A/N Here is the fourth chapter. Not alot is explained in this chapter and it opens up alot more questions so it might seem a little thin but i promise you it is all connected and will be explained in the next few chapters. Please read and review.
Booth stood in shock staring at the woman in front of him.
"Booth what's going on?" asked Maura taking a few steps towards him.
"Is this your friend Taylor?" he asked turning slowly to look at her.
"Yes, why?" said Maura "Seeley talk to me, your scaring me"
"Well" he paused "I can start by telling you her name isn't Taylor Bronx"
"No" yelled Taylor jumping up from her spot on the floor in an attempt to stop Booth from telling Maura her name. But he beat her to it.
"It's Temperance Brennan"
"Oh god" whispered Temperance looking frantically around the room. She thrust a complaining Lilly into Maura's arms.
"Maura, I know this is a big shock but I need you to trust me. Someone is coming. I need you to take Lilly and the others and get them out of town as soon as possible"
"No" said Maura shaking her head "for all I know you're the killer, I mean you knew all the case details and now your not even who you say you are"
"Maura, please" pleaded Temperance "When they come they're going to kill me and if you're here they won't hesitate to kill you too." She turned to look Maura in the eye. "If I make it out of this I promise I will explain everything, but until then you have to trust me"
"They'll kill you" whispered Booth.
"Yes" said Temperance, tears welling up in her eyes. "Now you all have to leave" she said following Maura out of the room.
"Wait" said Booth grabbing her arm. Temperance shrank back away from his touch. She slowly lifted her face to look him in the eyes for the first time in two years. "I'm not leaving you here to die Temperance" he said forcibly.
Oh god thought Temperance.
"Booth, this isn't your fight."
"To hell it isn't Temperance" he yelled turning away from her.
"I gave up my job, I even moved away from my son just to try and get you out of my head after you left. I've been through hell and back trying to deal with this and I can't. So if you think for a second that I'm going to let you stay here by yourself and die your don't know me at all"
Temperance grabbed onto his arm and turned him to look at her. "Do you think I wanted to leave, Booth? Every single day I have to wake up and pretend to be someone I'm not, I have to pretend that I didn't leave a whole lifetime behind me" she yelled letting the tears spill out over her cheeks.
"Damn it Temperance, don't you get it" he yelled grabbing her shoulders.
"Get what" she yelled back looking up into Booth's pained face.
"I love you" he said.
"I love you so damn much that for the last two years I've been going through hell trying to find you and it's scaring me Temperance. I've never felt like this before and it's so strong that even the thought of letting you stay here is too much to bear" He pulled her against him ad wrapped his arms around her slim figure.
Temperance leaned into his embrace feeling the warmth of his arme for the first time in two years.
"Now, we're going to go downstairs and get the others out of here before who ever 'they' are comes. And then we're going to fight them"
"You know most people wouldn't put there life on the line for something they know nothing about for someone they haven't seen in two years" said Temperance offering Booth a small smile.
"Well we never exactly where ordinary people, were we Bones" replied Booth using her nickname for the first time in two years.
A few minutes later Booth rejoined Temperance in the bedroom, bringing with him Maura's gun and a key.
"Luckily since this is also the police station Maura left me the key for the gun vault" he said.
"Did they others ask many questions?" asked Temperance.
"No" replied Booth "Maura's a bit shaken up but luckily the others didn't hear us yelling. I just told them that you escaped out the back window and had left the baby in the closet. I told them to go back to the hotel with Maura while I finished up here. They didn't suspect anything. Maura's going to explain what she knows when they get further enough away".
"Okay, that's good" Temperance said nodding her head.
"Where should we set up?" asked Booth.
"Well they'll most likely come to the front of the station. So we should set up their Booth" said Temperance walking past him and out of the room.
"Temperance" he said trying to get her to slow down. "Are you okay?" he asked following her into the open station.
"No" she said walking around the station to lock all the windows.
"Okay then" said Booth slightly shocked by her openness.
"Did the change of identity make you more open or are you just trying to mess with me?" he asked.
"No" replied Temperance again "I just figured that if I'm about to die I may as well be open with you" she stated matter of factly.
"Hey" said Booth opening up the gun vault. "Do you really think I would be standing here fighting against people I don't even know if I believed they where capable of defeating us?" asked Booth grabbing a few of the guns.
"God, these look like they haven't seen any action since they where put in there" he said looking at them.
"They probably haven't" said Temperance. "Maura is the only officer around here and we haven't had any real cases for years. Not including the current one" she added.
"I'm going to try and look past the case until we at least get out of this situation" said Booth.
Temperance walked over and lowered the gun from Booth's hands. "I know it looks like I'm involved but I promise you I'm not" she said looking him straight in the face/.
"Okay" he said, believing the truth in her eyes.
"You know what I said before about loving you, it wasn't just a spur of the moment thing" said Booth. Temperance's only response was to look up at him. "Just thought I'd let you know" he added ducking his head in embarrassment.
"Booth" said Temperance "I, I…"
Her sentence was interrupted by the ringing of her mobile. She flipped it open to reveal she had received a message.
"What does it say?" asked Booth craning his neck to see the message.
"Times up" whispered Temperance, followed quickly by the ringing of two bullets flying past, missing her head by an inch.
"Down" yelled Booth handing her a gun.
"You ready for this?" asked Temperance looking over at Booth.
"Ready as I'll ever be" he replied grinning at her.
"3, 2, 1" they yelled together before jumping up behind the window sill to fire back.
A/N So what did you think? Are you evn more confused than before. If so then all will be revealed soon. Please review, You never know i might let you in on some of the secrets.
