Authors Note: All right I have some people who are confused, they believe Booth is not in character and some things aren't written the way the show would, so I want to explain why that may be. first, would anyone actually act in full character when their child is missing, I happen to have been around people that have been in that situation and know that you aren't yourself, and your mind is focused on one thing. I have him written into the mode where his whole goal is to get his daughter back, if it seemed like he was "forcing" Brennan to marry him, it wasn't like that at all and we all know that Brennan can't be forced to really do anything she doesn't want to, she would sit there and make sure you knew how she felt, she doesn't think or act the same way anyone else does.

Second, this is a fan fiction, I don't want to write this as if the show was writing it because I don't want anyone to get anything confused with plagerism or so forth. I like to change things up, make things different but still keep things somewhat the same so that it fits into the fanfiction category but you get a different twist on each character, its different. I just wanted to explain how some things are, I know people can get confused and I don't want someone to be sitting at the computer reading and being confused.

If something about the story confuses you, if you have a question and would like something explained, please PM me, DO NOT leave it in a review please. Thank you.

Kris


Chapter 6

Alana was rocking back and forth on the nasty mattress in the corner of the new place they had moved to. The mean lady had said if they didn't keep moving that eventually someone would see them and call the police, Alana was sad that the mean lady seemed to be on top of running like this. She knew that this place was even more run down and dirtier than the last place they were at, it made her wish she had never complained when her mommy asked her to clean her room or pick up her toys, she knew that she would try her hardest never to complain again, if she ever got to go home and see her mommy. Alana was trying so hard to not let the mean lady hear her tummy growl, she was really hungry and she didn't think she was ever going to really get to eat real food again.

"I want my mommy." Alana whispered, knowing she had to keep her voice as soft as possible otherwise the mean lady would only get madder at her.


Brennan was in the kitchen, cooking some new thing from one of the many cookbooks she had bought over the years. She had learned during that time that cooking seemed to be soothing and distracting when you were upset. Every time she would see Booth going out on a date with someone new, it would upset her so much that she had to cook or bake to get through it. Alana had always loved watching her mommy in the kitchen, and she had often learned to help her, licking the bowl of batter or stealing tiny bites of cookie dough that couldn't be healthy for her. Brennan had loved to see her daughters eyes light up as she managed to steal little bites, thinking that she was outsmarting her mother by doing it. Brennan had never had the heart to inform her daughter that she could see the sneaky movements. The twinkles in those tiny eyes had always warmed her heart and now she feared she would never see that twinkle again. Brennan vowed that if they ever got little Alana back, her baby girl wouldn't have to sneak bites of cookie dough, or steal the bowl from the kitchen and lick it clean before she could get it washed in the sink. She wanted her daughter to be a kid, and she knew that was what kids did, often.

"Hey." Booth said coming in the house.

"Hi." Brennan said softly as she looked at the clock and realized it was lunch time. Brennan had gotten little to no sleep last night and so she had opted not to go into work, something that had surprised not just everyone else, but herself as well. She knew though, that she would have just gotten in the way or been way too out of it to help anyone down there anyway. She would rather they focus on Alana, rather than wonder if she was okay. "Hungry?" She asked softly since what she was cooking was almost ready anyway.

"Yes." Booth said and then nearly laughed when he saw Jared come into the kitchen clearly smelling the food from down the hall in the office he had been working out of.

"Why don't you guys wash up and get something to drink, it should be just about ready." Brennan said, wanting to laugh at the look of delight on her brother in law and her husbands faces but she couldn't bring herself to laugh, she didn't even know if any of the smiles she had tried to give were looking genuine or not.

"Thank you." Jared said as he walked over to the sink washing his hands and then grabbing a can of cold soda from the fridge.

"Your welcome." Brennan said automatically although she wasn't really paying attention, it was just her brains automatic response to those two words and the manners that she had inside of her naturally coming out.

"She's going to be just fine Bones." Booth said when they were alone in the kitchen again.

"I know." Brennan said, her voice nothing but a soft whisper. She knew that she wasn't only one in that room who had been through the hell that the Grave Digger had put people through, she knew that she wasn't the only one who would be able to help Alana if she was buried alive or nearly killed by the psychopathic woman who held their child.

"Bones, you have to keep telling yourself that we will find her and that she will be all right, it's the only way that you are going to be able to get through this right now, and Alana needs you to get through this and be in one piece for her. She needs you to function and help your friends, your family, her family, track her down and bring her back in one piece." Booth said softly. "She needs her very strong and amazing mother who has been raising her alone for so long, to right now show off how strong and steady she is and help track down that little girl."

"Thank you." Brennan said softly as she turned into the embrace and hugged Booth tightly. When they started to break apart, those old feelings that had never really gone away were showing again, and they couldn't help but kiss each other, the same way they had years ago when their daughter had first been conceived anyway. "I wanted to tell you about her." She whispered when they had broken apart to catch their breaths.

"I know you did Bones, I know you did." Booth said, he knew she would have tried to tell him the minute she learned she was carrying his child, but something probably got in the way, a conversation that they had or someone else coming up and she had been spooked off, that was probably what had happened, it was what he knew had probably happened given how his wife was.

"I trust you." Brennan said softly, finally telling him something he had been waiting so long to hear from her.

"I trust you to Bones. I know we are going to be a great team in finding our daughter, and when we do, I know we will be an amazing family." Booth said softly.

"She is going to be so happy. She has been begging to meet her daddy and wanting a brother or sister. When she learns she has a big brother, she is going to be thrilled." Brennan said remembering the way her precious little girl had begged her mother to meet her daddy and then really begged to have a brother or sister. Brennan had always wanted more kids, but she didn't think that was ever going to happen.

"So she wants to be a big sister, huh?" Booth asked her with a knowing smile. "We could always work on that to surprise her when she gets home."

Brennan actually laughed and blushed at the same time, she didn't think it was possible for her to do that, but she did. The thought of working on another child with Booth, actually seemed like something she wanted very badly, she just wasn't sure that it was going to be possible.


Alana was scared as the mean woman was ranting and raving about how she needed to figure out something soon. She had heard her talking about possibly burying Alana alive, like she used to do, and Alana knew that if that happened she would never make it home to her mommy, and that would destroy her mommy.