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Chapter nineteen: The Race Against Time

Jared was racing down the highway; Brennan was lying in the back of the car unconscious.

Jared's eyes were glued to the road, but every few minutes he would glance back to see how Brennan was. No change as usual, Jared's hope about Brennan and the unborn twins surviving was lower than ever. He had to get her to a hospital now. Another thing crossed his mind, his brother Seeley, was he died? Jared shook his head trying to rid his mind of his thoughts.

Peeking at the review mirror he something that made him hit the accelerant. A black Sudan was coming closer to his car; he could barely make out three men crammed inside of it.

"You've got to be kidding me!" he hissed speeding up.

As Jared started to accelerate the black Sudan did too. Jared did a sharp turn when a bullet whizzed past grazing his side window. In surprise, Jared swerved off the road for a minute causing his car to bump. Brennan's body was bounced with the car's bounce, she whimpered.

"Hang on Temp!" Jared mumbled pulling back onto the main road as another bullet whizzed pass smashing the window.

Jared made another sharp turn but nothing seemed to shake off the pursuers. Bullet after bullet hit Jared's car, one bullet hit his tire sending his car off the road into a tree. Luckily, Jared was okay, but the Sudan was heading right towards them. Thinking fast, he hopped out of the driver's side and ran to the back of his car.

"If they were going to crash into my car, at least when they crash into me first, the impact won't be too terrible and Tempe might survive." Jared thought as the car came closer to him. He made the sign of the cross quickly on his chest. He shut his eyes tight bracing himself for the impact.

"Please God, make it quick!" Jared prayed. His life flashed before his eyes. Suddenly the sharp sound of tires squealed, "Oh God, this is it!" Jared moaned. Jared waited, but nothing happened,

"Jared!" somebody yelled.

Jared's eyes opened, the Black Sudan was spinning around in a circle, smoke poured out of the pipe. But his attention was diverted to a beat up old pickup truck sitting on the side of the road.

The passenger door swung open. Booth was sitting in the driver's seat, his eyes were unfocused but his facial expression scared Jared, it was cross between a man who was on Death Row and was about to be executed and a person who just found out they had Pancreatic cancer and only had a week to live. The side of Booth's shirt was drenched in blood.

Jared stared in awe at his brother's appearance.

"Jared Come on! We have to get out of here!" Booth yelled. Clutching his side, he stumbled out of the car and limped over to Jared.

"Where's is she?" he gasped when he finally got to the car. Jared pointed to the back seat. Carefully Booth lifted Brennan up. He grunted in pain.

"Maybe, I should carry her Seeley…" Jared offered holding out his arms.

Booth shook his head, "No…I…can do it…you…just have to drive…" Booth gasped getting into the back of the pickup truck with Brennan.

Jared nodded and hopped into the front. He hit the gas pedal and they were off.

"How bad are you Seeley?" Jared asked solemnly not taking his eyes off the road. He was referring to his brother's gun wound.

"I'm fine…I've been worse." Booth said shifting Brennan in his arms.

Jared frowned, "The hospital is coming up…what happened back there, I mean, with you and Brooks. Is he coming back, what about the Sudan trio?"

"Brooks is dead Jared, I killed him, I think we should be safe from the three men for now, I'm taking Bones back to D.C. I think she'll recover better with friends, Angela won't let anything happen to her."

"What if they come back and find you Seeley, what then?" Jared's voice started to raise his voice.

"You're welcome to come back with us Jared. You can help me protect her." Booth said.

"I don't think Tempe will approve of that."

"I don't care what she does and doesn't approve of; all that matters is that she's safe." Booth said sternly.

"What about the babies?" Jared questioned.

Booth's face was filled with pain. Jared turned to Booth, "Tempe and the babies are going to be fine Seeley, they aren't going to die."

Booth nodded weakly, a small smiled appeared on his otherwise anguished face. Jared pulled into the hospital. Booth and Jared got out of the pickup truck and hurried to the ER.

The ER was packed. Jared, Booth, and Brennan looked just like another patient. Jared and Booth rushed up to the register.

"Hello can I…" the woman at the desk gasped noticing Booth and Brennan, "Oh my God!!"

"She needs help now!" Booth said through gritted teeth.

The nurse's hands shook as she pressed an emergency button. Suddenly a flood of doctors and nurses in green scrubs rushed into the waiting room. They snatched Brennan from Booth's arms and put her on a stretcher, Booth limped after the doctors and nurses desperately trying to keep up with Brennan. He tripped, crumbling to the floor he gasped in pain.

"Sir, sir, calm down, she's going to be okay, you need to be looked at to see if you're okay." A nurse said squatting down beside Booth.

Booth shook his head, "No…she needs to be checked out first! Help her, I'm not important."

"Sir, we have more than one doctor, we can take care of you both."

Booth shook his head again, "So much to do…" Booth's eyes closed and he completely collapsed.

"We need a doctor now! This man has lost too much blood!" the nurse called.

And just like Brennan, Booth was carried away. Jared ran up to the nurse.

"How long will it be until I know that my brother and his pregnant fiancée are going to be okay?"

The nurse shook her head, "I don't know sir, but I need you to fill out some papers. If you want to, you're welcome to call loved ones to come." The nurse said handing Jared a pile of papers.

Jared nodded, sitting down he pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number,

"Hello?" answered a very professional voice.

"Hello, Camille? It's me Jared."

LONG chapter!!! I hoped you liked it. Please be kind when you review, mean reviews hurt myself esteem!! Please review! I'll type more tomorrow!!