Chapter 3

Chapter 3

He opened the door and was shocked to see how pale and waxy the normally animated Seeley Booth had become. He had an IV line in and a large bandage on his chest. His belonging sat next to him in a hospital issued bag, inside was his suit including his colorful socks and cocky belt. Sweets took a seat next to him, "Booth…" he whispered, "Booth wake up."

Booth's eyes twitched and then he started to groan. One eye opened slowly and you could tell he was surprised, "Sweets…What?"

"Your not going to believe what I have to tell you. Cullen just contacted me and it seems there was a hit put out on you…"

The doctor approached the eccentric group with a solemn look on his face. Dr. Brennan bolted upright to greet him. "How is he?"

"You might want to sit down Dr. Brennan," he sad with a pitying eyes.

"I don't need to sit down; I need you to tell me how he is!"

"I'm afraid we lost him. His body couldn't handle the stress. He put in a good fight. My condolences for your loss." He laid a hand on her shoulder, but Brennan shook him off of her.

"You're not sorry. You didn't even know him," she hissed. The whole staff was surrounding her now. Angel, Cam, Sweets, and Hodgins were giving her similar looks of concern, except Zach seemed to be confused about what was going on. She got dizzy glancing around her at everyone, the walls were coming in and she couldn't seem to breathe. The doors were beckoning her. The only thought in her head, run…run…run…And then next thing you know she was out the door sprinting down the street. Angela was shouting after her trying to catch up.

Hodgins grabbed onto her arm, "Let her go, this is her way of coping. Anyway, we know where she's going."

When they walked into the lab Dr Brennan was the only one on the platform. She was working on a set of bones in her normal cool and calculated way as if the last twenty four hours had not happened. The group approached her as they would a wounded animal.

"Sweetie, I don't know what to say. I'm so sorry," Angel said.

"Death is an unavoidable part of life, especially considering his choice of a profession. I deal with death everyday. It is not rational to stop living to grieve for the dead. In fact anthropologically speaking some African tribes celebrated death. I need to do my job, these people need closure."

Sweets took a step forward and tried to look into her eyes, "Dr. Brennan, this is a normal way to react when you loose a loved one…"

"A partner, Sweets, I lost a partner. Listen if you guys want to help me then let me work. All I want to do is work"

They all looked at each other then Hodgins jerked his head signaling to the group to giver her space.