3 Hours later the hospital
Ceeley slowly opens her eyes to see that Booth was still there, sitting by her bed and holding her hand. She smiles knowing that he would be there, but still tickled that he was so thoughtful.
"Hey sunshine," Booth smiles back.
"How long was I out?" Ceeley yawns.
"A couple hours." Booth answers and lays his hand upon her forehead and thumbs some hair out of her face.
"So you want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." She takes a deep breath.
"You don't have to talk now, you've had a rough day." Booth says taking his hand away from her forehead and moving it to her cheek.
"My dad-" She starts but Booth cuts in.
"I'm working on it. Apparently he is somewhere even the FBI can't find him."
"No, Booth. That is what the men wanted, information on my dad." She explains.
"Did you-" Now Ceeley cuts Booth off.
"Ten years of military school and you think I would rat a fellow soldier out, and my dad of all people, plus there wasn't much to tell. I don't know his whereabouts, which as you can tell is why I am here. Oh, and I can't tell you what they looked like because I was blind folded, and if I wasn't blind folded they were masked. They were pretty good I must say." She has a sarcastic tone in her voice.
"Alright CJ, cut the tough military sarcastic routine. You aren't there anymore and you need to be serious. They could have killed you or raped you. You are lucky, and why didn't you call as soon as you hit Washington, huh?" Booth raises his tone but in a fatherly way.
"It isn't an act, and I was about to, believe me, but they attacked as soon as I was about to hit send. By the way, where is my cell phone?" She starts looking around as if it may be on the bed somewhere and cringes in pain for the bruises.
"Relax, they probably have it in the safe in the E.R." Booth says as he stands and lays a gentle hand on her shoulder.
Ceeley takes a deep breath.
"Does school know you're gone?" Booth asks.
"It's winter leave. Booth, I haven't heard from him in 3 months. No messages, no letters, no calls from anyone. I'm worried he's-." She is staring up at the ceiling and her eyes start to water. "Hurt, or…something."
"Hey now, don't start thinking like that. I'm sure he's fine, just caught up in a mission or something." Booth grabs her hand as he sits back down.
"Or something," she says.
"Are you in pain dear?" A middle aged nurse walks in at that moment.
"No mam," Ceeley shakes her head.
"You must be her-?" The nurse looks to Booth.
"Uncle, Godfather, Guardian, whatever you want to call it." Booth smiles sarcastically.
"Oh, well, you are welcome to stay being that she is a minor. I'm Vicky and I will be taking care of her for the night. Here, Ceeley, your meds." She hands the child a cup with pills in it.
"Thank you." Ceeley answers and the nurse exits.
"So they said you had a seizure." Booth looks down at his twiddling thumbs knowing it was something that she didn't like to talk about. For one it kept her out of the military when she was to graduate, and two it was just embarrassing for a 17 year old to go through. Booth knew this, but questioned anyway.
"Unfortunately I wasn't conscious to remember, but from what I heard through the pain meds in the E.R. was that the minor blow to the head is what probably caused it. Other then that I haven't had one in months." Ceeley informs him.
"Why were you at the Cathedral?" Booth inquires.
"To pray, why else?" Ceeley gives him a "duh" look.
"That doesn't work on me, CJ." Booth looks at her. He knows her by heart. "You don't like religion, never did."
"I can't change my mind? Look don't interrogate me, I had my reasons." She gives him the look of "I'll tell you later, but not right now.
"Okay, I'm going to go back to the Jeffersonian. There is an officer that is going to stand outside your door. I will be back." Booth rises from the chair and kisses the girl on the head who just nods. Booth exits the room.
The Jeffersonian
"So Booth has another kid?" Angela asks Bones who is still working on the case she was when she left that morning.
"Not a kid, a Goddaughter." Bones pauses to talk and then goes back to work.
"Wow, and her name is Seeley just like his?" Angela asks.
"Ceeley, with a "C", yes." Bones says somewhat annoyed.
"Sorry, it's a small gossip mill but it's new." Angela smiles.
"What's new," Hodgins walks by.
"Agent Booth has a Goddaughter named after him." Angela informs.
"How many more kids does he have stashed?" Hodgins jokes.
"Booth has another kid?" Zack asks joining the group.
"Goddaughter," Bones rolls her eyes and drops what she is doing annoyed.
"And she was found beaten this morning, and you don't know why?" Angela asks Bones.
"Not yet, but Booth should be here any second. He just called to say he was on his way." Bones picks up her piece she was working on.
As if by hearing his name Booth walks in to see the team around Bones. They all look up at him waiting for him to say something. "What?" He holds his hands out and shrugs his shoulders.
"Another kid?" Zack says.
"Goddaughter," Booth said annoyed. "Bones do you have to tell them everything?"
"You are going to want their help, I have to." Bones says not even looking up from the bones she is working on.
"Alright, a Ranger friend of mine has me look after her some times. We were like brothers in the field. He had her young, the mother died when she was born. What else do you want to know?" Booth says.
"How about why and innocent little girl is beaten and left for dead." Angela asks.
"They were looking for her father, he is FBI, but in a different zone. Undercover, secret missions and all. She didn't get a look at them, or so she says." Booth explains.
"You don't believe her?" Angela asks.
"She's scared. I know that, I can see right through her tough act." Booth says.
"And you want me to do it?" Angela asks.
"Not at the moment, when she is ready and I can figure out what is going on with her." Booth says. Right then his phone rings. He looks at the number, it isn't one he recognizes. "Booth." He answers it.
Only the audience can hear the other end.
"Booth," The man on the phone says.
"Where the hell are you?" Booth seems surprised by who is on the other end.
"You know I can't tell you that, and I only have a minute to talk. Look, don't come looking for me anymore. It isn't safe. And take care of CJ, she isn't safe either. Don't let her know I'm alive or that I called. Just take care of her." The man hangs up the phone.
"Damn it!" Booth exclaims.
"Who was that?" Bones inquires.
"CJ's Dad, she's in trouble." Booth takes a deep breath.
End scene with everyone looking shocked.