Chapter 2: No one is selfish enough to kill someone on a Saturday
Booth and Bones are at home happily watching TV with Christine when the phone suddenly rings. "I'm not getting it." says Booth. "I'll get it" says an annoyed Brennan, "It could be a case." "It's a Saturday night." complains Booth, "No one is selfish enough to kill somebody on a Saturday." Brennan picks up a phone and hears Cam tell her, "We're wanted at the supreme court get here now." "Why?" asks Brennan only for Cam to be cut off e prematurely.
Brennen and Booth call the next door neighbor to take care of Christine. They jump in the car and Booth drives like a wild man to the Supreme Court. When they get there there are millions of police lights and the area is covered with Police and men in Dark suits. Booth flashes his badge and they are waived through to a special parking area that seems to be set up by the FBI.
As soon as they get out of the car, Agent J.J. Jareau is upon them.
"Agent Booth, Dr. Brennen, please follow me" JJ says.
"I don't understand" states Brennen "If the BAU is here, why was I called away from my daughter in the middle of the night!"
"Calm down Bones, I am sure there is a good explanation" whispers Booth.
"Agent Hotchner asked for you specifically, Dr. Brennen. I am sure he has good reason. Agent Booth this is a significant national security issue. I am sure you will quickly appreciate the gravity of the situation" says JJ.
"I am not interested in National Security. I am interested in what is so important that Agent Hotchner needed me, the very best forensic anthropologist in the world, in the middle of the night" states Brennen.
"Please just follow me" says JJ.
They walk up the steps of the supreme court building past the statues of the "Contemplation of Justice" and the "Authority of Law".
As they approach the entrance Brennen states "While the exterior of the building is made with marble from Vermont and the interior is constructed of marble from Alabama, the marble in the Great Hall of Justice is from Italy and was acquired with the assistance of Mussolini".
"What does that have to do with anything?" asks Booth
"I just find it Ironic that the Supreme Court of the United States was constructed with the aid of the second most reviled figure of the 20th Century" says Brennen.
The enter the building to see hundreds of people working. At the door of the hall of Justice is the rest of their team.
"Thank goodness you are hear" says Agent Aaron Hotchner
Oh God" says Booth, "oh, God." As they look at the many burned up bodies.
"Who did this?" asks Bones. p
"His name is Moriarty." explains Hotch, "He specifically asked for all of us. ANd he's mocking the president."
Booth gets an Oh Crap/You gotta f**ing kidding me look
"Booth, you have heard of this Moriarity?" asks Brennen.
"He is just the most evil, murderous, criminal mastermind that England has produced since Jack the Ripper. If fact he makes Jack the Ripper look like petty thief" says Booth.
"Exactly" says Hotchner. 'Dr. Brennen, the entire Supreme Court is locked in there and the President is getting ready to get the CIA involved in this whole ordeal. Right now I need your team to determine the exact cause of these two guards as quickly as possible."
"By just looking at them it appears that it is very unlikely these two actually worked here at the Supreme Court" says Brennen.
"How is that possible? The eye witnesses say they saw tow men dressed in guard outfits attempt to open the doors and burst into flame." says Hotchner.
"Each victim has a joint replacement. This one on the right has a hip replacement and this one on the left has a knee replacement. There is now way they could pass their physical fitness exams to be a guard at a place like the Supreme Court. Furthermore, the types of joint replacements they have a very high end and are only used in very specialized hospitals that the average person does no have access to." says Brennen.
"What type of Hospital could you get these joints?' asks Booth.
"Here in Washington, DC the only place is the secret hospital that the President and Congress get their heathcare" says Brennen.
"He killed Congressman." shouts Booth.
"Booth, you know how I fell about jumping to conclusions."
"But he FREAKING killed CONGRESSMAN." Booths shouts.
"From what wee have received from the CIA" says Hotch, "Moriarty is an extremely dangerous man who profiles as a classic narcissist virtually with no respect for anything or anyone other than himself."
"Well I'm glad you figured that out" says a voice, "Now can we please try to solve this crime like proffessionals