Hey sorry for the very long delay on this chapter, this is my exam year so I'm trying to cram in homework, chapters and a social life, but I'm just talented. Wow loads of reviews on my last chapter!!! I think that was my favorite chapter, I really enjoyed writing it, especially when I read it over at the end with Chasing Cars in it!!! I nearly cried!!! Beware there is kind of a twist in this chapter not major but its a twist to do with Booth finding Brennan. Also the address in this chapter is completely bogus I made it up! I have decided that there will be only about 2 or 3 chapters left, but I was thinking about doing a sequel but we'll see!!!! I have devised a new Cookie, it is utter genius, completely based on the two best things in life chocolate and BOOTH!!! I will make a new Cookie for every chapter!!!! Here is the new improved Cookie for my lovely reviewers and all those who read my last chapter: Angeleyes46, fifi, mustang, hsmlover01, mendenbar, bb-4ever, heroesbonesSNPB and Beagle, A Triple chocolate Booth cookie drenched in chocolate and topped with chocolate pieces Enjoy!!!!!
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Brennan woke up in a uncomfortably cramped room with only one, small, half boarded up window in the corner with only a small stream of light protruding through it. She lay on the cold, dark concrete floor and looked up to see a large steel door, all rust covered and marked. She rolled onto her right side and winced at the pain that came screaming from her wrist, she now clearly remember just before they took her away about Calvin breaking her wrist. Her once white t-shirt was now covered in a mixture of blood and dirt, she lifted her head to assess her injuries, a piece of her t-shirt was torn with a blood dripping from it. Her mind travelled back to the house and the events that took place. Booth. He was the first thing that popped into her head, terror filled her and she felt the guilt dropping into the pit of her stomach like a tonne of bricks.
Her eyes began to fill up with tears which she just let roll down her cheeks, so desperately wanting Booth to come along and wipe then away. Now a mixture of rage and guilt bubbled under her skin and she began to desperately pull and jerk at the ropes around her wrists, they dug and cut into her wrists making red bands around them. She failed. The ropes were too strong, it would be impossible for her to get herself free. She refused to give up, kicking her legs around furiously, she eventually managed to free herself from the ropes around her ankles. When she finally kicked them out of her way, she propped herself up against the wall across from the door and tried to find a slightly comfortable way to sit.
She suddenly heard some scuttering and incoherent whispering coming from outside the door, she sat up straight and took a deep breath. The huge door creaked open and crashed against the wall behind it, sending chips of the wall flying around the room. Brennan closed her eyes, letting one tear crash to floor below her, she heard the three sets of footsteps slowly edge closer to her. She was abruptly grabbed by what she guessed was Santos and Ben, and she was hastily led out of the room.
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Booth put his cell phone back into his pocket and settled down back into driving after a tense and awkward conversation with Russ. Russ knew that Booth did everything he could to stop Calvin and he thanked him, even though Booth wasn't totally convinced her went along with it anyway. Although a call about Brennan getting kid-napped was almost second nature to Booth, he still felt the familiar stomach churn everytime he had to tell someone, especially when it was her brother.
Russ had agreed to meet Booth at the gas-station where 'Brennan' was seen, which Booth was twenty minutes away from. He pounded down the quite highway, completely ignoring the growing speed of his car. He stared absent-mindedly out onto the road, trying to prevent a crashing his car, he gathered his thoughts and tried to think things through in a semi-logical way. He pulled his gun from the small of his back, the cold metal digging into his back, he flicked the safety on and placed it on the passengers seat.
He pulled up at the gas station ten minutes later, after some questionable driving and some obvious disobeying of the speed limit. He quickly grabbed his gun and placed it back into the small of his back and jogged out of his car and walked straight up to the door, pushing it open, making it crash against the wall behind it. He walked up to a tall, timid man in about his mid-thirties and flashed his badge at him. He gave Booth a small subtle nod and he continued to look nervously around the desolate room. Booth tilted his head to the side, to look him straight in the eye but he still insisted on looking aimlessly around the room. Finally, the man looked at Booth, he took the cap from his head and placed it carefully on the counter.
"Are you the man who called the FBI, anonymously?" Booth asked suspiciously.
"Y-Yeah, M-My names J-Jake, T-Those guys came in, W-With the G-Girl in the back." He said quietly.
"Mmm Hmmm, so you just happened to see her?" Booth asked, his suspicion growing.
"Y-Yeah, I was filling up T-Their car when I saw her." Jake said, pointing out to the yard.
"Did you hear anything about where they were going?" Booth asked with no response. "Look, I'm gonna say this one more time...Did you hear anything about where they were heading?" Booth asked again, aggravation bubbling inside him.
Again Jake did not answer, the anger bubbling under Booth's skin exploded all over Jake, Booth grabbed by the collar of his t-shirt and crashed him against the wall. He grabbed his gun from the small of his back and pressed it into Jake's forehead, his eyes shifted to the 38 calaber hand-gun pressed into his head and to Booth's eyes which were blazing.
"She's my partner, my partner and if anything happens to her, it'll be you I'm after." Booth threatened. "Now, where are they going?" Booth asked again, this time a little more calmly.
"T-They said something about this...abandoned house." Jake admitted, trembling.
"Where?" Booth said angrily.
"I-I D-Didn't hear the actual address B-But it was on Avon-Tree Avenue, about fifteen minutes away."
Booth nodded, he pulled the gun away from his head and he let out a relieved breath , Booth looked up at Jake suspiciously, who just busied himself with the dirty surfaces of the counter, he turned around on his heel and walked slowly out the door, stealing one more suspicious glance at Jake before he left. He shook his head and walked quickly over to his car and standing infront of it was none other than Russ Brennan. Booth took in a long, drawn out breath and slowly walked towards him, Russ extended his arm and Booth shook it, receiving a small nod. Booth nodded towards his car, Russ simply nodded and made his may to the passengers seat.
"So...What did he tell you?" Russ asked nervously.
"That they were headin' to this...abandoned house on...Avon-Tree Avenue, fifteen minutes away." Booth replied, with a pensive look plastered across his face.
"What?" Russ asked inquisatively.
"He just seemed suspicious thats all." Booth informed him.
"Hmm, so are we gonna go save my sister or talk about the creep at the gas station?" Russ asked, Booth threw him a don't-even-dare look and the smile on his face quickly faded.
Booth pulled out of the gas station, passing Russ' shiny blue car which the sun was now rising on, sending glares of light across the road, momentarily blinding Booth and Russ. Their eyes adjusted quickly and Booth drove on, the speed of his car increasing rapidly, the sun now peeking its head over the horizon. Booth continued to power up the now slightly crowded road, his aggravation growing with a woman who's speed was about that of a snail. The aggravation exploded and he went out onto the side road and over took four cars until there was no others in sight.
Booth grabbed his cell from his pocket and dialled Angela's number, he put it onto loud-speaker and placed the cell on the dash board. There was an answer a few rings later and they were greeted by an unusually sad voice of Angela.
"Hello?"
"Angela its Booth, look we got where their headin', call Cullen and tell him I want back-up at Avon-Tree Avenue." Booth explained, as Angela wrote it down.
"Okay, are you sure you don't wanna wait 'cause you can't go alone?" Angela asked, her voice brighter now.
"No, uhm Russ is here." Booth told her.
"Oh...Hey!" Angela greeted, unsure of what to say.
"Hi." Russ said flatly.
"Okayyyy, I'll call Cullen...Be careful, both of you." Angela ordered.
"Yes Angela, bye." Booth said, flipping the phone over and stowing it back in his pocket.
Booth looked over at Russ who was now going through that stage, which Booth was still lingering in, Russ sat staring absent-mindedly out of the window his gaze not focusing on anything in particular. Booth opened his mouth to speak but closed it again as there would be no reasoning with him when he was like this, just like Booth had been with Angela, Hodgins and Zach.
Booth wondered if he was anything like Russ was right now, or if he were worse, Booth definately felt worse as partially was to blame. Booth continued to think about Brennan, thoughts whizzing into his head which he wanted just to push back out again, he thought about the horrible things that they could be doing to her. He mentally punched himself and shook those thought to the back of his head and continued on up the road, with that ever present feeling that it was his fault.
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Jake watched as Booth's black SUV sped on up the road, turning into only a small dot as he got further away. He turned away from the counter and grabbed his cap which was lying idly on the counter, he placed it on his head tilting it to the side and stealing a glance at himslef in a cracked window opposite him. He pulled a cell-phone from under the counter, picked it up, pressed a few buttons and put the phone to his ear.
"Yes?" A voice said.
"It's Jake, their on their way." Jake chuckled.
"Thank you." The voice thanked.
Calvin flipped his cell closed and crammed it into his pocket and ordered Santos and Ben through to the main room of the house, where they dumped Brennan in the middle of the room like a rag-doll. It was a large living room with high ceilings, antique furniture covered with plastic sheets, the dark mahogany floors sanded to a smooth perfection. Brennan's eyes were still clasped shut, still not daring to open them.
Calvin sat on one of the antique seat like he were royalty, his loyal subjects standing protectively in front of him like guard dogs and the victim lying helpless in the middle of the floor. He gulped down a clear liquid from a glass in his hand and through it angrily across the room, he stood up and stomped over to Brennan. He took one long draw from a cigarette and flicked it aimlessly across the room, dropping down onto the floor and smouldering silently. He stood over Brennan who lay still on the floor below him, completely motionless, he looked up at his two guards and ordered them out the room and the walked out, closing the door behind them.
Calvin picked Brennan up by the scruff of her neck, which made her open her eyes no matter how much she tried to keep them closed. He made her look at him, his eyes burning into hers and his grip around the back of her neck tightening. She begged him to let her go but he just drowned out her pleads. After minutes of Brennan's begs, Calvin began to get annoyed and tossed her to the side and walked over to the window and stared out the partially covered window. She eventually sat up, the ropes around her ankles and wrists now digging so deeply into her that crimson blood began to run down them.
"So...How was it killing my father?" Calvin asked.
"Wh...Wait I didn't kill your father." Brennan told him.
"Exactly...You didn't...But your scum-bag partner did." Calvin shouted.
"H...He isn't a scum-bag." Brennan snapped.
"Don't worry, you'll see him soon." Calvin whispered, but not quiet enough.
Brennan's eyes widened in sheer terror. "W-What?"
Calvin just shook his head and continued to stare out the window, he took another cigarette and lit it up momentarily lighting up the dull room. He let the grey smoke flow silently out his mouth and rise up to the ceiling where it disappeared into the darkness of the room. He dropped the cigarette onto the floor and walked over to Brennan again, he stood over her looking deep into her eyes. He punched her. The blow was so sudden it was even harder than she thought. She was now lying face down onto the hard floor where Calvin continued to kick her repeatedly in the stomach, she writhed in pain on the floor and Calvin still continued. He stopped after moments of repeated kicking and punching, he looked down at Brennan who was now lying motionless on the floor, completely unconscious.
He shouted on Santos and Ben who quickly ran in the room and carried Brennan out and back down to that cramped room in the basement. Calvin walked over to a small table with many miscellaneous bottles of alcohol distributed messily over it, he picked up a bottle and began to take large swigs from it. Santos and Ben entered the room, walking quickly towards him.
"Boss, you don't wanna drink do ya...I mean you'll struggle to stand." Ben said taking the bottle from his hand.
"Your right, I'm gonna want to hit that bitch and her boyfriend...who is on his way by the way." Calvin informed them, receiving a happy smile from Santos.
Calvin waved the two of them away and they walked out the door with no questions asked, they began to talk about how hard Santos was going to hit Booth, Calvin began to laugh at it and he stared out of the window looking out at the start of the street, waiting for that black SUV.
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Now I think I should get an award for the person who takes the longest to write a chapter: That one is officially mines!!!! How was that chapter then? Lets see how many reviews I can get for this chapter :D Who can get Cookies, you can !!!!!
