I'm so sorry it took me so long to get this up, guys. I've been tweaking it, trying to get it just the way I wanted. Which actually shortened it a bit. But I promise the next chapter will be up shortly after. Thank you to those who have stuck with this story. Hope we don't disappoint :)

When Maura was snatched from Jane, the brunette stood in front of the alley and glared at the man. "All I have is eight bucks to my name. All she has is cards." She dug in her pocket and threw the money at him. "Let her go!"

"Oh great. Now I can buy myself some dinner." The man wrapped his arm around Maura's neck tight from behind, pressing the gun into her spine. "She's got cards? Let's make a little trip to the ATM then." He smelled the doctor's hair and then grinned, glaring at Jane. "Then maybe we could make a little sidetrip."

Jane's eyes started glowing. "I'm going to give you ten seconds to let her go, asshole, or you won't like the consequences."

The man swallowed hard, fear creeping inside him as he saw Jane's eyes, but he didn't let Maura go. "What are you gonna do? You take one step in my direction and I'll shoot your pretty little girlfriend. Which would be a shame cause I'm sure she's a good fuck."

Maura's eyes remained on Jane the whole time, the doctor trying to remain calm but fear in hazel orbs, her heart racing and her breathing rate increasing. Both very noticeable to the detective's improved senses.

Jane stared at him and grinned, her sharp teeth forming; the man suddenly frozen in terror. Out of nowhere, she transformed and leaped over the both of them, behind the man. She used her massive paw to snatch him away from Maura before he could even think of using the gun he had now dropped. Tossing him to the front of the alley, the man crying out, the beast was on all fours and stalking up to its prey.

Maura had been knocked to the ground, but yelled as she looked up and saw her girlfriend heading for the man. "No, don't hurt him!" He was a scumbag, but the doctor didn't want another life on Jane's hands. The wolf twitched her ear back at the sound of Maura's voice and took a step back with one last snarl of warning, turning to walk to her mate. The doctor sighed in relief and stretched her hand out to pet the top of wolf Jane's head.

It was then some officers pulled up and jumped out, shooting Jane with tranquilizer guns. She whined out in pain and spun to face them, standing on her hind legs in front of the medical examiner.

Protecting her.

"Nooo!" Maura's hair raising scream filled the air, the blonde's heart sinking with Jane's whines, not realizing at first that the cops were shooting her with tranquilizer darts.

The officers didn't listen. They fired Jane up with a few more tranqs and slowly she began to get sleepy. Turning and looking at Maura, the wolf put the bridge of it's snout against the woman's forehead before she slowly went down on her knees then laid down, chin on the cement.

Maura watched in horror as Jane tried protecting her, looking into those golden eyes as the wolf turned to her. "I'm going to save you from them. I promise." She whispered as the wolf pressed its snout to her head and then laid down and went unconscious.

With tear stained cheeks, Maura was about to reach for Jane when a uni grabbed her and pulled her away. "You're safe now, ma'am."

xxx

She'd been taken back to the station. A uniform she didn't know kept asking her questions about the mugger and the wolf. She didn't say much; the cop mistaking her silence for shock rather than worry and protection of the one she loved.

It was Korsak who soon came barging in, telling the uni to get lost as he sat across from her, that tore the doctor out of her trance of concern for Jane. "Where'd they take the wolf, Vince?"

His brow furrowed. "I think the better question is why were you out on those streets alone? And where the hell is Jane? She should have been with you. Hell she should be here now." He was ticked off at his partner.

Maura wanted so badly to tell him that Jane was the wolf, that she had protected her and then been captured. But she didn't know how he would take the news; if Jane would want him to know. "I was walking to a restaurant. Jane and I were going to have dinner together." Maura chose her words wisely. "Then I was attacked. That wolf saved me, protected me from that mugger. I know it sounds unbelievable, but I don't think that wolf would hurt anyone. I'm just afraid they're going to torture her, Vince. Where'd they take her?"

"That wolf? Not hurt anyone? That beast has killed six people and attacked several others." He sighed, not even noticing Maura's use of 'her' rather than 'it' in the heat of the moment. "I heard they're going to put that thing in the zoo. New York's willing to pay a high price for it, I hear. I'd kill it. I don't see why you would care about what happens to it. If it were human, you would have already finished paperwork on the results to put it in prison."

"That thing saved me! It may not be the same wolf that killed those people." Tears welled up in her eyes but she fought them back. Then she stood and headed for the door, despite protests from Korsak. "I have to go. Jane needs me."

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When Jane woke up, she was still in her wolf state in a small steel cage. Looking around, she saw dozens of computers and cages and people in white coats walking around. Once her senses came to be, she got up and paced, then snarled and went for them only to be stopped by the bars. Roaring and howling she tried to break free but couldn't. She was confused and hungry. Not a good combination.

And she knew she couldn't change back to her human form. She couldn't give away her identity. Jane just had to have faith that Maura would save her as promised. But she could smell the chemicals in the air, hear other wolves whimpering in fear, and felt sick to her stomach.

Dr. Erin Hayes soon appeared before her and smiled. "I guess I should have stuck around Boston a little longer. Just one more day and I would've been there for you. It seems like it was quite an eventful capture." She pulled on some latex gloves and turned to a kit to grab a syringe. "No matter. Welcome to Seattle, my dear beast." She filled it and shot a little bit of fluid out of the needle before tapping the tube, attaching it to a long pole, and stepping closer. "We'll be spending plenty of quality time together."

Well, I think we all knew that Dr. Hayes was gonna be sticking around... Stay tuned.