Thanks to the four of you who replied to my note. It really meant a lot that you took the time to do that, when obviously most people would just overlook it. I'm still not sure where this is going to go exactly, but I figured I'd just do it a chapter at a time. So thanks: bonesluvers456, Bones4Booth, greyslostwho, and Dr. Temperance Brennan. You guys rock. Sorry for all the long waits – I've been out of town/state/country/continent …a few times this summer, so I wasn't able to post as often as I would have liked – so basically what I'm saying is no, I'm not stopping this story! Read, review, enjoy!

Olivia hung up the phone and turned to Brennan with a smile on her face. "We found him," she told her new friend before enveloping her in a hug.

Tears sprang to Brennan's eyes. "Is he alright?" She asked.

Olivia shook her head. "It's hard to tell right now. Elliot didn't tell me all of the details. He's on his way to the hospital right now, but he's been without food or water for almost 2 days. And it seems that he was badly beaten recently; has at least a few broken bones," she replied.

"But will he be okay?" Brennan asked.

Olivia nodded. "Yes, yes he will be," she said before they hugged each other again.

"I'm going to call Booth," Brennan told her, getting her phone out.

"Right, well after that, let's go tell Emily. I'm sure she'll want to know right away," Olivia said.

Brennan left the room and dialed Booth's number on her speed dial.

"Booth," he answered.

"We found him," Brennan replied breathlessly, tears forming in her eyes.

"Oh Tempe…I knew we would," Booth said happily.

"I'm so glad Booth. I don't know what I would have done…" Brennan began.

"Hey, don't say things like that. I'm in the cafeteria getting some food. Why don't you and Olivia meet me here in a few minutes, and we'll go tell Emily and the girls?" Booth suggested.

"Of course," Brennan replied.

After hanging up, she met Olivia at the car, where they smiled brightly at each other and drove off towards the hospital.

When they got there, Brennan raced towards Booth and dove into his open arms. They embraced for a few moments, before kissing lightly and turning to Olivia, looking quite embarrassed.

Olivia laughed and waved her hands at them. "I understand completely. Don't mind me," she teased.

Booth smiled. "Fill me in," he requested.

Brennan told him about the property search she and Olivia had done with TARU, and how they had narrowed it down to a short list of houses for the SWAT teams to search.

"I talked to Elliot again, and James is in surgery. He's expected to make a full recovery physically, though it may take a while for all of his bones to heal properly. We're still not sure exactly how he was being held or any other details. Munch and Fin, two other detectives are looking into it as we speak. Elliot's upstairs waiting for word on James," Olivia told them both.

Booth nodded. "Well, let's go tell Emily. I know she must be in so much pain right now,

waiting to hear about him.

The three of them took the elevator up to her floor in silence, and got off when the elevator dinged. They walked to her room, and Booth knocked on the door.

"Come in," called Emily.

They walked into the room, and the girls hugged the three of them happily. Emily smiled up at them from her bed.

"If you don't mind, I'd like to take the girls downstairs to the playground for a little while," Booth said.

Emily nodded, with a curious look in her eyes. "Sure, I know they'd love that, right girls?"

Elizabeth and Bayley nodded vigorously, and took Booth by his hands before running out of the room.

"What's going on?" Emily asked right away. "Did you find something out?"

Brennan and Olivia sat down beside her, each of them taking one of her hands.

"When we interviewed your daughters, they were able to give us a fair amount of information on the location where they were kept. Our technical team used that in order to give us a list of houses that they could have been held in. An hour ago SWAT teams entered all of those houses, hoping to find the right one. We thought that if we found the right one, we might find some clues as to where your husband is," Olivia explained.

Emily looked at her expectantly, but only nodded.

"We found him, and he's going to be okay," Brennan told her.

Emily closed her eyes, clutched her hands to her heart and let out a cry of joy. "Oh my god," she said as she started sobbing. "Thank you so much. I can't believe it; I've always hoped that they would all come back, but it has been so long…thank you all so much," she said emotionally.

Brennan and Olivia each hugged her, sharing in her immense happiness.

"Where is he now? When can I see him?" Emily asked after a few minutes.

"He's just two floors above us, but he's in surgery right now. He had a few broken bones that they needed to set, so he should be out in a few hours. Elliot's up there waiting for the updates from the doctors. As soon as he comes out of surgery and regains consciousness, you will be able to see him," Olivia told her.

Emily nodded. "What happened to him? Please, tell me, I need to know what happened," she pleaded.

Brennan looked to Olivia who nodded discreetly. "We don't know everything right now Emily. All we know is that he was without food or water for 2 days, and was badly beaten, which caused the broken bones. We'll have to wait for James to recover before we know exactly what happened. But don't you worry – the doctors have said he'll be just fine," Brennan assured her.

"I know…can you call Booth? I want to tell my girls," Emily said to Brennan.

"Sure, of course," Brennan said before stepping out in the hallway to make the call.

Booth came up the elevator a few minutes later, and the three adults left the family alone so that Emily could share the good news with her daughters.

"Now what?" Brennan asked.

"I'd like to go back to the precinct and try my hand a cracking Sullivan again, now that we've found James," Booth said.

Olivia nodded in agreement. "We still don't know exactly why, or what happened. I'll come with you Booth, if you don't mind staying here Tempe," she said.

Brennan shook her head. "I don't mind at all. I think I'll go sit with Elliot for a little while to wait for the word on James. I'll call you as soon as I find anything out, if you'll do the same," she replied.

Booth hugged her and kissed the top of her head sweetly before leaving the hospital with Olivia.

Brennan smiled after them, before taking the elevator up to sit with Elliot.

Sorry to cut it off where I did, but I didn't want to add anything else to the chapter. Plus I'm tired.  Leave me something sweet, it makes doing this so much more fun. Thanks for all of you that review – it seems silly that people would add you to their alerts and favorites lists, yet they won't take the time to review. It irks me a bit, but I won't be mean. It just makes me love you good kids just that much more. Thanks for the love.