"Angela?" She heard Booth say. Temperance opened her eyes and saw none other than Angela Montenegro, Dr. Zackary Addy, and Dr. Jack Hodgins standing in the doorway, each holding a gun.
"What the…?" Temperance began to say as Angela ran to her and hugged her.
"Oh Bren. Did you really think we would let you do this on your own?" Angela squealed, hugging her best friend.
"We followed your car and watched with my infrared camera until you were away from Sully." Hodgins said proudly, pulling out a Swiss army knife and first releasing Anna and Lily, and then Booth.
"Sully is the one?" Temperance asked, quieting everyone in the room. "What's wrong?" She asked.
"There's something you need to know, but we can't tell you in front of the twins." Zack said quietly. Booth realized that the squints had watched their friend and boss when she was unconscious.
"Where is the bast--I mean, where's Sully?" Booth asked, remembering that there were two five-year-olds in the room.
"I was making sure he was dead." Cam said, entering the room.
"So the first shot--" Temperance began.
"Was Zack shooting the bodyguard." Hodgins said, patting Zack's back. "And the second shots…" He said, looking around at his friends.
"Was all of us shooting Sully." Cam said quietly. "After what he did to you, we all wanted a piece of him."
"Well we need to get you four to a hospital, and since there's one right across the street…" Zack said as they all headed for the stairs.
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Anna and Lily had been checked out, and luckily only had abrasions on their wrists and ankles where the ropes had been. Booth got his head cleaned up where the man had hit him, and Temperance had just been checked for other injuries when Angela entered the family's hospital room.
"Ange, I want to know what happened." Temperance said, staring into her best friend's eyes. "I don't care who tells me, I just need to know."
"Booth, could you take Anna and Lily to the cafeteria? I'm sure they're hungry." Angela said. Booth nodded, then scooped the girls up and exited the room, closing the door behind him.
Booth took Anna and Lily to eat, and after about an hour, ventured back to the hospital room. When he got there, Angela was just leaving.
"How is she?" Booth asked, holding Anna and Lily's hands. Angela simply looked down and shook her head.
"She needs you right now." She whispered, looking up at him and smiling. "Come on girls, let's go see what Uncle Jack is doing." She said. Anna and Lily nodded and followed Angela to the waiting room as Booth carefully entered the room. He saw Temperance lying on her side, looking out the window. He slowly walked over and stood in front of her, blocking her view.
"Bones…" He said quietly.
"Booth, I'm probably pregnant." Temperance said quickly, staring up at him. "He raped me for forty-five minutes straight." She added as she attempted to sit up, only to break down in tears. Booth stayed where he was, afraid of scaring her. It tore his heart to see her like this.
"Temperance, I'm so sorry." He said.
"Don't be." She said. "Booth, please just hold me?" She asked, looking at him. To Booth, she looked like an abandoned teenager in the foster system again. He carefully sat on the bed next to her, and as soon as he did, she threw her head into his shoulder and began to sob.
"Bones, are you going to keep the child?" He asked.
"If I do, you're going to leave me, aren't you?" Temperance sobbed, gripping his T-shirt with her fist.
"Temperance Brennan, I will never leave you." He said quietly, a silent tears traveling down his cheek. "I promise. No matter what happens, I will never leave you or the girls."
"What about…?"
"Bones, we don't know if you're pregnant yet." Booth interrupted her, knowing her thoughts.
"But if I am?" Temperance asked, calming a little as he gently rubbed her back.
"Then…then I will treat the baby as my own." Booth said, smiling at the thought of another child.
"Seeley Booth, you're an amazing man." Temperance said, smiling at him.
"Temperance Brennan, you're my kind of woman." Booth said. He wanted to kiss her, but didn't want her to feel even more violated. To his surprise, she leaned forward and engulfed his lips in a soft yet passionate kiss. "Definitely my kind of woman." Booth said once she pulled away.
