Hi everyone, thanks to all those who have read this book, I would love to know what you think of it so please let me know. Sorry about the delay but I was asked to write a Castle fanfic (Her Secret Life No More) and I had already started and NCIS one (Out To Get You) and I got hooked on them, I still haven't finished them but I am close now hopefully

Chapter 2 –

A scream of pure terror tore through the night, jerking Brennan and Booth out of bed, they moved quickly down the hall to April's room, throwing the door open and running to her side, she lay covered in sweat, writhing and crying out as the nightmares took over her. Booth shook her 'come on Aps wake up sweetheart' she jerked awake still screaming and gasping, "oh" she sobbed and fell into her mothers arms sobbing, Brennan looked at Booth tears in her eyes and Booth knew why, it had been months since the last time they had been woken by Aprils nightmares and everyone had been secretly hoping that they had finally after almost a year, she would finally be able to forget and move on with her life.

Booth stroked her back gently and watched mother and daughter cling to each other, Bones trying to comfort her. Slowly her sobs subsided and she looked up at her parents sadness in her eyes "I was hoping that they had finally stopped" she whispered "I know sweetheart me too" Booth murmured stroking her back "it will get better soon Aps" she shivered and clung to them, they stayed with her until eventually exhausted she drifted off into a restless sleep, they waited until they were sure that the nightmare wasn't coming back before quietly moving back to their room, once they had climbed into bed both held out his arms, as he had expected Brennan crawled into them and curled up against his chest.

"I really hoped that they had stopped" she whispered "me too Bones me too" he said kissing the top of her head, they lay there together, afraid to go back to sleep in fear of their daughters nightmares returning again that night.

XOXOXOXOXO

The next morning April woke up, she felt stiff, from clenching her muscles in defence from her dreams, she stretched before slowly getting out of bed dressing in her usual jeans and a shirt, she ran the brush briefly through her long hair, before slumping down the stairs, her mom and dad were already up and finishing some paperwork, they both stopped though when she entered "hey" Booth said gently "how you feeling" she shrugged "better I guess" she moved over and hugged her dad tightly, he held her for a minute before releasing her, she repeated the motion with her mom, and Booth smiled as he watched his two favourite girls embrace.

They left not long after, dropping April off at school as it was on the way to work, she would usually catch the bus to the Jeffersonion afterwards though on occasions like tonight, she would go to the Hoover building, after her kidnapping Sweets had insisted on seeing her every other week for a check up, it had helped in a way, helping her get over her trauma, now she only saw him once a month, apart from when she had the dreams, she was going to see him anyway so they hadn't needed to book an appointment, though Sweets said they didn't with April, and that his door was always open for her, he was a good kid Booth thought.

When they arrived at the school there was a boy with spiky dark hair and bright hazel eyes leaning on the wall, April's face brightened at the sight of him, Seth. She said goodbye and them leapt out of the car and went to say hi to her best friend/ boy friend, even she didn't know what he was to her now. They talked for a minute before April giggled and punched him playfully on the arm; they turned and waved to Booth and Brennan who waved back before going into the building.

April walked with Seth into the school, she was still silent "hey you ok bone chick" Seth asked, looking at her concerned, as her mother had done when her dad had first started calling her Bones, she had objected to that nickname, but after a while she had given up protesting "yeah I'm fine" she sighed, she was forced to stop when Seth stepped in front of her giving her a look that plainly said he knew she was lying, she sighed again "I had another nightmare again last night", his face softened "oh April" he said "I thought they might have finally stopped" "you and me both" she mumbled, as with a sigh they headed off to their lessons together.

XOXOXOXOXOXO

They had just arrived at the lab when Cam called saying they had a case; she brought Brennan her kit and followed them in the van to the crime scene.

It seemed like a normal crime scene at first, the result of gang violence judging by the marks all over the bones, all of which matched a gangs MO. Brennan gazed at the bones contently, this was something she could do very well, read the bones, most people said she was a terrible listener, but Booth said she was very good, as she was the best at making the bones talk to her, she listened to what they told her and helped them find peace by bringing their killer to justice, she liked it.

She looked up though when Booth walked up "what we got then Bones" he asked as he did at every crime scene "male, Caucasian, no older than 40 I would say, cause of death still to be determined, judging by the amount of rodents around I would say he died between 5-7 days ago" she looked at Booth "this man was tortured before he died Booth, he had something that his killers really wanted" Booth nodded looking grim, Bones carefully continued her examination, "oh" she said in surprise "what" he said warily "I hate it when you say oh like that Bones" , she pointed at something lodged between his teeth, slowly she took a photo before pulling it out and placing it in an evidence bag and holding it up to examine it while Cam carefully loaded the body up into the van and with Brennan's permission she drove it back to the lab, "what is that" Booth asked bending to look at it.

He didn't get a response because the next thing Brennan knew, she was being thrown backwards by him as guns exploded around them, bullets whizzing over their heads where they had been standing mere seconds ago.

XOXOXOXOXO

April bade Seth goodbye at the end of school, she quickly located the bus that would take her to the Hoover Building and scrambled on, putting her headphones in and blocking out the rest of the world as she usually did, people continued to stare at her scars, especially in the summer when she could not cover them up, she tried her best to ignore them all as much as possible.

She jumped off at the stop closest to the Hoover Building and walked there in her own little world, she arrived and waited to be allowed in, many people know she was the daughter of Seeley Booth and Temperance Brennan, the dynamic crime solving duo, who had famously been kidnapped last year where she was beaten within an inch of her life and then shot protecting her father, she got stared at a lot here too because of that, one kid at school had a dad who worked in the FBI and had told them what had happened to her, it hadn't taken long for the truth to be spread around the school, ,some people had been in awe of her afterwards but to shy to come up to her, others had been scared of her and thought she was a freak because of the marks that covered her body. Throughout it all Seth had been the only one to stick by her and stand up for her, he had helped her get back on her feet.

Once she had been cleared to enter, she went up to her dad's office first, she was quite surprised to find it empty, her dad was usually there for her when she had a meeting here with Sweets, she frowned and then went to wait outside the psychologist's office.

She paced up and down until she was told to enter, Sweets asked her about her latest dream and asked about the diary, she showed him the long entry she had put in and he nodded satisfied as she carefully closed the little blue book and replaced it in her bag "do you like keeping it" he asked, April shrugged "dunno yet" "well keep it up for another few weeks and then answer that" he suggested, he asked her a few more questions, about life at home, school, kids at school and Seth, she answered grudgingly. When it was time to leave and she had stood up she asked "do you know where my dad is" he looked at her surprised "no, sorry, I haven't seen him, why" April frowned "well he is usually in his office when I come in and he was not when I arrived" "maybe he is there now and he was just stuck in traffic" Sweets suggested, she nodded slowly "ok, maybe, thanks Sweets" she called as she left "see you soon April" he called as he closed the door.

She went back up to his office and frowned when she realised it was still empty, it didn't look like he had been in here at all today she realised, his computer was off and his blinds shut, frowning she left, deciding to go back to the lab and ask her mom where he was, but she couldn't shake the nagging feeling that something was wrong.

As she left she spotted the lawyer her parents worked with a lot, Caroline Julian , "hey Miss Julian" she called jogging over to her, she frowned when she saw her crime fighting duo's daughter approach "hello Miss April what can I do for you Cherie" she smiled at the nickname used by her for everyone "do you know where my dad is" she asked "well as a matter a fact I don't, I haven't seen him today Cherie, I don't think he has been in at all" April frowned "ok thanks Miss Julian" she turned and left the building frowning deep in thought, she was about to leave the lobby when she heard someone calling her name, turning she saw one of the security guards approaching, "I almost forgot" he said "this arrived addressed to you, strange you don't usually get mail here" he handed her an envelope before turning and leaving, April frowned as she opened it, a small computer chip fell into her hand along with a note, she recognised her mother's handwriting

April

Take this to the Jeffersonion, speak to no one, this is really important. Wait for us there, don't go home yet

We love you

Mom

Xx

She frowned and read the note again, where they in trouble? She began to walk to the lab still mulling over the little note, she was almost there when she realised she was being followed. Since her kidnapping her instincts were much more alert and hardly anything escaped her notice any more, as she rounded a corner she glanced back and saw two men in black walking after her, they had been following her since she left the FBI building. She carefully watched them draw nearer, she slipped down an ally that was unused by many, quickening her pace to reach civilisation, she was walking towards the gate of the Jeffersonion hoping that they would not be able to come in after her when her phone dinged signalling she had a message.

She pulled out her phone, it was from her mom, she opened it and then stared at the single word written in capitals on the tiny screen

'RUN'

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