Title: The right decision?

Disclaimer: Last time I checked I still didn't own Bones.

A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Thanks so much! I was totally overwhelmed with the amount of reviews. I hope you all had a great Christmas! Sorry for the lack of updates. I had so much school work going on. I highly doubt that I have time to update before the 21 of January. I have test week and oral exams :S and I really want to do it well. Otherwise I won't graduate this year.

Thanks to my Beta reader, uscfbfan. And check out her new and super awesome story. Means, Motive and Opportunity.

So... would Booth still be alive?

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Chapter.5

Brennan looked up from the position in her chair. She was visibly shaking. She could barely get the words out, "He's hurt Ange...they told me he's in the hospital he has 2 gunshot wounds, one in his chest and one in his stomach, he lost a lot of blood...the doctors said they think he won't make it." She whispered the past part.

Angela wanted to scream, to fall apart, but she knew that she couldn't. Not at this second. She formulated the words carefully. "I'm so sorry Sweetie. Booth's tough, he'll get through this. Did they tell you which hospital?"

"No they wouldn't tell me…" Brennan was still sobbing. Angela looked at her friend she couldn't stand seeing her friend like this. She gave the boys a look and Hodgins and Zach tried to calm her down while Angela took actions in her own hands and called the FBI.

Angela dialed the number and got some kind of intern on the phone. Probably a blonde bimbo she thought. "Hi, my name is Angela Montenegro and I really need information about Agent Booth now, he was in an undercover operation." Angela told the young intern in her sweetest, but don't mess with me voice.

"I'm sorry but I can't release any information." She answered professionally.

"Look, I'm not asking you to hack in to some classified list and give me information on current missions; I already know what I need to know about the agent in question. I need to know the name of the hospital he was taken too, and now!" Angela demanded. "I will call Sam Cullen then."

"I'm sorry ma'am I can't tell you." She replied with sympathy.

"Look... I don't have time for this crap. My best friend is sobbing her heart out because her partner whose kid she's taking care of is in the hospital and the Doctors say he probably won't make it. And if that's going to happen, and that is a big if, she has to right to know in which hospital he is so she and his son can visit and talk him through it." Angela's voice went from calm to furious. She was now yelling at the intern.

"I'm sorry ma'am, I understand your frustration, but I'm not allowed to tell you."

"Just give me the name of the hospital please." Her voice was calm again, this time she begged. If worse came to worse, they would just call all their friends and have them stake out the major hospitals in the area.

Luckily it didn't come down to that. The girl gave up and finally gave Angela the name of the hospital. Angela hung up, and put the phone on the table.

She walked over to Brennan and the guys. Brennan already calmed down a little bit. She was gaining some composure back.

"Bren I got the name of the hospital. He's in the Bethesda Memorial Hospital." Angela lowered her voice and spoke calmly to her.

Brennan hugged her friend; she didn't know what to do without her best friend. Ange was always there when she needed her. Angela went to the kitchen to get her a drink, and she drank it without any hesitation. Her face was still teary and Angela offered to get a tissue.

Brennan looked up and saw Parker standing in the hallway, he was in pajamas. Parker immediately ran over to Brennan when he saw her tear stained eyes.

"Tempe...Are you alright?" Parker knew his guardian wasn't alright, and that something was wrong.

"Honey, you're supposed to be in bed." She walked over to him offering him her hand. She was going to put him back to bed.

"I woke up because I heard yelling." The young boy answered simply. He just wasn't prepared for the scene in front of him.

Hodgins, Zach, and Brennan glanced at Angela. "Yeah..uh..sorry Bren. I got a little mad with a useless FBI intern." She answered sheepishly as Brennan was leading her ward to bed.

When Parker heard the word FBI he was confused, would his daddy be alright?

"Is Daddy alright?" Parker demanded, sounding more like Booth in an interrogation room.

"Do you remember when I told you about daddy catching bad people?" Brennan said, questioning the young boy.

Parker nodded, suddenly not liking where this was going.

"And when I told you that it could be possible that your daddy gets hurt?"

"Yes." He answered softly. He definitely wasn't liking this.

"The bad people hurt Daddy and he's in the hospital now." She explained to him. She tried to keep the tears at bay. She needed to stay strong for him, but she just couldn't sop the tears.

"Is Daddy going to die like Mom did?" Parker whispered trying to wrap his mind around what was happening.

"I don't know Parker." Brennan answered him truthfully. She picked him up wrapping him up in a hug.

"No! Daddy can't die, I don't want daddy to die." He started whimpering in her arms, tears freely flowing down both their faces. They both stopped crying, and pulled back from the embrace.

"Sweetie, Angela and I are going to the hospital. Zach and Hodgins will look after you, 'kay?" Brennan said, hoping Parker would cooperate and stay with Zach and Hodgins.

"Tempe...I want to come too." Unfortunately for her. He didn't listen.

"No Parker...you need to sleep…" She tried to take her best "mom" voice with him, but it didn't seem to take the needed affect.

"No! I won't go sleeping. I want to go with you." He put on his shoes and grabbed his teddy bear waiting for her to stop him.

Brennan was too tired to argue. She saw no other solution than taking Parker to the hospital with her.

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Angela stepped on the gas of her BMW. It was a nice car. Hodgins gave it to her on Valentine's Day. They decided to take Angela's car because it was the biggest car and everyone would fit in it, unlike in Brennan's car. Brennan sat in the back, she was holding Parker. The boy had fallen asleep again shortly after they left.

The ride to the hospital in Bethesda was an agony for Brennan. She wanted to be with Booth as soon as possible. She silently cursed the speed laws, which Angela was effectively breaking. After driving for an hour on high speed, they finally arrived at the hospital. They rushed inside to the nearest secretary.

"Hi, I need to know in what room Seeley Booth is." Brennan said, she decided to leave the ''Special Agent'' part out. She knew that they probably wouldn't give her any information if she told them he was an agent.

The secretary typed his name into her computer.

"Is he one of the agents that were brought in?" the unit secretary asked when she saw the name that appeared on the screen.

"Yes, he is." Brennan answered politely, knowing that she needed this person if she wanted to get any information about Booth.

"How did you know he was in this hospital? The FBI said they didn't let anyone know."

"The FBI told me, I need to see him; I have the right to see him. He's my partner and I'm taking care of his son."

"I'm sorry, but I can't help you."

"I know you have orders, But I need this information... I'm begging you to tell me. I'm his next of kin." She rationalized with her. She felt the tears getting ready to come again. She was so frustrated by now. Parker was getting heavy in her arms, and all she wanted to do was find out what was going on with her partner.

The girl finally gave in. She felt sorry for the crying woman.

"Room 402 on the 7th Floor." She answered.

Brennan thanked the young secretary, mentally jotting her name down to send her something a little later for the trouble.

They were finally on the 7th floor. Hodgins, Angela, Zach and Parker stayed in the waiting room. Brennan walked through the hallway searching for Booth's room.

She was almost there...399..400..401..402. She stood in front of his door. Brennan was afraid, afraid of what she might see behind the door. The person she loved was behind those doors hooked up to all different kinds of machines and monitors. What if he didn't make it.

It surprised her that there weren't any guards in front of his room. She could just walk in. She decided to go back. She didn't like the idea of sneaking into his room. Brennan was going to ask someone how he was doing and whether she could see him or not. That is when she saw a nurse, coming out a room.

"Excuse me ma'am, I'm a relative from Seeley Booth, he's in room 402. The FBI told me he was in this hospital; do you know how he is? Can I see him?" She rambled on to the nurse who gave her a sympathetic look.

"I'll get the doctor." The woman walked away and Brennan was left alone...waiting. She was so damn sick of waiting. The nurse came back with the doctor.

"I'm Doctor Carlson I'm your …." He didn't know what Brennan was to the patient so he quickly amended what he was going to say "I'm Seeley Booth's doctor."

"Dr. Temperance Brennan, Booth's partner." She outstretched her hand, and he shook it.

"How did you find out your partner was here?"

"The FBI gave me the name of the hospital. I figured the rest out on my own." She decided not to involve the secretary in the story. She didn't want her to get fired.

"I see." This must of have been the partner that he patient was speaking about before he went underneath the influence of the medications.

"How is Booth doing?"

"Your partner was shot in the stomach and the chest. The shot in his chest missed his vital organs with less than a centimeter, the shot in his stomach which caused damage to his spleen and liver. We operated him and we were able to repair the damage to his liver. His spleen was damaged to badly and we decided to remove it. A human can have a normal life without a spleen. The operations were very risky, but we hardly had any complications. He's on medication, but I'm happy to report that he'll be fine." The doctor smiled, happy to be able to deliver good news to her.

Brennan relief flooded her. She had expected the worse when the FBI said that the doctors didn't think he was going to make it. She collapsed into the nearest chair. "Dr. Brennan, are you okay?" He was concerned for her. She looked fatigued.

"I'm great. Booth is going to be fine . . ." The words escaped her mouth just as Angela walked in hearing those words. Angela squealed, hugging the doctor for Brennan who was just exhausted.

The doctor looked at her, deciding that she needed something for the fatigue. "Nurse, take Dr. Brennan in to see her partner and order her a breakfast tray with coffee."

"Can I see him?" She didn't know if she heard him correctly. She wanted to see him with her own eyes, to hold his hand, to feel him again.

"Yes. You can see him but I don't think he's awake yet." He smiled at her. He bade her a farewell, warning her she would need to keep up her strength and to eat the food coming up, and he needed to take off to check out some other patients.

"He's going to be okay Ange!" Brennan said as she hugged her friend.

"Go see him." They broke free from the hug and Brennan went to Booth's room.

She walked through the hallway again. This time she had permission to see him. She hardly noticed she was already there. The nurse nodded, gesturing in for her to go in. The nurse had set up the breakfast tray and on of those hard hospital recliners that folded into a bed for overnight visitors. She knew she wouldn't need it. She wasn't going to go to sleep for awhile. She just wanted to look at him, drink him in. She took a deep breath and stepped into the room. For the first time in 6 months she saw Booth. He was pale. She walked to the side of the bed and sat down in the recliner.

Brennan wanted to say something but she didn't know what. She was so happy that he was alive. She took her hand in his and her thumb softly brushed the skin of his hand.

"Hey Booth. You know I usually don't do this and I'm very bad at these kind of things and I don't think you'll hear this. No offense but you're unconscious." She was rambling. She had enough things to say, but she didn't know how to tell him.

"I need you to wake up. I need to tell you some things." She pleaded with him. He didn't know about Rebecca or Parker's living situation.

But Booth didn't wake up.

Angela appeared in the doorway. "Sweetie. We're going to rent a room in the hotel across the street, we'll take Parker with us so he can rest a little do you want us to rent a room for you?" Brennan nodded.

"Thanks Ange, I'll see you in a few hours"

Brennan was tired; she'd been up all night. She rested her head on Booth's blanket and drifted to sleep, even though she wasn't planning on it. She wanted to stay awake to talk with him about things.

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Booth felt a slight pressure on his blanket. His head ached as hell and his chest and stomach hurt.

Where was he? He couldn't come up with a place where he could be. Would he still be held hostage?

He finally had the strength to open his eyes. He looked around. Obviously he was in a hospital. He felt something move on his blankets.

He saw brown hair. She lay with her head on his sheets. Suddenly it hit him. Hard. He realized who it was.

"Bones?"

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