Disclaimer: Bones is not mine, I've tried to ask HH, but he won't share!
AN: I know I just barely started a story, but the finale was just too much for me to handle and this popped into my head and I had to write it. I don't know if it's going to be a one shot or a short story. I just hope you like it.
Sitting down on the steps of the Church where they had just baptized his little girl Seeley Booth felt like his heart had been ripped from his chest. Max had told him that he knew all about being a fugitive and he was damn right about that, he should have punched him when he had the chance. Sure, deep down he knew that Bones and his baby girl were going to be okay with Max, on the run until Pelant was going to be caught and sent to prison. He knew that he should be feeling relieved because they were safer away from DC, but somehow he could not help but feeling desperate and a little resentful. He didn't know how long he sat there, after a while though, the sky started to darken and he decided it was time to go home. Home… did he even had one anymore? Wasn't there a saying about that? Home is where the heart is. Yeah, that was it. If the motto was true it meant that home was in that ordinary silver car that had driven away hours prior from that same spot. He felt tears pricking in his eyes and let them fall freely, deciding that he could stay there a little longer. When he finally got to the house they were still finishing decorating he felt a pang of sadness. He didn't think he would find her there, but he did have a glimmer of hope accompanying him in the drive. When he saw the dark building he knew. That's when he finally grasped the concept. They were gone. And how fast they would come back home depended just from him. Well, him and the squint squad. Shutting the car down he entered the empty house and closed the door behind himself.
After driving for hours, only stopping to feed and change Christine, Brennan stopped for the night in a small, quiet motel her dad had suggested. She paid for the night in cash and bought also a bottle of water. She got inside the small room and looked at her daughter "It will be okay" she whispered "Daddy will make it all okay!" she said taking her from the car seat and holding her close, smelling her hair and letting herself cry. After a little while she could sense Christine's discomfort and she let the baby go, putting her once again in the car seat. She took a look at her surrounding and sighed. She didn't feel like eating, her stomach was clenched in knots, but she knew that she had to eat something, since she hadn't eaten anything all day. She opened her purse and fished out two granola bars from it. Remembering they had been there since the last time Parker had come over, they had gone to the zoo and she had packed granola bars for them to eat as a snack. The boy loved it and his dad always told her that she was changing his boy into a healthy food fan. How could they have gone from being a happy family on a zoo trip to this? They had told each other that they would have not let Pelant change their lives, but it was too late for that now. That creep had already changed everything and she just hoped that running away had been the right choice.
After lying awake in their bed for what felt like hours Booth decided to go in the living room and turn on TV and that's how he was found by Special Agent Flynn and his team when they came to their house with a new search warrant and the arrest warrant Caroline had not written, forcing them to find another prosecutor.
The doorbell ringed and he got up to answer, sure it was not going to be her, because she would have used her keys.
"Hey Booth… sorry for the late hours, but I'm back with a search warrant for the house and an arrest warrant for Dr. Temperance Brennan" said Flynn.
"Search all you want" answered him after checking the address on the warrant, letting the agents pass "But I'm sorry to tell you that you won't find Temperance Brennan in this house" he added.
"What are you talking about?" asked Flynn.
"She's gone" was his dull answer.
"Gone where?"
"Even if I knew I wouldn't tell you because you're trying to arrest the mother of my child!"
"That's obstruction of justice, Booth!"
"No it isn't! I really don't know where Brennan and Christine are. I think Brennan's dad is on the run with them"
"Brennan's father as in Max Keenan? The guy who killed a deputy director of the FBI?" asked Flynn.
Booth just nodded and Flynn could not help, but feeling sympathetic with the guy.
"So you have no idea about their whereabouts?" he asked again for confirmation.
"No, I don't" he answered letting himself fall on the sofa.
Minutes passed and Booth was left alone in his living room, while FBI agents went everywhere in his house to look for evidence.
"Sir, I think I found something here" said a young agent who was looking at Brennan's laptop.
"What is it?" asked Flynn.
"Well, I'm no computer expert, but something is decidedly off here. You see Agent Booth and Dr. Brennan have a camera to check on their baby's room, the camera works with the baby monitor and it shows them if everything is all right. But see, I'm sure the video was tampered with. Look…the shadows outside the window change significantly in a very short amount of time here, we need to give this to the computer techs" said the agent that had worked on a couple of cases with Booth and the Jeffersonian team.
Booth's interest was drawn by what the agent said. He had a bad feeling at the pit of his stomach. The only person who had interest in tampering with their computer was Pelant and that meant that he had come to their house. At this very moment he could not feel more relieved that Brennan and Christine were very far away from home.
"Flynn!" he called after a while "I know you don't know Bones like I do, but she did not kill anybody. This was all Pelant!" he exclaimed gesturing wildly "If you want to know what really happened to the laptop, give it to the Jeffersonian team. Angela Montenegro will find out everything there is to find out about it!"
Flynn looked at the young agent "Their team really is the best sir" he assured.
Agent Flynn nodded and the other agent packed the laptop and placed a sticker on it signaling that it had to be sent to the Jeffersonian Institute.
"Okay Booth, if it really was Pelant that came into your house and tampered with the laptop… why do you think he came?" asked Flynn, sitting down next to him.
"I've no idea… we didn't know a thing about this guy until last winter, when he was implicated in two murder cases. I don't know what goes on through his mind. The guy is a sociopath, but also a genius and I'm no genius…"
"We need to look around for anything else he might have messed up while he was here" said Flynn after a while.
Booth nodded and the other agent went on "Did you take a look around and see if anything was missing?"
"Honestly I didn't… when I got home my only thought was curl up in a ball and cry myself to sleep" he honestly admitted.
"Okay, come with me and let's take a look" said Flynn patting him on the back.
Hours later the sky was turning a pale blue, the sun was rising and another day was starting. With the help of Booth the FBI team had checked everything in the house and they had gathered all the objects that Pelant could have tampered with, included Booth's bedside clock. The plan was to take them all to the Jeffersonian where the FBI would join Brennan's team and looked at all of them to see if anything was done to them. By 8 o' clock Flynn and his team left Booth alone in his house.
"I suggest you take a shower and try to sleep for a while" said Flynn while he was leaving, Booth just nodded taking a look around his, now empty, living room.
"You should come over to the Jeffersonian this afternoon and we'll grab a coffee, while I tell you about what we found out so far" he added then.
"Seriously?" Booth was surprised.
Flynn nodded "You're right… I don't know Dr. Brennan, but I know you a little and if you believe she didn't kill anybody that's enough for me. I'll help you get your family back"
"Thank you" he murmured patting the blond agent on the back.
"No problem" he answered walking towards his car.
Booth closed the door and let himself fell on the hard wood. The glimmer of hope was back. Maybe Pelant had made some mistake while tampering with the computer and who knew what else. Angela had already been able to hacker into his accounts, he knew she could find out what Pelant did with the laptop. Maybe he wouldn't have to stay without Brennan and Christine for as long as he had feared. Maybe he could hug the both of them soon enough. He went upstairs, took a look at Christine's room and then headed for the bathroom, a long shower was in order.
Meanwhile, on a deserted street Brennan and Christine were driving, heading to the first place her dad had told Brennan about, hoping that Booth was still safe and that this had been the right thing to do...
So, what do you think? Good? Bad? I had to write it, cause the finale left me with so many feelings! I bet the same happened to you! Please review… constructive criticism is welcomed. Keep in mind English is not my first language, I try my best, but I sometimes make mistakes!