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Chapter 5

Shortly after her arrival at the hospital, she was taken in for a check-up. After the nurses cleaned up her cuts, and took care of some of the worse wounds, she was led to the waiting room. Booth had been in surgery for an hour now, and she hadn't heard anything. What would happen if Booth didn't make it? How would she tell Parker, or Bren, or anyone else for that matter? It was then, that she thought about calling the squints. They were probably worried sick. She got up from the uncomfortable hospital chair and walked up to the desk.

"Excuse me?" she asked. The nurse looked up at her.

"I'm sorry sweet heart, still no news on your friend," she said.

"Oh, okay," she replied. "Um, can I use a phone? There are some people I should probably call." The nurse nodded and turned the phone towards her.

"Go right ahead, and take as long as you want. I'll let you know if there's any news," the nurse told her. She smiled and thanked the woman for her help. She picked up the phone and dialled the long distance extension and then entered Hodgins's cell phone number.

"Hodgins," he answered.

"Hiya bug boy," she responded.

"Ange?" he asked.

"Who else would it be?" she questioned. He laughed. She could hear the relief in his voice.

"Thank god! Ange where are you? You've been gone a week and a half. You and Booth elope or something? Please tell me no," he said. She laughed.

"No Hodgins, we haven't eloped. We've simply been kidnapped," she stated.

"What?" Hodgins screamed. She could hear Cam and Bren in the background, questioning Hodgins on what happened.

"Ange, you've gotta be kidding me? Are you okay? Is Booth?" he asked.

"Booth is..."

"Ms. Montenegro?" someone asked. She turned and saw the nurse. "He's out of surgery now. His doctor will be coming to speak with you shortly." She thanked the nurse once again.

"Hodgins, I've gotta go," she said.

"Wait, Ange. Who's out of surgery? Is it Booth? What happened?" he questioned. She could hear Bren faintly in the background.

"Booth is in surgery?" Bren asked.

"I need to go, but we're at Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg."

"Okay, we'll be there as soon as possible," he said. They said their good-byes and hung up. She thanked the nurse for allowing her to make the call and went back to the waiting room for the news on Booth. She knew that it would take Hodgins at least two and a half hours, maybe even three hours, depending on traffic.

"Seeley Booth?" she heard a voice call. She looked up to find a doctor.

"How is he?" she asked as she crossed the room to stand with the doctor.

"Hi, I'm Dr. Jeffery Williams. I was Mr. Booth's doctor. He seemed to do well in surgery. He had a bit of a reaction to the anaesthetic, but it wasn't too severe."

"Really? Because the last time he was in surgery he reacted terribly, and it caused him to go into a coma," she interrupted.

"I know, I read the reports. Anyway, we x-rayed his ankle, the damage was to both the medial malleolus and the lateral malleolus," Dr. Williams explained.

"What?" Angela asked.

"The end of the tibia and the fibula," he clarified. "We took down the swelling and put it in a cast. That should heal in about six to eight weeks. It'd be best if he took it easy and relaxed the first few weeks. After he gets the cast off, he should slowly start walking again. Maybe about five or ten minutes the first couple days, and so on. Moving onto the bullet wound, it was a clean shot, through and through. We patched it up. We cleaned up most of his cuts, the bruises have to heal on their own time."

"What about the giant gash on the back of his head?" she asked.

"We had to close that gash. He got sixteen stitches. It may hurt for a while, but he's currently on pain medication and some will be prescribed to him when he leaves. We also believe that he may have a slight concussion, which does worry us, but we won't know for sure until later. He's being taken into a room right now. We need to keep an eye on him, but he should be fine. May I ask what happened?" Angela nodded.

"We were kidnapped, about a week ago. Locked in a small, dark room. The town was about twenty minutes from here. It was small, looked abandoned. Anyway, we finally picked the lock, stole our kidnapper's car and drove out of there. Before we could get away, the man shot Booth. About ten minutes into the car ride Booth started acting weird. I think he was having a panic attack. We finally got into town and I brought him here," she explained. Dr. Williams nodded.

"Are you okay?" he asked her. She laughed.

"Compared to Booth? Yeah, I'm fine. I'm a weaker than normal, but that's what happens when you don't eat for a week," she said.

"Well, how about I take you to Mr. Booth's room? I can have a nurse bring you some real food, instead of the garbage they serve here," he asked. She smiled.

"Yes please, but I'm expecting friends in about two hours, so can you tell them that I'm in with Booth? My name is Angela," she said.

"Sure thing. You want me to let them in to see you?" Dr. Williams asked.

"Sure, I could use a little friendly pity," she answered. Dr. Williams laughed.

"Alright," he said. "Follow me." Angela followed him to Booth's room. They stopped in front of room 220.

"Here you go. He shouldn't wake up for a few more hours, but when he does, just press the button for the nurse. We'll have to do a quick check-up. I expect him to stay for at least two days. After that, he's free to go home, but he shouldn't be living alone. You're welcome to go in, and I'll have the nurse bring you some food and drinks."

"Thanks Dr. Williams," Ange said. "For everything." He nodded in response and headed off down the hallway. Angela opened the door and found Booth in bed, surrounded by machines.

"Don't worry Booth, you'll be okay. After all, you can't die knowing that Bren is marrying Hacker. You have to live. You have an engagement to ruin." She sat down beside his bed and took hold of his hand. She gently rubbed her thumb over his knuckles. Dr. Williams had said it himself, Booth was going to be fine.

Author's Note

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