Disclaimer: I do not own any of the rights own any of the characters to Bones
Rating: M for mature. Just not for children at all
Summary: Howard Epps escapes from death row and goes on a killing spree culminating in going for Brennan. Can Booth save her???????
Chapter Two
Brennan held her breath and looked at the paper in her hand. Shaking she put the paper into a clear plastic bag and gave it to Booth. Booth looked at the paper and a look of concern appeared on his face, 'Looks like he's out for revenge after i broke his wrist,' Brennan said. She could sense his concern and she was slightly concerned herself.
'Seems that way but then again it could be something more than that. I mean he was trying everything to get into this prison before and everytime that we have dealt with him in the past. I think we need to put 24 hour protection on you though just in case he does try to strike earlier than what this seems to say,' Booth replied. He was still looking at the paper while talking not able to take his eyes off the sinister note.
Brennan shook her head and said, 'I can take care of myself i dont need the protection plus...,' she trailed off looking at Booth who was still staring at the paper.
Booth looked up and wondered why she had stopped talking mid sentence, he then realised, 'Oh sorry was lost in thought there. What were you saying?'
'Never mind,' Brennan replied.
'Dr Brennan?' a voice called out Brennan turned around to see a cop who seemed to be around his mid-to-late thirties appear in front of her. He looked like he had had one to many doughnuts. 'Make that four too many doughnuts,' Brennan thought before saying, 'Yes what is it?'
'Think you had better take a look at this and you will need this,' the officer replied handing her a nose guard.
Puzzled Brennan took the guard and passed it onto Booth, 'Think you will need this more than me.'
Booth gave her a sly smile and took the guard. He didn't put the guard on but regretted it as they followed the officer to what had been found. The officer led them both to a small clearing and in the middle of it was what looked like a shallow grave. Brennan went over and looked into it and saw what looked to be a the back of a skull. 'we uncovered this as we were searching the area and thought you had better take a look at it before we do anything else,' the officer said.
Brennan knelt down beside the skull and started to brush away just below the area with her hand and found what looked to be invertebrae. She carried on wiping away the dirt and saw that it was a whole set of bones and seemed to be complete. 'I need to get this back to the lab so i can analyse it properly,' Brennan told the others around her. They all nodded and got to work while Brennan got to her feet. 'You think maybe that there's someone else at work here?'
Booth looked down and shook his head, 'I don't know,' he said. 'But it seems like it's either one of Epp's or we have a copycat killer on our hands.'
Back at the lab Brennan had laid out all the bones onto the table and found that they did indeed make up a full skeleton, speaking outloud she made her diagnostic with Zack watching on. 'Ok seems the subject is female. Around 24 years of age and quite athletic, maybe a runner or something like that.' Pointing to a dint in the calf bone Brennan said, 'Seems she was hit on the leg with something, can't tell what though but it seem's like something sharp, maybe a knife.' Looking at the ribs she found many of them to be chipped and one was broken, 'Seems like she had been stabbed a number of times and had one of her ribs broken maybe but the force of the stabbing's or even being stamped on by a boot.'
Booth swiped his card and came into the area around the table and said, 'Well it seems like that was a mercy killing on out fresh victim.'
Brennan looked up puzzled, 'How do you mean?'
'Well it seems like all the killer did was just stab this person in the heart and then run off. Now thats not Epp's way of doing things unless he was in a hurry,. Booth answered.
'Do we know the identity of the victim?' Brennan asked.
'Yeah she's Victoria White, 23 years old. No one we talked to witnessed the murder so that don't help but i'm thinking that it was Epp's and it was his way of saying that he's back in the hunt,' Booth answered. Pointing to the skeleton on the table Booth asked, 'Who have we got here?'
'Not sure but i know that its a she and she's around 24 years old. Seems that she has been buried there for a number of years now though,' Brennan answered.
'Ok is she one of the missing Epp's murders?' Booth asked. 'Sure seems like his M.O.'
'It does look like it but i'm not gonna be jumping to any conclusions yet,' Brennan answered.
Booth was about to answer when his cellphone went off, he immediately went to his pocket and picked it out. Unflipping it he put it to his ear, 'Hello? Booth.' Silence for a second and then he said, 'Ok we will be there shortly.' He flipped his phone into place and put it back into his pocket and looking at Brennan he said, 'There's been another.'
Leave you on tenderhooks for the time being, please can you review this as it is my first Bones story and i wanna know what you guys think
Any ideas about what should happen please feel free to tell me as im not sure myself but should be fun to see where im gonna take this in my head