(Sorry for such a long wait, it was break and I was spending time with my family then last week the winter quater started so it took me a while to establish a routine but now that I have I'll try and update faster. Remember the ones with the most reviews are the ones I concentrate on first.)

Chapter 6

Hodgins sighed impatiently at the computer.

"I hate waiting." He said and Angela nodded sympithitically.

"I know." She said. "But untill Booth gets back what else is there to do? Perhapes the safest way to save Temperance is it to just cooperate."

"I know, I know." Hodgins groaned. "But it doesn't feel right. I feel like I should be doing something. We shouldn't let the kidnapper have the upper hand like this!"

"But he does because he was Brennan." Angela sighed. Zach came into the room then and looked around.

"Booth and Mr. Brennan isn't back yet?" He asked and Angela shook her head.

"Not yet." She said simpily.

"Did you seriously just call Russ Mr. Brennan?" Hodgin's asked, cracking a smile. Zach looked confused.

"Yeah so?"

"I'm sorry Zach but Russ doesn't seem like the type of person that would want to be called Mr. Brennan. He told us ourselves we can call him Russ."

"I know but still, he's older then me." Zach tried to explain and Hodgin's shrugged.

"So am I and you don't call me Mr. Hodgin's."

Zach snorted.

"I wouldn't call you that even if you payed me to. But that's different, I mean he's Dr. Brennan's brother, and Dr. Brennan's my boss..."

"So? He's not your boss." Hodgins replied still grinning-obviously enjoying this. Angela rolled her eyes.

"Hodgins stop torturing him." She said.

"Hey I have to have some way to discract myself." Hodgins replied definsivily. Zach sat down and shook his head.

"I still can't believe we're just gonna cooperate and the guy's going to get away scott free."

"He won't if Booth has anything to do about it." Angela answered, smiling.

"By the way when did he say he was going to get back?" Zach asked.

"He didn't." Hodgins answered.

"He's been gone an awfully long time." Zach said looking at his watch. "Just to check up on Dr. Brennan's place."

"Relax Zach," Hodgins started to say and then laughed. They looked at him. "It rhymed." Hodgins explained quickly and Angela rolled her eyes again.

"Hodgin's is right though. Booth can take care of himself. It's Brennan we need to worry about." For some reason as she spoke her stomach seemed to tightened. For some reason she didn't believe her words, though she should. After all it wasn't Booth that was in danger, it was Brennan, right?

(Scene switches to outside a small stream by Russ's apartments. You see two figures at the stream. It's Booth and Russ, they are alive but scared, and Booth has some burns on him, both are pretty shooken up.)

"I can't believe Gus is dead." Said Russ as he stared at the water. "And I can't believe we didn't go to the authorities."

"We can't Russ." Booth told him. "The person who's involved with Temperance's kidnapping obviously has a vendetta of some kind against Brennans. Right now they-if there's a they-think your dead. And they don't know that I'm on the case. We go to the cops and well the case is gonna be on the news everywhere you turn. And I won't be the silent partner anymore. We need to stay hidden, or morseo you do. I'll call in and request a week off for vaction, I'll use up my personal days if we have to. Then we have to stay out hidden from society."

"Well we need to go back to the lab first." Russ argued. "Otherwise everyone well think we're dead. Including Cam." Booth looked down the stream and sighed.

"I don't know if it's safe to bring you out in the open, or to leave you by yourself. And our cells for all we know might be tapped. We don't know how many people are in on this or how big this is, or if this is just one person with a vendetta against your father or someone who just wants money."

"Well then email them for christsakes. At least email Cam to let her know what's going on. I can disguse myself just fine and like you said, you aren't involved in this case. You can be out in the open." Russ continued to argue and Booth looked at him. "We need to let them know that we're all right before word gets out. We need to tell them how to handle this situation." Russ added.

"All right." He said. "But then we need to stay hidden until he figure out what to do. I'll get my laptop from home to use to contact Cam and the others. I have a small cottage out in the woods nearby. I take Parker there in the summer." Russ nodded, stood up and wiped is pants.

"Let's go." He said. "And while we're at it we might want to get those burns checked." Booth looked unedgy and the thought of going into a hospital with people obviously willing to kill to keep silent.
Russ rolled his eyes.

"I know you're paranoid but sheesh. You could say that you started a fire in your kitchen. Millions of things could happen that could have caused those burns." Booth looked at him and nodded.

"Fine." He agreed almost bitterly. "But lets make it fast. I hate doctors."

"You're not the only one." Russ smiled and stood up and they headed to the car, both of them equelly deteremined to get to the bottom of all this. Booth of them determined to do whatever it takes to bring back Temperance Brennan alive, even if it means killing...