Thanks so much for the reviews I think the last chapter got the most reviews out of all of them. This was written while I was supposed to be studying for exams, but I was much happier writing this :) This is a big chapter, well I think so anyway, so let me know what you think and I hope to see lots of reviews. Enjoy :D

Chapter 24

"How the hell did that happen?" Booth almost yelled his anger evident.

"I have no idea, I saw it on the news, my advice would be to call headquarters and find out what's going on," Angela said calmly, the last thing they needed was to be thrown out for excessive noise.

"I might just do that. Can you stay here with Bones and Sarah, and if she wakes up let me know right away," Booth said and Angela nodded as he stepped into the hallway. When Booth was in the hallway he quickly whipped out his phone and immediately called his boss Cullen. He tried to wait patiently while the phone rang.

"Hello," the voice on the other end answered.

"Hello, Sir, this is Agent Booth," he said hoping they would know why he was calling.

"Oh, Agent Booth, I take it you heard what occurred," Cullen said.

"Of course I did, what on earth happened?" Booth said trying to put off yelling for as long as possible.

"It's a complicated situation," his boss answered.

"What do you mean complicated situation? How hard is it to watch a suspect? It really shouldn't be that difficult," Booth said his voice growing in volume.

"Calm down Booth, we are currently dealing with the situation," Cullen said hearing the anger in Booth's voice.

"How are you dealing with it?" Booth asked skeptical of the FBI's abilities at that moment.

"We are on the look out," Cullen replied.

"That's it a potentially dangerous suspect on the loose and all you are doing is 'being on the look out'," Booth said angrily, he was getting frustrated with his boss.

"Sorry, Booth that is all we can do at the moment," Cullen said before hanging up on Booth to avoid further questioning. Booth stayed in the hallway and tried to compose himself before going back into Bones' room. He was extremely worried that Brett would come here and try to finish what he started. Booth knew that if Brett did show up there, he would be ready for him. Then Booth walked back into the room and sadly saw no change in his Bones.

"Hey, Ange it's getting late, do you mind if Sarah stays at your place, I'd rather stay here just in case," he said taking back his place next to Brennan. Angela nodded.

"How did it go?" she asked curious of what was going on.

"Not good, I'll fill you in tomorrow," he said. Sarah hugged and kissed her dad goodbye and placed a hand on her mom's hand, because of the tubes she couldn't do much else and followed Angela out of the room. Booth sat there for hours just watching her hoping his unfaltering gaze would magically make her wake up. When he got tired he slept in the chair, holding her hand and praying she would overcome this.

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Angela was woken the next morning by the shrill of her cell phone. It took her a few minutes to become aware enough to find her phone and then she quickly answered it.

"Hello" she mumbled.

"Angela it's Booth, she's half awake, she can't talk or anything cause she has a tube down her throat, but the doctors say it could be less than an hour til that can come out," Booth said quickly. This bit of information fully woke Angela and she asked Booth whether he wanted her and Sarah to come into the hospital, and without hesitation he answered yes. After hanging up the phone, she went to wake Sarah up, who when heard the news was very eager to get to the hospital.

As they were leaving the apartment Angela's phone rang again, this time it was Hodgins asking if him and Zack were able to come into the hospital that day. Angela wasn't sure on what Brennan would be like so she told them she would call them back later; he sounded disappointed but took the answer and hung up. They quickly got into Angela's car and began their trip back to the hospital, unaware of the fact that they were being followed there.

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It was easy for him to leave. It was almost as if he walked out the front door and no one noticed. Brett was intent on leaving as soon as they picked him up, he hadn't done anything wrong, just claiming what was rightfully his and he didn't deserve to be arrested for that. He hadn't been able to finish what he started, he had it planned in his head that she would die because if he couldn't have her, no one else deserved to. The only problem was that he didn't know where she was. Out of pure luck he had spotted her friends car, assuming she would be going to see her he followed it, hoping that would lead him to her and then it would be showtime.

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Booth patiently waited next to her bed, earlier she had squeezed his hand, which indicated that she was ok. He hadn't left her since then and continually held her hand to let her know he was still there. She had a breathing tube still down her throat, because the doctors said she still needed a little linger until she could safely breathe on her own. Booth couldn't wait til they removed the tube so she could talk to them.

About half an hour after he called them Angela and Sarah arrived at the hospital both looking calmer than they had the day before. Sarah took up residence on the other side of her mother as Angela motioned for Booth to talk to her in the hall. Angela asked what had happened on the phone the day before, he explained. Angela was furious about the way the FBI was casually handling things and if she were not so worried about her friend would have marched right down there and given them a piece of her mind. After talking for a few more minutes they went back inside and all three sat around her waiting.

It wasn't long until they heard a very loud noise. At first they passed it off as nothing until it got closer and louder. The two adults got up from where they were sitting and looked out into the hallway to see what was going on. When they saw nothing out of the usual they returned to there seats until a figure stood in the doorway. A tall man was standing there with a gun in hand with a murderous look on his face. Immediately Booth recognised him and put his hand on his own gun.

"Brett Smith put your hands up in the air," Booth yelled getting Brett's attention. Brett eyes weren't focused on anything; it was like he was staring into space. Booth began to walk towards him, which was when Brett aimed the gun at Brennan.

"You, interrupted me, I am just here to finish what I started," he said in a creepily casual voice.

"Brett put the gun down," Booth said trying to gain control of the situation.

"NO, I can't she deserves this, because she left and she wasn't supposed to," Brett yelled.

"PUT THE GUN DOWN," Booth said now yelling at the man. This broke Brett's concentration and his hand wavered, resulting in him shooting the wall. This was all Booth needed to be allowed to shoot Brett. And that's what he did. Two shots in the arm and then a further two in his leg. Booth would have loved nothing more than to kill Brett right then and there, but instead he only wounded him. Booth wanted Brett to suffer in prison and he also didn't want to kill someone in front of his daughter, who was terrified over what had happened.

Luckily the nurses had called the police who were arriving and taking Brett to medical care under intense security. Booth went to his daughter, who was evidently traumatized and sacred. He hugged her and kissed her hair and whispered reassuring words. Brennan had been woken by the gunshots and was struggling with the breathing tube. Booth called for doctors who swiftly came in a removed the tube. Brennan firstly indicated for water to soothe her sore throat and after a few minutes spoke for the first time.

"Booth," was all she said.

"Yeah, Bones."

"Is it over?" she asked sounding extremely vulnerable. Booth nodded.

"Yes, Bones, it's all over now," he said and kissed her hand as she drifted off to sleep once again.