Title: Bring Him Home
Characters/Pairings: canon couples
Genre: Drama/Romance
Warnings: AU-ish.
Episode: post 4x26: The End in the Beginning
Rating: T
Chapters: 1/4
Status: complete
Disclaimer: I don't own Bones nor the characters. Just playing with them.
Summary: Post 4x26. Brennan returns from Guatemala anticipating that Booth has been already reinstated and waiting to solve crimes with her. What she didn't anticipate was for him to be transferred out of DC. Now what she's going to do? AU-ish.
AN Thank you to all that has reviewed and alerted this story! I'm a bit nervous about posting the rest now… people seem to have high expectation from this, but it's really a story exploring hidden emotions and possible reactions during a certain situation. Hope you'll like it anyway!
Now onto the second part. Enjoy!
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Part Two: Broken Home
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"Why was I not informed Booth got transferred?"
The suddenness of the question made Camille Saroyan jump slightly. And she was not one that got easily surprised. Or intimidated. But the sharpness in the icy tone it was asked didn't really bode well for the next few minutes.
Ever since she started working at the Jeffersonian she learned a lot about herself, her own reactions and the surprising and unpredictable things that could happen around her at her working place. She tried to be prepared for every possible scenario and take in stride everything that happened around her. Still, she couldn't help jumping at the sudden, harshly asked question. She turned quickly putting a not really a fake smile on her face.
"And hello to you too, Dr. Brennan." She said, feeling now genuinely happy to see her colleague, it was two months since she saw her last. But her smile faltered rather quickly at the sight before her.
"Dr. Saroyan." The Anthropologist nodded at her, her eyes were two piercing blue jewels of ice as she stared at her Boss. It was clear her patience was fading out rapidly as she stared at Cam expectantly. "Well?" she asked sharply.
"What?" Cam blinked.
"Why was I not informed that Booth got transferred?" Dr. Brennan asked, impatiently, her arms crossing over her heaving chest.
"I thought Seeley told you." Cam replied surprised. Brennan did not know this? How come?
"I haven't heard from Booth since I went to Guatemala." The Anthropologist replied briskly, but Cam saw the flickering of her eyes to the side for a second.
"I see." She nodded at her colleague, trying to gather her thoughts. This was a disaster in the making and she needed to tread carefully now. You could never know what the outcome of a confrontation with Dr. Brennan would be.
"I don't." Brennan told her. "Why was he transferred? That doesn't make sense. And I'm not going to work with any other FBI Agent." She finished with resolution, looking up at her with her jaw set. Oh, boy. Cam winced inwardly.
"It's not for you to decide, Dr. Brennan." she reminded her gently. "We work with whoever is the FBI Liaison to the Jeffersonian. And-"
But this only seemed to make Dr. Brennan angry. "I work with the best, and Booth is the best. I won't work with anyone else." She repeated, impatiently.
Cam sighed. "You have worked already with Agent Perotta, Dr. Brennan." She tried to reason.
"It was only temporary, because Booth was incapacitated at the time. I don't plan on working permanently with anyone else." She stood firmly challenging the woman in front of her. They stared at each other for a few moments until Brennan asked. "Where was Booth transferred?"
"To Quantico." Cam replied.
"To Quantico?" Brennan uncrossed her arms, surprised. "What he's doing there?"
"I think lectures and some rookie training." Cam shrugged, uncertainly. "He wasn't very forthcoming with the information when we spoke."
Brennan frowned. "Booth's talents are wasted there." With this Cam could agree, still-
"It was not his decision to make. You know that, Dr. Brennan." Cam reminded her and was about to say more, but Brennan interrupted her again.
"I won't be returning to work anytime soon." She said, her voice final.
"But, Dr. Brennan-"
"I'm not going to work with anyone else than Booth!" She said fiercely. "If I have to I'll take a sabbatical!"
"What?" This took her by surprise. Her eyebrows shot up.
"I need to get Booth." It was said with such simplicity… as if there was no other option to follow in a situation like this. If Cam wasn't so taken aback by this new development she would have smiled.
Instead she sighed inwardly and tried to reason with the bull-headed scientist. "He was transferred to Quantico. It's not hard to get him. He still lives at his old apartment." She opened her mouth to add more but was met with a fierce icy look.
"I'm not working with the FBI unless I work with Booth." The defiance in Brennan's voice was unmistakable. With her arms crossed and chin up, all was needed was for her to stomp her foot. Childishly.
But Cam did not take well childish displays. "The Jeffersonian is a Government affiliated Institute. We work with the FBI and we don't have much to discuss about it." She reminded her, now getting a little bit annoyed.
"Then I will sever my contract with the FBI." Brennan said, hotly.
"It's a part of this job, you can't do that." Really! She can't have anyone, not even the illustrious Forensic Anthropologist, picking up the job's descriptions according to their whims.
"Then consider this my two week notice." Brennan shot back and turned away, pulling her suitcase behind her.
Cam's jaw dropped. But- but-
"Dr. Brennan, Dr. Brennan!" Cam called after her colleague but the woman was already out of the lab, gone beyond the glassed door.
"Oh, Man." Dr. Hodgins said from behind her. Cam turned toward him. From the look on his face it was clear he had heard the argument between them. Cam sighed.
"What's going on?" Angela came from the bathroom on the other side. She just got to the lab hoping to meet Brennan here.
"Dr. B. just gave her two week notice." Hodgins told the Artist, looking askance at her, crossing his arms on hid chest.
"What?!" Angela shrieked and looked frantically from Hodgins to Cam. "Why didn't you stop her?"
"I tried but she ran off pretty fast." Cam interrupted pointing toward the door. This was just not happening.
"Yeah, she just screamed about two weeks notice and was out of here before we could even blink." Hodgins added.
"Why would she do that?" Angela asked them, desperately.
"She won't work with the FBI unless she's partnered with Booth." Cam sighed, massaging her head. She could feel the migraine starting.
"Oh." Angela bit her lip, her shoulders slumping. "I guess she has heard about the transfer then."
"Your guess is correct." Cam nodded.
"Figures nothing good ever stays that way for long… I guess my internship here is terminated then?" Fisher asked from his position behind them.
They glared at him. He stilled then closed his mouth and turned away quickly, properly chastised.
"Did anyone tell her the transfer is temporary?" Angela asked the people around her and was met with silence. "Great." She sighed again.
Cam's shoulders slumped. This was not good. Not good at all.
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Brennan walked briskly up the stairs to her apartment. She had taken a cab to get her home from Jeffersonian, glowering at anyone that dared to look in her direction. She opened her apartment with angry, jerky moves and closed the door with a bang. She left the suitcase near the kitchen and took off her jacket tossing it with the keys on her sofa.
If they didn't want to help her bring Booth back, then she didn't need them. She never did. She managed on her own for long and she will manage now just fine. She marched angrily to her bedroom and threw some clean clothes to wear, she's going to take a shower, change her clothes and drive immediately to Quantico.
It's time to bring Booth home.
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End of part two
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AN 2 To those who my wonder why Brennan went to the Lab for answers, please remember it's after season four, she didn't know Hacker yet and Sweets was still an incovinient annoyance to her. But Lab has always provided her with answers and Cam's her boss.
Hope you liked this part, next time: We meet Booth! Stay tuned, and please review! :)