Disclaimer: See chapter one.

(A/N) Just in case you didn't know all the names. Dr. Jack Hodgins, Angela Montenegro, Zach Addy, Dr. Daniel Goodman. Thank you for all your feedback, it makes me want to write more. Sorry, I have not updated in so long but my computer is on life support and will need a motherboard transplant before it will work again. So updates might be a little slow for a while.
EDITED: 7/2019

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Chapter Four

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10:08 A.M. Monday

Medico-Legal Lab

Jeffersonian Institute

Booth walked into the lab looking as professional as ever in his dark blue suit and bright white shirt under his suit coat. He walked up to the stairs to the main area where all the Lab equipment was.

Booth scanned the area and saw Hodgins sitting in front of a computer, with Zach standing behind him. Hodgins was pointing at the monitor, "See it's right there. Now pay up." Zach leaned over Hodgins shoulder to get a closer look at, god knows what, on the computer screen.

Zach, then he stood up unhappy with what he was seeing and said, "OK, fine. I say double or nothing that it originated there."

"You're on," with that Hodgins began typing something on the keyboard to find whatever information he needed to settle the bet.

Booth just rolled his eyes and walked on by them. He needed to find Bones he wanted her to look at some old X-rays from a case he was working on. When he didn't find her in the lab, he decided to go to her office. As he made his way over there, he glanced toward her office, he could now see that door was open and that someone was inside, 'ahh there you are Bones.'

Once Booth reached the office, he saw that it was Angela, and not Bones that he had seen. He walked into the office and was about to ask Angela if she knew where Bones was when he realized she was on the phone, so he stepped back just outside the door to give her some privacy. As he stood there he noticed that Angela was not talking just holding the phone to her ear as if waiting for someone to pick up, she was starting to get frustrated, she kept shifting from one foot to the other and checking her watch.

Finally, Angela pulled the phone away from her head and jabbed the end button on her cell phone, she then she ran her fingers through her hair as she let out a deep sigh. She had her back to Booth so had not noticed him yet, so when he cleared his throat to get her attention, she jumped and whirled around startled. Booth smiled at her sheepishly, "sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

"It's fine," she said distractedly, waving her hand in front of her face.

Booth had the feeling something was not quite right and was about to say something about it when Angela spoke up, "what are you doing here, is there a new case?"

"Yeah, there is. Is Bones here?" When he mentioned, Bones Angela got this look on her face that he could not quite name. Booth got this sinking feeling in his gut that told him, he wasn't going to like what Angela had to say.

Angela took a deep breath before she answered him, "she's not here. She's almost two hours late for work, and I'm really starting to get worried."

"Well, maybe she just slept in. Have you called her yet?"

Angela gave him this 'Well duh' look "yes, and all I keep getting is her voice mail or her answering machine when I call her home. Even if she had slept in, the phone would have woke her, and she would have picked it up. This isn't like her."

Angela abruptly jumped to attention as if something had just occurred to her. Brushing past Booth, she quickly rushed out the door and headed straight for her office. Booth was a little stunned by her sudden action but he recovered and turned to follow her.

"Hey what are you doing?" Booth called after her.

When Booth had caught up with her, she had already gotten her purse from her desk drawer and was tearing through it trying to find her car keys.

Booth repeated his question when she did not reply, "what are you doing?"

"I'm going to Bren's place," Angela finally answered, still looking for her keys.

Booth could see that her movements were jerky and that she was a little agitated. He didn't think it would be a good idea for her to drive right now, "why don't I go with you? We could take my car that way you could try and get a hold of Bones on the phone while I drive," he said as he was leading Angela out the door of her office, not really give her a choice.

"Ok. That's a good idea."

They were making their way out when Booth spotted Zach sitting at a desk looking through some papers. Booth stopped Angela and turned to look at the young man. "Hey Zach, have you heard from Bones this morning?"

"No. I..."

"Hi Booth, you have a new case for us?" Hodgins asked as he came from somewhere behind Booth and Angela.

"Have you heard from Bones this morning?" Booth asked Hodgins instead of answering him.

"No," he looked a little puzzled, "you mean she's not here yet? That's not like her."

"Are you two going some were?" inquired Zach after noticing that Angela was holding her purse.

"Yeah. We're headed over to Brennan's to see if she's there."

"Have you tried calling her?"Hodgins asked

"Of course I tried calling, do you thi..."

"Come on we need to go," Booth cut in before Angela started to yell. He then put his hand on her shoulder maneuvering her toward the exit. Booth looked back at Hodgins and Zach who were just standing there stunned they had been taken aback by Angela's sharp tone and short temper.

"If either of you hears from Bones, call me. You got my cell number?" Zach nodded his head yes. With that settled Booth and Angela made their way to his car.

As soon as they were in Booth's SUV, Angela pulled out her cell phone and once more called Brennan's home phone it rang five times before she heard Temperance's voice "You have reached Dr. Temperance Brennan, please leave a short message after the tone. Beep," while Angela was on the phone she had been looking out the window scanning the parking lot that was now packed with vehicles of all shapes and sizes, "hi Sweety, It's me, again, where are you? I've been..." Angela trailed off and dropped the phone to her lap, "stop the car!" she cried.

Booth slammed on the brakes and jerked his head around to look at Angela.

"What? What is it?" she ignored him as she tried to release her seatbelt and open the door at the same time. Booth grabbed her arm to stop her from getting out, and to get her attention, "what are you doing?"

"That's Bren's car," she said, pointing to a silver convertible three spaces up from them. Booth saw the vehicle she saw referring to, and he looked at the license plate, it was Brennan's car all right. 'So if her car is here, wherein the hell, is Bones?' Booth thought. He was getting that sinking feeling in his gut again.

Booth pulled up right behind the car and got out, he walked around the front of his SUV and stood next to Angela. Booth could hear this little buzzing noise, "you hear that?"

"Hear what?" Angela looked at him confused.

Booth stepped closer to Bones' car to investigate where the sound was coming from. He cocked his head to the side to hear better, "I think it's coming from under the car," Booth knelt next to the rear bumper to see under the car. He now knew where the sound was coming from. It was a cell phone. It appeared to be broken, the buzzing he had heard must have been the phone trying to ring. While he was down there he noticed that the front tire was flat.

Meanwhile, Angela had spotted something near the front of the car on the driver's side and had decided to walk over there to get a closer look. Booth was just about to tell Angela what he had found when he heard her gasp "Oh god, oh god," Booth jumped to his feet and rushed over to Angela.

"What's the matter?" he demanded, but Angela wouldn't answer him she just stood there as if in shock with her eyes' glued to this rust-colored spot on the curb. Booth knelt next to the curb and touched the spot with his finger.

"That's not...um that's not..."

"Blood, Its blood," he stated with certainty.

"This is really bad, isn't it?" Angela asked so softly that Booth almost didn't hear her.

Booth looked up at her and held her gaze for a moment then nodded his head. Angela's face fell the instant he confirmed her fears. Booth could tell she had been hoping that he would've said that this was nothing that there was a simple explanation for all of this and that her best friend was just fine. He wished he could have.

Booth grabbed his cell phone and punch in a familiar number, as he waited for someone to pick up on the other end, he took in the whole scene before him and for the first time noticed that there was a huge dent in the driver side door. His heart sank when he thought of what all these clues added up to.

Finally, someone answered, "this is special agent Seeley Booth. I need to report a possible abduction. The victim, Dr. Temperance Brennan. I'll need a forensic team at the Jeffersonian parking lot section C."

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