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Sergeant Cadwell sat in his office looking over the papers he had just received. Being oversees; away from his family was not easy on him- but then again, it wasn't easy on any of the men and women here. Whenever he felt sad or upset that he was not with his family back home, all he had to do was look at the picture of his daughter, Justine, who had just turned two a little bit before he left for duty. That's what he was doing when he heard the phone ring. To be honest, it kind of caught him off guard- usually the phone here did not ring. When it did, it was something really important; and usually the news was not good.
"This is Sergeant Cadwell," he answered. He listened to the voice on the other end of the line and sighed at the message. As he imagined, this was the worst type of phone call he could receive. He was going to have to break one man's heart. This man especially was not going to take this news lightly. Seeley Booth was a good man and a great soldier. However, one thing was obvious to everyone who knows him- he has a huge heart, and loves so much. That is why he was certain that the news he was going to have to inform him of was going to break the man's heart, as well as drive him to insanity.
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Seeley Booth was sitting on his bed, thinking about the one person who has occupied his thoughts these past six months that he has been here, Temperance Brennan- to him, his Bones. He is now half way through his yearlong duty, and the only thing he can think about is the fact that he wishes he could go back. Yes, Bones may have broke his heart that night outside of the Hoover building; he may have told her he had to move on, but who is he kidding- he will never be able to get over Temperance Brennan.
Right now, his Bones was probably digging up some exciting discoveries in the Malpoopoo islands. She was probably doing the sexy squinting thing she does, and changing the face of human life as we know it. She was there, he was here training soldiers to go off to war- to kill or be killed. Oh well, he signed up for this.
His thoughts were interrupted by Sergeant Cadwell clearing his throat. "Booth," he said quietly, much different than his usual dictating attitude. "I have some bad news for you."
Booth's heart began beating a mile a minute. Something happened either to Parker, or Bones. That would be the only situations he could think of that someone would be coming to tell him this 'bad news'. Taking a deep breath he asked, "what is it? What happened?"
Cadwell sighed, "I'm sorry Booth, but I just received news that the Maluku islands, where Dr. Brennan is, was just hit by an earthquake. She must have been hit by some debris, because she was critically injured."
Booth stopped breathing. Bones was hurt, he had to go to her. He had to help her.
Cadwell saw the look in Booth's eyes and placed a hand on his shoulder, "I'm sorry Booth, but she didn't make it."
Those words was all it took for Booth to lose his mind, and he passed out, refusing to think that his Bones could be gone from this world. No- it couldn't be true!
I know I have two other stories started, but I figure if you have the idea, might as well go with it. I know this is really short, and I haven't updated in forever, but I am currently in a hotel room right now with my family on vacation. Updates should come regularly again next week. Hope you enjoy this story- the next chapter will be from Brennan's perspective ;) I hope you enjoy this and remember to review!