Disclaimer: I don't own Bones

Title: Never Again

Author: ReadingRed

Chapter Three: To the Hospital

She saw it coming. Gunter lowered his hands to the ground and she knew, she saw it playing out in her head. He was going to push off with his hands and lunge at her and the boys. Brennan had already given the 911 operator her address and a description of Gunter. She hung up the phone and let it drop to the floor with a thump. She raised the gun and cocked it, preparing to fire. Gunter hesitated.

"Don't try to harm us Gunter. I will shoot you. Booth is on his way here. Even if you get away from here now, he will track you down and he will kill you, do not doubt that fact. I'm your only chance to get out of here alive. You are going to jail, but you'll be alive."

Gunter hesitated and Brennan held her breath. Finally she saw his arms relax and Gunter sigh as he slumped back down to the ground. Brennan looked at her children. Benjamin was still holding the cell phone to his ear. Was Booth still on the phone with him? She wasn't sure but, knowing Booth he would want Benjamin to keep the phone on and with him until Booth arrived. Finnian was asleep; his breathing was regular and deep. He didn't seem to be in distress. She was glad that he was asleep. In sleep he would not be in pain.

"Benjamin. Is Uncle Booth on the phone?"

Benjamin nodded and gave her the phone.

"Booth?" Brennan voice broke as she said his name.

"Bones! I'm coming. I'm on my way. Just hang on. I'm almost there." Booth's terrified, tense, voice came through the phone. Brennan wanted to cry at the sound of his voice. Booth was coming. Everything would be alright.

"Hurry please." She said trying and failing to keep her voice calm.

"I'm here. I'm pulling up to your place now. I'll be there in just a few seconds. Is your front door locked?"

"Benjamin. Go unlock the front door for Uncle Booth." Benjamin shot off down the hall, it was the fastest she had ever seen him move and he was a normally fast little boy so that was saying something. Maybe it's the adrenaline, the clinical said of her brain thought.

It seemed only seconds later Booth was coming into the room holding Benjamin on one hip and Parker on the other.

She was slightly surprised to see Parker with him, then she remembered that Booth and Parker had planned on spending the day with she and the boys. Booth must've already been on his way when he got the call from Benjamin.

Booth set the boys down and both children rushed over to her. Parker stoked Finn's forehead gently and Ben knelt next to Brennan getting as close as he could without being on her lap. Booth went to Gunter and handcuffed him; then he took an extra pair of cuffs and handcuffed Gunter to the bed frame. After he finished with Gunter he went to Brennan and the boys.

"Bones, I'm so sorry. I should've seen something. I should've known he was like this. I should've known he was doing this to Finn." He took Brennan and Finn into his arms.

"Bones… Temperance. Did he ever… did he do this to Benji and you?"

"No. just Finnian. I don't understand Booth. Why Finnian?"

"I don't know Bones. Finn's safe now. He'll be alright."

"We need to get Finnian to a hospital. I want someone to make sure he doesn't have internal injuries." Brennan said.

Booth nodded and stood. He held Finn gently and helped Brennan stand. For once she didn't get mad at him for trying to help her do something she could do on her own. Brennan took Parker's hand in one of hers and Benjamin's hand in her other and all together they headed for the door.

Parker opened the front door and on the other side stood two EMT's and two police officers.

"Ma'am? Are you okay?" One of the police officers asked Brennan.

"No, my son needs help." She nodded to Booth and Booth let the EMT's look at Finn. They asked Booth to set the child down on the sofa and they followed him back into the apartment.

"Ma'am, is he the one you reported to be abusing your son."

"No!" Brennan, Parker, and Benjamin shouted at once. "No, he is not. Booth is my partner. He's FBI . The one who hurt Finn is back in the boys' bedroom. He's handcuffed to the bed frame." Both officers left Brennan and the boys and went to check on Gunter.

They brought him out. Gunter walked between the two officers, each one keeping a hand on one of his arms. Gunter cussed as they dragged him out of the apartment. Brennan clamped a hand over Parker and Benjamin's ears and pressed their heads to her body. It was a reflex, someone cusses and you cover your children's ears. The normalcy of the action shocked her. The police officers took Gunter away and the EMT's said that Finn needed to go to the hospital. Booth carried Finn to the ambulance and Brennan climbed in.

"Will you bring Benjamin to the hospital? I want to ride with Finnian. I don't want him to be alone."

"Of course Bones. We'll follow you guys. I'll use the siren, we shouldn't be very far behind you."

Brennan nodded. "Benjamin, be good for Uncle Booth." She told her son. "I'll see you in a couple of minutes."

Benjamin nodded and grabbed Booth's hand.

The EMT closed the doors to the ambulance and it took off down the street. Booth watched part of his heart drive off in the speeding vehicle. He sighed and looked down at the two boys standing at his side. The boys looked surprisingly similar for children that had no biological relation. Parker was about four inches taller than Ben. And Ben had a darker shade of hair, but other than that the boys could easily pass for brothers, if not twins.

"Daddy" Parker said breaking Booth out of his thoughts.

"Yeah bud?"

"Can we go?"