Booth helped the girl walk to the SUV while Brennen told the techs to send everything to the Jeffersonian and take soil samples around the body. Booth made sure she buckled herself carefully so she wouldn't hurt her wrist anymore. She always kept it in her sleeve so he couldn't get a good look at it. Booth met Brennen near the hood of the car. "Booth, I think she was a foster kid."
"I think your right on that one Bones, but I just don't want to scare her."
"I don't want to have to put her back into the system until its absolutely necessary."
"Well I can't make any promises but I'll try Bones."
They were about halfway to the Jeffersonian when Booth looked back at the girl for what seemed to be the millionth time in the past five minutes and smiled. "Bones, look" he whispered. Bones glanced at the rear view mirror and smiled too, the girl had fallen sound asleep. As they pulled into the Jeffersonian parking lot Brennen had already called Cam and let her know that they had a kid with them and to set up an examination table.
The Girl still hadn't woken up when Booth and Brennen got out of the car. Booth exchanged a glance at (his) Bones and handed her all the paperwork and then scooped up the girl in his arms. He almost threw her in the air because he over compensated, the girl who was probably the same age as the victim weighed maybe eighty pounds. She groaned softly and then rested her head on his shoulder. Angela, who was not informed that they would be having a guest in the lab that day looked at the three of them coming into the lab. Brennen made her way to Angela's room while Booth gently laid the girl on the couch in Brennen's office and put a blanket over her. He then roamed over to where Angela and Brennen and Angela were chatting. He glanced at his watch,
"Hey Angela you mind watching the kid while me and Bones grab lunch?"
"Uh, Ya sure what's her name?" Angela said as she looked over into Brennen's office at the sleeping form of the girl. Brennen and Booth exchanged looks, Brennen was the one who said, "We don't know, she hasn't said a word since we found her at the crime scene. But can you let us know as soon as she wakes up?" And with that Booth grabbed her by the shoulders and with his hand on the small of her back they made their way through the lab. Angela was left standing alone in the middle of the lab wondering how that pair can be that in love with each other and not tell. With one last look at the receding pair who both wore smiles on their faces, made her way into Brennen's office. Angela had been sitting there for maybe a half an hour reading a magazine when she saw the sleeping form of the girl start to stir. Of course her first reaction was to call Brennen when she decided to try and talk to the girl first.
Hodgins had come in around noon to see if she wanted to go to lunch and when he saw the girl he thought she might be hungry when she woke up and left a peanut butter sandwich and a soda. After he had brought back food he kissed Angela on the temple and told her he had made dinner reservations for them that night.
Angela saw the girl push herself up to a sitting position with her left hand and look around the room in confusion. Angela quickly moved to the chair opposite the couch and started talking. "Hey sweetie, Agent Booth and Dr. Brennen went to get lunch and they left me to watch you. Are you hungry I have a sandwich and a soda if you want it." Angela passed the sandwich and soda to the girl who hesitantly reached out and excepted them. Five minutes later the sandwich was reduced to crumbs and the soda was emptied. Angela had watched in awe as the short child had eaten like she hadn't eaten in weeks. A few moments later after she licked the peanut butter off her fingers she smiled. "Um, sweetie can you tell me what your name is and how old you are?" She immediately saw the girl's eyes darken and she looked at the ground. Angela noticed this and remembered how Booth had said that she hadn't said a word and in turn she reached into her pocket and pulled out a pad of paper and a pencil and handed it to the girl. The girl reached out and took the pencil and wrote:
My name is Sully O'Connell and I am thirteen years old. The boy you found in the woods was my brother Robert O'Connell he was sixteen.
She then handed the paper and pencil back to angela and hugged her wrist to her chest. Angela read the note and tucked it back in her pocket and thought to herself, Sully...I wonder how that ones gonna float over with Booth and Brennen...
"Ok Sully I'm going to call Booth and Brennen and they're going to have to ask you some questions alright?"
Sully again nodded and winced as she tried push the blanket off her legs.
Ten minutes later Booth and Brennen strolled into the lab with Booth's hand securely on the small of Brennen's back. Sully was sitting on a stool next to Hodgins' station while he showed her some of the bugs he collected. Angela was standing next to them and all three of them raised their eyebrows as Brennen and Booth walked passed them almost walking by Sully who almost seemed natural in the lab. Angela stepped forward and pointed at Sully, "This is Sully." Booth and Brennen stood there with shocked expressions. Brennen was the first to move and she said her name and also introduced Booth. Sully extended her left hand much to Brennen's confusion. Booth knew why and started to herd the group towards Cam's office where Cam was waiting with the examination table.
Sully hopped onto the examination table, still hugging her wrist to her gut while Booth and Bones leaned against one of the tables in Cam's office. "Sully, can I check out your wrist?" Sully carefully extended her right hand and Cam gently rolled back her sleeve. Her wrist was swollen and purple and bent in an awkward position. Booth winced and Brennen pushed her face into Booth's shoulder remembering the things that had happened to her when she was in the system. Cam splinted the wrist and made sure that Sully had no other broken bones.
It was about five p.m. when the remains and the evidence from the crime scene were brought in. Booth had asked Angela to take Sully into her office while the remains were being processed. Sully looked out on to the lab where Dr. Brennen was leaned over her bother's body while Agent Booth was looking at her. Angela looked over at the girl who was sitting in her office looking out at Angela's second favorite couple. Earlier that day Angela had gone out with Brennen to get Sully clean clothes and now Sully was clean and seemed somewhat happy. Booth had already discussed with Angela and Bones on what was going to happen with Sully that night. Sully was going to sleep in Bones' guest bedroom and Booth was going to sleep on the couch. Fifteen minutes later Brennen snapped off her gloves and she and Booth walked into Angela's office to collect their charge. Sully got up and followed behind the love struck duo and rolled her eyes on how blind they both were.