Hey everyone, I know…it's been too long since the last time I updated this story. Classes at the moment are running my life. I'm so so sorry for the month delay. Please enjoy and review.

Booth took the lead as they headed up to the closed door of the abandoned warehouse. Booth looked behind to see agent McCormick and Brennan behind him. He paused for a moment as he quickly kicked down the door.

"Couldn't you have checked to see if it was locked?" Brennan asked as she looked at the door that obviously wasn't locked, she just knew that Booth was just trying to show off.

"Shh!" Chase and Booth said together quietly but with meaning. They entered the building quickly but quietly. Booth mentioned Brennan to get behind him as Chase headed off in the opposite direction. Booth checked back on Brennan every couple seconds as he scoped the place expertly as the moved through the dark building.

"This is where I having a weapon would be beneficial." She whispered to Booth as she too looked around for anyone that might jump out of the shadows of the dingy and dark rooms as they passed through each one checking for anything suspicious.

"You have two armed FBI agents." Booth explained as they headed into another room of the warehouse, "You are also with a trained sniper. How easily you forget." He said sounding irritated that she never let the gun thing go. Maybe he would just have to take her to the shooting range and see if that would help her quit the subject.

"Still, packing heat would be beneficial."

"Can we discuss this at a later time when we know we aren't going to be blown to pieces?"

Brennan looked at him, "So you're reconsidering it?" she asked.

Booth sighed rolling his eyes, "Sarcasm Bones, sarcasm."

Brennan sighed; she really should have known Booth would never have agreed to let her carry a weapon.

Brennan suddenly stopped in her tracks.

"Now what's wrong?" Booth asked noticing Brennan had finally dropped the whole gun thing.

"Something doesn't smell right." she stated rushing from the room.

Booth rushed after her, "Bones!" he called, "You can't just run out without any cover!"

"We would have been shot at already." Brennan added simply as headed towards the very back of the warehouse. She finally made it to where the body was lying. Brennan bent down next to the corpse. She now skillfully scanned the body like Booth had scanned the building. Booth still had his gun in his hands while Brennan started rattling off her initial observations.

"Early stages of decomposition," Brennan began, "I'll put a preliminary time of death 48 hours ago."

Booth nodded, "Around the same time we got the phone call from Grant's phone."

Brennan looked up at Booth, "I would rather get the body back to the lab and have Hodgins take particulates to get a more accurate timeline." Brennan looked at Booth, "Why haven't you written anything down?" she questioned wishing she had a pair of gloves so she could examine the body more closely.

Booth rolled his eyes as Brennan looked back down at the body. She started to state other observations but Booth was concentrating on the faint sound that was coming from the darken hallway. He adjusted his gun as he turned slowly and raised his gun. His gun was met with the barrel of another. He looked and noticed it was Chase. In quick moment both the trained agents recognized each other and lowered their weapons. Booth and Chase returned their guns back to their holsters.

"Whew, I'm glad it was you instead of some creepy killer with a gun." Chase stated running a hand through his short, blonde, hair as he walked into the room that reeked of a decomposing body, "The warehouse is clear."

"Figured," Booth stated quickly, "I'm sure we would have been shot at already."

Brennan sighed, "I stated that already." She said under her breath.

Chase and Booth looked at Brennan, "What?"

Brennan shook her head, "Nothing."

"So who is this?" Chase asked walking up over the body. He knelt down across from Brennan over the dead body. This was a change for Brennan. Booth never knelt down over a body before. She didn't know how to feel about it, "Does he have an ID on him?"

"I don't have gloves in order to search the body."

Chase pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket, "Would this help?"

Brennan shook her head, "Not necessarily. I would rather have sterile gloves. Your handkerchief could have your DNA present that would tamper with our evidence."

Chase seemed taken back slightly as he stood up, "Alright then."

Brennan stood also, "We need to get the body back to the lab."

"We can't call the lab out here." Chase stated he then snapped his fingers, "I might have a body bag and gloves in my truck." He said as he headed out of the room.

"Should he have those materials in his SUV?" Brennan questioned Booth. She was always the one that was prepared and with Booth. He never needed to have extra materials with him. She thought again, they could always call either the lab or the FBI crime scene unit out.

Booth pulled out his pad of paper and pen and started writing things down, "He's technically not suppose to but then again were technically not suppose to be working this case." He stated without looking up from the small pad of paper.

"It's nice of you to write down things now." Brennan observed obviously annoyed with him, "So you need me to repeat my observations?" she asked, "I wish he would have mentioned he had gloves in his SUV. It would have saved us time back at the lab."

"I guess were all a little unprepared for this case."

Brennan looked at him out of the corner of her eye. She obviously didn't agree with Booth's last comment, "If you wouldn't have rushed me out of the lab like there was a fire I would have been able to grab my bag. I would have then prepared for this situation." She said mentioning to the body, "So in future situations please do not rush me out of the lab." She said strictly.

Booth nodded, knowing that he shouldn't argue with her. She was also right; he had rushed her out of the lab. Another thing that occurred that showed that he was too close to this case. He was secretly grateful that she hadn't mentioned that to him.

"Does he look familiar to you?" Brennan asked Booth randomly to break the silence as they waited for Chase to return.

Booth looked at her confused, "Why would I know him?" he asked, "and no I don't, that was random."

"This case has to do with agent Briggs. I thought you might know the victim. Sorry it was an irrelevant thought."

Chase returned slightly out of breath as he handed Brennan a pair of gloves and a black body bag,

"Although, I wish you would have mentioned you had these necessities earlier I am very relieved that you did come prepared."

"You want help?" Chase mentioned as Brennan prepared to put the body into the bag.

"Bones doesn't like when others mess with her remains." Booth butted in as he always did when someone tried to help her with human remains. Chase and Booth waited patiently as Brennan properly and carefully placed the body into the black bag. She zippered it up and quickly ripped off the blue medical gloves that she was given, "Could you two carry this puppy out?" she asked with a smile trying to lighten the mood.

"Sure Bones." Booth said as he and Chase went to either end of the body and effortless lifted up the body.

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