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Chapter Fourteen: Captured

Brennan woke to a dull pain in the back of her head and blinding sunlight, not able to remember anything about the previous day.

"Wake up, luv," a grizzly voice said in her ear, "you wouldn't want to miss this..."

Brennan's eyes shot open at the sound of the voice and she immediately saw Booth tied to a tree in front of her, beaten and bloodied, trying to fight back the taller man who seemed to be beating him with a branch.

"Now," the man said, pacing in front of Booth, "I'm going to ask you again. Where did you put the stuff?"

"I-I don't know what you're-" Booth was cut off by a sharp blow to the head.

"Stop lying to me, boy, or I'm gonna have to do in your little girlfriend here." The man looked at Brennan with an evil smile and she glared at him.

"I swear, if you touch one hair on her head..." Booth threatened, glaring at the man, looking him straight in the eye.

Brennan felt her heart swell for this man. He'd only known her a short time and already he was willing to risk his life for her. She immediately found strength, and began to pull on the rope that tied her to her tree and felt it loosen a bit with each tug, but was careful so as not to let them men see as they continued to question Booth.

"Tell us!" The shorter man said, punching Booth's jaw, "We know that you have something to do with its disappearance!"

"I don't know anything! I'm telling the truth! I promise, if I knew anything I'd tell you!" Booth shouted, trying to stay strong but finding himself on the verge of breaking down.

The taller man turned to the shorter. "Whaddaya think, Moe? Think he's tellin' the truth?"

Moe seemed to think about it while Brennan finally got the apparently not well done knot in the rope untied, but kept quiet as possible, keeping her expression terrified.

Moe finally seemed to reach a decision and said, "Yeah, he don't know nothin'." Booth and Brennan let out sighs of relief. "But, just in case, maybe we should waste them."

Cliff hanger! I'm soooo evil! Muahahahahaha! Anyways, please REVIEW!