i dont own bones. please review.

It was just another day in the office filing paperwork for Special Agent Seeley Booth. He and his partner hadn't had any new cases in almost a week so he was doing the great mountian of back log when a fellow agent walked into his office.

"Agent Booth? You have a visitor."

Thinking it might be Bones playing tricks on him he nodded his acceptance. The agent walked back into the hall to wave someone in. She was a sight for sore eyes. Her uniform was the standard camo of the soldiers. Her blue eyes were tired and puffy from crying.

"Keita, my god what are you doing here?" Agent Booth asked wrapping his arms around her to give her a hug.

"Seeley, I need your help." She replied into his shoulder.

"You know that I'll help you with whatever I can. What is it you need?" Booth asked her breaking away from her to sit in one of his chairs in front of his desk. He motioned for her to sit next to him. She did hesitantly, that alerted him to the seriousness. This was a veteran who was skittish about sitting across from him. Sure she had changed some since the last time he had seen her, but she shouldn't fear him. What was up with her?

"It is rumored that you work with the best forensic anthropologist in the world."

"That is true. Rumored, where do you hear these rumors?"

"Just because you left the army, doesn't mean the army has left you." Keita replied with a hint of a smile.

"Are you in need of her help?" Booth asked his friend.

"Yes, I only want to tell my story once. Is there any way that you can enlist her help and then I'll explain. Ok?"

"Why don't we go visit her? Then you can tell her and the squints and me. It's good to see you."

"You won't be saying that soon enough." Keita replied but allowed booth to lead her from his office to his truck.

She sat in the passenger seat and almost laughed at how much sarge had changed. He had taught her how to be a sniper.

Booth was elated to see his former student, granted the last time he saw her she was sniping better than he did. She was one of the few females that the rangers had accepted the same time he was sergeant. He had laughed at her until she had out did him. It bothered him that she was crying and was asking for Bones's help. Judging by her patches she was a staff sergeant first class, meaning she now outranked him.

Pride swelled deep in his chest for her, and fear.

They drove to the Jeffersonian in silence. Booth left Keita to her thoughts for which Keita was grateful. She didn't want to have to explain to Booth how she had failed him. But she needed to in order to have his help.

They got to the Jeffersonian in record time even by Booth's standards. He parked his truck and hopped out. Keita followed after double checking all her guns were in their hiding places. Before they could walk into the lab though Booth stopped her with a hand on her arm.

"Do you have anything I should know about?" he asked.

"Four 9 mils in various places and three pocket knives." was her rather curt reply.

Booth nodded. "You do have a permit for all of them right?"

Keita sighed and rolled her eyes. Being an agent now was really cramping his style. In a rather practiced move Keita removed her wallet from her back pocket and showed him her permits, she was permitted to carry six concealed weapons. She chose to carry four. Booth read the permit careful before nodding his acceptance. He released his hold on her arm as she put her wallet away.

"Do you still sniper?" he asked as he led her into the lab.

"Are you cleared for that information?" she asked back teasingly.

"No, but I did train you so I already knew that particular secret."

"Yes when I am called to do my duty, I do it. Better than you ever did anyways."

Booth arched an eyebrow at her but made no comment.

"Booth! What are you doing here? Do we have a case?" Dr. Brennan asked rather excitedly as she rushed over to the pair.

Keita unconsciously stepped away from Dr. Brennan, Booth noticed the movement and fought to hide a smile. Should the need arise, Keita wouldn't have the room to pull out her weapon without putting the good doctor in danger. He would have to talk to her about that later.

"Oh my god, Keita is that you?" cam asked as she noticed the commotion.

Keita looked at her in surprise.

"Booth didn't say you would be here, how have you been?"

"I am doing well. How is Faolan?" cam asked.

Keita shifted from foot to foot and wouldn't meet Booth's eyes.

"He is why I am here."