A/N: Almost winter break. Thank goodness, such a busy semester.
Disclaimer: Read Ch. 1
"You got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love." - Unknown
Ch. 15: The Hunt
"The plan is going to going like this: Korsak, Devyn and Nina are heading to his bookstore. He has to act like a normal person to cover his track. Frankie, Frost and I will head to the location that Nina got for us."
"Wait, how come I'm going to with Nina and Korsak? I need to go with you."
"Your cousin is not very happy with you," Frost commented as they slipped into the cruiser.
Jane rolled her eyes, "Devyn has to deal." She then glanced over at Maura who was standing beside her. She turned toward her and wrapped arms around Maura's waist.
"Please be careful," Maura said to the detective.
Jane nodded then leaned down, kissing her lips gently then pulled back and said, "I love you."
Maura smiled softly, "I love you too."
The brunette pulled away from the doctor and entered the passenger seat with Frankie, driving out of the parking garage.
R&I
"I can't believe she sent me here," Devyn grumbled.
Korsak glanced at the rearview mirror to see Devyn slumped in the backseat, watching the window with anger in her eyes. "It's for your own safety," Korsak retorted, trying to reason with the former detective. Devyn did not retort but Korsak let out a sigh and looked back at Nina who gave a nervous expression.
"I wanted to be there…" Devyn murmured finally.
"I know, kid but we both know that Jane can handle this and if you did go, you might do something you'll regret."
"I have digression."
"Not with this case," Nina added.
Devyn crossed her arms over her chest then she sat up quickly and ordered, "Stop. This is it."
Korsak pulled over quickly with Nina and Devyn stepping out of the car. They looked at each other with curious expressions on their face as they gazed at the front of the store. "So this is it," Nina stated softly.
"I guess so," Korsak answered unsurely.
Devyn looked at Korsak, moving behind him as he and Nina drew their weapons. "I'll stay here," Devyn stated grudgingly.
Korsak nodded then lead Nina toward the shop doors. Cautiously, Korsak pushed the door open and looked in. He went toward the left while Nina went to the right, clearing the front of the shop then they traveled toward the back, clearing it as well. "It's clear," Korsak shouted, gesturing toward Devyn to come in.
Walking toward the door, she pushed through and took in the sight. It looked as if the shop was abandoned for a while and yet; there was still signs that someone was around. "This doesn't look like the lair of a serial killer," Nina commented as she walked along a couple of bookcases.
"Looks are deceiving," Korsak retorted. Devyn ran her fingers along the books, reading the titles. "Anything interesting," Korsak noticed Devyn observing the books.
"Alphabetical order by author. Not by title or genre," Devyn answered.
"So…"
"Hey Professor," Nina called out, making Korsak and Devyn follow the sound of her voice toward the back. They noticed that Nina was standing in front of the bookcase that held only a small amount of books. "All the shelves are full except this one and I looked at the letter. It's the letter 'S'," Nina explained.
"Any Shakespeare titles," Devyn inquired.
"All of them are Shakespeare titles."
I wonder, Devyn thought. "Start looking for a possible switch."
"For what?"
"This bookstore shows signs that he's been here."
Korsak looked at Devyn and understanding crossed his face immediately. "You think there's a secret room," Korsak pointed out.
"Has to be."
"Let's get started."
Across town, Jane with Frost and Frankie pulled up to the supposed location that Henry was at. They looked at the building and gave a curious expression. "This is a shutdown asylum," Frankie pointed out, looking at the broken infrastructure.
"Creepy," Frost commented, slipping his iPad into a case.
Jane nodded, "Agree." She pulled out her cell phone and sent a quick text to Maura, telling her 'I love you' then she placed the phone back into its holder and drew her weapon. "Any word from Korsak," Jane inquired.
"Still waiting for the phone call," Frankie retorted.
"Do you think they found something," Frost questioned.
"There's a possibility," Jane answered. "Especially with Nina and Devyn there."
Suddenly, Frankie's cell phone vibrated with Frankie answering, "Korsak, we're at location." Jane and Frost watched as Frankie was talking with him until his eyes widened in pure surprise. "Hold on, let me put you on speakerphone," Frankie stated.
He placed the phone on the dashboard and stated, "Repeat that one more time so Janie and Frost could hear it."
"We found a backdoor inside the bookshop. It's behind a bookshelf that was moved around and specifically with the letter 'S.' Most of the Shakespeare books are here and no other books," Korsak explained.
"So where did the backdoor lead through," Jane inquired.
"To a basement," Jane heard her cousin shout in the background. "It's pretty dark here but so far, we have nothing," Devyn continued.
"You sure? Did you find the light yet?"
"Just did," Nina answered. "Oh…wow…"
"Jesus."
Jane gave her brother and Frost a confused expression and asked in worry, "What's going on guys?"
"It's like a sea of paper and wires and just shit," Devyn commented.
"What does that mean," Jane added.
"Hold on." Frost's iPad rang prompting the detective to pick it up and press the answer button and suddenly, Nina's face appeared on the screen. "This is what we mean," the young woman pointed out as she panned the camera to the room to see Devyn observing the walls with Korsak.
Papers covered the floor and walls. Different colored yarn strings connected to different sides of the walls. In addition, there were a lot of pictures from places to people including pictures of the detectives and even Maura.
"He's been watching the whole time," Korsak pointed out.
"He lost our trail when we went to NYC though," Devyn shouted as she placed a crime scene glove on and pulled the photo off the wall. She pointed to the photo and commented, "This is the front of BPD and the time stamp is when we disappeared to NYC. He had no idea that we went for Rachel."
"What's the probability that he knows we're here," Jane inquired.
"Fifty-fifty chance. Just be ready for the worst case scenario."
"Thanks…"
"You on scene," Korsak questioned.
Jane nodded and Devyn retorted, "Get him."
"Of course," Jane answered, handing the iPad back to Frost.
They then stepped out of the car, drawing their weapons and began to approach the asylum, preparing for anything despite knowing that they weren't. Jane approached the door cautiously, pushing the iron door to see if it opened. Surprisingly, it did with ease, prompting the detectives to enter the building quietly and more vigilant than ever.
As they entered, they heard nothing but silence and saw that the place was in shambles. They switch their flashlights on and looked around the area, searching for a pathway to follow. "This way," Jane stated, pointing down a hallway and proceeded.
R&I
Back at the bookshop, Maura arrived at the bookstore to help process the crime scene with the techs even though she was the medical examiner. As she entered the backroom, she was met with the wall of pictures and red yarn. "Oh my," she stated, prompting Korsak, Nina and Devyn to look at her.
"Yeah," Devyn retorted to the statement. "Welcome to Hell."
Maura approached the wall, looking at the photos then noticed that there were some pictures that were taken at her house. "He's been watching all of us," she pointed out as she placed the crime scene gloves on. She the pulled one of the pictures down, reading one of the notes that were written there, " 'Relationship? Watch these two'."
Devyn then pulled another picture down; it was an image of herself with Emily with a huge red circle around Emily. " 'You will know how I feel'," Devyn read then placed the picture down, trying her best to not tear it apart.
"You okay," Korsak inquired, noticing the two women's disgusted faces.
"Feeling queasy."
"Nauseated," Maura added. She then looked at Korsak and inquired, "Did you speak to Jane?"
Korsak nodded, "She was going into the building with Frankie and Frost."
Maura sighed, glancing back at the pictures. She then felt a hand on her shoulder and glanced back to see that it was Devyn. "Everything will be okay," Devyn assured quietly to her.
"I hope so."
"Hey Devyn, you might want to see this," Nina called out.
Devyn with Maura and Korsak approached Nina to reveal a laptop. "Does it work," Korsak questioned.
Nina nodded, "It's on but everything is password protected."
"How long it might take for you to get access?"
"Give me a couple minutes," Nina replied as she cracked her knuckles and began to type.
Meanwhile, Jane, Frankie and Frost were clearing the building, trying to find Henry and Big Jon before Henry killed Big Jon. "This place is too big to clear out by ourselves," Frost pointed out as they finished clearing one hallway.
"So what are we going to do," Jane questioned
"I don't think it's a good idea to split up," Frankie pointed out.
"We need to find Big Jon now…"
Suddenly, they heard a cry of pain and a hard thud. "Follow that," Jane ordered as they began to race down the hallway.
They followed the shouting and reached two closed doors that were chained closed. They heard the yell again then heard Henry shout, "YOU RUINED MY LIFE!"
"YOU NEVER DESERVED HER!"
"YOU FUCKIN BASTARD!" Suddenly, there was a loud thud as if something was connecting to a body.
"We need to open this place," Frankie hissed, looking at the lock and chain.
Jane cringed, gritting her at the sound of another thud. She approached the door, opened her jacket and pulled out a set of lock picking tools. Frost and Frankie's eyebrows went up with Frost asking, "Where did you get that?"
"Had it for awhile and I only use it for my car," Jane retorted as she began to pick the lock. "Just watch my back because once this open, we are definitely going to be in a shit show."
"How's the laptop coming, Holiday," Korsak asked Nina who was still trying to get access into the computer.
"I almost got it," she answered, typing faster.
"Get ready," Jane hissed as she heard the lock click.
"Accessing," Nina announced, prompting Devyn, Maura and Korsak approach the computer. They watched as the computer unlocked finally, revealing the screensaver. "I'm in," Nina stated.
Jane tossed the lock aside, drawing her weapon with Frost and Frankie pulling the chain off then they pushed the doors open.
"Click that file," Devyn pointed to the file that stated 'big jon'.
Nina clicked the file, opening it and her eyes widened while Maura gasped, covering her mouth. "Oh shit," Korsak cussed.
"Boston Police Department," Jane shouted. "Henry Baptist-Reynolds, you're under arrest for murder!"
"One step closer, I drop them both," Henry shouted.
"Devyn, wait," Maura shouted but it was already too late, Devyn was bolting out of the crime scene.
"Someone stop her," Korsak ordered, hoping an officer can stop Devyn before she could reach a cruiser.
An officer noticed Devyn approaching a cruiser and immediately tackled her to the ground, prompting the professor to struggle. "Let me go," she shouted. "I need to go to Jane!" The officer handcuffed her then another officer lifted her up from the ground, taking her to Korsak. "Vince, I need to go! I cannot sit here!"
"She might be safe," Korsak tried to assure but he knew that the chances were slim.
"I lost so much already. I don't want to lose her as well!"
Before Korsak could even reply, his phone rang with Jane's caller ID being on it. "Rizzoli, what's happening? Are you okay? Do you have Baptist in custody," Korsak sped off questions faster than ever.
"Vince, is Devyn with you," Jane asked very slowly.
"Yeah, she was ready to bolt to where you guys were at due to something we found on Baptist's laptop. We had to handcuff her."
"Put it on speaker."
"What-"
"Korsak, just do it." With a confused expression on his face, Korsak retracted the phone from his ear and placed it on speaker. "Henry, you're on speaker. Devyn is listening."
"You are going to do the following or I promise you that your cousin, friends, Big Jon and your lover will meet their ends."
"Where is she," Devyn barked.
"Dev, I'm okay," Devyn heard then the world went black.
I'm finally on break guys. I'm sorry about the delays and everything, doing my major classes now.