Total Drama Lab Chapter Ten: "The tiger with the arm"
A tiger in the zoo is in his pen, with a recently discovered murder victim's arm in his mouth. The tiger thought the body was his meal and took the arm as an appetizer. Bones, Cam, Booth, Hodgins, Angela, Sweets, and Owen all look at the tiger from right outside the cage. The tiger trainer is there, too.
"Can't you just, you know, go in there and get it from him?" Booth asks the trainer.
"No can do. I may be the only one who can get close to the tiger, but no way I'm going to try and steal something from it that it's eating. The tiger will take that as a challenge, and I like living, thank you." The trainer says.
"Booth, we need the tiger and the arm now. He's eaten at least forty percent of it by now. Evidence is in its stomach. We need to bring it back to the lab before the digestive acids in its stomach dissolve the evidence and before it ingests the rest of the arm." Bones says.
"Ok, but we need someone crazy enough to go in there."
"Ok, I'll do it." Owen says.
"NOOO!" they all yell.
"Are you nuts? You're more of a meal for it then that arm. You go in there and it'll go after you like a pregnant woman after a prime rib with legs!" Hodgins says.
Angela darts her eyes at the ground. Sweets looks at Angela and then to Hodgins. He goes to Angela's side.
"We should talk later." He whispers in her ear. She looks at him and nods awkwardly.
"Look, we have to know someone willing to go in there." Booth says.
"I think I know someone." Bones says and pulls out her phone.
Later, at the zoo…
Izzy is inching her way toward the tiger very slowly.
"This reminds me of the time I was in the Indian jungle with head hunters. If not for that tiger that ambushed us, I wouldn't have been lost without my teammates for the next three weeks." She says.
"Izzy, focus on the tiger right in front of you!" Booth yells.
"Right, sorry." Izzy tip toes over to the tiger and it growls. She slowly backs off. Suddenly she lunges and lets out a battle cry as she jumps on the tiger and stabs it with a tranquilizer in the neck. The tiger crashes before it can get at Izzy's throat, luckily. "Ok, I got it!" she yells to them.
They all look at her with awe.
"Oh. My. God." Hodgins says.
At the Jeffersonian lab…
The tiger is in center of the lab station in a cage and growls often.
"How are we getting this tiger to the x-ray machine?" Owen asks.
"We need to take it out. There's no way to get it there in this cage. I'll have Booth call the trainer. In the meantime, Owen, do a preliminary examination of the remains with Dr. Saroyan." Bones says and goes to call Booth.
Meanwhile, in Sweets' office…
"So, I've noted a few changes in your behavior around the lab, and especially around Hodgins. Is there something going on?" Sweets asks.
"It's nothing that Hodgins has done or anything. It's just, I don't how to deal with this new thing I've been going through." She says.
"New thing? You aren't pregnant are you? Is that why you flinched at Hodgins' statement earlier about pregnant women?"
"It's just, I want to tell him, but after hearing that, I don't know how he'll feel about me, or if he even will want to keep the baby." Angela ruffles through her hair.
"I think you should seek advice on this from someone you're connected to more than me. I know you and Hodgins love each other, but I don't want to say anything in depth on this one."
"I already talked to my dad. He wants me to keep it. The only other people I can ask are Brennan, Gwen, and of course, Hodgins." She says.
"Then talk to them in that order. I'm sure by the end you'll know what to do." Sweets says.
Meanwhile, at the lab table…
The trainer releases the tiger and drags it toward the x-ray room behind Bones and Cam. FBI agents are scattered throughout the lab with guns in case the tiger breaks loose. The trainer puts the tiger on the machine and joins Bones and Cam in the safety room. Cam starts the machine and the image shows up on the screen.
"We're too late. The tiger has already fully digested whatever he ate from the victim's arm. We have to complete the investigation based off of what we get from the rest of the remains." Cam says. "I'll perform a top screen and release the remains to Owen right after."
"Ok, I'll go and alert Booth the tiger is no longer needed." Bones says. Her and the trainer leave.
At the entrance…
The trainer drives off with the tiger. Booth and the other agents drive away, too. Bones watches them leave. Angela walks up behind her.
"Sweetie, can we talk?" she asks.
"Sure. Is something wrong, Ang?" Bones asks back.
Later, in Angela's office…
"Ang, you know I'm no good in these situations. I'm happy for you, of course, but this is something you should go over with Hodgins instead of me. If you decide to keep it, I'll be happy to be your child's honorary aunt." Bones says.
"Thanks, sweetie. You were a big help." Angela says, a little annoyed.
"You're thanking me, but I can tell by your tone I didn't actually help. I'm sorry."
"Dr. Brennan, Cam's done. We can examine the bones now." Owen says and leaves the room. Bones gets up and walks out. Gwen walks in right as Bones exits the room.
"Hey, are you ok?" Gwen asks.
"I'm just gonna get straight to the point. I'm pregnant with Hodgins' child and I don't know how to tell him." Angela says. "I've already talked to my dad, Sweets, and Brennan, and now you."
"Ang, I appreciate that you'd come to me with this, but you should really talk to Hodgins. He'll be glad, I know. He's so gentle when he speaks, he never lets a smile go unreturned, and he just has this way of comforting you that makes you feel amazing. Just talk to him." Gwen pats Ang on her leg and walks to the door. "Oh, by the way, I already knew. You should really do home pregnancy tests at home, Ang." She says before walking away.
Angela thinks about what Gwen said and figures that there's something wrong.
Meanwhile, at the lab table…
Hodgins walks up. "Hey, there were no residual amounts of any traceable substances. So, this case probably won't be solved without witnesses, which we have none of I'm assuming." Hodgins looks at his watch. "Well, my day is over. I'll see you guys tomorrow." Hodgins heads for the door. "Ang, I'll be in the car!" he yells in her direction.
Later, in Hodgins' apartment…
Hodgins and Angela are cooped up together on the couch watching tv.
"Hodgins, I have to tell you something." She raises her head from his shoulder to look at him. He meets her gaze.
"What is it?"
"I'm pregnant."
Hodgins looks at her with a blank expression that progresses into a smile. He hugs her and she hugs him back.
"This is amazing news!" he says. "I'm going to be a daddy!"
"I was worried you wouldn't be happy about it. I had to talk to Brennan, my dad, and Gwen about it, even Sweets. I was just really nervous about telling you. And that leads to my next question. Gwen was talking to me and she knew stuff about you that only I should know." Angela says.
Hodgins doesn't flinch but inside he panics.
"Hodgins, I want you to be totally honest. Is or was there something between you and Gwen?" she asks.