Chapter 4 -- Nothing but a trap.
"Excuse me?" Brennan asked, placing her arm down, still holding the cell phone.
"Oh I'm sorry. Is he a friend of yours?" The man asked with a slight smirk on his face while he walked away.
Brennan watched unease and confused, as the strange man walked away. Brennan slowly placed her phone back to her ear; the phone still ringing, and no answer.
Seven hours and thirty minutes left. [The team are the only ones in the lab. Since there is a retirement party going on up stairs.
"Come on guy's focus, Booth is counting on us." Cam said to the team.
"I can't work under this type of Pressure." replied Zack.
"Zack, listen, I can't get a hold of Brennan, so all we may know--Booth could be under surgery or something. We need you to relax and work." Angela said trying to calm down Zack at the same time showing that he needs to do this quickly.
"Doesn't anybody else find it a bit odd what was in the box?" Asked Hodgins.
"Do you have to ask?" Cam replied, taking that to be a stupid question to ask.
"Look, a note for Dr. Brennan--"
"Murder comes once the clock strikes 3. I'm not sure what that means, but I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with the time." Zack mentioned after interrupting Hodgins.
"Thank you Zack." Hodgins replied, annoyed over the interruption. "As I was saying."
"One second Hodgins. What do you mean you're sure it has nothing to do with the time?" Cam asked.
"Zack are you guessing?" Angela asked.
"Absolutely not, stating a fact. In seven more hours it will be two in the morning." replied Zack.
"As I was saying." Hodgins replied getting their attention. "Inside the box we find a timer set for 9 hours--"
"Seven hours and twenty five minutes left to be exact." replied Zack interrupting again.
"Zack." Hodgins said with his voice tensed.
"Sorry. I will not interrupt you again, please continue."
"With a note inside saying for Booth. What does that mean?"
"That Booth only has that much time left to live." replied Angela.
"I love you, but no. The note is to Brennan, but the box is addressed to Booth, could it be that Booth has this much time left to do something else?"
"I don't think we have time for your conspiracy's Hodgins." replied Cam.
"There's always time, when it deals with lives." At that moment Hodgins said that, the lights at the Jeffersonian went out.
"What's your conspiracy's say about this?" asked Zack worried.
"That this is more than just a Booth and Dr. Brennan issue." replied Hodgins holding a scared Angela close to him.
Brennan was sitting down in a chair next to Booth's bed. She was just waiting for some kind of movement from him, a flinch would be fine with her, but nothing seemed to be going on.
"Dr. Brennan?" asked a nurse walking into the room.
"Yes?" replied Brennan.
"Dr. Finch would like to speak with you." Brennan stood and followed the nurse, grabbing her belongings. Brennan suddenly noticed the beeping sound coming from her purse. She looked inside and pulled out her cell phone, finding that she had a few missed messages from the Jeffersonian.
"Brennan, please call back once you get this message." she heard Angela's voice say. Still following the nurse, Brennan began to dial, but seemed to have lost a signal.
"The Doctor will be with you shortly." The nurse said.
"Excuse me, is there a phone I could possibly use?" She asked.
"I'm sorry the phones are down at the moment. I hear they're fixing the problem." The nurse replied leaving Brennan sitting alone in a room. Brennan tried to dial again but still no signal. She noticed she had a text message from Hodgins sent to her. It said.
"urgent mater on booth".
Brennan tried dialing again, but still nothing. She became worried. Brennan grabbed her bag and coat, and headed out the door.
"Angela, I'm on my way to the Jeffersonian. Please call me back once you receive this." Brennan said on the phone, finally getting a signal. She began to unlock her car, when she suddenly heard someone from behind, but before she could see who, she was shocked in the back of the neck and fell to the ground.