It was a hot summer day in San Antonio, Texas, and Miguel Ferrer was just now starting up the Steal Eel. As a popular thrill ride at Sea world San Antonio, the enormous green and yellow roller coaster took a lot of time and work to start up. More than 50 runs of testing per day and five check ups per person on every inch of the coaster.
"Another great day of work," Miguel said sarcastically.
As Miguel started flipping switches and pressing buttons, the cars slowly started to come their starting positions. But something wasn't right. It looked as if there was someone in the third to last car. who would spend the night in a cramped car on a roller coaster to be the first in line thought Miguel.
"Hey, who are you and what are you doing on my coaster?" asked Miguel. No answer.
"All right that is not . . . ," Miguel stopped at mid sentence with the most horrified look on his face. There in the car was a dead, decomposing corpse.
Temperance Brennan sat in her office looking at some old paperwork her and her partner, Special Agent Seely Booth, had worked on a couple of months before. How did I let this get so piled upshe asked herself. But before she could get back to work, Booth entered her office.
"Good morning Bones," said Booth. He was holding a cup of coffee in one hand and a manilla folder in the other. Instead of his usual suit and tie he was wearing a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that had the words "Hot Blooded" on it. She had to smile at the thought of her and Booth rocking to that song the night Booth got blown up.
"Hey Booth do we have a case?" Brennan asked hopefully at the sight of the folder still in his hand. Brennan and Booth hadn't had a case in two weeks and she was beginning to get bored at all this paperwork.
"As a matter of fact we do, but you're not going to like it," Booth said.
"Why exactly am I not going to like it," she asked suspiciously.
"Because it is at Sea world San Antonio. And we have to fly down 5 ½ hours to get there. Plus we have to go to an amusment park and I know how much you hate those," Booth said turning his attention back to the file.
"I do not hate ammusment parks, I just think they are a waste of valuable time," replied Brennan.
"Right, whatever you say. So are you going or not," asked Booth.
"Well I don't have much of a choice now do I," she said.
"Nope. So you
better start packing," Booth replied.
As Booth started to leave
he turned back and said,"Oh and Bones remember to bring a bathing
suit," and with that he was out the door.
Brennan looked back at the folder then back at Booth,this is going to be a long week