Chapter 17: The Plan
Russ, Max and Temperance stood outside the room that the guards had reluctantly admitted was the one where Scott had taken Booth.
"Okay, Tempe, what's the plan?" Russ asked in a hushed voice.
Temperance turned to Max. "Dad, give me your gun please." Max hesitated a moment and then reached behind his back and pulled a gun from his waistband.
Testing the weight in her good hand, Brennan smiled in appreciation. "Nice. Now, why don't you go into the next room and see if there is a vent in there that would connect into this room. If there is, remove the grate and prepare the newspaper. If you need water, use the water fountain right there." Max moved quietly towards the room next door. "Wait to set if off until I go in." Max nodded and disappeared through the door.
"Russ," Temperance said, turning to her brother. "I need you to stay just outside the door with the gun. I have no idea what we'll find when we go in, but if he starts shooting, I need you to take him out." Russ gulped visibly. "Can you do that Russ?"
"I think so, Tempe. If your life is on the line, I think so."
She leaned closer to the wall in an attempt to hear what was happening in the room. There were voices but they were muffled. "I'll be making some kind of scene in order to give Booth the chance to get to Scott. I am sure he's waiting for the right moment, and I'm going to give it to him."
"Oh, God. Please be careful"
"I will, Russ, thanks."
Suddenly they heard shouting coming through the door. Hannah.
"Why don't you tell him? Tell him that if he really wanted to hurt you, he should have finished the job he started on your partner. Goddam it, tell him! Tell him that it's really Temperance Brennan that you love! Whom you would do anything to protect!"
Brennan smiled. Good job, Hannah. Throw the guy off by telling him he was wrong about their relationship. Brennan had tried to do the same, but he'd seen through her. Brennan knew she was a terrible liar. Hannah on the other hand, was very convincing.
So convincing, in fact, that Brennan now knew how to make her grand entrance.
AN: Bones to the rescue!