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"We're what?" was the response from Dr. Jack Hodgins.
"You heard me right, Hodgins, we're getting a new grad student." Came the reply of the new Jeffersonian director Dr. Camille Saroyan.
"Well, whose is she?" Angela asked impatiently.
Agent Seeley Booth picked that moment to walk into the lab. "What is this, Bones?"
"One of us is getting a grad student, Booth."
"Great, more squints, just great."
"Actually, Agent Booth, I think you'll like her," Dr. Zach Addy said.
"How would you know, Zach?" Hodgins asked.
"Because she's from," Zach started to reply when Cam cut in.
"Thank you, Dr. Addy, for that segway. Now, everyone be quiet and pay attention, I'm not repeating myself. Our new grad student will be working under Dr. Hodgins…"
"YES! Finally."
"Aw, no Cam, why him? Why not just give this one to Bones again?"
"Thank you, Dr. Hodgins, for your enthusiasm. Seeley, She will be working under Dr. Hodgins because she is pursuing a degree that matches closely with Dr. Hodgins' areas of expertise. Now, if the interruptions have stopped, I would like you to be on your best behavior when she arrives."
"Camille, who is this girl? You know what I bet it is? She probably has some big wig government parent who boosted her career, who you don't want to piss off."
"Agent Booth, that is enough! I want you to be on you best behavior because this woman just got back from Iraq."
Now that silenced the room. Dr. Temperance Brennan and Angela gasped. Hodgins was stunned hearing that his apprentice had held such status, while Zach and Booth both closed their eyes and looked to the ground.
" I wasn't given the details, but her name is Airman First Class (AC1) Alexandra Fletcher. She was in the Airforce, and was sent back after her term was up, but I'm told also, that she was involved in a mortar bombing inside the IZ. So please, best behavior. She'll be here by the end of the week. That's all."
Dr. Saroyan left the lab, and walked back to her office. The squints, and Booth, were still reeling from the shock.
"Dear God," Hodgins had regained his voice.
"I had no idea," Booth reacted similarly.
Angela had a tear running down her face, but Temperance had noticed the far off look in her former apprentices eyes.
"Zach? Are you okay?"
"I-I, uh, I know her. Fletcher."
"What!" came the startled replies of Booth and Hodgins.
"In Iraq, I knew her. We were stationed in the same area. We didn't talk a lot but she made sure that I got home okay to you guys. I don't want to talk about it." And Dr. Zach Addy promptly fled the lab.
"I don't think he's ever spoken that fast before," Hodgins observed.
"Hey, squints just let it go. Bones come on. We have a case."
Agent Seeley Booth, for once, dragged Bones out of the lab with a somber look on his face.
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