I Never Forgot Author:Frona

“Bones!” Booth yelled as he swiped his id card and then walked onto the platform. “Come on we have a case let’s go!”

“I’m coming Booth, I just have to finish the primary ex- BOOTH! LET GO OF ME!” Bren shouted as Booth took her arm and started pulling her to door.

“Sorry, no can do Bones. I know that the second I let go of you that you will try to run back to the platform to your bones of some ancient dead guy.”

“ok, well first of all it’s a her and obviously she is dead or else she wouldn’t be on my lab table. Tell me about the case and I might not hurt you” Bren said through clenched teeth.

“Well I do not think that you will be able to hurt me but whatever you say Bones. And human remains were found outside of D.C. in a small farm looking house with a broken swing in the front yard under a big oak tree. Is that enough detail for you?” Booth asked smugly.

Bren’s breathing hitched, *not again* she thought *I can’t go back there, how will I convince Booth to let me stay? ZACK! He can go instead of me.* “ZACK!” Bren screamed much to Booth’s
annoyance.

“Yes Dr. Brennen” Zack said as he appeared on top of the platform.

“Zack I need you to go with Booth and get the remains and bring them back here and I will look at them here.”

“WHAT!?” Booth exclaimed. “Bones why can’t you go. What are you afraid of some old house with a broken swing?” Booth said jokingly.

At the death stare that Booth got he stopped laughing. “If you must know Booth. Yes, I am scared. Now take Zack and leave.”

Booth stared at Bren unable to tell for once if she was telling the truth or not. “Um. Ok Bones. Zack lets go!”

“Ok. I’m coming Agent Booth” Zack was still fuming with the thought that Dr. Brennen would leave him alone with Agent Booth, because well, he scared Zack.

As they were walking out of the lab Bren rushed to her office and shut the door. She was unable to make it to the couch; she collapsed to the ground and tried to will the tears away. *This isn’t happening* She thought. *I thought I had left this behind, why can’t I ever forget stuff. I can’t believe the swing is still there, I wonder if my blood is still on it too.*

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so what do you think? i know that some of you have probubly read it but i wanted to post it here to and continue it

definitely good... i'm anxious to read the rest... and soon!! **hint hint**

bandbi

I get the feeling that something reall, really bad happened in that house. PPS

BGWGscienceteacher

keep on going!!!

bpaltland

Chapter 3

*Oh god, what am I going to do? They can not find out that it is my blood. Maybe someone else’s blood is covering mine* Bren looked inside the microscope *Nope, it is only my blood.*

Flashback:
“NO!” a 16 year old Bren screamed.

“Do not run away from me, you need to come back” Mr. Samuels yelled but it sounded more like growling.

“I do not ant to be with you! You can’t put me back in there. I will go to child services!” Bren screamed back.

“You bitch! I will have you repeatedly, don’t you worry” He screamed back as he grabbed Bren’s arm and threw her as hard he can and laughed as Bren’s head crashed into the swing breaking and in the process getting her blood on it before she become unconscious.

End flashback.

All of a sudden Bren felt a hand on her shoulder “AHHHHH” she screamed.

“Whoa Bones! Are you ok? I didn’t mean to scare you” Booth said surprised.

“Oh Booth, no you didn’t scare me. You just surprised me, that’s all. I guess that I got a little to caught up in my work” Bren said nervously.

“Are you sure Bones? You have been jumpy since I told you about this case. What’s up?” Booth asked concerned but stopped when he saw the glare that Bren gave him. “Ok fine. But what about the blood?”

“I have an idea about who’s blood it is but not important to the case, its not our girls and it’s a women’s blood so it can’t be the killers.” Bren responded hoping that she did not sound to sneaky.

“How do you know that it is not important? Maybe she is another dead victim or about to be dead victim.” Booth said slightly agitated.

“She may be a victim but she is not one that is dead or near death yet! She is alive and physically healthy. Now drop it!!” Bren practically screamed.

“Just tell me one thing then I will. Who is she Bones? Do you know her?”

“I said that it is not important Booth!” Bren screamed as she grabbed the swing and stormed off the platform to her office.

“Wow, what was that?” Booth said aloud to himself.

chapter 4, its a little longer....

“Booth? What was all the yelling about?” Ange asked confused.

“Honestly I do not know. Something is up with this case and she is not going to tell me, she just keeps freaking out when I ask questions. I think that the best way to figure out what is happening to Bones is to figure out what happened to our victim” Booth said regretfully.

“Ok just give her time. She might come around Booth. Well I finished the reconstruction so why don’t we head over there and get Tempe” Angela said reassuringly.

“Alright lets go.”

--Meanwhile in Bren’s office—

After Bren stormed into her office she collapsed on the couch and grabbed her cell phone dialing a number that she hadn’t called in a long time.

“Melanie?”

“It’s Temperance.”

“I know it has been too long, I’m doing not so great right now.”

“We recovered one of his victims.”

“Well we haven’t even identified the girl but she was found at the house and she was raped multiple time. Also the swing was there.”

“No they do not know about it yet, I examined the swing so they do not know that its my blood yet.”

“I can’t go through this again. I had just started to get over it.”

“He is out there, and I hate to admit it as you know, but I’m scared.”

“What do I do if I see him again?”

“Well that is a no brainier. Let’s just hope that I can arrest him before I kick his sorry ass.”

“You would be willing to come? Are you sure?”

“You know me too well Mel.”

“I will clear you with the security so that you do not have to go through all the usual guest precautions.”

“Alright, I will see you in 20 Mel.”

Bren closed the phone getting some reassurance in the one person who knew what she was going through.
She heard a nock on her door and Booth walked in.

“Ange has the facial reconstruction Bones, let’s go” Booth said wondering if Bren was still in her funk.

“OK I will be right there I just have to tell George something” Bren responded while getting up off the couch and heading to the door.

“George? Who is that?” Booth asked wondering if he missed that Bren was going out with someone. *No she can’t have a boyfriend. With the way that things are going between us, well before this case, I thought that she would start to notice something. Maybe that was just wishful thinking though* Booth thought.

“George is the security guard” Bren responded.

Booth immediately felt revealed at the fact that Bones did not have a new boyfriend. “Wow Bones, I’m impressed you know the security guard and I do not, good job” Booth said appreciatively.

“Well Booth I talk to him every day when I come in to the lab when no one else is here. Its common curtsey that I would know his name” Bren said as though she expected Booth to have already known this.

“Ok well go and talk to George and then come to the Angelator” Booth said.

“ok”

--In the security part of the lab—

“Hello Dr. Brennen” George said happily, he always like the forensic anthropologist and was always happy when he talked to her.

“Hello George. How are you?” Bren asked smiling for the first time since she has heard about the case.

“I’m doing quite well thank you. How are you?” George said happy that the good doctor could always remember his name and she could not remember any of the other security guard’s names.

“I’m alright. Look I have a favor to ask” She admitted.

“Sure Dr. Brennen what is it?” George asked surprised that she would be coming to him for a favor.

“Well I have a really close friend coming to see me in the lab and I was wondering if you could make it so that she does not have to go through the normal security precautions?” Bren asked hurriedly.

“Well if you give me her name I can make it so that she only has to show her id and then just go through the metal detector. Would that be alright?”

“That is wonderful! Thank you George. Her name is Melanie Griffin, and just tell her to come to the Angelator or to my office” Bren replied gratefully.

“Ok no problem, I will make sure that she is let through” George reassured.

“Thank you George!” Bren thanked as she walked back into the entrance to the lab.

“Your Welcome Dr. Brennen” George said to her back.

---At the Angelator---

“Ok sorry guys I had to tell George something” Bren apologized.

“George? The security guard?” Ange asked.

“The very same” Booth answered for Bren.

“Wow Bren I’m impressed. You know the security guard’s name” Ange praised.

“Why is it so hard to believe that I know the security guard’s name? I see him everyday” Bren said getting annoyed that no one expected her to know anyone’s name.

“Sorry Bones its just that with your lack of social skills we are all impressed that you know his name, that’s all” Booth supplied for Bren.

“Well I’m going to ignore your comment about my social skills because the have improved considerably. But Ange lets see the face” Bren said.

“Sure sweetie. Here she is, she was pretty and by the looks of the picture she was 16. But I have to run it through missing person’s first to find the exact age and her name” Ange reported.

“Ok so lets look through the computer and see what we come up with” Booth sort of ordered while rubbing his hands together.

After a couple of minutes it was Ange’s turn to speak, “Ok, Her name is Gabrielle Jacobs, she was 16 years old and her family” Ange hesitated at this part. “She has no family and she is property of Virginia state, I’m sorry Bren.”

“Well I knew she was going to be a foster kid” Bren said sadly.

“How did you know that? Did you gut instincts tell you that?” Booth said jokingly.

“No Booth, logic did. Logic that I am not ready to share yet” Bren replied seriously.

“Ok then, but you will have to tell me soon Bones” Booth ordered.

“Is that her?” A strange woman asked from the doorway to Ange’s office.

“Excuse me, but this is a confidential case. Who are you?” Booth asked suspiciously.

“Melanie!” Bren said excitedly as she rushed over to give her a hug.

Booth and Angela shared a look while both wondering who this person was and how Bren knew who she was.

“Hey Tempe. Thanks for clearing me with George” Melanie greeted.

“You know that it is not a problem Mel” Bren replied.

“So I’m guessing this is her?” Mel asked.

“Yes this is her. Her name is Gabrielle Jacobs and she is 16 years old and obviously a foster child” Bren informed Mel. “She has been raped multiple times and then was also stabbed multiple time to the chest.”

“Um, Bones. Why are you telling her all of this information? Remember the last time you talked to someone about the case outside of work” Booth reminded Bren about Michael.

“Booth trust me on this. Melanie is no Michael and she is defiantly on our side” Bren said truthfully.

“I am most certainly on your side Agent Booth, don’t worry about that” Melanie reassured with a look to Bren.

“Tempe, she is defiantly the same, do you think that it is him? I don’t think that I could face him again. Even though I was only with him for 2 weeks and you were with him for how long was it again?” Melanie asked.

“A year of pure hell. And this girl did not go through that long at all. I’m thinking that she was closer to a week” Bren responded sadly.

That was brilliant. Love the interaction between Melanie and Bren. It's sad that her past keeps coming back to haunt her, but maybe she can help set this straight. Keep doing the fabulous job you have been doing. We love it. PPS

BGWGscienceteacher

I am anxiously waiting what's going to happen... PPS

cheesebk

here is chapter 5! yippie!!!

“What?!” Booth asked surprised.

Bren’s eyes widened when she realized what she just shared. *Oh god, what did I just say? I will just try to make them think about something else* Bren thought.

“Bones, what did you just say?” Booth demanded sternly.

“Sweetie did this happen to you? Well everything except the stab wounds,” Ange asked concerned.

“Um well, it is not important. Gabrielle is important, I think that we should bring in her foster parent who was in charge of her when she was murdered. Talk to him and see if you can find out anything important” Bren said very hurriedly before she literally ran out of the room.

Melanie stood in the doorway unsure of what she should do, “Well I think that I will go and talk with Tempe.”

“Oh no you don’t” Booth said, “I need you to tell me how you know Bones and what is going on.”

“Well I met Tempe when she was 16 and I was 15, we have not lost contact since then. We went through some extreme situations so we are very close. When she found out about this case she called me and I came. That is all that I am going to tell you, Tempe can explain the rest when she is ready” Mel declared before she left Ange’s office in search of Bren.

“Ange? Do you have any idea about what is going on?” Booth asked confused.

“The only thing that I can gather is that they were in the foster system together. I really want to find out though. And the only way that I can see us doing that besides talking to Bren is solving this murder” Ange responded.

--In Bren’s office—

“Tempe? It’s Mel, open up” Mel said as she stood outside Bren’s office door.

“Is anyone else with you?” Bren asked.

“No I am all by myself. Is that alright?”

“That is all perfect” Bren said as she opened the door and let Mel in and then locking the door behind her.

Mel led Tempe to her couch were they could sit and Tempe could talk easier. “Tell me what is wrong Smurf” Mel begged.

“Smurf!? I can’t believe that you remember that. I almost forgot about my blue hair phase” Bren said as she gave a very slight smile.

“Who could forget that hair? You used two boxes of that blue hair die. You were only supposed to use one. Now please talk to me” Mel said turning seriously.

“I’m scared. As you know it takes a lot for me to be scared Mel. This is bringing back all of the unwanted memories, and I know that he is still out there hurting people. And how Ange asked if I was like her, I was not like her. I was worse, well with out the death. But those stab wounds that I had, when he would came to me every night except for a couple exceptions for a year. I hated being locked up in that place! I just want to be able to forget Mel, is that too much to ask?” Bren sobbed.

“I know Temp, I am too. I know that I did not go though as much as you and I am still scared. I do not know how you have managed to last so far without talking to someone. You know that you should tell them. Especially Booth, even though I am not here to witness it myself I know that he would do anything for you by the way that you about him” Mel soothed. “I know that you will not go see a physiatrist like I did but you have to talk to someone other than me. But don’t worry I will always be here if you do need someone to talk to who has the biggest idea out of anyone about what you are going through.”

“I know that I should Mel. It’s just that I have been trying so hard to forget those times and now all of the old memories are resurfacing and I do not want to have anyone feel sorry for me. I do not think that I would be able to tell the whole story anyway, its too hard” Bren confessed.

“You know that you do not have to tell them alone, I will help you the whole time and tell the part that I was there for if you want me to” Mel promised.

“Ok. I will tell them when I can but you just have to be there with me” Bren said.

“Absolutely, there is no rush in telling them. And when you do I will be right next to you helping you” Mel assured.

“Thanks Mel, what would I do with out you?” Bren asked jokingly.

“You might still have the blue hair Smurf. Remember how long it took for us to get it out and all of the brown hair dies? I still can’t believe that you did that. But seriously Temp, you do not have to worry about me not being here because I always will be” Mel said.

--Back in Ange’s office—

“Ok Ange I got the foster parents name. His name is Alex Samuels, apparent he was once charged with assault when he sent one of his foster kids to the hospital for stab wounds and many bruises and broken bones” Booth informed Ange.

“My god this guy was a horrible foster dad, why did they let him keep taking care of the foster kids?” Ange asked amazed.

“Apparently the girl who he sent to the hospital dropped charges but did not go back to his foster house” Booth told her.

“Who was the foster kid? Maybe it has a connection to Gabrielle” Ange asked.

Booth flipped through his papers and then found the information he was looking for, “Her name was…Temperance Brennen.”

ohhh an update!!! great....!!!! what happened to poor bones?

cheesebk

Oh, Shit! I hate it when Bones has to relive all of this crap. But I love the story. PPS

BGWGscienceteacher

ok here is chapter 6 sry it took so long

“WHAT!?” Ange screamed. “Did that say Temperance Brennen? Our very own Dr. Brennen?”

“I…I guess it did. Why wouldn’t she tell us about this Ange?” Booth asked just as perplexed as Ange.

“I don’t know Booth, its not like her to keep this from us, I mean something this huge and important” Ange said still in shock.

“Well I want to find out, so I’m going to go talk to her” Booth said.

“Ok, I will stay here because she might be more willing to talk if it is only one person she has to tell since apparently Melanie already knows” Ange figured.

Booth nodded before he walked out of the door to go talk to Bren.

-- In Bren’s office--

“Bones!” Booth shouted as he pounded on the door to Bren’s office. “Bones open this door now! I need to talk to you!”

Melanie opened the door and let him in despite Bren’s objections, which were many.

“What do you want Booth” Bren said already knowing the answer.

“Hmm. What do I want? Maybe to find out why the hell my partner kept something from me this big that has to do with a current case we are working on!” Booth shouted.

“Do not yell at me Booth!” Bren shouted right back. “I did not see the relevance I had to this case, I told you to look at the foster father. That is all I have to tell you!”

“Oh wow! My mistake, I mean why would you tell us anything other then what you think is enough! I mean Gabrielle deserves justice but who the hell cares because poor Temperance Brennen cannot tell anyone anything about her life! I doubt you had it as bad as she did, I mean she is dead! You know something; people always said that you were cold Bones. But I always stuck up for you, and now I realize that it’s exactly what you are. A cold hearted anthropologist who can not do anything if it includes your life, because a dead person is not enough” Booth screamed.

“Actually Gabrielle is lucky! She died, I didn’t. No matter what he did, I didn’t die! And I am not cold hearted!” Bren screamed with tears running down her face.

Booth seemed to realize exactly what he said at that moment “Bones… I, I” he stuttered.

“Save it for someone who cares because I am apparently too cold hearted to. Now get out of my office!!!” Bren screamed. When she saw Booth start to open his mouth to say something she screamed “I SAID GET OUT OF MY OFFICE!!”

Booth was still in shock about what he had said and he complied and walked out of Bren’s office.

“Tempe” Mel said, “He was just trying to help you know. He probably just found out about the hospital visit and was in shock”

“Mel just please not now. Can you please just leave me alone, I’m not mad at you, I just need to be alone” Bren begged.

“Sure Tempe, I understand. I will be right outside in the lab if you need me” Mel said as she walked out of the door.

“Thank you” Bren said quietly shutting the door behind Mel and then sitting in her office chair crying.


-- Out in the lab --

As Mel walked out of Bren’s office she noticed that Booth was strill standing right outside of Bren office with his head in his hands.

“Agent Booth?” Mel asked quietly. “Are you ok?”

“Oh hi, no I’m not ok. How could I have just said that to her? Why was I so stupid, of course she is not cold hearted, I mean she relates the most to the victims” Booth said shaking his head.

“It’s ok. Tempe has heard worse then that. Just do not try to talk to her for a little bit. This case that you guys have is just really to close to home.” Mel reassured.

“Ya I know. I read the hospital records” Booth replied knowingly.

“You may have read the hospital reports but you do not know anything” Mel said sternly.

“What do you mean? Is there more then that?” Booth asked confused.

“There is a lot more then that” Mel said sadly.

“Well are yu going to tell me?” Booth asked hopefully.

“It is not my place to say but I will tell you some of it, just do not interrupt while I am talking. OK so well Tempe became the fascination of Mr. Samuels when she first came to the home. I was already there when she came, Mr. Samuels had already been with me for a week, which was the normal amount of time for his foster kids. Mr. Samuels would take one foster girl a week down to this old bomb shelter in the back yard that he called his bachelor pad. No one had been there longer then a week and a half before Tempe came. He was completely infatuated with her, she was the only foster kid who stuck up for herself. She would not let him get the better of her, and she wouldn’t be taken down to his bachelor pad. But of course, he got her down there through force and starvation. You know how she freaked out about the swing that you brought in?” Mel asked before continuing with the nod that she got from Booth. “Well the reason she freaked out was because it was her blood on it.”

“Wait? How did Bones’s blood get on the swing?” Booth asked still confused.

Bren who had been listening to this whole conversation without Mel and Booth knowing decided to finish telling the story because she knew it better then Mel did. “I got away” Bren said as she walked closer to the pair.

“Huh? So that is a good thing, why do you say it like it is horrible?” Booth asked still very confused. With a look from Mel though he immediately felt guilty about his question.

“It was horrible” Bren stated. “About a week and a half after I had been in there I finally got my chance to escape. I ran for it, I ran all the way to the swing with him following right behind me. By the time I had reached the swing he had caught up to me. When he got within hitting distance he punched me, and he kept punching me” Bren sobbed while Mel rubbed her arm soothingly. “When I was able to I hit him back. It took me longer to be able to hit him back because I was weak from the lack of food since he wouldn’t give me any until I cooperated; which I didn’t. When my fist hit his face he threw me as hard as he could onto the ground. My head hit the swing breaking it and getting my blood on it. After that I lost consciousness, and when I woke up I was back down there. And he-he was on top of me. He couldn’t even wait until I was awake to have me!” Bren said as she sobbed even harder.

“Oh Bones. I am soo sorry; I can’t even imagine how hard it is for you now. Well at least Melanie understands what you went through. But I still don’t get how you ended up in the hospital” Booth said trying to help soothe Bones.

“No Booth, you can’t imagine how it was. Not even Mel can, I was down there for a year. A year of pure hell. No one can compare to that, no one. I went to the hospital at the end of the year, I was so bad that he had to take me or else I would have died. And since I was his favorite play toy he couldn’t have me dead. That would not be any fun for him. I didn’t tell the people at the hospital anything but they just figured it out and called a social worker who filed charges” Bren stated. “No one knows the extent of what happened down there, not even you Mel.”

“Then why don’t you tell me Bones” Booth said in a calm voice while inside he was full of anger for Mr. Samuels for what he did to his Bones.

Bren took a deep breath while deciding what to do. *Well I guess that it can’t hurt anyone if I tell them. Although I do not know how I will be able to tell him without breaking down* She thought. *Ok, I will tell them. Booth will be able to help, he always does.* “Ok, I will tell you” Bren said before continuing her story

HOLY, FUCKING, HELL!!!!!!!!!!

They absolutely have to catch this piece of shit. I want Bones to be able to pull the switch for the electric chair. PPS

BGWGscienceteacher

sorry I'm bumping but this story is really good!

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