Kneeling in front of her, Emily took Maura’s hands in hers,
they were icy cold, “Maura look at me, have they said anything about Jane?” the
sympathetic warm tone, seemed to penetrate the wall Maura had built.

“Emily?…” her voice broke, “they just took her into
surgery…she…she went into cardiac arrest twice.
I can’t lose her Emily…I just can’t…” Emily gathered her in her arms and
held her while she cried herself out.

When her crying had slowed, Emily pulled back and let her
talk.

“She has broken ribs, and at least one has punctured a
lung.  Her heartbeat is erratic and won’t
stabilize, they’re worried about a myocardial contusion…my god what do I tell
her mother…what if…”

“Don’t do that Maura, no what ifs…she would not want you to
do that to yourself…Jane is going to be fine, you have to believe that do you
understand?” Emily’s voice was adamant; she was taking to herself as much as to
Maura.

“Everything will be all right”

Chapter 13

Emily stayed with Maura at JJ’s request going to check on
her periodically until the Rizzoli clan showed up about twenty minutes later,
Angela hugged Maura tightly, tears running down both their faces.

“Any word?” Frankie’s voice was gruff and full of emotion.

Letting go of Angela, Maura shook her head, “No, she’s in
surgery right now, she…” looking at Emily, her eyes begged her.

Taking a deep breath, “Mrs. Rizzoli, Officer Rizzoli, I’m
Agent Prentiss, Jane was brought in with my partner, Jennifer Jareau.  Simply put, they were beaten, badly.  Unfortunately Jane bore the brunt of the
beatings when she tried to protect my partner.
She’s in surgery now to repair her internal injuries.”  She paused at Angela’s look of horror, “she
suffered some broken ribs and a punctured lung at least.” Looking at Maura, she
saw her smile of gratitude.

“Thank you Emily,” she said quietly.

Emily squeezed her hand and looked at them all.  “We’re still looking for this guy, so for
now, I’d recommend you all go to the surgical waiting room and wait for word on
Jane.”

As they turned to leave, “Officer Rizzoli, can you wait a
minute, I’d like a word”

“Sure, and its Frankie please” watching his mother and Maura
walk down the hallway, he turned back to Emily.

This was definitely Jane’s brother, “Frankie then, listen,
this guy is still out there and it’s quite possible he’ll want to finish what
he started.”  Emily let her words sink
in, “I need you to stay close to Jane until we get some uniforms in here.”