Ok, so this is my first Bones fic! It's about a serial killer, who kills families, but in this one family a little girl hid and got away. Brennan finds her, and they develop a very close bond, but the serial killer will not rest until he has finished what he started, so Elena's life, and potentially Brennan's and Booth's are in danger. And there will be B&B, obviously! So here it is and i hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I own nothing, except Elena.

Chapter 1

"Booth," she whined, "I don't see why you need me! This isn't bones, this is flesh – I'm not good with flesh!"

"See it as a personal favor bones, this matches the clan killer's M.O. I've been trying to catch that bastard for over a decade!"

"It's not my expertise Booth! How I will be helpful in any way? And who is the clan killer?"

"You're good, so you will be helpful! There is likely to be more bodies that we will find which will be bones, because they will have been dead for a long time! But you have to help me catch the guy first. The clan killer is a known serial killer, he kills families. Normally with successful, happy couples, with at least two kids. He has killed at least sixteen families over the last fourteen years. Four other families have gone missing in that time period. Whole families, with kids, just disappeared without a trace. The others have just been left in their homes, waiting to be found. So just help me out with this one, ok?" Booth said, his eyes piercing hers.

They exchanged a look of understanding, and Brennan stopped putting up a fight.

"Ok."

"What?"

"I'll help."

"Thanks bones." He said, and turned his eyes back to the road.

"So what's his M.O, apart from the family bit?"

"Happy parents, successful like I said. Good kids, two or more. You don't have to be a shrink to work out that the killer obviously had no family, or a bad one or was abandoned whe-" It took one glance at the expression on her face to know he'd said the worst thing possible. He mentally cursed himself, and continued "I mean, just not a happy up bringing, and he's taking it out on what he sees as the perfect family's. There's evidence to suggest he kills the father first, most likely to prevent him from protecting his family. Then the kids then the mother last. He stabs the dad, beats the mother and kids, and then stabs them. The scene we're on the way too is the Page's family's house. Mum, Kate Page was a nurse and dad Jonathon Page was a brain surgeon. Husband and wife worked at the same hospital. Three kids haven't got their names yet. The scene has been secured but no one's had a look at the bodies yet. That's you and Cam's job."

Brennan nodded. Taking it in, she stole a glance at Booth, she could tell he was thinking about Parker. She might not be great at reading complete strangers, but she could at least read her partner.

He'd been about to say that the killer had been abandoned. Like her. She tried to shake the thought out of her head, she was a world renowned anthropologist, and she caught the bad guys. She wasn't one of them, hell if anything she was the opposite, she told herself firmly.

She was still caught up in her own thoughts when Booth's voice brought her back to reality, "We're here."

It was a big house, and the garden was nice. It was quite secluded though, no other houses near by. It was probably one of the reasons the killer had chosen it. No one to hear the mother and children scream.

Brennan was beginning to appreciate the reason Booth seemed to have an emotional attachment to this case.

It was because of murderers like this that she believed in the death penalty.

"Dr. Brennan, Booth." Cam said.

"Hey Cam." Booth said.

Brennan nodded her way.

"Thank you for doing this Dr. Brennan, I know this isn't your expertise."

"Well I considered the-"

Booth interrupted her before she could launch into one of her long winded, extremely logical explanations as to why she was helping out, "Yeah Bones, we get it, can we go inside now?"

She gave him a look, but didn't protest when he placed his hand n the small of her back and guided her into the large house.

Cam told them what to expect, and she went to talk to the medical examiner who had just arrived.

Booth and Brennan made their way upstairs to the master bedroom, which is where the murders took place.

The room was huge, there was a double bed at the far end, and a the father and mother were laid out dead on there, crimson blood contrasting with what was a perfectly white feather duvet and pillows.

The two children were on the floor, one was a young boy about four, the other a girl around two.

"The father has three stab wounds, from the amount of blood visible around him it is logical to conclude he died from blood loss, the mother has defensive wounds around the wrists, she fought back, the ch-" She stopped suddenly.

"Bones?"

"One second Booth."

"What?" He lowered his voice to a whisper.

"Did you hear that?"

He turned to face her, "Hear what Bones? There's nothing to hear."

"Shhhh."

She walked over to the closet, quietly, she reached for the door,

"Woah Bones, what the he-"

And opened it.

Inside it, was a little girl, of about six, she had long curly auburn hair and was clutching to a stuffed rabbit like it was her only lifeline. Her bright blue eyes shone out with innocence and fear.

"It's ok, we're not going to hurt you." Brennan said gently, and extended her arm to the girl.

Instead of taking it the girl warily got out of the closet and looked around, before abruptly running towards Brennan and wrapping her arm as tightly around her as she could.

She was taken by surprise, but hugged the girl back, and looked up at Booth who appeared to be slightly stunned.

Brennan gently pulled away from the girl, so she could see her face.

She stared into those huge blue eyes and asked, "What's your name?"

"Elena. What's yours?"

"I'm Temperance, call me Tempe."

"My family aren't going to wake up, are they Tempe?"

She was taken aback by the serious tone the girl used, "Sorry sweetheart, but no."

Tears started to fill the girls eyes, and Brennan felt a strong burst of compassion, and was just trying to work out what she should do, when Elena jumped straight back into her arms.

And even if she wanted to, there was no way Brennan could've have let go.

So what do you think? Did you like it? Is it worth continuing? What do you think Elena will be like?

Please review!

Thanks for reading, i hope you liked it!

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