Chapter 6 – Deadly, but Fun

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"Our Vic's name was Blair Hemmings. Her parents reported her missing about a week ago, who wants to go break the news?" asked Angela jokingly.

"We'll send Flack to go tell them, he's surprisingly good at that seeing as how completely insensitive he can be sometimes," said Stella.

"I'm starting to see that," replied Angela, "In fact; he's kind of like Hodgins sometimes, but without the conspiracies."

"Sorry to interrupt," started Hodgins, "but have either of you seen Danny or Lindsay. I let for 5 minutes and when I came back they were gone." Stella and Angela both shook their heads.

"Well that sucks because no one in this entire building has seen them anywhere."

"You guys talking about our missing CSIs," asked Flack walking in.

"Yup," started Stella, "have you checked all the closets?" Flack started to laugh, when he realized that only he and Stella would have gotten it. "Inside joke."

"Where were they when you left?" asked Angela.

"They were examining the interior vault," answered Hodgins.

"You don't think that they managed to open it, and then got themselves locked in?" asked Stella slowly.

"Crap," said Hodgins. It took everyone about 10 minutes to get down to the vault.

"How do we figure out if they're in there?" asked Mac turning to face Minnie and Zack.

"Wait," Minnie started, "why are you looking at us?"

"Because you both are genius squints," replied Booth.

"That's a stupid reason, and personally the only thing I can think of is to break through the interior vault," said Minnie turning towards Zack, hoping that he had a better idea.

"I concur, but if you give us the measurements we should be able to figure out how long they have. Assuming, of course, that there is in fact oxygen in that room," Zack said grimly.

"Um," said Flack pulling out a measuring tape, "6 feet by 6 feet by 6 feet."

"You carry a measuring tape around Flack?" asked Stella, trying to contain her laughter. Flack just shrugged, and placed the measuring tape back into his pocket.

"That gives them both roughly," Zack paused, "4 hours until they run out of oxygen."

"Are you taking into account what they may be doing in there that could use up oxygen faster?" asked Minnie.

"What do you mean?"

"Danny's kit is missing, so I'm assuming that they are inside the vault processing?"

"Well taking into account that they could be processing I still think they'd have, if they exerted as little force possible, 4 hours, but if they exerted maximum force then they'd have roughly 3 and a half hours."

"What if they had sex?" asked Flack, which caused every head in the room to turn to look at him, "Its just that I sort of caught them earlier making out, and what are two people supposed to do when locked in room together?"

"Analyze evidence," said Zack.

"If they slept together they have at most 2 hours, once again taking in they exert as much force as they could," stated Minnie plainly.

"Okay, Adam take samples of the vault's exterior, see exactly what its made of. Stella swab for fingerprints, and Flack go talk to the parents of Blair Hemmings, see what you can find out about her. Hodgins look at the particulates from the concrete Blair's body was found on, maybe it'll have something. Zack and Minnie think of every possible thing those two could do in there and give us a time frame," said Mac. They quickly went to start their assigned tasks, hoping that what they did could bring them closer to finding the killer and where Danny and Lindsay were.

1 hour later

"Mac," stated Adam, "the vault is a mixture of titanium, platinum, and steel. It's kind of a new thing among rich people. They get this new type of vault, that's supposed to be the strongest vault on Earth, to keep their mega-valuable items in. If we want to break through it, we're gonna need a thermal inducing laser that can reach temperatures of 500 degrees Farenheit."

"I might actually have a way to get that," said Brennan, "There's a department in the Jeffersonian that's experimenting with lasers. I could ask to borrow one of their lasers, I'm sure they wouldn't mind."

"Good, go ask them," replied Mac.

The Hemmings Residence

"I'm sorry for your loss Ms. Hemmings, but, if you don't mind, I'd really like to ask you some questions about Blair," said Flack solemnly. Through her tears, Ms. Hemmings slowly nodded her head.

"Did you know if Blair was dating anyone?"

"No, Blair wasn't like that. She was going to be a doctor. She used to say that her social life could wait ten years, until after she got her medical degree." Ms. Hemmings broke out in sobs again, and Flack patiently waited for her to calm down.

"Has she talked to you about any one following her lately?"

"Never, every one liked my little girl." Flack put on his fake smile, every mom thought that their little girl was an angel.

"Do you have any phone numbers of close, personal friends we could try to make contact with?"

"Of course," Ms. Hemmings said through her tears, "she had many friends." Ms. Hemmings walked into the kitchen, and came back with a note card with 6 or 7 phone numbers on it. "These are the only phone numbers I have for any of her friends. I hope this helps."

"It will, and thank you again for speaking with us," Flack said as he stood up. He quickly excused himself, hoping to avoid another waterfall exploding from that woman's eyes. Sometimes, he really hated his job.

1 ½ Hours Later

By now, the laser was almost finished creating a minuscule hole in the vault. Minnie and Zack had created a 2-3 hour time frame before Lindsay and Danny died to due to lack of oxygen. They stood by anxiously waiting for the laser to cut through the combination of metals, and they could all check to see if Danny and Lindsay were in fact in the vault. Finally, after about 10 minutes, the laser finally sliced through the remaining metal, and they were able to check for Danny and Lindsay.

"Danny, Lindsay, you guys in there?" asked Mac tentatively.

"Yeah," they heard Danny answer, "We're in here. Although its' getting pretty stuffy in here." Before Mac could reply, Minnie and Zack had pushed him out of the way.

"Danny," started Minnie, "whatever you do, do not sleep with Lindsay."

"Excuse me!" they heard Lindsay exclaim from inside the vault.

"You'll run out of oxygen faster if you sleep with her!" Zack exclaimed, "We won't have enough time to get you out of there alive if you sleep with one another." There was a pause on the other end.

"Um," started Danny, "I wish you had told that to us an hour ago." They entire team seemed to tense up, they had less than an hour to get Danny and Lindsay out of there before they died. Sure sex was fun, but in this case it was deadly.