A/N : Ok, so this is my first Bones multi-chapter story. Hope it's decent. Read and review… Let me know what you think! I'm not one of those authors that hold back a chapter until they get a certain amount of reviews, but the more I get the more I may be motivated to post ahead of the schedule I have planned… I have 20 chapters planned and an epilogue… as of now I'm figuring I'll update once a week, but the more reviews I get and I might change to 2 or 3 times a week… up to you!
Also if you get the chance and want to I am currently Beta-reading for Lady-Josie's story. It's called "A Mistake in the Partnership?". It's her continuation of Season 6 based off of the sides and spoilers starting with The Killers in the Crosshairs with a surprise added in.
Disclaimer: If I owned Bones, I'd be making a lot more money than I do!
Summary: What happens when there is a serial killer on the loose who targets little boys and Rebecca doesn't tell Booth that Parker's missing. What happens when things get even more complicated and faces from Booth's past comes back. some BB later. Takes place after Season 4 not including the last two episodes Cullen is still around.
Last Chapter:
There were two men sitting on chairs that were in one of the corners of the room. There were three lumps huddled in the opposite corner. It was a fairly dark room.
"Any ideas for the boys, I'm getting tired of the standard?" the first man asked motioning to the lumps on the floor. The boys were unconscious.
"I may have a few ideas from stuff I was arrested for. And if Booth still can't figure out who I am, he should not be an agent, let alone considered the best," the second man said smiling.
"Let's hear it." Before the second man could speak, someone came in. Both men trained their guns on him. When they saw who it was Raddick lowered his a little, and smiled when he saw who it was.
"So, have you decided whether or not to join us?" Raddick asked.
"Yes, I have," the newcomer said.
"And?"
"I'm in."
"Excellent," Raddick said as they lowered their guns fully.
Killing for Revenge
Chapter 10: A Confrontation and New Findings
"Now, what is this idea of yours?" Raddick asked.
"Dogs, then gouge their eyes out with a key."
"Interesting…different, I like it."
"I'd say you could thank a guy named Hollings, but he's not around anymore."
"How do we get the dogs?" the newcomer asked. He sounded different from the other two, almost as if he really didn't want to be doing this.
"Well, they don't know your involvement so you can go and buy food to lure strays here. Now do either of you have a key?" The newcomer could see Raddick eyeing his pocket and reluctantly handed them over. Good now go get the dogs here and quickly. The newcomer left.
The Lab
"Are you sure it's him?" Brennan asked.
"Fairly sure. He broke out a few weeks before all of this started, which would give them enough time to plan everything, and they didn't necessarily need two people to stalk everyone. It makes sense. They also believe that the person who took his place is a relative of Raddick's because he looks similar."
"Why don't we go question him?" Brennan asked.
"Can't. It was only discovered because he killed himself and the fake skin mask was starting to come off. They're trying to figure out how he got the knife and how he got in. He's never had visitors or anything. They're looking for a possible breach in security. And now we're out of leads for finding the boys since all of his property was FBI owned and taken when he went to jail." Booth saw the look on Brennan's face. "What you thinking. Bones?"
"You don't think he'd be stupid enough to use the warehouse he held me in, do you?"
"I wouldn't put anything past them at this point. You're a genius. That's got to be where they are because Raddick's made it clear he wants to torture me anyway possible," Booth said attempting to lift himself off the couch. He swung his legs over the side and put most of his weight on his good leg. He made his way over to the door. Brennan was closely following in case he needed help. She realized though he was getting a stronger adrenaline rush now that they were possibly locating Parker so he wouldn't really take the help. "Hodgins," he shouted. Hodgins came hurrying over.
"Yeah, what do you need?" he asked Booth, who propped himself up in the doorway.
"Do you remember the way to that warehouse Kenton held Bones in?" Hodgins paled slightly at that question, remembering that day vividly.
"Ye-yes, Wh-why?" he stammered.
"Good, I need a ride there, now. We're not all going to fit in your car, so me, Max, and you will be in your car. Bones, can you drive the mothers down? They should be there when we find the kids."
"Ok, but Booth, you really shouldn't be going in. You can barely stand."
"Funny, that's what they told him last time and he still went in. Next thing I knew though I was being dragged in behind him," Hodgins said, still a little pale.
"Let's head out. I'll call in for backup on the way there," Booth said making his way out of the room. The others followed him to the two cars. Hodgins happened to be parked near Brennan that day, so the large group went to the cars together. Booth wasn't thrilled when he saw what car Hodgins drove today. "Why did you have to drive the toy car today?" Booth complained.
"Hey, if I knew you would break out of the hospital again today, and demand a high speed chase, I would have been more considerate," Hodgins told him sarcastically. Booth just glared at him.
"Make sure you keep up with us, Bones." Booth climbed into the front seat after Max got into the tiny back. Hodgins got in and they quickly took off for the warehouse. Booth was already on the phone, calling in for backup. After awhile he hung up. "They're sending Mark, Pat, and Adam. They're meeting us there."
"That's all they're sending?" Max asked.
"Yeah, that's all they can spare right now. We can manage though. If we sent in too many people, they might get spooked, so it may be for the best. We need to play it carefully." Booth then groaned as Hodgins hit another pothole. "Hodgins, you really need to get a normal sized car… Can't this thing go faster?" Hodgins hit the accelerator a little harder. The rest of the drive was made in silence, except for the occasional grunt of pain from Booth.
The Warehouse
Both cars pulled up silently in front of the warehouse. Everyone climbed out of the cars and Booth went to lean on the hood of Hodgins' car. As he got his gun ready, Brennan approached him. They both then heard dogs barking.
"At least we know we're in the right place and that Kenton is here," Booth said.
"How do you know this by just hearing barking dogs?" Brennan asked.
"I really don't think Raddick is creative enough to come up with using dogs. I think Kenton would have had to suggest it. Raddick had been using standard forms of torture, like beating and cutting, followed by a gun so…"
"So, you're thinking the dogs are a little too different."
"Yes." Just then the three agents pulled up in another car with an ambulance behind them.
"We figured just in case…" Mark explained trailing off. Booth nodded.
"Ok, so we are fairly sure there are three boys, Kenton, and Raddick inside. Kenton we believe is Raddick's accomplice," Booth explained to the new agents, going into agent mode and forgetting his pain for awhile. "I'll lead because I've been in this warehouse before, and have an idea of the layout. Mark, Max, and Pat, you three behind me." Brennan opened her mouth to argue with him, but he cut her off. "Bones, I need you and Adam out here to keep the others safe and to stop the two of them if they get out." She realized he was manipulating her to stay where it was safe, but nodded to humor him.
"Just be careful," she told him.
"I'll try." He turned to the agents and Max. "Ready?" he asked. They nodded and the four of them made their way to the entrance and went in.
"Damn," Adam said.
"What?" Brennan asked.
"I heard rumors about how stubborn and good at his job he is, but I didn't really believe all of them. I see why no one is willing to challenge him…other than you anyway."
"That's just part of what makes him Booth."
Inside the Warehouse
Booth had realized when they walked in that there were more crates than the last time they were there. He signaled for the others to stay quiet and be careful. He had his gun partially raised, in his right hand, ready if needed. He heard the dogs barking from the same direction as the last time, and started heading that way. The four of them were weaving in and out of the rows of crates. With the adrenaline rush he was experiencing, Booth managed to get fairly far ahead of the others. He rounded a corner, and missed the shadow on the other side of the crates. He took a few steps forward, and was caught off guard when Kenton jumped out from behind the crates with a metal pipe. He hit Booth across the back with the pipe before Booth could react. He collapsed to the ground, groaning in pain.
The others heard Booth's groan and sped up around the corner. Mark and Pat raised their guns as they were rounding the corner, with Max following. They saw Booth on the ground, and Kenton getting ready to strike again. They both quickly fired their guns. Mark hit Kenton in the wrist holding the pipe, causing him to drop the pipe. Pat hit him in the knee, so he couldn't run. Both Kenton and the pipe landed on Booth. Booth groaned loudly. Max quickly went and removed Kenton and the pipe from being on top of Booth, throwing him to the side. Pat went over to cuff Kenton, as Max knelt next to Booth.
"You ok, Booth?" Max asked, gently placing his hand on Booth's back. Booth winced at even that minimal contact. Max caught it, and quickly removed his hand.
Booth tried to get up and pain shot down his spine. He groaned as his body threatened to send him into unconsciousness. "Find the boys," he groaned.
"You heard him," Max said to the agents. "I'll wait here with these two. I suggest you bring the boys out a different way. They don't need to see Kenton again. You should lookout for Raddick, too. When you get the boys out to their moms, you should get the paramedics to come in with stretchers." Mark and Pat nodded, going in search of the boys and Raddick.
"You don't really think he was stupid enough for all three of us to stay here, do you?" Kenton asked, after the two agents left. He was attempting to sit up, from where he was thrown, with his hands cuffed behind his back.
"What do you mean by three?" Booth asked teeth gritted together.
"I'm not his only accomplice. There's another. They both left awhile ago, left me to deal with you and the boys."
"Who is it?" Max asked, as Booth struggled to focus.
"Not saying…I'm going back to jail anyway, no point in me ratting him out, too. You'd find him to easy." Kenton was really pissing Max off now, so he picked the pipe up and smacked him over the head with it, knocking him unconscious. Max noticed Booth attempting to glare at him.
"What?... He was pissing me off and it's not like he was giving us anything else useful…I only knocked him out; it's not like I killed him, too." Booth rolled his eyes, and finally gave in to the darkness. "Great, alone with two unconscious bodies," Max mumbled to himself.
Farther Inside the Warehouse
Mark and Pat were carefully making their way to the area the barking was coming from. They eventually found their way to the room, and instantly noticed the dogs were chained to the wall farthest from the boys, who were shaking in fear. Raddick was nowhere in sight.
"Looks like Raddick abandoned Kenton," Mark said to Pat, quietly. "Cover me, just in case." Pat nodded. Mark started moving closer to the boys, slowly, as to not scare them even more. As he got closer, he spoke softly to them. "Hey boys, you're ok now. I'm FBI. You're moms are outside waiting for you." Mark noticed that they were thankfully unharmed. The boys looked up. Parker recognized Mark from the hospital and house, and quickly went to him. The other two boys, trusting their friend, followed. Mark crouched down to their level and continued to speak to them. "Come on let's get you to your moms." Mark stood up and started leading them to the exit, with Pat following.
Outside the Warehouse
Adam and Brennan managed to convince the three mothers to stay in the car until the boys came out. Hodgins went into the car with them. Brennan and Adam stood in front of the car, eyes on the entrance to the warehouse.
"Shouldn't they be out by now?" Brennan asked.
"I thought so…They must have run into something giving them problems. They should be out soon."
Just then they saw Mark, Pat, and the three boys come out of the warehouse. The mothers quickly got out of the car and the boys ran to them, receiving hugs from them that were making it hard for them to breathe. Hodgins got out of the car following the mothers. Pat went over to talk to the paramedics and Mark went over to Adam and Brennan.
"Where's Booth and my dad?"
"Still inside. Kenton snuck up on Booth and hit him with a pipe across the back. Afterward, Pat and myself shot him in the knee and arm, so he couldn't attack again, but both him and the pipe landed on Booths back. Booth couldn't really move after that, so Pat's talking to the paramedics to send in two stretchers."
"Is he ok?"
"When he ordered us to continue to search for the boys, he was fighting to stay conscience. I really don't think that much more damage was done, though. He will probably just be more sore."
"I told him to stay at the hospital, and this is exactly why. What about my dad?"
"He's fine, stayed with Booth though to keep an eye on him and Kenton."
"What about Raddick?" Brennan asked. Mark shook his head.
"Wasn't inside…we're guessing he bailed on Kenton."
"What about the boys?"
"They were all physically unharmed. They were terrified, but they should be ok."
"Good." Brennan saw her dad walking over to them. "Dad? I thought you were with Booth."
"I was. Paramedics came in and looked him over quickly. Booth's going to have a decent bruise across his back, but they don't think it did any more damage to his other injuries. He passed out shortly before they came in, but they think that that was more due to losing the adrenaline rush and previous injuries. They are taking him back to the hospital, so we don't have to argue with him to get him back to the hospital. They are going to run x-rays though once they get back, just to make sure." Max explained. Brennan noticed the two stretchers being loaded into the ambulance and nodded at her father.
"But he's ok?"
"Yes."
"Kenton?"
"He won't be walking for awhile, and they think I might have given him a concussion…"
"Dad!"
"What, he was pissing me off. He did, however, say that there is a third accomplice, too. Wouldn't say who though, which is when I hit him."
"And they are definitely running more x-rays on Booth?"
"Yes. Don't worry, they'll take care of him."
"I'm not worried." Max just looked at her, but let it go.
"We should get everyone back to the lab, to pick up their cars," Mark spoke up as the ambulance pulled away. "Can both you and Hodgins take care of that? Myself and the other agents need to get to the hospital to handle security and crap. We'll call Cullen, too."
"Sure," Brennan told him. "Just when Booth wakes up make sure he knows his son and the boys are safe. He'll be worried."
"Not a problem. We're gonna head over now. I'll have them put three agents on Kenton's door and two on Booth's."
"Yes, I'll be heading over after I drop them off at the lab anyway so anymore agents would be pointless."
"Um…yeah," Mark said as Adam walked off to collect Pat and head to the hospital, calling Cullen as he went to inform him of the situation, and to get a team here to collect evidence.
Brennan turned to the women as the agents pulled away in their car. "Come on; let's get the six of you back to the lab… Rebecca, would you and Parker mind going back with Hodgins and my dad. There isn't really room for seven in my car?"
"That's fine, but is there really room for four in that tiny thing?" Rebecca had seen Booth get loaded into the ambulance and was a little concerned, but didn't want to say anything in front of Parker, who was still clinging to her. Max laughed at her comment.
"It will be a tight fit, but Parker's still little," he said ruffling the boy's hair. He looked up at Max and Max smiled at him.
"Parks, why don't you go over to Dr. Hodgins for a few minutes? I'm sure he can tell you anything you want to know about those bugs you like so much. I'll be there in a few minutes, I just need to talk to Dr. Brennan quickly." Parker nodded and took off for the bug man, who was back at his car. Hodgins kept the boy occupied while Rebecca talked to Brennan. "I saw Seeley being loaded. Is he ok?"
"He'll be fine. He was hit with a pipe when they went in, but they don't think any more damage was done. They decided to save us from arguing with him to get him back to the hospital," Max told her. Rebecca nodded.
"Come on, let's get all of you back to the lab," Brennan said. Everyone piled into the cars and left for the lab.
The Lab
Angela and Cam were outside the lab, taking a break from working. Wendell was still inside. They weren't really sure where Sweets ran off to, but they were certain he would turn up at some point. They saw the two cars pull up.
"Sweetie!" Angela screamed, as everyone got out of the cars, hugging her. "You found them!" She exclaimed finally seeing the boys. "What happened? Is everyone ok? Tell me everything," she spoke quickly, her words running into each other.
"Ange, calm down. The boys are fine. I'll fill you in on everything else, with the rest of the team, later." Wendell came out, hearing all of the commotion.
"What's going on?" he asked Cam.
"Dr. Brennan just got back with the boys." Wendell nodded, scanning the crowd.
"Where's Booth?" he asked, noticing the agent was missing.
Brennan heard him, even though she was a decent distance away, and responded, "Back at the hospital, where he should have never left, along with Kenton."
"Kenton?" Wendell asked.
"Yes, I'll explain later. For now let's get them to their cars, so that they can go home and relax." Brennan brought the three mothers and their children to their respective cars in the lot. The Porter's and Baker's left fairly quickly. As Parker was getting into the car, Rebecca turned to Brennan.
"If you or anyone else head to the hospital to see Seeley today, can you let him know that I'll bring Parker by tomorrow to see him."
"I thought you weren't letting him see Parker anymore due to the danger."
"How did you know about that?"
"It wasn't that hard to figure out really. He looked more upset than normal as you and Parker left the lab, so I made the connection and Booth confirmed it. You also didn't say anything about changing your mind last time."
"Oh…yeah…ok…I've realized that taking them away from each other really didn't help so… Will you tell him?"
Brennan thought for a moment, then smiled lightly. "No, I'll let you guys surprise him tomorrow, this way he might still be able to rest somewhat today. He's being told that the boys are ok when he wakes up, so I really think it's best we leave it as a surprise."
"Ok, I'll see you tomorrow than. Bye." Rebecca climbed into the car and drove off.
Brennan turned back to the team, who had followed her. "Let's go in and I will fill you in, we have more problems," she told them. No one commented, knowing that she would explain only once they were inside.
"Dr. B., I also finished matching the injuries on the bones to the baseball bats while you were at the warehouse," Wendell told her.
"Excellent work. What did you find?"
"The first three bodies were able to be matched to one bat each. The last two however were beaten with two bats of different circumferences each."
"Suggesting?"
"He was getting more violent."
"Excellent work. If you would like there is not much more we can do today, so you can take the rest of the day off."
"Thanks. I think I will. There were other things I was supposed to do today too, so now I'll have the time," Wendell said leaving as the others went into the lab and Brennan's office. After they seated themselves in her office, she told them about what Kenton had said. When she finished, they just looked at her.
The Hospital
The staff at the hospital decided to make things easier for the FBI and put Kenton and Booth in rooms next to each other so the five agents were right outside both rooms. Cullen was walking down the hall toward them. He stopped in front of the first room and Mark.
"Booth's room?"
"Yes sir."
Cullen nodded. "Update?"
"Pipe and Kenton didn't really do any new damage to Booth. He's just going to have a larger bruise and will be a little more sore for awhile. He surprisingly didn't do any additional damage to his injuries from before. He woke up a little while ago, so we also informed him that the boys are ok. Kenton had the two bullet holes taken care of and also has a minor concussion." Cullen nodded again and turned the handle of Booth's room.
Booth was watching a basketball game on the TV, but turned his head when he heard the door open. "Sir?" he asked attempting to sit up a little farther as to appear not as injured as he was.
"Relax Booth." Booth slouched back in the bed a little, turning his attention from the game to Cullen, who sat in the seat by the bed.
"What do you need, sir?"
"Well first thing I need is to stop getting calls telling me you broke out of the hospital again and for you to actually let yourself heal." Cullen told him sternly, but with a slight smile, rolling his eyes.
"You know I wasn't just going to sit here with my son in danger."
"Yeah well, we can help. You don't need to do everything alone."
"What else did you need?"
"Just your account of the events." Booth proceeded to tell him everything that happened from when they got to the warehouse.
"It sounds like we know who this second accomplice is as well from how Kenton was talking," Booth added when he was finished telling Cullen the events of the warehouse.
"Someone on the inside?" Cullen asked.
"I'm fairly sure he at least used to be FBI, might still be but I don't know. From what Kenton said it sounds like if we know who it is we know who it is we'd know where to find him easily."
"Ok, we'll get to work on the information we have. Don't worry, we'll nail the bastard. Try to get some rest, so we can get you back at work soon."
"Yes sir," Booth said smiling lightly, then he added, "You know I can still work from here, right." He was trying to charm his way into being allowed to work.
"Ha ha, nice try, Booth…not happening. How's Parker by the way?"
"Ok, as far as I know. Right now his mother is somewhat pissed with me and not letting me see him, but she's not returning my calls from here, so I just have to hope no news is good news."
"Yeah. Well I have to be heading out. I got paperwork to do," Cullen said, rolling his eyes and standing to leave.
"Have fun sir," Booth told him grinning slightly at his boss's expense. At this point Wendell opened the door. Booth looked over and instantly focused his attention on the squint, as Cullen left the room. "What's up? Is everyone ok?" he asked quickly, sitting up getting ready to jump up if someone was in trouble.
"Yeah, everyone's fine. They're at the lab going over stuff I found and that they didn't need me anymore for. Dr. B. said she'll stop by later, when she's done." Booth relaxed a little at the message. "I do have a message from our hockey team though. They said your ass better heal fast, cause we need you back out there to keep the other teams in line," Wendell said smiling.
Booth laughed. "Tell them my ass is about all that doesn't need to heal!"
"I told them you'd say that and that's about when they called you a smartass." Wendell said laughing.
"Remind me to kick their butts later…so what happened in the last game? We win?"
"Yeah. It was close though. Four-three in overtime. Can I ask you a question?"
"You can ask. Depending on the question, you may or may not get a response," Booth said, still a little wary about squints asking him questions after Zach had asked him about sexual positions.
"Well you explained about Raddick wanting revenge, but now Dr. B. is saying there are two accomplices and one is a guy named Kenton who wants revenge on you too. Who is he?" Booth explained to him the case involving Kenton, Hollings, and Bones' exploding fridge. "Ok. Now I have another question though. Do you happen to like being blown up and breaking out of hospitals?"
"No to being blown up, but breaking out of hospitals can be fairly fun, except for when you get dragged back…You said you that you found something with the case. Let's hear it."
"No way man. Dr. B. made it quite clear that you're supposed to be resting and to not tell you anything. She would murder me if I told you anything and personally I would prefer to live a little longer. She's convinced you'll try to break out again if you learn anything new. Sorry."
"Come on, Bones won't find out."
"Won't find out what?" a voice asked from the doorway. Both heads snapped to the doorway, not having heard the door open. Brennan stood there holding two containers of pudding. "Figured you'd want these," she explained, walking over to the tray to put them down.
"Thanks, Bones, you're the best!" Booth said giving her one of his charm smiles. She smiled back, then turned the smile into a glare directed at both men.
"Now, what won't I find out about?"
"Nothing Bones. Don't worry about it."
"Tell me, Booth…He was giving you case information, wasn't he!" She glared harder at Wendell, causing him to start backing up to the wall from fear.
"Don't scare him, Bones. He didn't tell me anything. I wish he would, but he was quite clear that you would murder him if he did." Wendell was nodding enthusiastically at Booth's words. Brennan nodded.
"Yeah…I'm gonna head out…see you later, Booth." Wendell left the room quickly. Booth chuckled.
"Way to instill fear into your interns." Brennan sat in the chair on the right side of Booth's bed.
"What, I know that if you were to find out new information you would insist on working on it while you should be resting which would end up hindering your recovery."
"Bones, please keep me updated in the case. Raddick's calling the shots and it's clear I'm his main target therefore…" Booth said trailing off at the end. Brennan recognized the look in his eyes.
"What are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking that we know that we know that there are at least three of them. Raddick is calling the shots, but Kenton had something against me, since I caused him to get caught and ruined his plan of killing you. I'm thinking the third accomplice is someone else holding a grudge against me."
"Any ideas who?"
"You know how many people I've arrested? You count them, their families, friends, and people with a personal grudge against me and you're still looking at way to many people. Think about how many people we've put in jail. That's a lot right there, then add on the years I worked before you…"
"I hate speculation, but wouldn't they need to know you a little better than that because they are using your son. Wouldn't they therefore need to know that you have a son and care for him more than anything else?"
"You could be right, but I still don't know who may have that information and want revenge." Brennan nodded.
"I should get back to the lab; keep going over the evidence we have and see if we can get anything new." She got up to leave.
"Bones, please keep me in the loop."
"I don't know what that means."
"Keep me involved."
"Get some rest. Heal up fast and you'll be back to tracking him down in no time."
The next two weeks passed slowly for Booth. He was surprised that there were no new developments in the case, but he guessed that was because he was the main target now really and Raddick wanted him out before he continued. He was visited by all of the squints at different times, mostly when they didn't have something that they were needed at the lab for. He was even pleasantly surprised by a few visits from Rebecca and Parker. Rebecca even apologized for overreacting to the situation.
It was now about one p.m. and he was walking into the lab. His left arm was out of the sling, but still in a brace along with his left leg. He was dressed in jeans and a t-shirt, which made the fact that his ribs were still heavily wrapped fairly obvious. Some of his burns and other injuries were still covered with bandages. He was leaning heavily on a pair of crutches also. He saw that Brennan was in her office, on her computer, so he made his way over to her, and stopped in the doorway.
"Hey Bones!" She jumped at the sound of his voice and quickly leapt out of her chair and over to the doorway, pulling Booth into a hug and giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. Neither were really sure what caused her to do these two actions, but Booth returned the hug. Both barely even processed the kiss.
"What are you doing here?" Brennan asked leading Booth over to the couch, so that he could sit. He sank down gratefully into the cushions and laid the crutches on the floor next to him.
"Got discharged." Brennan raised an eyebrow, with a look of disbelief. He smiled at her. She could tell he was hiding something.
"Willingly?" she questioned. He had the decency to look embarrassed at being caught. "What did you do?"
"Well, I argued with them for awhile before they actually agreed. They had been saying I was healing quicker than expected so I used that information against them. They even agreed to a brace that allows me to bend my knee instead of keeping it straight and my shoulder was healed enough, so I don't need a sling." He was trying to charm his way out of being in trouble with her. She sighed and rolled her eyes, knowing that was what he was attempting.
"How'd you get here?"
"Cab, how else? My SUV was completely destroyed. If I called the FBI, Cullen would have found out, and, well, that wouldn't be good." He shuddered at the thought. "I didn't want to call anyone here and interrupt the work you're doing…By the way, can you fill me in on the details now?"
"Fine, but after I'm bringing you home. We haven't found out much in awhile anyway. We've hit more dead ends and I don't have a clue as to who the third accomplice could be. We have been able to match all of the injuries to different weapons though. We still don't have the gun, but we ran the bullet that was in your arm with the holes in the bones and have determined you were hit by the same gun as those boys were. Sorry, but that's all of the definitive information we have right now." Booth nodded.
"You don't have anything else?"
She shook her head. "Sorry. Come on, let's get you home." She lifted his crutches from the floor for him. Hodgins then came running into the office.
"Dr. B. I might have found something…Booth what are you doing here?"
"Just get on with it, Hodgins," Booth told him.
"I'm not really sure what it means, but if it means what I think it means, you won't be happy about it."
"Get on with it, Hodgins. We don't have all day." Booth was getting testy. Brennan put her hand on his uninjured knee to try and calm him.
"I found…" he took a dramatic pause.
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