A/N: Been far too long! Sully must die! Thank you for all the support; this fic would be nothing without you all! We hit the big 4-0! Thanks to celtic33 for the idea. Enjoy!!
The Elephant and the Sully
Tim Sullivan, aka Sully, was finally on a date with his girlfriend…and her partner. He supposed it could be worse, but he could have sworn he saw them holding hands while they were watching the monkeys. Yes, they were at the zoo. Not Brennan's first choice, although she was pleased with the zoo's conservation efforts and help to endangered species.
They stopped in front of the elephant habitat and Sully leaned against the wooden partition. He'd always loved elephants. Brennan loved them too. They were very intelligent creatures with a complex social hierarchy. She explained all this to Booth, who smiled and nodded at appropriate intervals. Sully could tell he wasn't really listening. He broke into her impromptu lecture.
"That's really interesting Tempe."
She frowned at him. "I was talking to Booth, not you Peanut."
She chuckled as did Booth at the mention of the nickname. Sully was embarrassed. So much so, that he stumbled and fell head first into the elephant enclosure. Before he could even stand up, he found himself surrounded by elephants, and if elephants could look angry, these certainly did. Sully began to scoot backwards in the dirt of the enclosure but the elephants advanced, trampling him under their powerful feet.
Brennan cringed. "I wonder why they did that? I mean obviously they felt threatened by him for some reason. I can't imagine why they would, but something made them upset."
"Maybe they thought he was a mouse and freaked out," Booth suggested.
"That's another common misconception Booth…" he tuned her out again as they turned away from the unpleasantness that was Sully's corpse. After her comments on the elephant/mouse scenario, Brennan continued. "If this were the wild, scavengers would be arriving to feast on the remains; vultures, hyenas and the like."
"That's a nice image Bones. Now, let's go see something a little smaller, like the animals in the petting zoo."
"I'd like that."
A/N: As always, I hope you liked it. Thanks for reading!