A/N: Welcome to Chapter 8. There's only a few more chapters to go...all of them already written. So they should come pretty fast. I'm shooting for this fic to be finished by the end of the week. So I hope you all are ready to read!

No beta for this chapter. Sorry.

"So, what were you two doing?" Angela asked. Her and Tempe were walking through camp toward the mess hall.

"Doing when?" Tempe asked, wishing that she could avoid any of Angela's questions.

"When Jack and I showed up? You know, all that time you and Hunky Boy were alone on the top of the mountain." Tempe rolled her eyes.

"We were talking," she said.

"Talking?" Angela seemed disappointed, and for a moment Tempe thought she was going to drop the subject. "About what?" So much for that.

"Just…stuff. Like what we had planned for after camp. And…well, just stuff. Why is it that important?" Angela put a hand on Tempe's arm and stopped.

"It's important because you both looked guilty of something. And I want to know." Angela stopped talking and Tempe saw a spark flash in her eyes. "You two kissed," she accused, her voice low. Tempe shook her head forcefully.

"No, nothing like that."

"Then what?" Tempe let out an aggravated sigh and looked around.

"We…almost kissed." Angela squealed and Tempe had to hush her.

"That's great."

"No, not really."

"Why? Oh my god, he has a girlfriend."

"It's not that, it's." This time Tempe fell silent. "You have to promise not to tell."

"I promise."

"And promise not to laugh."

"I promise, now spill it already." Tempe looked around again and then leaned in close to her friend.

"I've never been kissed." Angela stared at her with wide eyes.

"Never?" Tempe shook her head. "Well, who better then Sexy Seeley to be your first."

"But Angela, you don't understand. I don't…I mean, I'm not…what do I do?" Angela smiled.

"It's easy, Tempe," she said. "You just let him take the lead. It won't take you long to pick it up. I mean, after all, it's not rocket science."

"I'm telling you sir," Seeley said to Agent Wenslow. "The bag was empty. It's like somebody is trying to throw my case." The FBI Agent watched the young man pace around his office. Seeley ran a hand through his hair. Frustration apparent on his face.

"I wish I could tell you what was in the bag," Wenslow said. "But I can't."

"I know that sir, it's just that…why would somebody be out to sabotage my team?"

"Listen to me, Seeley," Wenslow began. "You'll learn that there will always be people who want to see you fail. When you become a real agent, there will be even be co-workers that want to take you down. Don't look surprise, Seeley. You know as well as any that there are bad people in the world. Some don't care about justice. Some just care about winning." Seeley swung his head around to face the agent. Suddenly things were becoming clear. Wenslow nodded. "You, your partner and your team are doing a good job. Don't like this stop you."

"Thank you, sir," Seeley said. He nodded once, and then left the office. He knew who was behind the note and the missing item. But now that he knew, what was he going to do about it? Seeley made his way out of headquarters and down the front steps. He smiled when he saw Tempe sitting on a bench just off to the side.

"How did it go?" she asked as he walked toward her. Seeley shrugged and sat beside her.

"Not much Agent Wenslow can do, although I'm pretty sure I know who's behind it though."

"You do? Who?"

"Jimmy." Tempe drew her brows together.

"Why would Jimmy be trying to mess up our case?" Seeley gave a one-shoulder shrug.

"Wenslow said that some people aren't after justice, they're just out to win."

"So you think that's Jimmy?" Tempe said. "You think he's just out to win?" Seeley nodded. "So what do we do about it?"

"We solve this case," he told her, standing up. "We solve it and we do it honest. Where's Angela and Hodgins?"

"They already went to the mess hall." Seeley grabbed Tempe's hand and pulled her to her feet.

"Come on," he said. "We have work to do."

"So what's our plan, man?" Jack asked. The sun was low in the sky, and soon they would have to report back to the commons area. Seeley looked at the three faces watching him, and let out a sigh.

"Well, for starters, we still have a diamond to find."

"But what about Jimmy?" Tempe asked.

"We can't let him know that we're on to him. That'll just screw things up more. No, we have to go about this carefully."

"What do you think was in the bag?" Angela asked.

"I'm not sure. Lets go through what we know for sure." Seeley pulled his notebook from his back pocket and flipped it open. "We know that Robin Lowery said that she saw somebody by the chicken coop."

"But we also know that the night she claimed that was a new moon," Tempe stated. Seeley nodded.

"And we know that there was nothing hidden by the chickens," Jack said. "At least not when Angela and I searched."

"We know that Chuck Matthias claims to have heard that Jill Geddings has the diamond," Seeley threw out. "Said Lucas Ryan told him."

"And we know that he doesn't wash his own clothes," Tempe said.

"Yeah, Rose Smith does that for him," Angela added. Seeley nodded his agreement.

"So where does that leave us?" he asked.

"I have no freakin' idea," Jack said, throwing his hands up.

"That's why you're not the FBI agent," Seeley teased.

"So where does that leave us?" Tempe asked. Seeley stopped his pacing and looked at her.

"It leaves us a step closer to the diamond," he answered with a smile.

So? What do you think? Do you know who has the diamond?

TBC...