Okay, this is for jerseybones, in honor of her birthday!
btw, I just want to remind you once again, I'm really not great with the science stuff, so just pretend like I know what I'm doing, okay? lol!
Thanks everyone for your wonderful reviews! Once again, your comments are awesome!
Angela put the phone down, and turned to Hodgins. "She's still not answering her phone."
"Brennan's tough, Angela. She'll be okay."
"But she needs to know that she was right. These dental records don't match. No matter what she says, she's scared." She walked to her office and picked up her keys. "I'm going over there."
"Angela!" Brennan walked in the door.
"Thank God! Sweetie, you were right! The dental records don't match. It's not Booth."
"I know. Is Cullen here yet?"
"No. We called him with the results, but we haven't seen him since then." Angela looked at her friend. "What do you mean you know? Did you find Booth?"
Before she had a chance to answer, Cullen walked in, another agent with him. "Okay, Dr. Brennan. What's the emergency?"
"This." She handed him the envelope.
He opened it, looked at the picture, and read the note out loud. "'Let's see if you're as good as you think you are, Dr. Brennan. You have 48 hours.' What is that supposed to mean?"
"It means that we need to find out who the victim is, and how he died."
Angela walked over and looked at the picture. She looked up at her friend. "Oh, God, Brennan!"
Zack walked in from the lab. "Dr. Brennan! I didn't know you were here. I've finished marking the skull."
"Angela, get started on the reconstruction. Zack, as soon as Angela is done with the skull, start cleaning the bullet wound. We need to see if we can find the bullet pattern. Hodgins, see if you can get anything from the trace evidence." Brennan knew she sounded edgy, and she was talking too fast, but she couldn't get the image of Booth, beaten and helpless, out of her mind. She only had 48 hours to find him. Actually, it was less than that now.
Cullen handed the envelope to the other agent. "Take this and see what you can get from it." He turned to Angela. "How long will the recontruction take?"
Angela looked at Brennan. She knew that she was frantic to get the answers she needed to find Booth. "20 minutes."
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Brennan paced the floor in her office. She couldn't get Booth out of her mind. He needed her. For once, she was the one who had to save him. But she couldn't do that if she didn't focus. She took a deep breath.
Zack came to the door of her office. "Angela is almost finished."
She followed Zack to the Angelator. Cullen and Hodgins were already there.
When the face came up, Angela gasped. "Oh my God! That's Kenton!"
Zack looked confused. "Wait, the agent that tried to kill Dr. Brennan?"
They all turned to look at Cullen. He was still staring at the face. "He escaped from jail yesterday morning." He took a deep breath, and looked up at them. "It's what Booth was working on before he disappeared."
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Booth struggled to pull himself up out of the darkness. Slowly, bits and pieces of the last two days were coming back to him. Kenton, escaped from prison. "Bones!" He had to warn her! He struggled against the bonds that held him, ignoring the pain in his body. She didn't know that Kenton was out. He hoped Cullen would warn her. If something happened to her... He couldn't think of that right now. He had to get free.
"Agent Booth, why won't you listen to me?" Booth tried to remember where he had heard the voice before. "Don't you trust your lady doctor to find you?"
"I don't know what you're talking about! What have you done?"
"She has everything she needs to find you. If she's as good as she says she is, you will be out of here soon. If she's not..., well let's just say that by the time someone finds you, you will need her services!" He uttered a maniacal laugh.
"She'll find you! Then I'll kill you!" Booth was slipping away again. "She'll find you..., She won't give up..." Booth's voice faded away, as the drugs once again claimed him.