Chapter 9

"Bones." Booth said making everyone look up from their spots in Brennan's office. Booth stood up and walked over to Brennan who was sitting at her desk. "This name came up twice." He said pointing to the name making her lean forward slightly.

"Special Agent William Perry." She read aloud furrowing her brows before flipping through the sheets, she had quickly. "Special Agent William Perry." She said pointing to a paper and looking up at Booth.

"Got it." Cam said looking up.

"Looks like we got our boy." Jay said as Booth nodded. "And if he transfers kills and moves again, where is he now?"

"Dr. Brennan." They heard looking at the door seeing an intern. "Could we have your opinion in limbo?"

"Yes, of course." Brennan said before she tried to push herself from the chair. Booth saw her having a difficult time getting up from her low seat making him get up and help her quickly before she gave him a small smile as thanks and left with the intern.

"So where is this guy now?" Cam asked as Booth looked at her for a minute before walking around to sit at Brennan's desk. "What are you doing?"

"I'm going to check where this guy is now." Booth said as he started typing.

"Dr. Brennan is going to kill you if she sees you on her computer." Sweets said, as he looked at him worried as he shrugged.

"You have to have a password to get into the computers anyway, you not-"

"Bones will deal, besides she can't stay mad at me for long." Booth said as he leaned forward clicking and typing.

"how did you get in?" Cam asked as she walked around to stand behind Booth making the others follow.

"I know Bones." He smiled as he continued his work.

"You can get into the FBI database from here?" Jay asked

"Yeah. We made it possible as Angela really started diving into finding victims and all."

"So you know Dr. Brennan's password?" Cam asked as Hodgins walked in.

"It's her favorite flower." He smirked as Booth looked up and shook his head.

"Nope."

"Second favorite?"

"No."

"She changed it to the planet?"

"Not even close, Hodgins. What did you want?"

"I wanted to run something by Dr. B."

"She's in limbo." Booth said without looking away from the computer.

"Favorite place." Hodgins said snapping his fingers only to see Booth chuckle.

"You really want to know, it's the baby's name." Booth said as he sat back in the chair.

"You have a name picked out?" Sweets asked.

"Part of it." Booth smirked. "It looks like our guy is still here in D.C. I'll call Cullen and tell him to pull the guy." Booth made a quick phone call before sitting back in the chair.

"What are you doing on my computer?" They heard from the doorway making everyone turn to look at Brennan.

"Seeing what you've been doing." Booth said making her furrow her brows. The others looked at him like he was crazy, they knew how she got with her computer and items at her desk.

"And you've guessed my password again?" She asked crossing her arms.

"It's not hard to guess that you'd make it the baby's name." Brennan narrowed her eyes at him as Cam and Hodgins slipped out making Jay and Sweets slowly make their way out of the room leaving Brennan and Booth. Brennan walked closer with her arms still crossed. "I needed to find out where the agent was."

"So you just used my computer." Brennan said stopping in front of him as he swiveled in the chair to face her. "You can't keep guessing my password and using it."

"I don't guess."

"Then how do you know when I change the password and what it is?"

"I know you. And we've been talking about names since we found out we were having a girl. There's one name we've settled on." he smirked as she sighed dropping her hands from across her chest.

"We've been settled on one name since we started discussing the pregnancy." She said looking at him waiting for another comment.

"Yeah, the last name."

"Booth…" She said before he leaned forward to grab her hands pulling her to him, making her fall into his lap with a squeak of surprise. "Booth!" She scolded as she turned her head and looked at him, their faces so close.

"Yes Bones?" He asked with his silly grin making her smile.

"You are very unprofessional when you are doing well on a case."

"I am professional when I want to be; besides it has nothing to do with the cases."

"Nothing to do with the fact that we have found irrefutable evidence that ties this man to all of the murders?"

"You know I hate when we run into dirty cop cases."

"Then why do you seem so pleasant?"

"Because I have the beautiful woman carrying my child sitting in my lap."

"you can sweet talk and try your charm smile all you want, I am still upset that you use my password to go onto my computer."

"Come on Bones, it's not like I went searching for that new book you're working on. Besides I found out our guy is here in D.C. still."

"Then what are you waiting for? You should go arrest him and close this case."

"Well I do have you sitting on me."

"And whose fault is that?" She asked making him give his cocky grin.

"I have Cullen getting Perry so we can get this case closed tonight and relax for a day of paperwork and then you can have fun with the 50 kids running around the lab on Friday."

"And I expect you to show up."

"Nope, I'm not getting involved in that. You got yourself into this."

"I thought we were partners." She said tilting her head in a way to make her look innocent. Booth chuckled before he kissed her cheek.

"Uh huh." He sighed and looked at his watch. "We should be getting home."

"What about Perry?"

"Cullen has been working with me on this case; he'll arrest him and do the rest, as long as I do the paper work." Brennan sighed as she shifted to lean her head on his shoulder. The two sat in an intimate silence before Brennan gave another sigh. "What do you have going on in that head of yours?"

"I need to check something in limbo, and then we should go get the girls from my father."

"I guess you're right." Booth kissed her forehead before helping her stand up as they bother shut everything down, grabbing their jackets and heading into the lab where the others were waiting to hear them fighting. "I'll meet you out front." He said softly as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"I won't be long." Booth ducked and gave her a loving kiss before she turned and walked off leaving Booth to turn and talk to the others on the platform.

"You two heading out?" Cam asked as Booth swiped his badge and walking over to them

"Yeah, she just has to finish something in limbo and then we're going to save Max from the girls."

"How is Rus and Amy holding up?"

"Amy hit pretty hard and Rus is barely holding in there. Bones wants to go see her."

"That's probably not a good idea." Sweets said.

"Yeah, she's listening to me when I tell her that. For now." He said as he leaned forward onto a table.

"You run this down to Dr. Brennan?" Cam asked handing him a file. "She's going to want to put this down there."

"Yeah, sure." Booth took the file and started walking to the basement. As Booth, started walking down the stairs the lights in the basement went off. Booth paused looking around before he heard a crash. "Bones." He whispered before pulling his gun and starting to move as quickly and quietly as possible through the aisles of bones. His training kicked in and he moved silently looking for any movement when he heard another clatter. Quickly moving in that direction he was run into. He saw Brennan as she took several trembling steps back.

"Booth." She said in a harsh whisper before she quickly moved closer to him. Booth used his free hand to smooth over her cheek moving closer to her.

"Bones, what happened?"

"I… I don't know, I was looking over a set one of my interns had laid out, the lights went out and…, someone grabbed my arm, and I just ran… Booth I just..."

"It's okay." He said pulling her to him. "It's okay, relax. Start making your way back up to the lab and get to the others." He said as she nodded. Brennan started making her way to the stairs as Booth heard things shifting making him walk farther and farther into the bone storage. He turned a corner quickly pointing his gun in the direction he heard more shuffling to see an intern. "Go." He said as the intern jumped to her feet and started running for the stairs and Booth continued through the aisles.

Booth shifted as he reached the back wall finally and he went along it checking every hideout he could along the way until he heard a loud crash from the front of the room. He paused looking in that direction hearing another louder crash and then something thank made his heart stop.

"Booth!" He heard Brennan cry out. Booth's heart stopped before he took off running through the aisles, making his way to the front again. "Booth!" He heard again. He reached the front and he peeked around the corner in time to see a tall shadow moving quickly before he saw Brennan in front of him. Booth pulled her to the side and held his gun up.

"FBI freeze!" He called out. The shadow stopped moving. Booth pushed Brennan behind him and started moving around the corner when suddenly the shadow took off running. Booth followed but the shadow weaved around the aisles and was gone. Booth turned running back to where Brennan was and found her sitting on the ground leaning against a row of bone storage containers. "Bones." He said reaching out as he knelt beside her. He pulled her to him quickly and held her as he felt her shake.

"Booth…"

"Sh. It's okay. it's okay now. I'm here, you'll be okay, Baby." He said just able to sit and hold her. He pulled her closer as the lights were thrown back on. Booth just sat holding her as he heard footsteps coming towards them.

"Booth!" He heard but ignored them as they came closer.

"it's okay, baby, it's oaky." Booth repeated as their friends made it to them.

"Dr. Brennan!" They called seeing Brennan with her face buried in Booth's chest as he held her tight still whispering to her. Cam knelt beside Booth making him look over at her.

"Camille, call Cullen." He said softly looking up at her before he turned his attention back to Brennan as she still sat holding him. Booth smoothed back her hair back and kissed the top of her head. "Relax baby." He said as the others watched Cam walk away on the phone.

"Are you hurt?" Jay asked as the others took several steps back knowing to leave the two partners have time to calm down. Booth glanced at him and then the others then he shifted to hold Brennan closer. Sweets reached out pulling Jay back to the others as they stood to the side. "She should get checked out at the hospital and you need to-"

"Leave them be." Angela cut him off. "There's one thing we all learned it's when one of them has something happened you need to leave them be together to calm down. They will talk when they're ready. Until then you have to let Booth take care of her. No matter how much we want to help." She looked back over seeing Booth go back to talking to Brennan.

"Ange." They turned seeing Booth looking at him. "Grab some gauze and stuff." He said calm, his face showing no emotion.

"Not good." Angela said before nodding and going to find what he asked for.

"What did she mean?" Jay asked as Sweets was watching worried.

"Booth has that look again." Hodgins said. "The one before going after Broadsky." Angela ran back with a pack and handed it to Booth.

"Bones let me get this cleaned up a bit." He said softly before setting the pack next to him and he shifted, getting her to look up at him. They could see the blood soaking his shirt, the gash above her left eye the lump and bruising was already beginning to show on her right cheek and her lip was split.

"Oh my god." Angela whispered. Booth ran his hands over her face gently talking softly to her.

"He's really in love with her." Jay said as Angela gave a small smile.

"They've been in love since they met. It took 6 years and the death of an intern for it to happen but once it did…. there is not a moment you can't see it when they look at each other. Even when they fight."

"Booth, Cullen's on his way. I'm going to meet him out front." Cam said as she walked closer to the couple.

"Yeah." Booth said nodding at her before he went back to whipping the blood from Brennan's face and bandaging the cut. "You just bumped your head right?" Brennan nodded. "Okay, it's all bandaged and we'll get everything worked out. Get you home with some of your favorite Tai food."

"I'm okay now. I just don't…. Booth…." She trailed off with her eyes looking glassy. Booth placed his hands on both sides of her face gently.

"I know baby, just relax. It's all over okay?" She nodded as he pulled her back to him and kissed the top of her head.

"I love you, Booth." She whispered as he buried his face in her hair.

"I love you too, Bones."

Cullen stood watching as Booth lifted Brennan up and set her on the table. He was so gentle and worried as he spoke to her and moved her. Cullen walked over once Brennan was sitting on the side of the table talking with Booth and Cam.

"So this guy got into the lab and no one saw him come or go." He said as he stopped by the three.

"He took off using the docks." Booth said. "I was all through this place."

"I was looking over the remains over there and I was beginning to place the tarsals away in the canisters when the electricity went out. I heard footsteps and someone gripped my arm. I turned and took off. I was shoved from behind and I hit my head. I tried to run through the aisles but the man caught up and he hit my zygomatic bone with something. It took a minute but I gained control again and I took off running. Booth came in and I tried to make it to the stairs but he showed up again and hit me with something again. Booth came back up front and he took off."

"Are you sure it's our guy? There was no light, you didn't get a good look at him, and Booth you could only see his silhouette. How can you be sure?" He saw Brennan look at Booth.

"Tell him, Bones." Booth said as he gently tucked some hair behind her ear. Brennan looked back at Cullen, he had never seen her so vulnerable and knew it wasn't something she showed easily.

"He kept repeating what he wrote on my bedroom wall and what he said in his conversation with me on the phone. It was him." Cullen looked at Booth who stood leaning with one hand next to Brennan on the table. "It was him… he got into my lab…." She said starting to get angry as tears came to her eyes.

"Alright, it's okay, we'll get the bastard. Just relax, Bones." Booth said softly as he turned to stand directly in front of her and he smoothed her hair back. Cullen and other agents in the room paused to watch the tender action shocked. The couple kept their tender moments to themselves, making sure no one saw when they were a couple, only to see the professional partners while at work.

"Booth, he's not going to stop…. He got into the lab… if he can get through the security here and do this he can-"

"Shh." He hushed as he dropped one hand to her thigh and curled the other around to cradle the back of her head.

"Booth, director Cullen." They heard making both men turn to look at an agent toward the middle of the aisle. Booth told Brennan he would be right back and the two men walked towards the agent as another took over talking to Brennan as Angela walked over to talk to her. "It looks like he found a place to hide."

"A place to hide?" Cullen asked.

"This grate leads to a sewer system. It' leads to the outside."

"He was hiding in there until he knew Bones was here and then climbed out?"

"That's my-

"Booth!" They heard making everyone look over at Angela as she was trying to talk to Brennan who was becoming angry and more upset. Booth ran back to Brennan hearing her yelling about the attack. He pulled her to him and felt her are wrap around him tightly.

"Shh, it's okay baby, I'm right here." He whispered as her arms tightened around him and she buried her face in his neck. "It's okay, Bones. Relax, I'm right here." He soothed as Angela watched worried. "Bones." He said pulling away to look at her. "Go with Angela and wait in your office."

"No…. no, Booth, no. I don't-"

"Shh." He looked at Angela. "Bones, I'm going to finish up here and we're going to go home. Nothing is going to happen." He whispered the last part and saw her nod slowly. Booth helped her off the table and Angela saw a look, an emotion she had never seen him use before. "Go with Angela." She nodded and he turned to Cullen as the two women walked away.

"She's really affected by this guy. She seems even more affected than any other time she was attacked." Culled observed as Booth nodded. "Why?" Booth glanced around at the agents who had stopped working to watch Booth and Brennan's tender moment. Cullen shifted his head and the two men started walking off to the side where no one could hear them. "What's going on Booth?"

"She's been having dreams."

"Dreams?"

"Yeah, since the first attack. Parker called me when I was away, she had a dream that really freaked her out, she cried in front of Sweets." Cullen furrowed his brows.

"This is serious."

"Yeah, they've gone to little dreams here and there recently but they got really bad for a while there."

"It doesn't look like there's much here but we'll get everything we can. I'll get the security detail on your place again. I'll let you know what is going on, go take care of her and the baby." Booth hesitated for a moment before nodding and going up the stairs with Cullen following.

"No! No! If he can get in here then there's nowhere I'm safe! He shouldn't have been able to get in here! No! He's not going to stop!" Cullen and Booth looked at each other before moving faster to Brennan's office. "No!" She yelled again before everyone looked up at Booth as he walked in. "Booth, tell them if he can get in here he will be able to go anywhere. Just like-"

"Bones." He said as he walked closer to her. He didn't care who was watching and what would be said as he pulled her close to her and felt her shake. "Cam." He said looking over his shoulder, knowing Brennan was trying to stay strong and stubborn, she didn't want to ever show her emotions to anyone, even him. Cam looked at him a minute before nodding and starting to lead the others from the room.

"Booth." He looked over his shoulder to see Cullen. "Go home." Booth nodded as the door shut and he felt Brennan shake again.

"Bones, let's go home. We have everything set up so he's not going to get to you. I'm not going to let him get anywhere near you again." He whispered kissing her head

Finally, after another two hours of talking Booth was able to get Brennan to go home and to have Max watch the girls. He sat on the bed watching her sleep next to him. She was terrified that the man would get to her and she wasn't able to stop him. He knew her emotions were heightened and with these past events, her fear was through the roof, she didn't even know if she would be able to protect herself or her unborn child if anything happened again and that was scaring the life out of her. Booth sighed as he closed his eyes and let himself drift off knowing Brennan was right beside him sleeping peacefully after only one nightmare.