BONES
GONE FOREVER
DISCLAIMER: Bones and characters do not belong to me.
Summary: He was dead...gone forever.
THE WAITING ROOM...
Dr. Temperance Brennan sat down in the waiting room chair...shocked. No, it couldn't be true. He had to be undercover, just like before.
12 HOURS BEFORE...
"Booth..." Brennan asked as she opened the door and stepped back to allow him into her apartment. "Are you ready? We have a case." Booth said as Brennan grabbed her coat. "Yes, let's go." She told him.
Brennan locked the door and they were on their way.
"...are thinking they are the bones of a small child." Booth said as he told her about the case.
A car pulled up beside them, the window rolled down.
"Bones get do..." Booth said as a shot passed him almost hitting her.
There was another shot and the sun began to spin. Coming to a stop and hitting a pole. There was a screech of tires as the car sped away.
"Booth, are you okay? Booth..." Brennan said as she noticed his head was leaned against the steering wheel and he was bleeding heavily.
She took her jacket and pressed it to the wound and called for help. An ambulance soon arrived.
"Help him! I'm fine." Brennan said as they got her and Booth out of the SUV.
Brennan rode in the ambulance with Booth. When they reached the hospital Booth was rushed to surgery. Brennan was checked out with minor scratches and a broken arm. After they checked her out and she had talked to the police. She called everyone and told them what had happened. Soon Cam, Sweets, Daisy, Angela, Hodgins and Carolyn arrived.
PRESENT...
"Sweetie, are you okay?" Angela asked as her voice cracked. "Yes, I'm fine." Brennan said, but feeling the pain inside of herself. "You're compartmentalizing." Angela said as she studied Brennan's face. "I said...I'm fine." Brennan said and walked out of the waiting room.
Angela leaned into Hodgins and began to sob harder.
"How can he be gone?" Angela asked voicing what everyone was thinking. "What I want to know is...What happened in the SUV?" Cam told everyone and there was a murmur of agreement.
Slipping away Brennan called a cab and went home. When she got home she fell onto her bed fully clothed and began to sob.
Booth: Her work partner, best friend and the man she loved with all her heart was dead...gone forever. This time he wasn't coming back. She would never again hear him call her 'Bones'.
Brennan cried herself to sleep, but woke up hours later to a knock at the door. Opening the door Brennan was surprised to see Sweet.
"Wh...What are you doing here?" Brennan asked. "We thought you might want to talk to someone." Sweets told her. "You're wrong. I don't need to talk to anyone." Brennan told them and started to close the door. "Yes, you do. Dr. Brennan. The accident and the loss of..." Sweets began. "Don't even say it. We were just work partners, nothing more. You should talk to Hannah. She was his girlfriend, I'm fine." Brennan told Sweets and tried to close the door.
Before the door could close Angela put her hand on the door to hold it open.
"Bren, you need to talk to someone." Angela said.
Reluctantly Brennan opened the door and let them in.
"Would you like something to drink?" Brennan asked. "Tea," Angela replied. "Coffee," Sweets said at the same time.
They all headed for the kitchen and sat around the table.