Chapter 14 - Kill Me First

The exodus clouds parted from the languid sky, the rain was finally going to clear up. The sun began to set far off into the distance, the wind picked up from the far west hemisphere while the rough atmosphere finally showed some decent light. The roads were clear, but filled with unresolved chaos that still lingered with the vicious thunderstorms that were now abolished. The danger still lurked though in the bushes, as the anger seemed to take the part of happiness. The gruesome afternoon was peaceful, but at the same time demonic.

Brennan was daydreaming at her desk, feeling withdrawn from society, just thinking deeply about this unrealistic case. She sighed leaning her head into her palms, shaking her head back and forth angrily. She though of the many possibilities of who could have killed Sully. She leaned back in her chair and inhaled loudly.

'What happened to you Sully?' she asked herself figuring out just how to think of reasoning's.

CAUSE OF DEATH: Cyanide Poisoning and a blow to the head. The last person the saw him alive was Aubrey Eddy.

"Bones it's time. Everyone is out of the Jeffersonian like you requested." Booth said coming into her office, he looked tired, and gloomy. "Are you sure you want to do this."

She looked at him with a weak smile came off her lips. "That's good, she knows we are getting closer to the truth." She got up from the chair and walked to him gracefully. "Yeah I'm sure. It's the only way we can get the truth out of her Booth, and we all know she did it."

"Maybe after this we can have dinner." he said playfully, he looked at her for a long time memorizing every part of her beautiful face. He touched her cheek gently. "Just be careful alright?" he asked moving closer to her.

She laughed softly leaning her forehead to touch his. "I will."

He kissed her as they both moved closer to each other.

"Turn your cell phone on and I'll wait alright?"

"Alright."

She watched him leave, with her world in front of her, her heart seemed to leave with Booth. Tears filled her eyes, she whipped them away as fast as she could. She went back to her chair and decided to sit down and tried to relax.

'Why does life have to be so damn cruel? Why does it have such a heart broken side effect? And I'm I allowed to be in love with my best friend?' Questions lingered in her mind so deeply it was depressing. She took a deep breath and sighed. She turned her phone on as she glanced in front of her and saw Izzie not too far away from her. 'Here we go Temperance, we can do this.'

"Dr. Brennan, you wanted to see me?" Izzie said abruptly. Her hair was curly her makeup almost made Brennan want to wipe it off her immediately.

She sat upright in her chair seeming calm, but at the same time a little scared. "Yes, I did." Brennan's eyes scanned her nervously as she walked closer to her. Every step she took was intoxicating, her approach was making the atmosphere around the room very gloomy, and another thing Brennan noticed that Aubrey wasn't really "Aubrey" at all. She was just Izzie. Izzie Eddy.

Izzie sat down on the couch, crossing her legs in a fancy way ignoring Brennan's calm gaze. She looked up and carefully swung her hair to the other side of her face. She then mastered her movements as a prostitute would.

'She looks as if she is trying too hard to prefect her appearance.' Brennan thought trying to conceal her emotions." I know what killed Sully." Brennan said unemotionally.

"It was the gunshot that killed him."

Brennan smiled and looked at the floor for a while, then finally looking back at Izzie. "I think I knew that before, I saw that was actually the case in the first place. Sully bled to death causing increasing pain in his lower abdomen. The cyanide was used to cover it up, the murderer poured the toxin into his glass of wine-"

"How do you know that!" she demanded.

'Why is this girl so defensive?' her eyes seemed to ask that question rather then her own heart.

Brennan's reaction was subtle. "Reports show that he was drinking whine in the time of his murder. There was a glass on the boat, his DNA was on that glass, and of course the cyanide was present."

Izzie looked at her with puzzlement. 'How does she know so much! Let's just stay calm Izzie.' She took in a deep breath and exhaled loudly. Her eyes met with Brennan's and finally she leaned to her knees and began to rub her eyes angrily.

Brennan studied her carefully. 'Is she going to confess? I hope Booth's getting this.'

She finally removed her hands from her face causing little sobs to form. She leaned her body back causing her to sob uncontrollably. "I....I..... never get to love someone so sweet, loving and kind......." she glanced at Brennan seeing that she was trying to pay profound attention to her. She rolled her eyes and continued. "He was a good man," she stopped and laughed slightly knowing where she was willing to confess too, she really wanted to stop all of this madness. "he didn't love me, so I......I....."

"So, you killed him?"

Izzie hid her face again trying to nod she just looked back up at Brennan. "yes."

"Can you tell me why?"

Izzie looked at her with silence, she shook her head violently in distress wanting this anger to go away inside, also her unresolved hatred in her. "Dr. Brennan......I really didn't mean to kill him……"

"Why were my partner and I hurt in the processes?" she asked stubbornly.

"I'm sorry...." she looked down as a few tears fell down her cheeks. It remained that way for a while until Brennan sat next to her. "I was angry in the fact that Sully was in love with you." she was angry, but why at Brennan?

"But why were those guys after us?"

Izzie laughed in her own hideous mind. "I wanted to kill you Dr. Brennan for being in love with Sully before. I didn't succeed because of your stupid partner!"

Brennan looked at her with anger, she was getting mad. "It's none of her business what kind of rel-" she was cut off by the thought of what Booth had said earlier. 'Bones, she will say some nasty things to you. Just remember they don't mean anything. Ignore her.'

"What happened?" Brennan asked putting her hair behind her ears.

Izzie looked into her eyes with care. "I-I" she sobbed uncontrollably again causing her pain to be more vivid. "My name is really Izzie. I...I."

Brennan rolled her eyes with disgust, she knew she was faking it.

"Everyday I wanted to be loved by a man, and the day I met Sully I wanted to love him the way my sister did. She had everything in front of her, she had a handsome man, a new car, a new house. I never had someone love me like Sully did."

"Your sister never said he loved you." Brennan said coldly.

Izzie looked at her with discontentment, she rolled her eyes and whipped the tears away from her face.

"Is that why you killed him!?" Brennan got up from the couch furiously.

"I only did it to save him from my sister's lies! Don't you see Dr. Brennan! She was using Sully so that-" Izzie said disgracefully. She looked at up with anger and with anguish; getting up from the couch she pulled a gun from her coat pocket.

"Now put the gun away." Brennan said nervously. 'Come on Booth!!'

"No! You have to hear me first, there is no one here in the Jeffersonian, just you and me." she began to move closer to Brennan.

Brennan moved away, her heart beat grew faster with every move that Izzie made. 'Just stay calm Tempe..' Brennan found that she had the truth in her hands, but now her life was at stake. She swallowed hard, her heart beat elevated her chest, and her muscles became tight.

"I have a sudden anger problem so-" with that, Brennan made an attempt to get away. "Where do you think you're going?"

The gun was pointed at her, her heart was pounding in her chest she raised her hands surrendering.

"That's what I thought!"

Temperance just looked at her and kicked the gun from her hands. Fighting, scratching and kicking were all enough for Brennan to try to get away. But every time she was successful Izzie would grab her arm and throw her into the wall. Brennan got up again and kicked her in the stomach, hearing her scream she yelled. When Izzie got up she grabbed Brennan's arm and slammed it on the table; hard.

Brennan cried out in pain, falling to the floor. Her wrist was broken now. Brennan heard Booth's voice from her phone that was still on the table.

Izzie's body temperature increased. "You bitch!" Izzie cursed, kneeling to get her gun.

"Don't move or I'll shoot." Booth said with his gun ready to shoot her.

Izzie glared at Brennan and raised her hands in defeat. She didn't say anything else just give in, she acted like she wanted to get caught; she wanted her madness to be over. The tears fell down her face as Booth put the handcuffs on roughly. He took out his cell phone from his pocket and called for the secretly, he looked at Brennan the whole time as she was crying out in pain.

He pushed Izzie aside and partially ran over to her scooping Brennan into his arms.

"Booth..." Brennan said carefully looking up to see his face at last.

"Bones, just stay still." They stood in that way for sometime, the paramedics came soon afterwards to put a thicker cast on Brennan's wrist. They both watched the FBI take Izzie away, but she stopped for a second and looked at them.

She smiled grimly. "You two won't get the last of me."

"Just save it Eddy!" they both said coldly.

Brennan thought long and hard on this subject for a very long time. She nodded and looked at Booth with passion.

"Booth," she said trying to grasp his attention.

"Yeah Bones?" he said smiling warmly at her.

She looked deeply into his eyes, studying his heroic expression among her. She wasn't hesitant at all, she was just happy to be near him. "I am in love with you."

Booth smiled, he took in a sigh of relief and seemed to thank god for this moment he had wished so long to hear. He kissed her deeply, and held her in his arms tightly. "I know I am in love with you Bones." he whispered.

She laughed softly and remained in his arms, ignoring their friends around them.

Everyone in the room seemed to cheer as both of them held each other for a very long time. When they pulled apart they just smiled.

"Are you still up for dinner? It's on me?" Booth said laughing.

She laughed and glanced into his loving eyes. "I'd love to Seeley Booth."

I'm sorry! My grandmother was in the hospital last week and I really didn't have the time to write. Please enjoy this last chapter on Sully's murder. I was going to do some more writing on this story of course, so please bear with me. Please feel free to write a review. Thanks for all of the wonderful ones so far!