I can't believe that I am siding with the entire police force. Even though, I know someone is dirty inside the station. This time, I am seeing Jane Rizzoli for the first time. Her name was famous all over the city of Boston since the Charles Hoyt tragedy. I just knew that Jane Rizzoli was the brave one who survived through this crisis. She will do it again.
"Hello, Maura." Hope Martin approached the conversation with her daughter for the first time. Jane and Frost just widened their eyes, and their mouths gaped open at the figure of the resemblance. Korsak held his breath when he heard the voice of Maura's mother and looked at Patrick. It happened when Patrick was smiling at Hope but didn't see Maura's reaction.
Maura was in awe when she first met her mother in person. Her thoughts went in reels of the questions about her parents' wellbeing since they had her when born in their arms. Maura didn't understand why she was a secret to the outside world but already succeed with her job as the Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The problem was that she was recognized as Maura Dorthea Doyle since the Doyle chaos.
It was how they found out that Maura was alive and the Doyle family's heir except for Colin. Maura and Colin were different because Colin was adopted by Patrick on their runaway from the highest coven before meeting Hope on their way. Maura looked between her parents for the odds and evens but was nudged by her best friend.
"Maur? Are you ok?" Jane asked with concern. Frost and Korsak paid attention to their friend for a moment before Hope and Patrick braced for themselves. Maura didn't realize that she didn't reply to her mother and shakily voiced.
"Yes, Jay. I am good. It's no convenient for me to acknowledge your question. I apologize for my reaction." Maura put up her smile to the mother figure of hers. Patrick was impassive with his daughter's response. Hope brought a bright smile to her face.
"No, it is unexceptional to meet your mother like today. I appreciate your well-being. Are we supposed to have a conversation together? I mean, I am indubitable for the constant questions that you have for us." Hope commented with an uneasy smile. Patrick silently nodded as he understood his lifelong partner's interpretation of the questions that Maura wanted to ask them.
"I suppose that it is for now. And I have a lot of questions about my well-being. From my understanding of your confession, Hope is my mother and had me when she was human. You, Patrick, by then, was a vampire before you had me." Maura questioned.
"Yes, it is correct. I was human when I had you. Patrick and I were and still are romantically involved with each other. It was a miracle when I saw him. I just knew that he was and still is the one for me. But, that time when we found out that we had you and we just knew that we were cautious with the kind of thing that we were not supposed to have you in our life." Hope said.
"Because of the laws, vampires and humans do not mix into the illegal family. It was a long time ago. So, we kept you a secret, so others didn't find out about you. And, we were discreet when we went out in public. I hid away from the public. Hope kept herself out of the gossips around the town. But it worked well until you were born." Patrick explained.
"Why did you keep her to yourself but didn't give her away to the Isles family?" Korsak opened up into the question. Patrick looked at him for the first time since he paid attention to Maura. Jane and Frost tilted their head when they were thinking in their heads. Maura stayed silent.
"Because the highest coven made the law about having an illegal child. If someone from the highest coven will come to our house and find out that we have an illegal child, then we must be killed immediately." Patrick informed him before nodding to Hope.
"Yes, we kept it discreetly before I found a wonderful man, Arthur Isles. Your grandfather was the one who took me in quickly after the highest coven formed the law. I was afraid that they would kill you and me. Not to Patrick. I knew it was coming for us. So, I hid away with your grandfather for a while until Patrick returned from runaway and brought Colin with us." Hope commented with a recall of her memory.
"When I was in labor, I was lying on the bed while waiting for your father to come home. Colin stayed behind with me and helped me recover everything I could from having you out of my womb. Patrick returned with Arthur. There were no doctors outside there, but Arthur was helping out with my labor. When you were out, and I was nearly dead. Patrick just knew what he must do with me. We complied that I must be turned in as a vampire after having you in my arms. It was our agreement." Hope continued to disclose her memory. Patrick smiled at her before nodding to agree with her.
"So, you nearly died, and Maura was alive in Patrick's arms. And, he turned you in as a vampire. How long did you?" Frost asked with his curiosity.
"I died for hours after having Maura in childbirth. Patrick sent Maura to Colin to take care of her. He did what he could to save me. I woke up in three days." Hope answered.
"Whoa," Jane said.
"It means I am a half-vampire and half-human, am I?" Maura finally opened up with her question. It was a resounding answer. Hope and Patrick looked at each other before nodding at their daughter for the first time.
"Yes, you are." The parents of Maura commented in unison.
"That explains a lot, Maur. Elizabeth told you that you could smell the odor and hear the conversation on the tape recorder or what?" Jane finally paid attention to Maura.
"It's correct, Jay. I didn't know that I was the one."
"Any questions, Maura?" Patrick asked.
Maura shook her head before looking at her best friend for some comfort. Jane understood that Maura needs some time to herself. Korsak and Frost just absorbed everything from her biological parents.
"I think that Maur needs some time to herself before she has a chance to talk with you alone. Is it ok if I take her away?" Jane replied with an apologizing smile. Patrick nodded with a wave of his hand and replied.
"Sure, no problem. I think that I heard Colin is returning with your mother, Constance. I must see her before I send her to her room. She will be in her room next to you both."
"Thanks. Frost and Korsak, you are on your own." Jane stood and gathered Maura in her arms before nodding at them and left the room. Hope watched the ladies departing in the room and announced.
"Are they together?" Frost and Korsak looked at her before smiling at her.
"They are not together but being best friends to each other. Well, you will love it when you have a chance to talk with Jane and Maura." Korsak smiled. Frost nodded. Hope chuckled before following Patrick out of the break room. It left the men alone with their questions.
Colin carried Constance in a bridal style when they came in. The backup watcher was helping him out with a dead body of Damien. Elizabeth met them on the ground floor and saw Patrick stroding through the sparring mats. Colin nodded at him and said.
"Constance fell asleep so I carried myself and thank you for a backup. She is coming with Damien. So, where do you want me to put Constance?"
"Bring to the medic on the third floor. Hope is there with them and they are getting ready to settle for Constance's physical. When it is done with everything, bring her some clothes and put her in the room next to Maura and Jane's room. I am sure that Maura would be pleased to see her mother when she is put on the bed." Patrick instructed Colin and nodded toward the watcher who was walking toward them.
"Hello, Maxima." The Dutch woman in the dark navy leather jacket with the black leather pants. She looked like that when she 'joined' a motorcycle gang on the streets. But her hair was so thick and very blonde in an emo hairstyle. Maxima gave a hello nod at Elizabeth and asked.
"Where can I put Damien?"
"You know where it is in Hope's morgue?" Patrick commented with a smirk. Maxima, herself, didn't like the morgue at all because she grew up in the funeral homes after she was born with the sadist parents. Luckily for her, her parents decided to kill themselves after working at the funeral home for the years. It made them to feel mad in the workplace.
"Yes. But I prefer someone to take over the body and I can cleanse myself in the shower. I've been using the sewers for three days. Colin made me do it." Maxima scowled at Colin who was coming back from the elevator. Colin laughed when he heard Maxima's commentary.
"Sorry, Maxi. You deserved it. But we had to be careful with the watchers out there."
"So? We could run faster. We are the faster ones than the bastards." Maxima showed her displeasure toward the highest coven since she turned in as a vampire from one of the member. Patrick took her in after establishing the warehouse when they found it in an abandoned state. They claimed it as the Resistance base or headquarters if they rathered to be.
"Again, I'm sorry. I can take over the body of Damien and bring it to the morgue. You can go ahead to take a shower, Maxi." Colin offered it up and Maxima nodded quickly. Elizabeth smirked at Colin and shook her head. Colin rolled his eyes and brought Damien back to the morgue before meeting Hope to let her know that Damien on the morgue table.
Maxima was relieved that it was taken off by her hands and went to the second floor for cleansing everything she had on herself before taking a kitchen for food. Stanley loaded the animal bloods every night when he was helping out with the pure vampires who were on the hunting duty. Stanley was the watcher when he stayed out while the others collected the bloods from the animals. Such as an ox, cows and bulls and deers. Most time, they prefer the deers because it was easy to target them.
Elizabeth and Patrick decided to check on Constance with Hope on the third floor. Patrick was starting to get worried about Arthur Isles outside there and used his telepathic mind toward Elizabeth. He sighed when Hope was checking on the symptoms of Constance's body and mind. It relieved him when Hope knew what to do on the routine of checking up on the humans.
'Élisabeth, check with our tech gurus about Arthur Isles, Constance's husband. If he is safe with Veronica, his watcher. Please tell her that they must come here quickly.'
'Yes, Patrick.'
'Before you leave, please make sure Constance have everything in her room with ensuite for her needs. She need some rest and also deliver the breakfast meal for her when she gets up.'
'Yes, Patrick. I will send Maxima to do the rest before I come in to see a tech guru. Anything else do you need from me?'
'No. That's all I think that you should do.'
Elizabeth went out with her errands and sent Maxima to do the rest for Constance. Colin appeared up in the technology room and cleared up his throat to get Elizabeth's attention. Elizabeth heard it before flicking her finger up in the air and commended to the tech gurus.
"Find Veronica and Dr. Arthur Isles in Europe on their tracking number. And, tell Veronica that they are required to be here by Patrick's demands."
"Yes, Élisabeth." The tech gurus nodded in unison. Elizabeth nodded then looked at Colin by her side.
"What do you want, Colin?"
"How is Maura? Since everything was going in here?"
"Maura found out about herself and the parents. I don't think that she would adapt to the information she gathered from Patrick. Can you imagine that Maura found out that she have a mother? I mean, Dr. Hope Martin is a cool doctor. Hope is a vampire now but being a mother? I don't think so."
"Élisabeth, why do you think that Hope have a second chance to know her daughter?"
"From my knowledge, Patrick lied to her and I just knew from the moment. I accidently overheard the conversation from my room to the break room. I wasn't supposed to hear everything but blame on our ears."
"Being a vampire is not fun."
"You were turned in since Patrick brought you here. I am a half-vampire and half-human. What can I expect it to be, Colin?"
"Point taken. The tech guru found the tracking number on Veronica."
"Great, it's about time." Elizabeth responded before rolling her eyes. Colin chuckled. The tech guru raised his hand at Elizabeth and pointed to the big screen. Veronica was running with Dr. Arthur Isles in the forest but it was somewhere in the mountains.
"Where are they now?" Elizabeth demanded.
"It is in Finland." Someone answered from the front line of the computers. Elizabeth tilted her head at them and nodded.
"Do you have a contact with Veronica yet?"
"We are trying. But there are no signals in Finland since it is the forest area." The tech guru blurted it out before sheepishly smiling at her. Elizabeth sighed before looking at Colin.
"Colin, what can we do?"
"I can get some backup with me and go there. We can return back here."
"But you know that the highest coven are most living in there, Colin."
"Élisabeth, I can bring them back here. Don't worry."
"Ok, just get them and Seth to help you out. Seth is in Europe and watching their steps."
"Yes, Élisabeth." Colin nodded before departing the room.
Frost and Korsak took their time to explore around in the warehouse. They arrived on the ground floor and found themselves on the sparring mat to watch the fighters. Maxima was observing on her team as she spotted the men wandering through the sparring mats. She tilted her head and commented.
"Any chance that you are Korsak and Frost?"
"Yes, we are." Frost was surprised that Maxima knew about them and nodded.
"Welcome to the Resistance. I am Maxima, a half-human and half-vampire."
"Nice to meet you, Maxima. I'm Korsak." He answered with a smile.
"So, what are they doing now?" Frost asked before pointing to the men sparring each other.
"They are using the strength against each other. They are the pure vampires but newbies. We search our recruits and bring them here to train before starting on the next level with the half-vampires." Maxima answered.
"What are the differences between the pure vampires and half-vampires?" Korsak commented while watching on the sparring mat. Frost nodded.
"The Pure Vampires have the limited expertise. The half-vampires can pick more skills above their limited levels. See a guy over there in a red shirt, he can run quick in a 5 seconds. I can run in a 2 seconds. We raced forth and back from here to the city of Boston in our time and I beat him."
"Wow. what skills can you do?"
"I can fight with my strength and I can alter it to the human strength if it is necessary. They can't because they are the pure vampires." Maxima explained as a nod of approval toward the sparring fighters.
"Cool." Frost nodded before looking around in the sparring room. Korsak nudged him to explore more but Maxima beat him to ask them.
"I can show you around here if you like. I'm free now."
"Sure, why not?" Korsak said before looking at Frost who nodded to agree with him. Maxima shouted to the sparring fighter to clean up before other group takes over. They went around in the ground floor.
"You see the weigh room over there. It is practically for the half-vampires to train themselves." Maxima pointed to the small room near the elevators as they walked through the floor. It took them long as the men absorbed the information about the ground floor.
The rooms were the rock-climbing, ropes, weapons and exercise room. For the weapons, there were swords, knives and daggers. It was no spots for guns. Korsak noticed that they were only carrying them but no guns and continued to save it in his mental note to ask Maxima later. They continued to reach the second floor.
Maxima explained everything about the second floor. The left wing is the cleansing room where they can bathe and cleanse their bodies. It leads them to the next room, they can clothe themselves with the clean clothes they can gather from the room. Also, it lead them to the small room where they can analyze anything on them.
Frost was impressed with the cleansing machine where they can walk through the machine to bathe and shower at same time. But for Korsak, he was baffled with it. Maxima chuckled at Korsak's facial expression when he saw the machine. Frost knew that Korsak was terrible with the technology. Maxima can understand Korsak's feelings toward the technology and didn't blame him on those technology.
They moved on to the third floor which it is the technology room and doctor's office and some rooms for severe medical conditions. Frost was still fantasized with the technology and in awe but didn't realize that Maxima and Korsak already left the room. He caught up with them after leaving the room. Korsak chuckled at him.
It continued to explore on the rest of the floors up. Maxima explained that the bedrooms were the single bedroom, double twin beds or king beds depends on their preferences. But they did go to the top floor which it is overseeing everything from the down. Maxima showed where Patrick's office and Hope's office that were next to each other. Frost and Korsak were interested in Hope's office mostly. Maxima was happily showing them around on the top floor before moving on to the rest of the floors where they can rest for their day.