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"Bones!" Seeley Booth called throughout the empty corridors of the Jeffersonian. It was fifteen minutes until midnight, and Temperance had promised to meet him an hour earlier. When she didn't show up, he proceeded to call her house and then her cell phone, neither of which she had answered. Booth then called Angela, who told him that she was most likely still working on their current case. This was the reason why Booth was currently frantically searching the Jeffersonian for his partner whom no one had heard from in over two hours.
"Bones!" He called again, this time slightly louder. He received no reply, and continued moving toward the lab. He ducked his head in, but found that all the lights were off and everything had been cleaned up. A loud crashing noise came from the direction of her office, and Booth quickly pulled out his gun and walked swiftly toward the closed door. He took a deep breath and then quickly pushed the door open, his gun raised and pointed directly into the room. Temperance lay unmoving on the floor beside her desk. Shards of glass and water were scattered around her, and a bouquet of wet roses lay limply by her side. Booth quickly rushed over to her and checked for a pulse. It was faint, but she was still alive.
A light breeze brushed across his face, and he looked up to see the window open and the blinds blowing softly in the wind. He walked swiftly to the window and searched for a sign of movement, but all he could see was darkness. Ignoring the voice in his head telling him to find and kill the person who did this, Booth returned to Temperance's side. He quickly scooped her up into his arms, and walked out to his car, where he placed her in the back seat. Strands of hair fell in front of her face, and he gently pushed them back behind her ear.
"Please be okay." He whispered before getting into the drivers seat. He drove quickly to the hospital and took frequent looks back at her. When he arrived, he again scooped her up into his arms and carefully took her in. A doctor noticed him right away.
"I need a stretcher!" he called, and within moments a nurse wheeled one directly in front of him. In an almost trance-like state, Booth placed Temperance gently onto it and watched as the doctor wheeled her through the emergency room double doors. The nurse placed her hand gently on his shoulder.
"She's going to be fine." She told him reassuringly. Booth nodded, though in his mind he was thinking 'you get paid to tell me that.'
"You can sit in the waiting room if you'd like." She told him. "The doctor will see you when he's done." Booth nodded for the second time, and went and sat in the waiting room. He placed his head in his hands, and closed his eyes. His phone rang and he answered it, his voice slightly hoarse.
"Booth."
"Did you find her? Is she okay?" Angela's voice asked from the other line. Booth sighed.
"She's…" he trailed off for a moment. "She's in the hospital." He told her. He heard Angela's sharp intake of breath.
"But she's going to be okay, right?" Angela asked, like she needed his assurance.
"I don't know." He told her, though it killed him to say so. Angela was silent, and Booth regretted that he didn't know how to comfort her.
"I'm going to call everyone else." Angela whispered in a strained voice. "We'll be there soon." She told him and then hung up. Booth slowly closed his phone and went back to his previous position. All he could do now was wait.
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