Hey guys! YellowShadess here with a new story. This isn't like my other stories. I've been rewatching Bones and throughout the first part of season six I saw that while everyone was moving on with their lives and doing their own things, Brennan sat back and went on with life as is. In the episode 'The Doctor In The Photo' Brennan struggled with the case and kept making comparisons to Lauren Eames. No one realized how much she was struggling with her feelings on the case until she admitted it to Booth in the SUV. Throughout the season no one really paid any attention to Brennan; Hodgins and Angela was focused on their baby's impended arrival, Booth was preoccupied with 'moving on' and being with Hannah and Cam, while her and Brennan never had a strong relationship, focused on her job and Paul. Brennan was pushed aside by her 'family' and was essentially left in the shadows until Booth broke up with Desert Storm Barbie. This story will focus on an event that happens to Brennan that isn't brought to anyones attention until it is too late. This story isn't cheerful and I can't promise you that it'll have the happiest of endings. No trigger warning necessary. This is NOT an attempted suicide story. I hope you enjoy.

Booth woke up on this glorious Monday morning with an unusual spring in his step. His case closure rate was at an all time high, he lived with a beautiful, fun, sweet reporter who loved him like crazy, he was the father to a brilliant, energetic little boy and there was no one trying to kill him right now. His relationship with a certain forensic anthropologist was rocky at the moment but he was confident they could resolve their issues and become good friends again. He had received calls from her over the weekend, three to be exact, but he decided to let them go to voicemail. He needed to focus on his relationship with Hannah and he couldn't run to his partner at every moment...

He got up out of bed and joined his lover in the shower. He had a great breakfast and a delicious cup of coffee and made his way to the Hoover building to continue with his work to help keep D.C. safe. He worked on past paperwork and and organized his desk. At 11 am on the dot he received a call stating that there was a case. He grabbed his coat and made his way to the Jeffersonian to pick up his partner. He was slightly worried that she would be mad at him for not answering her phone calls over the weekend but he would explain something to her later on.

Booth arrived at the Jeffersonian and quickly spotted Brennan's car. He parked next to her and quickly made his way to the Medico-Legal Lab. He walked through the sliding doors and noticed Cam, Hodgins and the intern of the week, Vincent, on the platform working on bones that he assumed to be from limbo. He scanned onto the platform and skipped up the steps,

"Morning guys." He said. Everyone looked up and greeted the agent, "Wheres Bones? We have a case." He asked. Everyone looked at each other confused and looked around,

"Uh.. Huh. I haven't seen her all day. Maybe she's in bone storage." Cam said. Booth looked at her confusingly,

"What do you mean you haven't seen her? Its 11 o'clock in the morning for gods sakes." Everyone shrugged,

"I came in and was immediately pulled into meetings all morning, I saw her office light on and her car in the lot. I assumed she went to limbo to get this body-" Vincent cut her off immediately,

"Uh actually, I retrieved these bones. I came in and went to Dr. Brennan's office to see what I should do. When I didn't find her I remembered she told me that if she wasn't to be found or disturbed I should go examine bones from bone storage." Cam continued speaking,

"I got back from my meetings around an hour ago." She finished. Hodgins jumped in,

"Angie and I came in around the same time from a doctors appointment. Maybe she's seen her." Just then footsteps were heard coming up the platform steps. Everyone turned and saw Angela, the pregnant resident artist decending her way towards the group,

"Hey Booth! What are you doing here?" She asked. Completely ignoring her question Booth asked,

"Angela, have you seen Bones?" She thought then shook her head,

"Actually no. We came in from our appointment and I went straight to work on this reconstruction. Cam said she was in limbo." Booth rubbed his eyes and spoke,

"So, you mean to tell me that none of you have seen her at all today and you guys just assumed she was in limbo?" Angela sighed and spoke,

"I'm sorry Booth but we've been busy this morning. She said something to me last week about working in limbo. I thought she was knee deep in skeletons." Booth shook his head in anger,

"Okay then I'll go find her." He was starting to walk off the platform when his phone rang. Caller ID flashed 'Bones' across the screen,

"Its her!" He yelled. She answered the phone, "Bones! Where the hell are you we got a case." He said. A voice rang through the speaker but it did not resemble the voice of his partner,

"Agent Booth. You finally answered! I was just telling your pretty scientist that you weren't going to answer since you've been dodging my calls all weekend." The voice laughed. Booth clenched his hands and spoke,

"You son of a bitch, who are you? What have you done to Bones?" He yelled. The voice laughed once more,

"Bones? Thats cute you have a little nickname for her awwww. Well, your precious Bones is fine for now. She's been great company these past three days."

"Three days? What do you mean three days?" Booth asked angrily. The voice gave a small chuckle and sighed,

"Yes Agent Booth, while you were enjoying your weekend with your little blonde bitty your precious Bones was graced with my presence, tied up and crying for someone to come save her. You know, she could be home by now; trying to cope with this traumatic experience and I could be counting my money far away but you messed up. When I first got her I called you once everything was situated but you didn't answer so I decided to try you the next day... nope! The next day? No answer so this is my fourth attempt! Congrats."

Three days? Theres no way she goes missing and no one notices! His heart was torn in two; he rejected her calls to focus on Hannah when in reality she was being held against her will. He never rejected her calls and the one time she needed him to save her he ignored her? He was so disgusted with himself.

"What do you want?" Booth asked calmly. The voice sighed,

"All I want is for you to suffer... and money, but mostly the suffering part. I knew that Dr. Brennan was a big part of your life and I was planning on hurting her physically, you know roughing her up and shipping her back to you for some money but this little fiasco you caused opened my eyes to a new better plan. I realized this when you sent me to voicemail the second time. What if I mentally abuse her? Make her think that she's all alone and her friends left her to die. I quickly got to work setting up an undetectable video feed in the Jeffersonian security system. At first I showed her that she didn't receive a single call, text, email, nothing. Then this morning rolled around. My plan is working perfectly. Everyone came to work and didn't even bat an eye towards her office. No one made any effort to go find her. Then you stroll in looking for her... thats right we are watching right now-" Booth began looking around the lab at every security camera he can find-

"watching you stand on the platform looking at the cameras. We see everyone. You come look for her just because you have a case, not to see her or say hi only because you need her for your job. Splendid. I can't really pinpoint the icing on the cake though, the fact that her so called friends all assumed she was busy and didn't bother to find her even just for a quick good morning or that her best friend said she was too busy to go look for her. I've been watching your scientist for days now and I believe she just broke. No more tears, no more expressions." The voice laughed. Booth looked at the squint squad. They watched him in fear. He gulped and spoke,

"Please. Stop hurting her. What do you want? I'll do anything." He pleaded. The voice spoke again,

"I already got what I wanted. You suffering, now and later on. Now because you don't know what I'm doing to her and when you'll get her back and later when she gets back to you a completely different, a broken woman. After what she has seen and everything I've told her she will never trust you again. Your little band of nerds was just a bonus prize. I got what I wanted Agent Booth. I'm done now. You can have her back. I will send you her location but by the time you get to her I will be long gone. I hope you enjoy Agent Booth. I know I will." The phone went dead. Booth lowered the phone from his ear and sank onto a near by stool. Everyone crowded him,

"Booth! What happened?" Angela asked frantically. Booth shook his head,

"I failed her thats what happened! She trusted me and I failed her." Tears filled his eyes, he looked up at the squad and spoke once more, "She's been missing for three days now and no one has noticed. I ignored her calls and everyone was too busy to find her. He says he's been tapped into the security feed; she watched as you guys went on with your lives and did you jobs like she never existed, she watched as I strolled in and asked for her only because I needed her for a case. I promised her I would always be there for her, that I would always protect her and I didn't do that. Oh my god!" He held his head in his hands and heaved. Angela took a step back held onto Hodgins for dear life. Tears flooded the platform. Just then Booth got a text message. It was Brennan's location. He jumped up and sprinted to the door,

"Whats going on?" Cam yelled out. Booth turned around and spoke,

"I have her location. I'm going to get her. I'll call you when she's safe." He ran out of the lab and to his car. He needed to save Brennan but what if it was too late?

Okay guys. I hope you enjoyed this first chapter I'll update sometime during the week or on the weekend. See ya on the flipside guys! -J.A.