Killer on the dance floor

by wildlilpony

There's a killer on the loose going after woman and arranging them like dolls. But the squad cant find the evidence that'll convict the killer. Bones meets a man, can he be trusted? Which woman will the killer go after next? Contains drug use.

2. chapt2 Mistakes were made

Disclaimer. I dont own anything. no infringement intended.

MISTAKES WERE MADE.

CHAPTER 2.

Brennan looked at herself in the mirror. Angela was there with her applying blush onto her face. Brennnan sighed. She didnt really want to go to watch Romeo and Juliet but after a day of shopping with Angela, listening to her insist on trying a few hundred dresses, Brennan was all out of excuses and she was too tired and exhausted to argue; so she just shut her mouth and allowed Angela to do whatever she wanted.

'We're going to make you irresistible to Josef. He wont know what hit him. And Booth will be sorry,' said Angela with a wicked grin.'

'Josef already said i looked hot at the diner. And i wasnt dressed up then. If you're trying to make sure that i get laid then that cars already gone.' said Brennan a little sulkily.

'You and Josef had sex? When? Tell me, Tell me. And i believe its ship. That ship's already sailed.'

'At the diner. It was fun,' quipped Brennan with a little smile.'

'Well i'm happy for you Brennan. I just want you to be happy, thats all, Angela said crying a little. You're all done! Let's go.'

Brennan sighed. This evening was just beginning. Angela ran to get their jackets and Brennan glanced in her bag, she took out the pill bottle and groaned when she saw that it was empty. Great. She said a little sourly. She didnt know how she could get through the evening without taking a few pills. She'd just have to go a few hours without. Brennan looked at the plastic bag that Josef had left behind a few days ago, Brennan looked inside and noticed that there was a pill bottle in there, she looked inside and saw one little lone pill. Brennan smiled to herself. She was just about to put it into her mouth but Angela came back into the room with her jacket.

No time now, Brennan thought to herself. I'll have to take it at the theatre as soon as i can.

Brennan grabbed her jacket from Angela and then together they walked outside where Jack was waiting a little impatiently.

AT THE CAPITAL THEATRE.

Booth and Hannah both got out of the car outside the capitol theatre and Booth put his arm around Hannah, he felt Hannah go tense and then he looked up as Brennan and Angela both got out of the car. Booth's heart skipped a beat as he saw how beautiful Brennan looked and then his heart lurched when Josef Ryan drove up and watched as Brennan took Josef's hand, he watched them smile at each other. Josef lead her into the theatre and Booth looked down a little bit but then he gave himself a little shake and led Hannah into the theatre while the others followed.

Brennan was really trying to enjoy the show but she couldnt help watching Booth and Hannah together. She tried to pay attention to the warmth of Josef's hand on hers but she couldnt concentrate on it. She kept thinking about the night she told Booth how she felt, the night she'd had sex with Josef. She started to feel little bubbles of anger at him and at herself for not making a different choice, regret for letting her fear dictate her life. And above all anger and resentment towards Hannah. She couldnt handle those feelings, she remembered the pill in her bag and she excused herself. She was thinking so deeply that she didnt notice the little smile on Josef's face, but Booth did and he was puzzled.

Brennan came back looking a lot happier. Josef took her hand again and this time the feel and texture of his hand felt so enjoyable to Brennan that she took it. Once the play was over they all decided to go get something to eat at Brennan's insistence.

'Let's go get something to eat,' she said giggling. I love you so much Angela, and we need to celebrate this baby. We're going to have a little junior squint with us in a few months. Its so exciting. Come on.'

Brennan giggled again.

'Let's go have some fun, we can have the lunch i couldnt make it to a few days ago Booth. Hannah.' She placed one of her arms around Hannah's shoulder and the other around Booth. And then she hugged Hannah and kissed Booth on the cheek.

Angela looked at Brennan with a puzzled expression. But then she shook it off. She was glad that Brennan was finally relaxing and having fun. At the diner Brennan was looking around her with a happy expression and then as she heard the music she jumped up joyfully and turned to Booth.

'Booth thats our song. Hot blooded, said Brennan jumping up and down with joy.

You remember when we first danced to it, right? It was a good evening. Even though that was the night you got blown up. But the second time we danced to it was more fun. You sang at that music place we went to, i was surprised at how good you are. And i played the guitar. Remember? Come on, Booth i want to dance. She grabbed Booths hand and led him to the floor and then she danced her heart off. But Booth only danced half heartedly he was wondering what was going on with Bones behavior.

'Hot blooded, check it and see, i've got a fever of a hundred and three, come on baby, you can do more than dance, hot blooded hot blooded...'

'Whoo. Screamed Brennan. That was so fun. I want to dance.'

'Ah Bones, are you feeling okay?' asked Booth.

'Yes, i'm great. I want to dance. Ooh, those lights are so pretty, and all look at all the shapes. Oh Hannah come and dance with me, Please.'

Hannah tried to smile. Brennan hugged her. 'You know Hannah i actually like you, I wasnt sure i would. I mean, you stole Booth from me, but i forgive you for that.'

'Bones,' Booth said looking at her with a shocked expression. Angela's mouth dropped open.

But Brennan didnt seem to hear him or notice everyone else's expression.

'I mean i cant blame you for being in love with Booth. He's such a great guy isnt he? He's so cute and handsome and i love him, I really do. And i forgive you too, Booth. You really hurt me but i cant blame you for that either, i hurt you too didnt i? I am so sorry for that. I should have said yes to you. Its too late for that though.

'Ah, Brennan, maybe i should take you home,' said Josef.

'I dont wanna go home, i wanna go dancing,' said Brennan childishly.

'Okay, said Josef. I can take you dancing.'

'Really, oh you're such a great boyfriend...'

'Boyfriend?'

'Yeh. We spent the night together. But dont worry Booth i still love you too and everyone watched in shock as Brennan leaned over and kissed him. Brennan grabbed Booths shirt when she felt Booth struggling against her.

Booth was surprised when Bones kissed him. For a few seconds he didnt respond but Bones kissed him more deeply and Booth forgot where he was and who was watching. One hand snaked around her back and Booth started kissing her back for a few seconds. And then he realised what he was doing and then he tore his lips from her.

'Josef's waiting to take you dancing, Bones.' He said sheepishly, and then he looked at everyone else, with his face as red as a beet.

Brennan turned around and said 'I love you Angela, giving her a hug, and you too Jack.'

And then Josef grabbed her hand and dragged her outside. Everyone sighed as they watched Brennan being dragged away. Hannah turned around looked at Booth. Booth looked back at her a little guiltily. He followed her as she walked off.

'Well, Booth. I hope you enjoyed that. Look i didnt care so much, but you kissed her back right in front of everyone.'

'Hannah dont be mad. It was just a kiss. It meant nothing. Look, she's a beautiful, attractive woman, of course i kissed her back. Are you telling me that if a cute, handsome guy kissed you, you wouldnt kiss him back?...'

OUTSIDE

Brennan giggled. 'You know Josef, I've never taken any chances in my life. I'm the good girl. I didnt take a chance on Booth. I dont want to make that mistake again. I think I love you. People who love each other get married. Let's get married, Josf...

LA VITA HOTEL.

After he had disposed of Doris's body he went back to the dance floor. He looked up and noticed her. The woman with the long black hair and crystal blue eyes watching the man and blonde haired woman dancing on the dance floor, he saw the sad look in her eyes, she immediately took up a glass of wine and drank it up. He turned away, he couldnt bear to see that sad look in her eyes. In his mind there were two types of women. Women who were the incarnate of his mother and women who were like his fiance. The look on this womans face reminded him of Carrie when she was upset. Dont worry, sweetheart, someone like you deserves to be happy, i wont let you be upset. We, wont let you be upset. He looked down at the masquerade mask he'd hidden in his doctors bag and whispered to himself, 'Soon. '

'Tempe. I'm sorry i have to leave you and the kids so soon. But I'm sure you'll be okay. They already like you so much. I have a business trip, i'm going to be at a conference on heart surgery for the next few days, I'll be back in a few days honey,' Josef said, kissing Brennans forehead.

'I'll be fine Josef. Go,' Brennan kissed him and watched him as he hopped into the taxi cab. She watched as the cab drove off. She was just about to go back inside when two arms snaked around her, she tried to fight the arms off, but the alcohol she'd drank before made her feel heavy and sluggish. She fainted.

Angela looked around for Brennan, with a feeling of dread she notices that Brennan isnt around anywhere. She goes back to the table and notices that Brennans bag is there.

'Booth have you seen Brennan?'

'No, whats wrong Angela?'

'I've looked everywhere for her, i cant find her. Her bags still here. She wouldnt have left without her bag, Booth.'

'I'm sure she's around somewhere, look try to calm down a little. I'll help you look for her.'

'Did you find her? No, she's not anywhere.'

Booth opened Brennans bag and the blue bottle fell out. He took a close look at it and frowned.

'Bones is on Diazepam [Valium.]? I didnt know that.'

'The doctor prescribed it to her a few weeks ago, she was having trouble sleeping.'

'Its empty. Prescribed by Henry Downing.'

'Henry downing?' asked Angela.

'What is it Angela?'

'Thats the doctor who did my sonogram. Omg. Its him. It has to be him.'

'Angela slow down, said Booth. What are you talking about?'

'The doctor who did my sonogram. Brennan was there with us. The doctor was staring at her, i thought it was really creepy.'

'Wait a minute. Cam didnt you say that all the toxicology results showed that all the woman who were killed had diazepam and alcohol in their systems?'

'Yes, thats right.'

'Omg. We've been assuming that he drugged them, but what if we got that wrong. What if they werent drugged at all, what if they had been prescribed diazepam? said Booth.

'That could be how he finds his victims, Cam went on. He's a doctor. So he's got access to drugs and diazepam. They were also dressed nicely and they had alcohol in their systems. I saw Brennan drinking before.'

'Yeh. I saw her too, said Booth flipping out his phone and relaying the information to the FBI.

'And find out everything you can about Henry downing, said Booth trying to keep himself from panicking, for his sake and Angela's.

'Henry downing. He lived in DC at Cherry Lane Drive, he came home to find that his mother dead, she'd slit her wrists in the bathtub when he was fifteen. He then spent three years in the foster care system until he aged out. His fiance carrie was killed and shot twice by a sniper a few years ago. He was living at Svengal court. However no one lives in that house anymore there were a lot of cases of absestos poisoning at that house and the house next door.'

'Thats a perfect place to do his dirty work, its abandoned and no one will see him. We need to get over to that house straight away.'

Brennan tried to fight the alcohol and the drugs but she was feeling too tired. Henry downing placed her on the carpet and fanned her hair out. It wasnt dyed or curled. Brennan opened her eyes unseeingly, everything was too hazy. Henry remembered Carrie sleeping peacefully and for the first time he couldnt bear the thought of shooting this woman. This woman who looked like Carrie. He turned away from her for a few seconds as if he was trying to gather up the courage. I was only trying to get revenge on whomever killed my fiance. Who am i kidding? I'm not getting revenge on him, i'm killing innocent people who didnt know carrie and the person who killed my fiance is still out there. He breathed in; I cant do this, he said to himself. But Henry downing had become addicted to the thrill of the kill, he liked killing, the control he felt. He grabbed a knife and he slit one of her wrists carefully and then the other, he was just about to place the mask over her head when the door crashed down, Booth came in shooting. Henry downing was dead. Booth ran over to Bones and saw that her wrists had been slit, he put his hand to her neck to feel for a pulse but it was very faint. He pulled her up into his arms and held onto to her, applying pressure onto her wrists, not caring if the blood stained his shirt. the rest of the group ran into the room behind Booth. Cam saw Brennan and called for an ambulance immediately. Hannah walked in last and she watches Booths pain and grief as he holds onto Brennan.

AT HOSPITAL.

Brennan is lying down on the bed, her eyes open and her face pale. Brennan looks down at her bandaged hands and sighed. The nurse had just finished explaining to Brennan her prognosis and was now outside talking to her friends. She watched the worry on her friends faces and she felt the guilt at how much she'd hurt them.

'Doctor Brennan is going to be fine. However the next few weeks are going to be pretty rough for her. I noticed that the doctor prescribed her valium for her insomnia however the blood test we've done shows that the amount of valium in her blood suggests that she's been abusing valium for a few weeks. We're going to have to keep monitoring her as its too dangerous for her to stop using valium on her own. Has she been under stress lately? Everyone nodded. You're her boss? I'd suggest you decrease her work hours, she needs less stress. It was good that you found her when you did, she would have bled out, if you had found her any later it would have been too late. She needs her rest, one of you can see her for ten minutes today, but the rest of you will have to come see her tomorrow.'

Everyone looked at each other. How were they going to decide who would get to see her. Booth was about to insist that he get to see her now but before he could Angela grabbed the daisies that Booth had brang for Brennan and walked into the room. Angela shut the door and the others had no choice but to leave.

Brennan looked up at Angela with a sheepish as she walked in and handed her the flowers.

'From Booth?' said Brennan. Angela nodded. 'He wanted to come see you first but i wouldnt let him. How do you feel?'

Brennan sighed feeling ashamed. 'A little foolish.'

'Yeah. Theres a lot you should feel foolish about. You've done some really stupid things lately.'

'I know, Angela. I've made some really stupid mistakes and i'm sorry. With you, with Booth. With Josef. Brennan sighed, she really didnt want to tell anyone about what she'd done with Josef. But she knew she couldnt hide it from Angela. Josef and i got married.'

For a few moments Angela didnt speak. But then she hugged Brennan and congratulated her. 'Omg. Brennan. Thats great. You've got two kids now. You're a mother...' but then she stopped when she saw that Brennan didnt look happy. 'Arent you happy about that sweetie?'

'No. I always said i'd never get married. I'm going to get the marriage anulled. You know the worst part about making mistakes? You cant run away from them. I told Booth how i felt, a lot of the times i wish i hadnt. I just want to run away, I want to go back to the way things were before. But i cant.'

'I think you already did that Brennan. Last year, when you went off to Indonesia. You wanted a break, you took it, but really you were running away from how you felt. Look, i'm not going to yell at you about that, i'm guilty of doing that too. With Jack. When Jack and i broke up it was because we were both scared; scared about being happy together. Instead of sitting down and talking to each other we ran away from each other. You cant keep running away Brennan, we've all eventually got to stop running. You're Jason and Jessie's mother now, you've got to do whats best for them. We all have to accept our mistakes, we all have to make the best of them. After all, Brennan. We all have to grow up sometime..'

Brennan and Angela looked towards the door when they heard it open and saw the Nurse signal that her ten minutes were up. Angela kissed Brennan goodbye and walked out leaving Brennan with the daisies and her thoughts.

THE NEXT DAY AT HOSPITAL Brennan opens her eyes to find Booth sitting down in the arm chair watching her sleep. He goes over to her and hugs her. Brennan holds his hands for a second before letting them go. Brennan smiles while Booth brings the chair closer towards the bed.

'Bones how could you do this? What were you thinking? I thought you were dead Bones.'

'I'm sorry Booth. What are you doing here, anyway?'

'I'm your partner, Bones, I care about you. Where do you expect me to be?'

'With Hannah. At work. Not here. Where's everyone else, Booth?'

It's just you and me for the next few hours Bones. I told everyone you and i needed to spend some time alone together.'

'Oh. Did i get you in trouble with Hannah? I'm really sorry, i didnt mean to.'

'She's okay. She's still a little mad that you kissed me at the diner,' Booth replied expecting her to not remember but almost groaning inwardly as he noticed Bones smiling a little.

'I remember kissing you Booth. I dont remember what i said to everyone but i do remember kissing you. Why are you so freaked out? We've kissed before Booth. It never meant anything before. Why would it mean anything now?'

'So it meant nothing?'

Brennan closed her eyes for a few seconds. 'If i said it meant nothing i'd be lying, because it did, it meant something Booth. But it cant mean anything. Booth. You know what its like. You were a gambler. When you gamble or do drugs sometimes you do really stupid things. I made a really stupid mistake. Josef and i got married Booth.'

Bones looked at the shocked and pained expression on his face. She looked down, she didnt want to see the hurt look on his face but she could still see it from memory.

'I was going to get it enulled. But i've been thinking a lot about what Angela said to me. Booth i've made the mistake of not giving you a chance, i said no because i was scared, and i want to apologise to you for that. I'm sorry for hurting you. I dont want to make that mistake again, Booth. I'm not going to get it enulled, at least not without giving it a chance, to see if we can work on the relationship. Angela told me i needed to learn how to stop running, that i need to grow up. She's right. Are we going to be okay? Brennan looked at Booth, tearfully.'

Booth was hurt. He wanted to run away, but he looked at Bones and knew that no matter what, he could never turn away from her. He took her hand and told her that they'd be fine.

'We're still partners Bones. We'll be fine,' he said to her, his heart aching.

'Are you okay, Bones?'

'A little dizzy. But fine. Cams ordered me to take a month off work. And then i'll be coming back and working part time. Guess you'll be getting a squintern partner, huh Booth. That'll give me plenty of time to get to know the kids. Can you help me Booth? I'm their mother now. Cant believe i'm a mother.'

Booth smiled. 'I always thought you'd be great at it.'

Bones smiled a little. Yeah. But i'll need your help, I'm pretty sure i'll make a lot of mistakes.'

'You will. No ones a perfect parent. It takes time. But you're a smart woman, you'll learn. And i'll be here to help you, no matter what Bones. He took her hand again. After all, we're the centre, Bones. And we're going to hold.'

Brennan leaned back on the bed, tiredly. But then with a little bit of a grin she said,

'Sweets insisted that i see him three times a week, I'm going to have to do therapy again. Psychology, Brennan said groaning. I hate psychology.'

Booth laughed. I know. Maybe it'll help though.'

'You practice psychology. It cant be that bad right?'

'Right Bones.'

Josef Ryan picks up the DC newspaper and looks at the article. Author and forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan was kidnapped by Henry Downing two nights ago, a doctor who practiced medicine at the DC hospital. Downing was found out to be responsible for the deaths of five woman who were all drugged with valium, shot twice in the head and arranged like dolls on Merino wool carpet. Downing was proclaimed dead at 5.34am when FBI agent Seeley Booth killed Henry Downing...

Josef threw down the paper on the backseat of the car in anger. He gritted his teeth and narrowed his eyes. Just you wait Seeley Booth. Just you wait...

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Well Here's another chapter for ya. There's two or three more chapters after this, i'm hoping that i'll be able to finish this story before the new episode of Bones. [But dont worry, i do have a sequel planned] After all a lot of people dont read fanfiction when Bones is airing. I certainly dont.