Temperance awoke with a bad headache. This was going to be a long day. In a couple hours she would be looking at a skeleton in an ammusment park. Ugh a bunch of screaming kids and ignorant teenagers. Not to mention all the people standing outside the coaster looking at my remains. Nobody better touch them. The bones belong to me and they will compromise the integrity of my remainsTemperance thought.
She slowly got up and took a quick shower. Then after suiting herself up for a hard day of work she made her way to the kitchen.
"Mmmm something smells good,"Temperance said as she sat down to Booth cooking something on the stove top.
"Bacon, sausage, and pancakes,"said Booth flipping a pancake.
"I didn't know you cooked,"she said.
"Yeah well when you live with a pregnant woman who demands food every 20 minutes, you start to learn," said Booth.
"Booth I am
never going to live with a pregnant women because I am a women.
So
why would I live with one,"asked Brennan.
"You know what just forget about it. Ok we are leaving in about 30 minutes, so eat fast," said Booth as he handed Brennan a plate of food.
After they has finished eating they headed out for the park. Once there they trekked there way through the crowds of people. They finally arrived at the Steal Eel to find a huge crowd of people standing outside the coaster.
"Excuse us everyone, FBI coming through,"Booth said as he and Brennan made their way through masses of people. They made their way to the docking port of the roller coaster to find many policeman and the park owner, Richie Filler.
"You must be Dr. Brennan,"Richie said as he extended his arm out to Temperance.
"Yes, and these must be my remains,"said Brennan completely ignoring Mr. Filler's gesture.
Brennan bent down and started examining the remains very carefully. Gently lifting different pieces of the body and configuring the victims sex, age, and cause of death.
"The victim is female, approximately 18-25. Her bones show that she was bound by her hands and feet,"said Brennan.
"Ok, how long ago did she die?"asked Booth.
"By the state of decomposition she has been dead for about 2 years,"said Brennan.
"Wait, so you're saying that this girl has been dead for 2 years and then one day she mysteriously ended up in one of my park's coasters," said Mr. Filler.
"By the looks of it she was never buried, but put somewhere around the roller coasters foundation," said Brennan.
"Maybe someone who didn't want to deal with the whole FBI system found it and put it in the coaster so someone would find it," suggested Booth.
"I can't make that conclusion yet, but she has many breaks suggesting that she fell from a height of about 200 feet," she said.
"How tall is the highest point on the roller coaster,"asked Booth to one of the operators.
"The first drop is 207 feet high,"said the operator.
"Her wrist and feet show evidence of binding,"said Brennan.
"So she was kidnaped, bound, and pushed off the roller coaster,"said Booth.
"She was also hit on the head. It looks like it could be a hammer of some sort,"she said standing up to face Booth.
"Was she dead before she hit the ground?" he asked.
"Lack of blood pooling in the cranial structure suggests that she was hit over the head after she fell,"said Brennan.
"So your saying that she died from the fall,"asked Booth.
"That is correct. I can probably send the x-rays and dental records to the Jeffersonian so we can get an id on the victim,"said Brennan.
"I don't understand how the murderer was able to push this girl off the coaster,"said one of the roller coaster operators.
"There are ways,"said Booth with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"No, I mean there are restraints that are very good at keeping the riders in the coaster," said the operator.
"Well maybe if she was pulled hard enough she might have been able to get out of the car,"suggested Brennan.
"No, that is not possible,"said the coaster operator.
"Well prove to me that your wrong,"said Brennan.
"Ok, ride the coaster and you will find out that I am," challenged the operator.
"Ok, fine I'll be in the front and my partner will be in the back that way we can compare,"said Brennan starting her way to the coaster cars.
"Wait, who said anything about me going on that thing,"said Booth backing away from the coaster.
"Are you afraid of roller coasters,"asked Brennan with a sly smile.
"Well, you know, there have been deaths like this one and there big and fast," said Booth eyeing the coaster with a scared expression.
"Come on Booth we have a roller coaster to ride," she said pulling Booth and forcing him in the roller coaster car.