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Chapter 1

Booth walked over to Brennan standing on the platform working. He stopped behind her and leaned over her shoulder to annoy her only to succeed in getting her to turn her head to look at him with a small smile. It had been seven months since their daughter Christine Addy Booth had been born and they had only become closer. The new Intern looked up shocked as Booth smirked as Brennan only shook her head as she replaced the bone on the table, tuning to him as she pulled her gloves off.

"What do you want?" She asked making him shrug. "You waltz in here with that charm smile of yours and you say you don't want anything?" She asked making him smirk.

"I can't stop by once in a while?" He asked.

"Dr. Brennan." She heard making her turn to look at the young man about 23 years old with black hair and gray eyes. "There are anomalies on the anterior carpals of the left extremity." Brennan looked over the table forgetting Booth was there as he walked closer to see what they were working on.

"Very good Mr. Wheeler. The Traezoid, Trapezium and Tubercle of Scaphoid all have anomalies inconsistent with the time period in which this body was presumed to be from." He looked at the little bones before looking at the young man. "Work with Angela and try to find what could have caused these marks." The man nodded as he hurriedly moved the bone to a tray and took off to Angela's voice

"Training a new one?" Booth asked walking to the foot of the table.

"Yes. We are still trying to find a replacement for Mr. Nigel Murray."

"You're not going to hire that kid." Booth said as he turned and started off the platform. "Addy in your office?"

"Yes, she should be waking up any time now." Brennan told him as she gathered her papers and followed him into her office. "You have no way of knowing if I will hire that grad student or not." She said as Booth picked up the baby as she smiled up at him and Cam walked in. "There is no possible way you could know."

"I just know."

"Do I want to just turn around and walk out?" Cam asked as Booth held the girl closer to him as he walked over to stand in front of Brennan.

"Do you think she'll hire the new guy?" Booth asked as Cam understood and shook her head.

"No. He is brilliant but you're not going to hire him." Cam said as Brennan looked between the two unbelieving.

"Did you come in here for something other than to boost his ego?" Brennan asked as Cam handed her another file. "Another set of remains?" Cam nodded. "Cam I have three ancient remains already set to first priority, the bones from Limbo need to be worked on and I have a lecture to give tomorrow. I can't take this set."

"This isn't an option Dr. Brennan. The head of the Jeffersonian is basically ordering us to take it." Cam explained as Brennan sighed dropping her files on her desk. "I'm sorry, but orders are orders." Brennan nodded not happy as Cam left the office.

"Getting slammed with cases?" Booth asked and saw her nod. "That's what you get for being the best." He smirked as she sat in her chair heavily.

"Only thing that could make this any worse is if we get a case on top of all of these cases." She said as she and Booth looked at the content girl in her father's arms. Suddenly Booth's phone rang. "Booth…" she trailed off as he pulled his phone and answered.

"Booth….yeah….. Sir, Bones is slammed at the lab-….. Yes sir…. Yes….okay." He said before hanging up and looking at Brennan afraid of her reaction. "You spoke too soon Bones." Sighing she stood up and walked around her desk taking the baby from his arms. "Looks like we're taking a trip to Pennsylvania." He said as she looked at him wondering if he was joking with her. "Fresh murder comes before those old rags out there."

"Fine. But you can explain to all of the other governments and agencies who want me to do their work first." She said with a sigh.

"Hey, send them to Hacker. He's the one assigning this stuff."

"Dr. Brennan?" They heard at the doorway making both turn and look at the young intern standing in the doorway looking stunned as he saw Brennan holding a baby so tenderly.

"I'll talk to Angela and Max about watching her for a bit." Booth said taking the baby from Brennan. Brennan turned grabbing the bag with all of the baby's things and handed it to Booth. "Okay, miss Addy. Let's go see auntie Ange and Grandpa Max." Booth said making Brennan smile as Booth left to walk down the hall.

"The marking are congruent with the ancient arrow head of the time."

"Good. Now I need you to examine the entire skeletal remains and gather everything you can from it. If you need help you may ask Wendell, Fisher, Clark, or Daisy for their incites." She said before she turned and started to gather up her papers and her bag before walking past him into the lab to find Wendell.

"Got a case, Dr. Brennan?" Wendell asked.

"Yes. Wendell, as my top student I need you to take these files and classify them. I want you to assemble teams of the grad students and put a team on each remains. I would like you to oversee the assignments."

"Wow, Dr. Brennan…"

"This way more can be accomplished in such short amount of time. I would like to have a report on each finding when each group is finished." Wendell nodded as they heard Booth walking over.

"You ready Bones?" She nodded and the two left the lab as Mr. Wheeler walked over to Wendell who was glancing through the files.

"Why does he call her Bones?" He asked looking at Wendell. "Who is he?" Wendell looked up and looked at him before just walking away to start with the work she had assigned him.

"We'll stop by my place and pick up some things before we head off." Booth said as he drove to his apartment.

"I need to get some things from my apartment." Brennan added. They still each held their own apartment and they went between the two depending on how they felt and what they were working on.

Booth stopped the car in front of a bar that was surrounded by law enforcement. Booth followed Brennan into the bar as he flashed his badge and found the main officer on the case. He flashed his badge again.

"Special Agent Seeley Booth, this is my partner Dr. Temperance Brennan. We're looking for the officer in charge." The officer nodded as a second one walked over. He held broad shoulders, standing only 5'8" with short, trimmed brown hair. The minute his gray-blue eyes fell on Booth he began to smile as he extended his hand.

"Seeley Booth?" He asked as Booth nodded with a smirk.

"Yeah, it's been a while Erik." Booth said before looking at Brennan. "This is my partner Dr. Temperance Brennan. Bones, this is an old buddy, Erik Newman."

"So you're who the feds called in to work this?"

"Yeah, pulled us from DC."

"Why did they do that?"

"Bones is the best forensic anthropologist in the world. When there's a murder involving bones, the FBI pushes it to me and we get to take a field trip." He smirked.

"Where are the remains?" Brennan said before the two could say anything more.

"For a good looking woman you sure are anxious to get your hands on the pile of bones in the cellar. And what's this calling such a lovely lady a name like that, Seeley?" He asked as Brennan smirked before moving off.

"You had to get her over grown ego even bigger. Didn't you?" Booth said as Brennan glanced over her shoulder before disappearing down the stairs to the basement.

"She taken?"

"Yeah." Booth said following Brennan with his friend right behind him.

"Must be one damn lucky guy."

"Yeah, thanks. I think so every day when I wake up." His friend stopped and stared at Booth, mouth agape.

"You and the Dr…?"

"Yeah. Have a little girl waiting with our friends back home too."

"A kid?"

"Yeah, I have a ten year old son from an ex and Bones and me have a seven month old daughter." He grinned as he stopped by Brennan as she knelt beside the remains. They were defecate of all flesh. Only traces could still be seen between gnaw marks and normal decomposition. Brennan was already moving away the little clothing that was left to find the answers she was looking for. "What you got for me Bones?"

"No offence but this is a pile of bones, what could she possible get from that?" Erik said as Brennan ignored him and Booth smirked.

"Bones?" He asked again.

"The super orbital brow ridge and the structure of the iliac crest suggest male. Due to the wear on the teeth, and joint he was approximately 40-45 years of age. There seems to be massive blunt force trauma to the occipital bone, along with most of the facial bones. There also seems to be some damage to the Mandible. I'll reconstruct the missing pieces that fell apart while decomposition and I'll have Angela create a reconstruction."

"Okay, everything gets packed up and shipped to the Jeffersonian lab." Booth said letting the other agents know as they all started to pack up.

"Booth." Brennan said making him walked over to her. "Look. There's blood all over this glass." She dug in her bag and swabbed the blood before the agents packed it up. "I'll be able to find more on the bones once I can examine them in the lab. And I'll see if Hodgins can find any particulates." Booth nodded as Brennan started walking out with Booth following.

"Hey, mind if I tag along? Not every day ya get to see the workings of the FBI."

"Technically it is everyday Booth and I see the FBI work." Brennan said as Booth looked at her as she finally understood what he had meant. She continued walking as the two men talked softly.

"So that's how you got her. She's not all there?" He asked as Booth chuckled.

"She's the smartest woman I know, and don't let her catch you saying stuff. She'll kick your ass."

"Then how did you get her? She's way over your heard in brains and she's gorgeous…"

"I have my ways." Booth grinned. "We need to stop at the precinct to pick up some papers, we'll meet you there." Erik nodded and Booth walked over to Brennan who was leaning against the car waiting for him. "We'll head over to the station and get the papers and we'll head back with Erik." She gave a small smile as he unlocked the doors and let her in before getting into the driver's seat and heading to the police station.

Booth and Brennan walked back into the lab seeing the interns hard at work on the platform as Erik followed them looking around happily. Wendell came from the platform with several files as he walked beside Brennan and spoke on the way to her office.

"Who's that?" Erik asked softly to Booth as they walked behind Brennan and Wendell.

"A squintern. He's one of the good ones." Booth smirked before he saw Brennan take one of the files and move towards the platform quickly with Wendell. "And looks like they found something." Booth said as he continued to lead his friend to Angela's office where she sat with the two babies in their chairs watching beauty and the beast on her large screen. "Hey Ange."

"That didn't take long." She said sitting up straighter. "They were just getting into the movie." She said with a smile as Christine was staring at the large screen with her darkening brown eyes.

"Yeah well Bones is making some room on the platform. We have the body coming in." She nodded as she saw Michael starting to doze locked in his chair and Christine was fine before the three walked out seeing Brennan talking to Cam as Cam gave orders. Booth and Angela paused in mid step as a man dressed in a very expensive suite walked in.

"Oh no." Angela said before the two started to move quickly but didn't make it before the man was telling Brennan what she was to work on and for how long and when.

"You may think you can run this lab but you have no idea what is done in here. We are a teaching lab and I am teaching my students as I see fit. They are all under my observation and I go over their finding multiple times before I submit them. You are the one who keeps passing on more and more of the cases even when you know I am buried in them as it is. I am working the only logical way to complete all of the tasks you set in front of me while preforming all of my duties as the anthropologist."

"Are you finished?" He asked as she narrowed her eyes.

"Bones…" Booth said softly.

"No I am not finished. I suggest you take a look at the work load and weight options before you continue to pass along ass files that do not need my attention before you come walking into my lab and start spouting out orders of what I will be doing. I can assure you that I am taking each case with the upmost responsibility and care, but I will prioritize the cases not you nor any government asking for my help." She paused and looked into his eyes. "Now I am finished."

"You will complete all tasks at hand in a timely fashion with notable care. You will get these cases filed and report your findings as soon as you are done. I also suggest you watch what you say when an owner of the Jeffersonian tells you what they want you to do." Brennan opened her mouth to speak only to have Booth pulled her back to him with his hand over her mouth.

"Ah, Agent Booth I did not notice you there."

"Yeah, just working on a new case, that's all." Booth said with a shrug as Brennan gave him a glare. "You know FBI needs their cases a little faster than the thousand year old bag of bones that have been piling up." He said as the man gave a nod.

"Yes, good luck in your investigation." He said before turning and leaving as Booth let go of Brennan who turned and stormed off into her office.

"You did it now, Studly." Angela said turning back to the others and helping to get everyone back to work before Booth turned and walked off to Brennan's office. He saw her sitting at her desk looking at the scattered files in a mess on her desk. He took a slow deep breath before he proceeded.

"Bones…"

"Booth, I am not very happy with you at the moment." She said looking at him angrily. "There was no reason for you to cover my mouth like I was some child. He does not have the authority to walk into my lab and start spouting off orders and you know it. He needs to be moved to a space."

"Put in his place, Bones." He said making her look at him. "He really does need to be put in his place, but not by you yelling at him like that." He walked closer as she laid her head back on her chair as she kept her eyes on the files. "This load is really pushing on you isn't it?"

"Yes. The amount of cases and the detail involved with each one. Then I have the graduate program to run, and now we have a case on top of the pile." She took a slow breath still not looking from the files. "I don't even know where to begin. The students are wonderful at their job but the clients, governments and agencies are looking for more than just work. They want to know every minute detail about the remains and the only one capable of displaying that is myself."

"Okay, so take one at a time." Booth said as he walked over and sat on the edge of her desk to talk with her softly.

Angela stood with Erik as they watched Booth standing at the doorway of Brennan's office. Hodgins, Wendell and Cam joined them seconds later, just in time to see a glare they all knew well. Slowly Booth started walking into the room until he was sitting on the edge of her desk talking to her. Angela smiled as Hodgins and Wendell grinned.

"Oh, he is good." Hodgins said as Erik looked at him.

"What do you mean?" Erik asked confused. "Seeley's always been good talking with the women. Never once had any problems." He smirked as the group looked at him.

"I don't think Booth introduced us." Angela smiled. "I'm Angela, my husband Hodgins, Cam and this is Wendell. So you say he's always been good?"

"Ange!" Booth stopped her as he walked out to them. "You see Max around?"

"Not since this morning. Why?" Angela asked.

"Bones is getting pretty swamped with her files…" He said as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Going to pull all nighters?"

"Yeah, gonna try to see how many she can get through. Try to break this down a bit so she can handle it all."

"Seeley, if you need someone to watch Chrissy for a bit, I can do it. Besides Michelle loves when we babysit." Cam smiled as Booth smirked.

"Only problem is getting her back." He glanced back at Brennan then at his watch. "Can you watch her for a couple days?" Cam nodded before Booth looked at Wendell. "Well hop to it." He said as Wendell nodded and went to talk with Brennan.

"You all look really worried." Erik said as Booth nodded.

"Bones rarely gets like this. At least we're getting it under control before it got like the last time." Booth said as he saw the remains and items from the crime scene arrive. "Side corner of the platform." He told the men as he swiped his badge letting them onto the platform. As everyone moved to the platform, Brennan and Wendell came over with latex gloves on. They quickly opened the bag to show the remains.

"Angela, I need you to run a reconstruction. Hodgins see what you can collect from the victims remaining clothing and take swabs of the wounds. Cam there were a few samples of blood taken from the body and the scene, can you run the DNA and see what we can find?" Brennan fired off orders and everyone jumped to their orders as Brennan and Wendell began to place the remains on an empty table.

"Dr. Brennan." They heard making her look up to see a grad student at the other end asking for help.

"I'll take care of the grad students. You focus on the murder and let me know if you need anything. I'll talk to Fisher, Daisy, Clark and Aristu to lend a hand. In both cases." He turned walking away as Brennan nodded to him and turned back to the remains.

"The remaining bones seem to all be in order. The only injuries seem to be confined to the face." She said as she began looking at one of the rib bones.