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Father's Day

Booth and Hodgins sat in the small waiting room waiting for news of Angela and Brennan. Jack stared in to space as Booth glared at the wall. Cam had gone to find Brennan's father and ring Angela's. She had to keep busy. Gordon had gone with her in the hope of finding out what was going on. Both returned to the room looking a little crestfallen.

"Have you heard anything?" Cam sat on the chair next to Booth as both men shook their heads.

"Not yet" Booth's voice was clipped as Cam folded her hands in her lap as Gordon sighed.

"Mr Keenan and Angela's father will be here as soon as they can" Gordon stared at his feet as the young doctor walked in.

"Mr Hodgins? Mr Booth?" The doctor looked about the same age as Daisy. Impossibly young for someone who was in such a responsible position.

"Doctor Hodgins actually" Jack spoke up as Cam shot him a look.

"Right, er. I've been looking after your wife." She sat opposite Jack as he waited. A nurse roughly the same age walked in to the room and sat next to the doctor. Booth glanced at Gordon, neither man liked this. They knew if a doctor was accompanied by a nurse then there was almost certainly bad news on the way.

"Yeah? How is she?" Jack looked up as Cam rested a hand on his arm.

"When she came in she was very ill. The degree of hypoxia - that is the time her brain was without oxygen is uncertain. We don't know how much damage that has done yet." She waited as Jack took a deep breath.

"She's breathing on her own now. We will keep her in the ICU tonight and probably most of tomorrow. I think its best that we keep her there to monitor her condition closely. She is not quite out of the woods yet" The doctor watched as Jack nodded slightly. Cam breathed a sigh of relief, the CPR had worked. Angela was alive.

"Any news on Dr Brennan?" Cam asked as the doctor looked at the floor for a moment. Booth felt his heart constrict. This had to be bad news. He was relieved Angela had survived but it looked like his Bones hadn't been so lucky.

"Where's my daughter?" Max hurtled in to the room before the doctor could answer. Booth stood and pulled Max in to the room as he looked around the team. "Booth, what happened to Tempe? Is she ok? Where is she?" Max looked terrified.

"You are?" The doctor looked up as Max tried to control himself. A warning look from Booth silenced him for a moment.

"This is Dr Brennan's father, Max Keenan" Gordon filled in the blanks for the doctor.

"Ok, well Dr Brennan is hurt. She has a wound to the left side of her neck which required sutures. She lost a lot of blood but luckily none of her major blood vessels were hit. She should be able to go home as long as she has someone responsible to take care of her" The doctor smiled as Booth felt he could breathe again.

"She can come home with me" Max spoke up as Cam raised her eyebrows.

"The doctor said someone responsible Max"

"I'll take her home" Booth watched as he knew none of the team would challenge him. "Can I see her Doc?" He turned on the charm smile as the nurse offered to show Booth where she was while the Doctor took Jack to the ICU to see Angela.

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Max and Booth walked towards the treatment room where a nurse was finishing applying the dressings to her neck. Max was agitated, no one seemed to be telling him anything. He had to almost run to keep up with Booth.

"What happened to her Booth? What happened to my little girl?" Max grabbed his arm. "Booth tell me" Max looked at him.

"Taffet" Booth watched as Max's face paled.

"Why didn't you let me deal with her before the trial? I could have stopped this!" Max glared.

"Yeah because that would have been so clever" Booth pinned Max to the wall. "That wouldn't have hurt Bones would it? You didn't see her when you were waiting trial. You didn't see what it did to her. I would never put her through that again, I can't believe you would" Booth hissed as a nurse walked by. She glanced at the two men before walking back to the room.

"I could have stopped her. It need not have come to this" Max glared as Booth shoved him against the wall.

"You will stay away from Heather Taffet. If you think anything for your daughter you will leave it to the FBI" He released Max before walking away towards Brennan's room.

"Oh because that's worked so well in the passed" Max knew Booth had heard him as he followed the younger man.

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Angela was in the ICU attached to various machines that monitored her breathing and heart rate. She had a headache and felt nauseated. The machines bleeped every few seconds which was not helping the headache. She was unsure as to how she had ended up in the hospital. The last thing she remembered was lying on the floor of the container. She closed her eyes for a moment as the door to the ICU opened. Jack smiled as he saw her in the bed. He had barely believed the doctor when she had told him Angela was alive. Angela looked exhausted but she was alive. He crossed the room barely breathing until he was at her side.

"Ange" He took her hand as she opened her eyes.

"Hey" Her voice sounded croaky as she squeezed his hand.

"You ok? The doctors said you'll be ok" Jack was still a little terrified. He hated the machines and wires that were surrounding Angela.

"Um" She nodded as she saw how worried he looked. "Taffet?"

"Arrested. We got her. Oh my God Ange. I thought, I really thought" his voice cracked as he fought the tears. Angela's eyes began to tear as she realised why Jack was so upset.

"I'm here" She watched as he nodded.

"Dr Brennan got hurt, but she's ok. Booth is taking her home" He watched as Angela's eyes widened.

"She's ok. Cam contacted your Dad. He's in Texas at a gig but should be here soon" He smiled as Angela groaned slightly. He knew how much she loved her father but she also hated his tendency to be extremely overprotective of his only daughter.

"Dad is going to flip" She coughed slightly as Jack panicked.

"Ange?" she waved his hand away as he began fussing around her.

"I'm tired" She sighed as she leant back on the pillow.

"It's ok Ange, you rest." He kissed her forehead as she closed her eyes. He stood intending to leave as she squeezed his hand.

"Stay" Jack smiled as he sat back down.

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Brennan sat on the edge of the treatment room table as Booth walked in followed by her father. Brennan immediately locked eyes with Booth as he rested his hands on her shoulders.

"Bones" He started as her father began fussing around her.

"Tempy, I came as soon as I knew. Honey you ok?" He rested a hand on her chin, examining the bruises and neatly sutured wound that was covered by a dressing.

"Dad!" She pushed his hand away as she kept her eyes locked with Booth. Max noticed the tension rising in the room. He sighed as he ran his hand through his hair.

"Honey, I'm going to find a coffee machine. I'll see you in a little while eh?" He nodded at Booth.

"Look after my girl" he walked out the door as Booth nodded.

"Booth?" Brennan blinked back tears as he crossed the room to her. He felt his heart clench in his chest as took her in his arms. She was shaking as he wrapped her in his arms and kissed the top of her head.

"It's ok. Hey, Bones" He held her at arms length "You got her. It's over" She smiled slightly, still shaking as he enveloped her in a 'guy' hug. He never wanted to let her go as she fought not to cry.

"Angela?" she whispered in to his shirt.

"In ICU. Awake and alive because of you" He pushed the auburn air away from her eyes as he saw her fight for control. "Hodgins is with her now. Her dad is on the way too"

"He's going to flip as Angela would say" Brennan smiled slightly as she thought of the aging rocker that just carried on playing his guitar. She knew he was fiercely protective of his daughter, the tattoo on Hodgins' arm was testament to how people that he felt hurt Angela were to be treated. Brennan knew he would want to settle the score with Taffet. She knew what his idea of settling the score would be something none of them would think of. He was Texan and family came first, last and always. Booth smiled as he realised what she was thinking.

"Don't worry about it. He'll be fine. Taffet has been charged with murder and two accounts of attempted murder. She's in a high security prison. She can't touch us ever again" Booth held her a little tighter in his arms as Brennan hugged him back.

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A motorbike pulled up outside the Diner where Mr Nigel Murray was buying take out before returning to the Jeffersonian. The driver waited until the young man was nearer to him before speaking.

"Son, you able to tell me where I can find the local police station?"

"Yeah" Mr Nigel-Murray replied, more interested in the Harley Davidson than the biker.

"Well son, just go right ahead and tell me" The biker almost laughed as the younger man suddenly realised he's been asked a question. Mr Nigel-Murray began giving him the directions as he continued to check out the bike.

"Much obliged" The biker drove away towards the police station where he believed Heather Taffet was being held. No one hurt his little girl, he was going to make sure she wasn't capable of hurting his daughter, or anyone else's again.

authors note - What is Angela's dad up to? Will Brennan and Booth finally get their acts together? More soon x Thank you for all the reviews. I hope you like this.