Jane rolled over grumbling her clock beeping nosily at her. With a groan she reached out and clicked it off rolling onto her back. Blue wisped across the window that sat in the roof, the ships shield flickering by. The Captain had barely gotten any sleep last night her mind racing. She threw her arm over her face, closing her eyes.

The picture of her and Maura tumbled into view of her mind's eye. At first she had no idea what it was but forcing herself to think about it for four hours it finally dawned on her that it was a photo. She kicked her leg out, the blanket flying off of her. In the photo she was leaning against a table Maura mirroring her. There were things she didn't recognize but she did recognize that look they were sharing. She had seen it so many times passed between Konif and Shafter. The brunette knew they didn't do it on purpose but they would sometimes glance at each other, their faces telling the story of the moment but their eyes telling a different one.

That was the look she had saw herself giving Maura in the picture. Jane sat up, swinging her legs around as her mind turned in circles again. It was one thing to listen to Maura's story, to sympathies with her and accept the ideathat there was another her. But something that had scared her, which had made her bolt out of Maura's room so fast was the fact that she didn't remember taking that photo. All of this had been just an idea to Jane a possibility that barley had any evidence besides Maura.

She stood up, rubbing her face as she walked to her small kitchen. Everything Maura had told her raced through her mind. It was one thing to hear Maura say that Jane had actually died but now that she had seen the photo Jane felt like it was all that more real. Not to mention that fucking turtle… she thought to herself. Jane slammed down the cup she was drinking from onto the counter, gripping the edge of the small sink there.

Maura and the other Jane had been dating; Maura even told her that she loved her. No, she loves the other Jane not you. She rubbed her face, leaving her hands there trying to calm her nerves. What if the blonde tried something? No she won't. Jane was at war with herself. Half of her believed that now by default Maura was in love with her but her other half was telling her that she was completely different than the other Jane that had died.

Quickly the Captain stepped out of her Simitu suit and walked over to the bathroom naked, turning on the shower. The warm water fell over her, bouncing off of the metal of her Omnicuff. Jane looked up at the ceiling, sighing heavily closing her eyes. This whole situation was becoming even a bigger mess then she needed it to be.

She snapped her eyes open, grumbling to herself. Maura had been so scared to be left alone; she wanted Jane to be next to her in this new place, to help her slowly accept what had happened to her. Yet here Jane was. She had bolted last night, leaving the woman alone even though she had promised she wouldn't. Slamming her hand into the Holoscreen of the shower, the water stopping as she wrapped a towel around her body, cursing herself.

Maura had her knees pulled up to her chest, staring at Bass as he slept. The orange clock on the wall said that it was seven in the morning but it felt much later. She looked over at one of the windows that sat against the wall.

Black. Nothing but blackness. Blue shinned over the window and occasionally she saw a few twinkling lights.

Distant stars. She thought to herself. Why would they bother with putting a window if there's nothing to see? But she knew the answer; she knew that they did it so people wouldn't feel like they were caged animals. Maura yawned widely, her legs numb from being in the same position all night long. She hadn't slept, trying for the first couple of hours but she just found herself lying awake.

She sighed looking back over at Bass her purse sitting next to him. She had been staring at it all night long, trying to come up with the courage to open it and rifle through its contents. She knew what had been in there the day she….

Maura stopped herself from thinking and leant forward, stretching out her arm grabbing her purse. She let it settle in front of her crossed legs the zipper undone. Carefully Maura pulled apart the bag looking inside. There sat a few more plants that Jane had placed in there. The Blonde paused remembering how Jane was leaning over the bag pulling out the food for Bass when she had stopped. Maura had notice Jane freeze but she didn't comment on it, too busy with Bass. But something had made her close up, bottle her emotions and bolt.

Just like she used too.

Thinking Maura pulled out the plants, setting them next to her folded leg before opening the bag wider looking in. Slowly she pulled out the picture seeing herself and Jane. The Captain must have seen this, seen a photo she was never a part of. Maura brushed her thumb over the image of Jane's smiling face her heart pounding in her chest. She had savored those moments when the other woman from this place had touched her, even held her. All tough, Maura knew, it wasn't the Jane she had fell in love with.

No, this one was different. She spoke less and jumped to conclusions unlike her Jane. Maura smiled softly looking at the raven locks that fell around her girlfriends shoulder in the photo. Her Jane jumped to conclusions before she met Maura also. Maybe they're not all that different? She asked herself. Maura folded her legs up to her chest again sighing as she rested her chin on her knees staring at the picture. Her thumb brushed over Jane's face again her eyes staring at the dimples that sat there from her smirk.

Three weeks before Universe 201Jane's death:

Maura sighed happily as the brunettes weight rested fully against her, Jane's arms wrapped around her, smirking down at her. Maura could feel the blush slowly leave her chest as her breathing regulated her body growing tired after her high. She trailed her hand up Jane's back, cupping her face. Her thumb landed on a deep dimple that poked out whenever she smiled.

"Have you always had these?" The blonde leaned up kissing the dimple softly. She had known children that didn't have them only for them to show up in their adult life. Jane's eyes flickered something before she rolled off of Maura the sheet pulling between them. The brunette huffed, a piece of hair falling away from her face. Maura leaned up on her elbow looking down at her.

"Did I say something wrong?" she asked worried by the sudden shift in Jane's mood. The brunette next to her fiddled with her hands that sat on her bare stomach.

"No… I just…," she trailed off looking up at the ceiling.

"You just what Jane?" Maura asked her voice soft wanting to know what had upset her girlfriend. Finally Jane looked at her.

"I know if I answer you that, yes I've always had my dimples you would go into some super science explanation about how it's fascinating that that can happen and then you'll go all google mouth on me and talk about shit I don't know." Maura blinked at her. "I just kinda' hate it when you do that, especially right after we have sex."

Maura was pulled out of her thoughts when there was a soft knock on the door to her room. Tucking the photo into her pocket Maura pushed herself up walking over to the door. She hesitated for a second trying to remember what button to press. When it whooshed open she mentally gave herself a pat on the back for getting it right on the first try.

"Hey, did I wake you?" Jane's voice rasped at her. From the looks of it the Captain looked like she didn't get any sleep either, no doubt the photo weighing heavily on her mind.

"No, I never went to sleep." Maura deadpanned. "The… ship is rather loud." Jane chuckled softly.

"Yeah she is. It takes awhile to get used to it but then again. I find myself having a hard time falling asleep when I'm not on Hapsha. The noise and soft lights just put me to sleep like that," Jane snapped her fingers to add emphasis to her point. Maura spoke without thinking about it.

"Often times the mind will pick up and grow used to certain noises and when you take them out it has a hard time adjusting. And I have noticed that Hapsha is rather dimly lit this can could cause you to have Circadian Rhythm Disorder." Jane looked at her. The blonde was about to open her mouth to apologies for breaking out into "google talk" when the Captain spoke.

"Oh… I guess that would make sense. So what, do I find something that resembles the noise that Hapsha makes and I'll fall asleep better? Maybe close the blinds?" Jane looked at her waiting for an answer while Maura was waiting for her to smirk in her jokingly manner but the Captain just stood there out in the hallway. Biting her lip Maura spoke.

"I would highly recommend you to find noises that resemble what… Hapsha makes when you are not aboard. This will allow you to cycle through REM and all of the NREM stages of sleeping which should help you with your day to day activities."

"Thanks I'll try that next time I'm on world." Jane smiled softly at her thinking about where she could actually get something like that.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Maura stepped aside, sweeping her arm out. "Would you like to come in?"

"No actually, we have to get some food into you and then have Shafter show you around and maybe," Jane's eyes quickly scanned Maura's outfit. "Get you some better clothes." Maura glanced down at what she was wearing, gripping the bottom of the shirt pulling it down.

"That would be a good idea." Jane stepped back allowing Maura to join her in the hallway. The blonde threw one last look at Bass's sleeping form before stepping out the door closing softly behind her. They walked down the hall in silence Jane finally speaking up as they waited for the elevator.

"You seem… to be doing better today," there was a hint of concern in her voice. Maura stared at the orange screen with things flashing across it.

"As do you." The Captain smiled bitterly next to her.

"I'm sorry about… leaving how I did… I just…,"

"It finally all caught up with you?" Maura asked softly looking at her.

"Yeah it did." The other woman smiled placing her hand on Jane's shoulder.

"Just don't let it overwhelm you or you'll end up having an episode like I did." She let her hand drop looking down at her bandages. Wanting to change the subject Jane said,

"That reminds me, we should also swing by the medbay; no doubt Dr. Peirce wants to get those off of you as soon as possible." The doors opened in front of them the elevator seeming too small for the two of them. Jane clicked the button for Wing B the doors closed leaving Jane to her last memories of when they were in here. The light flashed on them, she could feel Maura's eyes on her. They were subtle but she could feel them glancing at her every few seconds. The Captain looked up at the Holoscreen that told them where they were in the ship. Her hair fell back showing off her face, the woman next to her gasped.

"What?" Jane asked looking at her. Maura had turned to her staring at her face.

"I didn't notice it before. Could you look up again please?" After giving Maura a strange look Jane did as she was asked which only made Maura huff out. She grabbed Jane's chin. Jane swallowed feeling Maura's soft hands against her skin. The blond pulled Janes head down a little bit before saying,

"Right there, stay right there." Jane knitted her eyebrows together, her eyes looking down as lights flickered on her face from the top slits of the elevator's movements. "You have a scar on your eyebrow. I didn't notice it before." Jane dropped her head, her finger coming up to caress the skin where she knew the scar sat. It was faint now, but it sat just along the edge of the hair there. "How did you get it?"

The doors opened showing a group of people wanting to get on the lift. They stepped aside allowing the Captain through. They ignored Maura now, her outfit no longer standing out. But some threw her curious looks as they noticed the absence of an Omnicuff. No doubt rumors as to who Maura was spread through the ship.

"I was out on a mission when a blast from a sonic rifle grazed me." Maura gasped, putting her hand over her mouth.

"Were you okay?"

"Yeah I was fine," Jane chuckled.

They walked down the hall moving around the other people, everyone starting there day with food. "And enough about me. You have barley told me anything about you. I feel horrible for just talking about myself all the time." She threw a smile at Maura, encouraging her to speak.

"What would you like to know?"

"Well, every time I ask you deflect the question rather skillfully," Maura's mind raced thinking of all the questions she had refused to answer to Jane, the amount large for the small time she had been able to speak to her. "You said that you were a doctor. What kind of doctor?"

"I'm a Pathologist and I… I was the chief medical examiner." Jane stepped into a massive room before Maura, people talking softly with each other eating and trying to wake up.

"So you cut up dead people?" Maura couldn't help but smile at Jane's easy explanation.

"Yes." They stepped up to a long row of containers holding food, Jane handing Maura a plate. Jane moved down the line first scooping up food onto her plate, ignoring the looks that people gave her and Maura.

"That's interesting that- don't eat that if you don't like spicy food- that you would pick something that was -oh no anything in the red tines Humans can't eat- that was more on the hardcore side of medicine." Jane spoke helping Maura dish out her breakfast. "What made you want to become that?" Jane asked, waiting at the end of the line. All the tension that she had been carrying with her that morning seemed to melt away the longer she stayed with Maura the more she talked to her.

"What made you want to become a Captain of a space ship?" Maura shot back. The brunette grinned at her.

"I see your point." Jane's eyes scanned the room looking around spotting her friend. It was hard to miss it being the only Charkgin in the room. "Oh hey, I see Shafter over there. Do you want to join it?" Maura nodded her head spotting the tall alien eating by itself a tablet sitting next to its plate. They walked over to the table, Jane leading the way as the walking space shrunk between all of the bodies.

"But really Jane, what did make you want to become a Captain of a space ship?" Maura asked as they were able to walk side by side again.

"It's because she enjoys bossing people around," Shafter hummed playfully when he heard Maura's voice coming up next to it.

"That may or may not have been the only reason why I joined the fleet," Jane joked as she sat down, Maura doing the same.

"It's nice to see you again Maura and this time with no new injuries." Maura's smile fell by just a fraction.

"I thought a nice warm breakfast would do her good," Jane spoke up noticing the mood shift in the blonde. Maura watched as Jane dug into her food, humming in satisfaction. She glanced down at her own plate, thinking about what to try first.

"The green stuff is actually cut up Shvista," Shafter spoke up squinting its eyes; humor.

"What?" Maura asked, looking back down at the food on her plat. "What is a Shvista?" Shafter hummed louder.

"It's a giant-" Jane's spoke over her friend.

"Don't mind Shafter it thinks it's so funny in the early mornings and no it's not cut up Shvista it's…," she paused. "its food. Food is food. Just try some, it's good for you." She said triumphantly going back to her own plate. Maura bit her lip, fiddling with the utensil in her hand, Shafter's eyes on her. With a moment of hesitation Maura scooped up a some before biting into it. Her eyes grew wide as flavor exploded in her mouth. Jane grinned. "I told you." Maura chewed, savoring the taste. I have to stop judging the food here.

Shafter hummed, biting into his own food with its hidden mouth. Maura watched curiously as it swallowed the holes in its neck clamping close. Jane grew silent next to her, too wrapped up in eating to keep the conversation going.

"Shafter?" the alien looked up at her from the tablet it was looking at. The alien had been bursting with anticipation to speak to Maura again but knew it had to keep its distance. While Maura sat across from it it had been staring blankly at the Holotablet, the words not forming a meaning, all of its nerves amped up, trying to stop the need to ask Maura a thousand questions.

"Yes?" Maura bit her lip as Shafter closed all three of its eyes; wondering what Maura wanted.

"May I ask you something? Something about your species?" The aliens humming grew louder at Maura's need to know.

"Of course you may," it said, setting down the fork it was using, turning all of its attention towards her. Jane ate glancing between the two but didn't speak.

"With all of this technology… I was wondering if your race,"

"The Charkgin as the Humans call us," Shafter spoke, giving her new information. Maura smiled at it, glad for the correction.

"I was wondering if the Charkgin have always been a marine based species or if with the use of technology made you look how you are today." Jane made a slurping noise as she ate but also focused on the conversation at hand. Shafter closed two of its eyes leaving the third open; pleased.

"Not at all. We have not used our technology to alter our DNA or appearance in anyway. In fact the only thing that we have created that could possible lead to an argument on this topic is the Simitu suits." It gestured to the skin tight materiel it was wearing. It was a solid black making Shafter's soft green skin stand out.

"So do the Charkgin have the ability to breathe underwater?" The bottom two eyes of Shafters eyes filled up with blue, the third filling up with black; intrigued.

"Sadly we do not. But like most sea mammals on the Human home word, Earth, we are able to hold our breath up to twenty hours if we wish. Although, I do have to admit it's not very comfortable." Shafter blinked clearing its eyes back to what they were.

"And what about that?" Maura asked. "How is it that you can change the color of your iris?" Shafter hummed in thought.

"This is rather fascinating actually, looking at it from a Human prospective. Unlike the Human iris the Charkgin have layers of muscle on top of each other thus allowing it to contract, if need be to allow more light into the pupil but also allows them to twist showing different colors." To prove a point Shafters eyes suddenly turned green before quickly going back to their normal blue. Maura sat back in her chair looking at the alien who hummed in amusement at the blonde's astonishment. "It also helps us express our emotions when speaking to one another or speaking to a different race." Maura took a bite of her food, chewing thoughtfully.

"What do you mean?"

"Charkgin do not speak to each other as Human's, Jungken's and Oper's do who use their vocal cords to form speech. My people speak using body movements and facial cues. Most of our movements are so subtle that other races can't pick up that we're moving at all. In fact," Shafter raised its right arm showing the thin silver band that wrapped around its wrist. "With the Human creation of the Omnicuff they hope to log and archive all of the Charkgin movements." Maura blinked at him her mind absorbing all of the information that was being thrown at her. "I am the first Charkgin to wear one so progress with the archive is slow."

"Speaking of Omnicuff's," Jane mumbled all of a sudden. Both Shafter and Maura had forgotten the Captain sitting there. She clicked on a flashing green button a Holoscreen popping up with a Officers face. He saluted the Captain before speaking.

"Captain Rizzoli there's a call for you in the Holoroom from Luna base." Jane grew stiff her face hardening.

"Tell them I'll be right there." She closed out of the call, staring at the table for a second before rubbing her face.

"You knew you had to speak to them soon rather than later Jane," Shafter spoke softly towards his friend. She sighed, leaning her arms on the table.

"Yeah, I'd rather it be later though. Maura I have to leave and take care of some things. Do you think you could stay with Shafter?" The alien hummed, having already agreed to Jane's request this morning. The blonde grinned back at the alien saying a perky,

"Of course."

"Great, I'll find you guys when I can. Maura will tell you, Shaf, where she needs to go." She gripped Shafters shoulder as she walked by it giving her friend a silent thanks. She threw a smile over her shoulder at Maura with a wave. Jane got rid of her tray walking out of the room hearing Shafters humming voice fade away. She shoved her hands in her pockets as she stood in the elevator, rocking back and forth on her feet, tension bouncing off of her in waves.

The few other people in the lift made small talk with each other bring in into the conversation every now and again. But for the most part she ignored them her mind to full to hold idle chit chat. The doors opened dropping the people off leaving Jane alone. She sighed again, her fatigue already catching up to her. The brunette leaned against the wall closing her tired eyes as she waited for the doors to open fully.

Her feet felt heavy in her boots as she walked towards the lab that held the massive Holoroom. She greeted the people in the room politely before heading towards the closed doors, slipping inside. The room was already spinning, the thousand of lights etching a picture on the moving walls. Major White stood there his face grim. She stood at attention saluting him.

"Sir." He leaned against the railing that circled his image not saluting her back.

"Captain Rizzoli," his voice was hard and cold, sending chills down her spine. "You have some explaining to do."

*yawns*

I really need to stop starting new chapters at midnight .

Love ya! - FTP