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Rating: T

He Called Me Baby

Chapter 35: The Soap Opera

(Published August 27, 2010)

From Chapter 34 (Daisy)

She wanted the gash on his jaw to be cleaner. Seeing a tear on his shirt, she ripped a big piece of the fabric. Coating it with water, she gently washed his face. Who she saw made her gasp.

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2nd Victim's POV

He felt himself being shaken. Don't do that. It hurts. Damn, everything hurts. Why am I being slapped on the face? Oh, that feels good… a damp and somewhat cool cloth. I must be sick if Mom is using that cloth. No wonder I hurt all over. No school, today. And he drifted back to sleep.

Sweets' POV

Sweets was amused by Booth's reaction to Agent Sullivan. He had gathered from Agent Sullivan's constant jabbering that he must have had a relationship with Dr. Brennan; he just didn't know when.

"Agent Sullivan, Agent Gibson," Sully looked back at him with a glare. "Let's see what Sergeant Booth would like us to do so he can get his job done."

"Uh, Sweets, I'm even more surprised to see you here. Now's really not a great time for couples' counseling." Sweets smirked with irritation, Sully's mouth dropped, and Agent Gibson, looked like she was star struck.

"It's nice to see you haven't changed much, Agent Booth." Sweets purposely used his former title to get him to react.

"I'm letting that one slide only because I want to get all of you "ya hoos" to our site and get things moving in the right direction again. "Ya hoos" with the exception of one, of course. Sorry Agent…"

"Andrea. Andrea, Gibson. Nice to meet you. You're a legend in the States." She beamed liking the special attention.

Ignoring her comments, Booth looked at Sweets as if they had private joke. Sweets rolled his eyes. He hoped that he wasn't going to be calling her 'Andrea, Andrea' the whole time they're here, but it was likely since he still addressed Dr. Wyatt as Gordan, Gordan. "Agent Booth, I don't have to wonder what Dr. Brennan's reaction would be to your alpha-male display." At this, Sully chuckled earning a glare at both of the men.

They bordered the vehicle that looked that looked to Sweets to be a cross between a jeep and a bus. He had expected the conditions to be unlike what he was used to, but it looked like it was going to rain. This was so not cool.

Daisy's POV

Daisy was getting worried that she was unable to fully arouse him from sleep. He was mumbling words she couldn't interpret and drifting back to sleep. She had no idea why they were being held captive. She could only hope that Dr. Janson would know more since he'd only just been kidnapped, at least that's what she hoped. Maybe he would have a plan to get us out of here.

Brennan's POV

Brennan was quite wound up with anxiety, anger, and helplessness. She wasn't supposed to have these emotions and that made her even angrier. Little did she know that it was about to escalate.

She heard her name being called. She didn't know if she should be relieved, shocked, or furious.

"Tempe, I'm glad I didn't have to look for you. I need to talk to you."

"You're 'talk' better have a really good explanation as to where and why you were gone, Michael."

"Whoa! Touchy. Not enough sleep or too much sleep last night?"

"I don't know what that means." She put her hand up before he responded. "And I don't care to know what it means… especially coming from you."

"I'll try not to take that personally since you're cold-hearted."

Brennan heard the truck holding Booth, the soldiers, and the agents arriving and wanted to end this quickly. She coolly gave her response, purposely trying not to show any emotion. "It takes a real man to see the real me."

"Ha! And you think Booth is the man? Tempe, if you want to learn how to feel, you know where to find me. Here's a little reminder." He grabbed her forcefully placing his lips onto hers. Apparently, he's not a genius and will have to be taught a lesson again. She pinned him to the ground. "I told you not to touch me." She heard the familiar laughter of Booth and Sully coming from behind her. What was Sully doing here?

Sully walked forward and placed a foot down on him. "I guess you had it coming. If you do that again, you know she won't be gentle. And you'll have to deal with me afterwards."

"I can take care of myself. I don't need anyone defending me."

"Of course you don't, Bones. But that's not going to stop me from having my turn at him."

Michael laughed. "This isn't my fault, Tempe. Maybe you shouldn't flaunt your sexy body everywhere you go." Brennan kicked him in the abdomen.

"You want to say anymore? Because next time I'll aim lower. But that won't be the end of it."

Michael unsuccessfully attempted to knock Sully to the ground as he pulled himself up to stand. He turned to walk away, but he couldn't. "You're so not worth it."

Sully grabbed him. "Go ahead, Tempe. He's all yours just spare the jewels. OK?"

"He's the one that's not worth it. There isn't much there to damage anyway."

Sully turned him around before shoving him away. "Oh, that had to hurt worse than getting a beating."

"Dr. Brennan, you never fail to amaze me. That was wicked hot!" He held up both palms. "She's all yours."

"Bones, let's go."

"Not you, too!"

"What? No, never mind. It might be better to do this your way." He stepped into her personal space and drew her closer as he started to kiss her. Without hesitation, she melted in his arms and returned the kiss. "Jewels, Bones? You knew what that meant."

"Angela."

"Ah, should have known."

"But it really shouldn't have any correlation. Anthropologically speaking…"

Booth smirked, "Am I going to have to kiss you again?"

"You have to ask?"

He pulled her into a more passionate kiss.

"Hey, Sarge? That was a nice soap opera and all, but can you stop mauling your girlfriend so we can get to work?"

"We need to get these men inside so we can get a plan in order and working."

"I concur. And we also have to talk about the new developments." She could feel him stiffen.

"What happened?"

"Damn it! I let Michael get away. I never found out why he was missing."

"Michael was missing?"

"Yes. And Jimmy is still missing."

"Bones, I think he staged this scenario between the two of you as a distraction."