A/N: I don't own Bones
Booth sped down the highway as fast as he could manage. About twenty minutes down the road, he saw flashing red lights.
"Oh great. A wreck!" He exclaimed as he punched the steeing wheel. He only had fourteen hours left to find her. He couldn't afford to lose time.
"Calm down Booth. We're going to find her in time." Angela told him from the passenger seat.
Booth hoped that she was right.
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"Why the long face Dr. Brennan?" Landers asked as he stifled a laugh.
She didn't reply.
"Just thirteen more hours. And you'll know if you're going to be back in Agent Booth's arms. Or if you're going to die slowly and painfully."
"Why are you doing this?" Brennan asked.
"You know why." Was the reply.
"No. I mean really. You can't possibly believe that you're going to get away with this. Either way, they're going to catch you and send you to jail." She said as she looked him in the eye. Brennan could see the anger flash through his eyes as he balled his hands into fists.
"Shut up! SHUT UP!" He screamed as he came towards her. But she was prepared this time. As he leaned down towards her, Brennan slung her hand from around the back of her and struck him in the face. He bent over on the ground, and Bones saw her chance. She took off towards the door of the room, praying that it was unlocked.
As her hand landed on the door knob, she felt it turn underneath her grasp. A sigh of relied escaped from her as she jerked the door open and started outside.
Just as she got her foor out of the door, she heard Landers right behind her. Before she had a chance to react, he had a strong hold around her and was dragging her back inside of her prison.
"No! Let me go!" Bones screamed as she tried to fight against him. But it was no use. He drug her across the rough concrete and slung her back down onto the ground. "Ow!" She screamed in pain as she landed on her stomach.
"Aw, what's the matter? Did you land on your stomach? I told you to be careful!" Landers screamed at her as he grabbed a phone out of his pocket. He quickly dialed numbers and placed the phone to his ear.
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Booth, having finally passed the wreck, was once again speeding down the highway. He was a little over an hour away from Landers and Brennan. But he was determined to get there. Just then, his phone started to vibrate.
"Booth." He answered.
"Dr. Brennan here has made an unsuccessful attempt to escape. And for that, I must inform you that you now have one hour to get me my money. After the hour, I'm moving her to the place where she will spend the last months of her life. And you will not be able to find her."
Booth heard the line go dead.
"DAMN IT!" He screamed as he slammed the phone onto his dashboard.
"What? What happened?" Angela asked.
"That was Landers! Bones tried to escape, and now he's only given us an hour!" He screamed.
"We're still at least an hour away!" Angela burst.
"Not for long." Booth said. He reached over and pressed a blue button beside of the radio. Immediately the sirens on his SUV came on, and he picked his speed up to 105 as cars moved out of the way for him.
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"Because of that stupid act, you only have one hour left before I move you to a different place where they'll never find you." Landers whispered in Brennan's ear. But she wasn't listening. Instead, she was lying on her side, tears spilling out of her eyes as she clutched onto her stomach. She had hurt something when she landed on it a few minutes ago, and the pain had yet to stop.
"Booth..." Brennan whimpered as more tears fell from her eyes.
"Booth, Booth, Aw! What's wrong Tempy? You want your precious Booth? Too bad! You and I both know that he's never going to find you, and you're going to die in my arms, not his." Landers said as he kicked her in the back. She let out a sharp yelp, and continued to cry.
"Please don't forget about me..." Bones said as she closed her eyes. Unconsciousness seemed golden to her at that moment, and she wanted to bask in it for as long as possible.
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Angela and Booth were a mere thirty minutes away from their sacred destination, and Booth was dying from the anticipation. He was still flying down the highway, his sirens blaring at people to get out of his way.
"Jack, we're about thirty minutes away from Bren. Yeah, he's flying. What is it now, one-hundred and ten? Yeah that looks about right. So far so good. I think we're going to find her." Angela said to Jack as she spoke to him over the phone. She was calling the rest of the squints to keep them up-to-date.
Booth blinked away the sweat that had made its way down his forehead. He was so nervous and excited at the same time.
"Booth! The GPS is going off! You need to get off at the next exit!" Angela exclaimed as she pointed down at the piece of technology buzzing at them. Booth swerved into the far right lane, narrowly missing a Honda. "Jesus Seeley! You almost took out a couple just then!" Angela yelled.
"I don't care! The only thing I care about right now is getting to her. And we only have-" Booth glanced down at his watch, "Twenty minutes to save her." He concluded.
Twenty minutes was quickly ticking away for both of them.