Maura slowly steps out of her car stifling a yawn after a long night at the station. A horrible night full of blood and dead bodies, the only Brightside was sleeping in her wife's arms for just a few short hours in her office. She walks up the walkway towards the back kitchen door and unlocks it, stepping in immediately smiling when she sees Kory sitting at the island eating cereal.
"There's my girl." Maura smiles at Kory who is still in her pajamas and hair messy from sleep. "Aren't you a sight for sore eyes."
"Hi Mom." Kory says taking another bite of her cereal through an early morning yawn.
"Hi Baby." Maura greets at she looks around, not seeing her mother in law as she walks over to her daughter. "Where's Nonna?"
"Carla Talucci called her this morning and told her she saw Uncle Tommy's car outside of Gina Vertelli's apartment last night and it's still there this morning." Kory informs eating another bite.
"Oh no." Maura breaths as she envelopes her arms around her sitting daughter resting her chin on the top of Kory's head.
"Is ahh…" Kory starts after the hug goes a little longer then normal. "Everything okay?"
Maura bites back the obvious no as she kisses the top of Kory's head and lets go. "Of course it is Sweetie."
"Mmmm." Kory hums knowing her mother is lying.
"What?" Maura asks a smile breaking across her face at her daughter looking amused.
Kory looks up from her mother and points her spoon at her. "Your bottom lip is twitching."
Maura touches her mouth remembering she does that and heads to the coffee pot. "It's nothing for you to worry about." she states as she grabs a mug and fills it up with coffee.
"Are you sure? Because when Dad called me this morning, I asked him if everything was okay and he told me not to panic." Kory says with a raised eyebrow.
"Well.." Maura drawls taking another sip of coffee.
"And Nonna came over in the middle of night to…baby-sit me." Kory states annoyed at the last part.
Maura snorts in her coffee. "She wasn't here to baby-sit you."
"You guys only freak out about me being home alone when you are dealing with a rough case." Kory says as she takes a drink of her orange juice.
"We're your mothers what do you expect?" Maura says waving her coffee mug around.
"And last but not least if I had to bet money you are here to change and get a change of clothes for Mom which means she'll probably be at the station…till I graduate." Kory says looking her mother hup and down raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, umm." Maura says slowly.
Kory just shakes her head and laughs a little before the early morning talk show on the TV in the kitchen turns to a breaking news story. "Hello we interrupt your regular programming because we have just been informed that there has been a mass murder.
"Oh right…and then there's that." Kory says nodding her head over at the TV.
"Wow, that was quick." Maura says mouth open as she stares at the TV. "Your Mom's going to love this."
"6 bodies were found by the Boston Police Department in a house basement. The place was dark and covered in the victims' own blood. The names have yet to be released due to case confidentiality."6 people were found dead covered in blood in some basement…that's horrible." Kory says.
"Yes…yes it is." Maura says putting her hand on Kory's head running it down her long brown hair.
At the station Korsak walks in from getting a quick nap to Jane starring at the murder board and Frost looking at a few notes on his desk guzzling down his fifth cup of coffee.
"Where's Maura, I went down to the morgue she wasn't there." Korsak says.
"She went home to get me some clothes and check on Kory…..she should be back pretty soon." Jane says her eyes still on the very light murder board in front of her.
"The families of Keisha King, Ethyl Topplemeyer, and Philip Seers have been notified." Frost adds as he leans back in his chair spinning over to Korsak.
Korsak nods his head looking at the two lead detectives. "Good we should give them an hour before heading over."
"And the media junkies have ran their story, and we're getting calls left and right. I have Frankie keeping an eye on the phone banks." Jane informs Korsak.
"What about the marines?" Frost asks Korsak knowing that was his job.
"The marines are handling it, informing the families. Both were stationed at Fort Devens. Corporal Jake Sells was from St. Cloud, Minnesota and Corporal Garrett Darling was from Grand Island, Nebraska." Korsak says.
"Just two kids from the Mid West." Jane sighs shaking her head.
Korsak simply nods his head as he straightens his tie. "Sounds like…anything on the other two missings?"
"Frost and I checked in the missing persons database from Massachussetts up to New York, nothing yet." Jane sighs frustrated as she runs both hands through her hair.
"Maura narrow down what we may be looking for?" Korsak asks.
Frost nods his head and flips over Maura's notes on his desk. "According to her tests and calculations we're looking for a 30 some year old woman, and a 50 some year old man."
"Geeze, his picking of these people make absolutely no sense." Korsak snaps shaking his head.
"I know we haven't spoken to the families yet but…in my gut these are randoms." Jane thinks out loud.
"I got the same feeling." Frost agrees getting a nod in agreement from Korsak.
Frankie then comes bolting in with news to share. "Hey, we just got a call in. Three junior boys on the crew team from BU are missing."
"Our three vics downstairs." Jane guesses looking over at Korsak.
"It seems so, the crew coach is downstairs waiting for you two." Frost says.
Down at the morgue Korsak and Jane stand in front of the window with the BU coach as the blinds open to the three dead bodies.
"Coach DeVries are these your players?" Jane asks.
"Oh my God." Devries says putting his hand to his mouth as he chokes up. "Yes…..That's Alex, Jeremiah, and Blake."
Jane lets out a breath she was holding as she nods to the guy behind the glass and gets him to shut the blinds before ushering DeVries to a nearby table. "When did you realize they were missing?"
"Umm…they room with another kid on the crew team Eric. He last saw them Friday afternoon after practice. He stayed at his girlfriend's house that night but when he got back to his apartment Saturday he realized nobody stayed there the night before. He didn't think much of it till this morning, with everything on the news….he called me right away." Devries says.
"We're going to need to speak to Eric." Korsak says.
"I had one of my assistants go pick him up, he's on his way." DeVries says nodding his head before starring off into space. "I can't believe they're dead What am I going to tell their parents?"
"Now that we have positive ideas, we can inform the families." Jane says gently.
DeVries nods his head once more "Alex and Jeremiah grew up in Lowell, Blake's parents live in Virginia."
"We'll contact their local police departments, so they can inform them." Korsak says.
DeVries bites at his lips as he begins to choke up again. "These were good kids Detective, they didn't deserve this."
"Yeah." Jane says softly though a breath.
Tired after talking to the BU coach and dealing with dozens of calls from scared citizens Jane makes her way yawning to the morgue where she knocks on Maura's office slowly walking in.
"Hey." Jane says opening the door shutting and locking it behind her.
"Hi." Maura says standing up from her desk and heading over to her wife as she shuts the blinds on the office windows out to the morgue.
"Thanks for running home and getting me some clothes." Jane thanks as she grabs the bag from the couch and starts to pull out clothes.
"You are welcome." Maura says watching as Jane takes off her pants and underwear before putting on new. "Frost told me we have positive ideas on the last three victims from the basement killing."
"Three crew players from BU." Jane nods as she unbuttons her blouse before taking it off to reveal a silky black bra.
Maura simply shakes her head. "Shame."
"The families have been notified. Local detectives are going to talk to them later today, see if they know anything." Jane rambles taking off her bra before putting on a different one.
"And the marines?" Maura asks taking the old bra and shirt before handing Jane a new white shirt.
"Families have been notified that their sons are missing and presumed dead, Local detectives are going to talk to them too." Jane breaths as she slips on the new t-shirt. "Right now Korsak, Frost, Frankie, and I need to speak to our three Boston victims' families….see if they know anything." Jane rambles putting on her suit jacket before reattaching her piece and badge looking at her wife. "Do you want to come with?"
"I have stacks of paper work that need to be done, and I want to reexamine the victims. See if I missed anything." Maura says putting Jane's old clothes back in the bag on the couch.
"Sounds good." Jane nods as she runs her hand through her hair. "Kory okay?"
"Yes, she's spending the day with Tyler and Becca." Maura says crossing her arms across her chest.
"Where at?" Jane asks quickly.
"She doesn't know yet." Maura says.
Jane starts to shake her head not liking this at all. "She doesn't know."
"Honey I know you are freaked out, but we can't keep her locked up inside the house every time a bad case comes along." Maura says gently."I can try." Jane mumbles.
Maura tilts her head at Jane. "She's almost seventeen Jane, we've got to let go."
"You are worse than me when it comes to overprotecting Kory, why aren't you getting all weird." Jane grills her wife playfully.
"Because we both can't be weird at the same time, it'll mess with the balance of things." Maura says waving her hand around.
"You're right okay." Jane gives in. "She know about everything?"
"She saw the story on the news." Maura affirms.
Jane immediately lets out a grunt, "I hate the media."
"Jane." Maura tries.
"I know, I know….they are useful outlets of information to help us ya-da ya-da ya-da." Jane says waving her hand around sarcastically.
"Did you just ya-da me?" Maura asks.
"Yep, I gotta go though." Jane says as she turns to leave but is caught by Maura.
"Hey." Maura says grabbing her wrist and pulling her back towards her lightly placing a kiss on her cheek. "You'll find something."
"You too." Jane smiles.
Maura smiles back resting her forehead against Jane just as a knock comes across her door. Maura gives one more glance at Jane before going to the door and unlocking it to reveal Frankie.
"Frankie." she greets.
"Hey Maura, Jane here?" Frankie asks.
"Yeah Frankie, what's up." Jane says walking over to the two.
"We just got a call from a woman over on the Westside, saying she's found something that has to do with our case." Frankie says.
"What is it?" Jane asks intrigued.
Frankie looks at Jane for a brief second before finally letting out. "A painting."