Mission Accomplish
Brennan entered her apartment and flopped onto the couch. She didn't want to be there, but Booth had begged her to leave the hospital so she could get some rest. She had spent almost every waking moment with him, and she needed some decent sleep. After the FBI agents assured her that they would call her if something happened she found herself staring out the window. 'He had almost died… you have to admit that Temperance… you need him. Not just as a partner… just drop the act… he makes you feel safe… secure… loved… I don't know how he does it, but he always knows how to make me feel better by just hugging me… the guys hug… no one believes it,' she thought to herself as a small smile appeared on her lips. Her mind was her worst enemy right now. 'I could sit there all day just watching him sleep…'
Booth was in a semi sleep state. Not fully asleep, but not awake either. Since he had woken up, the doctors ordered some medication to help him sleep. Since then, every time he fell asleep, the memories of the ordeal became quite vivid in his mind. Often times, he refused the drugs so he wouldn't have to remember everything he had gone through, but today, he wanted to remember it. He knew the details, but he couldn't remember the faces of the men that tortured him. So today, he greatly accepted the drugs so he could finally remember.
Brennan couldn't sleep. She had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach that she couldn't quite complain. She brushed it off, but she couldn't stand not being in control of the situation and decided the only way she would be content is to be with him. So at two in the morning, she found herself going back to him.
In the hospital, two new agents came to replace the others. One nurse came into Booth's room to check on him. She was aware that he was not asleep yet.
"If you need anything, just press this button," the nurse said as she placed the call button into Booth's left hand and smiled at him before leaving the room. While exiting the room, she glanced at the two new agents and smiled at them. Neither of them reciprocated the greeting, so she went directly to her desk.
Booth became more and more relaxed as he felt the drugs taking affect, falling into a deep sleep. Suddenly, he heard a voice calling his name… the voice…it couldn't be. They couldn't be there… it was impossible…it must be a dream. The voices continued until he opened his eyes abruptly as an acute pain shot through his leg.
"Did you really think that you would escape me? Only in your dreams Agent Booth, only in you dreams…"
Booth's heart started beating rapidly and his breathing became erratic. He was unable to yell. He frantically pushed the button in his hand. Booth still couldn't see his face. The nurse at the desk had already spotted the increment in his heart rate and called the doctors to his room. As the nurses moved toward Booth's room, they spotted that neither of the agents was where they were supposed to be. They had been instructed by Cullen that if something like this were to happen one of the nurses was supposed to call security while the other was supposed to call Cullen. Something was wrong here.
The men inside Booth's room started to press against his ribs, the pain attacking Booth. Suddenly, the man saw a flat line on Booth's heart monitor, but he already heard movement at the nurse's desk, he didn't have time to waste, he needed to get out, he had to leave. The man picked up the room phone and called the nurse's station.
"Agent Booth had been attacked, please hurry."
As security guards, nurses and doctors ran into Booth's rooms, the men disguised as FBI agents disappeared into the hallway, both smiling as they had fulfilled their mission.