Langley, Virginia
"Do you realize the amount of trouble that you are in, Dr. Hodgins?" Hacker asked while pacing in front of him. They were in an interrogation room in the CIA building; a few hours after Hodgins had been arrested. Hodgins sat quietly at the table located in the middle of the room with a cocky expression on his face. It was beginning to make Hacker's blood boil once again.
"Dr. Hodgins? I know you can hear me, so understand this. If you ever want to see Ms. Montenegro or your son ever again, you will tell me what you took from my office, where it is, and why you did it." By asking those questions, he hoped the man would accidently incriminate Booth in the process. It would allow him to get rid of the only two people who knew the truth behind the bombings.
Hodgins let out a laugh and crossed his arms. Hacker glared at him before deciding to pull out the big guns. "I will be trying you for treason and obstructing of a federal investigation. This means you will spend the rest of your life in a small jail cell with no visitors. Do you understand this?"
Hodgins nodded with his cocky smile, which caused Hacker to slam his hand onto the table in anger. Hacker glared into Hodgins' eyes. There was no fear or nervousness in the man's eyes; only confidence. Hacker growled and marched out of the room. He turned down a hall and passed by his three "special "agents without saying a word to them. The youngest of the three ran up to Hacker and said, "Were you able to get anything from him, sir?"
"No," Hacker growled. He continued down the hall while trying to think of a plan. There was no way that he would allow Booth to outdo him; he couldn't, since his livelihood depended on it. Suddenly, an idea hit him. He stopped in his tracks right in front of Sweets' new temporary office. Blinded by his anger, Hacker did not notice that Sweets' door had been left slightly ajar.
"I want you to arrest Special Agent Seeley Booth," Hacker said, "I have reasons to believe that he may have aided Dr. Hodgins with his little escapade. Arrest him immediately." The three agents nodded and continued to follow Hacker down the hallway. When it was clear, Sweets stuck his head out the door with an alarming look on his face. He pulled out his phone and quickly dialed Booth.
Fifteen minutes from Washington D.C, Booth had just finished talking with Sweets when he dialed Brennan. Brennan and Angela were driving in the Prius a half a mile behind him.
"Hey, Booth. Is something wrong?"Angela asked after answering Brennan's phone.
"I need you guys to get off the freeway and take the local roads."
"Why?"
"Sweets just called. Somehow in Hacker's head, he connected Hodgins to me and now there is a warrant out for my arrest. So they don't connect me to you two, we need to be as far apart as possible. Why don't you guys head to the lab for a little while?"
"Ok," Angela answered. She turned to Brennan and stated, "Take the exit here and head to the lab. Hacker has connected the dots back to Booth and now he has sent agents after him."
Angela turned her attention back to Booth, who was still on the phone. "What about the evidence?"
"Sweets is going to meet you guys at the lab. If anyone asks, Sweets is going to say that he is there to consol you through the rough time of having Hodgins in jail. If needed, you can lie and say that Tempe is with you as support."
"Awww, so are you guys on a first name basis now? Oh, congrats on six months, by the way."
"She told you?"
"No, I kind of had it figured out for awhile. All I needed was confirmation. So regarding the plan, we will drop the evidence off to D.C Metro Police or the media. After, we will both try and get out of town for a few weeks to get off of Hacker's radar."
"Ok, I doubt Parker's mother would agree to this, but see if Parker can go with you guys. I don't want him here when this all hits the fan. "
"Ok, please take care of yourself. I have heard so many things, mainly from Hodgins, about what they do to you if you are in a federal prison after angering the government. Plus, I plan having you, Brennan, and my husband at my son's 2nd birthday party in a few months," Angela whimpered. She glanced over to Brennan, who was crying.
"I promise. We will be ok," Booth promised. He felt his heart drop to the ground. There was a nagging feeling that he would not be able to see his girlfriend or his son for a long time.
"Bye, Seeley."
"Bye." Booth hung up the phone and dropped it on to the passenger seat. He steadied himself as a blur of red and blue lights filled his rear view window. Booth pulled over on to the side of the road and pulled off his gun holster and FBI badge. After rolling down his window, he dropped his gun and badge on the pavement and put his hands out the window. He was once again alone. It would only be a matter of time before Hacker would make do on his threat and completely destroy him.
Behind him, Brennan took the exit off the freeway and pulled over as soon as she could. Angela and Brennan both sat in the car in silence for ten minutes while trying to wrap their minds around the situation. In the past few days, Sweets and Booth had almost been killed, one hundred and three people had died, Hodgins was arrested, and now Booth was about to be arrested as well. It left them in shock at how one man's destructive decision not only took away over one hundred innocent lives, but also destroyed their lives in the process.