Booth walked into the Jeffersonin smiling and whistling happily, finely he was back after two months of vacation with Hannah. Sure she was acting weird since they got back but at least he could go back to what he does best, finding murders with Bones. God he had missed Bones, don't tell anyone that he thought that but he had, he had missed her snobby attitude, small smiles and how she didn't always say the right thing but her heart was in the right place. Her large eyes, long hair, lovely figure and gorgeous smile. Remember Emma Booth, he thought shaking his head as he swiped his card and worked up onto the platform and saw a very strange sight.
Angela was standing glowing as she rested her arm on her large stomach, Hodgins arm wrapped lovingly around her protecting her from any harm. Zach was nervously looking at his feet, but looked up and gave Booth a quick smile, still looking everywhere but his eyes. Booth searched his face then turned his gaze to Cam, who smiled at him,
'Hello Booth, how was your vacation?' Cam asked, as she nervously fiddled with her hands.
'Great. Where's Bones? Is she in her office' Booth questioned as he walked towards Bones office, ignoring their worried expressions.
'Hey Bones...' Booth started before he realised that he was alone, her office was empty, her desk clean and dusty. Her computer turned off at the power point and there were no recent case files, and everywhere screamed unlived in.
'Where is Bones?' he murmmed, whirling around and storming back to see the guilty faces of the staff and his supposably friends.
'Where is Bones?' he demanded, staring them all down as he glared into their eyes.
Suddenly Angela's phone rang;
'Hello?' she asked
'Hey Angela it's me Temperance, I know that Booth was due back today. But he can't come to LA okay? He just can't it's too dangerous. Tell him hello and I miss him, I've got to go bye.' Bones said breathless as the tone beeped as she hang up.
Angela just looked at her cell phone in shock, Brennan was in trouble, she didn't want Booth to go there, what to do.
'Where is Temperance Brennan? Where is Bones' Booth demanded, glaring at them all, obvious to Angela's inner turmoil.
'Okay don't get angry but when you left Brennan got weird.' Cam began.
'I didn't leave! I went on vacation and I was coming back!' Booth snapped.
'I know that and so did she, but she just thought that once you got back you would either not want to work with her because of Hannah, be married or generally act differently. So she being the risk lover she is, she volunteered to do undercover work for the FBI, she was always unhappy but at least she was hitting things.' Cam explained, Booth spluttered, what did she mean.
'I wouldn't leave Bones!' Booth exclaimed.
'I know, I know, I just don't think she did. Anyway she had gone on heaps of operations, from posing as a principal to a drug dealer, she even did mob work. Then she got the call...' Cam trailed off, the others looked more distressed at the mention of this incident.
'A phone call?' Booth questioned, raising his eyebrows.
'The phone call happened probably the Tuesday after you left, it was the director of The Attorney General of the Untied States of America, he had a dangerous mission. He needed smart, beautiful, extremely intelligent women that had to have undercover work before. Brennan accepted the offer immediately, she didn't even ask what she had to do. Then she found out...' again Cam trailed off.
'She found out what' Booth pestered, still not getting it.
'Well it turned out she had to go to LA, and she had to find a serial killer. This killer had killed and tortured twelve people, all of them smart, intelligent, beautiful women who were a bit different.'
'No Bones went after the Shatter Glass?' Booth interrupted pacing worriedly.
'Why Shatter Glass?' Zach asked.
'Because all his victims are surrounded by shattered class that as who they are and when they were killed etched into it.' Booth explained.
'And you let her leave?' he rounded facing them again.
'Of course not we each spent hours trying to convince her otherwise, the fact she could die scared her yes but she was determined. So we locked her in the office, we miss calculated and she escaped and flew to LA and we haven't heard from her since.' Cam finished, Hodgins and Zach nodded in agreement, but Angela shook her head.
'What don't you agree with?' Booth asked.
'The bit that she hasn't contacted anyone, you know the phone call I got moments ago?' Angela asked, they all nodded, confusion clouding their eyes.
'That was Brennan, she was breathless and scared but she told me to you that you can't go and find her because it was dangerous and she didn't want you to get hurt. She hung up before I could reply, she sounded afraid and worried, I haven't heard her like this. Not even when you were trying to find the cannibal last year. She sounded like she had already accepted that she was going to die and her last job was to keep everyone else safe.' Angela explained, tears glistening in her eyes as she avoided Booth's angry eyes.
'Why didn't you let me talk to her?' he demanded.
'Haven't you be been listening the conversation started with Angela saying hello and then in two seconds it was over.' Zach explained, in his polished voice that caused Booth to reinforce his hate for spoilt brats.
'Okay well I'm going to book a flight, while you guys and Sweets try and find out this guys MO and anything that could help me find both Bones and this Serial Killer, before they find Bones or before they kill her' Booth ordered, staring them all down, daring them to contradict.
'But didn't you hear Angela Brennan said not to go, by the sides of things she was begging' Hodgins tried to explain.
'What happened the day I was leaving something about a tightrope, I can't remember everything that happened?' Booth asked.
'Oh that day was weird, Brennan was all happy the week leading up to your vacation, then that day when you waiting in the car, Hannah was talking to her, next thing you know Brennan was walking across a tightrope. She was amazing, doing fantastic tricks then the line snaps. Brennan falls into the safety net but it breaks too, she dislocated her shoulder and shouted something then fell into a garbage truck. Next day she comes in and she can't remember anything, she ignores everyone and all she talks about is how you deserted her, she even ignored Angela. Then she got the call and now she is chasing a serial killer and we have no idea why.'
Ended on a cliff hanger, reviews would be lovely. Next chapter coming asap