"Bones, we got another case." Booth said as he walked into Brennan's office.
"I can't right now Booth. I really need to get some other work done." Brennan said truthfully. She didn't mind helping him at times but she needed to get her own work done as well. She had her own job and sometimes she believed that the FBI forgot about that.
"Please, Bones. There are bones and that's all your getting unless you come. So will you please come on? They want us down to the site as soon as possible." Booth said with a smile tugging at his lips. 'Oh, gosh, he isn't. I'm going to kill him.' Brennan thought. Booth was giving her the puppy eyes, knowing full well that they would work. Of course he was right and they were now headed towards Booth's black SUV.
"What do you know?" Brennnan asked as they started onto the road.
"Well, the bones were found while a construction crew were building a new house. It sounds like they've been there a little while." Booth said. Brennan could tell that he was hiding something from her, something that's bugging him.
"What else?" Brennan asked as she looked at him.
Booth took a deep breath before he spoke, "They belong to a child. The bones are really small. The team that first got down there suspects that the child might have between 4 and 6 by the size of bones." Brennan knew he hated these types of cases; the ones where the child was dead.
"You sure you can handle this one?" Brennan asked concerned.
"It'll be tough but I'll work it. My goal is to find who would kill a little child." Booth said and Brennan could see his jaw clenching in anger.
"I'll do my best to find what ever information I can." Brennan said honestly. The rest of the drive was in a comfortable silence.
"Special Agent Seeley Booth of the FBI and my partner Dr. Brennan." Booth said as he walked over to a police officer.
"So, you're the two that I was told would be coming down. The bones are over this way, please follow me." The officer said and then started to walk in the direction in which the bones were.
"I used to have a bear like that when I was little, but it disappeared." Booth said when he saw what looked like a teddy bear, lying next to the bones.
"Agent Booth, does that really have anything to do with the case?" the officer asked skeptically.
"No, not really." Booth said as he hunched down to get a closer look.
"We didn't get your name officer." Brennan said before she got down next to Booth.
"Yeah, sorry about that. Officer Jack Ecman." Officer Ecman said, he did not get down beside Brennan and Booth though; he decided he was better watching.
"The information the people told you was right, Booth. This child does seem to be between 4 and 6." Brennan said.
"I already told you that, Bones." Booth snapped. It took Brennan back a little.
"Hey, Agent Booth, no need to get upset with the lady." Officer Ecman said.
"I know, sorry, Bones, now let's just get these back to lab." Booth said as he started to get up. He wanted answers and he wanted them now. He wanted to know the parents of this child, he wanted to know who killed him and he wanted to know why.
"Come one, Bones, we're going back." Booth said as he walked towards the SUV. Bones started towards it as well and got in. Booth started the engine and started down the road. He was the same age as Parker. Why on earth would anyone want to kill someone that young? What could any child do to make someone to kill them; of course what makes anyone want to kill someone other than wanting to kill those who kill the innocent? That bear looked a lot like my old Mr. Miffles, why am I even thinking about that, it's not important to the case, at least I got Bones to work this one with me. Wait there she is again, gosh I can't keep her out at all.
"Booth, are you even listening to me?" Brennan asked, knocking Booth out of his thoughts.
"Of course I was so you can um you know continue." Booth said and of course he was lying.
"Tell me what I said then." Brennan said half smiling. Something was bugging him and she was concerned, but she wasn't going to show that.
"Fine you caught me, I wasn't listening, I was thinking." Booth said smiling a little.
"I was just saying how the right wrist bone seemed to be that it had been broken." Brennan said and Booth only nodded.
"Booth, are you ok?" Brennan asked a little concerned. Booth was being a little to quiet for her and it was freaking her out a little.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Booth said and that was it for the remainder of the drive to the Jeffersonian, it was total silence other than the sound of the tires against the road and the engine.