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Summary: My take on the when the gravedigger burried Temperance and Hodgins in the car. Could this event possibly dig up horrible memories from Brennan's past? Who, better than Booth will help her deal with these events? Please R&R! You may just love it :)
Warning: There are themes of abuse in this story. I rated it M for later chapters.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bones.
Help To Gain Air
Chapter One
Being trapped in that car, suffocating from the lack of air brought back unwanted memories. As Dr. Temperance Brennan had woke up groggily to find herself in a black confined space. Her breathing became shallow as she jammed her hands on the walls around her.
One particular memory found its way from the back of Temperance's mind as she panicked.
"Please! I didn't mean to!" Smack! Temperance wiped the blood from her face.
"You thought you could come into my home and then try to kill us, eh?"
"What? No!" She shook her head vigorously.
"Look at this. Do you think any human could eat this shit? Huh?" Temperance's foster father, William, shoved Tempe at the plate of undercooked meat.
"Please! I-I thought it was cooked enough. I have never cooked steak before! You… you said you wanted it rare." She sobbed.
"I said rare, not fucking bloody."
"Please. Let me re-cook it. I'll make it perfect!" Temperance turned to Anna, her foster mother. Anna looked away quickly.
"No. I am done with you. You are an ungrateful human being if you should even be called human." He spat.
"I meant no harm! Please, please, please."
"I'm going to have to give you another lesson, mhm?"
"No! Please no! No! No!" She wept backing away from the large man.
William was 6'4 and quite obese. He had peppered white hair and a short temper. The man was a nasty drunk, who came home late every weekday after work angry and disoriented.
Anna was quite the opposite. She was a petite redheaded woman who shied away from her husband. Temperance could tell that Anna was relived to have Temperance as a distraction from abusing herself.
Most nights when William came home he took his anger on Temperance. She tried so many times to get a hold of the system so she could get the hell out of there. They never called her back. They left her alone to fend for herself. For god's sake, she was only sixteen.
William grabbed Temperance's arm and tugged her to the garage.
"You can't do this! Stop!"
"And why the hell not?" The man tightened his grip till he saw her wince. "That's what thought." William unlocked the car trunk and shoved he close to it.
"Lesson 10: Do not be ungrateful. And never feed shit like that to someone when you owe him or her your life. We sheltered you, clothed you. You're lucky you get to eat at the table with my wife and me when, just looking at you, I loose my appetite."
William kicked Temperance in the ribs and punched her till she was near unconscious.
"I learned lesson." She struggled to get out as she wheezed for air.
"No, I don't think you did." The fat man picked Temperance's malnourished body up and threw her into the truck of the car.
"Goodbye Temperance. Say hi to mom, dad, and brother for me? Oh wait. They left you because you were ungrateful." He slammed to the trunk shut and hid the key.
Darkness surrounded her and she gasped for breath. When she searched for light there was nothing. The air was stale and tasted of thick smoke. Her lungs protested as she wildly threw up her limb to unlock her from this personal hell.
"Dr. Brennan! Dr. Brennan!" Hodgins called from the backseat. He had just woken up minutes ago to find himself locked in a car with Temperance Brennan. Confused would be his first feeling, then panic. After searching the car he knew they were underground. The gravedigger must have been associated.
"Dr. Brennan?" His college was really starting to freak him out. When he touched her should she shied away. Her voice became hoarse with her screams and hysterical sobbing.
All of a sudden, the usually strong-headed Temperance Brennan went completely still and unresponsive. Hodgins was afraid she would never come back from this.
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