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 3

Arriving at a small clearing in a wood Brennan and Booth were led to a shallow grave by a police officer who was making sure that no one came onto the crime scene. Getting there they were greeted by a small, stocky man in his mid 40's. The man offered his hand in which Booth shook it. 'Im detective Castle welcome to yet another one.'

He pointed to the ground where they could see a hole about 6ft in length and about 3ft deep. Brennan leaned over and saw a body face down in the ground. Brennan sized up the victim and saw that she was about 5' 5'' and was fully clothed, she had dark shoulder length hair which looked like it hadn't been brushed in a long time.'This just looks like another homicide,' Booth said to the detective.

Brennan looked to Booth and the detective, 'Yeah that was till we found this,' the detective said.

Booth looked puzzled as he led them to another part of the clearing and they pointed to another hole in the ground. The detective pointed to it and said, 'This is why we called you here.'

Booth and Brennan both looked into the hole and saw a skeleton laid there.

Back at the Jeffersonian Brennan had just done a prelimary look of the skeleton, they had managed to get all the pieces and she had them laid out on a table in front of her. Booth arrived and said, 'This was found at the last crime scene.'

He passed her a clear plastic bag with a piece of paper, 'Breakfast is over and that was Brunch, wonder if you can catch me before Dinner or even my early meal. After that its time for the main event the supper,' Brennan read.

'It's not Epps,' Booth said.

Snapping out of a daydream Brennan looked at him, 'Huh?'

'Yeah when going over the latest victim its a different MO, seems we may have a copycat killer on the loose.'

Brennan looked at him with a blank look and said, 'Well this is Epps work though. All the signs are the same. Female, around 23 years of age and around 5' 7''. She was also buried face down and has been there for quite awhile as well.'

Booth didn't wanna know how she knew this, the autopsy reports on the last victim were bad enough and he didn't have the stomach for this one.

'I think we should pay a visit to Epp's wife and see if she know's where he is,' Booth suggested.

Brennan looked up at him and nodded.

A brown Ford turned a corner of an unmarked street and headed up it. Inside a man was lighting up a cigarette. He threw the lighter on the seat next to him and took a deep drag on the cigarette and let out a long puff of smoke. Adjusting his rearview mirror he could see his next victim. She was tied up with electrical cord and was gagged with a rag. She looked up at him as the man smiled and took another drag of his cigarette.

Brennan and Booth were making their way to see Howard Epp's wife. 'Do you think she will be there?' Brennan asked.

Booth looked at her and replied, 'Hmm not sure depends on if Epp's has decided to go there first and get her out to go into hiding with him but we have to see otherwise its a dead end.'

Brennan nodded and looked out of the window. Silently they arrived at her house. Exiting the car they could see that the curtains were drawn all over the house and there wasn't much movement. 'Seems like there's no one home,' Brennan suggested. She didn't feel comfortable with all of this but was happy that Booth was with her.

'Let's find out shall we,' Brennan told her.

Going up to the door Booth knocked and waited. No answer. After a few more seconds of silence Booth knocked again. No answer again. Booth tried the door handle and found that it was open. A smell immediately hit them both. It was the smell of death. Booth drew his gun and stepped into the house, silence greeted them in the doorway. 'FBI!!! Anyone home?' Booth shouted.

Silence answered back. Brennan looked around and saw that they were on a landing with stairs on the left, directly in front of her she could see a room and part way up the corridor she could see gap that would mean another room. Walking closely behind Booth they made their way down the corridor. Getting to the first room Booth pointed his gun into the room before taking a look. He saw that the room was very tidy and clean, a television was positioned near the window. Looking around he could just about see a table set in the middle of the room with a chair near the door and a cupboard at the back of the room. Stepping in the room he saw that a sofa was set on the wall behind the door but nothing else of interest.

Backing out of the room, Booth shouted, 'FBI anyone home? Show yourself please.'

They made their way down the corridor and found themselves in a very well kept kitchen. Finding nothing of interest in there Booth said, 'Wait here i wanna check upstairs.'

Brennan nodded and watched as Booth made his way back down the corridor and gun first starting climbing the stairs. Brennan looked around the kitchen but knew that she can't touch anything just in case it ended up being a crime scene. Suddenly she heard a bang above her. Startled she jumped back and bashed herself on a cupboard. She ran down the corridor and shouted, 'Booth you ok???'

Silence answered her and she decided that she would go upstairs and see where Booth was. Slowly she climbed the stairs, as she neared the top she could see a room directly in front of her. Looking around she could see another room on her right. Getting to the top of the stairs she looked down the corridor and saw a room at the end of it. Looking in the room directly in front of her she found that it was a bathroom and was very much empty. She turned around and slowly walked down the corridor, 'Booth!! Booth where are you??' she asked as she walked down.

Looking in the first room she came to she saw a figured laid on the floor. Moving over to the figure she looked down and saw it was Booth unconcious. Kneeling down she started to nudge him as if trying to wake him from a deep sleep, 'Booth come on get up. Come on Booth' she was saying to him.

Suddenly she heard a noise and turning round a figure appeared in front of her holding something in its hand. She saw the figure come towards her, too shocked to move she saw a swing and then blackness.

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Damn i can be evil lol. What's gonna happen next?? Is Booth alive?? Is Brennan next on the killer's list??? Who is this mysterious killer?? And why did the house smell of death???

Lots will be revealed in the next chapter.

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