No Leah or Daniel at all in this chapter…
Bones Fanfic | Ghost in the Moonlight | Daniel's body and the clue revealed
The next morning Booth walked into the Jeffersonian, last night when Leah had told him about where Daniel's body was, he immediately told Angela and asked her to find out where he was. She said she would only do it if he had gotten some sleep, which he did. About 3 hours any way, now it was the morning and he wanted to move things along. Before he had come though he had to go for a debrief with his director again, he never told him about where Daniel's body was or how he found a lead but if he was going to keep his job he needed to have told him something to get the guy off his back.
He walked into Angela's room and saw everyone was there, "Angela, what have you got?" He asked, looking to the artist.
Angela smiled, "I've found the location which was the one Leah's ghost gave you." She used her iPad to click in the co-ordinates. On the large screen the coordinates pinpointed in the middle of a small forest but by a river. "Here it is." She looked to Booth, "She buried him in the forest by a river, Booth." She said softly.
Booth started at it for a moment before nodding, he sighed. "We're gonna have to report everything as soon as we found his body, my boss is starting to get testy."
Hodgins raised an eyebrow, "You sure about that, Booth?" Didn't Leah's ghost tell him not too? "Right now, you can't really trust anyone in that building according to Leah and Alice. It also sounds like you're on a short straw when it comes to Alice anyway; they stopped trusting you because you worked for Leah and Daniel's killers."
Booth shrugged, he didn't know what to do. He was listening to a ghost that he was hoping to be Leah; some part of him was thinking all of them are crazy. "I don't know Hodgins," He snapped and shook his head, "But we have to figure this out quickly, I don't want to accuse a cop unless I have to or there's at least proof."
Brennan nodded, "Then we'll find Daniel Morrison's bones and find evidence to put this guy away like we always do." She was more than positive that they would put this bastard away behind bars; it was just another case but more personal to some of her team.
Hours later Booth, Brennan, Cam and Hodgins were walking through the forest, following the direction towards the point of origin. Finally they had reached the small river that Angela was talking about, Cam turned to the others after looking at the GPS telling them where they were, "He should be buried around here if Leah was right, look for any sign of a burial." Each of them nodded and went in different areas.
Brennan walked along tree line, looking for anything that would look like a year old burial or if there even any signs of someone being there. Suddenly, she came up to a spot in between two trees. She stopped when she saw something in the grass; she crouched down to get as closer look. There were two small framed pictures lying on the floor with a necklace. She instantly put on her gloves and picked them up. The picture that caught her eye though was of Leah and Daniel in each other's arms. "Booth!" She shouted loudly, "Cam! Hodgins!"
She heard feet coming from behind her, "Bones, you found something?" Booth questioned, hope in his eyes.
Brennan nodded, standing up from her crouch. She passed the photos to him once he had put on his gloves. She also gave him the necklace, it had Rebeca's name engraved on it.
"Leah." Booth whispered looking at the picture of her and Daniel. This was definitely the right place. He looked down at the other picture and frowned, it was of Leah when she was a little girl about 6 years old. She was standing by a tire swing but below a tree house. He remembered making that treehouse with her, only he and her knew about where it was so it could say private, their little hideaway. He looked at the picture and noticed someone in the corner, the door of the treehouse; it had a small ladybird painted on it.
"Booth, what is it?" Cam asked, noticing a confused look come onto Seeley's face.
Booth ignored her and his eyes widen in disbelief, "No way!" He exclaimed, everything suddenly fit. 'The ladybird holds the treasure', Leah's clue, the one that was only meant for him to figure out. That's why, the ladybird was the treehouse from her childhood, and the evidence was in the treehouse. No one would have been able to get it because it was hidden and only he and Leah knew it.
Booth suddenly started to laugh, causing Brennan, Cam and Hodgins to look at him in concern thinking he's finally broke. "Booth!" Brennan exclaimed, feeling a little shocked at how he was acting.
"I know what the clue mean!" Booth cried, in relief. Everyone's eyes widen, he turned to the three people in front of him, "I can't believe I forgot about it! She always called it 'The Ladybird Treehouse and only the two of knew about it."
Cam smiled, relieved, "Okay, first we'll take Daniel's body back to the lab," She turned to Seeley, "Then you can go find that evidence Leah hid." Booth looked a little disappointed because he wanted to go straight there and made sure he kept it safe.
Later on they had finally gotten back to the lab, they had to get people to pack up the body though and take it back to the lab. Booth had collected Angela to come with him this time, to see the treehouse and get the evidence. Brennan, Hodgins, Cam and the interns were working on Daniel's body to try and find evidence.
The two of them arrived at a part of forest he owned, he bought it when he was training to be a sniper, her would come out here and practice. He would bring Leah out here on the weekends until they started to get distant.
Angela however frowned, "Why are we here?" She asked as they had arrived by a forest; shouldn't a treehouse be in the backyard of a house?
Booth smiled, "It's where we built the treehouse." He started to walk in the direction while Angela ran beside him to catch up. They had walked for about five minutes before Angela started to ask questions.
"How long has it been here?" She questioned, feeling curious that she was going to learn something from both Booth's and Leah's past.
Booth smiled, "Since she was 6, I built it while she helped. It took a couple of weeks. This treehouse was something that only me and her shared," He shook his head, "I still can't believe I forgot about it."
Angela shrugged, "It's been a while booth, but hey!" She exclaimed while shrugging her shoulders, "You worked it out though so that's a plus." There was silence until Booth stopped. Angela turned to him confused, "Why have you stopped."
Booth just pointed to behind her, she turned and saw the treehouse from the picture. "Wow." Angela whispered, "That's amazing, Booth." The treehouse had a red roof with brown sides, there was slight water damage but still looked like it was going strong for its age.
"I know." Booth murmured sadly, before heading up the ladder into the little house. There were still things lying around, things had moved but everything was tidy. Both Angela and Booth moved around looking for anything that would look like a place to hide evidence.
Angela looked to the side of her and her eyes turned sharply to a silver tin box that was big enough for papers to be hid in. "Booth!" She called over to him, making him come over to her. She pointed at the box, "Do you remember that, when you last came here with her?"
Booth frowned and shook his head, "No." They looked at each other, suddenly knowing that this was the evidence they were looking for. Booth crouch down and opened the box easily, Leah had left no lock on it.
"Oh, my." Angela gasped; inside the box were dozen of pictures, receipts, invoices and small laptop with a memory stick. She picked a couple of pictures up and looked at them closely, it was of one man in particular but there were others around him. It looked like money was being handed over. She frowned, nudging Booth. She had seen two of them before, Ramon Ortez, "Booth," She pointed the two men out.
Booth's eyes widen when he saw the picture, Ramon Ortez. He remembered that guy from when he put out a hit on Bones, but the thing that made him nearly lose his breath was the guy giving over what looked like drugs. He knew that man, Director Simmons.
Angela looked over to see Booth completely white, like he had seen a ghost, "Booth?" She questioned, starting to get worried.
Booth's mouth opened like a fish as he glanced over at her, "Oh, god." He gasped; he had told Simmon's pretty much everything about this case except the few details. But the thing that struck him like a hammer was the fact that he told the Director that he had actually seen Alice. Anyone knew that a cop could easily follow someone steps to find what they were looking for, and Alice was the only one who would remotely know where the evidence was. He turned to Angela, his eyes looking frantic, "Alice…" He whispered, feeling complete horror and dread fill him.
