AN: One more little fic for the Bonesology "And that's why..." fanfic challenge.

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"This might burn a little."

Hodgins passed a pair of protective goggles to Fisher. After a moment's pause, he added a face mask. "Probably better wear this, too." After watching the intern don the protective gear, he opened the valve on a blowtorch and bent over the metal shards in front of them. "See, what I'm trying to do is -"

"Dr. Hodgins!" Cam marched through the door of the Ookey room and waved a thin sheaf of paper in his direction. "What is this?"

With an impatient grimace, he switched off the blowtorch and lifted the visor of his headgear. "What is what?"

She shoved the papers toward him. "How am I going to explain this to the board?"

Hodgins took the sheets from her hand and skimmed them quickly. "Oh, that," he nodded. "Yea, that was from the case last month. The body found in the warehouse in Baltimore, remember?"

"Five cartons?" Cam's eyes widened as he returned the material. "You needed five cartons?"

"You approved the experiment," he reminded her. His hand moved to lower the clear protective visor again as he and Fisher turned back to the tray of fragments glinting silver in the bright light of the overhead.

"Dr. Hodgins!" Cam tapped one foot impatiently. "You need to be more frugal! Unless you plan on reimbursing the Jeffersonian - Oh, wait," she added pointedly. "You lost all of your money. You can't afford to reimburse the lab."

Fisher pulled his face mask down and frowned. "I thought Dr. Hodgins' money was stolen?" He looked at Hodgins. "I heard Pelant made you choose between keeping your money and saving some schoolgirls?"

A faint blush warmed the smooth honey of Cam's complexion. "Yes, well," she muttered, "that's what I said."

Fisher shook his head. "Not really."

"That's not the point." She changed the subject abruptly. "How am I going to explain this?"

Hodgins shrugged. "It's simple. The body was covered in a substance that contained menthyl lactate, benzoic acid and sodium hydroxide. The most common use of the combination of those ingredients is in sexual lubricant."

"So when the board looks at this invoice and wants to know if we're sponsoring orgies in here -"

Hodgins flipped his visor down and turned his back to her as he once again opened the valve of the blowtorch. His raised his voice in order to be heard over the hiss of the flame. "You can tell them I was trying to recreate the condition of the body as it was found. And that's why I needed to buy the KY Yours + Mine in bulk."

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Yea, Cam pissed me off in Monday night's episode. But then, what else is new, right?

Thanks for reading!