Okay guys, this chapter is very short, but I hope you all like it.


Christine's Pov

As Michael and I started to leave the hospital, I thought about what had happened in the last week. After the Parker incident, which had been exactly one week ago, dad had tried to find out what had happened. Parker hadn't told him the truth of course, because he knew that I would shot him myself if he even put the thought he had had in dad's head. Parker had ended up saying that he heard a thump and thought something was wrong, so he had reacted without thinking and had thrown Michael. I had told Michael why Parker had done what he had done. Michael was very understanding about it, saying that if he saw Katherine like that when she is sixteen he'd probably do the same thing Parker had, and get the same response from Katherine as Parker had gotten from me.

"Christine, Michael, I wanted to ask you two a favor" Nurse Joy called and we turned around to face her.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Next Wednesday we're going to take the kids to the Zoo. I know I'm asking a lot because it means you'll miss a whole day of school, but I was hoping you two would come with us. The kids love you and we wanted to try and raise some money, which is why I was hoping you two would sing." Nurse Joy said and I looked at Michael, nodding. If it helped the kids have fun and helped raise money for them, then I was in.

"We'll do it. We'll be here at nine next Wednesday" Michael said and Nurse Joy smiled.

"Thank you both, now I better get back to the kids" She said and she quickly left us.

"How are we going to explain this one to our parents?" Michael asked and I shrugged.

"We're genius's, we'll think of something" I said and he chuckled.

We left the hospital and made our way toward the Jeffersonian. Mom had texted me to tell me that they had another murder on her hands, which was fast since they had wrapped the last murder up only a week ago. Sometimes I hated thinking about how many murders I had seen. I knew my mom really wanted me to study to be a forensic anthropologist when I graduated high school, but I wasn't so sure that's what I wanted to do.

Anyway, them having another murder would mean it would be simple for Michael and I to sneak in and go to my mom's office, though they'd notice us once we were in there. Hopefully though the case was important enough that they didn't want to ask where we had been again. We got to the Jeffersonian, but as we tried to sneak through my dad jumped out of nowhere and scared the hell out of me.

"Dad!" I complained and he smirked as he came over to me, while Michael just stood by the wall.

"Not bad for an old guy, huh" Dad smirked and I shook my head, a smirk on my face as well.

"Old guy sounds about right" I said and his eyes narrowed.

"Oh really" He said and he grabbed me. He started tickling my sides and I burst into laughter, which was noticed by everyone in the Jeffersonian. "How do you like this old guy now?"

"Dad… stop! I… promise you're not… an old guy" I laughed and he stopped tickling me. I slowly started getting my breath back, and then I turned to face him. "Don't you have a murder to solve?" I asked.

"Yes, but what kind of dad would I be if I didn't muck around with my daughter every now and again" Dad said and I hugged him.

"A pretty rotten one" I said as I hugged him, then I pulled away. "Now since you're a great dad go solve a murder and do your job" I said and he nodded.

"Got it" He said and he started over to the forensic platform, while I started towards mom's office with Michael.

"Well he's obviously not pissed that you're skipping school anymore" Michael said as we walked into my mom's office.

"Yeah" I said, but then I noticed a package on my mom's desk and I went back to the door. "Mom, you have a package" I called and she looked over at me.

"Can you open it Christine, I'm busy trying to solve this murder?" Mom asked and I nodded.

"You got it mom" I said and I went back into the office. I dumped my bag on the ground, then I went over to where Michael was standing, which was in front of my mom's desk. He handed me her letter opener and I drove it into the packing tape, ripping it towards me so the box opened. Once it was open I saw a box sitting inside of it.

"What's that?" Michael asked as I lifted the black box out of the packaging.

"I don't know, but let's see" I said and I opened the box.

The moment I did a spray shot out into Michael's and I's faces and we both instantly started coughing. I dropped the box to the ground and fell to the ground with Michael as the alarm went off and the doors of mom's office sealed. I laid on the ground and coughed, my chest screaming in agony.

Booth's Pov

When the alarm suddenly went off I had no idea what was going on, but I assumed one of the squints had done something wrong.

"Why is the alarm going off?" Cam asked and that's when I looked over her shoulder into Bone's office, which is when my heart nearly stopped. Christine and Michael where both on the ground and they looked like they were coughing.

"Christine!" I shouted and I started running from the forensic platform.

"Oh my god, Michael!" Angela exclaimed and I could hear them chasing after me. I reached Bone's office and started hitting on the door, trying to get to my daughter who was coughing madly. There was a black box on the ground, which must have been the culprit for this.

"I'm shooting the glass" I said and I reached for my gun, but Bone's stopped me.

"Booth, no" Bones said and I looked at her in disbelief. This was my daughter and she was telling me not to help her.

"Bone's that's daughter in there!" I snapped and she nodded. She looked scared, which was rare, and I felt bad for snapping.

"I know, but the glass is unbreakable Booth. It can't be broken and the doors won't open if the poison in there is airborne. We can't get to them Booth, no one can" Bones said and I looked into the room, only to see Christine looking at me now, her face pale.

"So what, we just have to wait and hope there's a way to help them" Angela demanded and Hodgins nodded.

"Yes and we will find a way Angie" Hodgins said and I hoped he was right, because these were our kids.


Cliffhanger! I will write the next chapter as fast as I can so you all know what is going to happen to the Michael and Christine. Warning! They have indeed been poisoned, but by what?