What I would do, If I lost ya.
Melinda was standing in the lab, taking a look at the bones that were in front of her. The previous week, Booth and Brennan were almost blown up by the Gormogan, showing her that this case was not so easy to be solved. She turned the bones around, seeing no damage that would suggest cannibalism. She put the bone back on the table, squinting at it for another ten minutes. Melinda saw Zach coming to the platform, waving at him. She walked to him, and kissed his lips before standing around the table.
"No cuts in the bone surface that suggest cannibalism, not made by real or artificial teeth or knives. Cause of death was a blow to the head. Probably the victim did not see her attacker coming. There is a pattern, I haven't yet identified the weapon." Melinda said
"Honey, you're supposed take it easy, you're almost 7 months along in your pregnancy, I don't want anything to happen." Zach said while he kissed her cheek.
"Yet, the lab has never been this busy." Melinda said while hanging onto Zach "I'm fine Zach, I feel absolutely fine. I'm not sick, you're not supose to chaperone me. I can take care of myself. Don't worry, I've been pregnant before, I know my limitations."
Zach looked at his girlfriend very strictly, it was clear he was not agreeing with her. "Mel, Honey, you work long hours, and you hardly get any sleep." He looked in her eyes "I don't want anyone to hurt you in any way. This is my first time of being a father, it's logical I get worried. Will you please take it easy for me?"
"Okay, I'll take it easy." Melinda said. Zach looked at Melinda taking her in his arms, and quickly kissed her lips. The touch was light. After breaking the kiss, he kissed her forehead. He smiled at her. Melinda sat down and looked at him.
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Booth and Brennan were sitting in the intoragation room, a woman named Pam was a suspect. The case they had been working on was from a local singer. Murdered by an unknown figure. All they knew about this woman was that she was upset with him.
"Miss Nunan, did Mr. Sour had enemies, anyone that could have killed him?" Booth asked
"Well, they were all jealous at his voice, and he had some problems with the neighbors." Pam replied.
"Miss, Dr. Jason told us that you were harassing Mr. Sour?" Brennan asked while she looked the woman straight in the face. "Could that give you a motive? Did he not want to marry you?"
"He's lying, me and Tommy were perfectly happy. We were in love, he really wanted to marry me. My parents are going to be so sad, when they find out, he's dead. They loved him so much." Pam said.
Booth was looking at her, understanding why her parents were happy that she finally found someone, Pam was not really what you would call attractive. Her brown hair was very messy, and her clothes were not beautiful. They looked like they were picked out by his grandmother, clothes where his grandmother wouldn't leave the house in. He didn't hear what she was saying. His bones kept asking questions. After a while he kept staring at his Bones, her beautiful face. He didn't pay attention to Pam. He just watched Brennan's beautiful brown hair. Booth and Brennan had been going out for a month now. They had gone on a lot of dates. Most of the time they would hang out at Brennan's apartment and watch TV. (Brennan had gotten one for Booth!) They would watch all kind of romantic stuff, One time Brennan's dad had walked in them kissing on the couch. Booth had been quite embarrassed, but her father didn't seem to share that feeling.
"Thank you, Miss." Brennan said while standing up and giving the woman a hand. "If anything comes to mind about your fiancée, please let us know."
"Yeah," Booth handed her a piece of paper with his cell phone number on it. "You can call anytime, if you have anything that could help this case further."
When they walked out of the room, he backed her against the wall, kissing her lips. Brennan reacted very fast by putting her arms around his body and pulling him close to her. Booths hand ran over her back, and pulled her in an embrace
"You, me, tonight, your place" He whispered in her ear. She nodded and kissed him again. He let go of her. They walked through the FBI building. Brennan stepped in the elevator while she smiled, Booth entered his office. Pam was watching them. She saw how he had kissed Brennan with passion. She walked out of the building.
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Zach and Melinda were standing on the platform. "I have it!" He heard his girlfriend shout. "He was hit on the head with some kind of wooden object. Maybe like a violin."
"Or a piano. "Zach laughed.
"Zach, I'm serious. He was attacked with an object made out of wood. But not a bat, the fracture in the skull shows that he was hit at least 3, 4 times. Probably the first blow was not enough." Melinda said
"Why could it not be a bat?" Zach asked his girlfriend
"Well, a bat is massive wood it doesn't break easily, so it can't leave that kind of splinters, at least if it was broken." Melinda replied "And I've never seen any bat that was made in a factory break that easily. If it was made by hand, it could give this kind of splinters easily. But who this days can make a bet by himself."
"I'll call booth, he was killed with a wooden object. Got it." Zach took his cell phone dialing Booth's number. Melinda saw that she was talking to Booth. Melinda stood there watching him. She walked off the platform, going up the stairs. She opened the door to Brennan's office to find Booth and Brennan curled up in the couch together. She watched them for a moment, then she gently woke them up.
"Booth, Bren, I think the killer used a wooden object to kill him. On the victim's clothes there were also wood particles."
Dr. Sweets entered the office. He was looking worried.
"Dr. Brennan, Agent Booth, I suggest you stay away from Mrs. Nunan, she's not very stabile. When she wants a guy, she's able to do anything. She's dangerous, she might not have killed this guy, but she could have." He said while looking at Brennan. "So have a suspect?"
"Well, one of this contesters has a wood fabric. In the skull there wooden splinters, so we could see if the wood in the skull has the same structure as the wood in the fabric. Or if we find the crime scene, blood, anything." Melinda replied. "This seems to me, the simple theory, his parents told him too much that he was a good singer, and Mr. Sour was too much competition."
"Why the parent thing? My mother used to say that I sang girls just wanna have fun as Cyndi Lauper." Brennan said smiling.
"Yes, and my mum said I could twitch my nose as good as Elizabeth Montgomery, but that is what parents do, they tell their children that they are the best. Just yesterday I told Prue that she sings as well as Miley Cyrus." Melinda replied
"My mum meant it, she said I sounded better than Cyndi Lauper." Brennan said again.
"No one sound as good as Cyndi Lauper" Melinda replied "So many artists tried girls just wanna have fun, no one sounded as good as her. Even Miley Cyrus!"
"Prove it!" Dr Sweets said "Sing!"
"no, the mood is not right. I don't have music, no frivolity, I can't sing like this." Brennan said.
"That just an excuse, Bren!" Melinda smiled
Booth cell phone rang again, showing an unknown number. He answered his phone, and heard it was Pam calling. She had an interesting new fact on the death of her 'fiancée'. He kissed Brennan and walked out of the office. He saw Zach, but he showed that he already knew what he had to say.
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He hurried to his office. He entered his office. Pam was holding a picture of him and Bones, on the picture they were hugging each other and smiling to the camera. Next to that photo there was a picture of his son, Parker.
"Is that your son?" She asked while she picked up the picture. He nodded at her. "Dr. Brennan is your girlfriend?"
"Yes, she is." He replied "What did you wanna tell me."
"I just wanted to give you these." She handed him the socks. "I saw your socks, and I realized they had figures on them."
"Well, thanks, what did you have to tell me about Mr. Sour." Booth asked
"Nothing." Pam answered.
"I thought you had something important to tell me?" Booth said
"Do you know who killed Tommy?" Pam asked
"We have a lead." Booth let her out of the office.
And fell in his seat, put his hands in front of his head. He was tired. And he missed Bones. That afternoon he and Brennan had interrogated the suspect, and put him behind bars. Now he was standing in the bar where the murder victim had performed every week. Melinda, Zach and the entire team was there. Brennan entered the place. Scully and Mulder were sitting on the table to.
"Booth why did you ask me to come here, Booth?" Brennan asked while she saw the rest of her team sitting at the table. "I thought we were spending the night together."
"And we will Bones, you just need to perform for a live audience. You've got the music, the frivolity, what else do you need?" Booth said. He smiled.
'God damn it' Brennan thought 'I can't resist that smile'
She stood on the podium.
"You can do it, Dr. Brennan" she heard Hodgins yell.
"Go, Tempe" She heard again. The music started, she fell very nervous.
"I come home in the morning light, My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh, mother, dear, We're not the fortunate ones,
And girls, They wanna have fu-un.
Oh, girls, Just wanna have fun.
The phone rings in the middle of the night, My father yells "What you gonna do with your life?"
Oh, daddy, dear, You know you're still number one,
But girls, They wanna have fu-un,
Oh, girls, just wanna have
That's all they really want.....
Some fun....
When the working day is done,
Oh, girls, They wanna have fu-un,
Oh, girls, Just wanna have fun....
Girls, They want, Wanna have fun.
Girls, Wanna have fun" Brennan sang
Her body felt light, and she let go of herself, dancing like she never danced before. Booth was waving his arms in the air, smiling at his incredible beautiful girlfriend dancing and singing. He had to agree with her, she was better then Cyndi Lauper. He heard the rest of the squints sing along with her, having a great time.
Pam walked the bar in, she saw that Booth's girlfriend Dr. Brennan was dancing on stage and Booth could not take his eyes off her. She looked around, she saw a table with very enthusiastic people.
"Seeley!" She yelled "Seeley look at me, not her."
She got a gun out of her pocket, pointing it at Brennan. Booth stood up, he saw that Pam was pointing the gun at his girlfriend. "I'm doing this for us." He heard her say.
No, this can't be happening, they can't kill bones. Not now. Booth stood up, turning in front of his girlfriend catching the bullet in his chest. Brennan stopped singing and dropped the microphone. She put her hand on Seeley's wound, She felt the bled on her fingers. Pam pointed the gun at Brennan once more again, to kill Dr. Brennan. All of the sudden there was a shot. Brennan looked up, she saw that Pam fell on the floor. Mulder had the gun in his hands, and just shot the woman. He was panicked, but he knew he did the right thing.
"Call 911!" Melinda yelled to Zach "Now!" She and Scully ran to Booth. Sitting next to Brennan.
"Stay with me!" They hear her say "Please Booth, we have to watch a movie tonight. Don't do this to me Booth. Please, I love you. Stay with me. Just keep your eyes open. The ambulance is on its way. Please Booth! Booth!"
He lost consciousness. Brennan held him, the blood was all over her clothes. The doctors put him on the trail, driving him to the hospital.
They were waiting in the waiting room of the hospital.
"I can't loose him now." Brennan said. She cried a little. "Why did he do this? Why couldn't he let me catch my own bullet. Than I would have been in the hospital. What the hell was he thinking?"
Scully put her hand on her back. "He wanted you to be safe. He saved you because he loves you more than anything."
She cried a little. The doctor walked to her. He looked very tired. "We tried everything, madam. We lost him. He lost too much blood, and he died here."
"Can I see him?" Brennan asked "Can I say goodbye?"
"No, miss. The FBI gave me direct orders to let no one with Mr. Booths body." he said "Not even relatives."
"I want to see him. You don't understand, I'm his partner, his girlfriend. I just want to see with my own eyes that he's dead, please." Brennan said.
"I'm sorry, miss. There is nothing we can do."
"Can I ask why the FBI gave those orders sir?" Scully asked "Special agent Dana Scully from the FBI" she showed him her badge.
"I'm sorry, miss, but I can not share that information with you." the doctor said while he walked out. Scully walked Brennan out of the hospital and drove her to her apartment.
"Is there anything you need?" Scully asked Brennan. She shook her head, and walked up the stairs, putting her keys in the lock and opening the door. Running up the stairs that led to her apartment. She entered her apartment and fell down on her bed. She cried like she never cried before, not even for her parents. She lost the man she loved the most in the world. She looked at her drawer, taking her gun out of it. Taking a piece of paper and a pen.
'Dear, friends,
if you find this, I'll be with Booth in heaven, even though I don't believe in the concept. The life that is waiting for me, can't be worse. I can't bare a life without Booth. And I don't want to move on without him. Tell dad, I'm sorry. And tell Scully this is not her fault, she could not have known what I was about to do. And the rest, I love you all so much. But I'd rather die than life this life without the love of my life.
Love you all, Temperance Brennan.
Ps. In my testament there is a budget for Parker Booth, for him to go to college. And also one for Prue, Melinda's little girl. Consider it a leaving present.
Brennan put the gun against her head, closing her eyes.
