Total Drama Lab Chapter Fifteen: "The lost boy with the puppy paw"
Bones walks up to the lab table to determine one of the identities of a set of remains from limbo. Hodgins and Cam are at the table with her.
"This person suffered from blows to the ribs according the remodeled fractures." Bones takes a closer look. "In fact, these fractures are too fresh for this body to have come from limbo. This body must have been placed there and replaced another." Bones looks to the surprised faces of Hodgins and Cam. "I'll call Booth." Bones pulls out her phone.
Later, at the lab table…
Booth is talking to Bones, Hodgins, and Cam.
"Ok, so let me get this straight. You think this body was used to replace another one. Why?" Booth asks.
"That's what we have to find out." Bones says.
"Great, now instead of spending my last day with Parker, I have to help solve a case that won't be solved." Booth raises his voice.
"I don't know. I think we can solve this case within one work day." Hodgins says.
"I agree. Booth, you check the tapes from the surveillance cameras. I'll have Angela do a facial reconstruction, and in the meantime, I'll catalog the damage."
"I can check limbo and see if there's any leftover ground evidence the thief left behind." Hodgins heads to limbo.
"I'll call in one of the interns to help out." Cam says.
"Oh, contact Duncan. I find he might be more useful for this case." Bones tells her. Cam nods and goes to her office. Booth looks at Bones and walks away.
Meanwhile, in Angela's office…
Angela is judging one of Gwen's recent successful paintings.
"So, what do you think?" Gwen asks.
"Your brushstrokes are still heavy, but I'm glad to see you've started using thicker paint. How much did the studio sell it for?" Angela asks.
"It went for about twenty five hundred. I was happy, and I figured I'd buy you a gift to make up to you." Gwen puts down the painting and heads to her bag. She pulls out a present and hands it to Angela.
"Aww, thanks." Angela opens the gift and it's a check. Angela looks at it and then to Gwen. "Gwen, I can't accept this. You worked hard to get this money for your painting."
"It's ok, besides, without you, I never would've got that job in the first place. Consider it a going away present for your trip to Paris."
"Thank you." Angela hugs Gwen and Gwen hugs her back.
Bones sees them from the door and waits on them to finish hugging. They release each other and see Bones walking toward them.
"What can I do for you, sweetie?" Angela asks her.
"We need a facial reconstruction. There's been a theft." Bones says and leads the two of them to the lab table.
Meanwhile, in the security room…
Booth is watching the tapes very carefully. He freezes the tape when he sees someone switch the skeleton. He writes down the drawer number and heads to limbo.
Meanwhile, in limbo…
Hodgins is sweeping the floor of evidence with blue light. Nothing is showing up. Booth comes running down the stairs and Hodgins turns to him. Booth runs straight to drawer two thousand four hundred and forty six. Hodgins follows him.
"Hey, is this where the body was taken from?" Hodgins asks.
"Yeah. The guys face was covered, though, and he had on gloves, so no chance of finger prints."
"But, we can check the bones for fingerprints. The criminal might have bagged them gloveless. I'll text Dr. Brennan." Hodgins pulls out his phone.
Hodgins and Booth head back up the stairs.
Meanwhile, at the lab table…
Bones looks at her phone and puts it away. Angela is sketching a face, Gwen is studying the bone and Duncan and Cam walk up to the lab table.
"Hodgins wants the bone checked for fingerprints. Dr. Saroyan, please do that promptly so Duncan and I can continue the investigation of the bone." Bones says.
Cam grabs the body and wheels it to the autopsy room.
"So, Dr. Brennan, are you ready to leave tonight?" Duncan asks.
"Yes, I've left all my bags in my office, so I'll be heading to the airport right after this case is up."
"I've finished the reconstruction. I'll try and match it to someone on the FBI database." Angela heads back to her office slowly and Gwen follows her.
Booth and Hodgins walk up to the lab table.
"Where's Angie?" Hodgins asks them.
"She finished the reconstruction and went to her office." Bones says. Hodgins turns around and heads to her office. Bones looks at Booth with a slight angry demeanor.
Duncan looks at the two of them and walks away.
Meanwhile, in Angela's office…
Hodgins walks in and looks at the screen like Angela and Gwen are.
"Is this the guy in Cam's lab right now?" Hodgins asks.
"Yeah, meet Oliver Candy. He had a son that lives in an orphanage right now. The kid's name is Kent Candy. The name of the orphanage," Angela pulls it up with her controller, "is the Cachen Orphanage. The guy who owns it is North Cachen."
"I'll go and tell Booth." Hodgins says and walks off.
Meanwhile, at the lab table…
Booth and Bones are standing and not talking to each other. Hodgins walks up and tells Booth the news. Booth leaves and Duncan and Cam wheel the body up to the lab table.
"The fingerprints apparent on the bone belong to someone called North Cachen." Cam says.
"Then we have our culprit." Hodgins says. "Thing is, why would he put gloves on to put the skeleton in the drawer, but not when bagging it. Did he want to get caught?" Hodgins asks.
"That could be a possibility. Thing is, why would he want to get caught?" Duncan asks in return.
"That's up to Booth to learn now." Cam says.
Meanwhile, at the Cachen Orphanage…
Booth and Sweets walk to the door and knock and an older man answers the door.
"Hello, my name is North Cachen. Are you gentleman here to adopt?" he asks them. They just stare at him and North's face changes from intrigue to worry.
Later, in North Cachen's office…
"Look, the boy's father was a real bastard. He would come and demand his kid, and sometimes he got violent. I had to keep Kent safe, but social work wouldn't do anything. I killed Oliver and cleaned and stripped the skeleton of any flesh. I knew I would have to be punished, so I snuck into your skeleton storage and put the skeleton there and knew it was just a matter of time. The only reason I did it was so that this Kent would be noticed. I know this is going to be some huge event on the news, and people with good hearts will adopt him and give him a good family. Now, I've given you a confession, so take me in." North says with tears in his eyes.
Booth arrests him and reads him his rights. Sweets goes and grabs Kent and walks him out with them.
Later, at the airport…
Everyone is in the middle of the walkway staring at each other.
"Well, I guess this good bye for all of us for the next year." Booth says and turns to Bones. "Have a good trip." He faces the others. "All of you have good trips." Booth turns to his gate and leaves.
Bones watches him go away.
"Well, I'm off to get back in touch with my musical roots. I'll see you guys next year." Sweets hugs everyone and leaves.
"Yeah, we're actually off now, too. Paris waits, but first." Hodgins pulls out a pamphlet and gives it to Bones and the interns. "Beware of those creatures. I've listed several dangerous creatures you'll be sure to encounter and their likely hiding spots." Hodgins hugs all of them while Angela hugs Bones.
"Be careful, sweetie." Angela says before letting go.
Hodgins and Angela head to their gate.
"Well, Dr. Saroyan, good luck in our absence." Bones says and turns around to head to her gate. The interns follow behind her.
Cam wipes a tear from her eye and leaves.
Gwen is at the door and turns around and leaves, too.