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this is the new chapie, hope you enjoy...


Chapter 2 – Chosen

'We'll be there in twenty minutes, Cam, talk to Caroline about what we have to do…OK, bye.' Booth said as he held his phone close to his ear and looked out of the window while Brennan was sat on the bed with Christine on her hands and one of her breasts exposed for the baby to take her morning milk.

She hadn't stopped the breastfeeding at the first two months after the baby's birth as she knew the mother's milk was the most important meal for the infants, but as her milk had been reduced she had kept the meals at once a day until it was completely stopped on its own, after all, she loved breastfeeding her child, having this connection with her daughter meant a lot to Brennan.

'OK, she's done, we can go,' Brennan said softly as she turned Christine on her shoulder to pat her back while she covered her bosom. Booth smiled slightly at his girlfriend and nodded his head. He opened the door of the bedroom and called Parker to go downstairs but not to move out of the house on his own. He then took the baby bag and helped Brennan to put their daughter inside the carrier so they could go.

Brennan had been very quite ever since Cam's first call to her cell phone, her brain always functioned rapidly but now she felt as if someone had switched off the main battery. She couldn't believe the Grave Digger had found a way to escape a high security prison. The nightmares of being buried alive had been reduced over the years thanks to the therapy with Sweets and Booth's very presence every night by her side but now she felt as the nightmare of being buried alive could be a possibility once again.

Booth could see her fear, she knew her crystal blue eyes like the back of his hand, she knew when they hid fear, happiness, worry, knowledge, he knew her and he could see she was terrified. Brennan took a stuffed dolphin and Jasper the little pig in the carrier and Booth the bag with Christine's stuff and they were ready to move out of their bedroom but Booth held her hand and brought her closer to his body, his finger touched her chin and raised slightly her bowed head.

'Everything will be alright, I promise this, none will touch you or our child,' Booth said in low voice and Brennan looked deep into his eyes, he knew this fear, he had seen it before, she had been actually buried, he had been trapped in a freighter but she had actually been underground, she had gotten the feeling of how is to be inside a coffin and he would give his life to prevent this from happening to her again.

'I love you,' Brennan only said and that was enough for both of them as he kissed her lips once and then nodded for her to lead the way.

The couple moved downstairs and found Parker waiting for them, he had been informed about an emergency so instead of going to the history museum as Brennan had planned for Parker's education they'd all go to the Jeffersonian Institute to find the rest.

The atmosphere in the SUV was also tensed, Booth was driving as usually, Brennan was in the back seats with Christine in the carrier and Parker was on the front, next to his father. Brennan yelped when her cell phone rang again and Booth looked at her immediately through the traffic mirror. She picked up the phone and spoke.

'Sweetie? You're close? I'm leaving my house with Billy and Sun,' Angela's voice was heard and Brennan sighed in relief and nodded pointedly at Booth who was still looking at her.

'Yes, Ange, we'll be there soon, we're on our way,' Brennan said and heard Angela sighing and nodding her head. 'How's Hodgins?' Brennan asked worriedly and Angela this time chuckled sadly.

'You'll see him… terrified, he woke up the kids and ever since has them right next to him, I'll see you in the lab, be careful Sweetie,' Angela said and Brennan nodded and murmured a bye before she could turn the call and look at her daughter who was looking back at her mom. Brennan ran her hand through her hair and then took her phone again.

'Dad? Take Russ, Amy, Hayley and Emma and come to the Jeffersonian as soon as you can,' Brenna said when her father answered the phone. 'I'll explain everything later, it's about Heather Taffet.' Brennan spoke before her father could ask why or what was on, she used Grave Digger's true name as she didn't want Parker to hear the title that madwoman had given to herself.

'Buddy, call Mom and tell her to take Brent and come to the Jeffersonian, tell her it's kind of an emergency but don't scare her, Brenn, call Jared,' Booth said as he kept driving and his son looked at his father and sighed as he glanced back at Brennan and Christine.

'This is pretty bad, isn't it? I am a teenager, I can take it…' Parker said and Booth sighed, indeed, Parker had grown up to be a very tough boy but always fair and good-natured, at age of nine he had asked his dad to go to Afghanistan to save people by training them, he was special.

'It is but we'll make it,' Booth finally said and Parker only nodded after his father reassuring glance and Brennan's half smile and took his cell phone to call his mother. It would be better if they were all together in a safe place than apart inside D.C. with a mad person on the lose.

Minutes later, Brennan with Christine in the carrier, and Booth with Parker entered the lab of the Jeffersonian Institute and first met Camille who was talking to her foster daughter Michelle. Cam smiled relieved at the three people and her smile softened even more as she looked at the baby in the carrier, she escorted Michelle and they all got inside Bone's office where they all sat on the couches and looked uncomfortable at each other.

'Michelle, why don't you and Parker go and see if there is some coffee and chocolate milk? You need to have breakfast.' Cam said and the two teens nodded and left the office, knowing the adults needed to talk to each other about the situation, it had never happened before to gather all their family members as to protect them.

'What do we do?' Brennan asked as Booth was already on the phone with his superiors.

'We'll see what the FBI says, what they have from the prison, the certain is, she's not working on her own,' Cam said and Brennan sighed and ran her hand through her hair again.

'She had told me, back then, this was not over,' Bones whispered and Cam sighed and but didn't say anything, most likely this would be about Brennan, Booth and Hodgins, or even Angela who was now Hodgins' wife and mother of his children. Booth finished his call and looked at Cam and Brennan.

'She escaped around 3 a.m. in the morning, someone got a stun gun inside the prison and from there on, it was kind of easy to make it out, she's smart, she was in the FBI, she still has connections with corrupted bastards in the FBI…' Booth explained and sat next to Boned and wrapped an arm around her shoulders as they both looked at their daughter's carrier on the coffee table.

That moment, little Bill and Sun Hodgins burst inside the office and ran close to Brennan and Booth, their Godparents, right after them, Angela and a furious Hodgins followed.

'What happened?' Hodgins asked infuriated and Angela looked at him pointedly. Cam asked of little Bill and Sun to go and find Michelle and Parker right out of the lab and the little boy and little girl left after their mother's nod. 'So?' Hodgins asked again as he looked at the three adults in furry.

'She escaped early this morning, she's not working alone, someone sneaked a stun gun inside the jail,' Booth said in short and Hodgins threw his arms in the air in exasperation and let them hit his body freely.

'Unbelievable!' Hodgins shouted and only then Brennan took her eyes away from her child and looked at him, his furious glare turned into a pained expression as they could feel the fear gripping their hearts in a vice grip.

'I just learnt about it,' Lance Sweets said the moment he burst inside the office and looked at everyone's panicked faces, he was followed by his new girlfriend Danielle Emerson who smiled at everyone, she was an intern in the Jeffersonian and Lance had met her while Bones was still in Indonesia. 'I saw your family arriving,' Lance added as he looked at Brennan and she nodded, looked at Booth, making sure for him not to lose Christine from his eyes, after his own nod she left the office.

In her way out of the lab, Brennan saw Jared and his wife approaching along with Rebecca and her own husband Brent, Jared smiled slightly at Brennan and she gave a worried smile too before they could exchange a small hug.

'Booth is inside, you sure you haven't been followed?' Brennan asked and Jared nodded his head, Russ showed up and looked worriedly at his sister who left the younger Booth and moved close to her own brother. Russ hugged his sister tightly and together they moved close to Max Keenan and Amy, the girls were probably already with the rest of the kids, supervised by Michelle and Parker who were the eldest.

'It's about the Grave Digger again,' Brennan only said and Max sighed exasperated as Russ only hugged Amy closer protectively, Brennan's father was ready to move away but his daughter stopped him by his hand. 'Please dad, stay here, it's better for all of us to be here, close to each other, you're all targets because Hodgins, Booth and myself were her victims and now her enemies, she will try to catch any of you or even us again as to take her revenge.' Brennan said and her father could see the tears ready to fall from his daughter's eyes. 'Don't leave again, please, I need you here with me and Christine.' Brennan added and played her strongest card, Max's granddaughter, the girl he loved as much as Temperance herself.

Max only nodded and hugged his daughter tightly, she knew her father had a sense of right and wrong of his own but right now they were up against a mad woman who was strong enough to have killed many people in an awful way, she didn't want to have her father buried alive somewhere in the States, she wouldn't lose him again.

Soon the people that were inside Brennan's office moved out and found the Brennans in the hallway. Bones looked at Booth worried as he didn't have Christine with him.

'Caroline called and asked of us to go the conference room so we can talk,' Booth said quietly as he hugged her by the waist and they started walking, however Bones stopped.

'And Christine?' she asked and Booth stopped too as the rest kept on.

'She's with Danielle, she fell asleep in the carrier and I put her in the crib, she shouldn't be with us in a time like this, Hodgins has been shouting and slamming his hand at every object he can find, she should be calmed and in peace. If we have to move or anything I'll take her, she's with Danielle, it's ok, she was happy to stay with her and if Christine needs anything, Danielle told me that she will bring her to the office.' Booth said and Brennan sighed, looked at the direction of her office and then nodded her head and followed her fiancé who started walking again.

They were the last ones to enter the conference room with the oval table, all the adults were sat around it and they could see the kids close by in the room with the coffee machine and the refrigerator through the glass walls. Caroline was standing and waiting for the couple to finally take the only seat available, Booth sat down and Bones sat on his lap so they could all be involved in the conversation.

'She hasn't communicated with anyone yet, we're all waiting for a sign, every involved department in the D.C. has sent agents and people to find her, the police has been giving away reports about her every thirty minutes in the television, blogs and the radio, she's going to be found.' Caroline started and Booth was ready to stand up and take Bones with him but the attorney raised her hand in a gesture for them to stop. 'You two are excluded,' she said and Booth looked at her exasperated.

'What? Come on Caroline, this is about us!' Booth said and Caroline nodded her head in an obvious way.

'Exactly, Cheri, and that's why you'll stay here, under the protection of this building and its staff. I won't have two targets strolling around D.C. when this is exactly what she wants to get you.' Caroline said and Booth looked at Brennan for support but found none. Bones looked at his eyes and shook her head slowly.

'I want to be close to Christine right now.' Temperance whispered and Booth sighed and nodded his head before he could kiss her shoulder.

'How in the name of God could she have a gun passed to her through in jail?'Hodgins asked and Caroline sighed and looked at his furious face.

'We don't know yet, probably someone is helping her, we do not know who…' Caroline said and Hodgins nodded frantically in furry as he looked at Angela and then at his children who were some feet out of the room the adults were in.

'And do we know that this someone is not from here?' Hodgins asked and everyone looked at him. Bones looked at him too and he looked back at her. 'What if is she has studied us so closely that she knows we'd be gathered all together here before her…' Hodgins went on and this time Camille spoke.

'We shouldn't get paranoid...' She tried to reason with Jack but he hadn't taken his eyes from Bones' who was also looking at him all the time he spoke.

'She hasn't called yet,' Bones said and Hodgins nodded.

'Because she has none captured yet,' he added, Booth looked between the two, he doubted someone from in the Jeffersonian would be helping the Grave Digger but he believed the same the day Zack had confessed his crime…

'But if someone from in here helps her…' Booth said and Brennan looked at him terrified.

'She will have the chance to get to whoever she wants to get to us since we all gathered here like the rats in the trap…' Hodgins answered for Brennan and the couple looked at the scientist.

'And she wants someone to probably get to all three of you, if this is all about revenge…' Angela said quietly as she looked at her children too, through the glass walls of the room.

Bones glanced at her best friend for a moment and then shot up from Booth's lap. Herself, Booth and Hodgins had been the Grave Digger's victims and she had promised revenge the day she got in jail, the person that could get all three of them was Angela herself who was Hodgins' wife, Temperance's best friend and Booth's friend, her children but that was difficult since they were two and old enough to be close to their parents… so the only person left was little Christine, who wasn't only the couple's daughter but also Hodgins and Angela's Goddaughter.

'Christine…' Brennan only whispered before she and Booth could run out of the room and head for Temperance's office, the same train of thought had passed their minds at the same time since Angela spoke and the couple rushed to the office, followed by the rest. Booth was the first to reach the office and burst inside it, Brennan followed a couple of seconds later because of her high heels reducing her speed.

Booth was already closing his eyes in defeat as Brennan screamed in terror as Danielle was nowhere to be seen and Christine's crib was empty, only the stuffed dolphin and Jasper the pig were left inside along with a small note.

Soon the office was getting full with the people who were previously in the office and Angela was covering her mouth in shock as Booth hugged tightly his fiancé who started crying with hard sobs. Booth reached, still with Bones in his hug, and took the small note.

Arlington National Cemetery

Caroline and Camille ran out of the room, probably asking for help and the building to be shielded so none could move out but Brennan and Booth were certain Danielle had already escaped and soon the Grave Digger would have their baby daughter in her hands.


oooh i know... the angst begins! GD has Christine! i promise we're going to learn more about that Danielle girl and what BB are going to do, for the hardcore fans... i'm sure you remember what was in ANC... if not... i'll refresh your memory in the next chapter, i promise

so what u think of it? Hodgins and Angela have two kids and Booth and Brennan now have to find their daughter before it's too late, what u think will happen next?

thanks for reading, Squints, please review

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