AN: No notes this time.
Chapter 1
Booth frantically rushed into the ER. He'd received calls from the police and the hospital, but neither had had very much information. He only knew that Brennan had been shot at her apartment. And he couldn't help but fear for the worst.
"What's going on?" Booth shouted at the doctors and nurses that were rushing Brennan down the hall.
One of the doctors stopped, and moved towards him as Brennan was wheeled out of sight.
"Are you Seeley Booth?" she asked.
Her sympathetic tone did nothing to ease his worry-based anger.
"Yes," he snapped. "What's going on?"
Cam quietly told Booth to calm down, but the doctor hadn't seemed to be affected by his tone in the slightest. Booth's eyes shifted over to Cam and the other squints; he hadn't realized they were there.
"Dr. Brennan was shot in the chest and the abdomen; she's going into surgery now," the doctor finally answered his question.
"Is she going to be okay?"
The doctor hesitated for a short moment; the question had unsettled her.
"We're not sure about the extent of the damage caused by the bullets, and she's lost a lot of blood, Mr. Booth. We're hopeful the surgery will be successful."
"Hopeful?" Booth's voice cracked, and he brought his hands to his face.
The doctor glanced over at Cam.
"We can handle it from here," Cam answered her non-verbal question.
She nodded her thanks, and rushed down the hall to most likely assist with Brennan's surgery.
Booth sunk down into a nearby chair, his head still in his hands. The squints came over and sat down next to him. Everyone wanted to say something to comfort everyone else, but no one had any words that would wipe away the absolute terror they were feeling.
Booth's ringing phone interrupted the dreadful silence that had settled in after the doctor had left, but Booth made no motion to answer it. He didn't even give any indication that he had even heard it.
"Seeley, your phone," Cam said quietly.
"Booth," he croaked out.
"I need to stay here. I'm not going down to-" Booth started after a moment, but whoever was on the end of the other line interrupted him. "I'll be right there."
Booth rushed out of the ER; he said nothing about where he was going or why. The others were left wondering what could possibly have pulled Booth away from Brennan when she was fighting for her life.
Thoughts?