Chapter Two:What You Call A Conspiracy Theorist I Call... Terrified
Booth, Jack and Agent Jones ran across the Jeffersonian complex and straight to the Medico-Legal Lab.
"Jack, let me talk to Bones OK? You just stay with Angela." Booth said, without breaking his stride.
"Booth, She's not..." Jack started to say, but Booth cut him off,
"Don't be stupid Jack. You've known Bones longer than I have." he said, giving the entomologist an unreadable look, "Besides she was in a meeting with myself and Goodman at the time, you interrupted it remember."
"Yeah, I'm not thinking straight." Jack said, blushing from the embarrassment of almost accusing his boss and friend,
"Don't worry Jack. I wouldn't be either. Ask Angela about when you two were buried." But before Jack could answer they walked into the Medico-Legal lab, remembering to swipe their cards, and headed down to Angela's office,
"Remember Jack, don't mention the call came from Bones' phone until I get back OK?" Jack nodded and they entered the room. "Bones I need to talk to you quickly." Confused Tempe got up and walked out the office with Booth. they entered hers, and she looked at him,
"Booth what's this about?"
"We found out where the call came from, it was an internal call." Booth said, rather harsher than he intended,
"Internal? Did you get the extension?"
"Yes." Neither said anything for a minute.
"Well, who's? If you have the extension surly you know who did it."
"Except the person whose extension it is has a solid alibi for the call, at least three witnesses." He stared her in the eye as he spoke his next words, "Who has access to your office?"
"What!?" She almost screamed, "It was my extension?"
"Yes, 854. It wasn't you as you were with me and Goodman in the meeting. I need to know who has access to your phone."
"Anyone Booth, you should know." Like Booth, this was said harsher than intended, "I never lock my door when I'm here. I'll start now 'though." She stopped, as her mind processed this, "Does Jack think..." she added quietly,
"Not one bit. To reasons; first he saw you within a minute of the call with me and Dr. Goodman and had been for twenty minutes before he arrived." Booth said, placing and arm around her shoulder,
"Second?" she whispered,
"He knows that this is something you'd never do. Why would you want to threaten Angela? She's your best friend and you and jack have been through a lot. I'm not even going to bother with an interview. We'll look at the security systems and check. Come with me and Jack."
"What about Angela?" She felt better now, knowing that the lab trusted her, when evidence said she was involved,
"Agent Smythe is a good man, he'll look after her while we pull up the data on the security desk." He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her, "We'll sort all this out."
Together they left her office, Tempe remembering to lock it, and headed back to Angela's. Opening the door the found Agent Smythe looking out a window, while Jack hugged a sobbing Angela.
"Jack, we're heading up to the security desk, you coming?" Booth said poking his head round the door, Jack nodded, and kissing Angel, followed them. "Bones is coming this time as she has a right to know who was using her phone."
"That's fine. I just hope that we get this guy soon. Ange is really upset that the wedding will be called off." Jack said, staring at the floor as they walked,
"That won't happen." Booth said confidently, "I'll catch this guy before then."
"Any if you don't?" Tempe spoke up,
"Then the entire FBI will be there to make damn sure you have a wedding." Booth said staring at them, "But that won't happen. You'll go on your honeymoon to Jamaica and have lots of fun, no worries, and bring us back a god daughter." Jack smiled at Booth's confidence and felt slightly easier about the whole thing.
They arrived at the security desk, Leon was on duty today, and Booth went up to him, with a grim smile on his face.
"Hey Leon, have you got a sec?"
"Sure Agent Booth, What can i do for you?" Leon said, smiling a jolly smile. This smile seemed strange to Jack, but then Leon didn't know about the phone call.
"You've got today's security camera image on that PC right?"
"Yup. Of course. Everything get stored, saved and back-upped straight away. Where do you want me to pull up?"
"Can you get the camera in Dr. Brennan's office, about 10.05 this morning?"
"Sure gimme a sec." Leon type a few buttons, moved the mouse, frowned, typed a bit more and frown harder. "Urm. I don't know how to say this Agent Booth." Leon said, slightly sacred of how Booth would react,
"Say what?" Booth groaned, knowing this wasn't going to be good.
"Their gone. All of the file from Dr. Brennan's office are gone."
"Great. Now what?" Jack said thumping the desk in front,
"I can tell you where they were deleting from. It seems that they left their User ID on as well." Leon was trying to be helpful,
"Don't tell me," Booth said, "Dr. Brennan's PC."
"How did you know?" Leon looked stunned, and not completely sur if he should understand, or really want to.
"My gut told me. They other we need is a printout of every card swipe into the Medico-Legal lab."
"Sure thing Agent Booth." Leon pressed several more buttons and handed a sheet of paper to booth, "That's a list of swipes in and out the lab today between 7 and 11."
"Thanks Leon. Oh and don't tell no-one what we found out OK. I don't want rumor or suspicion being spread. OK?"
"Sure thing Agent Booth, can you tell me why you need all this?"
"FBI investigation, can't discuss it. You know the rules." Booth said quickly, turning his back dragging Tempe and Jack to the cafeteria. He needed some coffee bad.
They arrived in the large cafe and Booth grabbed four coffees. Jack was staring at the floor, Tempe was white as a sheet, and Agent Jones was professional and unreadable.
"Temperance, we know this is just some nutter playing us around. He hopes that we'll waste time investigating you and not go after him." Booth said, putting and arm around her and placing a kiss on her cheek. "I'm leading this investigation and I know that you are not the sort person that intentionally hurts people, especially your friends."
"Thanks Seeley." she said, quietly, "I know you all sided with me, but someone is not just threatening Jack, but is setting me up. any other agent would have he in an interrogation room right now."
"Except you have a full-proof alibi for the call, many character witnesses, and it was a male calling right Hodgins?" Booth looked at Jack for support,
"Yeah, deep. Probably New York accent, if I had to guess." Jack said, "Dr. Brennan we know this isn't you. I haven't told Angela yet, but she wouldn't believe it in a second. We've all been working together for over 5 years, we trust you."
"Thanks Jack, but I can't my head around someone interrupting my computer. They must have been taping me type my password in or something." Tempe said, looking at them both.
"Why would you say that?" Booth said, looking at her confused,
"Because I would quit the Jeffersonian if they guessed it right. Its a random series of number and letter that I just choose on the day."
"And you remember that?" Jack said, amazed,
"It's not hard if i type the same password in for over a year."
"Come on, lets go back to the lab. Maybe Angela can retrieve some of the footage form the camera off your computer." Booth said draining his coffee. They all got up and went back to the lab. Jack and Agent Jones headed to Angela's office, while Booth and Tempe went to her. They had only been in there thirty seconds, barely long enough for them to sit down, when Jack came running in.
"She's gone!" he shouted, his face full of fear and dread,
"Jack, whoa! Calm Down." Booth said, jumping up to grab Jack by the arms,
"Calm down. Angela's not there! She gone!" He broke free of Booth grip and punched the glass door of Tempe's office, she got up to complain, but at a look form Booth sat back down.
"Jack its OK." he said, "We'll find her. Tim, go check the toilets and the main desk. She can't of left without us knowing." Agent Jones nodded and left the room. Booth forced Jack into a chair, when he heard a mobile ring. Jack answered his and his face went so pale its was scary.
"I said disappear Jack. If your still in DC at 3pm, your lovely fiancee will used a toy at our next meeting." Jack kept listening to a dial tone.