Trinity woke to the sounds of screams. She had fallen asleep with the phone in her hand, in Brennan’s office. It was going dark. Not that the room wouldn’t be dark without it’s light on and the door open anyway. She peered round the door and in the main lab she could see several men with guns, one of which appeared to be arguing with Brennan. She could only see Hodgins and Zack, sat on the floor, but the rest of the lab workers must’ve been dotted around. After the moment it took to register what she was seeing, Trinity noticed Booth stood in a crowd outside the door, waving at everyone to get down, but Brennan only complied when one of the men shoved a gun to her throat. If she dares to attack him now, they’re all dead ducks she thought, grabbing her own weapon, just in case. She nearly screamed when her cell started to vibrate. She looked towards the door, Booth, who was now stood with James, had his phone out. He turned to James and closed his phone; meanwhile, the men had begun to give out orders to their hostages. “Everybody, in the corner!” they requested. Their voices were muffled through their balaclavas, but Trinity knew they were talking to each other. A group of about 15 scientists ran to the corner closest to her. She leaned behind the door, so she could see what was going on without being noticed. “Brennan! Brennan!” she whispered, as the anthropologist was only a couple of metres away. No reaction. “Bones!” she whispered, no louder than she had before. This time Brennan’s eyes quickly darted towards the door and then back to the men in front of the group. Every few seconds, she looked at Trinity and then her hands. From what she could see, the scientist was doing sign language and slowly she spelt out, ‘h.e.l.p.d.o.n.t.c.a.l.l.b.o.o.t.h.’

“Why not?” she mouthed. ‘m.e.e.t.i.n.t.h.e.r.e.2.a.m.’ Trinity was about to complain about how early that was, but then she remembered the situation. She nodded and received a small, but grateful smile.

“Can you see anything?” James asked, trying not to press his face against the glass doors too hard. “I think they’re being moved” Booth replied. Zack and Hodgins were now in view and the latter seemed to quite excited, whereas, Zack just looked queasy. Angela, who was almost shaking, was sat with Brennan outside her best friend’s office. They both appeared to be looking at something in the room and after a few moments of Brennan messing with her hands, she smiled. “If she even dares to they’ll shoot” he thought aloud, but James actually knew what he was talking about and replied with a quiet “hmmm” He observed as his partner leaned towards her friend and whispered something in her ear. He smiled as Brennan reached for Angela’s hand to reassure her. She’s not as harsh as I thought.

Angela watched Brennan smile at the confirmation of her plans with Trinity. She didn’t actually know what the plan was, because she didn’t understand sign language. Her hands started to tremble as looked back at their captures. “It’s going to be okay. We’re going get out of here, I promise” Brennan whispered, holding her Angela’s hand. Yeah, maybe in a body bag she thought.