Soon Booth was at the door with dinner, "Look who's here Alex!" Brennan says with joy. Alex stood up, "Hi, Agent Booth." she said Booth shook his head, "You can call me Booth, okay. Just Booth. It's nice to see you Alex." he greeted. Alex smiled and Brennan helped Booth take out the dinner at the table. "Come here, Alex. It's time to eat, sweetheart." Brennan called out with a plate in her hand. Alex skipped to the table, "coming Tempe!" Booth chuckled and sat down to prepare his plate. Alex decided to sit right in between them both. "Can I have some noodles, Booth?" she asks. Booth smiles, "of course, anything you want." he says. "You remind me of my son, Parker, he loves noodles too." Booth said. Alex smiled, "You have a son? How old is he?" she asks. Brennan looks at Alex astounded because she never really makes conversation with anyone but her. "Yes, I do. He's 5 years old. Which makes you older than him." he says. "He's lucky to have you as a daddy because you protect him like you protect me and my tempe." she says while she eats her noodles. Brennan blushes at her words, 'my Tempe'' Booth catches Brennan in awe. "Do you play any sports Booth? I can tell that you do by your muscles." she giggles and Brennan also giggles, "Look at you little bones, one day at the lab and you're already so observant." Booth says. "I love the lab!" she says. The three continue to eat and listen to Alex go on about her day with Hodgins and the microscopes. By the time they were sitting on the couch watching a movie Alex had fallen asleep on Booth's arm. "How was the doctor today?" Booth asks in a whisper as he plays with Alex's brown hair. Brennan's soft smile turned into a sad frown. "She was very brave, but found bruises on her rib cage, neck, and thighs." she says. Booth's eyes went wide, "Thighs?" he whispers aggressively. "Shhh, yes thighs Booth. I'm furious at that Miguel. I asked Booth, if Miguel did anything bad to her." Brennan says as she grits her teeth. "What did she say, Bones?" Booth asks, wanting to know. "She nodded yes. She couldn't bring herself to say it to me. After she nodded she started crying hysterically and I hugged her until she calmed down." She says while caressing Alex's face. Booth held Alex's hand. "Son of a bitch," Booth whispered. "He's going down for the murders and for messing with Alex. Trust me bones." Booth looks at Brennan. "You're doing really good with her Bones. She needs you." Brennan smiles, "in a way, I need her too. She deserved a better life. She's so smart." She says as she looks at Alex peacefully sleeping. "I'll carry her to bed," Booth says. Brennan agrees, Booth picks up Alex with ease. "You got to fatten her up, Bones." He chuckles. She chuckles, "she's eating more, trust me." And Booth lays her down and tucks her in. He leans down and kisses Alex's forehead and then Brennan follows. A slight smile appeared on Alex's sleeping face.
The next day Brennan was back in the lab working on the case. She found an important piece of evidence that would certainly connect Miguel to the murders and immediately called Booth to finalize the arrest. The last thing they needed was to officially question Alex on her abuse. Brennan and Alex made their way through Hoover. Hand in hand. They stop in Booths office. Brennan kneels down facing Alex. "I need you to be very brave, my love. Okay? We have to discuss what Miguel did to you. So we can put him away." Brennan says as she rubs her cheek. Alex nods, "away, in jail? For a while Tempe?" She asks. "Away for a good while, baby." Bones says. Alex nods. Booth comes in and smiles at Alex and picks her up., "Hey little Bones, you ready?" He asks. Alex chuckles, "yes, will you be in there with me?" She asks. Booth looks at her tentatively. "Yes, we both will." He says as he reaches for Bones shoulder and she leans into him as well. "I'm ready." Alex says. Booths her down and holds her hands and Brennan grabs the other. They enter the interrogation room where Miguel was in. Alex stood slightly behind Booth, "you afraid of me, mija? Deberías." Miguel says smugly. Alex looked angry. "You can't hurt me anymore." She whispers. Alex sits down next to Brennan and Booth. Booth begins to speak, "Alex, did Miguel here, do bad things to you?" He says while maintaining eye contact with Miguel. Miguel was fiercely staring at his niece. "Yes. He did." Alex said bravely. Her grip on Brennan's hand grew tighter. Brennan was beginning to brew with rage. Alex continued surprising them all, "he would come into my room at night. Mom tried to stop him, but I never saw her again." She says as tears began to come out of her brown eyes. Miguel began to smile lightly. Almost mocking Alex's pain. "I would do it again, too. If this guera didn't come and take you away. Metiche." Miguel says snickering. Booth got up and grabbed Miguel by his shirt. Holding him against the wall and punching him. Alex became frightened and hugged Brennan to look away. Brennan held onto the girl, "it's okay, baby." "So you admit it. You abused your niece! You killed your sister?! Let me guess, your brother in law came in while you were hurting his girlfriend and you killed them both!" Booth yells at Miguel as he squirms on the floor. Miguel began to hysterically laugh, "calaveras get what they want, ese!" He says on the floor. Alex then began to speak, "calaveras se quedan muertos." She says in Spanish (skeletons stay dead), "los cuellos find out what you did to me and you'll really turn up dead. No sobrevives en la cárcel." She says strongly and proudly. (You won't survive in jail.) Alex explains that the cuellos, the "necks", the leaders of the gang do not support child abuse. The frown upon it. Miguel looks at Alex and he realizes that his 10 year old niece is correct. "You remember what happened to Rico, lo mataron en su casa. Enfrente de su mamá. You'll have no one there." Alex says and then she turns to Brennan. "Can we go?" She asks unphased. Brennan nods and leads the way. "I'll take care of him, see you later?" Booth asks and Alex responds, "see you later Booth!" She yells. As the door closes Booth brings up Miguel's body, "you had no reason to hurt that precious little girl!" Booth yells. "You and your sister didn't care for her! She's malnourished!" He yells and punches him, "she deserved better and now she is! I'm going to protect her, the FBI is going to protect her. I'm her family now, ESE." He says. He calls in the agents and they take him away. Booth watched him be taken away and he began to massage his knuckles.