Crimes and Diseases
Alexis pinned up the pictures of the 6 woman who had been mutilated. "Ok, time to anomaly search."
"All blonde hair, all blue eyes, all tall, they all look the same, kinda," Alexis pointed out
"What else?" Brennan asked
"Wait, give me the names," Alexis said
"From left to right," Brennan said looking at the case file "We have, Lindsay Runes, Taylor Saline, Selena Torrents, Katelyn Everett, Susan Green and Rosalie Lewis," Brennan read off as Alexis wrote them under the pictures
"Can I see your computer?" Alexis asked
Brennan turned the computer towards her "Sure, go ahead," she said
Alexis pulled up Google and typed in the names. She pulled up one website with a group pictures of cheer leaders "There you go." She said
"Cheer leaders?" Brennan asked
Alexis nodded and pointed the girls out in the picture "Lindsay, Taylor, Selena, Katelyn, Susan and Rosalie." She said
"Wait, these are from Booth's old high school," Brennan said
"And graduated the same year he did," Alexis said "Would he know these girls?"
"I don't know, maybe," Brennan said
"Should we call and ask him?" Alexis asked
Brennan shook her head "No."
Alexis looked confused "Why not?"
"He has too much to deal with already, if in fact that he knows these women, seeing their mutilated and dead decaying bodies can't be helpful," Brennan said
"Look at you," Alexis said leaning back "You turned into such a people person since I left."
Hodgins walked towards Brennan's office with information on the case at hand
Alexis gasped
"What?" Brennan asked
"Is it me or did everything just go orange?" Alexis asked, her view tinted
"No, it's just you," Brennan said
Hodgins walked into the office "Here is the information on the particulates that I found on the bones."
"Thank you Dr. Hodgins," Brennan said "Alexis are you ok?"
"I don't know," Alexis said "Everything still seems orange."
"Orange?" Hodgins asked
"Yeah, before you walked in here my vision flipped and everything went orange," Alexis said
"That's weird," Hodgins pointed out
"Yeah it is," Alexis said
"Ok, what else are you beginning on Dr. Hodgins?" Brennan asked
"We are looking for DNA from the murderer on the wire used to sew the lips shut, but all we have found right now is blood," Hodgins said
Alexis gagged when Hodgins said 'blood'. A metallic taste flooded into her mouth, the taste of blood
"Alexis are you ok?" Brennan asked again
Alexis scrunched up her face "First my sight now my taste, the second you said blood," the taste becoming stronger with the word "I tasted it."
"That sounds a lot like…" Hodgins asked said to Brennan began
"Synesthesia," Brennan finished "I need to take you to the doctor now," Brennan said taking her keys in her hand
"That's not necessary," Alexis said
"Blood," Brennan said
Alexis gagged "Stop saying that," she said, trying to swallow down the taste of blood
"It's necessary come on," Brennan said pulling on her arm and leading her out of the Jeffersonian
Hodgins walked to Brennan's couch and ran his hand over Rozalyn's fur "You can stay with me," he said
Rozalyn yipped and nuzzled her hand under Hodgins' hand