They got back to her office she went in she knew she had some work she had to do she stopped by her office first Temperance said "hello, who are you and what are you doing In my office"

Booth was with her "I know who he is"

Temperance said "one of your Military friends"

Booth said "nope"

The man got up and said "Now Booth… lucky I'm not here for you Sgt to care of that I came for her"

Temperance said "me why"

He said "Body Identification"

Temperance said "why me"

He said "we think it might have something to do with what you found"

Temperance said "we didn't find anything"

He said "I didn't phrase that correctly, what the US case on terrorism that just happened we think that we might have located the bodies and we need you to come and positively identify them"

Temperance said "where are they"

He said "there in area… but we need you to go there first"

Booth said as he sat down in the chair "she's not going any where unless her safety can be assured"

Temperance said "Booth… I can talk for myself, I have been in situations like this before and it is not well advised for the body to be moved and if it is I would have to have photos of where the body was removed from before removal and I prefer to remove it myself"

The Military Agent said "that that can be arranged"

Booth said "I don't think so there are bombs and insurgents it is way, way, way… have soldiers remove it first on under from the doctor"

The Military Agent said "we need her"

Temperance put a hand on his arm "I can handle it…" she turned to the man "when do you need me"

He said "by the end of the week"

Temperance was about to Answer Booth cleared his thought she looked at him and he had a crazed look in his eye even tough he didn't say anything she sighed "I'll let you know my decision before the week is out… but first I need to know something first"

He said "I'll tell you what I can what is it"

Temperance said "Zackary Addie was called upon to serve by the president and I wan to know was he being draft or was he being called in such as I am to help identify bodies"

He said "it was The Presidents formal business and I can't speak of that"

She said "you can't tell me yes or no"

He said "not a liberty to say"

She said walking up to him "well let me be at liberty to say I will do nothing for you till I find out what and where my friend is… give me some concrete information and then and only then will I make my decision to help you"

He said "you drive a tough bargain but I see what I can do"

Temperance smiled "thank you very much… leave the file on my desk" he did and walked out of her office

Booth smiled "good work Bones"

Temperance smiled flopping in her chair they need me more then I need them right now… so I should get something out of it"

Booth said "good one Bones"

Temperance said "what abut you, are you going to do what they asked"

Booth said "I can't… I can't think about it right now"

Temperance said "if it really Bugs you that much maybe you should talk to your therapist"

Booth said "maybe I will… I don' think it's a good idea"

Temperance said "I can handle it… the question is can you"

That night Booth went to talk to Dr. Wyatt he knocked on the door he opened it he said "Ah Agent Booth how may I help you"

Booth said "can I come in"

He nodded "come on in" they sat while he made tea and after they had the tea he sat I his comfee chair across from Booth and said "what can I do for you"

Booth said "I was connected by my superior from the military… he wants me to come in and do one last job"

Gordon said "and you don't want to do it"

Booth looked at him "no… I don't but they seem to think that I will"

Gordon leaned forward "I can't tell you what to do Agent Booth but… just from looking at you the way your whole demeanor changed when you talk about it it's the same thing I saw when you talk about Epps death… your distort it takes you out of your comfort zone it takes away your control you think of being there of loosing your control and you do you have no control of nothing around you and the sheer thought of hit scares you to death… It shakes your whole being and that that is not healthy… you could not go there one day and be able to function… the rest of your life… my advice for you would be not to go under any circumstances"

Booth said "thank you"

Booth goes home and he calls Liz "yeah" she says

H said "I went to talk to my therapist"

Liz said "and"

He said lying on the bed "he told me to not go"

Liz said "what are you going to do"

He said "it involves the case"

Liz said "if you want I'll go"

He said "you can't they want a sniper and you just don't have the training"

Liz said "what are you going to do"

He turned on the side "Temperance is thinking about going to do body identification"

Liz said "god… Booth, I can't tell you what to do… you're a grown man with a mind of your own all I can say is be smart and know what you can handle if Temperance can handle it let her handle it don't go to protect her she can protect herself think about you Booth… I can't tell you what to do but it would hurt me and I know it would hurt her if you went… think about what she is to you Booth… what that means… then choose"

He said "you're really not going to tell me"

She said "I can't that on you big guy"

He said "thank you for listening"

She said "you know I always will… bye"

He smiled "bye"

The next morning

Temperance was in her office going through the File

Booth said "what going on"

Temperance said "good I just miss Angela Hogins and Zack they could figure this out"

Booth said "they could but that why you have… the temporary"

Temperance said "do you really think they might not com back"

Booth said "I can't tell you for certain anything… I can only tell you what I know… about me so know about me, there your friends they love you they may all come back but it's up to them"

Temperance said "a lot of people in my life have left me Booth, and I never forgave them for that"

Booth said "I'm not going anywhere… and you can't resent people for living there lives they would want you to be happy for them" he touched her left hand with his left hand on his ring finger he wore a Military ring.

She put her other hand on his "Thank you"

The video cam come up on her computer "sorry t interrupt a moment guys but we got something here" Liz said over the video

Temperance said "what is it"

Liz said "I'm in the Manhattan lab and we located two skeletons at another scene"

Booth said "same M.O."

Liz said "exactly the same… two kids having to be put in foster care… but to bodies were found"

Both said "that different"

Liz said "not only that there not even from here"

Temperance said "you got an ID"

Liz said "not on the person exactly… I'm going to need you here this afternoon or first thing in the morning… were going to have to do this old school with out Angela"

Temperance winced "pin pointing the face feature and pudding it creating a clay sculpted face over the skulls"

Liz said "sooner the better I'll clean them and get them started but get here please"

Temperance said "I'll be there"

Booth said leaning over her shoulder "we'll be there… besides I need to talk to you"

Liz smiled "I'll b waiting I'll see you his afternoon"

New York

Liz got off turning back to the table getting up going back to the medical examiners room and found Tru Davis going over the body "this is bad"

Liz said "I do it every day"

Tru said "I'm a forth year medical student… never seen this"

Liz said "yeah… if you worked with us you'll see this and much worse" Liz got started marking off the skull

Booth and Temperance got the by noon thy checked into there hotel rooms and then Temperance headed right to Lab Liz was finishing marking the second skull and said "bout time for you to show up"

Temperance said "what it's only two"

Liz sad "and t could take us days to sculpt this faces ad this is when I really miss Angela and the Angelator

Temperance went over to the skull "wish had aught us how to use the thing then this really could have been easy"

Liz asked making something on the clip board "where's Booth"

Temperance said "he had some questioning he wanted to talk to some of the people at the scene"

Liz went back to the skull "that's Booth… very thorough" they took the sculpting clay out and started working on there individual skulls sitting at the table "are you really going to go"

Temperance said "I've been thought that type of thing before but the difference was I was not exposed to It for a very long time I was exposed to it for oh… a week, two… three I was studying in that type of environment under one of my professors"

Liz was working on the cheeks "did anything happen"

Temperance was starting around the eyes "I had a crush on the professor and he took a bunch of students over during the last conflict and we were studying some stuff I got kidnapped and held hostage for 7 days… I was lucky I was rescued"

Liz glanced at her over her glasses "and you're thinning about going back"

Temperance shrugged "they need me, some things I need to face about that type of events what happen to me… and I need to check on Zack"

Liz shook her head "you're going for all the wrong reasons… people go over there and risk there lives because they eel it's there mission they feel like there fighting for a cause"

Temperance looked at her "I'm not fighting"

Liz put her hands on her knees and turned her chair to face her "that my point people there are fighting for there lives and they want to be there your not going there because you want to be there your going to prove a point… your going to check on a friend that you may never even see… with training and all Zack might not get there until the end of the summer… if he's there to work he might get scared become a target and be killed… and you still won't see him the thing you need to do is make sure when your going there your mentally prepared for what you might see… again it's damaging and if your going you need to be aware of everything and there specifically for one reason the bones and completely aware of your safety because when your not aware of that what happen to you the first time could happen again… you can't go there worried about Booth or Zack or some point you want to prove… because that" she looked her in the eye "WILL get you killed… not to mention the fact you are very important to the military because you can figure out just who did it… they could kill you for that alone… don't go unless you want take"

Temperance glanced at her and back at the skull "is that what you told Booth"

Liz said "Booth should only go if he believes what he's fighting for and if it's worth the long term damage it's going to case him to be back there"

Temperance said "you know about the boy whose father he killed"

Liz looked down and started playing with her fingers "yeah, that was one of the things that think he never got over" she looked up at Temperance "that what ruined us… but then maybe not he killed a lot if it wasn't that it was something else he did that messed us up… part of me will always believe I reminded him of that war that why we could never work out, I was part of it and that destroyed us"

Temperance said "I'm sure that's not true"

Liz said "maybe not that the way I feel about it"

Temperance said "you loved him didn't you"

Liz stepped the corner of her eyes with her fingers "yeah if I hadn't I wouldn't have married him… that doesn't change the fact that were better off as friends"

Temperance said "but you would do anything for him"

Liz smiled "wouldn't you… now that you're in this new phase of your relationship"

Temperance looked down at her grandmothers ring and smiled "yeah"

Booth came in "hey Bones, we need to go talk to the kids, are you coming, or do you want me to do this one myself"

Temperance said "oh yeah sure" Liz smiled and patted her shoulder

Booth and Temperance reached the house she said "I thought the children were moved into foster care"

He answered walking up the steps "this is the children's foster home for now"

Temperance folded her arms across her chest "they moved them that fast" she looked at him

He looked back at her over his sunglass "if you don't think you can handle this you can wait in the car… you don't have to go in with me"

Temperance looked at the porch floor "No, I want to do this I need to do this I have to get over it I'll get past it"

Booth knocked the woman opened the door "hello, how may I help you"

Booth took off his sunglasses "hello, I'm agent Booth and this is forensic Anthropologist Temperance Brennan, we're here to talk to the Marie and John Livingston if you don't mind ma'am"

She thought a minute, them let them in "it's just that they been through so much, I don't know… but you can try"

She got the children the girl was 14 and the boy was 16 Booth said cautiously "is there anything that you can tell me"

The girl was playing with something the boy was playing the game the girl said "we saw them that morning"

Temperance said "did they say anything about going anywhere wee they were going"

The boy said "they never tell us anything, we barely even see them, we come in we go to our side of the house and we don't se them until dinner time"

Temperance was confused "why is that, you did get along with your family"

The girl looked confused "of course we did we loved our family"

Booth said "she didn't mean anything buy it… we just want to find out what happen to them so we can bring them home"

The girl said hysterical "you can't there dead"

Temperance said "were not trying to scare you… they might not be you have to think positive, when I was a kid my parents went missing on Christmas, but guess what… my dad came back, and he helped me find the rest of my family"

The girl said "you think they will"

Temperance said "if they don't me and my friend her will see if we can find the rest of your family"

The girl smiled "you will"

Booth smiled "we will" they got up and left after saying goodbye

They got outside and Booth came down the steps behind her "it was nice what you did back there"

Temperance said "I know I learned some of that from you"

He smirked going around the car "but what you told them was good"

She got in "I plan to keep that promise"

He gets in from him the drivers side shutting the door "if you do I will help you just like I'm helping you with yours"

She smiled as she buckled her belt "I know you would" he started the car smiling

They got back to the lab and Liz was still working Temperance said she had something she had to do she would be back to the lab Booth watched her work she was almost done with her bust he didn't ant to interrupt her she didn't say anything for a while and them smiled glancing toward his direction but not turning around "is there something you wanted… or do you just like to watch"

He said "oh sorry it's just I never seen you do that"

She said "something you have to learn early in the forensic field… between the surgical, examining cadavers and bones themselves it like when you learn to draw a human you go from Skelton to muscle to figure to figures to clothing… forensics were backwards we work with the people, then the surgical, dead body, bones and sculpture"

He said "I never knew that"

She laughed glancing back at him and said "you work with an anthropologist everyday and you don't even know what she went thought to get that title"

He said "well she doesn't know everything I went though to become a marine"

She said "true but you never thought to tell her"

He said "no"

She said "maybe you should if you're both going Iraq by the end of the week"

He laughed "we didn't confirm that"

She said "you did have to" she got up and took off her gloves and washed her hands and dried them turning to him while she whipped them on a towel "I know you both and your both as stubborn as each other and her going to see those kids today cemented the deal, she's going … I know she is" she walked towards him folding her arms and if she's going your going"

He said "you can't know that"

She smirked "Booth we were married for four years, you're a protector… your going to go because you wanted to protect her" she giggled smiling "no pun intended"