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LET SLEEPING BLOOD LIE

CHAPTER 37 - Finality

She was changed for sure, she knew it now, she was a new person, a person with a purpose that wasn't revenge, and wasn't walking fury and fear anymore.

5 Months later...

"You have Macrocephaly." Maura states slightly annoyed at being stopped on her way from the bar to the booth where her friends are waiting by a man with halitosis and who in her opinion is far too forward.

"Is that another word for charm?" asks the dark haired stranger flirting openly with Maura. He looks her up and down and licks his lips, she is dressed as usual in a designer dress that clings to her just right, and he wiggles his eyebrows. She stares him up and down right back but her face reflects disgust. She glances over his shoulder and see's Jane watching the interaction from their usual booth at the Dirty Robber, her eyebrow raised and an amused smirk on her face.

"No", Maura sighs loudly, "It means your head is proportionately larger than it should be for your body."

"Oh...ahhh...well" he stutters looking confused, "My, um, drink needs a-a refill. It was, um, nice talking to you." he politely adds before turning tail and bolting.

"Likewise." Maura replies politely as he departs.

As she sits down in the booth and smooths out her skirt, Jane puts her arm possessively around Maura's shoulders and leans into her, "Maur', did you just tell that guy he has a big head?"

Maura looks shocked and offended, "No. Jane. Of course not. I told him that his...ohhh...yes, I see, I guess I did." she stifles a laugh.

Jane chuckles, "You're so badass. I'm glad you don't pick on me like that" her dimples are deep and her eyes sparkle with joy and it makes Maura warm inside to witness it. Jane looks so happy and content, and it's been a long time and a lot of pain and fighting for her to get to this place.

"Well I guess It's because I kinda like you" Maura winks and nudges into Jane with her shoulder

Jane crinkles her nose, "Well I guess I kinda like you too then."

Their eye sex exchange is broken by Korsak laughing from across the table, Jane had missed his laugh, "We all like you Jane, and welcome back...Detective Rizzoli."

"It's only part time." Jane eyeballs him her face serious

"We know you're only back because you get lonely without Maura," He winks and fist bumps with Frankie who has been hiding his smirk until now, "But we don't care the reason why."

Jane rubs her thumb slowly over her badge, over the shield that symbolizes protecting and serving that rests comfortably on her hip again. "It's good to be back." She smiles contentedly. And Korsak, Frankie, Nina all clink their glasses together with Maura "To Jane" they say together and Jane pushes her beer into the cluster with a smile and a squeeze of Maura's shoulders.

She is so happy, happy to be back, to know everyone is ok, to see the joy in their faces.

Angela can be heard laughing as she makes her way across the Dirty Robber dropping off drinks along her path until she arrives at their booth, "I'm so proud of you Janie," she reaches out and holds Jane's hand for a moment her eyes getting slightly glassy, "So so proud." The looks between them are full of joy and gratitude and relief.

"Thank's Ma. Can you join us?"

"In a few minutes baby. Anyone here need anything else?"

Outwardly it would appear Jane has returned to the world of the living. The growing, expanding system that has functioned as it has for almost three millennium. Outwardly she appears to have taken the blue pill like most of the population. The job, the house and a blue collar nine till five working class that keeps the system functioning like a clock.

But on the inside, it is a totally different story. She will keep digging, keep looking for the truth, and fighting evil where it gets too close to her. Make a difference where she can...serve and protect against those that do not care about human life.

Jane's phone buzzes on her hip and she pulls out her phone and flips it open to read the text, it's from Shannon

'Tomorrow night it's on. 1130. Pickup as usual. See both you girls there'

She holds it towards Maura to read getting a nod of agreement, and she puts it away again. The twinkle in her eyes mischievous.

Maura squeezes her hand and kisses her cheek and her smile grows bigger.

'I love you' she mouths to Maura.

That night, 5 weeks ago, after Smith, after they had taken down one of the buildings in question, she had gone home and Maura was waiting at the door, arms outstretched, ready to receive her, be there for her, without question. And she knew it would always be that way. They would always be there for each other, they were drawn to each other. They needed each other to breathe.

That night Jane had fallen into her outstretched arms and had finally opened up and explained it all to Maura only leaving out a few details. And Maura had accepted most of it, or taken it on board to review or process later. She comforted Jane where needed.

And they had made promises...promises to do whatever needed done together, or at least with the other person knowing.

Maura loved the idea of being a duo

"We are Rizzoli and Isles" she had laughed

"Oh. You don't want to be Batman and Robin huh? What about Thelma and Louise...you can be Louise". Jane had responded

She had put her arms around Jane's shoulders and kissed her on the cheek softly, and in her most seductive voice she whispered in Jane's ear, "I will be whoever you want me to be...Detective." Jane responded with a deep growl of arousal and the topic of names was completely forgotten.

Jane the secret crime fighter who came home to her everyday or night. She wasn't so keen on herself being labelled the sidekick...but then again Jane needed her intelligence and lab and what is a secret hero without a genius companion.

And so far Jane had kept her promise...other than a few headlines the Maura outright questioned Jane about...

Three CIA dead during investigation - no suspects

FBI still investigating 4 suicides of government officials from last month

CIA executive quits during inquisition into federal reserve, not been seen since

Jane had blamed Shannon with a cheeky grin on her face.

But they had finally resolved their differences with communication, Jane promising to be transparent in the future, it had been a hard habit for her to break after being solo for so long. And eventually it worked, and they were a team.

They were Rizzoli and Isles and they would be in every way. At work, at home, and out on secret missions with the team.

Together they would catch murderers and solve crimes for the Boston Police Department, and together they will use the resources they now have at their disposal to fight the hidden hand that secretly threatens to harm all life on earth. Together they will use the system that pays them to fight the creators of that very system. Just like Incognito and Shannon and the hundreds of others out there they will all work towards freedom and truth. They will not turn away and leave things alone, they will not close their eyes to secrets hidden in plain sight, of money and power and bloodlines and corrupt rulers that want to control and oppress in secret, in the shadows.

'I love you too' Maura mouths back and her own dimples show and her eyes twinkle back. It took Maura more persuasion than most to accept the world was different than it appeared, than she had been taught. To take the red pill as they call it. A challenge for her to accept that most drug studies were written by the companies pushing their own products for profits. She loved science, always did and always would. 'Facts just make sense' she would say, and then, one day, after digging around, after a heated debate with Shannon, the science just stopped working. It stopped working when she realized that the publications of hypothesis and theories as facts was being called science even though multiple testings did not always produce the same results. When the research doctors that used to be part of those companies convinced her it was not as black and white as the text in those magazines. The ones that lost their jobs because they disagreed with the publication of results or that the interpretation or analysis did not match up with the results gathered. The ones that refused bribes and requested re-tests...or threatened to go public with the real results.

"The FDA determines something safe or unsafe based on the documents given to them by the companies that have tested their own products. And also by the size of the bribe. They are never going to not push a product that makes them rich. Especially when federal laws protect companies from public liability. Why else were DDT's said to be safe and put in hundreds of products only too be secretly recalled many years later after people started getting sick from them. And there are hundreds of other organisations that claim to be looking out for the best interests of human beings, but in reality are only concerned with lining their own pockets." Shannon had produced so many documents to back up his many statements that Maura had felt physically ill for days. He had talked about drugs and vaccines, the levels of mercury in flu shots, GMO's and the rats that died in secret being tested with them, Monsanto the food company that was a poison company first, the discovery of artificial sweeteners in a chemical explosion. He had persuaded her with evidence and true irrefutable science. She had been unable to prove him wrong, and the more she tried to look for flaws or rebuttals the less she believed they existed.

And it had changed her, she had blossomed in confidence, she had surpassed her teachers and kept them on their toes. She had exceeded genius. She was a mastermind.

And so here she was, beside Jane, ready for whatever challenge they would face next.

Together they are more than one...they are a team that is even bigger than the two of them alone. They are part of a growing awakening that is ready to stand up and fight for truth and freedom and there is no cost so great that will stop them. The New world Order will become harder and harder to obtain for those that wish for it to exist.

The wind whips at her hair, flicking dark tresses across her olive skin. She wraps her bare arms around her hunched shoulders bracing against the cold. The view is stunning, the night sky in all it's twinkling glory. Standing in the dark facing the bitter night, she feels like batman watching for the beam...the beacon, she is ready, glaring stubbornly into the face of danger.

For just a moment she feels brave and indestructable almost feels like she used to, a time long ago. A time when things appeared black and white, when justice was just and fear was fleeting. A time before she lost a piece of herself, a sliver stolen by fear, destroyed by revenge.

That time was gone now, but she also recalled that the her of the past had shamefully saved herself, saved Maura. She wasn't that person anymore and maybe it was a good thing. She wasn't who she used to be and she couldn't get it back even if she wanted, not completely, by winning she had still lost something.

If she had to do it over she wouldn't change a thing. She had no regrets. She might have lost something, but she had gained so much more.

She had almost become like them in her attempt to stop them, but now she was fighting a silent war.

The group had grown. Everyday she knew could be her last. And she knew she was making a difference.

Sometimes the end did justify the means.

Maura's arms wrapped around her waist from behind.

How does she always know I'm here.

"Are you alright?"

Maura nods into her back and holds tighter, "I am, I just missed you."

"No more dreams?"

Maura sighs contently, "No, I just missed you."

Jane smiles and turns in Maura's arms holding her tight, "I'm here, Maur'. Forever."

"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

Ephesians 6:12

THE END

Comments both positive and negative are welcomed, I can always get improve.
Thank you to those that have repeatedly commented and encouraged me on. Some of your comments have made me laugh.
Writing this was a journey of it's own and I have enjoyed it and learnt so much.
I never expected to research so much deeper than what I already knew and I've learnt a bunch, also aware i'll probably learn more on my own journey and wish i'd known it when writing this so I could have put it in. Ahhh hindsight. I also know this touches on a lot of unpopular topics.
Never forget that the truth is out there, you only have to look.