A/N: So...Pelant strikes. Will Booth and Sweets make it in time to rescue Bones and Charlie? Of course...our next question...what was Pelant doing with his computer? What is he up to?
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Disclaimer: I don't own Bones but things could be interesting as part of the middle of a DB and TJT sandwich
"What the hell do you mean, he wants Bones?"
"Just like I said Booth. He wants you out of the way. He sees you as an impediment to his father's affections, but I also think he is attracted to Dr. Brennan. It's the only way to explain why he interfered in your engagement. He's using my work against us again."
"How?"
"Through my work and files, he knows you still occasionally feel conflict over your role as a sniper in the Army. Because of that and your Catholic faith, he was able to manipulate you into breaking your engagement to Dr. Brennan. My theory is that by studying Dr. Brennan's history, he saw that several people she initially did not get along with in time she became friendly with or started a romantic relationship"
Sweets pressed forward. "You two didn't get along with each other when you first met and you two had…difficulties together for a while, but eventually grew closer and now you are married with a daughter. Her father left her when she was fifteen. After a rocky start, Max and she have begun to grow closer as a father and daughter to the point that he is her primary caregiver when you two are at work."
Sweets continued. Me….she didn't like me at first"
"That's not true, Sweets"
Sweets gave him an unbelieving face. "She didn't, Booth. All she did was tear down my profession and make fun of it. Now, we are closer. Others…Cam, Hodgins, her interns….she has a demonstrated an ability to open herself up to someone and having some sort of relationship with them. I think he wants Dr. Brennan to change her mind about him. In all of this, he has always given special attention to her. As he sees it, once he eliminates the final roadblocks, he will have Dr. Brennan. He probably has a photograph or two that he masturbates to"
"Are you telling that sick bastard has the hots for my wife and jerks off to her?!"
"Yeah, I do"
"If he tries anything, I'll kill him if Bones doesn't. What will he do when Bones tells him to fuck off?"
"She may not get to"
Booth was beginning to be confused. "What? You said he wanted her"
"He does, Booth. He also wants his father's love. His mother only wanted the Colonel for sex. He wants Dr. Brennan, but he will also use her for his ultimate goal, destroying you"
Booth realized the implication of what Sweets was saying. "Are you saying that it doesn't matter if he gets what he wants out of her…that he'll kill her as some sick revenge against me for taking his daddy away?"
Sweets felt sick saying what he was about to say. "I think he will…..he will attempt some sort of relations with her. When he has accomplished that goal, he will kill her…preferably in front of you. Then he will go after Christine and Parker….Emma too if she's available. He will save you for last to prolong your suffering."
Booth sat down, taking all of the information in. "Okay, Sweets, let's get on with the Jeffersonian. I need Hodgins, Angela, and Shaw"
The men walked out of the conference room and towards the bullpen, determined.
12:00 NOON
Charlie was in Brennan and Booth's living room reading a magazine while Dr. Brennan was typing on her laptop when she stopped.
"Charlie, I'm going to take a shower. Did you need anything before I go?"
"No, Dr. Brennan, I will be fine. Can I help you with anything?"
Brennan knew Charlie was just being nice so she didn't hop down his throat. "No, I'm just going to use the downstairs bathroom. Dad took the kids to see a matinee so they won't be back until this afternoon. He made a fresh pot of coffee right before he left if you want some. I'll be out shortly"
Charlie watched his boss's partner walk carefully to the downstairs bath and felt a pang of jealousy at what Booth had with her. 'Someday maybe I will have my Dr. Brennan'
As he heard the shower start, the doorbell rang. He got up and looked in the Judas Hole. "Who is it?"
"Norm's Flowers with a delivery for Dr. Temperance Brennan" the person replied with a Southern accent.
"What's your store number?"
"What? I'm just trying to deliver flowers"
"I'm just trying to make sure you're not a nut job. Now tell me where I can call to confirm the order or I will arrest you. I'm an FBI agent. Take your pick"
After he rattled off the number, Charlie called. When the store confirmed the delivery, the agent hung up. He got a few dollars cash before opening the door. "Sorry about that, we just have to be careful"
"Whatever, dude" He handed Charlie the box. "Can I go now?"
"Yeah" When the guy walked down to the car, Charlie closed the front door.
Pelant was parked in a car across the street of the Brennan-Booth household. He watched the delivery man go to the door and give the flowers to a man he assumed was an FBI agent. When the delivery man left, Pelant got out of the car and snuck around the block to the back yard with a box. He encountered a fence with a metal ornate décor behind shrubbery.
"Can't have the little brats wander down to the Potomac, now can we?"
Knowing he couldn't climb over it, he went to the control panel. Using some wire cutters, he cut the wires he determined to be the ones controlling it. He then went to work on the mechanism to enter the property.
Charlie opened the box and saw what looked like a dozen golden flowers. Wanting to know what they are, he took a picture and texted it to Hodgins. He found the card and began to read it. What it said made the hairs on the back of his neck stand up.
To the start of our destiny together…..Love, C
Charlie began searching through the flowers when he felt a prick on his finger. "Damn it that smarts!"
Hearing the house phone ring, he turned to answer, but suddenly he began to feel very woozy. Vaguely he heard his phone ring in his pocket, but as he took it out, he collapsed. Seeing it was Hodgins calling was the last thing he could remember before everything went to black.
Booth was in his office with Sweets when his computer beeped. Seeing it was Hodgins, he turned on the video conference. "Hodgins, what have you got for me?"
Hodgins was in Angela's office with his wife and Shaw. "That piece of shirt had traces of coal on it. It contained-"
"Tell me something I don't know, Hodgins"
"Sorry. Since the shirt had bituminous coal on it, Angela used that fact plus what Pelant's dad said about the plant being in the tri-state area and we had a few candidates" Seeing the impatience on Booth's face, he made it quick. "We think it's this one here by Silver Hill, Maryland. It closed about ten years ago, but with what I found, this would give Pelant what he needs, a power supply, privacy, and room to spread out."
The location sunk in with him. "Son of a bitch, that's not even thirty miles from my house"
Before anyone could respond, Perotta ran into the office. "Agent Booth! I got a ding on Zane Reynolds. There was a Visa card used to make a purchase at Norm's Flowers in—"
"I know where Norm's is. I buy from there from time to time."
Suddenly Hodgins felt his phone buzz. "Hey it's from Charlie. It's a picture of…..oh shit!"
"Oh shit, what Hodgins?!"
"Dude, he sent me a pic of a dozen marigolds. His note asked what they are"
"That was the flower Pelant gave her almost a year ago here. She said it meant grief and pain" Suddenly, Booth's phone rang. When he saw it was from the security company, he immediately answered.
"Agent Booth…no one answered on my wife's phone or the house phone?...Don't call the police. I'm FBI and I can get a team there faster. Thanks for calling"
Booth got up and checked his gun. "The alarm for our fence is going off and no one answered the phone at the house. Shaw, get a tac team organized to go to the power plant. Hodgins, call Charlie and let him know. Call his phone, the house phone, and Bones' until one of them answers you. Sweets, you're coming with me."
"Booth, what are you going to do?" Angela asked, scared as she realized what was going on.
"Pelant is at my house. I'm getting that son of a bitch" When he saw that Shaw was on the phone, he lowered his voice to Angela. "Make sure Shaw stays there. She can't go on the tac team run because of her arm." Booth turned to Sweets. "Ready?"
Sweets was scared shitless, but knew this was a moment he had been preparing for since he was cleared to carry a weapon by the FBI. "Yep"
As the guys left the office, Booth turned to Perotta. "Perotta, call a tac team to my house. You know the address" He turned to Sweets. "I've got an extra vest in my truck"
Booth judged the stairs to be faster so they ran down, jumped in the truck, and took off with the siren racing.