Thanks for reviewing my story.

I don't own Bones or have any rights to "Support Your Local Sheriff".

This story is VERY loosely based on the movie "Support Your Local Sheriff". I will be using the idea of the movie; but, I intend for most of the dialog to be mine. I will also use the names of the people we know and love.

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Booth decided to make sure that his deputy could actually shoot a gun. Walking around to the back of the jail, Booth set up some targets and had Hodgins shoot at them. Sully interested in what was going on, watched the target practice from his bar less window.

Much to Booth's surprise, Hodgins wasn't a bad shot. He wasn't a good shot either.

After Hodgins had shot at his targets, Booth walked over to look at them. Of the six shots aimed at the targets, two had actually punctured the paper.

Shaking his head, Booth turned around and told Hodgins to reload and shoot again.

While Hodgins was doing that, Booth quickly walked around to the front door of the jail and waited. A minute later, the door opened and Sully walked out of the doorway with a gun in his hand.

Seeing Booth, Sully pointed his gun at Booth and said, "I'm leaving and you can't stop me."

Smiling, Booth said, "Nice try; but, I took the bullets out of your gun when I took it from you yesterday."

Stunned, Sully dropped his gun to his side.

Drawing his gun, Booth drew his gun and said, "Go back inside. I'm not in the mood for your antics this morning."

Turning around, Sully walked back into the jail. Booth following him, reached out and grabbed Sully's gun from his hand. Turning, Sully watched Booth raise the gun and then take all of the bullets out of Sully's gun.

Frowning, Sully said, "You tricked me? Are you crazy? What if I'd just shot you to see if it was loaded?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Booth said, "It was a gamble I was willing to take and you weren't."

Shaking his head, Sully said, "You are one crazy son of a bitch."

Smiling Booth said, "Something to keep in mind if you're thinking of trying to walk out of here again."

Walking back to his jail cell, Sully said, "You should be locked up in an insane asylum, you know that? There's something wrong with you."

Shaking his head, Booth said, "I'd be careful throwing stones if I were you, Sully. You're the one sitting in a jail cell with no bars on the window or door."

Frowning, Sully said, "You'd sit here too if you had some crazy son of a bitch guarding you."

Laughing, Booth walked back into the outer room and sat down. Picking up his borrowed library book, Booth looked at the pictures of the Australian outback. Nodding his head, Booth thought, "Yes, sir. In a few months I'm leaving and no one can stop me."

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Later that morning, Booth was sitting in his office looking at some wanted posters when Hodgins walked in to the building. Hodgins had walked around the town to make sure that people were behaving and they were more or less.

Seeing Hodgins, Booth said, "Hey, how would you like to go gold mining with me this afternoon?"

Shaking his head, Hodgins said, "I don't know anything about gold mining."

Frowning, Booth said, "You live in a gold mining town and you don't know anything about gold mining?"

Smiling, Hodgins said, "Oh, I was going to be a gold miner when I moved here, believe me. I didn't have the money to buy a claim so I got hired to work for Miss Brennan. She really pays good wages by the way. Anyway, she hired me and on the first day of my new job, I walked into the mine and I got about one hundred feet in and realized that I had a mountain sitting just a few feet from the top of my head. I could feel the pressure of all that rock above me just trying to press down on me. I could see how all of that rock was just straining to fall and the only thing keeping that rock from falling was a few boards and pieces of wood. My guts turned to water and I ran out of that mine as fast as I could. I haven't been back since."

Nodding his head, Booth said, "So, that means you don't want to go gold mining?"

Shaking his head, Hodgins said, "No, I don't want to go gold mining with you."

Puzzled, Booth said, "What if I made it worth your while?"

Frowning, Hodgins said, "No gold mining."

Smiling, Booth said, "What if I was thinking about sharing 50/50?"

Not smiling, Hodgins said, "Not even for 60/40."

Frowning, Booth said, "60 for who and 40 for who?"

Smiling Hodgins said, "You see how corrupt gold can make a person, how distrustful? Gold fever can make a man downright mean and angry."

More than a little angry, Booth asked, "60 for who and 40 for who?"

Shaking his head, Hodgins said, "No gold mining."

Nodding his head, Booth said, "Yeah, maybe you're right. I'll just make my money the hard way and earn it slowly, coin by coin, bill by bill. Saving and"

Smiling, Hodgins said, "No gold mining."

Shrugging his shoulders, Booth said, "Right, no gold mining."

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I know that was different than the movie; but, I liked angry Booth, sorry. Remember, I did say I was going to use my own dialog. I also plan to write extra scenes and add characters; so, we can meet as many of the Bones characters as possible. Thanks for your patience.