Chapter 7

"Bones!" He called as he ran to her side. "What's wrong?" She just continued to breathe slowly. "Sweets get the desk chair." Sweets turned moving to get the chair quickly as Brennan leaned into Booth. "What happened?"

"I… I was just starting to cook and I just got this tense pain." She said as Sweets walked in wheeling the chair in front of him. Booth helped her sit down and watched as she relaxed. "I think I'm okay now."

"You should probably go to the hospital anyway, Dr. Brennan. Labor can start and have hours between contractions." He said making the partners look up at him.

"No, I'm okay now." She said looking Booth in the eye as he thought about what to do. He didn't know anything about this, he was in the army when Parker had been born, only to sneak away to hold him for a few minutes before he was taken back. "I think it was just a false contraction."

"You sure you don't want to go to the hospital?" Booth asked her as he knelt in front of her.

"Yes, I'm fine now."

"I'll finish dinner; you just sit for a while." Booth told her giving a look she knew not to argue against. Sweets turned as Max and Jay walked in seeing Booth kneeling in front of Brennan who was sitting in the desk chair.

"What happened?" Max asked worried.

"It was only a false contraction. I'm fine." She told him before she glanced at him then looked back at Booth as he continued to watch her.

"If you say so." Max looked at Sweets after he caught the look his daughter had given. "Sweets, why don't I verse you in that game. You can have Parker on your team." He smirked as Sweets looked back at the partners before agreeing and leaving, both men pulling Jay with them.

"Booth, I'm fine really." Brennan said after they were gone.

"I know, Bones. Just…. Relax for now, okay? I'm home, I can cook and everything for a few days." He smiled as he saw her roll her eyes.

"I'll let you be the alpha male on one condition."

"And what is that?"

"You let me help with some things." He looked at her not wanting to agree to her terms. "Stuff I can do sitting down, since that is what you want me to do." She saw a smile cross his lips as he nodded.

"Deal."

"Okay, now help me up so I can sit at the table." She said making him laugh and help her up to the table.

It had been three days since they had received the files and were able to connect the ten victims and she was waiting for Booth to call to tell her they were able to track down two suspects. She sighed glancing at her watch she looked back at Angela as they were using her large screen to look at baby items. Suddenly Brennan's phone rang making her look at the id. Furrowing her brows, she walked from the room answering.

"Brennan."

"Yes, this is Jannet Karlson, Parker's teacher."

"Oh, yes."

"I was able to speak with the principal over the weekend, he would like to try to arrange a set up trip to your lab like you had suggested."

"Yes. When would you like to arrange the trip?"

"I was wondering if it would be possible to do this next week."

"I believe I can arrange that. I will discuss it with the head of the division and I will call you back."

"Yes, of course. I realize that it is short notice but I would like to get this trip in before winter break."

"Yes, I believe it is possible but I will need to call you back to give you a definite answer."

"Bones!" She heard making Brennan turn to look out the glass wall at Booth. "Bones, we got the suspect." He said as he walked into her office.

"I need to go, I will let you know." Brennan hung up and looked at Booth, as he stood confused. "That was Parker's teacher, she wants to have a field trip next week and bring the children here."

"We should have this case wrapped up in another day or two. We've been able to narrow things down to one of the two guys." Booth shrugged. "But you really want a bunch of Parker's running around the lab with Hodgins and his experiments?" Brennan gave a soft sigh.

"I am sure he will keep himself under control when there are children here."

"I've got to check in and see if Hodgins came up with anything else. Dinner later?" He asked with his grin he knew she couldn't say no to.

"You can make it this time." She smiled as he walked closer to her.

"I was thinking we'd go out." He saw her give a small smile. "I'll pick you up at six." He leaned in giving her a kiss before he left to find Hodgins. Brennan walked over to her bookshelf trying to find the book she needed. Pulling one out and checking the words before looking at another. After the third book, she felt extreme pressure in her belly making her drop the book and grab to book shelf with one hand while the other wrapped around her belly as she gasped.

"Booth." She said as she tried to move only to feel a pain shoot through her abdomen. "Booth." She called a little louder before she took a deep breath. "Booth!" She cried out making Booth come running into the room with the others.

"Bones…" He trailed off as he ran to her side taking her weight as she wince feeling more pressure. "Come on." He said softly as he tried to turn her towards the couch only to have her shake her head and take several slow breaths.

"You okay, Bren?" Angela asked as she went to Brennan's other side.

"Yes. It's passing now." She said before letting out another slow breath.

"Bones sit down and relax for a minute." Booth said as he felt Brennan shift to lean into him more. "You sure it's passing?" Booth looked back at Cam as she and Angela cleared everyone from the room, and Booth started walking Brennan to her couch.

"I'm okay now, Booth." She said as they sat on the couch together. "It just hit so suddenly and was much harder than before."

"Let's go to the hospital and make sure everything is okay." Booth said as Brennan shook her head.

"Booth you have to go talk to that suspect, and the pain has stopped."

"Bones, this isn't something you want to be pushing off." He made her look at him. "If it's nothing then we'll just go back to work." He said seeing her shift uncomfortable. "It's still not completely gone."

"What? Booth, I'm fine."

"Humor me." She sighed as she shifted again. "Come on." He stood up and helped her to her feet. He helped her pull her jacket on and they were walking from her office, she still had one arm wrapped around her waist as she walked beside him.

"Are you in labor?" Cam asked quickly seeing Booth walk Brennan out.

"I don't believe I am but for Booth's sake we are going to the hospital." Brennan explained before Booth pulled his phone from his pocket and they continued to walk out of the lab while Cam spread the word.

"Yeah, Sweets, I need you to do the interrogation….. yeah…. No…. we are on the way to the hospital; Bones might be in labor…. No Sweets. Just do the interrogation and let me know what you find out." Booth hung up as they reached the car. Brennan took a slow breath as she went to get into the car. "You okay, Bones?"

"Yes, just…" She pauses turning to sit on the seat before pulling her legs in. "I'm very uncomfortable." Booth climbed in the driver's seat and they were off to the hospital.

Brennan sat in the passenger seat dozing as Booth drove them back to the lab so he could pick up a file Jay had. Booth glanced at her sleeping, with her face turned towards him. They had spent an hour in a waiting room another two hours in the room waiting for the doctor and then another two hours waiting for test results. Brennan was frustrated and exhausted and he knew they needed to start being more careful. The doctor had said the baby had dropped far into the birth canal and they could expect the baby any day. He grinned at the thought of holding his newborn daughter, any day now he would be able to look at her and really see what she looked like.

"Booth…" Brennan murmured in her sleep making him look at her to see her brows furrowed. He reached out taking her hand that was lying on her lap feeling her body relax at his touch as he pulled the car up in front of the lab.

"Jay, I'm in front of the lab." Booth said into his phone before putting it away to wait for the group who were sure to swarm. Within minutes the friends were crowding all around the car. Booth shushed them taking the file from Jay.

"So what did the doctor say?" Angela asked from the passenger window watching Brennan sound asleep.

"It was just false labor like Bones thought."

"They say how close she is?" She asked wanting to know the details.

"The doctor said it can be any day now." He said with a small grin as Angela forced herself not to squeal. "Don't wake her." He said seeing how excited Angela was becoming. "Call me if you figure anything else out." He told Cam and Jay as they both nodded. The group stepped back and Booth started driving again. Taking Brennan home.

The next afternoon Booth and Brennan sat in her office with Jay and Sweets looking over every piece of information they had gathered. Brennan furrowed her brows as she flipped between four files.

"What did you find Bones?" Booth asked making her and the two men look up. "Share with the class."

"I don't know what that means." She said before looking down at the files again. "The fact that they each had a relationship with their partner was never entered into the files until after they had been killed."

"The killer had to be close to them." Sweets deduced.

"All they had to do was work with them. I mean we all talked when I was in the FBI we told each other things that we kept from the bosses." Jay said looking at Booth as he sat looking at Brennan.

"Are you saying it was an Agent who did this?"

"All I mean is it could be. Facts like sleeping with a partner aren't told openly. Seeley, who knows about you two?" Booth looked at his old friend.

"At the office?" Jay nodded. "Sweets found out with the squints and we told Cullen soon after that and there's only been a couple Agents who found out since."

"But it's not something you want to spread through the building."

"Then how are victims from all over the east coast?" Sweets asked confused. The three men sat stumped Booth looked at Brennan hoping her brilliant mind could figure it out. They sat brooding of hypothesis of how it could happen.

"Oh!" Brennan said sitting up straighter making Booth jump a bit wondering if it was because she figured something out or if she was having pains. He relaxed his tense muscles as he saw a smile cross his face.

"Oh, what?" Booth asked out of habit of hearing her exclamation.

"Sully came up here from Florida after we started dating." Jay looked at her quickly wondering how she could talk about another man so easily.

"Yeah, he transferred up here to be with you." Booth agreed as he shrugged.

"Yes, and we've discussed you taking Cullen's proposal to transfer to Quantico until I come back to work." Booth sat up straight as he pulled his phone out.

"Agents can transfer anywhere they want whenever they want." Jay said as the information sank in.

"Bones figured something out…. yeah she's still working…. Yeah…could I get a list of names that transferred to and from each other the buildings?... yeah…. Thanks."

"Is he going to get the files?" Sweets asked.

"Yeah, he's getting them pulled now. I should have the lists tonight." He dug his phone back from his pocket as it rang again. "Booth."

"Hi dad!" Booth smirked as he heard his son's voice.

"Hey, Parker." He looked at his watch. "You're mom picking you up?"

"Yeah, but Mrs. Karlson talked to the principal. He said it's a really good idea to have a trip to the lab but he wants to do it this week."

"That doesn't leave much time." Booth furrowed his brow and looked at Brennan. "Bones." He said handing the phone over. She took it confused.

"Hi parker."

"Bones, the principal wants to have a trip to the lab but he said it has to be before vacation." Brennan thought for a minute.

"Hold on." She pushed herself from the chair and went to find Cam.

"What's going on?" Sweets asked watching Brennan leave their office.

"Parker's school wants to make a trip to the lab because he's been telling them all about Hodgins' experiments and all. So now they want to do it before the end of the week."

"They're going to let Hodgins do experiments around children?" Sweets asked shocked and worried. Booth shrugged.

"Angela and Cam wouldn't let him do anything that could hurt them."

"What about your partner?" Jay asked as Sweets and Booth looked at each other and shrugged. "she would let someone do experiments that could harm others?" He asked unbelieving.

"Have you met Dr. Brennan?" Sweets asked sarcastically. "She has Hodgins do what he wants to be able to get the results they need." Booth was about to respond when Brennan's phone rang. He walked over to her desk grabbing her cell phone and answering.

"Hello….." He answered as Jay and Sweets started talking about the lab. "Is she okay?" The two men turned at the worry in Booth's voice. "Yeah, Bones is on the phone with Parker….. We'll be there Rus." Booth hung up as the two men stood up.

"Who's Rus?" Jay asked.

"Rus is Bone's brother. He's at the hospital with his wife."

"Is she okay?" Sweets asked.

"He said he doesn't know. She collapsed at work, the doctors are looking at her now." Booth grabbed Brennan's jacket from the coat hanger in the corner walking out to find Brennan coming from Cam's office.

"What's wrong?" She asked looking at Booth walking up to her holding her jacket.

"We need to go to the hospital."

"What? Why? What happened?"

"Rus called, Amy's in the hospital. She collapsed at work." He said as she slid into her jacket.

"Booth." Cam said as she walked out of her office. "I have something for you to look at."

"Show Jay." Booth said leading Brennan towards the front door.

"What? What's going on?"

"My brother's wife seems to have collapsed at work." Brennan called over her shoulder while Sweets and Jay walked from Brennan's office.