A/n: Sorry again for the long delay in update , but I've been having a pretty tough and busy school semester,but I have set a goal for myself to continue and finish my long standing stories such as this one, so I can focus on my newer works, this story may or may not be as long as its prequel , it all depends on my inner muse, , also what happened to Cam will be explained soon,probably in the next chapter,enjoy the chapter, its full of surprises, also the part in italics is from the end of the previous chapter, this continues from where it left off.
-Pessi Rom
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Chapter Three : New partners and old faces
They got home, ordered in for dinner and after they tucked in Seanna and Parker had headed to bed, she told Booth what was going on at the Jeffersonian and what she and the other squints thought of Dr. Kelly Marshal.
"So what do you know about all this?" Brennan asked as they sat on the couch in their living room.
"I don't know where to start." Booth said sighing.
"Is it really that bad?" Brennan asked worried.
"Yeah, the meetings I had today, were with the director and the new majority donors, they said we can't be partners anymore." Booth reluctantly said.
"What, why, why would they split us up!" Brennan said clearly upset.
"The new management of the Jeffersonian think , that we can't work together objectively, because ,we're married and have kids together." Booth explained.
"But, that ridiculous, did you tell them that I can compartmentalize." Brennan said not believing this was happening.
"I did, but they weren't really open to what I thought, there was nothing I could say or do to change their minds." Booth said clearly frustrated.
"But,why would they split us now, we've been partners for ten years, the fact that we're married and have kids shouldn't change that." Brennan said.
" I know honey, I don't know whats going on, why they're pulling this now, but I will get to the bottom of this." Booth said looking at his wife.
"So, did they say when we'd stop being partners." Brennan asked clearly still upset, despite her confidence in her husband and partner.
"Yeah, apparently they already found you a partner as of tomorrow, I am no longer the Jeffersonian FBI liaison." Booth said sadness and anger in his voice.
"Well then, I'll refuse to work with the FBI, then they'll have to reinstate you as my partner." Brennan said stubbornly.
"No you won't, Temp, you'd never do that during an open investigation." Booth said knowing his wife would never back away from a ongoing case.
"*sigh*, your right,then this will be my last case unless they make us partners again." Brennan said in a serious tone.
"It's been a long day, we should go to bed." Booth said helping Brennan up from their couch.
" I only want to be partners with you." Brennan said in a small voice.
"I know honey, I'm gonna fix this, I promise." Booth said wrapping his arms around her as they headed up the steps and to their bedroom.
The next Morning
Brennan hesitated before entering the medico-lab at the Jeffersonian. Booth had dropped her off fifteen minutes ago,promising to stop by at noon after he had his briefing for his new assignment, but she couldn't bring herself to walk in. She knew she was acting irrationally, but she just wasn't ready to meet let alone work with the new assigned FBI agent to the Jeffersonian, her new partner. She finally took a deep breath and walked into the lab, where she was greeted by a worried Angela.
"Brennan, are you alright, I heard they split you and Booth up, first they replace Cam, now Booth, I have a half a mind to quit right now,Jack too." Ange said.
"You don't have to do that Ange, we have to solve this case, plus Booth promised he would get to the bottom of this and fix it." Brennan said.
"If anyone can, it's Booth, plus whoever this FBI guy they're bringing in to replace Booth, there's no way, hes better qualified than Booth." Angela said.
" I totally agree." A familiar male voice said , making Angela and Brennan turn around to see a familiar,but long not seen face.
"Sweets!" Angela said pulling the psychologist into a hug.
"What are you doing here?" Brennan asked shocked to see the psychologist ,who had moved to the west coast shortly after Brennan and Booth's wedding.
"Nice to see you too , Dr . Brennan" Sweets said in a sarcastic, yet amused voice. It seemed the forensic anthropologist hadn't changed since he'd seen her.
" So what brings you back to D.C.?" Angela asked after the three of them walked over to her office.
"Well, Daisy and I just had our first kid, Connor, hes four months.." Sweets began clearly proud, but was cutoff by an exited Angela.
"Oh my God, congratulations!" Angela said hugging him.
"Thanks, I love being a Dad,um anyway, so I got offered my old job with the FBI and the pay is great, so we moved back yesterday." Sweets explained.
"Well, it's great to have you back, isn't it Brennan." Angela said noticing her best friend was distracted.
"Yes, though I'm still not a fan of psychology, we did find your skills quite useful in certain situations." Brennan said, clearly still slightly distracted.
"Thanks, I think...so where's Booth and the rest of the team?" Sweets asked surprised that Booth wasn't in the lab.
"They didn't tell you?" Brennan asked surprised, he didn't know about Booth reassignment.
"Tell me what?" Sweets asked confused,when he walked in he had already missed the beginning of Angela's conversation with Brennan.
"Well first , the Jeffersonian hired this new chick, Kelly Marshall ,as administrator, then they broke up Brennan and Booth as partners." Angela said.
"When did that happen, what happened to Dr . Saroyan and why would they break up your partnership?" Sweets asked surprised.
"I think they implemented the changes while we were on vacation, but we all found out about the changes yesterday." Brennan explained.
"Wow, I can't believe they did that,you two work so well together, did they say why?" Sweets asked.
"They think we cant work objectively , just because we're married and because of Parker and Seanna." Brennan explained.
" What did Booth say, when they gave that explanation." Sweets asked.
"He told them, that it wasn't true, and that I can compartmentalize, but their minds were made up." Brennan said.
"That is true, from what I can remember, you were always very objective , I don't see why they would view your dynamic as problematic now."Sweets said.
"Hodgins thinks its some type of conspiracy, none of us have been able to get in contact with Cam, its like she's disappeared." Angela said.
" These sudden changes are quite peculiar, the possibility of a conspiracy is unlikely , but I'll look into it anyway."Sweets said.
" I should get to work , it was good to see you Dr . Sweets." Brennan said heading towards the door.
"You too, Dr . Brennan, Daisy and I are having a housewarming later in the week, we'd love it if you all came, and bring the kids." Sweets said.
"That sounds nice, I'll let Booth know." Brennan said then left the room. As soon as she was gone, Angela turned to Sweets.
"Is it me or is Bren, really trying to hide the fact that the FBI, split up her and Booth really upsets her?" Angela asked.
"Like she said, she can compartmentalize,but as her friend, I'd still keep an eye on her, she doesn't deal with change as well as she thinks." Sweets said.
"True, so do you have any pictures of Conner?" Angela asked changing the subject, she too was upset about not working with Booth anymore.
"Yeah, actually I do." Sweets said smiling as he pulled a picture of a baby that looked a little like him, but with strands of dirty blond hair.
"Hes beautiful Sweets', I remember when my youngest were that small." Angela said reminiscing.
"How are Marina and the twins?" Sweets' asked, though he had moved to the west coast they had kept in contact once in awhile.
"They're great, Marina's in the fourth grade and the twins just started kindergarten, along with Seanna and Jake." Angela said smiling.
"That's great..man I still can't believe Dr . Brennan and Booth had a kid, she was so adamant about not having children." Sweets' said.
" People change, she wont admit it to Booth, but she grew allot as a person after she met him and they fell in love." Angela said.
"True, I never thought I'd see Zach married or as a dad either." Sweets' said laughing lightly.
"None of us did, Hannah and him are perfect for each other, hes a great dad and Jake is a great kid." Angela said.
"Well I better get to the Bureau, they're expecting me in like fifteen minutes, I'll try to stop by with Daisy and Conner later." Sweets said.
"It was great seeing you, I'm sure Zack and Hodgins, will be glad to see you too." Angela said smiling at him. Sweets smiled back and left the room.
An Hour later
Brennan was putting together one of the remains, she spotted something in the bone that none of the other remain had. She grabbed a magnifying glass , so she could get a closer look at the indention on the bone, it looked very familiar to her, she was certain she'd seen something like this before, in another case.
"Zach, come and take a look at this!" She said calling over her former assistant.
"Yes, Dr . Brennan." He said walking over to the bones on the table.
" Take a look at this, what do you see?" Brennan asked pointing the dent in the bone.
" This fracture seems to be distinct to these remains, perhaps a different murder weapon then the rest." Zach said.
"I think I've seen this fracture before,check the rest of the remains to see if any have the same distinct fracture." Brennan said.
" Perhaps, this victim isn't related to the others found at the junkyard." Zach said.
"We wont know till we check the rest, I'm going to check if Angela has identified these remains." Brennan said heading to the stairs of the platform.
She walked down, heading toward Angela's office, when she spotted something, or rather someone ,that made her stop right there in her tracks.
"Sully?" Brennan said not sure if she was really seeing her ex-boyfriend before her.
"Hey, Tempe." Sully said a smirk on his face.
A/n: So I got inspired and though I'm not quite done with school, its been a really long time since I updated and this has been swimming in my head for the past couple of days, so I had to get it out, I get out of school in roughly two weeks so I will be updating regularly then, as always, reviews/comments/constructive criticism is always welcomed, I'd love to hear what more of you think,hope ya'll liked the chapter, thanks for reading.
- Pessi Rom