A/N
I wrote this story a little over a year ago, and decided to edit and re-upload the chapters. Please enjoy!
Chapter One
Bones walked up onto the karaoke stage, and Booth and the Squints exchanged nervous glances. Although they loved Dr. Brennan, they were not quite ready to take her word that she was a better singer than Cyndi Lauper. She was a serious scientist, and singing definitely did not seem like her thing. Yet they were her friends, and here they were, giving her the opportunity to perform to them in front of a live audience.
"C'mon Dr. Brennan"! Hodgins cheered enthusiastically as the others started clapping, "You can do it! We're here for you"!
She smiled nervously at them, walked up onto the stage, and grabbed the mic. As the piano started, she threw her coat off and Angela wolf howled. What happened next was unexpected- Bones started right on cue, with perfect pitch.
I come home in the morning light,
My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh, mother dear,
We're not the fortunate ones,
And girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Booth swayed along to her music, and held up a lighter to set the scene. Nobody saw a slightly overweight woman named Pam enter the room, perching herself near the bar.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun.
Getting into the mood, Bones jumped around enthusiastically waiting for her next cue, while the piano continued playing its upbeat tune. Pam's face turned jealous as she saw Seeley Booth's joyful face of admiration as he watched his partner sing, and her eyes wandered to her bag, waiting for the right moment to use her dangerous weapon.
The phone rings in the middle of the night,
My father yells "What you gonna do with your life?"
Oh, daddy dear,
You know you're still number one,
But girls,
They wanna have fu-un…
Bones could see Angela and Hodgins dancing enthusiastically, Zack and Sweets nodding their heads to the beat and Cam clapping, and her confidence raised as she started to finally to settle. Her eyes only briefly wavered on them, though, because all her attention was focused on her dumb-struck partner smiling at her. Her heart fluttered as her un-reciprocated feelings briefly came to her attention once more. Still, nobody noticed Pam. She seemed to be invisible.
"Look at me Seeley" Pam whispered desperately, "Look at me, not her".
But Seeley Booth's eyes did not wonder further than his partner, and he continued dancing, a supportive smile showing on his face.
Oh, girls,
Just wanna have fun...Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun.
"Seeley"! Pam yelled across the room, reaching for her bag, and getting out her gun. Anger, jealousy, betrayal and desperation flared in her eyes.
"Seeley"! She called again, this time much louder and with much more anger evident in her voice.
Many people turned around, but he did not. Booth did not usually miss a thing, but he was too in awe to hear anything around him other than the voice of his own Cyndi Lauper.
"I'm doing this for us" She screamed, finally getting his attention. He turned around, confusion and then horror registering on his face as he realised what Pam was about to do, and that he was too late to stop her.
A steely expression on her face, Pam raised the gun and fired. Her bullet ended up only slightly off target from where she wanted it too, but she was satisfied when it hit the chest of one Temperance Brennan who was just about to step off the stage and continue singing while walking through the crowd. Screams echoed through the room, and the most high pitched was the one of Angela Pearly-Gates Montenegro. She put her hands to her mouth, as she watched her best friend stagger forward and topple off the stage, landing in a crumpled heap, crimson red blood leaking from her body.
Booth sprung to action, and it took every strength in his body for him not to turn immediately to his partner and help. He stepped in front of Bones, shielding her from another blast, and pointed his gun at 'Fat' Pam.
"Put the gun down" He commanded shakily to her, his voice extremely unstable.
Confusion passed through her dangerous eyes. "I did it for us" She told him, "For our future".
Booth turned around quickly, taking a split second to make sure his friends wouldn't run in his line of fire to help Bones.
"There is no us!" He yelled angrily at her "There never will be!"
Tears of hurt stung in 'Fat' Pam's eyes, and she lowered her weapon. Seeing her retreat, Booth hastily dropped his weapon, and rushed to Bones.
"Bones"! He yelled, as he unfolded her out of the heap and rolled her over. "You're gonna be fine, Bones!" He told her, rare tears threatening to fall out of his eyes as he put pressure to her wound. Blood leaked through her crisp emerald shirt onto his hands, and he reassured her further, unsure of what he was saying. "You're gonna be fine! C'mon"!
Seeing his distress, Angela made her way over to help Booth. She was nearly with him when she saw movement out of the corner of her eye. It was Pam, raising her gun again to aim at Booth. Angela Pearly- Gates Montenegro had held a gun before, her father had taught her as a little girl, and shooting was practically a second nature to her. But Hell! She had never seen one be used before this day in such a frightening and cold-hearted manner, and she definitely never looked down the barrel on the opposite side of the dangerous weapon. She was a good person, of high virtues and beliefs, but she knew when the time came that there was a first time for everything. Angela Montenegro, a woman of heart, bent down, picked up Agent Booth's fallen gun, put her finger on the trigger, and fired.