Disclaimer: I don't own Bones
Title: Never Again
Author: ReadingRed
Chapter Four: Recovery
They reached the hospital in record time. The EMT's unloaded Finn and Booth and the boys met them in the Emergency room entrance. The doctors immediately took Finn and Brennan, Booth, and the boys were left to sit in the waiting, hoping for news on Finn's condition.
Parker and Benjamin fell asleep curled up in the uncomfortable plastic chairs. Brennan and Booth were taking turns pacing.
Occasionally a doctor would emerge from the double doors to ask for permission to do one test or another. So far Finn had had a MRI, a CT scan, and an x-ray and they'd only had him for about an hour.
Another doctor came out to talk to them.
"Mrs. Brennan? Mr. Brennan?" He asked them. Normally they would've corrected such a mistake, now, what the doctor called either one of them wasn't very high on their list of concerns. They nodded instead, and the doctor began to tell them the news.
"Finnian has suffered serious injuries. He has a broken left arm, his right arm is fractured. He has four bruised ribs, a concussion, and we're watching his internal bleeding. As of now we think the bleeds will take care of themselves and we'd rather not open him up if his body has this under control."
"Can we see him?" Booth asked.
The doctor nodded. "He's in room 237. He's been asking for you."
Booth and Brennan woke up the boys and together they raced down the hall to Finn. They slowed as they got nearer to the door of his room. They entered quietly just in case he was asleep. He wasn't. Finn smiled and tried to sit up as his family entered the room. He winced and laid back down.
"Oh sweetie" Brennan said as she went to his side. "Don't try to sit up. Your ribs are bruised and it will hurt to move for a little while." She took Finn's hand in hers and sat down in a chair near the head of his bed. Booth went to the other side of his bed and brushed the hair off Finn's forehead.
"How ya doin' bud?" He asked gently.
"I'm okay now. They gave me some medicine that makes me feel kinda weird, but I don't hurt anymore." Finn said with a grin. It was the first time in a while he felt no pain at all.
"The cops took Gunter away!" Parker said. He thought it would make Finnian feel better that Gunter wasn't around anymore. He didn't expect Finn to react the way he did.
Finn began to cry.
"Mom, I'm sorry. Don't be sad. I'm sorry. I know you love him, I didn't mean for the cops to take Gunter away." Finn said as tears rolled down his face.
"No, Finnian. I would never be mad at you for that. Gunter is a bad man; I just didn't know it until now. I would never want to be with someone who hurt you or your brother. I promise you'll never have to see Gunter again. He will never hurt you again."
Finn nodded and closed his eyes. The other boys stayed quiet for the most part when Finn slept. When they started to get rowdy Brennan took them down to the cafeteria to get something to eat. A few minutes after they left the doctor came into the room.
"Mr. Brennan?" The doctor was young. Booth wondered if they shouldn't ask for someone more experienced to be put on Finn's case.
"No it's Special Agent Booth" he corrected the man.
"Oh, I'm sorry Agent Booth." The doctor looked ashamed that he hadn't known Booth's name.
"How's he doing?" Booth asked. The doctor looked down at Finn's chart he held in his hands before answering.
"Well he is recovering nicely. We've been monitoring him and he seems to be healing well. We'll take him back for another CT to make sure but it looks as if the bleeds are healing themselves."
"Doc, I'm not sure how to ask this but… has he… was he… did Gunter. Did Gunter molest him?"
"Mom? You're not mad at Finn for making Gunter go away are you?" Benjamin asked as he ate ice cream in the cafeteria. Parker looked up from his ice cream and both boys waited for Brennan to answer. Her reply was immediate.
"No, I am most certainly not upset with your brother. The only person I am mad at is Gunter. There is no reason in the world to treat anyone the way that he treated your brother. Uncle Booth and I are going to make sure that Gunter goes to prison and is never released."
"You gunna lock him up and throw 'way the key?" Parker asked.
"Well I'm sure they'll keep the key, but yes we're going to lock him up." Brennan answered in all seriousness.
Parker and Benjamin erupted into a fit of giggles while Brennan sat and stared.
"What?" She asked. The boy's only answer was to laugh harder.
Benjamin and Parker finished their ice cream and Brennan brought them back to Finn's hospital room. Booth sat hunched over Finn's bed. He looked up as they entered. There were tears in his eyes. Brennan felt her heart jump into her throat.
"Booth?"