Hey guys! I'm so sorry for the long wait. I finished my second year of college a few weeks ago and I've been relaxing for a bit but here I am. No worries. I'll probably end this story in a couple of more chapters or so. Here is chapter 10.
Booth and Brennan sat in silence on their way over to the FBI. Booth was still reeling Brennan's confession of anger and betrayal she felt and Brennan was hung up on the fact that she let her emotions get the best of her. Who could blame her though? After what she's been though she deserved to let her emotions fly. She was still angry at everyone but she felt lighter admitting her feelings to Booth. She noticed the quick glances Booth was giving her and decided to break the silence,
"Is Delaney at the FBI now?" She asked uncharacteristically quiet. Booth gave her a shake of the head,
"Not yet. He'll arrive in about an hour or so. They picked him up a few hours ago and sent him on a plane straight to DC. McDuffy wants to go over everything for the interrogation." Booth saw her about to ask something and he knew the question,
"No Bones. You will not be joining in the interrogation"- he saw her protest and cut her off once more- "I already told you that you were allowed to watch but that is it. He's a manipulative little bastard and he will just dig into your mind more. I don't want that to happen to you again." She looked at him angrily. One for assuming that she was weak but mainly knowing her so well that he knew what she was gonna ask him,
"Are you saying I'm not strong enough? I can assure you I am strong enough to fight off his manipulation tactics." Booth sighed,
"All I'm saying Bones is that he got to you once and I don't want that again."
"Yeah well I had more evidence of being left behind than just his word, Booth." That shut him up real fast. They rode in more silence with Booth thinking of ways to apologize to his partner and with Brennan staring angrily out the window with her arms crossed against her chest. Booth took a deep breath and whispered,
"I'm sorry, Bones." Brennan rolled her eyes,
"Stop saying that. I know you are but the more you say it the more meaning it loses. I know you're sorry but I'm not ready to accept it yet." All Booth could do was nod. They arrived that the FBI and made their way to Booths office.
Sweets was with Agent McDuffy when he say Booth and Brennan make their way towards them
'Okay, they are together. I hope that's a good sign.' He thought
"Is he here?" Booth asked. Sweets shook his head,
"He'll be here within the hour. He's denying everything so we're setting up everything for the interrogation. It will be you and Agent McDuffy in the room. We have the file for you to go over." Sweets handed Booth the file and continued, "We are still trying to figure out his weak point. We have his wife and son but not much else to go on."
Brennan spoke up for the first time since coming into the building,
"He kept going on and on about how Booth got his son killed and he lost everything. He said he wanted to give Booth the revenge he deserves. I don't know what that means." Just then a lightbulb went off in Booths head,
"He said that? Word for word?" Brennan nodded, "he told me that when his son was first killed he said those exact words, 'I'm gonna give you the revenge you deserve.' His son was killed in a warehouse like the one he kept Bones in and the undetectable video feed was set up perfectly. Someone without the knowledge and experience would not be able to set that up."
"This is all circumstantial though Booth. There's no concrete evidence that suggests that Delaney is the one who held me captive." Booth nodded and thought some more. After a bit he got an idea,
"Delaney wanted me to suffer so in the process of taking you he wanted me to suffer in the long haul..." he trailed off. Brennan looked confused,
"Yes, and?"
"I have an idea Bones."
Later on Delaney was sitting in the black interrogation room. Behind the glass stood Sweets, Brennan, Booth and McDuffy,
"Are you sure this will work?" McDuffy asked Booth. He nodded,
"It will. Trust me." Both men left the room leaving the doctors behind. Awkward silence stood between them until Brennan broke it,
"I talked to Booth about my feelings." Sweets was surprised,
"You did? How did it go? How are you feeling?" Brennan shrugged
"I yelled at him. He wouldn't let me leave so I just started yelling. We talked about it. I told him I'm not ready to forgive him yet and he accepted that. How I'm feeling? I feel lighter. I guess I needed to voice my sorrows to him to move forward." She left out the part about the tears she shed and sobbing into Booths chest. Sweets smiled,
"I'm glad you talked to him about it. I knew it would help you out. Things will be easier."
"Will they?" Brennan asked with apprehension laced in her voice. Sweets nodded,
"I promise they will." Brennan smiled at him. They heard the door open to the interrogation room. They both watch in silence waiting for their part to come up
Both agents took their seat across from Delaney,
"Mr. Delaney. I'm Agent McDuffy and this is-" he was cut off
"I know who this is. How are you Agent Booth? Get anymore agents killed since we last saw each other." Booth sighed,
"I did not get your son killed Mr Delaney. He was too cocky and decided he could take down a whole ring of drug dealers alone. That's not my fault he got in over his head." Delaney began to get angry. "We are not here to talk about your son. We are here because you've came up as a suspect in an investigation." He rolled his eyes
"Oh yeah? What investigation?" Agent McDuffy spoke,
"Dr. Temperance Brennan was kidnapped this past weekend and evidence suggests that you're the one behind it." Delaney laughed,
"Are you serious? That's impossible. I've been in Kansas since Friday." Booth pulled out the sketch,
"Dr. Brennan has provided a sketch of her kidnapper. Facial recognition pulled you out of the millions of people. Care to explain?" Delaney shrugged,
"I don't know. Doppelgänger I guess. Look, I didn't take your precious doctor okay? Now, can I go?" Just then Booths cell phone began to ring.
"Agent Booth really?" McDuffy scowled. Booth apologized,
"It's Sweets. It could be about Bones. Excuse me." Booth got up and answered the phone,
"What was that about?" Delaney asked. McDuffy sighed,
"Dr. Brennan is missing. All of her belongings and information are gone. She is being located now." Brennan shuttered at the words being spoken. Yes, she was hurt but she realized that she was done running from her problems. Even though that's what she was doing before Booth showed up at her apartment. She was running no more. Just then Booth walked in with a somber face. Show time.
"Agent Booth. Any word?" Agent McDuffy asked in a low voice. Booth dropped down in the seat and looked at the Agent,
"Uh... Bones.. she... she's gone. Her passport was used. She's going back to Indonesia." McDuffy gave a very convincing gasp in surprise. Booth put his head in his hands and breathed heavily. McDuffy got him up and into the hall way leaving the door open for Delaney to hear what was being said,
"Booth, go be with the squints"
"I can't. I need to be here. For Bones. I need to find her kidnapper."
"I'm sorry man."
"It's my fault. If I hadn't been such a stupid jerk to her she would still be here. Not off in the unknown"
"I'm so sorry Booth."
"Let's get back in there."
"Are you sure? You should be taking a rest for a moment."
"No, I have to catch this guy. For Bones." Booths voice cracked. Tears welled up in Brennan's eyes listening to Booth outside. The agents waited for a moment then went back into the room. Delaney sported a frown but his eyes showed pure happiness.
"Are you suffering Agent Booth? Are you suffering knowing you're the reason why your partner is gone? Good. That was my plan all along." McDuffy rang in,
"So, you're confessing to the kidnapping of Dr. Temperance Brennan?" Delaney nodded,
"Yes, I wanted Booth to suffer like I did. I lost everything because of him and now I've gotten my revenge. I was content with the kidnapping and the manipulation but now that she's gone I'm more than happy." Booth smiled at him,
"I'm glad you say that because we have something for you." Just then Brennan marched through the door. Delaney's face fell.
"You're supposed to be gone!" He exclaimed. Brennan shook her head,
"You can't break me that easily." Booth stood up and got Delaney to his feet.
"Jacob Delaney, you are under arrest for the kidnapping of Dr. Temperance Brennan." Booth read him his rights and had McDuffy take him away yelling. In the mix of everything Brennan had managed to slip out and go elsewhere. Booth look for her but couldn't find her. After everything was clear Booth made his way to his office and found Brennan sitting in a chair facing his desk with her head in her hands,
"Bones?"
Okay, I hope you enjoyed that. I promise I won't leave you guys hanging anymore. I'll be back with Chapter 11 soon. I'll see ya on the flipside guys! -J.A.