Recap from the end of the previous Chapter: "Because Bones, that is what the bastard said to me right before he hung up. Booth's memory then briefly flashed back to the end of the phone conversation, he could hear the words in his head as clearly as if he was hearing them out loud . . .

"Then expect it when you least expect it Agent B-OO-TH!"

Mistaken Identity

Chapter 7

Inside Booth's Vehicle . . .

Brennan's heart jumped into her throat as she absorbed the dual meaning of that threat. On one hand it definitely proved Booth's theory that his place had been bugged – most likely while he was in the hospital. On the other hand, it also meant his theory of additional people was also correct.

"Damn!" Booth shouted as he hit the steering wheel harshly with his left hand, his right hand still had Brennan's resting on top of it trying to keep him calm.. "I should not have pissed him off that, I was just so angry! But that call caught me off guard and I wasn't thinking straight!"

"Booth anyone would have reacted in the same fashion, your reaction was plausible given the nature of his call"

Booth smiled again finally, just hearing her use of logic to calm him down seemed to work but more so because he now found her irresistible when she talked like that, unlike when they first began working together. Back then her over the top 'genius speak' as he called it, drove him crazy with frustration rather than affection.

"Okay Brennan, thank you for that." he said as he took his hand that was covered with her and pulled her delicate hand up to his mouth, kissing her lightly on the back of her hand to express his thanks even further. "But, we need to have a better game plan or we could both get hurt or killed. First we need to do a sweep of my apartment, and we should probably do the same to yours and to Hodgins' home. I would bet money there are bugs placed there as well."

"I can have a buddy of mine within the FBI secure the equipment for us to use. If anything we might need to get Caroline involved just so we have someone who knows what we are looking into should we suddenly disappear for any reason, heaven forbid. Though the less people who know, the better because anyone we inform is going to also become a target. We need to think this through some more once we get back home."

Brennan agreed with him on all counts, yet she silently worried about the fact that he continued to push himself even though he was no where near healed from the last attack. She didn't think it would take much effort at all for someone to overpower him in his current condition, and that caused her more concern than anything – including any fear for her own safety.

Hours Later Inside Booth's Apartment -

They had just completed the full sweep of Booth's place from top to bottom. The friend that secured the bug detecting equipment and monitors had tried to get Booth to tell him what he suspected and why he needed it, but Booth didn't trust anyone right now which was why he led his friend to believe that it was for a top security, extremely confidential case that he could not discuss with anyone.

"Well, how many does that make?" Booth asked her as Brennan was finishing counting the devices they had uncovered and deactivated.

"Eight Booth. Yet one of them I believe also provided them with a video feed, that is the one we found in your living room and is a slightly different device that looks like a minuscule camera scope. At least they didn't put one in the bedroom, that could have created some awkward evidence later if we get to the point of arresting anyone." she said with a gentle giggle escaping from her lips. "Sorry, I think I am getting rummy from being tired and hungry" she explained.

Booth set the detection monitor he was holding on the table, slowly walking over to her, he shocked her as he leaned down to where she was seated on his couch, and he pulled her into a kiss that caused her to drop the bugging device she had in her gloved hands. She wrapped her hands around his neck pulling him deeper into the kiss.

"Wow" she said as they finally broke apart, "What was that for?"

"Wellll, I guess I find your 'rummy' humor sexy and you know that giggle of yours always turns me on." he said smiling and leaning fwd to kiss her on the tip of her nose. "Now let's go eat! I hadn't realized my own hunger until you brought it up – now my stomach is growling so loud that it would probably be heard on one of these bugs if we hadn't disabled them." he chuckled.

Meanwhile across town in a plush Hotel Suite -

Deep within the suite, one of the smaller bedrooms appears to have been modified and is now fully equipped with high end Audio and Video equipment. This included a Voice Synthesizer, a couple of video screens and several Audio speakers and a control panel that allowed the users to manipulate volumes and switch to different camera feeds. There are two people in this high tech room monitoring the sound and video feeds. One man watches one particular screen, he watches as Agent Booth and Dr. Brennan enter through the front door of the Agent's apartment home. At first he thinks they must be fighting or angry with each other for some reason, because they do not speak to one another.

Then the man sits up further in his plush leather office type chair as he sees the duo begin to search the place from top to bottom. One by one he hears the speakers that were piping in auditory recordings from each of the numerous bugging devices they had planted in the Agent's home – suddenly each speaker playing nothing but the sound of static white noise. They had even risked all by crossing the Police tape that surrounded the Agent's apartment during the investigation of his kidnapping from the home, just to install the bugs and a video camera.

They did this immediately once they heard that Seeley Booth had survived the explosive death they had planned for him. They had little time in which to accomplish this task - they had done such extensive research on the Agent, enough to know that he had a tendency in the past, to check out of Hospitals earlier than his condition may have rendered.

"What the!!" the man shouted loud enough to be heard in the suite next door. Standing abruptly, his chair falling over in the process. "What is it?!" says his partner in crime.

"That SOB is removing every device we put in there! How the hell did he even know about them? I know he's good – but no one is that good! Wait a minute, just what did you say to him when you called him earlier to warn him to back off?!! Huh?! What did you say?!" His partner suddenly looked pale, just the guilt that was written all over his face told the other man that he had said something. "I . . .well, I didn't think he would figure it out just by one comment. I just couldn't stand the way he was standing up to me, as if he were above fear. The man is arrogant, he acts like he is some kind of invincible Super Hero!! I ended up going off on him in one last ditch attempt to throw him off guard. I may have repeated a cliché that he had said yesterday in his living room."

"Oh that's great!" yelled the other man who was obviously the leader of the two men. "You need to learn some control over your anger, I keep telling you that it's going to get you in trouble one of these days. Might even get you killed! Now, we need to regroup and thankfully we still have Dr. Brennan's home monitored though I suppose they will go there next to search her place."

The men then sat down to come up with a new game plan, something that would eliminate these two remaining primary witnesses - for good.

To Be Continued . . .

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