Some answers to questions and many more questions will come from this chapter…ENJOY!!!!!!

Chapter 4

Booth and Brennan spent the next several hours going through Sophia's file. Everything seemed legitimate.

"Booth…for all we know she's pulling our arms."

"'Leg,' Bones."

"Whatever appendage it is, she could be pulling it."

"I don't think so, Bones."

"I know you're good at reading people, Booth…but this girl through off 5 other agents. She could be lying."

"She's not."

The both looked up to see Cam standing in the doorway. Booth had explained to her and the rest of the team what was going on and they were all interested.

"What did you get?"

"Nothing came up specifically for her. But I got a partial match…you won't like it."

"What is it?"

Cam held out the file she'd put together.

"Have you heard of an agent named James Moore?"

"Yea…he was killed about ten years ago…him and his family were kidnapped and murdered. Bodies were never found. They suspected the Manccini's at the time but couldn't get anything on it. It's mentioned briefly in Sophia's file."

"Well…the sample you gave me…has 7 alleles in common with James Moore."

Booth was stunned to say the least.

"Are…you saying that Sophia Manccini…is James Moore's daughter?"

Angela walked in.

"I took the photo from the newspaper and used an aging program on both daughters. The closest match is to the older daughter, Schuyler. But her eyes are different. And her hair. The picture of Sophia has blue eyes and dark blonde hair. Schuyler had brown hair and eyes."

Booth looked down at the photo from a newspaper dated some ten years ago. Brennan began to read the article aloud.

"Special Agent James Moore and his family were discovered to be missing from their Bethesda home last night. Agent Moore was currently working a case involving the notorious crime family, the Manccini's. Moore, his wife, Rachel, and their two daughters, Schuyler, 9, and Morgan, 6, were last seen together at a local restaurant. They were celebrating their eldest daughter's birthday."

"Oh my God…it's her, Bones. I can see it. God…what happened that night? They were all suspected to be dead."

"I think you need to call her, Booth. Tell her what we know. Get the whole story."

"Yea…"

Booth was reaching for his phone when it started to ring. The caller ID read 'Cullen.'

"Sir, you're not gonna believe-"

He cut off abruptly and Brennan, Angela, and Cam watched the color slowly leave Booth's face.

"When? Yes, sir. I'll be there as soon as I can."

"Booth? What happened?"

"Sophia Manccini pulled up to Bethesda Memorial about 2 hours ago on a motorcycle…she was barely conscious…someone beat the living hell out of her."

The drive to the hospital was a blur. This time Brennan had gone with Booth and the pair raced into the hospital. They found Cullen up on the 4th floor.

"Sir."

"Booth, good. They said she's gonna be alright. They have no idea how she was able to get away from a beating like that without being killed. There are signs she fought back though."

"Seven forms of martial arts, sir."

"I thought it was 6?"

"Seven, sir."

"I see…well…either way…she's been asking for you actually."

"Me, sir?"

"Yes. When she came in they tried to get some information from her and all she said was 'call the FBI and…ah…Agent McDreamy.' I could only assume she meant you."

Booth actually had the decency to flush a bit.

"She's down the hall. I've got guards on the door."

Booth nodded and walked down the hall. The guards stepped aside and Booth entered the room, closing the door behind him.

The steady beep of the heart monitor helped Booth evenly count to ten to calm himself. He'd almost cursed when he first saw her. Her body was covered in bruises and her face had several cuts on it as well as her arms. Her left wrist was in a cast as well.

"Relax, gorgeous…I've been worse…barely."

Her blue eyes were watching him closely. He approached her bed slowly and sat down in the chair next to it. He didn't speak but let her continue to read his face. After several minutes of silence she sighed.

"You know…don't you?"

"Yea…we know…it's Schuyler, isn't it?"

She inhaled sharply and turned her head away.

"Hey…it's gonna be OK…we're going to help you."

"You can't help me…I shouldn't even be alive right now…Joey got in the way and I bolted for my bike…how I made it here, I'll never know."

"Adrenaline. The pain didn't set in until you stopped."

They both looked up to see Brennan standing in the doorway. Neither had heard her enter.

"Bones…"

"Dr. Brennan…nice to meet you. I'm a fan."

That threw him.

"You know her?"

"I've read her books. You're very good."

"Thank you."

"I'm going to assume this is your partner?"

"Yea."

"So…I'm going to assume she knows about me too."

"She does."

"I'm also going to assume you want to know what happened…"

"We do…there's a lot that needs to be accounted for."

She nodded slowly.

"Make yourselves comfortable, kids…it's gonna be a long night."

A/N: OOOOOO STORY TIME!!!!! I've had this story mapped out for weeks…hope it's as well received as I planned.