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"One pain is lessen by another's anguish" – William Shakespeare

Ch. 12: Rachel

"They have to be here," Jane groaned in frustration. She tossed the file on the other desk while Devyn was down the hall, pulling another box of files from the shelf. Emily and Maura looked up from their own files with Maura replying, "Since they've been here all of their lives, they should have a birth certificate here."

"We've been through a bunch of Baptist and none of been the one we're looking for."

"Hopefully, this is our batch," Devyn replied

Emily gave a small smile and commented, "Honey, you said that a couple file boxes ago."

"Trying to stay positive."

Jane rolled her eyes while Maura gave a small laugh as she opened the box. She took the next file and opened it, reading the papers then a smile formed on her face. "Seems the positive wave came in," Maura informed.

"Vibe," Jane corrected. She placed her hand out and Maura handed the file over to Jane who opened it. She began to read the file aloud to Emily and Devyn, "Duncan and William Baptist…mother: Rachel…"

"Bingo," Devyn retorted happily.

"Father's blank though." Devyn sighed in frustration, rubbed her chin and placed her face on the table. Jane sighed as well, looking at the document once more before her eyes widened. "Are you still writing notes in your notebook," Jane inquired quickly.

"Yes…

"Take it out."

Devyn gave a confused expression but went into her bag, pulling out her notebook. She handed the notebook to her cousin and asked, "Why you need my notes?"

"You'll see," Jane answered as she turned through the pages of the notebook. She then smirked and stated to her, "Bingo!" She turned the notebook toward Devyn, Emily and Maura then pushed the birth certificate.

Maura looked at the notebook then at the birth certificate. Her eyes shot up toward Jane as she pointed out, "The last name of Caranza."

"The mob boss' daughter," Devyn questioned.

"That's not a coincidence, Dev," Jane commented.

"Definitely not." Devyn placed her notebook into her satchel then looked at the birth certificate. "I'm going to get copies of this then I must handle Ms. Dramatic at the front," Devyn added with a sigh.

Maura and Emily gave curious expressions with Maura asking, "Do you mean Nicole at the front desk?"

"That's her name?"

Emily smirked at Devyn then retorted, "I'll handle it."

A couple minutes later, Emily returned with the file in her hand and the photocopies. She handed the file to Jane then looked at Devyn, "All done."

Devyn crossed her arms over her chest and retorted with a smirk, "Show off." She then looked over at Jane who was reading the file, prompting her to ask, "Anything?"

"No current address here. We got find her because right now, she's our lead next to our two living victims who are still out of commission."

Suddenly, Jane's phone rang and she handed the file to Maura while Devyn looked back down at the file. "Her father's is pretty well known," Devyn stated as she ran her finger along the pages. "There's more to this story and the way the Bard sounded…he sounded like his heart was pulled out."

"You got to be fuckin kidding me," everyone jumped to see Jane rubbing her face feverishly then hung up. She stomped back to the group and announced, "Our two victims died under mysterious circumstances."

"What?"

"I thought there was cops and FBI watching them," Maura questioned.

Jane shrugged and looked at Devyn, "Korsak and Frost are heading to the hospital, I have to meet them there."

"I'm coming as well," Maura said to Jane, grabbing her purse.

Devyn watched as they were walking out of the room. She looked over at Emily who gestured for her to follow, prompting Devyn to run out of the room.

R&I

With Emily dropping the paperwork with Nina, Jane and Maura with Devyn drove down to the hospital. When they arrived, they noticed immediately that there were cruisers as well as regular cars. "Fuck, FBI is here," Jane groaned as she went up the staircase to the front door.

"Let's get Maura to the bodies first then you can worry about the FBI later," Devyn retorted as they entered the doors.

Immediately as they entered, they were welcomed by a horde of reporters. "Detective Rizzoli, this is another set of deaths in the last couple of days. Is this related to a new serial killer on the loose," a reporter questioned.

"Do you have any leads," another reporter questioned as well.

The questions fired one after another with Jane and Maura trying to squeeze through with Devyn trailing behind. They reached the elevator, entering it then pressed the 'up' button to get the doors closed. With the doors closed, Jane placed her head on Maura's shoulder and closed her eyes as she mumbled, "That isn't a good sign."

"I know," Maura retorted as she kissed the top of Jane's head.

"If the reporters are being vultures, that means that the FBI spilled beans," Devyn pointed out.

Maura looked at Devyn and retorted, "You can't be so sure."

"This Dean idiot you guys know gives me those vibes."

They heard the ding of the elevator and Jane lifted her head up from Maura's shoulder. She gave Maura a quick kiss on the cheek then straightened her blazer. As the doors opened, a whole floor filled with doctors, nurses, police officers and FBI running around met them. They stepped out and looked around for any sign of Korsak or Frost until they heard Frost shout, "Jane! Maura, over here!"

Jane wrapped her arm around Maura's waist protectively, traveling across the floor until they reached Frost. "This way," he gestured down the hall that seemed to be zoned off.

"What happened," Jane questioned.

"Not even sure. Our victims have been zoned off in two separate areas but we had officers there. Both were expected to make a full recovery according to the doctors who examined them."

"Despite one being poisoned and the other being stabbed?"

"Yeah, the Bard didn't get them quick enough but he was able to knock the officers out."

"They're okay?"

"Bruised, that's all."

"Pure luck right there," Devyn retorted softly.

They reached the first room and entered to see Korsak, gazing at the body of Peter Jenkins. The room was still cleaned besides the blood that covered the blood. The stiches on his chest were ripped open and it appeared that new wounds had been given.

"What the hell." Maura walked toward the body while Korsak stepped away with Jane commenting, "It's a blood bath."

"He wanted to finish what he started," Korsak replied, holding up an evidence bag that had a knife inside.

"Is there a note," Jane asked. Korsak shook his head and looked over at Devyn who was looking at the crime scene. "Is it normal for him to not leave a note," Jane asked her cousin.

"It's not," she answered, looking around the crime scene.

"Maura," Jane called out to her girlfriend who looked up from the body, "I'm going to check out the other body with Korsak and Devyn." Maura nodded and they walked out with Korsak leading the two to the other room. "How much trouble is Dean giving us," Jane asked Korsak.

"Enough to call Cavanaugh down here."

"You're kidding me," Jane groaned.

They turned to the next hallway to see Dean standing at the doorway with Lieutenant Cavanaugh. "Lieutenant, my superiors believe that I should continue the case due to the lack of progress that your investigators are having," Jane heard Dean say to Cavanaugh.

"You said you would give us until the end of the week," Jane argued.

"If I give you the rest of the week, more bodies will pile up in your morgue!"

"Fuck you."

"First, your cousin can't stop this nut job, bailed on the case and now, you can't do anything."

Before Jane or Devyn could even say anything, Korsak stepped forward and ordered with his finger in Dean's face, "Back the fuck off, Dean."

"Vince," Cavanaugh called. At the sound of his name, Korsak stepped back and Cavanaugh looked over at Dean, stating, "You have no right to speak to my detectives like that." The lieutenant then looked over at Jane, Korsak and Devyn who were looking at him. He moved aside so they can enter the crime or at least, Korsak and Jane for Dean stopped Devyn from entering the crime scene.

When Jane entered the room, her jaw dropped slightly at the sight of the crime scene. Covered in blood as well like Jenkins, the female poisoned victim from the masquerade was stabbed multiple times as well with bruising that covered her jaw area. "He must came to her room first then went to Jenkins," Jane said aloud.

"But why not leave a note," Korsak inquired. "Why change his MO?"

Jane looked at Korsak then at the crime scene. She walked around the room for a moment, approached the body once more. She noticed that there was a pin attached to the hospital gown of the victim. "There was a note," she whispered then turned back toward the door to look at Dean who was staring down at Devyn.

The two hadn't exchange words but their expressions said everything that needed to be said. "Where's the note, Dean," Jane questioned, breaking their stare down.

"There wasn't a note," Dean answered quickly.

Devyn looked up at Jane with an eyebrow raised and Jane moved closer toward Dean. "You said that real fast," Jane commented.

"So?" Devyn let out a smug laugh, prompting Dean to scowl at her while Jane noticed something in Dean's jacket pocket as he moved closer and questioned, "What are you laughing about?"

"You call yourself an FBI agent," Devyn retorted. "You can't lie straight to our face…"

"Also you have something in jacket pocket that's popping out," Jane commented. Dean attempted to pull his jacket close but Devyn caught his wrist. Before Dean or even Cavanaugh could speak, Jane leaned in and opened the jacket to reveal an evidence bag. "Wow, lied to our faces," Jane stated.

"You guys have no chance in stopping him," Dean barked.

"I think you're done here," Cavanaugh informed Dean. At those words, Dean straightened his jacket than pushed pass Devyn and Maura who was approaching the crime scene. Cavanaugh looked at Jane and Korsak then at Devyn as he spoke to them, "I'll hold off the FBI."

"Thanks L. T."

Cavanaugh gave them the nod with Maura looking at the three who stood at the doorway. "We got control of the case for now," Jane informed Maura.

"I'll check out the second body then drive down to BPD to get started on the autopsies immediately," Maura said.

"Thank you."

Maura gave Jane and Devyn a quick nod then walked inside with Korsak. Devyn moved closer toward Jane and asked, "What does the note say?"

"The pain I feel, you will never get. The scars we have, match. "One pain is lessen by another's anguish" as Shakespeare once said. Release my sons or more will come," Jane read. She looked at Devyn who gave a confused expression. "It doesn't make sense, does it," Jane inquired.

Devyn shook her head, "Not really. He used an actual Shakespeare quote, not a play quote but I'm not sure what he means by the first part."

"That scars we have, match…I don't know if he's pulling words from his head or he means it. This recent murder is way too sporadic."

"He's losing it?"

"I'm not sure…"

"Hey guys," they looked up to see Frost standing down the hallway, "I found something that you might like." They traveled down the hall toward Frost who then walked passed the other crime scene and rounded the corner. "We found a couple blood spots that headed toward this stairwell," Frost gestured to the door he stood in front of.

"Okay, so that was his escape route," Jane concluded.

Frost nodded and opened the door, "I went down the staircase to see if he left anything?"

"Did he?"

"Yup." He then pulled out an evidence bag to reveal a Polaroid photo. He handed in to Jane who took it and showed it to Devyn. It was a beautiful young woman who was smiling at the camera. She had luscious long brown hair with a beautiful smile; she seemed happy. "Read the back," Frost gestured.

Jane flipped it over and read, "To the love of my life...Love, Rachel."

"That name again," Devyn mumbled.

"Let's hope Nina found something."

"Let's hope."

"Actually, since you have this photo," Nina stated to the group of detectives, "I can run the picture through the DMV and see if I can find anything."

"Fingers crossed," Frankie said aloud.

As they were walking out, Jane pondered, "How does a mobster's daughter just disappear? She must have been monitored."

"She was originally by BPD but when the gang unit realized she didn't want any relationship with her father, they discontinued surveillance," Korsak explained.

"Now, she's gone."

"Did we go through the boys' cell phones," Devyn inquired as she took a seat.

Frost nodded, "You would think college boys have many numbers but there's only two and they are disconnected. What about the note? Have you figured anything about it?"

Devyn shook her head and Jane sighed, "The Baptist boys were influenced by the Bard due to abandonment and one of the boys state that they were rejected."

"The Bard made a connection…Rachel is the center of all of this."

Suddenly, Jane's desk phone began to ring, prompting Jane to answer. "Rizzoli," she answered.

"I have your autopsy results on every single victim. All official," Maura informed.

"I'll be down right now." She then ended the call and looked over at Devyn and the others, "Maura's got the autopsy results all set. We can start making full on connections with the Shakespeare plays."

"If they weren't obvious," Devyn stated as she stood up from her chair.

They walked down to the morgue and entered to see Maura standing in the morgue in her lab coat and dress with the two latest victims on the table. "What do you got, Maura," Jane asked as she approached.

"Stabbed to death and die from blood loss," Maura informed her girlfriend.

"That's every Shakespeare play that involves violence," Devyn concluded.

"Any leads on Rachel?"

Jane shook her head and rested it on top of Maura's. "This case is going in circles," she mumbled against Maura's hair.

"I know," Maura retorted softly.

Though she didn't want to interrupt the moment, Devyn cleared her throat, having Maura and Jane pull away briefly. "These all the autopsy reports," Devyn gestured to the files on the table.

"Yes, all in order so I think you should be able to separate everything."

"It shouldn't take long. You two relax in the office since we have to wait for Nina's results."

At first, Jane was confused at her cousin's suggestion then noticed the small smirk on her face. "You sure," Jane inquired softly.

"You two haven't had time together since this case started. You guys deserve it because I have an awful feeling that there's not going to be any time after that."

"Alright," Jane nodded.

The two women walked back to Maura's office, shutting the door behind them. Feeling her body become somewhat tired, Jane slipped her blazer off and placed it on Maura's coatrack before resting her back on the sofa. Maura was about to walk to her desk before Jane called out, "Maura?"

"Yes Jane," Maura answered.

"Join me?"

Maura smiled, despite knowing that her dress may get wrinkled, the doctor removed her lab coat and placed it on the coatrack. She walked over and at first, she wasn't sure where she was going to rest at until Jane took her hand, pulling Maura on top of her.

"Jane," Maura giggled as Jane wrapped her arms around Maura's waist.

Jane hummed, "Much better." Maura's smile widened and kissed Jane's cheek then gave a soft kiss on her lips. When she pulled back, Jane's eyes were closed with the smile plastered as she hummed, "So much better."

As Maura started to close her eyes, she heard Jane whisper her name, "Maura?"

"Hmm…"

"I'm glad I have you," Jane smiled.

"Same here, Jane. I'm glad that I have you as well." And, for the first time since the case started, Maura and Jane closed their eyes and found some sort of peace together in the darkness.

Two hours later…

Groggily, Jane opened her eyes and stretched her arms a bit until she felt movement against her body. Her eyes darted down to see beautiful blonde hair that she had come to know and love immensely. Maura nuzzled her face into Jane's neck, making the detective blush. She kissed Maura's forehead then slipped away from Maura's warm body, resting her on the sofa. Despite moving her, Maura didn't react but instead, snuggled into the pillow that had traces of Jane's scent.

The doctor smiled sleepily while Jane opened the door and slipped out of the office to see Devyn writing on a notepad. "Feel better," Devyn inquired without looking up.

"Much. Thanks," Jane answered as she took a seat next to her cousin. She looked down and her eyes widened at the names of plays that were listed on multiple sheets then it trailed onto a small list. "That's all the plays he used in my cases," Jane asked.

"No, it's yours and mine combined."

Devyn handed the list to Jane who read it aloud, "Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar."

"Based on what I gone over, yes."

"They're all Shakespeare tragedies."

Devyn nodded, "Yeah. I'm also still trying to figure out this thing," gesturing toward the note in the evidence bag.

"You're not sure about that at all?" Devyn shrugged, leaning back in her chair while Jane slid the evidence bag toward her. "Do you think he's just throwing dirt," she inquired.

"Maybe," Jane retorted.

Suddenly, Jane's phone rang and she answered, "Rizzoli."

"So we couldn't find in the Boston DMV. However, she popped up through the FBI's database," Nina informed the detective.

"How did you get them to cooperate?"

With a hint of a smirk, Nina retorted, "A simple 'please' worked very well."

"You rock, Nina. So where's she at?"

"New York City."

Jane glanced over at Devyn then looked at the doorway to see Maura standing there, yawning a bit. "I guess we got a road trip to make," Jane smirked.

They won't get in my way.

I will find her.

She will be mine again.

If she hasn't figured out that I'm looking for her, she knows now.

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