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I'm not really good at writing case things, but I'll try to make why Booth kidnapped understandable, but not to simple.
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Booth woke up to a blinding, fluorescent white. He struggled to focus on his surroundings. He could hear a man talking in the distance. There was a weight next to him. He closed his eyes and opened them again. Shapes and varying shades of white and light blue started to make themselves present. He focused on the weight next him.
Blonde hair was splayed across a blue sheet. Someone was holding his hand. The pull of the IV irritated him, and the he moved his hand. The woman stirred and lifted her head.
Booth let go a breath of relief at a familiar face. "Hannah." It was barely a whisper. His throat still burned from whatever he had been forced to drink.
"Seeley, thank God." She placed a gentle kiss on his cheek, not bothering to get up.
"What…what happened?" he could finally see the sharp blue of her eyes.
"Your case, you found the guy, but you went alone and he…he hit you with something. And…" her words broke off as tears started to fall from her eyes.
Booth moved his hand to cover hers, doing his best to hide the pain that shot through him. "It's okay."
"No, it's not. If Temperance hadn't been there, who knows what would have happened to you."
Fear coursed through him and his eyes widened. He could hear the heart monitor beside him jump. His breathing increased. He hadn't even thought of her. He hadn't seen her there. He tried to speak, but all that came out was, "Bones…"
She was quick to comfort him. "She's fine Seeley. She didn't get hurt. She saved you." There was a hint of malice in her voice, behind the gratitude. How could just his partner elicit such a reaction from her boyfriend?
Booth chose to ignore it. "Okay."
At that moment a nurse walked in, responding to the increase in his heart rate and breathing. She was short, but thin. Her smile was kind and she had eyes to match. "Mr. Booth, you're awake. Good. Are you okay?"
"He's fine. He just got a little excited." Hannah smiled at the elderly woman standing in the door way.
"Okay, well don't let it happen again." Hannah nodded. "I'm going to get his doctor and see about taking the bandages off." She walked out of the room, humming a sweet song.
"How…long-"
Hannah stopped him. "You shouldn't talk. You've been asleep for three days. They said it was because you had lost so much blood and your body was adjusting…"
Booth simply nodded. In the silence, his thoughts drifted to his partner. No matter how hard he thought, he couldn't remember seeing her. He tried to remember exactly what happened that night.
"Agent Booth." A middle aged man stood in the doorway of Booth's office.
"Yea Charlie?"
"We got a hit on the car. It goes back to a man named Ted Llyons. He leased a warehouse a few weeks ago."
Booth was already out of his seat. "Text me the address." He called behind him.
"You've reached the voicemail of Dr. Temperance Brennan of the Jeffersonian. If you leave a message, I will do my best to get back to you."
"Damn it, Bones." He muttered under his breath as he started his truck. He weaved through traffic, his lights blaring. There was information that suggested their suspect had another victim, and he wasn't going to lose them. He didn't have time to look for his partner.
He arrived at the address Agent Charlie had texted him. It wasn't a warehouse. It was an old abandoned aircraft hangar.
Booth stepped out of his SUV, weapon ready, and slowly made his way towards the entrance. The large doors were open just enough that an averaged sized person could fit through. Stopping, he looked inside.
No one was there. Not the victim, not the suspect. There were various pieces for aircraft lying around the warehouse, but it was void of any life.
Booth stepped inside. His foot falls echoed through the large room. His eye fell on a sledgehammer sitting on a table to his left. The squints had said their victim had been beaten with a weapon like that. He walked over to it. It was accompanied by other tools, probably used as crude torture devices.
Booth flinched, but kept moving. He walked towards one of the more complete aircrafts. And then he blacked out. The next thing her remembered was being at the hospital.
Brennan hadn't been there. "How?"
Hannah looked at him curiously. "How what?"
"Bones…"
"She tracked your cell phone to the warehouse."
The nurse walked back in with the doctor then. "Hello Agent Booth." His voice was kind. He was a tall man, at least Booth's height. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. The perfect all American-boy.
Booth didn't like him. He just nodded in acknowledgement.
"We're going to take off the bandages. And we're going to move you out of the ICU."
Booth groaned. Now he was being admitted?
"Ma'am, I don't know if you want to stay. He sustained some severe injuries."
Booth remembered the torture that man had put him through. He could remember the burn of a screwdriver being driven across his chest. He could remember smelling his own burnt flesh as his wounds were immediately cauterized.
"No, I'm staying." Hannah's voice was defiant.
The doctor shrugged and walked towards Booth. "Ok Agent Booth, I'm going to lift your gown and remove the bandages. We've given you pain medication, but if it hurts let me know."
Booth nodded again. He watched the doctor pull up the gown, careful to keep his lower half covered. He could feel the stickiness of the bandages, but he felt no pain. Looking down, he could see the cuts and stab wounds.
There were burns all over him. He could see the scar that stretched from the bottom of his left side to under his right pectoral. It was already partially healed, unlike the others. The heat of the screwdriver, although painful, stopped him from bleeding to death. The other cuts weren't as clean. They were still red and angry. If he weren't on pain medication, he would probably have been screaming in agony. He could see the stab marks. There was on right next to his heart. That must have been what almost killed him.
He couldn't take it anymore, so he lay back down. Next to him, he could hear Hannah gasp. She looked at him, tears threatening to spill over. He looked at her sympathetically, then motioned towards the door. She silently thanked him, and rushed out of the room.
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She stood in the doorway of his hospital room, watching Booth sleep. Her eyes started to water as she looked at all the scars and bruises on his face. It was heart breaking.
She loved looking at his face everyday. It warmed her heart. His sweet smile, his kind warm eyes. It was part of why she had fallen in love with him. Her entire day was changed with just the sound of his voice.
Now, instead of his smile, he was scowling. A whimper escaped his lips, and she rushed over to his side. She stopped for a moment, feeling out of place. Before, she wouldn't have left his side, but now he had someone else, it wasn't her place anymore. She turned to leave until he whimpered again.
Reluctantly, she turned and walked to him, gently placing her hand on his arm. "Booth." She whispered.
He flinched, but didn't wake. She shook his arm and raised her voice slightly. "Booth."
His eyes fluttered open. Her heart broke all over again when she saw the pure joy in the chocolate depths. He wasn't supposed to do that anymore. "Bones." He smiled as her name came across his lips.
"You were having a nightmare, so I woke you up. I'm sorry, I'll leave now." Brennan said simply, turning to leave.
His hand found hers, stopping her from leaving. "Stay. Please."
She turned to look at him. "What about Hannah? She'll be back soon. You can only have one visitor at a time."
He shook his head. "Hannah is gone."
"I'm sorry Booth. Are you okay?"
"Yes, sit." She sat in the chair that had been occupied by Hannah only hours before. Booth looked into her eyes. They weren't a deep blue, and he liked that. He missed staring into her eyes, watching the emotion dance across them. He missed her. "She couldn't…the scars."
"I'm sorry." She repeated.
"I'm not. She knew about my job and the risks." Brennan nodded. "Are you going to leave too?"
Brennan laughed. "I've seen much worse Booth."
He smiled at her. "Right. But you didn't answer me."
"I'm not leaving."
He nodded, the smile still planted on his face. They sat silently for a moment, just watching each other. Booth thought about the mistakes he made. He thought about how his Bones was the one person he thought of when he was dying. He thought of how Hannah left at the first sign of trouble, about how Brennan would never have left. How she never has, even after all he had done to her.
"Thanks Bones."
"For what?"
"You saved my life."
"Barely." Her voice lowered.
"You still saved my life."
"I was almost too late though. I almost lost you." Tears started to fall down her cheeks. Booth reached over and wiped them away.
"You'll never lose me Bones. Never again." He promised. His voice was quiet, as soothing as it could be while his throat healed. "I'm sorry Bones."
The next chapter will have more of why Hannah left.
(Tartantrace, xoxokiss210, harper83, 's Girl) Thank youso much! I hope you guys liked this chapter just as much. (Cremant) I hope that's not a bad thing. Lol. I just did it because we all know how Booth made that promise to her. Hopefully you liked the back story (bb-4ever) I agree, I thought at least she was going to turn and see him staring at her. That would have been interesting, but it still showed a side of Booth we haven't seen this season. (KatBonesCrazy) Yes, I think no matter what's happening between them, they will always be there for each other. I loved the character developments for this episode. We don't get to see much of Angela and Hodgins together, that was awesome. Sweets and Caroline together, different, but definitely good. I've started to really like Max. Maybe he should talk to Booth or something, that could be interesting. The end scene was definitely my favorite, I was sooo happy and hopeful. Yay! I hope so! (Kimberly S) Thank you. I didn't think of that, the giving time thing. I just though he was starting to realize he may have made a mistake, but he hasn't gone deep enough into his feelings yet. That's good. I checked out the website. Amazing, thank you. I can't wait until Hannah leaves. I've known she would, but until then, it's heart breaking for Brennan. I heard about that. I can't wait! Wonder if it will be before or after Hannah leaves? (Yarrie) haha, I know what you mean. I like them too because it brings out another side of the characters, which is what I'm going for. :D but thank you!