This is a little darker than my other The Partnership in the Tourism but here we go, hope I don't muck it up to badly. There is Parker so I feel like it evens out a little.
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"Parker did you have fun today?" Drew asked from driver's seat of the car as they speeded through the night towards their home after an outing together as a family.

Parker Booth looked up from his handheld game and nodded, "It was lots of fun Drew, thank you for taking me along."

"Of course buddy." Drew said with a smile, after years of dating his mother he'd really gotten to know and like his almost son, not that he wanted to take the title away from Seeley Booth.

"I'm glad you had fun Parker." Rebecca said turning towards him from the passenger seat in the front, "I love you son."

"I love you too mom." Parker said with a smile before turning back to his game, the light was turned down to the lowest setting so it would distract Drew while he was driving in the dark. Parker watched his characters move across the screen with ease having played the game numerous times before. Parker saw out of the corner of his eye that there was a blinding white light filling the car. The light was quickly gone replaced by darkness and everything was a blur, there was a scream and the sound of breaking glass before he was rained on by hard pieces of something he wasn't sure of. After that there was only darkness.

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Seeley Booth was going over training maneuvers with the younger generation of soldiers before him when he got the call. One of the privates walked over to the training session something that most wouldn't do, Sergeant Booth was one of those people who liked things done and done right and didn't take kindly to interruptions. "Serge." The private said respectfully, "Satellite phone for you."

Surprised Booth ordered his men to keep training and took the phone with a nod of thanks, "Booth."

"Booth." Dr. Camille Saroyan's voice came over the phone, "Thank God, Booth…"

"Cam?" Booth asked to clarify that it was really her, and not just his imagination playing tricks on him, "Is Bones okay?"

He heard her sharp intake of breath before she replied, "As far as I know she's fine, but I'm calling about Parker, Booth, there was an accident." Booth felt his weight shift but didn't feel or hear the thud as he fell back against the building behind him drawing the attention of his men, "He's okay, in the hospital has a few bumps and bruises and a broken arm, but he's otherwise okay. But Booth…Rebecca and Drew…they didn't make it."

"No." he said hoarsely although very glad that his son had made it out alive it was terrible that his ex and her partner were gone, that his son had lost a family. "Oh God, Cam have you seen him?"

"I'm not family so they wouldn't let me in at first, but when I told them the situation they let me in for a few minutes, he hasn't woken up one of the bumps on his head knocked him into a coma, but they don't think it's a real one, just one of those ones that people go into to help them recover. He's had a serious trauma to the head, but they say it isn't anything to worry about." Camille said using little words so she wouldn't overexcite the agent with scary sounding medical terms when he was so far away from his son unable to do anything or be there.

"But he'll be okay? Swear it Cam, he'll be okay." He replied heartbroken.

"He'll be fine, is there any way you can make it home?" she asked.

Booth looked around him, his men had stopped their training but at his pointed look they returned to their practicing, "I don't know, but I'm going to do everything in my power to come home for my son." He said, "I don't care what you have to do, if anything changes you find a way to contact me Cam, you find a way." And with that he hung up the phone hanging his head for a moment he collected his thoughts. Looking back towards his men he ordered one of the others to take over before going to find out who he had to talk to, to be able to go home and tend to his family.

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"Isn't it exciting Dr. Bones?" Daisy Wick said for the umpteenth time since they arrived in the Indonesian Islands almost four months ago, "We're going to be part of something so big." She said as the group of scientists made their way back to the camp.

"I know Miss Wick, I'm glad to that we're here, but maybe we can keep the excitement down to a minimum." Brennan replied and wasn't surprised when there were noises of agreement around them. Coming into the camp the group was met by a somber looking camp employee who was in charge of the belongings while the group was at the dig site, "Dr. Brennan." The employee said, "I have a message that you're supposed to call a Dr. Camille Saroyan when you get in."

Brennan nodded thinking that her shower would have to wait, and found herself longing for a real shower and not the quick shower that was nothing more than some piping and a shower curtain in the middle of the campground. "Alright, thank you." She said making her way into the communication tent and picking up the satellite phone, she dialed the familiar number to the Jeffersonian Institute and was relieved when Cam picked up the phone, "Dr. Saroyan it's Dr. Brennan, is everything alright?"

"No Dr. Brennan, I don't know who else to call, Booth is stuck in the army and I know that you have your commitment to the research and expedition that you're doing, but is there any way you can cancel and come home." Came the reply from her boss.

Brennan shook her head knowing that the other woman couldn't see her, "Cam, I'm sorry, but I took sabbatical for a year to do this dig, if there is need for an anthropologist…."

"I'm sorry I got ahead of myself." Cam interrupted, "His parents are gone…It's Parker, there was an accident…"

Temperance cut her off, "Cam I need to go, I need to get my things ready and secure both transport to the airways and from there to home, and I will call you as soon as I can. I'm coming, tell Parker I'm coming." And with that the phone line went dead and Cam breathed a sigh of relief.

Temperance tore out of the communication tent and was rushing towards her own tent that she shared with Daisy, Daisy who was on her bed writing in her journal but stop to chat when her mentor came in, "Is there a body because it's pretty silly to call us from so far away right Dr. Br-"

"Daisy." Brennan cut in gravely, "I'm going home, I have personal business to attend too." She said grabbing a bag and throwing essentials in it, "I'm not coming back, will you please pack up the rest of my items and either bring them home with you or ship them home next time you go into town, none of it is important that I need it right away." She said before closing her bag and throwing the strap over her shoulder, "It's been a pleasure to work with you and I hope you do well."

Not waiting for the reply of the once intern she rushed out of the tent and down to the tent of those in charge of the tent, "I need a ride into town." She said rushing in not caring that she may be interrupting anything, "I have to go home, I'm sorry to cut my trip short, but I have personal business to attend too, there was a death in the family and now there is a little boy who needs me."

"Of course Dr. Brennan." The reply was instant and full of sympathy, it wasn't like the doctor to back out of work that she was so dedicated too, and after having worked with her in the past they couldn't fault her, "I'll have one of the locals drive you into town, by the time you reach town you'll have a seat on the next plane headed home, you might have to take a few planes, but I'll get you there. I'm sorry for your loss."

Brennan didn't really have a connection with Rebecca or Drew but nodded all the same, "Thank you."

The ride into town was fast, not only was the driver told to hurry due to the situation, but also the threat of local gang wars that he had feared for their safety going through the jungle so late in the day. Luckily they made it through without problems and Brennan soon found herself on a plane that would take her to New York, and then a connecting flight that would take her back home.

Once the plain was in the air she pulled out her bag, and dug through it until she found her wallet. Pulling out a credit card she picked up the phone plane and swiped her card through, setting it down on the tray before her knowing there were plenty of calls she would have to make and not caring about the price. The first call she placed was to Cam to get all the details of the accident, the next call was immediately placed to her lawyer and despite the time difference she managed to persuade…threaten…him out of bed and down to his office to get all the paperwork she would need to make everything happen. After that she placed a call to the FBI's lawyer Caroline Julian who stopped grumbling as soon as Bones explained her reason for the late night call and offered her advice and unofficial service to make it happen.

Phone back on the hook she put her credit card away wishing there was some way she could contact Booth to let him know that she was going to help in any way that she could, knowing that he'd called Cam to let her know that it could take up to three months to get his replacement there and trained before he could come home and see his son, his son who lost both a mother and a father figure. His son that really needed his father but no one could hold Booth or the army accountable for the delay in his ability to return home. Brennan tilted her seat back and closed her eyes her strength gone from the day of work, and her adrenaline running thin now that she had a course of action.

She awoke hours later to the flight attendant telling her that they were preparing to land, they'd made it to New York but now she had a little over an hour until she'd reach D.C. again, unloading from one plane and making her way to the next stopping only for a quick bite to eat having a little bit of a delay until her next flight, but soon enough she was on the last plane that would take her home, and take her to the little boy that needed her.

When her plane touched down in D.C. she rushed through the process of getting out of the airport and was surprised to be greeted by Wendell, "Mr. Bray?" she asked stopping next to the intern who had beckoned for her the moment he saw her near the baggage claim.

"Hello Dr. Brennan." He said soberly, "I'm here to drive you wherever you need to go, hospital, home…whichever." He said, using his had to make a motion that said they should go.

Brennan thought about it while they walked to his car, "Is Parker awake yet?" she asked casually.

Wendell shook his head, "He woke up just a bit ago, Cam is with him."

Brennan nodded, "I'd like to go home, I need to get my apartment aired and livable again, and depending on the time, I'll need to go to Booth's as well to get that aired out, but you won't need to help out with that, I'll get my car from the apartment lot."

Wendell shook his head, "I'd like to do whatever I can to help."

Brennan bit her lip, "Well, maybe you could drop me off at my apartment and go to Booth's to do his apartment while I do mine. That way we'll get done in half the time and I can get to the hospital, once I see to Parker I'll need to make a list of things I'll need to would you be willing to go shopping for me, I know it's not something that's on your…"

"Dr. Brennan, I will do anything I can to help out." Wendell said kindly as they made their way out of the airport and down the highway. "I'll do the shopping while you go see our little Booth."

They made the way to her apartment and she hopped out of the car when it stopped in front of the doors leading inside, "Thanks." She called over her shoulder and the door to the apartment building was pulled open by Walter the doorman, "Hello Walter." She called but didn't pause, knowing it was rude but not having the time to care. She took the steps rather than the elevator digging her keys out of her purse and entering her apartment, the air was stale and she hurried to open the windows in all the rooms so it would be breathable again. Knowing she'd be no reassurance to Parker if she wasn't put together she hopped into the shower taking probably the fastest shower all summer which said something considering her last showering place, dressing was a snap and she put on a hint of perfume knowing that her clothes probably had that stale air smell to them too having been in her abandoned apartment.

Brennan grabbed her keys and rushed out of her apartment and down to the parking garage getting into her car and making her way to the hospital, once there she found the main desk, "I'm here for Parker Booth."

"Relation?" The nurse asked.

"He's my partner's son." She said, "My partner is in Afghanistan serving our country and I'm here in his place."

The nurse thought that that probably wasn't the best relation but thought better of it and nodded towards the hallway on the right, "Room 437."

"Thank you." Brennan replied and hurried down the hallway, when she found the room she took a deep breath and pushed the door open. Cam and Parker turned towards the door and Brennan barely took in Cam's relieved expression before focusing on Parker who looked broken, and miserable tear stains down his face but his eyes sparked when he saw her, "Hey Parker." She said softly walking over to the bed and dropping her bag to the floor; she leaned forward sitting on the edge of the bed and gently hugged him, "I'm so sorry Parker."

Parker threw his arms around her, and she winced as his cast hit the bones in her back but didn't pull back, "its not fair Bones." He sobbed into her neck, "Why did my family have to die?"

"I don't know Parker. I don't know." She said tears forming in her own eyes, "I don't know, unfair things happen and we don't know why, I'm so sorry." She said tears falling down her cheeks.

The nurse came in to make sure the newcomer wasn't causing any trouble and was saddened to see the scene in front of her, she bowed her head and stepped back out of the room knowing that the woman wasn't a threat to the child and hoping for healing for all involved.

It was an hour later when Wendell made his way to the hospital room settling in the chair next to Dr. Saroyan, Brennan having shifted her and Parker so she was on the bed next to him, his exhausted body curled into his side. Brennan was chatting quietly with her boss when the intern came in, "Do you have that list for me?" he asked sparking a confused expression from both doctors before Temperance understood his request.

"I do." She said reaching over to the table beside the bed and pulling out a list, "I'm sorry it's so long, but I know that there is no food in the either apartment, I've asked for double of everything I'm not sure where Parker would want to stay but I want to be prepared for whichever he chooses." She said quietly, "If he wishes to go home I assume there would be something edible there for at least a few days."

Wendell nodded, "Hodgins called to say they were coming home tomorrow and would be here if we needed anything. He said if you have any trouble with anything you're more than welcome to throw his name around."

Brennan nodded hoping that it wouldn't come to that, it wasn't something she was a fan of throwing names around, but for Parker's wellbeing she would do anything. "I'm glad they are coming." She said as he took the list and her credit card, "Thank you Wendell."

The intern bobbed his head pocketing the card and the list, "How is he doing…besides the obvious?"

"It's going to be a long process, it would be better if Booth was around to help ease the pain, but with his position in the army they wouldn't let him come without first replacing him so the soldiers were thrown into live action unready." Cam said quietly.

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Booth wiped his brow with a rag and grabbed the satellite phone intent on calling Cam for an update on his son, the last time he spoke to her she was rushed trying to get to the hospital, but his son had woken up, it killed him that he couldn't be there but was glad that someone was there. He'd tried to call Bones but he'd gotten the run around and no one seemed to know if she was in the local town or at the dig site, frustrated at her once again for leaving he'd told the person on the phone to just forget it.

"Hello?" came the frustrated answer from the pathologist on the other end.

"Camille." He said, "How's he doing?"

"Seeley, good, he's doing good." She replied quickly to reassure him, "I'm sorry I'm so…we're trying to deal with the caseworkers trying to take him away since you're not available, we have so many lawyers and government officials calling."

"What do you mean taking him away?" he asked hoarsely he thought there might be problems but if they contacted him or would answer when he called then he could say that he gave Cam permission to watch his son until he was released from duty. "What do I need do?" he asked resisting the urge to run his dusty hand over his face.

"Nothing, Brennan has Miss Julian and her lawyer in a meeting now since you put it in your will that if anything were to happen to you all that she would be Parker's legal guardian…actually if you could get them a copy of your will somehow that would be great." Cam backtracked.

Booth felt like the wind was knocked out of him, "Bones is there?"

Camille nodded knowing that Booth couldn't see her, "I called her after getting off the phone with you and I barely mentioned what happened, only got to mention Parker and she was cutting me off to tell me she had to go make arrangements and she would call me from the plane for all the details. She arrived hours later started issuing out orders from Parker's room and hasn't left his side until the social workers came into play, now she's got Wendell staying with Parker and the rest of us calling everyone we can, Hodgins is trying to throw his money around and Bren has been in and out of meetings all day stopping only to call the hospital to chat with Parker so he knows he isn't alone and that he'll return." The pathologist explained, "From what I hear after she called me for all the details she woke up everyone up that she assumed would be able to help her. She probably has Max on hand to take out the government if she needs." The doctor joked knowing that the anthropologist had a strong sense of right and wrong and wouldn't go that direction.

"Bones is there." He breathed, "Okay, I have a copy of my will in my apartment in the lock box under my bed Bones should have a key to my place somewhere otherwise…"

"She's already had your apartment aired out and the electricity turned back on in case Parker wants to stay there instead of her place, she's made sure both apartments were stocked full of food so when they leave the hospital they don't have to worry. I'll tell her about the lock box but I wouldn't be surprised if the social worker wasn't intimidated into handing Parker over." Dr. Saroyan cut in.

Booth sighed some of the tension leaving his body, "Okay, okay. This is good." He said, and Cam heard someone talking to him in the background, "I have to go Cam anything else?"

"Just…take care of yourself Booth, don't let Parker lose another parent." She said before hanging up the phone.

Booth looked down the at the phone and sighed he wished he could go home and be with his family right now, but he couldn't be more touched that his team of squints had all pulled together, his Bones leading the war to get his son with his family, his squints.

Handing the phone off to the next person who needed it he returned to his current group of soldiers and started their training for the day feeling a little bit hearted knowing that his son had a whole family of people fighting for him when he couldn't. As much as he wanted to get over Bones, as well, he knew that her dropping everything to come to his son's side without even knowing all the details….he felt the feelings he tried to bury rising back to the top and threatening to burst out of his chest.

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So…meh? Review please! I love reviews, now I'm going to go work on the Partnership because I've depressed myself here! Lol.