I don't own Bones, I know I have 206 in my body, but the Bones from Fox isn't mine.

Murphy's Law

Booth heard the messages from the school, and wondered what happened to Kelsey. The more he listened, the more frantic he became. The first thought on his mind was Ken. He turned on his sirens, and sped up. By the time he began to listen to Bones' message, he was pulling off the highway and speeding toward the school.

What the hell was Bones thinking, going out alone? His first thought was that he would lose both of them in the same day. This time he knew he wouldn't survive. He would rather be dead; then live without them. He was the one who forgot about the early dismissal, he was the one who took the stakeout; he was the one who turned off his phone.

He failed again, but his time he failed both of them.

He pulled up in front of the school, and parked behind Bones. At least she made it here.

He ran to the school, but the doors were locked. He pressed the buzzer and waited for a response.

"Hello, may I help you?"

"Agent Booth, I'm here for my daughter."

"Come in."

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Kelsey held tight to the principal's neck.

"Kelsey what happened?"

"A man tried to take me."

"What man?"

"I didn't know him. My Daddy and Mommy told me not to go with anyone, because there's a bad man trying to take me."

The principal remembered a conversation a month or two ago, when her Mom and Dad came in to file paperwork about whom should pick Kelsey up. He asked the secretary to pull the files.

"Kelsey, you are right. I want to commend you on doing the right thing. I am very proud of you."

Just then, Mrs. Pat came into the office.

"Kelsey, are you ok?"

"Yes. Mr. Simpson saved me."

"Well Kelsey. I didn't as much as save you as help you. You saved yourself."

They heard police sirens in the distance.

"Mrs. Pat, did you call the police?"

"Yes sir, but he ran to his car and left as soon as Kelsey went into the school. I did get the license number."

The police came into the office.

"What happened?"

Kelsey took the lead.

"The bad man who took my Mommy tried to take me, but I ran away and the Mr. Simpson saved me."

"Kelsey, I didn't really save you."

She hugged him tight.

"Thank-you. I didn't want him to take me."

The police filed the reports, as the school called Brennan. They put out an ABP for the make and model of the car. They were happy that they got the license plate number. By the time Brennan arrived, they had left, and she rushed into the office.

"What happened?"

She heard her daughter scream her name from inside the principal's office.

"MOMMY!"

Mr. Simpson took her into his office to explain the situation, and Kelsey jumped into her arms, sobbing.

"Mommy, that bad man came here and I ran away. Mr. Simpson saved me."

"I didn't really save her."

"Thank-you for being there for her."

Over an hour later, she and Kelsey left the school, to go home.

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Max had a great lead. Agent Surskey had led him right to the spot where Ken was sleeping. After they both left, he went into the abandoned house to see what he could find. He knew Agent Surskey had already searched there, but he wanted to make his own search. Sometimes he knew things about someone just by looking at where they lived.

When he walked into the building, the first thing he saw was a board full of pictures of Kelsey, and Tempe. There were pictures of her at school, both in the playground and inside the building. That meant he had access to the school. How did he do that? Booth told him she was safe there, because all the doors were locked and you needed to be buzzed in to enter.

As he continued to look around the building, he realized that this guy had access to everything about his daughter's life. He found a paper with her schedule written on it; it had specific details of her life. Such as times she left the house, and even what she ate for lunch.

Max felt a chill down his spine, if someone didn't react soon, his daughter would be taken away again. He jumped as he heard a car park outside, knocking a paper off the table and onto the floor. Max quickly grabbed it, and placed it back on the corner of the table, but not before noticing it was the schedule for Kelsey's school. He felt himself sway when the shock of how far this had gone, hit him. Realizing how close he was to being caught, he ran to the back of the room and climbed out a broken window, crouching down and listening.

He heard someone approach, and cursed because he didn't have a gun. He usually didn't carry one with him, unless he knew he needed it. With his record, he wasn't allowed to get a permit. It was stupid of him to come here unarmed, but he only thought of it when he saw someone enter the building.

He peeked up over the ledge, and saw a man packing up the articles. He thought it may be Ken, but he looked different from the pictures Tempe showed him. The height and weight was similar, but his hair and face looked different. Max knew it was possible to change your appearance; after all, he looked completely different from when he was young.

He watched as Ken took all the things, and walked out the door.

Max ran around the building just in time to see him drive away in a black SUV. He memorized the license plate, and rushed to his car, dialing Booth along the way.

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The door buzzed, and he entered the school, running to the office.

"Hello Agent Booth, how can I help you?"

"I received a phone call about my daughter. I'd like to know what happened."

"Her mother picked her up ten minutes ago, but if you want you can meet with the principal, to discuss the incident."

Booth began to panic.

"Her car is here."

The secretary buzzed the principal.

"Sir, is Dr. Brennan still here?"

"No she left a short while ago."

"I'm sorry Mr. Booth, she left. Maybe she went to your daughter's room. You can go down and check."

"Can you announce for them to come to the office?"

"Yes, but you can walk down to the room if you want."

Booth left the office and ran down the hall toward Kelsey's room, hearing the page as he went through the door.

The room was empty.

Booth was transported back to the day he walked into the lab, and found Bones gone. It was happening again, but his time it was Kelsey too. He felt his stomach lurch, as he walked out of the room.

He pulled his phone out of his pocket and called the FBI, telling them to block every entrance out of the state.

He only had a ten-minute head start this time.

This time he would catch him.

This time it would be different.

He walked back to the office; to be sure, they weren't there, but he knew they weren't. Ken had them. He knew it in his heart.

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Booth's phone went right to voice mail. Max didn't leave a message, because he only wanted to talk to Booth, not a stupid machine. Besides how did he explain what was happening? He saw the SUV about six cars ahead of him. He tried to keep him in sight, but when the car ahead of him stopped at a yellow light, and he lost him.

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