This is my second Secret Santa Story for Threesquares. Her prompts were: Characters I wish for: Brennan and Booth. Please include: Gordon Gordon Wyatt and some sort of transportation (a train, plane, motorcycle or whatever)

Threesquares: You gave me three prompts and I thought I would see if I could come up with a story using the second prompt as well. Starts out a little angsty; but, ends up on a happy note. Just letting you know that in case you start to worry.

I don't own Bones.

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At first her plane had been reported over due at the airport. Later it had been reported as missing. No one knew where the plane was or the six passengers that had been in the plane. It was four days before Christmas and Booth was sitting at home with Christine, slowly going mad with worry. He'd been on the phone with everyone he could think of and still no one knew where the plane was. No one knew where Brennan was. Booth was terrified that Brennan would never come home and that this time she really had left without him for good.

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Booth had found out during the last two days since Brennan's plane had been reported missing that he wasn't going to be allowed to be in his nightmare by himself. Hodgins and Angela had shown up his house with Michael as soon as they had heard that Brennan was missing. Angela had insisted that Booth not be left alone and she had brought her little family to his house to stay for the duration.

Booth had quickly realized that he was not going to get a say in what was going on. His extended family was there for him and nothing he did or said could make them leave. After a few hours of sitting by the phone, fidgeting and worrying, Booth realized that he needed someone to anchor to him in reality and his friends were trying to be that anchor. Without them, he would have been at the airport making a giant nuisance of himself and not helping the situation at all or possibly be in jail for making threats that Home Land Security would not have ignored.

Slowly the rest of his family and extended family made their way to his house. First Cam had arrived with Michele; then Wendell, Fisher, Aristoo and Clark with Nora in tow had arrived. Jared and Padme were in India; but, soon Hank Booth arrived in a cab demanding to know what was going on. Charlie Burns had showed up as soon as he could bringing with him platters of sandwiches and boxes of cookies.

Cam took things in hand and had the house organized in mere minutes. Booth and Christine were taken care of and everyone was careful to keep hope in their voices and a smile on their strained faces.

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Gordon Wyatt had been at his restaurant working on his Christmas brunch menu when he'd heard on the news that the famous author Temperance Brennan was missing. Calling in his manager and his chefs, Gordon handed over the operation of his restaurant to them, letting them know where he was going to be and warning them that he would dice them up and serve them as sushi if they screwed up while he was away.

Arriving at the Booth/Brennan home, Gordon had taken in the organized chaos in the house and the fact that Booth was ready to commit murder. Either no one seemed to notice that Booth was losing patience with his situation and the people surrounding him or they were ignoring it. Gordon felt that neither scenario was good for anyone.

Sitting next to Booth, Gordon asked, "Can I be of help?"

His face strained, Booth turned and glared at Gordon, "What I would like is some peace and quiet; but, that's not going to happen."

Standing up, Gordon walked over to the closet, removed Booth's jacket from the closet and carried over to Booth. Dropping the jacket on Booth's lap, Gordon replied, "Put your jacket on and let's go."

Shaking his head, Booth responded, "I can't. Someone may try to call me."

Shaking his head, Gordon cajoled, "If anyone calls, I'm quite certain there is someone here who would be capable of answering the phone. We're just going out into the back yard for a little of that peace you crave."

Standing up, Booth donned his jacket and followed Gordon out in to the back yard. Gordon, stepping out onto the patio, walked over to one of the lawn chairs and removed its snow cover. Sitting down, Gordon watched Booth start to pace around the patio, looking at his watch and then at the back door.

"Why don't you come over here and talk to me?"

Licking his lips, Booth stopped pacing and stared at Gordon. Finally sighing, Booth walked over to the chair next to Gordon and removed the snow cover, sitting down heavily.

"It's not fair. I just got her and Christine back four months ago. It can't end like this. She can't leave without me this time. It's not right. She promised me."

Leaning back into his chair, Gordon folded his arms across his chest, "She hasn't left you on purpose, Booth. Her plane is missing."

Glaring at Gordon, Booth replied, "On purpose or not, if something happens to her and I'm not with her then what am I supposed to do? I don't want her to leave me behind. She promised me that she'd never do that to me again. She promised me."

"I think she would want you to take care of your daughter, don't you think so?"

Shaking his head, Booth leaned back and stared at the sky overhead, "I love Christine, I do. I want everything for her; but, I want Bones. I don't want to be left behind. I want to be where she is. I don't want to be here if she isn't, not anymore. I can't do that."

"But you must, Booth. Christine needs you."

Not answering, tears started to slowly leak down Booth's face. Refusing to answer Gordon, Booth continued to stare at the sky.

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Booth and Gordon had been out on the patio for about two hours when Cam came rushing out of the house, holding a phone in her hand. Cam pushed the pone into Booth's hand and said, "Hurry, answer the phone."

Holding the phone next to his ear, Booth responded, "This is Booth."

Listening, Gordon and Cam watched Booth grow pale and then relief flood his face. Standing up, Booth cried into the phone, "Bones, damn it. Don't you ever to that to me again. . . No, I'm sorry. . . No, I'm not mad I was just worried sick. . . . No, it's ok. . . Why? . . . Ok . . . Bones, I love you. . . You call me as soon as you know and I'll be there waiting. . . I love you Bones. I love you."

Wiping his eyes, Booth put the phone in his pocket and walked away from Gordon and Cam. Walking over towards the back of the yard, Booth sat down on the ground near the back fence and bowed his head to pray. Gordon and Cam, not wanting to embarrass Booth, turned to stare at the back of the house.

Cam, smiling, explained to Gordon, "Their plane ran into a sudden snow storm. The pilot knew about an abandoned airfield and he landed there. They didn't have phone service because of the severe weather conditions and they had to wait all day yesterday and then most of the day today for the storm to clear. Once the storm passed, they had cell service again and the pilot called in their situation and asked for help. Dr. Brennan called here as soon as her cell got some bars. She was very surprised to hear me answer the phone. She didn't realize that so many people were worried about her. She just knew that Booth must be worried and she was afraid of the stress Booth was going through not hearing from her."

Smiling, Gordon responded, "Of course, I expected nothing less."

Frowning, Cam glanced over her shoulder at Booth and then back at the house, "She probably only thought that Booth really cared if she was missing. She forgets that there are lot of people that care about her and that we notice when she isn't with us."

"I am glad that all's well. I really would hate to think what would happen if one of them should disappear from the other's life permanently."

Nodding her head, Cam sighed, "Me too."

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Booth with Christine in his arms, watched Brennan walk in to the waiting area of the small airport. As soon as she entered the area that Booth and Christine were in, she started to search the faces before her. Booth, smiling, reached up his left arm and shouted, "Bones."

Seeing Booth and Christine, Brennan wove her way quickly through the small crowd over towards her little family. Finally reaching Booth, Brennan threw her arms around Booth and Christine and kissed Booth as hard as she could. Booth finally feeling a little light headed, broke the kiss and gasped, "Wow. Save some for home."

Unwilling to release Booth, Brennan held onto him while leaning down and kissed Christine. Looking back up at Booth, Brennan frowned at Booth, "Booth, I promised you that we would have a happy Christmas this year with Christine and that we would do all of the traditional Christmas things that you like to do. I keep my promises Booth. Just so you know that, I keep my promises."

Grinning, Booth hugged Brennan to him and replied, "I know you do Bones. I know you do."

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Ok, I hope I didn't scare anyone.