Chapter Four:
Brennan ran to Booth the second she heard the door close. Or, more accurately, she hobbled to him. He was drifting in and out of consciousness, and could barely support his own head.
She untied his hands, followed by the rope that held him to the chair. She was about to untie his feet when she heard the door open suddenly. In an instant she was pulled away from her partner and thrown onto the floor. She felt all the strength escape her.
"Dr. Brennan!" said their captor. "It's your turn now. But, let's make sure that Agent Booth can see us. Because, if he can't see us then, there's no point in what I'm going to do to you."
A small groan escaped Booth. "What're you going to do to her?" He sounded weak, like it hurt to breath.
"You'll see, Agent Booth." Within a minute of this statement, their captor had pinned Brennan to the ground and begun removing her clothes. The shirt went first, and Booth looked away, as an instinct. The scream pulled him back. The removal of his partner's jeans caused him to look away again. Then he tried to stand up. He ended up on the floor.
Crawling towards them, Booth felt the pain in his back more than he had the entire time after it had been beaten. All that mattered was getting Bones – HIS Bones – away from this madman.
He reached them, and all he could do was pull their captor off of her. He was prepared to kill the man with his bare hands when someone, probably the accomplice of their captor yelled from the door, "Boss, cops are here! Let's move!"
Their captor ran, taking Brennan's clothes with him, cursing with every breath, slamming the door behind him.
But all Booth could hear were the quiet sobs of his partner. He crawled over to her, and was relieved to find that her bra and underwear were still untouched. He clenched his teeth thru the pain of removing his own button down shirt and lifted her slightly, putting it on her.
After that he gathered her into his arms and let her cry, because he didn't know what else to do but wait for the cops that were supposedly coming. When he heard the door open for a final time, he allowed his body to fall into unconsciousness.
A/N: Super short, I know. But the next one's longer! I PROMISE!
