Gone(rizzoli And Isles)

chapter 3

"Any luck on running that plate," Maura asked as she walked in to the BRIC.

"No, I have been trying everything, but nothing yet. I figure we won't find anything on it. I mean, those guys wanted Jane. This was a professional job and I figure that the plates are stolen even if I can trace them." Frost replied.

"We are looking for the camera footage in the area to try to track the van down the streets. Maybe we can find where the van ended up." Korsak said.

"I have finished the autopsy, but not much forensic evidence was found. The bullet was a 9mm which I sent to ballistics, the victim appeared to be a homeless man so we have no id yet." Maura said.

"Yeah, why shoot a homeless man. I'm telling you, this was a set up to get Jane out on that street." Frost said.

"Has anyone told Frankie or Angela yet?" Maura asked.

"No, to be honest I forgot, I got so caught up in trying to find something to tell us who got her or where she may be that I forgot." Korsak replied.

"Well, I'll go talk to Angela, Frost, you want to tell Frankie?" Maura replied.

"No not really, but I will," Frost said.

"Angela, do you have a second?" Maura asked.

"Sure, Maura, let me take care of this last gentleman and I will come over to your table."

Angela noticed a worried look on Maura's face and it is odd she would come to the café without Jane. She sat the man's order down on his table and went over to sit with Maura.

"What's going on?" Angela asked.

"Angela, I, I just want you to know what happened today before you hear it from anyone else."

"Maura, what is it, your scaring me."

"Well, we were called out to a crime scene this morning on the Southside. I arrived about the same time Frost and Korsak arrived, but Jane took her own car because she had some things to do after she finished with the scene. Anyway, as Jane was walking up to the scene, a black van pulled up next to her and two men abducted her."

"OH, MY GOD!" Angela yelled. "Who took my Janie? Where did they go? What are they doing to her?" Angela broke down into tears.

"Here, let me drive you home. Korsak and Frost are working on it plus it has been turned over to the BPD to work as an abduction."

Jane started to wake up although she just felt groggy. Where the hell was she, she thought. She blinked a number of times, rubbing her eyes and trying to focus. Finally she could see that she was in a room that looked like a jail cell. She was lying on an old mattress on the floor. There was a toilet and sink in the corner and the room looked to be about twelve feet by twelve feet. How the hell did I end up in here, she thought. Jane tried to remember what had happened. She remembered being taken. She remembered the big man talking to her about costing him money. She remembered being hit, as she automatically reached for her jaw. She remembered being injected with heroin, as she looked down at her left arm seeing the small puncture mark.

Jane tried to stand up, but she still felt so groggy. She felt like she could just go back to sleep. She knew she needed to try to find a way out of this place. She crawled on to her knees and as she was trying to stand, she heard the door opening. As she looked up she saw the three men that were with her earlier. The man in the front had a syringe in his hand.

"Hey, Detective, how's it going?" He said to her as he came closer to her. "It's time for your next fix."

Jane saw the man reaching out to grab her arm and she knew she could not let him get it. She knew she had to fight him off. She yanked her arm back and tried to stand to get away from the man, but one of the other men, J, she thought, grabbed her by her arms holding them to her side. She just did not have the energy or coordination to try to fight the men. The man known as D came over and took her left arm and forced it straight while the man known as T inserted the needle and released the poison inside.

Jane knew as she sunk back down on the mattress that this was one battle she was not going to win.

"See you again in four hours, Detective. Sweet dreams"

"Here Detective Frost, this is the results from the autopsy on the homeless man. His name is John Walker. Found him in the DOJ database. He was a Vietnam vet. There was no useful trace evidence," Maura said handing the folder over to Frost. "I am worried, Frost. It's been two days and we have not heard anything from the abductors nor have we found any evidence to help locate Jane. Did you find anything on the city videos?"

"Yeah, kind of. We were able to follow the van to a parking garage about twelve blocks from the abduction. Problem is, they more than likely pulled into the garage, pulled out the back and went to the next garage. They probably kept jumping around to underground garages and exiting where there were no cameras, so, no we really don't have anything." Frost said with a heavy heart. "Dr. Isles, I am worried to, but Jane is strong and she will fight till she gets back, you know that and this police force is doing everything we can to find her," Frost replied placing a reassuring hand on Doctor Isles' shoulder.

"I know Barry," Maura replied tilting her head down as her eyes began to water, "I just, it's just that I treated her so badly these last few weeks and I have not been the friend I should have been. I care so much for her and I may have lost her and instead of treasuring all the time we could have spent together, I pushed her away and held a grudge for something she did in the line of duty." By this point Maura was sobbing uncontrollably. Frost grabbed her up and hugged her.

"We will find her, Doctor Isles. You just got to be positive."

As the days passed, no new leads regarding Jane came in. There was no communication from her abductors and there was nothing to even give the police any idea of where to start.