RED
Red is the color of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love.
It started out like any other day Booth picked up Brennan at the lab with coffee on the way to interview the neighbor of their latest victim to see what he knew about the man. They were in the living room, Booth pacing Brennan in a chair on the other side of the room from Booth.
"Mr. Childs what can you tell us about Bill Gardner?"
"I know nothing why don't you people leave me the he!! alone?"
That's when it happened Childs pulled a gun out from under his shirt and pointed it at Brennan and got off a shot hitting her in the right shoulder, Brennan fell from the force of the impact. Everything was moving in slow motion, Booth wanted to go to Brennan, but Childs was aiming at him, Booth didn't think twice he shot Childs.
After Childs fell Booth ran to Brennan, kneeling beside her applying pressure to the wound, "Bones?"
"Booth it hurts."
"I know the medics will be here soon. Lay still." Booth smiled a bit.
"Booth?-"
"Shh don't talk."
Brennan closed her eyes.
"Bones open your eyes; I need to see your eyes. You don't have to talk, just look at me."
Booth was afraid if Brennan closed her eyes, they'd never open again.
"Bones come on don't leave me now, you can hang on a while longer." Brennan complied the best she could the blood loss was making her weaker by the second and she felt dizzy. After what seemed like an eternity Booth heard," sir you need to move, we need to get her out of here."
Booth never broke eye contact as he backed away to the other Agents; as soon as Booth was out of sight Brennan closed her eyes.
Booth followed Brennan out to the ambulance, "sir you can't come with us."
"I am an FBI Agent and she's my partner I am going with you."
The medic didn't say anything he just stepped aside and let Booth climb in.
Once they got to the hospital Booth grabbed Brennan's now cold, clammy hand if for nothing else to reassure himself she was still there.
"Sir you need to wait outside so the Doctors can work."
"I want to stay with my Partner."
"I know you do, but they need to work on her. Let's go get you cleaned up and then get something to drink and then maybe when we get finished the doctors will know more."
The nurse wrapped an arm around Booth leading him to a bathroom, it was then he noticed he was covered in Brennan's blood Booth began washing himself off while the nurse went to hunt down a set of scrubs. Thirty minutes later Booth was sitting in a chair in a set of mint green scrubs drinking water when a Doctor came over to him, "Agent Booth?"
"Yes."
"I'm Doctor Mason, Doctor Brennan is a lucky woman, the bullet is lodged in her shoulder, and is shattered we are going to have to spend a lot of time reconstructing the shoulder with pins and plates and do a lot of repairs to the veins and surrounding tissue ,but in time Doctor Brennan should recover fully ."
"Great can I see her?"
"For a moment we need to get her to surgery ASAP."
Booth nodded and followed the Doctor. Brennan lay on the gurney paler than the warm blankets they had piled on her. Booth took Brennan's slightly warm hand in his," Bones, you're going to be fine now, I'm here the squints are on the way, everything is okay." Before they wheeled Brennan away Booth bent and gently placed a kiss on her forehead.
