Thank you to Frona who gave me the little nudge I needed to update this. Now hold up your end of the deal! I'm waiting, waiting waiting:)
I was originally going to finish this after No One Cares, but inspiration struck me. Or kicked my royally in the butt. Whichever works for you.
Enjoy! (review please)
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB 8 o'clock the next morning
"Zack! Can you tell me where this came from please?" Brennan asked, handing Zack a petri dish. He took it over to a microscope while Brennan continued to pull particulates off the body of Frank Epps.
"It's cotton from a cotton swab. Cam defiantly planted the evidence." Zack confirmed.
"Well since we know the time of death for obvious reasons, I was going over the body and found something strange. It looks like he bathed in alcohol frequently." Hodgins pitched in, studying something closely. Turning around, he looked at Brennan who was muttering furiously to herself.
"Dr. Bren-"
"Bones! What cha' got for me?" Brennan's eyes snapped up to Booth's, as he strolled through the door. They locked gazes as Brennan continued to think furiously.
"Booth..." She started, frowning as she started to pace.
"What is it, Bones?"
"Shhhh... I think I'm on to something." She shushed him with a wave of her hand and continued to pace. After a few more passes of the platform she looked up at him, a spark in her eyes. "I know who it is."
Booth and Brennan stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity, Booth reading her eyes. All of a sudden his eyes lit up. Closing the distance between them he grabbed her in a crushing hug.
"You are a genius. Why didn't we think of it before?" Booth said, excitedly.
"Umm, excuse me?" Hodgins interrupted, raising his hand like he was a student. "Zack and I don't speak 'Sizzling-eye-sex'. What's going on?"
"Epps' mother. She's the leader of the Company. She's out to get us because we killed Howie. He was the favorite, so she sent Walter Edwards to do the dirty work and get rid of us. That didn't work so she decided to use someone in the family." Booth said, pacing too.
"Frank tried to kill us for revenge. We killed him too, she got royally pissed and sent some hit men to threaten us out of the country, then faked a story on how we were fugitives." Brennan added.
"I bet she's in the Mob! That would explain how she managed to get to Cam, and either hire her or blackmail her. Ohhh, we so have a conspiracy here. Maybe the FBI set us up-" Hodgins cut in excitedly.
"Sorry Hodgins, but the FBI is on our side. I agree with Mrs. Epps being in the mob though. It all fits." Booth said, clapping his hands together. "Now all we have to do is sneak back into the states and arrest ourselves an Epps."
"What about Rebecca? What if they are holding her hostage?" Brennan said.
"From what Parker told me, she left voluntarily. I'm positive she is staying with her parents."
"Ok, do you want me to go tell Ange and Zig?"
"Sure. I'll stay here in case they come up with anything else." Booth said, jerking his head in the direction of Jack and Zack.
"Ok, be back soon." Bren said, giving Booth a quick kiss on her way off the platform.
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"How do you know all of this?" Angela asked in disbelief when Brennan had brought them up to date.
"Zack found out that the evidence was planted and Jack found out that Frank bathed in alcohol regularly. I put two and two together, then Booth came in and we figured it all out. Now all we have to do is come up with a plan to get Mrs. Epps alone, to interrogate her before bringing her in to the FBI."
"You guys will be home within the week." Ziggy said, sounding sad. Brennan turned to her.
"Do you ever get sick of Montreal?" Ziggy looked up.
"Why?"
"Because Angela could use a grad student, and since Zack is a real doctor now... the whole team could use someone new."
"Are you serious!? You'd hire me?!" Ziggy said, ecstatic.
"You hired and put up with us, it's the least we can do."
"Dr. Bones!" Parker piped up from where he was coloring. "Don't we have to catch the bad guy first?" They all laughed.
"Yes we do, Park."