Brennan's chest was heaving; she was trying her hardest not to break down into tears. Booth had given her a chance at motherhood and now some crazy doctor wanted to kill her and steal her unborn children.

"Please!" she begged for at least the hundredth time. "You can't do this!"

"I can do what I please… your life is now in my hands. Don't worry Miss Brennan. It's not your life I'm interested in anyway."

"But you're going to steal my babies!"

Finally the tears came and Brennan couldn't hold them back. She knew Booth had no idea where she was, who she was with. She also knew that Booth had no leads on there unborn child snatcher. Now here she was, tied and drugged in his basement while he plotted to kill her and steal their children.

Temperance felt a stab of pain in her stomach; she couldn't believe this madman had induced her labor. She winced and swallowed the lump in her throat.

"I work with the FBI. The father of my children is also an FBI agent. If you hurt me or these babies you won't ever see daylight again." She tried to sound threatening but the pain was getting stronger.

"It's about time. Lets see how dilated you are"

He lifted back the duvet covering her body and started to unfasten Brennan's trouser.

"Get off me! I swear to God you stick your hands anywhere they don't belong I will put you down myself and make sure you don't get up!"

The doctor smiled and shook his head.

"Temperance… you're really in no position to threaten me."

He pulled down her trousers and put on a pair of latex gloves.

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"I don't care what you have to do!" Seeley Booth yelled into his cell phone. "She is missing for Christ's sake. I want the names of every male doctor who has been fired, going back 5 years, especially doctors who worked in maternity. I need to find her before its too late." Booth disconnected the call and slumped into the chair with a heavy sigh. He put his head into his hands and cried.

Angela walked into the room and froze, she didn't want to interrupt Booth at this moment so she left his coffee just outside the door, she would come back in a few minutes anyway.

If he couldn't protect his kids before they where born what hope did he have when they came into the world? He was already telling himself he was a bad father.

"You're a great father" Angela said as she reappeared, it was like she had read his thoughts. He looked up and shook his head. He felt defeated and he had never felt like that before.

"Look at Parker. He adores you."

"Parker isn't in trouble, he is safe. I don't even know where Tempe or the twins are. I can't even protect them while they are still in her womb, let alone when they arrive. I've failed them already."

Angela put a hand on his arm and squeezed in gently.

"I have faith in you. I know you will find them before anything happens. Brennan has faith in you. Find them Booth."

He looked into her eyes and saw the despair, she was just as worried as him and they both cared so much but when it was your own family and you where a FBI agent, you knew the statistics and the usual outcome. You couldn't see the horizon like some families did, you where always ready to expect the worse.

"We've got nothing" Booth said quietly, a tear sailing down his cheek. "I can't save her this time."

Angela raised her eyebrows then scoffed. She couldn't believe what she had just heard.

"Booth! I can't believe you."

Booth frowned.

"Would Brennan give up so easily if it was the other way around? No she wouldn't! She would fight, no matter what the outcome. Because she is strong, like you. I know your hurting but push that aside, concentrating on saving your family."

Booth stood up almost knocking Angela off her feet.

"I need that damn list"

She watched him leave the room and smiled.

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Brennan knew she was definitely no in labor. The pain was excruciating but the fact she knew someone wanted to take her children as soon as they where born made it almost unbearable. She wanted to keep them inside of her for longer, just so he couldn't get his hands on them.

"Remember the breathing Tempe."

"Go to Hell!" she snarled after another contraction.

"Better out than in, your only going to cause difficulties if you don't push when they want to be pushed. I don't want to slice you open, but I will if you don't do as you're told."

The nice calm doctor that had put her on edge earlier was now the evil doctor who she wanted to run away from, screaming.

"This is going a lot faster than I thought it would." He said to himself.

He wiped some sweat from Brennan's forehead and looked into her eyes. He saw the concern and the pain and look of loss in her eyes. For once she couldn't fight back, she was literally helpless. And she hated that feeling, she couldn't protect her children and that caused her so much pain.

"But I'm prepared. Surgery will be the last option but I will do what's necessary."

Brennan let out a gasp then a whimper. She so badly wanted Booth here, holding her hand and telling her everything was going to be fine and that everything would work out.

But he wasn't here.

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"Here's the list your requested Agent Booth. It's a pretty big one."

Booth snatched the papers from the young agent without a glance or a single word of thanks. He didn't have time for pleasantries.

In total there were 3 sheets of paper. Each sheet had at least 10 names on it. Booth let out a sigh. But he had a plan; he had sent Zach back to the lab to collect the things he needed. Of course Hodgins had had to drive him there.

Angela took a sheet of the table and glanced down at it. Just looking at the names made her angry.

"So many names. I can't believe doctors get fired."

"Some get fired for minor mistakes, the littlest mistake-"

"Could cost someone there life." She finished the sentence for him and they smiled at each other. "Maybe that's why Tempe prefers working with the dead."

Booth smiled and went back to his list.

Zach and Jack arrived 20 minutes later, Zach was holding a box in his arms and planted it on the table.

"Everything?" Booth asked.

"Yes." Zach replied pulling out a poster and some push pins.

"Tack it up wherever."

He did as he was told and Angela watched with a bemused look on her face, she had no idea what was going. She glanced at Jack, they smiled and then he shrugged. He wasn't in on the plan either.

Booth handed Zach a piece of paper and he started to push pins into the map that had just been attached to the wall of Booth's new house.

"Done!" he said two minutes later.

Booth walked over and studied it. There wasn't a particular pattern but Booth saw what he needed. He grabbed the list of doctors off the table and looked down quickly at them all.

"Alright squints, we have 3 doctors that live in this around." He pointed to the where the tacks where in the map. "People stick with what they know. One of these 3 is the killer."

"It can't be that simple." Hodgins said. "You're not thinking outside the box Booth."

"There isn't a box. But there will be if we don't find Brennan soon."

Angela lowered her head, she knew what Booth meant by that. She wiped away a tear that was escaping her eye.

"It's not complex. Killers stick to what they know, if they go outside of the box, they become threatened."

"Let's gear up!" Booth shouted, not taking his eyes off Jack. "You guys stay here and look for the complex. I'm going to find Temperance and my babies. 3 doctors, one killer. I'm gonna kill this bastard myself when I get my hands on him."

Jack went to go after Booth but Angela grabbed his arm and shook her head. She knew he needed to do this alone.

"Maybe sometimes it is that simple." She told him.

Jack sighed.

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It had been 3 hours since Brennan's first contraction, now they where very frequent and she was in a lot more pain. The doctor didn't want to drug her; instead he just gave her gas and air. This was of some sort of relief but not by much.

"Just relaxed Tempe, wont be long now."

Tears glided down her cheeks and she pushed and panted. This was not how she imagined giving birth. She had imagined Booth, panicking but staying calm, a hospital or being at home. Doctors and nurses tending to her and making her feel comfortable. The feel of Booths hand in hers, the odd kiss on the forehead he would give her. The look in his eyes when the first child came out, happiness, joy, tears.

Not the pain she felt now, not the eager eyes she saw on the doctor. Not in a basement where she was cuffed to a bed and where photographs of his victims where stuck on the wall, in all there glory.

Brennan almost screamed as another contraction hit her, he was telling her to start pushing and she had to, no matter how much she didn't want to. Otherwise her babies' lives would be in danger.

"That's it sweetie, your doing great."

Brennan wanted to rip his head off but she had no choice but to lie there and give birth.

She didn't have much time left…

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A/N – I am soooo sorry about the long awaited update, but I have my reasons! Lol. I have been getting ready to move and you know how hectic that can be at times. Will be glad when it's over.

I do promise to update sooner as my plan is now coming together for the end of the story…. Don't forget to review!