AN: Ok, you guys know the drill, but I have to do it anyway. I don't own Bones, or Booth (I wish I did, yum!) or any of the others. What you see that isn't someone else's is mine. Don't touch it. This is my first Bones fanfic so be nice!
The Jeffersonian Institute, 8:37AM
"Bones!"
Temperance looks up from her work with an annoyed look on her face. She was just about to determine where this most recent skeleton came from when she was so rudely interrupted. "I hope this is important, Booth. I was just about to decide how old these remains are. It is top priority."
Booth smiles as he swipes himself through security and walks up, slower now, with his hands in his pockets. "I've got a nice, rotting skeleton for you, is that important enough?" with a charming smile he walks closer and leans on her table. "Got a call this morning, a body, badly decomposed was discovered outside of Hopeville, West Virginia, by some park visitors. Since it's in Monongahela National Park, it was kicked up to us."
Hodgins looks up with a smile from his microscope. "A dead body found in Hopeville? Now that's ironic" shakes his head and looks back to his sample with a chuckle.
Ignoring Hodgins, Bones looks up to Booth, taking off her protective eye gear, "I'm assuming you mean they found human remains, since there is no way for a skeleton to be rotting."
"You know, Bones, for once you could stop being so precise."
"Maybe I would not have to be if you were" Bones glances down to the skeleton on the table. "I guess this one will have to wait, he isn't going anywhere soon."
Booth looks down at what Bones was working on. "Who's that? Is he another one of your very old, very dead friends?" in a slightly sarcastic yet teasing tone.
Unperturbed Bones begins to unbutton her lab coat. "Yes, he was uncovered by a construction project near a minor Revolutionary War battle site, it was thought that the entire location was protected, but if I can determine his age with certainty, and how he died, the protected area will be increased to safe guard further remains."
"Huh, fascinating." Clapping his hands Booth begins to shoo Bones towards the door. "Lets go, we have remains to date, murders to solve"
Looking back at the team Bones calls out "You guys finish up with this guy. Since it's so far there is no use dragging you all out. I'll get your samples and have them sent back ASAP."
Four hours later, Red Creek Camping Area, Hopeville, West Virginia
"Watcha got Bones?"
Bones kneels down next to the remains, examining them carefully. "From what I can tell here in the field, the remains are female, judging from the length of hair" gently Bones lifts the locks of hair away from the face "and bone structure in the face. Most likely Caucasian" points to the hair again "Auburn hair is almost exclusively found in Caucasians, mostly of those of northern European origins, especially the British Isles. Judging from the extent of fusion of the epiphysis she is between nineteen and twenty two." Sitting back on her heels, she looks up to Booth. "That's all I can really tell now, I'll need to get her back to the lab for further analyzations."
"Do you have any idea on time of death?"
Bones shakes her head. "Nothing for certain. I would estimate based on decomp that she's been here between five and nine months. I can't give you any more than that. Hodgins' will be able to give you more when he gets soil and bug samples."
Booth nods and flags down the local forensic team "Dr. Brennan here needs you to bag up Jane Doe, along with any soil samples and anything found near the body that might be related. Send it to the Jeffersonian Institute ASAP."
The forensic team nods and begins to do there job, tagging and bagging everything, including the garbage around the body.
Bones stands up and groans a bit as her knees pop. "I'm getting old Booth." with a rueful smile.
"Naw, Bones, you aren't old! Hell, I'm, what, six year older than you? You've still got some years in you" with a chuckle.
Bones just shakes her head, and then stalks off shouting at someone to be careful with her evidence.