This story is based on a book that I love called Bait by Karen Robards and I know if any of you read it, it is almost alike but I love the story that I wanted to put Booth and Brennen in its place.
"You ready to play the game" a digitally altered voice ran through Booth's phone.
"What game?" Brennen could hear Booth's story and steady voice.
"Oh, you know, the game" the killer gloated and Brennen shook with anger. "I took your Bones, the tables are now turned. You thought you had me, well now I've got you" He gave a brutal laugh. "You come find her now, you better hurry though"
"We can work something out" Booth said and Brennen thought his voice sounded hoarse.
"Oh, ho" he sounded delighted. He casts a glance at Brennen to let her see him gloat. "Now you are playing. Just one problem asshole, why should we work something out when you're never going to catch me."
"Oh, yeah" Booth said "I'm so close, I'm practically on your tail."
This made the man frown and cast a quick glance in his rearview mirror. For a moment, Brennen felt some hope. But then the man smirked and looked straight ahead.
"You're blowing smoke, dickhead. You're nowhere near me. I going to take your partner somewhere and shoot her dead. And I'm going to film it. Then I'm going to send it to you and make you watch"
"Wait" Booth said but the man wasn't listening. He held the phone in front of Brennen's face. She felt her heart race, she wanted to cry, scream, and beg all at the same time.
"Say bye" the man taunted.
"Booth" she said and couldn't help it, her voice shook.
She heard him take a quick inhale.
Then the man disconnected.
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"Did you get that?" Booth said sweating bullets. His heart was pounding and all he could think of was that his Bones was right there, making him feel like he could reach through the phone and take her.
He was going to kill her. Booth recognized the excitement in his voice to know that the sick bastard was serious.
All that preparing, getting Brennen when and were he did meant that he was going to enjoy Booths pain all too much.
Cullen was sitting besides him with a laptop and tracer.
Please Booth thought Please
Cullen looked up with a white face. "Not enough time" he said.
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Meanwhile back in the car……
"You're all part of my past that I want to keep in the past. Skeletons in my closest and now I'm cleaning it out." The man rambled on.
"I don't know what that means" Brennen said even though it was bullshit and she knew he knew it too. She was trying to keep him occupied while she tried to fumble for the phone that he threw on the floor.
"Give it up" he breathed and she realized that he was growing more agitated. With her heart pounding, stomach churning, she managed to pick the phone up.
He glanced at her and Brennen froze. Had he seen her? She only had one chance at this.
"I'm going to kill you then I'm going to tell him where you are. Then I'm going to kill him just for the fun of it."
Her fingers slid over the buttons and hit what she hoped was redial.
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Booth was in the car with Cullen, driving back to headquarters, when the phone rang. He looked at the ID window.
Error it said.
His heart stopped and when he flipped it open, he realized his fingers were shaking. There was only one reason why the sick bastard would be calling him, he feared.
He lifted the phone to his ear, praying harder then he ever had before.
Please God, don't let him kill her… Please, Please
"Booth" he said.