It was supposed to be like any normal day in the lives of one Seeley Booth and Temperance Brennan. But this wasn't going to be any other day. It was going to be one of tragedy.
Booth went to pick her up like he always did at 6 a.m. for work. He was always known for his gut feelings. And today, he certainly had a bad feeling about today. He just felt deep down that something horrible was going to happen.
He stepped into the elevator of her apartment and went to her floor. He was about to knock on her door when he noticed it was ajar. He instantly pulled out his gun. All he heard was silence and whimpering, which he noticed sounded like Brennan. He inched around the door, "Whoever you are, I'm not here to hurt you. I just want to know what you want."
"Ahh. Agent Booth, I see you finally arrived to save your damsel in distress", the man said with a knife against Brennan's throat.
Booth saw that Brennan was sitting on the floor, bound and gagged. I could see tear tracks on her face and a look of fear I haven't seen in a long time, that look of fear I never wanted to see on her face. She gave me this pleading look, and I knew I had to do anything to get her out safe and alive.
"What do you want?"
"What do I want, Agent Booth?" "What I want is for you to put down your gun before I take this knife and cut her throat just enough for her to bleed out, but not enough to kill her."
"Okay. Just please, don't hurt her."
The man took the gag out of Brennan's mouth.
"Now you sit, I want you to hear what I have to say."
Before Booth went to sit, he caressed Brennan's cheek and whispered into her ear, "Everything is going to be alright, I won't let anything happen to you." "Just don't get yourself into any trouble, okay Bones?"
She nodded and squeezed his hand. He went to sit down on the floor next to her.
"Now I can start my game."