Disclaimer- I do not own Bones. Alexandria, the Montoya's and Vega's are mine. No copyright infringement intended ).

Author's Note-Be prepared to see Zack do somethings that are not like him at all. Enjoy and R&R!!

Chapter 27-Somewhere Out There-Week 5

Last Time--

"I have no brother." Madelynn said, suddenly looking very upset.

"Madelynn please. We have reason to suspect that Edward is responsible for the rape and kidnap of Dr. Temperance Brennan." Booth said.

"Temperance Brennan? The forensic anthropologist?" Madelynn said.

"Yes. You know of her?" Booth said.

Madelynn jumped to her feet and rushed to her desk "This Dr. Temperance Brennan?" Madelynn asked thrusting a copy of Brennan's second novel in Booths hands.

"I see you read her book." Booth said, smiling at the picture of Brennan on the back.

"No. I got this in the mail three days ago." Madelynn said, flipping the dedication page "Read this."

Booth looked at the page. The dedication Brennan had made to Booth was crossed out with a red marker. Underneath was an inscription that read

Dedicated to my sister Madelynn

Who wouldn't dare do anything to screw things up.

Don't want to end up like the people in this book,

would you Maddie?

Booth looked up at Madelynn who was now crying "I had no idea he was behind Dr. Brennan's attack. My...Edward is a sick, sick man, and I am not using that as a way of justifying what he has done. Is it true she's pregnant?" Madelynn asked.

"Yes Madelynn, it is." Booth said.

Madelynn started sobbing "I'm so sorry." She said. Carlos suddenly came rushing down the stairs and held his wife in his arms.

"What happened?" Carlos demanded.

"You're brother-in-law is responsible for the rape and kidnap of Dr. Temperance Brennan, and kidnap of Dr. Zachary Addy and Alexandria Duke-Johnson." Booth said.

"How can we help?" Carlos asked.

"Did this book come with a return address?" Alexandria asked.

"Yes I think it did. A P.O.Box number. Let me see..."Madelynn said searching her desk for the box. "Ahha here it is. P.O Box 765 Bridgton, NJ 08302." Madelynn said handing the box to Booth.

"Wait. I'm sorry isn't your name Alexandria Duke-Johnson?" Carlos asked.

"Yes it is." Alexandria said.

"So Edward held you hostage too?" Carlos asked.

"Since I was fourteen. That was four years ago." Alexandria said. Madelynn gasped and hid her face in Carlos' shirt.

"You must hate us. We're so sorry." Carlos said looking absolutely chest fallen.

"Carlos, Madelynn. Listen to me when I say that I in no way blame you. You couldn't have known what Edward was up to seeing as you haven't spoken to him in years. I do hate him, and will do everything in my power to take him down. You have to know that he may not come out of this alive." Alexandria said.

Madelynn picked her head up "Lord Jesus forgive me, but the world will be a better place with Edward not in it. That man was born evil. If he dies then I can finally live happily with my family."

Suddenly it hit Booth "Madelynn, what did Edward do to you?" he asked.

Carlos looked at his wife "Edward sold Madelynn to his friends when she was young. He would charge them a fee and then make Madelynn strip for them. She was only 13 at the time he was 15. Finally one of the friends went to the police. But since Edward was a minor he only got 2 years in a juvenile detention facility." Carlos said.

"When he got out my parents told him to never come back to house. I haven't seen him since. But he is always on my mind." Madelynn said.

"You were just a kid. To scared to go to the police. He took away your childhood." Alexandria said.

Booth looked at Alexandria with a look that said "We need to go."

"We should get going. Thank you so much for everything." Alexandria said.

"Please. Could you let me know when you find Dr. Brennan and Dr. Addy? I need to know they're alright."Madelynn asked.

"I will. I promise." Booth said.

Zack searched the room furiously for some sort of light, with no results.

"What are you doing?" Brennan asked.

"We need to get you out of this place. I can't find a way out in the dark." Zack said, smacking his hand on the concrete walls.

"Zack we have searched this place over and over. The only way out is up, and the only way up is with a ladder." Brennan said, slowing pushing herself into an upright possession. Zack ran to her side and help her sit.

"You're burning up." Zack said, feeling Brennan's forehead.

"I feel dizzy." Brennan said, allowing her head to fall to the side.

Zack watched helplessly as Brennan started drifting away. "Brennan! Come on. Wake up. Look at me." Zack said. Zack held Brennan's head in his hands and waited. She finally opened her eyes.

"Zack, I'm so tired." Brennan whispered.

"I know, but you have to stay awake. C'mon. I will get you out of here. I promise." Zack grabbed one of the chains and started smashing the walls with it. "Come on Brennan, talk to me. Tell me about her." Zack said "Hopefully Epps will hear this and come down to stop it." He thought.

"Tell you about who?" Brennan asked, grunting in pain.

"Was that a contraction?" Zack asked.

Brennan nodded, breathing, waiting for the pain to pass. "Who do you want me to tell you about?"

"Your daughter." Zack said, whipping the chain against the wall. He could feel pieces of cement hitting his face. "If anything I will break through."

Booth and Alexandria were en-route to Bridgeton New Jersey. Estimated time of arrival, 5 hours.

"No, there has to be a quicker route!" Booth shouted into his phone. Sully was on the other end looking for directions to send to Booth's GPS.

"Booth I looked. Two major highways are back up for miles due to car accidents. This is the quickest way." Sully said.

"Can't we order the cops to let us through?" Booth asked.

"I already tried it. NYPD said that evidence will be lost and NJPD said if they could they would get back to me. I will call you if the NJPD comes through." Sully said.

"Alright Sully listen, I need you to call up the Bridgeton New Jersey post office and get the home address for P.O.Box 765 belonging to a Edward Montoya. It may be registered under Howard Epps." Booth said.

"Consider it done." Sully said, hanging up.

Booth slammed his hands on the steering wheel "Bones doesn't have 5 hours damn it."

"Booth, we'll get there." Alexandria said.

"How do you know Alexandria?! Honestly. Tell me." Booth demanded. Alexandria didn't respond, she just shut her mouth and gazed out the window. Booth sighed "Alex, I'm sorry I snapped at you. I'm just..."

"A nervous wreck?" Alexandria suggested.

"Exactically. Bones is counting on me, so is that little baby. I just...I'm losing faith." Booth said.

"You cannot lose faith. Booth, we are going to find her, and the baby, and Zack. We will find them." Alexandria said.

"How can you be so sure?" Booth asked.

"Because I have faith. I have faith in God and in you. I know you will stop at nothing to find the woman you love." Alexandria said. Booth could sense a hint of disappointment and despair in Alexandria's voice.

"He never stopped looking for you ya know." Booth said trying to start a conversation that had nothing to do with Bones.

"Who?" Alexandria asked.

"Gregory." Booth replied.

"I wasn't talking about Gregory."

"I know that. But I just wanted you to know that he never gave up hope. I tried to contact him but..."Booth trail off.

"But...but what?" Alexandria asked, suddenly worried.

"He is in Iraq. He joined the military after your case went cold. His parents said he couldn't take it and wanted to feel like he was doing something to help."

Alexandria stared out the windshield "When does he come back."

"Luckily his service is almost up. He comes home in three weeks." Booth said.

"How long has he been there?" Alexandria asked.

"This time it was six months. The time before that it was almost a year." Booth said, recalling his time as an army sniper.

"Thank you for telling me that. You know I never stopped loving him. People think it was so stupid that Gregory and I would say we were in love. We were both so young but we had one of those rare relationships. We completed each other you know. I guess I figured he forgot all about me." Alexandria said.

"According to his parents it's the complete opposite. They said he carries your picture with him everywhere, in his breast pocket. His mother said that he always says that he knows you're still alive somewhere just fighting to come back to him."

Alexandria smiled "Just like Brennan is fighting to be with you."

"I don't know him yet Zack. I couldn't possibly tell you anything." Brennan said.

"Mama said that when she was pregnant with all her children she imagined what they would be like. You have to have an idea. What about her name? Any ideas?" Zack asked.

"I like Briseis, Danika, Kaitlin, Lydia and Olivia. Booth likes Peyton, Hayden, Jordan, Ryleigh and Victoria. We cannot decide. We thought we had more time." Brennan said, grunting as another contraction hit hard.

Zack was about so speak when he heard the hatch open "How are my little rodents doing?" Howard said, dropping down the rope ladder.

Brennan screamed in agony, Zack ducked into the darkness.

"Well it looks like our daughter is coming sooner then planned." Howard said jumping off the ladder in front of Brennan. Brennan breathed hard through gritted teeth. Zack watched Howard lift up the sheet to look at how the birth was progressing, Brennan snapped her legs shut.

"It's a little too late to be doing that now, isn't it. Not keeping them shut is what got you in this predicament." Howard said forcing Brennan's legs apart.

Zack lept forward and wrapped one of the chains around Howard's neck. Howard struggled but was able to over power Zack, sending him flying.

"Nice try. Just stay out of the way." Howard said, turning back to Brennan. Staying out of the way was the last thing Zack was going to do. He would get himself and Brennan out of here alive if it killed him.

Booth tore through the New York Express Way like there was no one else on the road. Sirens blaring, lights flashing. 2 hours left to go. Booth gripped his cell phone off the center console and dialed Sully's cell.

"Sullivan?"

"Sully, its Booth. I am five minutes from the Garden State Parkway what's the deal. Can I tare through or do I need to go the alternate route?"

"That accident's been cleared. Tare through."

"Thank God. Did you call the post office?"

"Yes. I have an address." Sully said.

Booth motioned for Alexandria to get a pen and paper from the glove box "Go" he said.

"1234 Highland Avenue." Sully said.

"1234 Highland Avenue. Got it. Thanks Sully."

"Go get her Booth." Sully said.

Booth looked at Alexandria, who was looking at him "Ready?" Booth asked.

"As I'll ever be."

Author's Note- It will be over soon! I put a poll up so you can vote on the baby's name. PLEASE VOTE! R&R be kind.

XoXoX

Seraphina