Okay, this is another random chapter, but more action next chapter!
"Lucy!" Brennan screamed, knocking furiously on her friend's door. No answer. She thumped the door harder. After a tense silence she barged her shoulder into the door, but it didn't move and she just ended up with a sore shoulder.
"Bones, move. You're going hurt yourself," Booth said, shifting her to his side before breaking the door down. Pulling out his gun, he entered the house, with Brennan following behind him. The house was filled with baby toys and baby accessories.
"Lucy! Where the hell are you?!" Brennan screamed at the top of her voice. They continued their search of Lucy's house. Brennan stopped as something caught her eye in the nursery. "Booth," she shouted, her voice trembling. He ran to her as fast as he could.
"What is it, Bones?" he asked. Instead of answering she pointed to the wall. The wall was splattered with blood and there was a message written in it.
"Is ero donatus ut Da Vinci's amicus sub astrum. Fides mihi, vos mos non animadverto suus iterum!" Brennan read out.
"Latin?"
"Looks like it."
"I don't have a clue what it means."
"Me neither," she replied. Booth noticed the distraction in her voice and watched her walk round to the side of the cot where she dropped to her knees. He followed her and on the floor was Lucy's husband, covered in blood. "He still has a pulse, but he isn't breathing. Call for an ambulance," she ordered as she started to perform CPR.
An hour later, the partners found themselves in her office with the squints and Cam, who wouldn't sit down as she was feeling too guilty. Zack was sat at the desk, Hodgins on the sofa and Booth was being hugged by Brennan on the sofa. Angela entered the room and sat down on the coffee table taking her best friend's hand into her own and rubbing it gently. They were still waiting for Zack to figure out what the message on Lucy's wall meant and for any news on Joey's condition.
"Sweetie, maybe you should go home and have a shower," Angela suggested. Brennan looked down at her bloodstained clothes and shook her head anyway.
"I'd rather stay here," she mumbled and Booth pulled her closer.
"I have it!" Zack announced out of the silence, "It translates to 'she will be given to Da Vinci's friend under the stars. Trust me, you will not see her again!'" Everyone looked up with fearful eyes.
"Thanks Zack. We should visit Joey, I'll call Cullen on the way and let him know," Booth said, standing up and helping his partner to her feet.
"Sweetie, good luck," Angela added, pulling her friend into a quick hug.
"Why would she do this? It's all my fault," Brennan cried as they drove to the hospital. Usually Booth would be able to think of something reassuring to say, but he was too shocked to think of anything. Instead he held her hand and tried desperately to concentrate on his driving. "Lucy knew me, she would give me a clue that seemed obvious to me, but enigmatic to anyone else and yet I can't think of anything," she ranted.
"She knew you well enough to know that you'd worry too much to think straight, none of this is your fault. You couldn't have known this was going to happen," he soothed her.
After pestering hospital staff, they finally got in to see Joey who'd just woken from surgery. "Temperance, I'm so sorry. I didn't know she'd taken Bailey," he apologised. She gave him a weak smile.
"What happened to you?"
"Lucy had just told me about Bailey, I started to get angry and she just attacked me."
"Did she say anything before she attacked you?"
"She was telling me how she was going away with Bailey and no one would ever see them again. Then she screamed 'bye-bye baby' and that's all I can remember," he replied, trying desperately to remember what happened, but it wasn't working. Tears flowed freely from Brennan's eyes.
"We have to find her," she wept. Booth turned her round and pulled her into a warm hug, acting as the only thing that was stopping her from dropping to the floor. "She's only just been born. How could anyone do this to her?" she cried harder.
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