Chapter 5
Booth jogs into the Jeffersonian Medio-legal lab searching for Angela, he hears the doors slide open behind him and spins to face her.
"Ok, I need to know everything that happened on Friday night. Anything that you can remember."
Angela nods..."After I left you I came back to the lab. Tempe was working on something at her laptop. I just came back here to make sure that she was ok. She suggested that we go out for a drink and I accepted. We left from here went home and then met up again at around 930ish outside the club. We waited in line, once we were in we had a few drinks at the bar and I went to dance with Jonah."
"Who's Jonah?"
"A guy I met, totally hot, he has the whole post-grunge thing going on...I just..."
"Focus Angela."
She smiles sheepishly "We danced for a while and I suggested that we go home, I had left Tempe at the bar and I was going to tell her, then I saw her talking to some guy."
Some sort of emotion passes over Booth's face but is quickly suppressed and Angela wonders if anything passed there at all. He meets her eyes and can see her concern..."You see her with some guy...then what?"
"Then nothing, I decided not to intrude, me and Jonah left...that was the last time I saw her."
Booth crosses his arms over his chest "You just left her there with a stranger? How do you know that she didn't want help?"
Angela shakes her head in protest "I know it's not something you are gonna wanna hear sweetie, but she was having a good time, they were laughing and touching, trust me I know the signs...she did not want any additions to their cosy party for two."
"What did this guy look like?"
Angela's face drops slightly..."I'm not sure, it was dark and smoky and I'd had a few...he was good looking, dark hair...tattoo on his right arm...white tee"
"You could see that she wanted to take the guy home but you couldn't remember anything more than that?"
She shakes her head. Booth runs a hand over his face and nods slowly. "Ok, I need to see the security tapes from Fury's. I may need you to try and remember Angela...you think you would be able to recognize him on tape? This is important."
"I'll try." She puts a hand on his arm. "I'm sorry I didn't call you sooner, I just thought she was getting her woo woos, I didn't think she'd be in any danger."
Booth watches as Angela walks quietly around the FBI lab, a young agent is typing at a computer behind a desk. Booth sighs and folds his hands behind his head.
"Agent Booth, I think I might have something Sir..." The young agent smiles at Booth triumphantly, her eyes sparkling. Angela glances at her with an amused smile, obviously trying to impress a senior agent...either that or trying to justify a crush on him. She walks around the desk to join Booth and the younger agent. They glance at the monitor in front of them.
"I think this may be what you were looking for...I couldn't find anything of the tattooed guy going in, but I found images of Dr Brennan and your target leaving."
The younger agent slows down the footage and Booth and Angela watch Brennan and her mysterious male partner exit the club. Booth points to the tattoo on the male's arm..."Can you make that bigger?"
The agent nods and brings up a bigger image of the tattoo...Angela squints at the screen and Booth shakes his head in temporary amusement. She looks back to him in confusion and then realizes the reason behind his chuckle, back to the task at hand she circles the tattoo with her finger..."What is that? You think it's a dragon?"
He smiles at her slyly..."It's a tiger."
"How can you be so sure?"
Angela and the younger agent look up at him in question, Angela interested in his theory, the rookie looking in sheer awe.
"Because I know him...he uses the same gym as me."
Angela rocks her head to the side "Surely it's not always this easy?"
"No it's not...We better go get an address...Agent Smith, thank you for your help...I'd like some prints of the tattoo and any clearer prints of the target's face sent to my office."
"Absolutely sir, I'll get right on it." Booth flashes her a smile and she blushes furiously, Angela leads to the office door rolling her eyes.