A/N : Ok, so this is my first Bones multi-chapter story. Hope it's decent. Read and review… Let me know what you think! I'm not one of those authors that hold back a chapter until they get a certain amount of reviews, but the more I get the more I may be motivated to post ahead of the schedule I have planned… I have 20 chapters planned and an epilogue… as of now I'm figuring I'll update once a week, but the more reviews I get and I might change to 2 or 3 times a week… up to you!
Disclaimer: If I owned Bones, I'd be making a lot more money than I do!
Summary: What happens when there is a serial killer on the loose who targets little boys and Rebecca doesn't tell Booth that Parker's missing. What happens when things get even more complicated and faces from Booth's past comes back. some BB later. Takes place after Season 4 not including the last two episodes Cullen is still around.
Killing for Revenge
Chapter 1: The Case Heats Up!
Brennan was working on the body of the victim of the newest case of what appears to be a serial killer who targets boys between the ages of 5 and 9. This was the third body in nine weeks, so the team was now expecting a forth body at any time based on the killers MO. The killer would torture the boys for three weeks, with one week over-lapping with the next boy, before killing them with a bullet between the eyes. It was as if the killer was trying to send a message to someone.
After killing the boys the killer would boil the bones to eliminate any DNA on them and pull out the teeth to make identification nearly impossible. Little did the killer know that the case would go to the Jeffersonian with Special Agent Seeley Booth as head agent on the case with his team of squints. Or is that exactly what the killer wanted because with the help of Angela they were able to identify the three bodies as Nigel Smith, age 6; Kyle Kelly, age 6; and Jake O'Brian, age 7. Even stranger is the fact that the latest victim went to the same school as Parker. This was starting to make Booth more paranoid so he asked Rebecca to keep a closer eye on Parker, but since it is an open case he could not give her more information than "A couple of boys went missing." Rebecca just brushed it off as Booth's normal over-protectiveness and doesn't think much of it.
As Brennan was on the platform studying the remains of Jake, Booth walked up scanning himself onto the platform not looking happy at all. They were all getting really frustrated with this case because they were not getting any leads. Studying the bones Brennan was able to determine that the boys were mainly beaten by circular objects of varying sizes, and while there were knife marks on the bones she was able to determine that they were made by a standard kitchen knife found in 90% of homes. The only useful information they got was that the bullet came from a sniper rifle. They were able to track down the rifle from the bullets markings. That information was useful until they found out that the rifle was reported stolen three weeks before the killings started, so seriously who could blame him for looking so pissed. Brennan had also noticed that while the injuries on the boys varied in amount, they were the same types of injuries. The injuries also seemed to be more violent and forceful. She had also noticed that the boy's feet were also fractured by the objects.
"Booth, don't tell me you're here because of another body," Brennan said to him. When she saw his face though it was one of the times she could read him perfectly so she knew his response before it came already.
"Alright, I won't just get your stuff and get in the car… again."
"Where did they find the body this time, the side of another highway again?" She asked gathering her things.
"Yep, and don't ask what condition the bones are in though 'cause I don't know. I told them not to get within 50 feet of the bones or you would shoot them for possibly contaminating the evidence," Booth said giving her his famous charm smile. Brennan returned the grin with a small one of her own.
"I should warn Angela quickly… let her get prepared for this."
"Ok, I'll wait in the car, hurry up."
A few minutes later Brennan got to the car. The drive to the highway was fairly quiet and tense because they were both expecting and fearing the worst that it was another little boy. They eventually made it to the area in which the body was found. Both of them walked up to the remains with everyone else a little ways away because none of them wanted to be around Booth or Brennan when they were pissed.
"Male, age between 5 and 10 years old, dead around 24 hours, bullet between the eyes, beaten, signs of torture from a knife, possible feet fractures… I'm fairly certain that this is from the same killer," Brennan said standing to face Booth.
"Bones boiled and teeth gone too?"
"Yes."
"Ok… pack up everything and get it back to the lab." The crew then sprang into action, before they pissed Booth off, which at this point they knew would be a death sentence for them, taking photos of the crime scene and samples of everything. They then proceeded in packing the remains to transfer everything to the lab. This was all done staying as far away as possible from Booth and Brennan.
"When we get back to the lab I'll have Angela give him a face," Brennan said to Booth as they were walking back to the SUV.
"Yeah… ok… I guess I'll head back to the Hoover building and send over the missing persons reports to Angela's database again," Booth said climbing into the car.
The drive was quiet and tense yet again. Brennan was staring out the window and Booth was clenching his jaw and holding the steering wheel much tighter than he needed to.
"Booth, you know it's not likely that you'll break the wheel."
"Yeah, I know Bones but it gives me something to do instead of wanting to curse out all these drivers for driving to slow," he said smirking a little.
"They are going the speed limit you know."
"Yeah well as far as I'm concerned when working a case with a serial killer targeting little boys everyone drives to slow."
A short time later, they arrived at the lab and saw that the evidence had already arrived. The other members of the team had already begun working. They scanned themselves up to the platform and went over to the team.
"Ok squints, let's hear it, what have you got for me so far?" Booth asked them.
"Not much, Seeley, just relax for a minute; we just got the body and gave the skull to Angela," Cam said to him.
"Don't call me Seeley, Camille, and just work fast 'cause with this guys MO another boy has already been missing for a week and I would really prefer to find him alive. I'm gonna head to the Hoover to get Angela the updates of missing boys and have one of my guys send it to her server… catch you later, Bones," he said leaving waving his hand over his shoulder.
"Bye, Booth," Brennan said already getting absorbed in all the mysteries the bones held for her.
Booth's Office
One of Booths guys had just sent the list of missing boys over to the lab a couple of hours ago, so Booth was going over the files of the three dead boys that were already identified. Something was bothering him about the case but he just couldn't put his finger on what it was. His cell phone started to ring while he was studying the files for the third time trying to find anything in common with the boys. Looking at the caller ID he smiled.
"Hey, Bones, What have you got for me?"
"I actually have Angela here with me now with an ID… hold on I'll put you on speaker phone." Booth then heard the click that signified the speaker phone turning on.
"Hi, Agent Hot Stuff, I got your ID. The boy's name was Eric Hunter. He was 7 years old," Angela told him.
"Ok… Bones, do you have anything new for me?" Booth asked pulling up the file on Eric Hunter on his computer. The file came up and showed Booth a picture of the little boy. He was fairly small for his age and had fairly long straight black hair and green eyes.
"I don't think so. I don't see any inconsistencies between the other cases and this one. So far it is the same injuries, just stronger again. The bullet hole does match the others though," Brennan said to him. After she waited a couple of moments for a response and none came she said, "Booth, you still there?"
"Huh… oh yeah." Then something clicked in Booth's mind. "Is Angela still there?"
"Yeah I'm still here… What's up?"
"Are you absolutely sure this is the face?"
"Yes… Why?"
"Eric was in the other class, same school and class as the last boy, Jake."
"And same school as your son…" Brennan started telling him.
"Yeah, thanks for that, Bones," Booth said irritably.
"What, it was just a fact," Brennan said unsure of why Booth was so pissed.
"Sweetie, it's just something Booth doesn't want to think about," Angela told her.
"Oh…"
"Yeah, still here, so I can still hear you… So Bones, want to come talk to the parents with me?"
"Yeah, of course… come pick me up, and while I'm not in Wendell can see if I missed anything on the bones."
"Right… see you soon," Booth said hanging up.
As Booth was closing the files he had opened and was getting ready to leave to pick Brennan up one of the younger agents, Bill, came in carrying an envelope.
"Sir, this just came in for you."
"Thanks, Bill," Booth told him taking the envelope.
As Bill left the room, Booth looked at the envelope quickly to see if it could wait until he got back. When he saw that his address was written in all capital letters and that there was no return address he decided that it could not wait, so he opened the envelope and pulled out the letter. The letter was made up of clipped out magazine letters, some uppercase but most lowercase letters. He began to read:
i thought you would have figuRed thiS out by Now you arrogAnt ass
PaybacK Is fuN
RuNnInG out of time
beTteR movE fastEr
i will bE VictoRious and you will Lose
GuEss you arE not as good As you thought you were
Booth read over the letter several times before putting it back into the envelope and taking out his cell phone to call Brennan. He put the cell phone to his ear as he grabbed the letter and started walking to his car.
"Brennan."
"Hey Bones change of plans. We aren't going to talk to the parents just yet…"
"Booth, what's going on?"
"I think the killer just sent me a letter. I'll be there soon," Booth said hanging up and putting his SUV in drive after getting in.
Ok... so that was chapter 1 let me know what you think!