Knocking on the open office door Brennan went inside. The man at the desk looked up.
"Thank you for agreeing to meet me, sir." She said.
"No problem Dr Brennan." Agent Cullen replied. He stood up and shook her hand. She sat in the chair across from him. As he looked at her he saw great pain in her eyes. The eyes that he had all ways seen as clinical and serious were so emotional. Setting her bag down she realized that this was the first time she had ever been in a room with Cullen without Booth present.
"I know that we have never gotten on well before but I really need your help. They wont let me near Booths case because…"
"Because you are so closely connected to the case."
"Yes" she looked down at the floor. He sighed and looked at her.
"Dr Brennan you know as well as I do that entire teams can be pulled off cases if even one member is distantly connected to the victim never mind the main suspect." Her next sentence surprised him, well actually the tone of her voice surprised him. She was almost pleading with him. Dr Temperance Brennan, who tried to never ask for help was pleading with him.
"I know that but can you tell me anything?"
"I'll see what I can do. It might take a while but I will try." She looked into his eyes and saw immense understanding. She sighed. That had been so hard to do. to ask for help
"Dr Brennan I know you have already had your allotted time today but do you want to talk to him?"
"Please sir." They stood up and Cullen led her from the room. He took her down to a room that she had never seen before.
"This room has no two-way-mirror so you can speak in private."
"Thank you sir. I know you wouldn't be doing this if you thought he had done this."
"I know that Booth would never in a million years have done this." He opened the door for her and she went in. Booth was looking at the door when she came in.
"Two visits in one day Bones. You must have had to pull lots of strings." He smiled weakly.
"Well I am very important here at the beuro." That earned her a laugh.
"So Bones what have you got for me?"
"Not much. The bullet was recovered and their working with it now. I got in contact with Caroline Julian. She's on her way down."
"Ok… ok… so you have nothing else to tell me?"
"No I don't." then the door opened, Cullen's head came round the door.
"Dr Brennan, there's been a development." She went over to him and he beckoned her out of the room.
"They matched the bullet to one of Booths gun." He said quietly.
"No…" she leaned back against the wall refusing to let herself believe it. She sat down on the ground trying to think of how to tell him.