I just want to thank everyone for the AMAZING response I got to this story. I really hope you continue to follow it. Here's the next chapter. It is a continuation of the end of the last chapter.

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"Fine! Go to her, Seeley. Tell her you love her!" Hannah finally said, throwing her hands in the air in defeat. "But once you go running to her and find out that she is completely fine, you will come back here and explain everything to me, just like you promised."

"Find out that she's fine? Did you even see what was on the news? There is no way could she be fine after that!" Seeley yelled as he spun to face her again, tears streaking down his face. "Look, Hannah. I don't know what state Bones will be in or how long I will be. I will come back, because I promised. But right now, Bones is my first priority."

With that Booth grabbed his keys from the bowl and angrily put his shoes back on, before leaving and slamming the door behind him.

Not bothering to wait for the elevator, Booth went straight for the stairs, taking two at a time. As soon as he pulled out onto the roads, his jaw dropped. The streets were covered with people. People standing anxiously watching everyone else. People sitting on the curb in tears. People huddling together talking about what had happened. It was absolute mayhem.

Driving slowly, though it almost killed him, careful of the people crowding the streets. As he got closer to Brennan's area, the mayhem grew, as did the number of people on the streets. It got to the point where he had to park his car on the curb and make the rest of the way on foot. He could see smoke a little way off in the distance. The sound of fire engines, ambulances and police cars filled the streets; their sirens likely making everyone in the district.

Pushing his way through the crowd, Booth ran once he got into a clearing. Again and again he would reach patches of the city where it was almost impossible to move through the crowds. He began to pass partly collapsed buildings and comes that had caught fire.

Rounding the last corner, Booth felt as though his heart had been swallowed by his stomach. There was barely anything left of Brennan's building. It was the opposite side of the building to Brennan's apartment that was damaged the worst, which gave him a little reassurance that she would be okay.

"Excuse me, officer, I need to get through here," Booth said, as he reached the taped off area surrounding Brennan's apartment.

"I'm sorry, sir. It's authorised personnel only," the officer said.

"You don't understand, I'm with the FBI. Special Agent Seeley-" Booth stopped as he reached for his pocket and found no badge. Crap! he thought as he remembered that his badge and ID were on the counter back home. "I don't have my badge on me now, but if you call Director Cullen, he can tell you who I am."

"I'm sorry, sir. This is not a matter of the FBI. If you could please step aside."

"No! I need to get through. My – my partner lives in one of those apartments. I need to find her and get her out. She – she can't die."

The officer turned to face him and said, "all occupants of these apartments have already been brought out. If you go over to the first aid area just over there, you will find her."

"Thankyou!"

Running in the direction that the man indicated, Booth found the first aid area. People were lying in stretchers, the fire that followed the earthquake leaving their bodies in burns. People were in their dressing gowns, being checked over by paramedics, but seemingly were fine. He couldn't see her anywhere.

Noticing Brennan's neighbour, Mrs Andrews, Booth ran over to her.

"Mrs Andrews. Its me, Seeley Booth. Dr Brennan's partner," he said hurriedly.

"Oh Seeley, you're here. Have you found Temperance?"

"No, I can't find her anywhere and she isn't answering her cell. Have you seen her at all since the – the earthquake?"

"No, dear, I'm sorry I haven't."

Tears threatening to spill once again, Booth began to search for her again, but then noticed a few paramedics off to the side.

Moving closer to them, Booth froze a moment later. There were the badly injured people and the people who were only a little bit shaken up. And then there were the people who lay unmoving on stretchers, their bodies covered in white sheets. There were five of them in total. Just the site of that made him want to vomit.

Running back to the officer he first spoke to, he said through tears, "she's not there! She'll still in her apartment. I have to go and find her." Making a move to get past him, the officer quickly put a hand to his chest.

"Sir, I already told you. You cannot go in there. Everyone has been brought out. Go back to the first aid area and have another look."

"I already looked! She wasn't there!"

When the officer made no move to let him through, Booth's anger overflowed. Swinging his fist, it connected hard with the officer's jaw. In a moment police officers had hurried over. One grabbed Booth by the upper arms and pulled him away from the tape.

"No, I have to save her!" Booth yelled as they continued to restrain him. "BONES! Bones!"

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