Here we are, chapter 22! This is way longer than anything I have ever written and I just want to thank everyone for sticking with me and supporting this story. Please keep up with all the great reviews and let me know what you think.

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The guys arrived at the intersecting trails before Cathy and Brennan. Winded but determined, Booth fought hard to calm his nerves and his breathing all the while trying to find a strategy to rescue Bones and Cathy. He looked towards Kasten and Criss to see if they had come up with anything.

"Well?" He questioned.

"Well, what Booth?" Kasten retorted.

"Criss, you know this area. What is our best plan of attack?" Booth barked.

"I don't know, I've never done anything like this before. The only thing I've ever had to rescue has been a misguided cow. I'm new at this, give me a minute!" Criss retaliated.

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry. It's just she's my ahhhh, she's my um, she's my-"

"Everything." Kasten offered.

"Girl." Criss suggested.

All three men stopped and looked at one another.

"She's my partner." Booth stated. "I figure we go guerilla, we attack unseen and quickly. Kasten you know what you're doing and Criss we'll definitely need you as back-up. Have you ever shot a gun?"

"Yes, a number of times. You can't live on a ranch and not know how to handle one."

"Okay, I didn't need a biography, a quick yes or no would have sufficed."

"Booth." Kasten warned. "We know you're on edge and we know we have to get to Charlie as quick as possible and with the girls, but if you keep offending our allies, we're going to get into some deep trouble. I follow you with the guerilla warfare, but I'm thinking we use Criss as bait. We can have him be spotted up the trail and we'll sit back in wait. When Jones and Kipper think they have us in their sights that is when we jump. Criss we need you to get to the girls as fast as you can and keep them down, if there is a fire-fight I don't want to have to worry about them. We need to keep them away from the edge of the ravine. It isn't that far down, but that water is raging and they are handcuffed to each other."

Booth stood and thought over Kasten's plan. The old man was right and he definetly knew what he was doing. Criss looked a little apprehensive but Booth was confident that he could follow orders and handle himself. Booth reassessed the area they were in. Dense woods, wide trail, about twenty meters from the edge of the ravine. There was an old hollowed out tree off to the left that could be used as good cover for Criss and the girls. Kasten and himself could hide down to the right near the edge. If every thing went according to plan, they could get the rogue agents into the water and would be free and clear to Charlie. That would definitely buy them some time.

"Okay, Kasten, sounds good. I want to get those idiots into the water though if we can. The way that water is rushing they wouldn't stand a chance getting out anywhere close to here and we aren't that far from the ranch. We could make it back in time to reach Charlie warn her and let Agent Nicolle and the locals know of Kipper and Jones' locale."

The three men wasted no time setting up their trap, still unsure if Jones and Kipper went the way of the trail. Booth and Kasten found a small bush that was thick enough to hide them from the trail and Criss headed up the trail about a hundred metres. They didn't want Criss to go too far ahead or he wouldn't be able to make it back in time to get the girls under cover. Criss was to exagerate his injury and make it look like he was trying to get back to the ranch, hopefully their plan would work.

Booth and Kasten huddled under the cover of the thicket and waited. Booth was sensitive to every rustle of leaves, every branch snap, every change of shadow on the trail. They didn't wait long before Booth spied Bones and Cathy trudging up the trail. He could see the worry across Bones' brow and noticed that Cathy seemed to be walking with a slight limp. The girls were still trying to slow the other men down and seemed to be okay otherwise. Kipper still had his gun trained on the ladies' backs, but Jones had holstered his. Booth nudged Kasten to see if he had noticed and got a nod in return. Booth and Kasten waited until they noticed Criss up the way. The agents decided to find out first, how they would react and if it would make them deviate from their path.

Kipper hit Jones on the shoulder and shrugged his head towards Criss' direction. Jones looked ahead and took note.

"Jones, head him off." Kipper ordered.

"Why me?" Jones whined.

"Just do as I say, you idiot. Go ahead and see if those other two are with him, or if he is alone."

"Fine, but then what do I do?"

"Do I have to tell you everything? If he's alone, just knock him out, if the other two are with him, shoot him."

With that Booth and Kasten perked up. They couldn't let Criss get hurt, but they couldn't blow their cover either. Kasten veered off and shadowed Jones through the treeline, Booth said a quick prayer and then turned towards his target. He knew that Kasten would stay covered until absolutely neccesary and fate had changed the course of their plan, but he would save Bones, he had to. Booth waited for Kipper to get by him and fell in behind him, Jones was just closing in on Criss. They had to act fast. Suddenly, Kasten flew out of the bushes and landed on Jones taking him down to the ground hard, it surprised Kipper just enough to let Booth get the jump on him.

"Bones, run!" Booth yelled, as he fell to the ground with the much larger man. Bones quickly turned around to see what was happening. Booth had Kipper on his back and was struggling to get his gun. "Bones, run, NOW!"

Out of nowhere Criss appeared and dragged the women to the tree they had previously picked. Kasten was wrestling to get his cuffs on Jones, the smaller man had not put up much of a fight. Booth and Kipper rolled on the ground over one another until they neared the edge of the ravine. Booth saw his precarious situation and tried to over power the strong man.

"One of us is going over the edge and it's not going to be me agent Booth." Kipper gritted through clenched teeth.

Booth gave one more heave from underneath and they both rolled ever closer to the edge.

"Booth!" Screamed Brennan as she watched her partner and the rogue agent go over the side. She saw that Kasten had detained Jones and ran out of her hiding spot. She screamed his name again and waited for a response. Criss and Cathy also came out of hiding and were running after her.

"Booth! Booth! Answer me." She waited for any sign of her partner. She finally came to the edge and saw Kipper being rushed down river by the torent of water. She didn't see Booth. "Nooooo." She cried. "Booth, where are you?" She leaned over the edge to see Booth clinging to a tree root.

"Bones, get help!" He yelled up to her. She nodded.

"Help is coming Booth, just hang on."

"I don't know if I can."

"Criss, hurry! Booth is stuck!"

Criss got to the edge of the cliff and looked over. He laid down on his stomach and reached for the injured Booth.

"Hold my legs, I can't quite reach him." Criss ordered.

Both women laid down and each grabbed a leg. They let him down as far as they could while still being able to hold him.

"Okay, Booth take my arm and grab that rock."

Booth did as he was told and grabbed ahold of Criss forearm and stretched out for the protruding rock.

"Okay, I'm gonna pull now Booth, just hang on." Criss started to wiggle back while Cathy and Bones crawled backwards, all the while keeping their hands on Criss' legs. With a little struggle and strength, Brennan finally saw the top of Booth's head. She dropped Criss' leg and ran to the edge to help her partner up.

"Booth! Oh thank you. Booth!" She said to no one in particular. She and Criss managed to get Booth back onto solid ground.

She threw herself towards the now injured agent. "Booth, you came back." She sighed into his chest.

Booth sat up and held her in his lap. "I wasn't going anywhere Bones. Not without you."

Kasten and Jones made their way to the group. "Did anyone see where the big one got to?" Kasten inquired.

Booth just shook his head. "No, but I knocked him out before he hit the water, he wasn't swimmin'."

Kasten nodded. "Alrighty son, let's get you up and back to the ranch. We will call for re-enforcements from there.

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