Chapter 4

The next morning Brennan was showered, dressed and ready for the day by the time Sweets and Charlie were waking up. Sweets shifted and looked At Brennan sitting in the kitchen sipping her drink and talking softly on the phone. He watched as she smiled and rubbed her stomach.

"Yes, I made sure not to. You don't need to worry over everything… no, they are both sleeping… They're not children, it's not like I can tell them when to go to sleep… There are time that I think you have the mental capacity of a five year old… Yes I'm calling you more immature than your son." Sweets smiled as he listened. Over the four years, he had gotten to know Booth and Brennan he only ever gotten to see the work side of them. Even when they all went out together, they only ever acted the same as in work. He was surprised to hear how normal Brennan sounded talking with Booth with no one around.

"Parker is a very smart boy, I'm surprised he's not the one at the FBI and you're not the one in fifth grade." Sweets was taken back when he heard Brennan give a soft giggle. "Yes, I know. But why waist the time we have waiting for the others to get up… no…no….Booth I do not miss you…. no…" Sweets could hear her starting to laugh. "You thought it first… fine, because you are so immature…. What? Yes you are…" She laughed again. Sweets thought of two teens talking late on a school night as he listened to Brennan's side of the conversation. "I do miss our morning debates…. Yes…. You better go help Jay so you can come home or your son and I will be having dinner alone….. Jealous of your own son?" She laughed. "Go to work so we can finish this case. We still need to get things moved and we have a lot to do in the nursery before your daughter is born….. Yes, I'll make sure… I love you Seeley Booth." She said making Sweets lay still, completely beyond shocked at hearing Brennan speak of loving someone. He heard her put her cup in the sink before he took a slow breath and decided to pretend he never heard her conversation. Knowing her, if he had told her she would become very angry and it wasn't worth the stress on him nor her, so he decided to play along.

Sweets sat up rubbing his eyes as Brennan started walking into the living room. She gave a small smile as she stopped by the couch.

"Good morning Dr. Brennan." Sweets said softly.

"Good morning. Were you able to sleep last night? Booth's back is always hurting him after he's dozed off there." She said with a small smiled as Sweets stretched.

"I was fine. Thanks."

"I'm going to finish up some things, there is coffee for you and Charlie in the kitchen and there are towels in the bathroom, if you would like to get a shower." They heard a knock on the door and Sweets got up and walked with Brennan to the door. Brennan opened the door and took a step back as her father walked in. "Dad…." He paused and gave a small sigh. "Booth called you didn't he? I don't need everyone watching me, I am not a child."

"He loves you Tempe. He just wants to make sure you and the baby are safe when he's not here. I would have come over last night but Booth said he had a few friends staying with you and watching out."

"Yes. Sweets and Charlie spent the night and there are two-"

"FBI." They heard turning to see two agents with their guns out. Max looked at Brennan who shook her head as she turned away with a hand on her belly.

"So Tempe." Max said turning away from the two agents who looked confused.

"It's alright, this is her father." Sweets elaborated as he let the two agents in. "You two want some coffee?" He asked as Brennan and Max walked farther into the apartment.

"Dad, there is no reason for you or Booth to be all worked up and worried."

"We are protecting our own. You know men and their daughters." He smirked as Brennan sighed shaking her head. "Let us worry. It makes us feel like we have something to do." He smiled before he reached out putting a hand on Brennan's belly feeling a hard kick. "She's feisty today." He looked up at Brennan. "Did you sleep last night?"

"Yes, as much as the baby would let me. She is very unhappy when Booth is away."

"Maybe you should try to get some more sleep."

"Dad I have two victims to examine, a weapon to id, mounds of paperwork I've been putting off, and I still need to get Parker from school this afternoon."

"You get some work done, take a nap, and I'll get Parker and we'll meet you back here. We'll all have dinner together before we take him back to his mother's."

"I also need to call Rebecca, to make sure Parker told her about Booth being out of town." She sighed.

"Don't stress so much Tempe. Everything will work out." He smiled as she could only give into him as another kick made her wince. "You okay?"

"Yes, the baby likes to kick my ribs sometimes." She said rubbing the top of her baby bump as Charlie walked from Parker's room. "There is coffee in the kitchen if you would like some." She offered before turning to walk into the bedroom with her father following her. "Dad, I'm fine really. Someone ransacked my apartment, fine; I'm at Booth's, a Special Agent at the FBI's apartment with three other FBI agents and a close friend also from the FBI. No one would be crazy enough to come through them and in here to get to me."

"What about at the lab or going to the lab? Tempe, this is not just some guy who broke in."

"Booth and Cullen have already gotten extra security at the lab and nothing is going to happen to me while I drive there. You're overreacting."

"Tempe-" He started but stopped as she gave him a quick glance he knew well. "Fine, but you know Booth isn't going to stop calling you all day, and I'm not going to stop visiting."

"I need to finish getting ready, I will get some work done before I go to sleep for a little while and then I will get Parker."

"And dinner?" Brennan rolled her eyes.

"Yes, I'll call you when I pick him up." She said walking back into the living room looking for her shoes. Max smiled and leaned in kissing Brennan's cheek.

"Alright, I want you to call if you need anything." She nodded as she pulled her shoes on and saw the four men getting ready to go to work. He looked at Sweets who came from the bathroom wrapping his tie around his neck. "Make sure she rests."

"Dad." She scolded as he smiled and shrugged.

"I told you, fathers and their daughters… Just something sets off a need to help." He smiled before kissing her cheek "I'll see you later."

"Bye Dad." She said with a sigh as she slipped her shoes on as Charlie said goodbye leaving and the two agents went back to their post waiting for Brennan to leave before they left. Sweets was the last one left with Brennan, he walked out to the cars with her before he went to the FBI and she went to the lab.

"Hey Brennan." She heard as she walked into her office. She turned seeing Angela walk in behind her. "You look exhausted. Did you sleep last night?"

"Yes, although the baby didn't seem to like sleeping without Booth, I slept as much as I was aloud." Brennan said putting her things down. "Is everyone here?"

"No, Cam and Wendell aren't here yet, it's just you me and Hodgins. You want to take a nap before everyone gets here?"

"No. I'm fine. I just want to get this case solved." She said before she took her jacket off and pulled her lab coat on, walking out to the platform where the two sets of remains lay. "Were you able to get a match on the weapon yet?"

"No, nothing is coming up in our data base. I'll try to run it through the FBI and see if I can find anything like it in their records." Brennan nodded as Angela turned and walked into her office leaving Brennan to look at the two remains laid out on the stainless steel tables. She took a deep breath before she pulled her gloves on and got to work.

Three hours later the lab was bustling with activity as everyone worked hard on their tasks. Brennan still stood bent over the remains of the mother when Sweets and Charlie walked onto the platform making her glance at them before going back to work.

"I do not need baby sitters." She said without looking up at them again.

"We're not babysitting, we're the extra security." Charlie said making Brennan look at him and Sweets.

"Bren!" They heard as Brennan straightened up and looked to see Angela hanging from her doorway waving at her. Brennan pulled her gloves off and walked over to Angela quickly. "Sweets, you might want to come too!" She called making Brennan furrow her brows as the two men followed her into the office.

"What's going on, Angela?" Brennan asked before Angela pulled up an image on her screen. "That's not our victim." Angela shook her head.

"No, this is the picture of a pregnant woman who was found murdered last year after she was missing for a month. This one." She said pulling up a new one. "Is a pregnant woman who was found 2 years ago, missing 2 weeks. Three years ago missing 2 months, 7 years ago missing 1 month, one year ago, missing 1 week, 7 years ago missing one month, 8 years ago missing 5 days, and 4 years ago missing 5 weeks." She said pulling up a new picture each time.

"They all have the same injuries." Brennan said staring at each picture as the two men just watched.

"Bren, they were all between 30 and 40 weeks pregnant." Brennan furrowed her brows still looking at the screen before Angela pushed another button. "And they were all girlfriends and fiancé's of Special Agents at the FBI." Brennan looked at her friend.

"Where?"

"Norfolk, Virginia, Pittsburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Haven, Connecticut, Charlotte, North Carolina, Baltimore, Maryland and our Vic here in D.C."

"I'll call Booth and let him know." She said turning and leaving as she pushed speed dial.

"Booth." She heard after three rings.

"Booth, Angela found something."

"What? What did she find?" He asked before she heard him tell someone he would be back.

"She ran what we had on the murder weapon through the FBI."

"She found a match?"

"Technically she found a match but not to the weapon. She found other victims." Booth took a deep breath.

"How many?"

"Including Natalie, there ate ten victims. All the injuries match, and the impressions from the wounds the weapons left match what we found on the victim."

"Where?"

"Virginia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, North Carolina, Maryland and D.C."

"I'll call and see if I can get the files pulled. Steve is still fighting us on this; I don't know how much longer I'm going to be."

"Why do you need to bring him back here?"

"Because we need to be able to talk to him as information comes in, and phones aren't exactly his thing. I'll call you after I know more on the other victims."

"Booth." Brennan paused for a moment before she spoke again. "Angela found another link other than the weapon."

"What else did she find?"

"All of the victims were between 30 weeks and 40 weeks pregnant."

"So what, we have some sicko running around killing pregnant women?"

"They were all pregnant with a FBI Special Agent's baby." She heard him pause for a minute as the words sunk in.

"Someone's going around killing FBI agent's babies?"

"None of the women were married; from what Angela was able to pull they were all either girlfriends or fiancé's of an Agent in each place."

"Bones…" He trailed off as Brennan walked into her office, shutting the door and sitting in her chair.

"Booth, this does not sound like a typical psychopath killing pregnant women. There are too many for it to be a coincidence that they were all unmarried yet carrying an Agent's child."

"Bones, I want you to keep an Agent with you all the time, I know you don't need a baby sitter or someone watching you constantly, but someone's out there killing pregnant women with a connection to Agents."

"Okay." Booth paused. He was ready for an argument, not for her to agree.

"Okay?"

"Yes. I agree it is unwise and unsafe for me to be alone while there is someone out there killing women who are pregnant with agent's children."

"Bones, are you okay? You never agree with me." He said making her give a small smile.

"Yes, I just feel that having someone around would be better than no one. Considering we've made these connections, someone destroyed my apartment, writing die on my bedroom wall, and I am after all 38 weeks pregnant with your child."

"I'll call Cullen."

"Charlie and Sweets are here now. Apparently they are the extra security in the lab."

"They're great and all but-"

"Booth." She said stopping him. "I don't want agents I don't know. Cullen is keeping the two agents outside of your place until you come home, having Charlie or Sweets is plenty for in the apartment."

"Bones…" He trailed off for a minute. "I'll talk to Cullen and get them assigned to it until I get back." He paused again as Brennan rubbed her stomach. "You sure you're alright?"

"Yes, I seem to just be getting worried that I will not be able to protect myself in case of something happening." She said softly. Booth knew that for Brennan to admit that, she must really be worried and becoming afraid.

"Listen Bones, I'm going to tell Jay we need to leave by tomorrow. You'll have the FBI keeping an eye on things until I get there. You'll be okay. I promise." He told her softly.

"Yes, I know."

"I have to go, I'll call you later."

"Alright. I'll let you know if we find anything more here."

"Bones." He said stopping her from hanging up. "Call me if you need to, okay?"

"I will. I love you Booth." She said softly and could hear a small smile in his voice as he told her he loved her too. They hung up and Brennan leaned back in her chair closing her eyes. After a few more minutes, the door opened making her open her eyes to see Angela.

"Hey sweetie, are you okay?"

"Yes, of course. Why wouldn't I be?" She asked as she pulled her walls up around her thoughts and fears.

"Well there's some sicko out there tracking down girlfriends of Agents to kill them and their unborn baby. I mean it scares me to think that someone is after you again."

"I'm fine Ange. I talk to Booth and told him what you found out. He is going to pull all of the files and see what he can find. And you don't have to worry about me. Cullen and the FBI are watching out for me." She watched Angela sigh.

"I guess you're right." Brennan gave a small smile before the door opened again and she saw Sweets and Charlie walk in. Sweets looked at her before walking around to sit in a chair by the couch. She knew Booth had told Sweets to stay with her and knew Booth had explained that he wasn't to ask her anything or play shrink when he was with her. It was just for comfort.

"I need to finish a few more things and then I have to get Parker from school." Brennan said pushing herself from the chair, glad she had made it higher earlier.

"I'll head to the offices and see what I can dig up there. I'll let you know what I found." Charlie said before leaving.

"I'll work on finding more information out on the victims." Angela said walking towards the door.

"Ange, don't work too late. We'll figure this out." Brennan said making Angela smile and nod before leaving Brennan with Sweets who sat quietly. "I'll file my papers and then we can leave to get Parker."

"That's fine." He said sinking back into the chair.

"You talked to Booth, didn't you?" Brennan asked without looking at him. He watched as she moved around her desk keeping her eyes on her papers.

"Yes." He said remembering his conversations with Booth.

Sweets stood with Charlie talking with Angela about the latest discoveries stopping them as his phone rang. Sweets looks to see it's Booth calling and he turns away to answer.

"Booth?" He asked confused as to why the agent would be calling him, Brennan was just talking to him.

"Yeah Sweets. Listen I need you to do something."

"Yeah, sure. What is it? Is everything okay?"

"I think so, but just stay with Bones."

"What? She doesn't want any of us around, she's argued several times about us being around."

"Yeah, I know, and you know how Bones gets when things happen."

"She pushes everyone away and becomes cold and autonomous the more she feels." He said mentally kicking himself for not seeing her reactions sooner. "Did she say something?"

"Sweets, just stay with her. Don't mess with her head or do any of your shrink stuff, just stay with her."

"Booth, is everything alright?" He heard Booth take a breath.

"This goes no farther than me and you. Understand?"

"Yes, of course."

"Bones is afraid. She sees the similarities in the case and her and with that break in she's getting worried she won't be able to protect herself from this guy. I told her Cullen will get a few agents to stay with her but she doesn't want anyone she doesn't know, she wants someone she trust with her."

"And she trusts me?"

"Yeah, Sweets, we both do. Just take care of her for me." Sweets was shocked. He didn't know what to say.

"I'll keep an eye on her as a friend." He said. Booth thanked him before they hung up and Sweets saw Angela walk into Brennan's office.

"Everything okay?" Charlie asked.

"Yeah, everything's fine. We should get everything moving while we wait for more information to come in." Sweets said before they walked down to Brennan's office.

"What did he tell you?"

"He asked that I stay with you until he gets back."

"And you've agreed?" She asked looking up at him finally.

"Yes. For Booth to ask that I stay with you until he gets back suggests there is more worry and fear than he is letting on about this case. Although there are many similarities and the events from yesterday are disconcerting, I do not for see this killer picking you out of the crowd and going after you."

"I understand. Booth is very overprotective. You don't have to stay with me. I'm an adult." She said as she pushed her fear away looking at him again.

"I told Booth I would; besides I think we both know everyone would feel more comfortable with the situation if someone was with you."

"What about you're work at the FBI?"

"Cullen will arrange things. Everything is worked out. There will be two agents watching Booth's apartment at all times and I'm staying with you. I know you do not like the idea of having others watch over you, but sometimes the situations arise and you need someone to help." He said softly as Brennan sighed and gave a nod, trying to act as if she was upset about the arrangement, hoping Sweets couldn't see through to her relief.

"Alright, I'm finished." She said after another twenty minutes.

"I need to stop and get some clothes from my apartment before we go back to Booth's."

"Yes of course. Parker doesn't get out for another hour yet and his teachers will take care of him until I get there."