The Mystery Woman

"Maura. MAURA!" Jane shouts as she bolts up from beneath the covers her heart racing and her shirt drenched in sweat. It had been three weeks since Maura had gone missing and still no leads. Jane was sure they would never find her alive; it had already been too long.

Jane picks up his phone, "I'm sorry but the number you have dialed has been disconnected." She throws her phone across the room almost hitting little Casey who was standing at the door.

"Is Auntie Maura home yet?"

"Not yet, sweetheart."

"But you said she would only be gone for a few days. Where's auntie Maura?"

"I don't know! No one does! She's gone!"

Casey runs off crying. He suddenly stops, "Auntie Maura you're home!" Jane runs out, but all she sees is a silhouette, it was a woman but it couldn't possibly be Maura. Casey runs and wraps his arms around the mysterious figure in the hallway.

"Casey get back here right now!"

He lets go. The figure disappears.

"Mommy you scared auntie Maura away."

"That wasn't Maura."

"Then who was it?"

"I don't know baby. Here, let's go back to the bedroom."

Jane opens her gun safe, takes out a gun along with a couple magazines. "Casey, listen to me, get my phone and call uncle Korsak. Tell him to get back up over here right away then I want you to get in the closet and not make a sound. Don't come out 'til I come get you. Don't even baby?"

She goes back into the hallway ready to shoot at whatever comes her way. "Maura is that you?" The front door flings open; the mysterious figure is standing there signaling at Jane to come over. "What do you want? Who are you?"

The woman walked away signaling for Jane to follow. She ran after her trying to see who she was. They ran for about three blocks before Jane lost her completely. She looked around completely confused about where she was. There was nothing, no buildings, people, cars, nothing, all she could see was dirt; miles and miles of dirt. She was standing in a field of some sort. But she had only chased the woman for three blocks how could she have possibly gotten there. "Casey!" She runs back the way she remembered coming from but got no where. It was as if the field was infinite. She continued to run in hopes she would eventually get home, that was until she stepped on something. CRUNCH. "What? What was that?" Its pitch black out, she feels around for the object she had stepped on.

"It's Maura's watch!"

" Mommy mommy wake up! Its time for school."

"What? How did I get back?"

" From where mommy?"

" Never mind. Come on lets go; we're late."

Back at Headquarters:

"Damn Jane. You look like crap."

" Shut up Frankie. Where's Korsak?"

" In his office I think."

" Kay thanks."

Jane makes her way to Korsak's office. She gets to the other end of the hallway. There she is.

"Frankie quick! Quick! Get over here!"

" What wrong Jane?"

" Do you see her?"

"Who?'

"Her right there! Right in front of Korsak's office!"

" There's no one there Janie. You okay?"

The woman signals Jane to follow her again; she follows.

" Janie? Jane where are you going?!"

"Just stay there Frankie."

They get to the autopsy room. "What are we doing here? Who are you?"

The figure answers.

"You can speak?!"

"Yes and I have something that will lead you to Maura."

" Who are you?! And how do you know her name?"

The woman stands at a distance just far enough so that Jane can't make out who she is.

"That doesn't matter. Just look in case 1006 and that will lead you to her."

"Ten Oh-" The woman's gone. Jane finds the case, which turns out to be an unsolved murder from a few years before, and takes it back to Korsak. He immediately takes them to Susie. They analyze them, but other than figuring out that the remains were female they find nothing, just some dirt and a couple of pebbles confirming the location written in the file.

"That's where we are going to find Maura!" Shouts Jane.

" And how could you possibly know that Rizzoli?" asked Korsak.

"I just do okay. I just do."

"Are you absolutely sure this is where she is?"

" Yes! 100%"

"Okay. I'll go get my coat and you go get the car."

"Detective Korsak, I think we should get Detective Rizzoli some help," says Susie. "She isn't okay. I believe she could snap at any minute, she has begun hallucinating and hasn't slept since went missing and she claimed to have seen a woman outside your office but when Frankie looked no one was there and it didn't sound like it was the first time she had seen her either. I'm afraid she'll hurt herself or hurt little Casey."

Korsak nodded in agreement. "I'll go check this place out with Jane. You talk to Frankie. He should know what to do."

Korsak and Jane drove for what seemed like forever; both in absolute silence. They drove for 3 hours until they got to where Jane claimed Maura to be. As soon as she stepped out of the car she ran towards the direction she ran in her dream but no watch; nothing. Korsak just stood there knowing they wouldn't find anything. He analyzed Jane, there was something definitely wrong with her and it wasn't lack of sleep. They had seen this type of behavior in Jane before. But it hasn't been a problem since Hoyt.