Booth was cradling Brennan in his arms, he was looking down at her pale face and wondering why? Why Brennan and not him? Why here, in the middle of almost nowhere? Why, why why why?

He kept asking these questions and coming up with no answers, he glanced around to make sure no one was coming for them; the last thing he needed was a bad guy to fend off while Brennan fought for her life. He looked back down at Temperance and a tear fell onto her forehead, he quickly wiped it away and then the whole scenario happened again, slowly, excrutiatingly slowly and so painful Booth didnt want to see. But he had to, it was happening inside his head. Going round and round and making him dizzy, it went slow then it went fast. Sometimes he could feel the bullet go through Brennan, he wanted to scream for her; he wanted to feel the pain so she didnt have to.

He watched in his mind as she went limp and he held her, some of her hair falling loosely here, there and everywhere. She would of looked so beautiful if it wasnt for the gunshot wound to her chest. Her face so pale and lifeless, yet he still loved. He didnt care what she looked like, he just wanted to her be alive.

He leant in closer to her when a shot fired out again and shattered the window screen on his SUV, he didnt want to fire and he couldnt bring himself to anyway; he was too devasted and in shock.

He whispered softly into her ear hoping she would hear him and take heed of his words.

"C'mon Temperance, you can fight this. Your alot stronger than you look, fight it. Please Tempe, you have to. You cant leave me alone like this, i love you."

Booth felt his tears slowly glide down his cheeks, but he didnt wipe them away.

He didnt care anymore.

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Fight it, your strong. Please Tempe, you can do it. I love you. C'mon, you gotta fight, your a natural born fighter.

I love you.

I love you.

Brennan was hearing words every so often but she knew no one was saying them to her, they were in her head and doing overtime. They kept replaying, in a different order but always the same words.

She managed to open her eyes but they were blinded by bright lights, she thought she was in heaven at first and she wanted to cry. She didnt want to die, not yet anyway.

No one ever wants to die, it just happens.

She heard voices and tried to open her eyes for a bit longer, the light was so bright; she squinted and moaned a little but no one took any notice of her. She wondered if Booth had been hurt, but then she had forgotten why she would be in heaven; she tried to remember. But all she could remember was her and Booth driving someplace.

I love you.

She frowned, when had Booth told her that? She knew it was Booth, she could just tell. She could feel warm hands on her face and she went back to sleep, she knew she was safe if Booth was holding her.

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"She's in and out of consciousness." A doctor informed Booth and the squints. "She flatlined twice on the operating table, but we had good people working on her. They removed the bullet and hopefully she will be ok, we put her in ICU just to be extra careful."

They watched the doctor walk away and Angela sighed.

"Do they have to go into so much detail?" she asked. "I cant believe she almost died...twice."

"She's a fighter." Zack said.

Jack nodded, he was still a little shocked.

"Im gonna go and see her." Booth told them, they all nodded and watched Booth walk away.

"Poor guy." Jack said.

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He walked into her room and stared at her for a few seconds, he was glad in a way that she was here and not in the basement where they kept all the dead people.

He took hold of her hand and sat down, he stared at her closed eyes and her cute little mouth. He liked the way her hair was splayed over the pillow, like she was really asleep in her own bed.

He kissed her cheek and whispered to her, hoping she could hear him and wanted to find her way to back to him.

"You gave us all a little scare, i got the squints down the hall pacing up and down." he smiled and stroked her hair gently. "But you're going to be okay, you just gotta hang in and remember i'll be whenever you wake up. Im not leaving your side Temperance."

Temperance.

She heard her name and she shuddered slightly, it sounded like the wind was calling to her. It sounded good to her ears and she wanted to know if it was the wind or an angel.

She opened her eyes and glanced sideways, she was looking at Booth who looked at little shocked but smiling. She frowned and then realised it was him, he was willing her to live. He was like her guardian angel, she squeezed his hand and went back to sleep; dreaming of better times and the future...hopefully with Booth.

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A/N- sorry it took a while to update, i wanted to keep you all in suspense and willing me to write me. So eventually i did, and more will follow! Just keep on watching Bones and dont forget to review!

Thanks.

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