Title: Nightmare

Title: Nightmare

Rating: T

Author: vVv-Sapere Aude-vVv

Notes: Did anyone else notice that anytime Brennan sings and dances Booth almost gets killed? Thought that was interesting.

"Seeley! I'm doing this for us!" Pam screamed as her finger tightened on the trigger. Booth stood up putting himself in the trajectory of the bullet. He was thrust backward a step an then the room descended into silence. Bones jumped off the stage and tried to catch Booth as he started stumbling backwards, he fell to the ground taking her with him. He looked up at her face, her piercing blue eyes full of concern. Bones saw movement out of the corner of her eye and quickly made a grab for Booth's gun and fired, then immediately returned to Booth. She didn't even see the blood trickle down Pam's throat or hear the thud as she collapsed to the ground. Booth was staring at her as if he was trying to memorize the last thing he was going to see.

"Come on Booth, you can beat this. Come on Booth!" Brennan screamed at him while applying pressure. Booth didn't even wince as her hand dug into his wound, blood pooling around her fingers. Angela was crying in the background and she could hear Zack talking to the 911 operator. "Booth! Come on! Hold on the paramedics will be here soon! Come on!" Sadness flashed in his eyes, he knew that this could be it. He would never see Parker again, how would he handle the news of his death? Oh god, Bones. She would be ruined. His mind was in a fog, it started getting difficult to think. He stared into her beautiful face, her hair framing it like an angel. What a hell of a last sight. She leaned down and gathered him into her arms embracing him fiercely. Her voice was catching on the lump in her throat, "Please don't leave me. You promised," she whispered in his ear then started pecking kisses on his cheek and forehead. He reached up a hand to run his fingers through her hair. Tears were streaming down her face. His heart skipped a beat but he didn't know if it was caused by his Bones or the bullet lodged in his chest. She started fading from his vision, he starting blinking to try to clear it again but was unable to. The fog closed in on him and he didn't have the strength left to fight it.

Bones watched his eyes close and screamed, "No! Booth! Booth!" She sobbed and shook his shoulders trying to wake him up. He wasn't breathing. Suddenly someone was pushing her out of the way. She tried to fight them, she couldn't leave her side. More hands grabbed at her and dragged her away from her partner. Paramedics surrounded Booth and quickly loaded him on a gurney. They rushed him out of the club toward the ambulance with Brennan close behind. "I'm coming with him, I'm his partner" she told the closest EMT, the look in her eyes discouraged him from asking her questions. She jumped into the ambulance and sat on the bench inside. They quickly swarmed around Booth and started working on him while the driver took off toward the hospital.

"We lost his pulse," she heard on the EMTs say as if they were talking about their wallet. Brennan's eyes were glued to Booth's face. Please, she prayed, please don't take him from me. Please. She had never prayed before and hoped that she did it right. If there was a god she hoped he was listening. The paramedics shocked him and his torso jerked into the air, the monitor still showed a flat line. They did it again and this time the line showed a pulse. "We got him back," reported the EMT. Brennan let out the breath she had been holding since his heart stopped. The ambulance stopped and the doors opened. Booth was rushed inside to the emergency room and Brennan ran along side until one of the nurses stopped her.

"You cant go any further, your are going to have to wait in here. Are you family?" Said the nurse. Brennan didn't look to see who had stopped her she just watched Booth as he was pushed through a pair of doors, his limp hand hanging of the gurney. The same hand that had pressed against her lower back and guided her to crime scenes for three years.

"Yes," she answered without thinking. Booth's voice echoed in her head. There are all kinds of family.

"I need you to fill out these forms then." The nurse pushed a clipboard into Brennan's hands and guided her to a chair in the waiting room. She heard the sliding glass doors open and looked up to see Angela, Hodgins, Zack, Cam and Sweets file in. Angela rushed to her side with tears pooling in her eyes as she took in Brennan's appearance. Brennan was in complete shock. She had a blank expression on her face, her eyes were wide, mascara running, and she was covered in Booth's blood. The clipboard she had on her lap even had a bloody handprint on it from where she was holding it.

"Sweetie, let me take care of this for you," Angela said as she reached for the forms. She quickly filled out what she could and handed it to the nurse and whispered something to her. Brennan couldn't make out their conversation, everything sounded underwater. She returned with a wet washcloth in hand and started wiping gently at Brennan's face. Brennan stared past her with empty eyes.

"He flat lined in the ambulance," she stated almost to herself. Angela paused but then started cleaning the blood of Brennan's hands. "I prayed."

"He's going to be okay. He's a fighter, he wont give up," Angela said but even she didn't sound completely convinced. "Hodgins called Rebecca, she's on her way"

Brennan nodded. Angela returned the bloody rag to the nurse and then sat down next to Brennan again. The whole group waited in silence. Everyone was in a different stage of shock. Hodgins was pacing, Cap was hugging her knees to her chest, Zack was blank-faced, Sweets had his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands, and Angela was crying. They were all terrified at the concept of loosing a member of their tight knit group. We are the center, Brennan repeated like mantra, we must hold.

The sliding doors opened revealing a distraught Rebecca. She rushed toward Brennan and ran straight into her arms. Brennan was shocked at first but then wrapped her arms around her. She hadn't realized they were this close, but if anybody knew what she was feeling right now it was Rebecca.

"I left Parker at home; I didn't think he should be here, he's too young. Have they given you any news yet?" Rebecca asked as she pulled out of their embrace. Brennan shook her head. "What happened to the person that did this?

"I killed them," Brennan stated calmly.

"Good," Rebecca said

"I wish I hadn't."

Rebecca looked shocked, not understanding, "Why? She shot Booth!"

Brennan's eyes narrowed. "So I could do it again, but more painfully. She didn't deserve that quick of a death."

Rebecca stared at Brennan, shocked seeing a different side of the nerdy scientist. "Maybe you would have let me get a couple punches in."

Brennan looked into her eyes and smiled.

"Are you the family of Agent Booth?" a doctor asked as he walked toward the group.

"Yes," they said together, rising from their seats and surrounding the doctor.

"Wow, big family. Well Booth is out of surgery now. We lost him a couple more times, but he's a fighter. It's going to be touch and go for a while. There was significant damage to his lung and his heart had a small tear in it. I'm surprised he made it to the hospital. So I will keep you guys updated."