Total Drama Lab Chapter Seven: "The stoner in the urinal"
Hodgins is in Sweets office sitting right across from him.
"So, you think there's something going on with me and Gwen?" Hodgins asks.
"If there wasn't, you never would've come here with me." Sweets says sharply.
"Look, the thing between me and Gwen ended. We broke it off after you guys saved us from underground. End of story." Hodgins says and slams the door as he leaves.
Sweets sighs and sips his tea.
Meanwhile, at the latest crime scene…
"The victim is male, about 22 years old, and has great bone density. There is still flesh on this body, but not enough for Cam to get anything besides DNA. We'll take the body and the urinal back to the lab." Bones says.
"Wow, someone hated this guy. Oh, this reminds me of the time-"
"Not now, Izzy. Ok, let's get this guy back to the lab." Booth says.
"Wait, why was I called here again?" Izzy says.
"I didn't get a good enough estimation of your skills last time, so I called you back out here. So far, I'm not impressed." Bones says as she walks past her.
In the Jeffersonian lab…
"I've noticed several occupational markers on the bones. The phalanges showed stress fractures in a pattern consistent with holding up a hammer. His mandible shows recent ware, most probable cause is over eating. Man, that reminds me of the time I was at the carni-"
"Izzy!" Bones exclaims.
"Sorry." She lets out that laugh again. "Moving down I've noticed several remodeled fractures on the ribs and even in the tibula and femur. This guy was beat severely. The degree of remodeling suggest that the wounds were intense." Izzy says.
"I've seen this before. This poor kid was part of a drug ring. He probably couldn't pay and got killed for it. That would explain the fractures and over eating. He was a weed head. But the hammer doesn't make sense." Booth says.
"The markers on the bone suggest he held the hammer like this." She gets in a stance that implies the victim swung downward. "Probably to kill mice." Izzy begins to pretend to kill mice and makes noises.
"Izzy!" Bones yells.
"Sorry. But maybe it was just a simple carnival game."
"If so, I know what carnival." Hodgins walks up. "During an earlier case I borrowed the hammer machine from a carnival in the D.C. area. We can check to see if the victim was there the night he died."
"How?" Bones asks.
"Because I have the facial reconstruction." Angela says as she walks up to Hodgins' side. Her and Hodgins smile at each other. Angela hands the picture to Booth. "I got a hit off the FBI website. The victim's name is Free Waterfall."
"Thanks, Angela." Booth says. "Ok Bones, let's go." He and Bones leave the lab.
Meanwhile, in the autopsy room…
Hodgins walks in and sees Cam working on the flesh.
"I thought Brennan said there wasn't much the flesh could tell us?" he asks.
"Well, I don't advise Brennan on bones, and she shouldn't advise me on flesh." Cam says and takes a blood sample from the victim's remaining flesh. "I'll be able to tell what drugs were in this guys system when he was waxed off. Weren't there any particulates in the urinal?" Cam asks.
"Nothing special. Feces, urin stains, grease from carnival food, actual bits of carnival food." Hodgins says.
"You could have just left it at nothing special." Cam says.
"Sorry." He says and walks away.
Meanwhile, at the carnival…
Booth and Bones walk up to the gate.
"Hey, I'm special agent Seeley Booth, and this here's my partner Dr. Brennan from the Jeffersonian. We need to talk to the manager." He says as he flashes his badge.
"His office is back behind the hammer game. Is something wrong?" the guy asks.
"Nothing, just keep doing your job." Booth says. He and Bones head to the office and knock. A short man opens the door.
"Can I help you?" the short man asks.
"Yeah, I'm FBI. Have you seen this boy before?" Booth shows the man the picture.
"Oh my God." The man rubs his head.
"Are you okay, sir?" Booth asks.
"How would you feel when an FBI agent came to you holding up a picture of your son?" he says and goes in his office to sit. "Please, come in." he says.
Bones and booth walk in and sit.
"Look, my name's Jonah Waterfall, but around here I'm called Old Man Waterfall. Tell me, what has my son done this time?" Jonah Waterfall asks.
"Umm, your son is dead, Mr. Waterfall." Booth says. "We found his body in a urinal ten miles west of here. Did your son, by chance have drug problems?"
"Yeah, that's what I thought this was about. I knew he was having trouble, but I decided not to interfere. I'd grown tired of it. The kid at the front gate usually buys drugs with him. Try talking to him." Jonah says.
"Ok." Booth says and he and Bones leave the room and see that the guy who was at the front gate is gone. "That's just great."
"Booth, it's just a teenager. Once you put out a small patrol out, he'll be found in no time." Bones says.
"Yeah, I'll make the call." Booth says and he pulls out his phone.
Meanwhile, in Angela's office…
Hodgins and Angela sit up and button up their clothes.
"Man, that was great!" Angela exclaims. "We should have sex more often. Marriage shouldn't destroy sex the way it does."
"Yeah, I feel a lot better." Hodgins says. He stands and goes to help Angela up, but she stumbles a bit. "Whoa, you ok?"
"I'm fine, just a bit tired. Guess I'm too out of practice."
"Out of practice for what?" Gwen asks and they quickly turn around.
"Oh, hey Gwen. Sorry, I totally spaced and forgot about our lunch date. Let me go use the restroom and I'll be back soon." Angela leaves the room.
"I see you two have re-ignited your sex life." Gwen says.
"How'd you know?"
"Because we've had sex, and I know how you look after." Gwen smiles and raises her eyebrows. Sweets walks in.
"I thought you two ended things." Sweets says.
"Relax, Sweets. It's not what you think." Hodgins says.
"No, my first duty is to the FBI, and if this thing between you causes problems, this will impede our investigations. I have to tell Angela."
"No, stop it, ok. If you tell Angela, that'll only cause problems between us that don't already exists. Just stop being a shrink for five minutes and you'll see what I mean." Hodgins says, a little frustrated.
"Hey, Sweets. Wanna join the three of us for lunch?" Angela asks.
"Sure."
Gwen and Angela walk out of the room smiling and talking.
"See, everything is fine. Now, come to lunch with us, have some fun, and keep what you heard to yourself." Sweets nods and follows Hodgins out the door.
Meanwhile, at Bones' apartment…
"I just got the call. A small patrol caught the kid the next town over. He confessed to killing Free Waterfall because Waterfall was going straight to please his dad and was going to turn both of them in. He may have been a burden to his dad, but at least he was going to make amends." Booth says and sits next to Bones on the couch.
"So, how was Jared when you talked to him?" Bones asks.
"You know, the typical little brother. He'll be back eventually. Hopefully more sober than when he left. But, I think I wanna change the subject." Booth says with a smile. He leans over and Bones smiles and receives his kiss.