Seeley got drunk that night. He wanted to get completely wasted, anything to get rid of this feeling of guilt. But unfortunately, the man could hold his liquor. At two a.m. he wandered back into the hotel room, only partially intoxicated.
Maddy was sitting on a stool at the kitchen counter pouring over the case files as he came in. She had been at it for hours, but nothing distinctive came up about any of the of it. They were all just random murders taking place in the sewers. It was extremely frustrating. Seeing Seeley like that didn't help either. She knew he was drunk. Well, to the extent that he could get drunk. Usually he wasn't much of a drinker, just a "social" drinker. Maddy knew that he was depressed, because that was the only time when he got hammered.
He glanced at her when he walked in and plopped down on the couch. After a minute or two he finally spoke. "What are you doing?"
"Working. Like we came here to do." She replied.
He decided it was best not to say anything else, instead he retired to his room.
An hour later Maddy was about ready to give up. There wasn't anything particular about these crimes. For all she knew, they could have been completely non related. Most of the victims had pictures in the file, and Maddy spread them out in front of her tired eyes. As they blurred before her, something clicked in her brain. She rubbed her eyes and focused on them. A thrill rushed through her, she had found a constant. Grabbing her cellphone, she selected Zach's contact hurriedly, despite the early hour that she was calling at. After the fourth ring he answered.
"Hello?" He said, his voice half asleep.
"Zach, are you at the lab?" Maddy asked. She was wired now.
"No...I'm at home, in bed."
"Well can you stop being at home? I need you at the lab now! Please!"
"I don't drive, remember?"
"Can't you call a driver from the Jeffersonian? Isn't that what we pay them for?"
"Can't this wait until morning?"
"No! I need to know now."
Zach sighed.
"Pleeeease, Zach?" Maddy begged. "I'll do anything!"
"Fine. I'll call you when I'm there."
"Thank you so much, Zachy! You're the best!" She hung up the phone and waited impatiently until he called back fifteen minutes later. She answered before the first ring had finished.
"Ok, do you have John Doe 258 in front of you?"
"Yes." By now Zach was fully awake.
"Are there any decent hair follicles left on the skull?"
"Yes, there are even some full hairs left."
Maddy grinned to herself. "What color are they?"
Zach removed one hair and switched on a high power light over his magnifying glass. "The victim's hair color is red."
room. He was asleep on the bed with all of his clothes still on except for his shirt. Maddy had to catch her breathe at this sight. He really was a "Yes! Thank you, Zach! I owe you!" With that she hung up the phone and marched into Seeley'sgorgeous man. Then she remembered the reason she even came in there at all, and began to shake him.
"Booth, wake up." She commanded.
He grunted, but did not wake.
"Wake up!"
No response, he was out like a light.
"Booth, get your butt out of bed, Lynne just had sex with Zach and I'm engaged to Camille!" She shouted in his ear.
That got his attention. He sat straight up in bed and looked around. "What?!"
She smirked. "I found a piece of the puzzle."
It took him a moment to process where he was and what was happening. "Huh?"
"In our case. I was studying it for hours and then i compared the pictures that we have of most of the victims, and then I had Zach examine the new vic, and I realized a continuity."
"What was it?" Seeley asked, rubbing his hand over face.
"All of the victims have red hair." Maddy stated.
"Are you sure?"
"Yep."
"Well that's a start. I don't know what it means, but it's a start."
Now Maddy felt awkward, sitting on the same bed as a half undressed Seeley. "Well, goodnight."
Seeley watched her walk out of the room. "Goodnight, Madeline." Then he fell back onto the bed and fell asleep almost instantly.
