Now You Know by Frona Posted 03/12/2007

Ok so here is an idea that has been floating around in my head, i hope you like it
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Chapter 1: You know?

They had just finished a case about a soldier who had been killed after he refused to give up the location of his platoon; Booth was standing at the memorial with his eyes closed, it hurt him to have to stand at another soldier’s grave. He remembered the war all too well, the taste of sand in your mouth, eyes tearing as wind in sand get in them, couching as the sand went down your through, and then the utter stillness. Everything getting quiet and still the moment before the trigger is pulled. Blinking to get his thoughts back to the present time Booth sighed and walked toward the casket to salute the deceased soldier. Turning around and heading back towards Bones he failed to know that he wasn’t the only one in pain over a soldier’s death.
Bones knew that this was hard on Booth; he would get so caught up what it was like for him as a sniper. As bad as it sounds she was glad that Booth always got caught up in his own memories to notice how she was feeling during a case that had to do with soldiers deaths. She felt each death like it was a member of her family who had died, not some stranger who she had never met. Lost soldiers who are found create horrible memories of a time when Bren was different, when (even though it is harder to believe) she was even more distant, a time that she wishes she will never have to go back to. But being at all of the soldiers’ memorials and hearing Booth talk about his days as a sniper make the memories come back.
Booth came back to Bones and gave a small smile, “Thanks for coming to this with me Bones,” Booth thanked sincerely.
It took Bren a moment to answer and she game Booth a shy smile and replied, “It was my case too Booth and I will always come with you.”
Booth squeezed Bones’s hand, drinking in the comfort that the feel of another person brought him, unknown to him he was having the same effect on her. Glancing around him he noticed that his old commander was there. “Hey Bones look, its General James, he was my old commanding officer, would you mind if we went over there and said hello?” Booth asked.
Bren had already noticed the two men who stood side by side. Both wearing matching grim faces and freshly pressed uniforms that held various medals proudly, one man having more medals then the other. The man with more medals had been Bren’s commanding officer, who also happened to basically control all of the army. “Sure Booth, I can wait over here if you want” Bren replied hoping that he would let her stay.
“Don’t be ridiculous Bones, just come on and meet him” Booth said pulling her over to where the two Generals were standing.
“Agent Booth! It is good too see you, even thought these are not ideal circumstances” General James greeted Booth, not yet seeing Bren who was standing next to Booth with her head down.
“General James, it’s good to see you too” remembering that Bones was next to him, Booth made introductions “Sir I would like you to meet my partner, Dr. Temperance Brennen.”
At the mention of Brennen’s name the other man started to listen in to the conversation, not sure if it was really Temperance Brennen who stood before him.
“Hello Sir” Bren greeted meekly, giving her hand for General James to shake.
“Dr. Temperance Brennen, that names sounds familiar” General James pondered while he shook her hand.
“It should” The other General answered. “This is one of the best people I have seen fight anyone. It has been a long time Brennen, it is nice to see you, and you are looking good.”
“Hello General, it has been a long time, even though I am not positive if is has been long enough” Bren replied.
Booth did not like hearing another man say that his Bones looked good, however when she called him general his curiosity outweighed his jealousy. When she siad that she hoped not to see him this soon that made his curiosity grow even more.
“Wait a minute, Cooper are you telling me that this lovely lady standing in front of me is that Brennen? Backhand Brennen?” General James asked, unable to believe that it was true.
Booth seemed at a loss, he did not know what was going on. The name Cooper sounded familiar to him though and after some thought it clicked. That man was General Cooper, the man who basically ran the army, and he knew Bones. Which made his curiosity just grow to the point where it was about to explode.
Bren grimaced at the name Backhand Brennen, and tried to avoid Booth’s curious look. “Yes that is me. It has been a long time since I have heard someone call me that though,” Bren answered.
“Well I can’t believe that you are standing here talking to me. I mean I have heard so much about you! Coop here always talked about how you were the only girl and yet you were the best.” General James went on, either not noticing or not caring about the uneasiness of the topic.
Bren just smiled slightly as General Cooped started talking again, “Ok, well enough about that even though it is true. That nickname, however ill named, did fit you Brennen. All the guys on the team thought incredibly highly of you, in the beginning of course they thought that it would be them having to rush in and save you instead of the other way around.”
Brennen laughed at that. “Oh trust me I knew exactly how they thought of me in the beginning, the way most people know I got my nickname is not the only way, some of the guys can testify to that.” Suddenly remembering her very confused partner Bren made introductions, “I almost forgot, General this is my partner Special Agent Seeley Booth. Booth, this is General Cooper.”
“I gathered that thanks Bones, it’s an honor to meet you Sir.” Booth said saluting, amazed that Bones knew this very powerful man.
General Cooper saluted back, “Nice to meet you Agent Booth, I guess you already know about Brennen’s military experience?” He asked.
“Actually I am not that familiar with it, would you care to shed some light on that.” Booth asked as his curiosity took over.
“Brennen I see you are not gloating about how well you did and how you are a legend” General Cooper observed laughing.
“Well to be honest General, looking back I see that there isn’t much that I should be gloating about. What I did makes me a monster in some peoples minds.” Bren confessed.
“Nonsense! Who ever called you a monster should be ashamed. Now Booth I am going to tell you a little story about your partner here” General replied before telling his story…
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don't you love where i ended it.
so tell me if you think that this story is good or not, and for anyone who knows anything about the army do you think you can tell me exactly how people are ranked?
please review, the more i get the sooner i will post

BGWGscienceteacher

Posted 04/12/2007 02:13:04 AM

I love the idea you have in this story. You already have me on the edge of my seat. I get the feeling that Booth's mouth is going to be on the ground by the time the general is done.

What exactly are you needing to know about the army? I don't think I fully understand the question. Are you wanting to know the different ranks?

Frona

Posted 04/12/2007 05:31:48 PM

thanks soo much for the review!!!
and yes my question is about the ranks, i wanted to write how Bren knows people high up in the army and to say what position she was in but i am not sure what the names of the different ranks/possitions are and who is the highest
thanks again!

BGWGscienceteacher

Posted 04/12/2007 05:53:33 PM

Okay, first to know a general that high up Brennan had to have been an officer and involved with sensitive information. She probably was doing something along the lines of what she does for the FBI now. That of course depends on how far back into her past you are taking this.

Anyway, instead of me trying to explain all of it I have found you a web site that should answer most of your questions.

[Only admins are allowed to see this link]

Hope this helps.

Frona

Posted 04/12/2007 06:22:53 PM

thank you soo much for that it helps,
hopefully i will get the other part posted tonight but it is bones day soo i will try

saraluvzbonz

Posted 05/12/2007 04:21:49 PM

Stories about Brennan's work for the military usually turn out to be interesting. Please continue. :-)

Frona

Posted 05/12/2007 08:47:06 PM

thank you for the reviews and i hope it does turn out to be interesting!!
heres the next chapter i hope u like it!

Chapter 2: The Start takes place during bones time in war, when she was 24 years old


Bren nervously stepped of the van and walked to short distance to the main emotionless looking building. There were butterflies in her stomach as she got closer to the building; this building was going to be her home for, well up until she got her first mission. Training for a year made Bren tough; no one was able to get past her. After years of defending herself when she was in the foster system she was finally going to set something right. She was going to show everyone that she was not some small little kid who could be messed with; she was a grown adult who was in the army. And not just any part of the army, she belonged with the special ops forces, handling the most dangerous missions, making the personal killings, which are all done by hand. Of course that did not mean that she was not an excellent shot, anyone in the army had to be. But she performed best with hand on hand combat, or hand on anything really since no one got the drop on Temperance Brennen.

Now ready to meet the rest of her team, people whom she would be fighting along side of. Opening the door she flashed her new badge to the guard, she had taken her picture and got the badge just the other day.

The guard looked at her badge and nodded approvingly “Special Ops, impressive. Your quarters are down the corridor and to the right” he informed Bren.

Bren thanked the guard and then went where he told her to go. Upon reaching the door she read her name on the outside along with 5 other names. Taking a deep breath she walked inside.

Four of the other guys where already there and were talking and joking with one another when Bren walked into the room. “Whoa Baby! Are you looking for a little pleasure sugar, I’m sure some of us won’t mind helping out with that.” The first man said surprised to see Temperance.

Laughing man number two continued, “This ain’t no party here toots, why don’t you just scurry back to the mall or something.”

Tempe was used to this reaction; man always found her very attractive with her auburn hair that fell just below shoulder length and her piercing blue eyes. The fact that she was in top physical shape just helped out. “Well aren’t you boys just sooo thoughtful.” Bren said framing innocence.

“We aim to please” The first man replied.

“Don’t mind them” a third man spoke up, “they are asses. Can we help you with something? I mean you are probably in the wrong place, this is the special ops quarters.”

Thinking that his man seemed nicer and more open to her being in the special ops Bren decided to speak up, “The only thing that I need help finding is my bunk,” at all the confused looks she got Bren rolled her eyes and spelled it out for them, “Ok well I am part of the special ops in case that was hard for you to understand. Now, which bunk is mine?”

“What do you mean you are part of the special ops?” the second man asked.

The last man decided to walk in at the moment, “Whoa is someone entertaining in here?” he asked.

“Oh god. Is this how it is going to be? Everyone thinking that I am some piece of entertainment here just for your enjoyment?” Tempe asked as she started to get annoyed. “I bet that I can take any one of you, anytime and anywhere.”

Three out of the 5 men looked around at each other and then burst out laughing, the first guy took it upon him self to dare to approach her. “Ok well I don’t think we would want to hurt a fine looking thing like your self so why don’t-” he never got to finish since as soon as he laid a hand on Tempe she flipped him and held his arm behind his back.

“I can see that you are STILL not getting the message, I am part of the special ops, and it is lead by General Cooper. My name is Temperance Brennen, so either get over that fact that I’m a woman or go complain to someone who will actually listen, do you understand?” Tempe informed the man who was pinned down on the ground.

All four other soldiers looked at her in awe, this man was supposed to be one of the best and he was just taken out by a woman, they knew that she was not a force to be reckoned with. So they all silently nodded their heads even thought the question was not directed at them. The man underneath her slowly nodded his head.

The man who had been the only polite one to Bren spoke up “Thank you for finally shutting him up. My name is Chase and well I guess welcome.” Chase stated.

The others quickly followed man number two turned out to be Ted, the man who hadn’t said anything at all during this whole exchanged turned out to be Wilson, the late arrival was Frank, and the man she had pinned down was Jacob.

“Look I wasn’t trying to harm you, I was just looking out for your best interests” Jacob said still subbing his sore arm. “I have been here for a year and I do not think that his is the right place for a woman, sure there are other women in the army but not in the special ops. I don’t want to have to pick up the pieces when you fall apart after killing your first man, and I do not want to have to rush in somewhere and drag your sorry ass out.”

“Hate to break it to you but I am staying here, I have never been one to back down and I won’t now. I know that I won’t break down after killing my first man because well, I didn’t when it happened.” Bren stated defiantly.

“Have you all ready been in the army or something?” Chase asked joining into the conversation.

“No” Bren simply stated.

“Holy shit you murdered someone?!” Ted explained slightly surprised.

“Yes I killed someone. But it wasn’t murder, self defense is not murder” Bren answered, her eyes never leaving Jacobs.

“Shit! And how old are you because you can’t be more than 25 now” Ted asked still in shock.

“I’m 24 and I was 17 at the time, I didn’t break down then and I won’t now. So just learn to deal with me being here. And if you don’t like it then go talk to General Cooper, see how much he likes listening to a cry baby” Bren said, her voice never wavering.

All of the men stared at her in shock, she had killed someone when she was 17, and it was apparently self defense, it was just too hard to believe. The only man who kept his gaze even was Jacob and that was because he didn’t want to show Bren that she was getting the upper hand on him.

“Well thank you lord” Wilson suddenly spoke for the first time.

“Wilson! You actually talked!” Chase exclaimed.

“I can talk; there has just been nothing to talk about. I must hand it to you Temperance, not many people will stand up for themselves when faced with Jacob, and it is about time that someone did” Wilson congratulated Tempe.

“Don’t call me Temperance, call me Tempe or Brennen or Bren, just not Temperance” Bren suddenly said with venom in her voice.

Jacob was able to pick up on that venom; he wanted to provoke Bren even more so he started bugging her about it. “Aww did your mommy and daddy call you that? Was it their special name for you” he sarcastically said while putting on a fake pouting face.

“Actually they did call me that, but it wasn’t special. It is my name” Tempe said refusing to let this Jacob man crawl under he skin.

“They actually let you become special ops, they must really hate you. I bet they just wanted to be rid of you as fast as they could. Maybe they even forced you to be here, I guess you are just mad at them.” Jacob taunted, not realizing that he may have gone too far.

Tempe’s eyes turned cold, all emotion washed out of them except anger, a deep anger. In a voice that could have woke the dead and shocked everyone on the room including Jacob she replied, “They do not know I am here, they were able to get rid of me sooner then you think. If I die, they wouldn’t even notice, they wouldn’t care. And if you want to trash talk my family you left out my brother, ohh wait I have a better idea. Why don’t we find out something about your family? Did they want to get rid of you too? Or is it only my family that gets rid of their children?”

The room was so silent that you could hear a soldier cough from three rooms down. Jacob actually looked down for a moment before answering,”My family is not too happy that I am here but they let me come, they knew that it was something that I needed to do. Look I’m--” but he didn’t get to finish before Tempe butted in.

“So a perfect family, what if I told you the man I killed was supposed to be my father? What would you say about that?” Tempe spat as everyone in the rooms mouths dropped to the floor, including Jacobs.
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sooo what do you guys think? was it ok?
please review i love to read them!

miller0259

Posted 06/12/2007 09:16:49 PM

woah....an angsty/fiesty brennan.....what's all this about killing her father?

Frona
Posted 09/12/2007 10:26:26 PM
ok here is the next chapter... i know that this is all OOC but just go with it, booth will be in the next chapter i think so no worries
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Chapter 3: Getting to know you

No one knew what to saw. This woman just said that she killed her father when she was 17, what type of person does that? Frank was the first to speak, “Let me get this straight you did just say that you killed your father right?”

“No” Bren said and all men breathed a sigh of relief. “I said that I killed that man that was supposed to be my father. In other words he was not my real father.”

Everyone just gave Bren confused stares, but before they could speak the door opened.

General Cooper looked around the room approvingly, “Glad to see that everyone is here. Bren why isn’t your stuff on your bunk?” he asked but seeing her look he stopped. “Ok so why does everyone look like they just saw a ghost?”

Before Ted could think he blurted out “Psycho lady over here just told us that she killed her father!”

“You killed Matt? Ohh right Eric, well to inform you all she did not kill her biological father, it was her foster father. It was a self defense kill so do not call her psycho. Now I have a little activity for you all” General Cooper announced.

Tempe looked at the ground when General Cooper blurted out that she killed her foster dad. She couldn’t believe that he said that, it was her own personal life and she felt that he had no right to go and tell people about it. Her cheeks burned as she felt the stares of the other men on her.

Oblivious to the uneasiness in the room General Cooper continued “So I will put you into pairs, you will be hand cuffed together and I will be the only one with the keys. This is an exercise that will help make this team stronger and be able to work together. Ok so the pairs will be: Chase and Wilson, Frank and Ted, and Bren and Jacob. So come on now everyone come over to me. Now these handcuffs will probably stay on for at least a week.” He concluded.

Bren and Jacob’s mouths dropped open in shock. “I have to be handcuffed to her?” Jacob asked hoping that he had heard General Cooper wrong.

“Oh well I’m sorry I guess that I forgot to ask your permission before assigning these pairs. I know that I am not a tight-ass general like most others, I work this team differently; I treat you guys as more equals. But do not forget your place Jacob” Gen. Cooper reminded him.

“Yes Sir. I’m sorry. I just have one question” Jacob asked.

“Don’t worry, now what is your question?” Gen Cooper asked in a slightly better mood.

“Will we have to take a shower with these on?” he asked slightly embarrassed.

When the other guys got the meaning of his question they wolf whistled and Frank spoke up, “If the answer is yes I will switch with you J-dog!”

“There will be no switching and yes the cuffs have to remain on at all times” Gen. Cooper answered. Frank’s face fell at the news of this and he folded his arms across his chest.

“Ok. And Frank did you seriously just call me J-dog?” Jacob asked?

Bren who had been silent though out this whole exchange finally spoke up, “What will we have to do in these cuffs?”

All heads turned to General Cooper as though they just now realized that they would not just be sitting around wearing these cuffs. “Well you will have to do the normal work-out, running, push-ups, sit-up, pull-ups, climbing, obstacle courses, target practice, and sparring. Also each day you will be given a task that has to be completed. Ok now hold out your hands” Gen. Cooper answered.

Each person went and stood next to their partner, Jacob and Bren gave each other a look as they got the cuffs put around their writs.

“First time in handcuffs?” Jacob asked unsure of what else to say after their fight earlier.

“No. Yours?” she answered honestly.

Jacob just raised his eyes before answering “Nope not mine either. When were you in handcuffs?” the curiosity to find out about what happened in her past was strong. Stronger then anything he had ever felt before.

“I think that is for another day. What about you? What happened to you?” Bren said as she switched the attention onto him.

“Well I was charged with assault once and then” *couch* “well just another time” Jacob answered truthfully, blushing as he remembered the second time that he had been in cuffs.

General Cooper took this moment to continue what he was saying, “Now I want everyone to just stay here tonight and at precisely 4:30 am everyone better be out at the field.” He gave one finial warning finger and then walked out of the room, leaving everyone to just stare at each other.

Ted and Frank immediately started pulling on the cuffs, trying to go in two different directions before they finally fell on top of each other.

Wilson, Chase, Jacob and Bren burst out laughing. The sight of two special ops soldiers lying on the floor half on top of each other was just too much. “One would think that two highly trained soldiers would be able to at least stand for 5 minutes wearing handcuffs before falling over one another” Wilson exclaimed as tears threatened to fall from his eyes.
Ted and Frank just glared at everyone. Not wanting all of the attention to be on him Frank shifted it to Bren and Jacob, “well at least I can take a shower without it being awkward, me and Teddy boy over here have all of the same stuff. If you get my meaning” he said winking.

Bren’s cheeks turned a slight pink, everyone in the room except for Jacob and Bren started laughing. “Ok, well I say that we got and get dinner” Bren said trying to get everyone to stop focusing on her and Jacob.

There was absolutely no argument from the guys as they bounded off to the mess hall. On the way over a secretary for one of the Generals spotted Jacob, “Oh Jakey honey! How are you?” she squealed before walking over to Jacob to give him a hug. Her long blonde hair bouncing with each step and her hips sashaying back and forth as she sexily walked over.

Jacob looked embarrassed for a minute before greeting her back, “hey Maria, haven’t seen you in a little bit.”
As Maria hugged Jacob he went to give her a hug back but instead pulled Bren closer to him thanks to the handcuffs. “Who is your friend Jakey?” Maria asked as she ran a hand up and down Jacob’s arm.

“Oh her?” He asked pointing to Bren. At Maria’s nod he answered, “she is a member of my team, that’s why we are handcuffed, it General Cooper’s idea about getting to know each other.”

Fred who had kept his mouth shut and was just staring at Maria finally spoke up, “Sorry to interrupt this moment Jakey but I am a hungry man and I can’t be kept waiting.”

Bren smiled at this and gently tugged on Jacob’s wrist to get him to follow.

“Ya okay Fred. Alright Maria I will see you around I have to get going, can’t keep a hungry soldier waiting.” Jacob said before giving a wave and walking off.

Maria just gave a slight wave in return. She was expecting him to at least kiss her goodbye since she was he lover of the moment.

Fred, Frank and Chase teased Jacob the whole way down to the mess hall; the only time they stopped was when Jacob threatened to kick their asses. After eating the gang all came back to their quarters and realized that it was 11 at night decided to go to bed.

In the bathroom getting ready Jacob kept wondering why Bren was so quiet. “Hey are you alright?” he asked after spitting out his toothpaste.

“Me?” Bren asked slightly confused.

“No the other person standing in the bathroom” he sarcastically replied.

Realizing that they were the only two in the bathroom Bren answered in her usual way, “I’m fine. And why would you care anyway? When you first met me I don’t remember any happiness between us. What’s with the sudden change of heart?” He asked.

“Look about that I’m really sorry, I was way out of line saying what I did about your family. I just don’t like seeing a woman on this team. And yes I know that you can fight just as well as any of us” he added after seeing the look that Bren gave him. “It is just that there is so much violence that goes on here and every time that I look at a woman who comes in I think of my younger sister and how I would hate it if she came here. It is just me subconsciously trying to protect you from these horrors.” He concluded.

Bren was quiet for a moment. She really was not expecting him to give her such a straight answer but I guess that being handcuffed to someone makes it pointless to lie. Figuring that he really did not mean to say all of those things to her she nodded her head before answering, “It’s alright. I can understand the whole protecting the younger sibling. My brother once protected me like it was his job, everyday he would let everyone know that I was Russ’s little sister.” Bren says as her eyes cloud over from her drifting into her memory. “You just better not think that it is your job to protect me, I do understand that I am in the army and that shit happens here. I signed up for it so you do not have to make it your job to protect me.” She finished looking Jacob square in the eye.

Jacob just nodded his understanding then after he turned back to the sink got up the courage to ask a question, “If you don’t mind me asking what happened to your brother? You said that your brother once protected you, where is he now?” He asked glancing up at Bren out of the corner of his eye.

Bren took a deep breath, figuring that this question was going to be asked sooner or later, she just hoped that it would be later. Opting to just tell the truth since Bren figured that she will basically be living with this guy and that he will undoubtedly find out about it somehow. “Well, he basically took off one day. Got to his car, looked back once at me, and got in. He drove off after that and I never saw him again. He might have gone back to my house, but he should have realized that I wouldn’t be there. Child services wouldn’t let me live alone, I tried it, it didn’t go over too well,” Tempe answered sadly.

Saddened by what she had just told him Jacob put a hand on her arm, and then quickly took it off remembering what happened the last time he touched her. “I’m sorry that happened, that shouldn’t have to happen to anyone.” He replied, thankful that she had actually told him the truth about what happened.

Bren just nodded and ran her hand though her hair. “Are you ready?” she asked Jacob.

It took Jacob a moment to understand what she meant because the sudden change of topic “What? Oh yeah I am, lets go.” He replied.

Walking back into the bunking room they looked at the beds then at the handcuffs then at each other. Both were not sure what to do about sleeping arrangements. This was new territory for them, they had never been handcuffed to someone they didn’t know. After a few minutes they finally settled on sleeping on Jacob’s bed together, much to the amusement of the rest of the guys.

“Just make sure that you guys are quiet over there,” Ted joked before a pillow hit him square in the face. Looking around with a dazed, shocked expression on his face he saw Bren trying not to laugh but failing. “You hit me!” he accused.

“Guilty as charged” Bren laughed, then dodging a pillow and laughing even louder when it hit Jacob in the head.

Glaring at Bren he got a mischievous look, “you like that? Well how do you like this?” he asked as he hit her over the head wtih a pillow.

Everyone in the bunks decided to join in at that moment and a full on pillow war broke out.

BGWGscienceteacher

Posted 09/12/2007 10:56:14 PM

Gee, Jacobs reminds me of lets see who? I know BOOTH! I love the pillow fight thing. Can't wait for more, and I would love to know Booth's reaction to all of this new knowledge about Bones. PPS