REVELATIONS

Chapter 5

Brennan made it through the next 2 days without telling Booth about her probable pregnancy. On Friday morning she was just getting ready to go onto the platform when her phone rang. "Dr. Brennan" she answered.

"Dr. Brennan this is the nurse at Dr. Wayne's office. We've received your results and they confirm that you are 4 weeks pregnant. I am going to be setting up an appointment for you to see Dr. Wayne in another month. I'll send it to you through your Email address. Congratulations Dr. Brennan."

"Thank you." Brennan hung up the phone and smiled. The first one she wanted to tell was Angela. She went to her door and looked up at the platform. She didn't see her so she went to her office where she found her sitting at her drawing board and working on giving a face to the last skeleton that Brennan had been working on. She went to the board and just stood next to it. Angela looked up at her friend and saw the biggest grin she had ever seen on her face.

"You're pregnant?" Angela asked as she put her pencil down.

"Yes, I just got the confirmation call from the doctor's office. He said the artificial insemination worked and I was 4 weeks along."

Angela jumped up from her chair and hugged Brennan. When Cam came in to see if the drawing was ready she found the two women practically jumping up and down and laughing. "What's going on here?"

"I'm pregnant. Four weeks ago I used Booth's sperm and I just received a call from my doctor's office. They confirmed my suspicion that it had worked and I am four weeks pregnant."

"Well congratulations then. Does Booth know that you used his sperm?" Cam asked.

"No, I haven't told him yet. I didn't want to say anything until I was sure. You know how those home pregnancy tests can give a false positive." Cam and Angela looked at each other when Brennan said that. They were both remembering when Angela had thought she was pregnant when she took one of those home pregnancy tests and it turned out to be a false reading.

"Well let's get to work." Cam said as she started to leave Angela's office. Brennan and Angela followed Cam up to the platform where they had bones that they were checking.

"By the way Cam, Angela and I will be leaving at 5 o'clock so that I can go to a book signing at the Capitol Mall. I've alerted security already that there will be a body guard coming to pick us up."

"Okay, I'll let Booth know if he calls." Cam said as she went back to her office.

Everyone went back to their current project. At 4 o'clock Angela let Jack know where she was going and said she should be home by 9. "Nine, isn't that kind of early for you two on a Friday night?" Jack asked her as she gave him a kiss goodbye.

"No drinking tonight, I'll see you at 9." Angela said as she joined Brennan at the door.

As the two ladies left through the front door a Mr. Randolph stood up and introduced himself to Dr. Brennan.

"Dr. Brennan, I am Fred Randolph and I will be escorting you to the Mall." Fred said as he shook Brennan's hand.

"Who sent you?" Brennan asked. She knew enough not to offer any information but for Mr. Randolph to give her information that fit what she knew.

"Ms. Diana Whiting of Bell's publishing. She also reserved a limousine to take you to the Capitol Mall."

"Okay Mr. Randolph, this is my friend Angela Hodgin that will be accompanying me." Mr. Randolph shook Angela's hand then escorted them to the limousine and opened the door for them.

The limousine had three doors on the side and was black with blue interior. A small bar held cold drinks and several different types of liquor. Both Angela and Brennan refrained from any drinks since the ride would only take 15 to 30 minutes.

Angela couldn't contain herself so she just squealed with excitement. "Oh Brennan, I can hardly wait to tell Jack about it. I want us to have our first babies together. Jack doesn't know it but I am going to stop taking my birth control pills today and get that man to put in overtime in the bed."

Brennan just laughed at Angela. "I didn't think I would feel this way but I am incredibly happy also. I'm glad that I asked Sweets to help me understand why I am so reluctant to engage in a more intimate relationship with Booth. I've seen Sweets once and he has helped me a lot already. He reinforced Booth's words to me that my parents left me for my own protection and all these years I've been looking at what they did to me through the eyes of a child and not as an adult. I am more than old enough to understand that they loved me so much that they were willing to endure my hatred for them. They left me to protect me and not because they didn't love me anymore. I just have to get it through my thick skull that they didn't stop loving me and Booth wouldn't stop loving me and leave me. My parents were just forced to do what they did because of unusual circumstances."

Angela pulled back and had a shocked look on her face. She held her hand over her chest and said, "Who are you and what have you done with Dr. Temperance Brennan. The Temperance Brennan that I know would never admit to having a thick skull and be unwilling to change."

Brennan just laughed at her friend and lightly punched her in the shoulder. "Stop that. I can change just like anyone else. I learn and evolve. I understand that one can become set in their ways but I admit to still having things to learn and not everything can be learned from books, so I continue to learn from people like Booth and I evolve."

"You're the only one that I know that can make learning sound like it makes you superior to anyone else." Angela said as she hugged her friend. "But I love you anyway."

Before they knew it they were at the Mall and the body guard had stopped and was opening the door for them. "Ladies." He said as he held out his hand to help them out of the limousine.

Brennan got out first and then Angela. The guard locked the doors and escorted them into the Mall. All the time they were walking he kept his eyes open and constantly scanning the crowd. As they approached the Book store they could see a long line of people waiting for Dr. Brennan to start signing their books. It was now 6 p.m.

Special Agent Seeley Booth's apartment: 9 P.M.

Booth had fallen asleep on the couch watching a game. He was dreaming. His heart was beating faster in reaction to his dream. He was running as fast as he could because he could hear Bones screaming. It sounded like he was getting closer to her because her screaming got louder, but he could never get close enough to find her and find out why she was screaming. He then realized that he was in a maze but the maze was made out of old buildings with endless alleyways. Calling out her name as loud as he could he awoke and sat up with a jerk. On the TV he saw that the game was still going on. He had had dreams about Brennan being in trouble before so he didn't think anything of it. As he turned the TV off and went to his bedroom though he kept hearing her scream. He tried putting it out of his mind and went into the bathroom to take a shower before going to bed.

Capitol Mall: 9 P.M.

The book store was finally calling an end to the book signing event and was closing its doors. Many of the people that had been standing in line had started to go home as they heard the announcement over the PA that the mall would be closing in 30 minutes. Brennan got up slowly. Her legs were stiff from sitting for so long.

"I have to go to the bathroom before I have an accident." Brennan told Angela as she got up. They were delayed 10 minutes more while the book store manager thanked her. Brennan was practically dancing by now. As soon as she could she left the store and headed for the entrance where they had the public restrooms. Mr. Randolph told them that he would pull the Limousine to the entrance and wait for them. He could see the entrance to the Ladies Restrooms from the parking lot so he wasn't too concerned about anything happening. There were also two mall security guards on the outside of the entrance doors.

As Mr. Randolph approached the Limousine he saw an old van parked next to the Limousine which he thought was unusual since the area was designated for Limousine parking only. He quickly assessed the situation and decided that it was okay to get into the car since the van was parked on the passenger side of the Limo. He started up the car and pulled over to the entrance of the Mall. He got out and opened the door for Dr. Brennan and Angela. The two security guards watched as the Limousine pulled away. They watched also as the van pulled out of the parking lot at the same time. One of the guards wrote down the license plate number and the model and color of the van just in case they heard of a problem.

As Mr. Randolph made his way off of the Mall property he noticed that two vans seemed to be following him. It was too dark were they were for him to be able to see them very well but he was almost certain that one of them was the same one that had been parked next to the Limo. He decided to step on the gas.

"Hold on ladies, I think we have company." Angela and Brennan put on their seat belts. Brennan pulled out her cell phone and called 911. Before she could get the 911 operator the two vans pulled up alongside of the Limo, one van on each side. Mr. Randolph knew that the Limo was a big car and could probably push the van out of the way so he stepped on the gas. The Limo hit the van that was partially blocking his way. Since he didn't have the space to obtain any velocity his impact on the van only served to tear off the front fender of the van. From the corner of his left eye he saw the side of the van fly open. A young boy that couldn't have been more than 14 jumped out. In his hands he had a gun that he was pointing at Randolph. The Limo windows weren't bullet proof so the body guard pulled out his own gun. Before he could pull it out of its holster the boy fired point blank at the window. The glass only barely slowed down the bullet but it did give Randolph time to duck to the right side.

The 911 call that Brennan had made finally obtained an operator. All Brennan could get out before the door was pulled opened was "This is Dr. Brennan at the Capitol Mall….." Someone hit her with a hard object and she lost consciousness. Angela could hear the operator saying….'911 Please state the nature of your emergency.'

Angela was able to yell 'HELP' before she was knocked unconscious also.

The men kidnapping them quickly unlocked their safety belts and pulled them into the vans. The men on the left pulled Brennan into the van and Angela was pulled into the one on the right. They quickly left the area. No one had bothered to check on whether Randolph was alive or dead. The bullet that the kid had fired at him only grazed the side of his head since he had been leaning over sideway when the bullet came through the glass. As all head wounds do it bled a lot. Anyone that took a quick glance at him would think that it went into his head and killed him. Fortunately the kid that shot him thought he had killed him when he saw the blood going down the side of his face. The kid that had shot at him was so scared by the sound of the gun and the thought that he had killed a man, all he could think of was to jump back into the van.

Randolph quickly reached for his own cell phone and called 911.

Hodgins Estate home: 12 midnight.

Dr. Jack Hodgins had already tried calling Angela several times but it kept going to a recording. At 11 P.M. and after the third try to contact Angela he called Dr. Brennan's cell phone number. Her phone went to a recording also. Jack was scared now. Angela was usually home at the time she said she would be home.

After pacing back and forth a few times more he decided to call Booth.

Booth was in bed and was awakened by the sound of his regular phone. He looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Hodgins name.

"Booth." He answered.

"Booth, this is Jack, is Angela and Dr. Brennan over there by any chance?"

"No, what's wrong?"

"Angela and Dr. Brennan went to a book signing at the Capitol Mall earlier this evening and Angela said they would be back by 9. Its midnight and they're not back and I can't reach either one of them. I just keep getting a recording from both of their cell phones."

Booth was fully awake now. "I'll call you back in a few minutes. Stay by your phone."

TBC…