Call me Kansas
Disclaimer: I don't own any of this.
Parker looked wildly around the park, his head swerving let and right, looking for any sign of Lily and Jessica. He had only taken his eyes off her for a few minutes to answer a call from a co-worker and when he looked back, Lily was gone from the bench and Jessica's parents were shouting their daughter's name. He had already called Booth and his brothers.
This could be no coincidence. Whoever was after Lily had taken her as well as Jessica. But that made no sense. Why would he take Jessica? Thoughts swirled around Parker's head like a crazed mess and it was only when he saw his brother's car that his panic slightly receded.
Cole was out of the car before it stopped and he hurried over to his brother. "Where is she?" he asked. His face was etched with worry and he was searching the park from where he stood with his brother.
James and Michael joined them and Parker said, "I don't know. I looked away and when I looked back she was gone and so was Jessica."
"Bugs? She's gone too?" Michael said.
Parker put his arm around his younger brother. "Don't worry. I called Mom and Dad and a team of FBI agents are coming over. We'll find them both."
James turned to Cole who was looking around the park, running his hands through his hair in frustration. James placed a hand on Cole's shoulder making his brother turn around. "We will find her," he stated to his brother, looking Cole in the eye.
-Lily-
Slowly Lily started to open her eyes. The pain from the blow to her head caused her to wince and when she finally was able to see straight, she pushed herself up against the wall behind her.
Looking around her she saw that she was in a large dilapidated warehouse, with broken windows and a dry smell from the rusty metal that lay around the cement floor. A table with various items was to her left and she could hear a train rumble by in the background but as it sped away she heard a quiet, "Lily?"
Lily turned to see Jessica sitting near her with her knees pulled up to her chest and her eyes filled with scared tears. Lily sighed and looked at her.
"What happened?" she said, as she pulled the girl towards her to give the small child some form of safety. But as Jessica talked Lily scanned the room to look for a way out.
"I saw you walk away and then a man just came from the trees and hit you. You fell and I tried to call you but he just hit me too." As Jessica finished her sentence, Lily nodded and pulled her up on her feet.
The two of them only made it a few steps towards the large sliding door of the warehouse when Lily heard the distinctive click of a gun to her right.
Lily froze and Jessica whimpered. "I really wouldn't do that if I were you," a low voice said.
Lily looked over to see a man standing at the door of a small office that was hidden in the corner of the building. The man gestured with the gun to the space that the girls had just been sitting.
Lily and Jessica made their way to the spot and sat back down, Lily wrapping an arm around the other shaking girl. A moment passed and then Lily asked, "What do you want?"
The man took a few steps towards them and chuckled. "Well isn't that the million dollar question? I'm not exactly sure myself but I do know that certain people need to understand what happened a few years ago and how those events had shaped the events of today."
Lily frowned at him and replied, "I have no idea what you're saying, but I'm pretty sure none of it has to do with Jessica."
The man frowned at the young girl who just turned away in fear. "Yes, I'm afraid she simply got in the way. I'm not sure what to with her."
Lily sighed and replied, "Then let her go. She's just a child and she has diabetes. She needs her insulin or else she's in trouble. Please, just let her go!"
The man took a few steps forwards and Lily and Jessica pushed further back into the wall. "After all I went through! You and I just need to talk and this little brat could tell the cops where we are and that will ruin everything!"
"Then blindfold her! Let her go someplace away from here and then we can talk," Lily asked.
The man looked at her and replied, "No. No, she stays exactly where she is and so do you."
-Cole-
"Cole! COLE!" James raced down the street after his brother, with Parker right behind him.
Michael was still at the park with Booth and Brennan and Cole had sprinted off as soon as Parker had reminded them that it was Ryan's text that summoned Lily to the park in the first place. Parker barely had time to yell, "We'll handle Cole!" before he had run after both his brothers.
Cole arrived at the Ryan's house, jumped up the porch steps and slammed his hand against the door. By the time James and Parker were at the front yard, Ryan had opened the door and Cole had grabbed him by the shirt and slammed him against the wall.
"Where is she?" Cole yelled. Ryan looked at him like a deer caught in the headlights and Parker had to grabbed Cole around the waist to pull him off Ryan.
"Where. Is. She?" Cole said, shrugging off his brother while James stood between him and Ryan.
"Where's who?" Ryan said confused.
"Lily! She gets a text from you and now she's missing!" Ryan shook his head and replied, "I lost my phone days ago! I have no idea where it is!"
There was a pause and then James-who had inherited his father's truth detector the most- said, "He's telling the truth."
Parker nodded and said, "Lily did mention that he lost his phone."
Cole sighed and relaxed slightly. "Do you remember where you lost your phone?" he asked in the calmest voice he could manage.
Ryan swallowed and replied, "I lost it at the mall. I remember putting it in my jeans pocket and when I checked it later when I got home, it was gone."
"Did you bump into anybody or take the phone out at all?" James asked.
Ryan thought for a moment and then said, "There was this one guy. He was young-barely older then Parker- he practically tacked me and then apologised."
James turned to Parker and said, "That could be him."
Parker nodded and Cole asked, "Do you think if you saw him again you'd know it was him?" Ryan shrugged but a second later he nodded.
"Let's all go back to Mom and Dad. They have a picture of the crazy lady's son so maybe Ryan can see if it's him," Parker said.
"We can do more then that," Cole said, "If this guy has Lily and Jessica and he still has the phone…"
"Then the FBI can trace the phone!" James exclaimed. Cole nodded, determined to find Lily and Jessica.
-Lily-
The two girls sat against the wall, Lily trying to calm a frightened Jessica down while she kept an eye on the man. He was pacing around the warehouse, mumbling to himself.
"You haven't thought this through, have you?" she asked him.
He turned to her, his face a mask of worry. "You started all this! I just wanted to talk to you and you surrounded yourself with cops!"
"Then let's talk," Lily said, "Starting with who are you?"
The man looked at her and paused. Then he said, "Kelly Williams was my mother… and we have the same father."
Lily sat staring at him in disbelief. The man shrugged, "My mother and our father loved each other until your mother took him from her! My mother was forced to hide me away, practically deny my very existence because of what your mother would have done if she knew about me! She would have had me sent away, away from her perfect life."
Lily stared at him until every word had sunk in. This man was her half-brother? Her brothers' faces flashed in front of her and she could not imagine him anything like them.
Lily swallowed and said softly, "Kelly Williams was a very sick woman. She had a mental condition…she had delusions-."
"She was right!" The man yelled, making his way quickly towards them, his gun at his side. Jessica whimpered and hung onto Lily. "She was right and your friends killed her."
Lily frowned and looked at him. "She started a fire at the school! On purpose! People were inside that building and she was aiming to hurt them!" The man shook his head and simply went back to his muttering.
Lily sighed and suddenly she heard the sound of police cars around the warehouse. The man looked towards the window and saw a large number of them surrounded the building. Police cars, swat teams, an ambulance, they were all there.
Lily caught sight of the phone on the table. Had they somehow been able to trace it?
-Cole-
Cole got out of the police car only for Booth to put a hand up. "Woah calm down. Let the swat team do their job."
Cole took a look around and saw the FBI setting up around the building, trying to see if anyone was in there. Cole felt a hand being placed in his and when he looked down he saw Michael standing beside him.
"They'll be ok, wouldn't they?" he asked.
Cole smiled and said, "Our girls? Of course they will." But that didn't stop him from worrying.
-Lily-
"What's your name?" The man turned to Lily, who by now was stalling for time so the FBI could save the day.
"Your name?" she asked softly.
He looked at her and replied, "Joseph."
Lily nodded. This man was as delusional as his mother and found it best to play along. "They'll storm this place any minute. The only way to delay them is to release at least one of us. It'll confuse them."
Joseph just looked at her and then peaked back out the window.
-Outside-
"We've got someone at the door!" This statement caused all members of the Booth family as well as Jessica's parents to look sharply at the warehouse.
A small door at the front was opening slightly and Jessica was pushed out the door. She looked around for a moment in fear but when the swat team gestured for her to walk towards them, she hurried to safety.
It was only a few moments later that she as put back in her parents' arms. Michael looked ecstatic but Brennan made him stay beside her by the ambulance until the small family were ready.
Then Jessica caught sight of him and she waved. Michael waved back and smiled at her. Cole meanwhile, even though he was happy Jessica was safe, looked at the warehouse where Lily still was.
"Please be ok Kansas," he said to himself.
-Lily-
Lily sighed with relief when Jessica was out of the building. She turned back to Joseph, who was peaking out of the window and muttering to himself again.
"What do want to get out of this?" she asked him, "What will this achieve?" The man only shook his head and continued to his muttering.
Lily sighed and the knot of worry in her stomach grew. He didn't have a plan. He didn't know what he was doing; he was just a delusional man with a gun.
Lily looked towards the large sliding door that was on the other side of the warehouse. Joseph was still turned to the window. Lily stood up slowly and made her way to the door. She tip toed across the room, every step getting her closer to the door.
As she looked back at Joseph, he foot kicked against a pipe that had rolled away from a group against the wall. Joseph and jumped around and seeing that she was trying to run, he quickly chased after her. Lily screamed and ran towards the door.
"There was a scream! We've got to head in!" The swat team started to advance towards the warehouse and Booth had to grab hold of Cole's arm to keep him back.
Joseph grabbed Lily's leg and she fell. Without hesitating Lily swung around and smashed her foot into the side of his head. Joseph let go of her leg but Lily when Lily tried to run again he got a hold of her arm.
He was dragging her back to the wall so Lily grabbed onto the first thing she could find- the pipe- and she swung it towards him. It made a sickening crunch against his stomach, telling her that she had hit some of his lower ribs.
He groaned and fell to the floor just as the swat team came in the door and surrounded them.
Lily sighed at the sight of them and she sighed, "About time you showed up."
She was soon outside and being escorted to the ambulance. The stress of the last few hours as well as knock she had taken to her head were starting to catch up to her so when she caught sight of Cole trying to get to her, she hurried away from the police officer and towards him.
When Cole reached her, she simply threw her arms around him and held on tight.
Cole breathed a sigh of relief when he had Lily in his arms and he said, "Trying to scare me Kansas?"
Lily chucked and replied, "Sorry about that."
Cole pulled back slightly and said, "I love you so much, you know."
Lily nodded, "I know and I love you too." With that the two if them made their way to the ambulance and the Booth family.