladies," he said with a Bronx accent. "You fine pieces lookin' for some action?"
Kate pulled out her badge and nodded, "Only if you want to spend the night in lock up."
"Oh damn," He said, "Lady cop lookin' fine as all hell tonight."
Kate pulled her gun and levelled it, "Last chance to run. One shot would bring Painkiller out here in a hurry."
He looked at the gym, "Oh shit, yeah let's not do that. Sorry to bother you officer." He said as he ducked back into the shadows.
Maura looked at her while keeping an eye out for the man. "Painkiller?"
"It's part of it," she said as she shoved her key in the door. "Inside."
Kate pulled the door open and Maura stepped in with Kate right behind her. She locked the door and led the way towards a boxing ring. As they got closer Maura could hear the impact of fists hitting pads and at a slightly lesser volume was the music.
"Ohohoh,
I'm your rock and roll Joan of Ark,
Queen of the broken hearts,
I'm here to save the world,
Who will save Supergirl,
What if I'm weak and I need you tonight?
Aw aw awe, I hate it,
I hate it when you see me cry."
Maura recognized the song since the album was one of Jane's favorites. And as it ended she was surprised when it restarted and the pounding never stopped.
"Stop right here," she said softly as she placed a hand on Maura's stomach, "This is as close as you can get before she sees you." Still about seventy feet away, Maura gasped as Jane came into view.
She stood in her black boy shorts and a matching sports bra and sneakers. Her body glistened with sweat and her muscles clearly defined as she slammed her fist into one of five man shaped punch dummies before bashing her foot into the one behind her. She bobbed as if ducking a punch and rammed her foot into the side of another one. Memories of the fight in her condo rolled through her, Jane had shown great skill as she fought with a professional mercenary. Maura was stunned at her lover's skill but the sound of his neck being broke had stopped that thought cold. Jane had been terrifying that night and Maura realized then that her lover was more dangerous that she had been in Boston. She knew Jane was capable of killing and took both comfort and security in knowing that she'd never turn that on her.
But as Jane decimated the five dummies, she couldn't help but understand that Jane was far more dangerous than she ever thought was possible.
Kate leaned into her, "If that night with Charles Hoyt happened today. It would have gone entirely different. It wouldn't have lasted fifteen seconds before he and the guard were on the floor dead."
She looked up at her friend, "Jane is…"
"Very skilled," she said softly, "She's the reason I know I'll make it home tonight."
She watched as Kate continued, "Colin taught her some of the basics of Arnis a few years ago and she learned it well but last May is when she threw herself into it with everything she had. Colin taught her both Arnis and Keysi fighting method."
"Arnis is a stick fighting style from the Philippines and Keysi is a new Spanish form of martial arts."
"And she's lethal with both." Kate put a hand on Maura's shoulder, "I know that you know Jane Rizzoli better than most, possibly better than anyone. Now let me introduce you to my partner, Painkiller Jane. It's her eyes that tell the difference."
Kate took one single step forward and stopped. Jane's head spun around a split second before her body turned to match it. Fists ready, the iris of her eyes were almost as black as night but Maura knew that wasn't possible. She couldn't quantify it because she knew Jane's eyes were a dark brown but shifting emotions could present a different appearance although the color never actually changed.
Her eyes narrowed dangerously and Maura could see that a Jane was not happy that her partner had brought her here.
Although her tension never changed she lowered her arms and walked over to the speaker dock that sat on a bench, she pressed the button on her phone and the sound fell away.
Her look spoke volumes to Kate, Why the hell did you bring her here?!
"Use your damn voice Jane." She said angrily, "No more secrets."
Maura passed a glance to her and back to Jane. Jane sneered as she patted her face down with a towel and then downed a bottle of water. The darkness didn't leave her eyes.
Her voice was cold but calm, "You shouldn't have brought her here, Kate. You know how I feel about it."
Maura was about to say something when Kate cut her off, "You made a promise Jane and tonight you're going to keep it or I'm going to keep it for you."
She turned back and rolled her shoulders, "Stay out of it, Kate. I'm warning you."
Kate shook her head and dumped her coat on the floor. "You never gave up on me and I'm not about to give up on you. So if we're going to have it out than that's what we're going to do."
Jae glared over her shoulder, "You can't take me and you know it."
"I don't have to." She said, "You have to tell her the truth or I'm going to do it for you. Either way your time is up."
Jane passed a look to her and caught the frightened look from Maura.
"Jane, honey?" She said timidly, "You're scaring me."
Emotionless as she was, her heart cracked at the statement her beloved had just made. It was the same voice from her nightmares.
"It's time Jane." Kate said as she calmly approached her partner, "All in or nothing at all. Make the call."
Jane stared as her partner entered her space and assumed a fighting stance. She tilted her head as all of Kate's weaknesses and strengths were noted in her threat detection. It was then that she realized that she was assessing her partner. She reigned in that cold feeling and came back to herself.
Kate watched It leave her again and knew that she had done the right thing. She forced Jane to choose between her fears and her love and Jane had chosen love.
As Kate lowered her fists, Jane walked up and put a hand on her shoulder. Their eyes met and Jane nodded subtly before walking over to her girlfriend.
Kate let go the breath she was holding and sighed. Facing off against her partner's other side was the scariest thing she could think of and not only had she done it but she had won. Jane wouldn't fight her all out. Her trust in her partner grew beyond measure.
Kate nodded to Maura and picked up her coat. Now it was on them and she wasn't going to interfere. She calmly climbed into the ring and laid down to finish what little sleep she could before they had to be in for work.
Maura watched as Jane calmly took her hand and lead her back to her workout area.
Jane sat down on the bench and toweled off, hating the fear she saw in Maura's eyes.
"It started with Hoyt. Well, actually it started with Korsak." She said as she bowed her head, "I know there's some psychological reason but I've never talked about it because I'm scared they'll lock me away and throw away the key. I don't like to think about It mostly."
Maura took a breath to steady herself and sat next to her, "Tell me and don't hide it anymore."
Jane couldn't look at Maura or she'd lose her nerve again, "Okay."
She sighed heavily as she thought of the best light to describe her ability to kill.
"It is like a dark stain on my soul. It happened when Korsak pulled Hoyt's scalpels from my hands. Maybe it's a coping mechanism, maybe it really is something that he gave to me but I fought it and kept it locked away for years. When I had my Awakening I realized that hiding from myself was making me miserable. It's why I was good at being a detective but sucked at my love life, because I was denying what I really wanted. It was like that too."
She took Maura's hand into hers and squeezed gently. "Kate had been hit while we were chasing down a suspect. She was going to sacrifice herself so I could escape because she loved me. I couldn't let her. So like I did the day I shot myself and the day I killed Hoyt, I reached for It and brought the sonuvabitch down. Kate wasn't like you, she faced it head on and I told her about it. Mostly because I was still wrecked and couldn't hide it. She helped me through it."
"My dreams have been bad ones, dreams of It getting out of control. Of It killing the people that I love but the one thing that stayed the same was your fear of me."
Maura's eyes watered, "Jane, why didn't you tell me?"
She sniffled, "Because it's ugly. I can kill without feeling, Maura, and it scares me to death most days and the further we get in our relationship, the more I need you in my life. To lose you would be the death of me and to lose you because of me would destroy me beyond any hope of recovery. I hate this thing so I can't imagine how you'll react to it."
Maura let go of Jane's hand and cupped her lovers face, forcing her to look at her, "Jane. I love you, all of you. I've said it a thousand times and I'll say it a thousand more if I have to. Yes there are parts of you that are frightening but even with everything I learned tonight, the most frightening thing about you is that you could leave me. I need you every bit as much, if not more than you need me. Your job scares me more than this does. I know you can kill. I know that you can do so without feeling. I learned that the night you killed Hoyt and we went to your birthday party right after.
"The thing that scares me the most is that you could be out with Kate and someone could kill you out there; that the one thing that I need to live can be taken from me by a couple of ounces of lead propelled by cordite and gun powder. It is a fear that I have learned to face using only my faith in you that you'll return to me. Now that I've seen what you can do, that faith is a little stronger. You've killed to save me and to keep me safe before and never have you turned that on me and I know that you never could. It's one of the things that I love most about you."
"That I'm a killer." It was the shame she heard.
"You're not." Maura said with confidence, "You're a person of conviction who would do anything to protect the ones you love, including me. No, especially me. You are not Hoyt or any other of the hundreds of murderers that we've put behind bars. You're a police woman and a damned good one so stop feeling sorry for yourself and take me home."
Jane raised an eyebrow as Maura's voice rose.
"You need to quit hiding from me and accept that I love you."
"I know you do, Maur." Jane said sharply, "I know."
"Then do like I had to and start taking some things on faith. There's nothing you can show me that would make me run from you because I have faith in you and your love."
She couldn't believe it as Maura adamantly defended her from herself. She never would have thought she'd see the day and it made her feel like an idiot for not trusting in her.
"I'm sorry, baby." She said sadly, "I… I don't know what I was thinking."
"You were scared." She said warmly, "Now you know how I felt when you ran out this morning."
"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean…"
Maura pressed her lips against Jane's and her voice failed her. She couldn't believe how foolish she had been and it felt like that night Ian had come back and the night she quit drinking. She was in love with Maura and she felt like the world's biggest fool for not accepting what she already knew.
Maura let go of Jane and smiled, "Come on, let's go home."
Jane nodded and took in the sight of Kate sleeping with her coat thrown over her like a blanket.
"We should probably wake her up and send her home too." Jane said.
"I'm going home with you two tonight." Kate said sleepily. "So I hope you've got an extra parking space."
Jane shook her head, "You and Rick fighting again?"
"Yep, over me leaving in the middle of the night to fix your fight," she said as she rolled onto her stomach and climbed to her feet.
"Oh, Kate, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to put you in a bad position with Rick."
She scoffed as she stretched, "Pftt, he'll get over it."
Maura sighed. She and Jane were so alike and yet different. Both were strong independent women but where Jane willingly settled into a domestic life with Maura, Kate still asserted her independence into her relationship. It was almost a matter of pride to show the handsome writer that she wouldn't be tamed by any one. But then again, maybe it was a man thing because Jane sure as hell wouldn't roll over for any man, ever. In fact, her lover wouldn't roll over for anyone but her and even then Jane did so with great complaint though Maura knew she didn't mean it.
"Still fighting the good fight?" Jane asked innocently, "Trying to stay in charge of your man?"
Kate glared at her, "Um no. Making sure to preserve what makes me, me."
Jane finished with the towel and smiled, "Wish you'd just come to the dark side and quit playing around."
Kate eyed Maura, "Sorry but the best woman I know is taken. But if she ever decides to leave, let me know."
Maura blushed as Jane scoffed, "Honey, I'm involved and intend to be for the rest of my life."
It was Kate's turn to scoff, "Who said it was you?" she batted her eyes at Maura.
"Oh hell no, that's bullshit." Jane said in mock anger, "Trying to pick up my girlfriend right in front of me."
Maura laughed, "Thank you Kate. You really do know how to lighten a mood."
She shrugged as she picked her coat up and slipped it on, "It's a talent but I suggest you get Miss Stinky in the shower before she gets in the car or you'll be riding with me."
Jane feigned offense as she kissed Maura lightly, "I'll be right back." She pointed a finger at Kate, "Hands off."
Kate held up her hands as she passed between the ropes, "C'mon Maura, let's go home while she's still in the shower."
Jane glared as she disappeared into the locker room.
Hey, rough night for Jane and Maura and not a great one for Rick and Kate either. Tell me what you think and Feed the Muse. Another TV show will be added to the story tomorrow. I hope you enjoyed tonight's chapter.