(In the future)

A/N: I had a lot of requests for a sequel for chapter 24.

I really don't own Bones.

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He had contacted the FBI field office in New Haven, Connecticut and talked to Special Agent in Charge, Jeffrey Daniels. Per Booth's request, Daniels arranged to pick up Harry Sullivan and Ryan Patterson and bring them in for questioning. Glad for the quick response, Booth booked a flight to New Haven for himself and Aubrey for early the next day. He would have driven, but it would have taken over five hours one way and Booth's lower back was giving him problems lately. Too many hours sitting at a desk. He needed to increase his workouts to compensate for all the hours he put in doing paper work.

Arriving at the field office the next day, Booth and Aubrey met with Daniels in his office. After shaking hands, they all sat down and decided how the interrogation would go.

"I want to be in the room, Sir." Daniels ran a tight ship and if the Deputy Director was going to interview two men in his office, he wanted to be there.

"Not a problem." Booth handed over a folder and let the Agent look the information over. He wanted Daniels to know exactly what was going on and why. "I don't know if I have a case here or not, but I can't let it slide either. These two guys need to at least be questioned and made aware that we know what they've been up to. It may come down to charging them, letting them go through the courts and see if the case is thrown out, but at least Sullivan and Patterson will have been made to pay for what they tried to do."

Daniels was a little leery of what Booth planned to do, but this did involve two sixteen year old girls from another state and as weak as it was, there might be a case. He had had Agent Brewers going over the suspects backgrounds and so far, they hadn't found anything worrisome. "We'll have to see how this plays out. If they did try to solicit those young girls then they'll be charged."

Aubrey stared rather forlornly at Daniels. "I hope they haven't tried this shit before. If they have we need to find out about it."

The Agent nodded his head. "I have an agent making inquiries right now. He's been at the University of New Haven since early this morning, interviewing a few of Sullivan's and Patterson's friends and classmates." He paused and made a call to have Sullivan and Patterson brought to the interrogation room. "We had them picked up last night. I thought a night in a cell might be an eye opener for those two. I got Judge Huang to sign off on a warrant for Sullivan's and Patterson's laptops. I've had a tech looking them over since early this morning. He said he'd have something for me by ten or so."

Booth approved. "Good." He looked at his watch. "It's almost ten now. If you could let the tech know we're going to be in the interview room, that'd be great."

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Sullivan and Patterson had talked it over and decided to play it cool. They had been arrested on suspicion of solicitation of a minor, but they thought they could talk their way out of it. Their lawyer was on the way and all they had to do was sit tight.

Booth, Aubrey and Daniels entered the interrogation room and noticed their suspects whispering. Booth and Daniels sat down on the chairs opposite the young men and Aubrey stood near the door giving both men a look of disgust. He had a role to play and he'd play it well.

"Have you been read your rights?" Booth placed the folder down on the table unopened and leaned on the desk.

Both college students looked at each other and then back at Booth. "Yeah." Sullivan was nervous. "Why are we here? The agent that arrested us said we were in trouble for solicitation of a minor. What the hell is going on?"

Calmly, Booth opened the folder that contained a thick pile of paper, turned over two pictures and placed them on the table where the suspects could see them. "Christine Booth, Emma Crooks, both aged 16. You and your friend asked them to come to New York to attend a play with you."

"They're lying." Patterson leaned forward. "We didn't do that. We mentioned that we were coming to a play in New York and they mentioned they had tickets and they were coming too."

Booth leaned back and accepted a binder from Aubrey who had been waiting for this moment. Flipping through pages marked with post-it notes, Booth leaned over the book and read from it. "Harry: hey I've got a great idea. Since we all want to see the play, let's see it together. You and Emma can drive up and we'll meet in front of the theater." Booth leaned back against his chair and stared at Sullivan.

Clearing his throat, Sullivan shook his head. "You went through my computer? I didn't give you permission to do that."

A sinister smile on his face, Booth stared at the sweating you man. "This is from Christine Booth's computer not yours. We have every conversation you had between her and Emma Crooks."

Patterson thought he saw a way out. "Hey, you're saying that Christine and Emma are minors, but we thought they were 18. That's what they told us."

Quietly flipping through the pages, Booth found what he was looking for. "Ryan: It's nice to meet you Emma. What school do you go to? Emma: Washington Leadership Academy, I'm in the eleventh grade right now. Ryan: Cool. I go to Columbia University. I'm a freshman, but I really love it here." He sat back and stared at Patterson with an expressionless face.

"You have Emma's computer, don't you?" Patterson felt sick. "I, um . . . we just invited them to a play. We weren't going have sex with them or anything. We're not stupid."

Sullivan grabbed his friend's hand. "Shut up." He faced the agents and clasped his hands on the table. "We demand our lawyer be present. We're not saying another word."

Booth stood up, picked up the binder and folder and held them under his arm. "Fine. You'll wait here until he or she arrives." Motioning for the other agents to proceed him, Booth made it to the door and looked back. "We have your computers by the way. A judge granted our warrant this morning."

Alarmed, Ryan stared at Harry and swallowed. "Dude!"

Harry shrugged his shoulders. "Just keep quiet until our lawyer gets here."

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They were back in the room, all three Federal Agents, the two suspects and their lawyer. Daniels reminded them that they had been read their rights twice and Booth took over the interview. "We had a tech go over your computers. Although you deleted some of your history you should be smart enough to know that everything is on the cloud. Nothing is ever really gone once it hits the cloud . . . You have been arrested on the suspicion that you've violated statute 18 USC 2422 and 2423. Your lawyer can tell you what that means, but what it boils down to is you both persuaded two minors to travel between state lines to engage in unlawful sexual activity or to attempt to do so. You also used the internet as a means of interstate commerce to do it. Both of these crimes are a felony."

The lawyer, Jill Hudson shook her head. "My clients deny trying to solicit sex from their young friends. They arranged to meet them in New York to see a play and dinner afterwards. That's all."

Booth flipped open the folder sitting on top of the binder he had placed on the table and pulled out a sheet of paper. "Your clients booked two hotel rooms in the same hotel, on the same floor, on the same day as the minor Christine Booth's booking. Your clients enticed two minors to come to New York and they planned to have sex with them."

"They didn't entice anyone. They suggested a hookup to a play and that's all. As for the rooms, they didn't want to drive back to New Haven after the play. It's just a coincidence they chose the same hotel."

Remaining expressionless, Booth flipped open the binder and found the page he was looking for. "Ryan: Emma are you guys staying overnight? Emma: Christine booked a hotel room at the Archer Hotel. Ryan: Cool. Harry and I aren't sure where we're going to stay yet. Emma: Can't you just drive back home? Ryan: Maybe, we'll see. Maybe we won't have to. It depends upon what happens after the play. Emma: It might be late. Ryan: Yeah." Booth looked at Ryan. "Care to amend your statement?"

Sullivan licked his lips. "We didn't plan to have sex with Christine and Emma. We're just friends. If we had known being friends with a couple of high school girls was going to lead to this we would have told them to leave us alone."

A knock on the door and Aubrey opened it. Taking a folder from Agent Rentz, he flipped it open, read a few lines on the page then handed the folder to Booth. Once he had it in his hands, Booth opened it and moved a little to the side so that Daniels could read it while he did. Once he was done, he glanced at Daniels and nodded his head. "Do you know a guy names Dwain Frye?"

Patterson turned pale. "Yeah. He's in a few of our classes."

His eyes cold, Booth stared at Patterson for a few seconds before he responded. "Dwain Frye is currently in the room next door. He's being interviewed by Agent Brewers. Dwain claims that you two had been bragging about a hot date you had planned in New York for about a week and when he asked you about it yesterday, you told him that your dates didn't show up. According to Dwain you two called the girls a lot of filthy names. One of them was cockblocker. He said you were furious that they hadn't shown up in New York and that the girls were just teases who needed to be taught a lesson and you planned to do that as soon as you could find out where they live."

Sullivan felt sick. "He's lying. Dwain is a loser who couldn't get a date if he paid someone. We're kind of popular with the ladies and he's jealous that's all."

"I see." Booth leaned back against his chair and crossed his arms against his chest. He wanted to pound both men in the face until even their own mothers didn't recognize them, but he wasn't going to screw up this case. "Do you know Patricia Belcher? She's being interviewed with Dwain. She's Dwain's girlfriend. She was in the apartment with Dwain when you two started ranting about Christine and Emma. She said she was appalled and she was afraid for the girls. She said that she and Dwain were talking about calling the police when Agent Brewers showed up. Maybe you forgot she was there or you didn't notice her, but she was there and she noticed you."

"They're both lying." Harry stood up. "We didn't plan on having sex with a couple of kids."

Standing, Daniels pointed at Harry's chair. "Sit down!" Once the man was sitting, Daniels remained standing. "Harry Sullivan, Ryan Patterson, you are both under arrest for the crime of solicitation of a minor."

"We didn't do anything." Harry was close to panic. "This could ruin my future. You can't do this to me."

Booth stood up. "You don't have to have sex with a minor to be arrested for solicitation. Intent matters in this case."

Jill Kitchens spoke up. "You don't have any proof that they intended to have sex with those two girls."

"We'll let the courts decide." Booth had had enough. Standing, he gathered up the binder and the folder and left the room. He had remained calm during the entire interview and he wasn't sure why. He had wanted to beat the shit out of both of them, but his daughter and Emma didn't need him in jail. They needed Ryan and Harry behind bars so they couldn't come after them.

Aubrey followed behind Booth, leaving two flustered men yelling at their lawyer. "Everyone is a liar. They're as pure as the driven snow. Cops are power hungry bastards and jealous of successful guys like them, etc. etc. etc."

Daniels shook his head. "I wasn't sure about them until Brewers found witnesses. Those sick bastards. I hope they don't get away with this crap. You need to warn your daughter and her friend to be on the lookout for those two. If they see them, run and get help."

"They come near my daughter and I'll kill them." Booth didn't mince words. He would protect his family and that meant he would kill for them if he had to. He was sure it wouldn't come to that. Harry and Ryan were going to be too busy in court for a while and he would have someone drop a bug in their ears that they had better stay away from Christine and Emma if they wanted to keep breathing. He would make sure they knew that if anything happened to Christine or Emma they would disappear from the face of the earth and no one would ever find their bodies. He had a friend he could count on to relay the news.

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He tried to be quiet as he removed his clothes. As he lay on the bed, he knew he had failed when Brennan rolled towards him, placed her arm across his chest and kissed him. "I'm glad you're home."

"Me too." Booth kissed his wife and smiled at her. "I would have taken you with me, but this had to be done by the book. Those two have been booked with solicitation of a minor. I talked to the prosecutor up in New Haven and he's going to prosecute. Come to find out there have been some complaints against those two at the school about sexual harassment and Harry Sullivan is actually on probation . . . Our little girl had a close call with those two. I just hope she realizes that the internet is not a way to hook up with someone. Meeting strangers can be very dangerous. You have no idea who you're talking to on the internet. Someone can appear to be friendly and he might really be a serial killer or something. Kids have got to be more careful."

He was agitated and Brennan understood why. "You're right. We'll talk to Christine and Emma again." She kissed him until she could feel his body relax beneath hers. Pleased that she had calmed her husband down she moved over so that she was straddling his hips. "Are you relaxed?"

His hands on her hips, Booth smiled. "Oh, I'm very relaxed. "

Brennan laughed. "Well maybe for now, but not in a few minutes." Leaning over she kissed him, savoring the moment. Her husband was everything to her and she loved him so much.

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That is then end of this little arc. I hope you were entertained. Parker will appear in the next chapter.