"The particulates I found mixed with the bloody footprint contained trace amounts of vulcanized rubber, steel and polyester. Let me finish." Hodgins said as Booth had opened his mouth to interrupt him "Separately all of these things seem very common but-"

"Hodgins, that bastard has Bones and I need to know where she is, so spit it out!"

"Okay, fine. All of these things combined make tires. The thing is the other materials I found and the different patterns I found do not come from the same type of tire. I found evidence of bias, belted bias, radial, semi-pneumatic and solid tires."

"What does that mean?" Booth burst out, again, this time more frustrated by the man standing before him. He was basically speaking another language, talking about bias, belted bias and radial it sounded like gibberish

Angela could see the tension mounting between the two men so she interjected, Hodgins had explained this to her two minutes earlier so he had a pretty good idea of what needed to be said "All of those things Hodgins just named are different types of tires. Most places that you find tires hold just on type, only one place holds all the different types. Tire recycling plants, they break down tires into tiny parts for playgrounds and stuff like that. The one we are looking for is probably abandoned, I can explain how I got that later, but there is only one old tire factory in the area and it is just outside Walker Mill, Maryland."

Booth nodded "Okay, that's about half an hour away." He said as he turned away from the squints and began to pull out his phone to call the SWAT teams

"Booth" Angela called out "Be careful." She said and the others nodded in agreement, Booth nodded and paused because it looked like she was going to say something but their eyes met and Booth knew what she was going to say. He nodded and it was in that nod that he was promising to Angela that he would bring her best friend back alive.

"This is Special Agent Seeley Booth and I have the location of Dr. Brennan. Yes, I'm sure it is…." As Booth gave the details to the FBI agent on the other end who would pass it on to the SWAT teams meeting Booth out there he could only hope he wasn't too late.

Twenty Minutes Later

"Agent Booth, we have three SWAT teams here and another en route. We have scoped out the place and a FBI issued car is parked behind some bushes, the last person to check it out was an Agent Sullivan three days ago."

Booth nodded "I want one team with me and the others to cover the perimeter. Do not enter the building until I say so, he does have a hostage and he will harm her without thinking about it. This is not the agent Sullivan we knew."

"Yes sir." The agent nodded and motioned for a SWAT team to follow Booth who was pulling a bullet proof vest out of his trunk and putting it on.

He pulled his gun out and walked through the gap in the fence cause by years of kids sneaking in the factory to drink, or do more illicit things. Booth and the SWAT team behind him barely made a sound as they walked through the grass towards the building. Lucky for them a door was open and they managed to slip in without begin heard.

Booth moved in alone leaving the SWAT team standing, ready for his command, in the door way. As he walked he could hear a male voice talking.

"Now Tempe, open your eyes."

Booth could see Sully now standing in front of a terrified looking Brennan holding the gun to her head, right between the eyes. He resisted the urge to pull the trigger on this bastard but he knew that there was a change he might shoot Bones before dying. He lifted the gun and waited.

"I don't want to ask you again, open your eyes."

Booth watched as Brennan did as she was told and it killed him inside to see the terror that she could no longer hide from the man she once loved. He could see she thought she was going to die, the defeat in the way say sat in the chair she was bound to, not tall and proud, she was defeated. Booth could see the dried blood from a wound on her head and the bruising on her arms made his blood boil, Sully really had worked her over.

"You left me no choice." He whispered

Booth knew that he was going to shoot but Sully hesitated and pointed the gun in a different direction, the moment of hesitation and Booth let off a single shot that hit Sully in the back of the head with deadly accuracy. The man fell forward with his head landing on Brennan's bare feet. The blood seeped on the floor pooling around her toes and the legs of the chair.

She looked around wildly as the other SWAT teams secured the area but she had eyes only for Booth, as he ran to her he could see the relief but also the fear that was instilled in her. He pulled out his knife and as he brought it around he saw her flinch away, but he cut her hands free and then her legs allowing her to stand up, she didn't.

"My left ankle is broken." She said, her voice was choked with tears and fear "He smashed it after you almost caught him in the parking lot."

Booth knew she would never ask him to carry her but she was exhausted both mentally and physically so he just bent down and scooped her out of the chair. He felt her stiffen in his arms and he looked down at her face "I won't hurt you." He said just loud enough for her to hear "I will never hurt you."

She nodded and buried her head in his jacket allowing the tears to flow freely without being seen by the other FBI agents. Booth sat with Brennan as the paramedics checked her over, what he saw made him want to return to the factory and shoot Sully again.

He hadn't raped her but she had two broken ribs and one that was fractured, severe bruising on her lower abdomen, bruises covering her arms and face. She had a cut that would need three stitches on her forehead and her broken ankle. The medics had given her some medicane for the pain but Booth could tell there was more pain than could be taken care of no matter what does of medicane.

He knew it would be a long time before Brennan trusted anybody again and she would probably never let anyone that close ever again. He hoped he could be the exception, the one person she would trust but he didn't put his money on it. Booth knew that Brennan had been betrayed by Sully and he hoped that somehow saving her had made her trust him. He knew that Brennan would turn to Angela in all of this because Angela was her rock, the friend that gave the unwanted advice but could also just listen and comfort. He knew that he would do what ever it took to regain her trust, he would do whatever it took to see Brennan really, truly happy.

So there it is, kind of a story but more of a two shot. I might do a third part but don't hold your breath for it. I have other muses that need to be taken care of. Please read and review!