Disclaimer: Bones belongs to Kathy Reichs, Hart Hanson, and Fox.

AN: Ok class, now pay attention. In order to officially reveal the killer, I'm taking you back in time, back to the events that pushed Sully over the edge.

Also, special thanks to my new friend Phenny for taking an active interest in the story, and of course to my old and trusted compatriots mustanggirlz07 and BonesnBooth!

Caution this chapter contains some sexual content and violence.

Chapter 30

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Part 2

The Becoming

Two years ago…

The sky was streaked with brilliant hues of purple, pink, and orange.

It was a sight he would have normally appreciated, but not tonight, because for him, the sun was setting in more ways than one.

Sighing, he turned away from the dying of the light, to scan the dock one last time.

In sheer desperation he had tossed out a deadline, and 15 minutes ago she had missed it.

Dejectedly, he glanced down at his phone, wondering if he should try to call her.

"Sully!"

Instantly, his head snapped up.

A part of him couldn't belive what he was seeing!

She was here, and she was running down the dock.

Faster than he had ever moved in his life, he jumped from his boat and hit the pier running.

They met halfway.

Passionately, he swept her up into his arms, and then he kissed her as if his life depended on it.

After the kiss had ended on its own accord, his hands gently framed her face as he whispered, "You're here!"

He chuckled.

"I can't believe you came. I mean I hoped you would, but…"

He cut himself off as their eyes met.

Hers were bright with unshed tears.

"You're not coming are you," he asked as his hands dropped away?

"No," she whispered.

"Why not?"

"Dr. Gordon Wyatt thinks it's because at this stage in my psycho-social development, I can't live a purposeless life."

"But you hate psychology right?"

She flashed him a tragic smile.

"Even more right now, because he was right."

"No, Tempe I…"

Suddenly, she launched herself into his arms.

He could feel her silent tears as they fell onto his shirt.

As he held her tight against his chest she murmured, "Sully, you should go before I do something irrational, like asking you to stay."

For a moment, he held his breath as he prayed that she would.

When she didn't, the seemingly impossible happened, he actually felt his heart break a little more.

Reluctantly, he pulled away from her.

After possessively kissing her forehead he whispered, "I love you."

Then without another word, or backward glance, he walked away.

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Six months later…

Parrot Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands

An unexpected storm cell swept in from the West, turning the sea into a raging tempest.

Sully had nearly capsized twice before he made it into port.

Soaked and chilled to the bone, he checked himself into Parrot Cay Resort.

More than anything else, he wanted to stretch out on that plush King sized bed and sleep, but Temperance wouldn't let him rest.

"You just survived the storm of the century, celebrate," her throaty voice purred through the recesses of his mind.

Sighing he changed into dry clothes.

When he left DC he had been heartbroken.

Slipping into a deep depression, he didn't eat or drink anything for three whole days, but on that third day, as he waited to die, he heard her voice.

Temperance had urged him to fight, to live, to come back to her.

In truth, she had saved him.

After that, he began to hear her voice every day.

At first he had been afraid of what that could mean, but after a while he came to depend on it, because hearing her, somehow made him hurt less.

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At the hotel's bar, he spotted a girl with bright blue eyes and auburn hair.

After taking the empty stool beside her, he lightly tapped her on the shoulder.

"Can I buy you a drink?"

She smiled.

"I'd like that very much."

She had a pretty heart shaped face and a smokey voice.

He smiled in return.

"What would you like?"

"A Lemon Drop Shot."

"Cheap date," he teased as he ordered her drink.

"Hardly."

"Is that so," he asked as he raised an eyebrow?

She leaned over and provocatively whispered into his ear, "If you care to find out, you won't regret it. 500 dollars an hour buys you the best damn date in the business."

The bartender placed the shot and the sugar coated lemon in front of the hooker.

Sully picked the lemon wedge up.

"I'm interested," he whispered.

She smiled as she picked the shot glass up.

"I'll drink to that," she murmured before she downed it.

After she swallowed the fiery liquid, she sank her teeth into the lemon wedge that he was holding.

Slowly, he pulled the lemon away.

Leaning forward, he gently sucked the lemon juice from her chin, before he kissed her pouty lips.

Reluctantly, he broke the kiss.

"My room is upstairs."

"Lead the way."

"What's your name," he asked as they waited for the elevator?

"It's Ruby, but since your buying, you can call me whatever you like."

As soon as the doors slide open, he pushed her inside, and pinned her against the wall.

"How about Tempe," he asked as his eyes burned over the length of her body?

"Like in Arizona where it's always hot," she whispered as her long leg rose up the length of his.

"No, like in DC where it's always wet," he replied as he caught her leg and pulled her closer.

Without hesitation, she hopped up so both of her legs could be locked around his waist.

"So, make it rain," she said as her lips crashed down on his.

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Sully carried her into his room.

Together, they fell onto his bed in a tangled heap of limbs.

After rolling her beneath him, he began to trail nibbling kisses down her slender throat.

He continued his tender assault, until he reached the top of her cleavage.

His heated gaze shifted back to her face.

Her long auburn hair was spread out on his pillow, and her beautiful blue eyes were blazing.

Ruby watched him watching her, as he sucked the tip of her breast into his mouth through her dress.

Moaning, she arched her back to grant him greater access.

"What are doing," Temperance hissed?

He froze.

"What's wrong," Ruby panted as her hands roamed down his back?

"Nothing," he replied.

As she felt the tension in his shoulders she whispered, "Are you sure?"

"Don't you love me anymore?"

"With all my heart."

"Good," she whispered as she pulled him down to her lips.

"Then how can you leave me for a second time?"

As if he had been burned, Sully tore his mouth away from Ruby's.

Fiercely, he pushed himself up until he was hovering over her.

"Take that back Tempe," he growled.

Busy hands that had been reaching for his fly, fell flat to the mattress.

She tried to move away from him, but his arms had formed a powerful cage around her.

With panic rising she whispered, "I didn't say anything!"

"You left me," he shouted!

As Ruby met his gaze, she felt her blood turn cold.

He had this wild look in his eyes, that told her she was in a whole world of trouble!

"No, I'm right here! Look I…"

Suddenly, Sully's hands locked around her throat.

Ruby tried to fight back.

She thrashed around and viciously clawed at any part of his body that she could reach, but he was just too strong.

"You left me Temperance," he whispered over and over again as he tightened his grip.

As the light faded from her beautiful blue eyes, somewhere in the distance, a church bell began to ring.

When she was still, he rolled out of the bed.

He could still hear the bells as he looked down at Ruby's body in horror.

"I'm sorry, he whispered as he dropped down to his knees. I'm so, so sorry," he sobbed as he bowed his head.

"It was my fault."

At the sound of her voice, his head popped up.

He watched in awe, as Temperance rose from Ruby's body like a phoenix.

"Temperance, I killed her."

Temperance rolled from the bed.

"Because I left you."

She kneeled in front of him.

"But I'm here now, and I'll never leave you again."

AN: So, now that you know where Sully's been, do you still want to know where he's going. If so please update. Up next, Temperance is kidnapped, Angela goes into labor (think that one scene in Lethal Weapon 4), and Booth… Well like I said if you want to find out pleassssssssssssssssse review.