DISCALIMER: I don't own Bones and i don't make any money from it.
Chapter 4.
"You guys, will you please calm down," Angela said, looking at the couple that were really on the verge now.
"How can you say that, you all know what the digger is like," said Temperance.
"Sweetie I know, but firstly we have to be sure that what you saying is true, for all we know she can have skipped school to do something with her friends," said Angela knowing that wasn't likely.
"You know she's not likely to skip school, not even when sick," Temperance snapped, she was really losing it.
"Sweetheart, it won't help that you are losing it like that, we need to stay calm if…" he stopped, not even Booth wanted to finish that sentence.
"Have you even heard from the digger?" Hodgins suddenly asked.
"Not yet, no," said Booth.
"That's not usual, normally she would have contacted you by now and not to mention I don't think she would walk right up to the school and snatch Hannah, to many witnesses," said Hodgins.
"He's right, maybe it isn't the digger," said Booth, there was little hope in his voice now.
"Booth trust me on this, it is, maybe she just wants us to have less time or no time at all," said Temperance.
"OK say you are right, I would think she had planned this for quite some time and maybe put together a plan on how to lure her and she would have had help on the inside getting out, we need to go to the prison and work or way out," said Angela thoughtfully.
Temperance and Booth looked at her with surprised eyes wondering why they hadn't thought about that before, but they both agreed and as they knew they would most likely need the whole team they all decided to go there.
As the team did decided to take one car there instead of sepperate there was a lot of nagging all over because of different things, but not in a bad way. The only one that didn't speak was Temperance, her mind was occupied of what the digger might have done to her little girl as she had once been in that helpless situation herself.
Hopefully their young girl would try to do the best out of the situation and not panic as that would cause her to need more air. Temperance sighed lightly as she heard Booth say, "Sweets will you stop kicking my seat, what are you a five year old?"
"You are the one that are having it too far back, it's hardly room for my legs," he complained.
"Sweetie, are you OK?" Angela asked poking Temperance's shoulder.
"As OK as I can be," she answered with a sigh.
"I'm sure she's fine, she's a strong girl, both of them are," Angela comforted, hoping she was right.
It was then Temperance suddenly remembered something and said, "Booth, you gotto turn around now."
"What, why?" he asked.
"Angela, she's done with school, we need to pick her up," she said with a sigh.
"Oh shit," he said and somehow managed to do a U-turn to double back for her adding, "I can't believe we forgot her."
"Me neither, let us just hope she's at school and not kidnapped in the meantime," she said as she looked sadly out the window.
Lucky for Temperance little Angela was at school safe and sound waiting for them when her parents came almost running in the door.
"You're late," the six year old stated.
"We're so sorry," said Temperance, lifting her up and hugging her hardly.
"Ugh you're squishing me," Angela let out.
"Sorry," her mother said and put her down on the ground.
"I don't like when you are late," she said looking at them with disappointed eyes.
"I know little Angel, I know and I am really sorry," said Temperance and looked at her with the sadest eyes.
"As am I," Booth quickly added, looking at the not happy young girl in front of them.
"Appology accepted, wanna go home," she said with a little yawn.
"We're not going there in a while, but you can sleep in the car if you want to," said Booth smiling at her.
"Where are we going?" she asked with questioning eyes.
"To gather some evidence," said Booth.
She nodded not quite getting why they wouldn't do that at the lab as they usually did, but she figured it was important so she followed them to the car and climbed in. Soon she was sound asleep at Auntie Angela's lap while uncle Hodgie and uncle Sweets argued over something that had to do with decomp, she didn't follow. Maybe that was also why she fell asleep in the first place.
It was not long after that the team entered the prison where Heather Taffet had escaped from. It looked as pleasant as any other prison with prisoners and guards arguing all over the place.
Little Angela pecked her head out from behind her mother and looked around saying; "I don't like it here."
"I know and that is why you never should get into one of these places," said Bones.
"I won't. So bad guys goes to places like this?" she asked looking at the cells.
"Some of them, there are other prisons as well," Bones answered.
Angela nodded as the guard let them into what was once Heather's cell. They looked around only to find some old worn out book, a change of clothing, underwear, a pen, a notebook and a newspaper.
Bones looked at the newspaper, it was dated two days ago so she probably had it to read before the breakout to keep updated.
The books were some old classics, some borrowed from the library and some her own. Angela and Booth stated to go through them to see if they could find some leads, but nothing.
"There gotto be something here," said Bones frustrated.
"You should think so but where," said Booth as frustrated that she was.
"Toilet tank," said Sweets pointing towards it, making Hodgins open the lid to peck inside only to find that there was nothing there either.
Brennan let out a huff of frustration just as Angela said, "Bones, where did Angela go?"
"What?" asked Bones terrified of losing her youngest as well as she could not see her.
"Angela," Booth yelled in a serious tone knowing that if she wanted to be she could be a really good hider and keep the game on for hours.
"This is just fantastic," said Bones sitting down on the tiny bed in the cell.
"Don't worry sweetie, she couldn't have gotten far," said Angela with a little smile.
"She could and hide anywhere and this is a prison," said Bones.
"Angela is right, she wouldn't go far from you in a place like this as that would scare her," said Sweets.
"Well do you experts see her anywhere?" she asked.
"No, but you gotto see where you don't see," said Sweets bending down to look underneath the bed to see the young girl smiling back at him and said, "Found you."
"You did and I found something too," she said happily.
"What?" he asked.
"Dunno exactly what it's for, but pictures of us," she said and handed him a pile of photos.
"Is that all?" he asked her.
She looked around a little and found some more before saying, "That is about it."
"Very good Angela, some day you will make a fine detective," he said.
"You really think so," she said.
"I do, so wanna come out?" he asked her.
"Yeah," she said slowly crawling out from underneath the bed.
"You shouldn't have done that, you really scared us," said Bones hugging her again.
"Bones, you should really take a look on what she found," said Angela in a not very happy tone.
Temperance walked over only to see pictures of her and Booth and the children taken over the last thirteen years, some from papers, other had to be taken by a photograph.
"She's been watching us," she said.
"Sure seems that way," said Angela.
Temperance walked over to the little window in the cell and looked out of the window with worried, sad eyes as a million thoughts went through her mind.
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