Disclaimer: again, I don't own Bones!!
Sarah was sad and excited at the same time. Even though she lost her mother she was thrilled that she got to come with these two. Suddenly, though, she realized something.
"What are your names? Or did I just miss hearing them?" Sarah giggled.
Booth laughed and Brennan turned around in her seat, "I'm Dr. Brennan, and he is Booth."
Sarah's jaw dropped to the floor when she heard Brennan's name, "Dr. Brennan as in the author of the book Bred and Bone?"
Booth was shocked, "Wait a minute, how old are you?"
"I'm 10," Sarah replied.
"A 10 year old read your book Bones! That is insane," he laughed.
Brennan was more confused on the matter, "How were you able to understand it? A normal 10 year old wouldn't know what half the words meant."
Sarah smiled, "I had my mom and my dictionary to help me! Now I rarely have to check the dictionary to remind myself what they meant."
"Wow, that's great Sarah," Brennan smiled gently.
"You want to know the best part of it?" Brennan nodded. "Ever since when I read it for the very first time, I knew I wanted to be just like you when I grew up. Forensic anthropology is just so intriguing!"
Booth gaped but Brennan just kept going with the conversation, "You know, it requires a lot of schoolwork to become a forensic anthropologist."
Sarah nodded her head, "I know, that's why I'm working extremely hard in all my classes at school. I've managed to skip a few grades in school, and I have straight A's."
"Wow, Sarah, you're full of surprises, aren't you?" Booth asked in complete wonder.
Sarah laughed, "I guess I am!"
By then, the group had reached the Jeffersonian. Sarah was amazed at the size, and was even more so when they got inside. Brennan started walking towards her office, and Sarah was right in tow, but still looking around, marveling at the size of it all. Booth said something about going to see someone called Angela, and the two set down their things and Brennan started doing something on her laptop. Sarah looked at all the books Brennan had on her shelf. There was just so many.
A few minutes later, a tall brunette walked in, "Hey Bren. Booth told me about Sarah. Where is she?"
"Geesh Angela, you don't even come in here to say hi anymore," Brennan replied jokingly.
Angela smiled, "I'm sorry sweetie. Hello," and gave her a hug.
Sarah laughed brightly, "I'm over here by the way."
While Angela went to chat with Sarah, Brennan sat at her desk desk deep in thought. 'What am I going to do with Sarah? I wouldn't know how to take care of her. But I couldn't just leave her there. I couldn't stand it if she had to go into foster car or go to an orphanage.' Zach's voice at the door snapped Brennan out of her thoughts.
"Dr. Brennan, the body is here."
Angela and Brennan glaced briefly at the other and both hurried out to the lab with Zach in tow. Sarah thought about following but decided against it. She would only get in the way. Instead, she pulled down a book on the human body from Brennan's bookcase and started reading.
-A Few Hours Later-
Sarah placed the book back and went to look for Brennan. The lab was silent so she knew they weren't there. Following the wall around the lab, she finally started to hear the familiar voices. Zach was describing what he thought was a weapon that was used on Leanne.
"I've determined that it was some sort of small, thin blade, like a scalpel, but it is slightly duller."
Sarah poked her head around the corner and saw Zach pointing at several extremely small cuts on an arm. She racked her brain through something like what Zach was talking about. When she had an idea she went in the room.
"I think it might be a scalpel that was used against my mother. I have one that I got in a dissecting kit for kids. It was made duller so kids couldn't accidentally cut themselves unless they were pressing pretty hard," Sarah spoke up.
"That is a possiblity," Brennan contemplated.
Hodgin's looked extremely carefully at the cuts, and took a pair of tweezers and picked up something. Squinting at it, he realized what it was, "This looks like part some kind of worm's esophagus."
"How did that get in the cuts?" Zach asked, confused.
"Maybe it was left on the weapon," Hodgins replied.
Sarah dug through her memories. "I was in the backyard, dissecting the worm I had found earlier that morning. Mom had told me that the school bus was going to be there any minute. I don't think I stopped until it was waiting out front." Sarah slapped her forehead, "I must not have cleaned it like I normally do! I just tossed it on the counter and rushed out."
At the sight of Brennan's face which was deep in thought at what Sarah just said, Angela asked, "Another trip to the scene?"
"Looks it," Brennan replied quietly. Then more loudly, "I'll call Booth, and you," she pointed at Sarah, "are coming with. You know what your kit looks like."
Sarah had thought should couldn't be anymore excited, but she couldn't have been more wrong. She was going to help with the case to find her mother's murderer!