2:37 A.M. May 31st 2008:
Booth rolls toward his phone in his sleep. He opens his eyes and sees the phone light up. He reads the caller id and quickly flips it open.
"Hello?" he answers.
There's a silence on the other end.
"Bones are you there?"
"Come get me," she says in a very distraught voice.
"Where are you?" he asks.
"Here,"
"Where is here?"
"I'm at home," she answers.
"Bones what's going on? Why do you sound like that?"
"Just come get me," she pleads in tears.
"Are you ok?"
"No," she cries.
"Ok. I'll be right there,"
"Ok,"
"Do you want me to stay on the phone until I get there?"
"No. Just hurry," she tells him.
"Ok," he hangs up the phone and quickly throws on some clothes. He jumps in his vehicle and turns on the siren. He gets to her apartment complex in no time. He stops at her apartment door which is standing wide open. He steps in, and calls out for her.
"Bones,"
"There isn't an answer,"
"Brennan!" he calls out in alarm.
She doesn't answer. He listens closely and hears something in the bedroom. He finds the door to the bedroom open. It's dark.
"Temperance where are you?" he asks in the dark.
"I'm over here," she says in a very small voice.
He walks around her bed. He finds her sitting against her night stand holding her legs to her chest. He slowly moves over to her.
"What happened?" he asks.
"I don't know," she sobs.
"Ok. It'll be ok," he reassures her.
He gently picks her up and leaves the room. He leaves the apartment shutting the door behind him. He rushes down to the car. When he gets to the car he walks to the back door to put her in.
"I don't want to sit back there," she tells him.
"Ok," he nods as he moves to the front.
He gently sits her in the passenger's seat, and shuts the door. He gets in and turns on the car. As he turns the siren on he looks at her. She's staring blankly out the window.
"Stay with me," he tells her.
Her eyes start to close, and he drives faster. He looks over again as they grow closer to the hospital. He sees that she's unconscious. At the hospital he parks the car in an emergency zone. He grabs the keys, and then grabs her. He runs into the E.R.
"Help her," he begs a doctor.
"Bring her over here," he instructs.
Seeley sits her down on an exam table where she lays nearly lifeless.
"Are you family?"
"No. I'm her partner,"
"I'm sorry sir you're going to have to step out,"
"But..."
"Please just let us do our jobs," he instructs.
"Ok," he agrees as he leaves the room.
He sits in the waiting room for what seems like an eternity.
3:27 A.M. the doctor comes out.
"She's unconscious. She's in pretty bad shape,"
"What happened?"
"We think that she was raped," he tells her.
"Where is she?"
"We moved her into a private room," he tells Seeley.
"Can I see her?"
"Yeah go ahead. She's on the second floor in rom 208,"
"Ok thank you," he nods as he heads for an elevator. He gets off the elevator, and heads toward 208. When he gets close to the door he sees her connected to tubes, and i.v.'s and he stops just short of the door. He flips open his phone to make a call.
3:31 A.M.
Angela hears something close to her head ringing. She moans, and then without opening her eyes feels for the phone. She grabs it quickly hoping not to wake Jack. With her eyes still closed she answers.
"This better be good," she warns.
"Angela I need you here now," Seeley tells her.
"You need me where?"
"The hospital,"
"What's wrong?"
"It's Bones,"
"What happened?" Angela asks now wide awake.
"They think that she was..." he stops.
"They think what?"
"They think that she was raped," he tells her with a shaky voice.
"Oh,"
"Please hurry. I can't go in there alone. I can't see her like this,"
"I'll be there as soon as I can," she tells him.
"Thanks," he hangs up.
She quickly throws on some clothes and pulls her hair up into a pony tail. She tries to be quiet, but she fails.
"Ange what are you doing?" Jack asks her.
"I've got to go,"
"Go where?"
"The hospital,"
"What's going on?"
"My best friend is in the hospital," she admits.
"Ok, go," he tells her.
She grabs her purse and her keys and is out the door.
4:06 A.M. Booth is sitting in a chair next to Temperance's bed. He sees Angela come to the door. She quietly pushes the heavy door open. She comes in and extends a hand containing a cup of coffee to him. He graciously takes it, and pushes a chair toward her. She sits down and looks at Seeley, and then Temperance. She just stares at Temperance without being able to say anything.
"How long has she been unconscious?"
"She passed out in the car on the way here,"
"So did they..."
"The doctor came in right after I talked to you, and told me some more details,"
"And?"
"They did a rape kit,"
"And?"
"They found fluids..." he stops.
"She's covered in bruises,"
"Yeah. They're worried that she might have a concussion. She got hit with something,"
"I can see that," she remarks as she stares at the stitches above her best friend's right eye.
"She's got 19 stitches above her eye. Her windpipes were nearly crushed. He lip is busted, and the list just goes on,"
"Do they have her on pain meds?"
"They said that she can't feel any of it. She's pretty drugged up, they gave her a sedative too,"
"Why? Wasn't she already unconscious?"
"When the doctor came in she woke up, and she started to have a panic attack, so he sedated her. They think at this point it's better that she not know what's going on,"
"When do they expect her to wake up?"
"They're going to reduce the amount of sedatives gradually. She'll probably be in and out of it for a couple of days,"
"Does she know what happened?"
"I don't know,"
"And her apartment?"
"I called in some of my people to take care of it,"
"Have you called Cam?"
"There's no point to call her until morning,"
"What kind of sick bastard could do this to her?"
"I don't know Angela,"
9:15 A.M. at the Jeffersonian
Cam hunts Hodgins down. He's sitting at his desk reading over a case.
"Hodgins?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you know where Angela is?"
"Yes,"
"And what about Dr. Brennan and Agent Booth? They should be here by now,"