A/N: A little angst, but I promise it has a happy ending.

I don't own Bones.

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The person behind the voice was trying not to panic, but Booth heard it and his heart started to beat faster.

Mr. Booth, did you or Mrs. Booth pick up Christine today and forget to sign her out?

"What do you mean?" Booth couldn't believe he was hearing this from Christine's school. "I didn't pick up Christine . . . hold on, let me call my wife . . . and by the way her name is Dr. Temperance Brennan . . . just hold on." He placed the school administrator on hold and called his partner. "Bones is Christine with you?"

No, of course not. She's in school. Why are you asking me that?

"I'm asking because her school is asking. I'll call you right back . . . just don't panic." The call ended Booth was back on the line with Candy Stitt. "Hey, my wife says no, now explain what's going on."

Well Sir, we can't seem to find Christine. Her teacher noticed she didn't come back from lunch and we've spent the last hour searching the school for her . . . Is it possible that a grandparent or other relative picked her up?"

His heart was now racing in his chest. "No, it's not possible. We keep a tight schedule for our child . . . Did you look outside the school?"

We checked the playground and we circled the school to make sure, but we haven't found her Sir. Would you like for me to call the police?

"No! I'm the police. If somethings happened to my kid you people are in for a world of hurt." Hanging up, he called Brennan back. "Christine isn't in school. She disappeared sometime during lunch period . . . Is it possible that Max picked her up?"

No Booth. He's in Oregon this week visiting a friend of his . . . or at least that's what he said. We need to find Christine. We need to look for her now.

"I know. Tell Angela, Hodgins and Cam about what is going on and get everyone to do a search starting at the school." Booth stood up and grabbed his jacket from the back of his chair. "I'll get Aubrey to help too. I'll go by the house and see if she'd there. If she isn't I'll drive towards school and see if I see her."

Booth, what if someone . . .

"Don't jump to conclusions, Bones. Let's get the search started." Booth walked into the bullpen and spied Aubrey at his desk. "Let me know if someone finds her." The call ended, he charged over to Aubrey's desk, leaned over the agent and spoke in a low tone. "My daughter is missing from school. Bones and the squints are going to start searching for her. I'm on the way to my house. Can you help search for her? You know where her school is. Just pick a street and look for her."

Terrified for the little girl. Aubrey stood up, retrieved his gun and badge from his desk and followed Booth down to the parking garage. He started a prayer on the way to his car asking God to be merciful and just let it be a mistake.

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She was angry, very angry. She had been at lunch when Tina Givens wanted to trade her bag of potato chips for Christine's homemade oatmeal cookies. Not being a fool, she had turned the offer down. "No thank you."

Angry that Christine refused to trade, Tina sneered at the younger girl and spoke rather loudly. "My Dad says your Dad was in prison and he should still be there. He murdered some guys. Your Dad is awful."

Furious, Christine had shot to her feet and glared the taunting girl. "That's not true. My Daddy is a hero. He saved us from very bad men. My Daddy isn't a murderer."

"Then why was he in prison?" Tina wanted the students surrounding the table to hear her, so she spoke louder. "Tell me that."

Quick with an answer, Christine also spoke loudly. "My Daddy was in jail because bad men did that to him. He's a hero and they had to let him out because the bad men are in jail now."

Uncertain about the facts, Tina decided she didn't care. "Well my Daddy says your Dad is a murderer so he is."

Glowering, Christine picked up her cookies, tore them into little pieces and dumped them on the floor. "You're a liar . . . You wanted my cookies so bad, eat them." Picking up her lunch bag, she glared at Tina once more before leaving. "No wonder no one likes you, Tina." Seeing the shock on the other girl's face was satisfying, but she was both embarrassed that she had said that and angry that Tina was so mean, so she left.

Once she was outside the lunch room, she walked down the hallway to the back door leading out to the playground and marched towards the woods. She knew there was a street on the other side of the woods since she had seen it once when she had done some exploring during recess. Her idea was to walk to that street and then home. She wasn't going to go to school with mean kids and that was a fact.

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Everyone that knew Christine left the Lab to search for her while Booth searched his house and his front and back yards for his daughter. He found the house deserted and that made him just that more anxious. With no other option, he started driving slowly down the street on the way to his daughter's school. He wasn't sure what was going on, but he prayed to God that this wasn't a kidnapping. Since he had destroyed Durant and his ring of traitors, he knew that he had a lot of enemies and he was afraid that one of the horrifying possibilities was that his daughter had been kidnapped for revenge.

Brennan arrived at the school with her work mates and ignoring the protests of the principal and security, they searched the school verifying for themselves that the child wasn't there. Once it was clear Christine wasn't on the premises, everyone raced towards their cars, took off down the streets and started to search each side street. Brennan called Booth. Booth she isn't at the school. Cam, Hodgins, Angela and Wendell are searching the streets now. We need to have an Amber alert pushed out by law enforcement.

He had come to the same conclusion. "I'll call the police and let them know. I'm driving from home to the school. I haven't seen her so far."

Alright. I will continue to search . . . Booth . . .

"We'll find her Bones, I promise. We will find her."

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Lost, Christine now realized that she should have used the street in front of the school to go home. She had wanted to avoid the security guard that hung around the front of the building because he might have tried to make her stay in school, but now she was in trouble. She didn't know where she was.

Frustrated with the situation, she sat down on the corner of a crossroads and tried to decide which street she should take. She knew where she lived, but she was on streets she didn't recognize. She had asked her mother for a cell phone for her birthday, but her mother had told her that six year old girls didn't need one. Boy was her mother wrong now.

While she thought about her dilemma, Aubrey spotted her in the distance as he drove towards the crossroads. His heart rate increasing, he hurried down the street and pulled over on the shoulder of the road where the little girl sat. Quickly getting out of the car, Aubrey strode over to where she was sitting and placed his hands on his hips. "Why are you out here Christine? Your parents are looking for you."

She was so glad to see Aubrey, but at the same time, she knew she was in trouble. Standing, she threw her arms around the agent's waist and sobbed. "I want to go home."

Her tears pushed him to kneel and take the girl into his arms. "It's okay, Baby. I'll take you home." Standing, he carried her to his truck and placed her in the back-passenger seat. He let her cry for a while and once her tears were done, he found a box of Kleenex in the trunk of his SUV, gave it to Christine and made sure she blew her nose. "Okay, buckle up and I'll take you home."

Glad that someone had found her, Christine nodded her head. "I'm in trouble."

"I'm afraid so." Aubrey smiled. "You made a mistake, but I bet you don't do this again will you?"

"No." Christine sighed. "No, I won't."

Once the child was buckled in, Aubrey closed the door and walked over the side of his truck and pulled his phone from his pocket. "Booth, I found her and I'm on the way to your house."

Thank God. Is she alright?

"Yeah, she cried when I found her, but she was just happy to see me." Aubrey noticed a police cruiser coming down the street and watched it as the officer slowed down and parked next to him. "Got to go, a policeman just pulled up next to me . . . Officer." The agent pulled his ID and badge from his jacket pocket and showed it to the policeman. "Special Agent Aubrey, FBI. I found Christine Booth, I know there is an Amber Alert out for her. I just talked with her father and I'm returning her home."

Wary of the situation, Officer Monroe nodded his head. "I'll follow you to her house." He wanted to make sure that Aubrey was going to do what he said he was going to do.

Amused, Aubrey slipped in his car. "Sweetheart, we're going home and we have a police escort."

Tears spilling from her eyes again, Christine blew her nose on a clean tissue. "Okay."

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Booth was standing in front of his SUV in the driveway when Aubrey pulled into the driveway with the police cruiser pulling in afterward, effectively blocking Aubrey in the driveway. Once the truck was stopped, Booth raced down the driveway and opened the passenger side of truck. Realizing she wasn't in the front seat, he opened the back door, unbuckled his sobbing daughter and pulled her into his arms. "Christine." He held her in his arms and thanked God she was alright.

Brennan pulled into the driveway behind the police officer, got out of her car and raced towards where her little family was standing. "Christine!"

Glad to see her mother, Christine called out for her mother and once Brennan was close enough, Booth placed the child in her mother's arms. "She's okay, Bones."

Sobbing, Brennan held her daughter in her arms and kissed her several times. "Christine, we were so worried. Why did you leave the school?"

Tearfully, the child sobbed out an answer. "Tina called Daddy a murderer and I was mad. I wanted to go home."

Overhearing the child, the police officer became a little nervous. "Sir."

Booth knew that the situation could go sideways in a hurry. "I'm Special Agent Seeley Booth. I don't know if you know who I am . . . "

"I know who you are, Sir." The officer relaxed. "Thank you for your service."

Grateful he didn't have to explain what was going on, Booth smiled. "Thanks and thank you for looking for my little girl."

"Not a problem, Sir." Officer Monroe returned to his car and contacted his supervisor. He needed the Amber Alert stopped as soon as possible.

One by one cars began to line up on the street on the shoulder in front of the house and Cam, Hodgins, Angela and Wendell raced towards the family standing in the driveway. Once they were sure Christine was alright, they patted Booth and Brennan on the back and returned to the Lab, grateful that Christine was alright. They knew that Brennan would give them the full story as soon as she could, but for now, they needed to leave the little family alone. The child was safe and that was all that mattered to them.

Aubrey smiled at the scene of Booth and Brennan hugging their daughter and shook his head. "Wow, never a dull moment with you two and that's a fact."

Booth glanced at Aubrey and smiled. "Thanks."

"You're welcome." The agent decided to leave and drive back to the Hoover. He had a pile of work to do, but first, he would stop by the diner for a congratulatory piece of pie with ice cream and a large chocolate shake. He deserved a reward and it was okay if he was the one that provided it.

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They sat in the living room while Christine explained what had happened and why she had left the school. Both parents were glad their little girl was safe, but angry that she had left the school alone. They had a long conversation with the child about following rules and how in the future she could not leave the school by herself.

"I'm sorry, Mommy. I'm sorry, Daddy." And she was. She had upset her parents and the rest of her family and she hadn't meant to do that at all.

"We know you are, Sweetheart." Booth sighed and glanced at Brennan before looking back at his daughter. "I think for the next month you have to stay home on the weekends. No movies or skating or anything else that's fun. Instead, you have to stay home and help out with some chores. None of your friends can come visit either."

The punishment seemed harsh to Brennan, but she didn't object. What their daughter had done was dangerous and it could have easily turned out a tragedy. Once Christine was sent to her room for the rest of the afternoon, Brennan moved from the chair to the couch and sat next to her husband. "I was never more afraid in my life when I heard that she was missing."

"God me too." Booth placed his arm around Brennan's shoulder. "This has been a hell of a day." Silent for a few seconds, Booth chuckled. "That kid makes me so proud. She stood up to that bully, Tina and called me a hero. Wow!"

"Well, you are a hero." Brennan snuggled next to her husband. "But don't let it go to your head. I'm a hero too."

Amused, Booth kissed the top of his wife's head. "You sure are, Bones. Our kid has super heroes for parents."

"Now you're getting carried away." Brennan knew that Booth liked to think of himself as Superman, but in actuality he was just a man. Her man. "She wanted a cell phone for her birthday."

"Hm." Booth thought about it. "Nope, she's just a baby . . . God what's it going to be like when she becomes a teenager? We're in for a bumpy ride, Bones. A very bumpy ride."

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