Thanks a million to Jessi for all the help you have given me, I thank you so much. OK there are only a few more chapters left, sso here is chapter 21, please reivew adn let me know what you all think, thanks for the reivews in the past, you all rock!

As Tempe came back to consciousness she found herself in the back of a moving truck. She was laying on an old mattress and blood stained the old white sheet. She found that the blood was hers and was pouring from a gash in her head, she slowly laid back down on the mattress and fought to stay awake. Her stomach ached and from what she could tell, Tammy was still on. As the truck continued with its journey she could hear the voices of three different men from the other side of the wall that separated them, she felt alone and scared, she fought to breathe and begged her body not to vomit, dizziness came as she lost more blood and she fell back into unconsciousness.

Booth sat in the back of a white van listening as other agents talked about what was going on in the alley. It turns out they had found an exit in a fence and followed it to some great distance, now they sat in front of an old warehouse waiting for anything to happen, any signs of life and they would make a move. It had appeared though that they were too late, if this was even the place. A large white truck passed them as they sat there watching, Booth sat waiting for anything to happen.

"Agent Matthews, do we know where that truck came from?" An agent at Booth's side asked curiously.

"Negative. Looks like it just came from nowhere." The agent replied as Booth watched from one of the cameras.

"Follow it." He said whispering.

"What was that Agent Booth?" Matthews asked.

"I said follow it." He said louder and the van started up as a few other SUV's took off following behind. A few agents stood back to await orders and watched as a fleet of vehicles took off.

"Shit!" The driver yelled when he noticed the flashing lights and sirens behind him.

"PULL OVER THE VEHICLE!" a loud voice yelled over a speaker.

"What do we do, Dillon?" Malcolm asked as Kevin started to pull to the side of the freeway. "Pull out your guns boys. If they want girly, they can have her dead cold body." He said pulling out a rifle.

As the car came to a stop Booth and a few of the other officers approached, but rushed back behind the car as the three men exited the truck all carrying guns. Bullets were fired and Booth watched as one man headed for the back to the truck and opened it, though he couldn't see what was inside he watched as the man shot at random into the confined space. Immediately, Booth fired his gun and watched as the man fell to the ground, blood rushed from the whole in the back of his head. The other two men stood in shock as their friend fell dead to the pavement, seeing the opportunity, the agents rushed over to them and handcuffed them, however, the driver pulled out of it and fired another round, hitting the closest officer in the chest, knocking him back and down to the ground as well.

Daringly, Booth rushed over to the truck and searched around in the dark to find a bloodied woman lying on the mattress, upon closer inspection he found that the woman was Temperance Brennan and that she wasn't breathing. He took her into his arms, covering himself in her blood by mistake and applied pressure to the back of her head. He cried as he held her motionless form and searched for a pulse, finding none, he called for help and listened as the sirens from the ambulance could be heard approaching.

It had been a week and Tempe had been in a coma, the lab had learned the truth behind Tammy and though they were upset, they understood, however, Angela was taking it worse than they had thought. All she cared about was the safety of her friend, she hardly looked at Booth, let alone spoke to him. As she laid there lifeless, Booth watched as Angela sat next to her, confusion ruling her mind as tears fell. No matter how mad she was at him, he knew he had to talk to her and explain.

"Angela?" He asked entering the room. She didn't answer nor did she look up to him. "I'm sorry we lied, but we had direct orders to tell nobody. I'm sorry, if it had been up to me, I would have told you."

"Booth, because you lied, because you brought her into this mess, she may die." She spoke coldly.

"I know, but I just wanted to say I'm sorry, we wanted to tell you."

"You made me believe, she was pregnant and happy, you had me thinking that she was going to live a normal life, now we'll just be lucky if she lives. I'm upset because you lied, but only a little, I'm mostly upset because your lies ended with her like this." Angela cried softly and got up from her seat. "I should let you be with your wife, when she wakes up, she'll want a divorce."

"We've become close, Ange. I don't think she'll ask for one. In the past few months, I've seen her live."

"Have you told Parker?" She asked before walking out of the room.

"Yes."

"How did he take it?"

"He was a bit upset, but knows that sometimes my job requires me to lie about these sorts of things. He understands."

"At least somebody does." She said as she exited the room and walked down the hall.

The next day as Angela sat in the corner of the room with Hodgins watching, Booth stood by Tempe's side, they received the miracle they had been asking for. Tempe slowly opened her eyes and adjusted to the light. She smiled softly as she looked around the room and noticed her friends, though her head pounded she came to fight off the pain and enjoy the time she had with them all.

Later that night as Tempe lay on her bed with Booth at her side, she began asking questions about the case.

"Did we get them?" She asked quietly.

"We got the two, yes."

"I heard three." she stated confused.

"We shot one dead at the time of arrest. He shot at you while you were unconscious, luckily you weren't hit." He said unable to look her in the eyes.

"At least the case is over." She said happily, pulling the ring off of her finger and handed it to him. "We can get the divorce and go back to our normal lives." she stated as he looked over to her confused. This could not be happening.

"After everything we've been through…you're willing to throw that all away?" He asked looking to the ring she placed in her hand.

"Booth, we knew this wouldn't last forever, we knew it had to end sometime. Sure we had our good times, but let's face it, we weren't meant to be together." She said it as if she were explaining to a child about why school was important.

"But after everything…" He said again unable to believe Angela had been right.

"After everything, I just want to go back being friends again, the relationship, it was odd, the sex was great, but other than that it wasn't right." He nodded his head in understanding, but was confused to watch she had said. He loved her and he was positive she loved him, why now?

Tempe looked over to Booth, it hurt him to hear her say the things she did, but she knew it had to be done, that was it, it was over, end of case, get back to the old ways. She watched as he go up from his chair and walked out of the room, what she did was right, but if that were true, why did she feel so bad? She gave a small sigh before placing her face in her hands and cried. She loved him, she needed him, but what she was doing needed to be done. She couldn't afford to loose him. Everybody she loved left, she wouldn't let him do the same and if he did, she wanted to make sure she wouldn't feel the heartache she had in the past. As time ticked on, Tempe wished there was another way