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"I don't know how many lives you've got kid." A low voice said as Sweets came to. His eyes focused slowly to see Carson standing over him.
"Wha…" Sweets said trying to clear his throat.
"Just hold off on the talking." Carson said and Sweets looked around to see he was at the Jeffersonian on Dr. Brennan's couch. "You're pretty lucky to have such knowledgeable friends." Carson added as the group turned towards Sweets as Carson waved them in.
They rushed in and sighed a breath of relief that Sweets was awake.
"Good, it worked." Hodgins said obviously the brain child of something.
"I told you it would!" Finn added in hitting Hodgins on the shoulder.
"What…" Sweets asked rubbing his head.
"You were drugged." Brennan said. "Agent Carson found some of the substance on Wilson Thompson as he was being processed. When the emergency call came in that an agent was down he brought it. We hardly had enough trace in the bottom of the glass so it was a good thing he had it."
"I analyzed it and we were able to determine it was a rare flower from Cambodia…" Hodgins began but Booth waved his hands to put him off. It was obvious the lingo was giving Booth a headache.
"Wilson, he paid off one of his compatriots to slip it in your drink." Booth said. "The guy didn't know it was deadly."
"How did he know to do that?" Sweets asked trying to string the words together. The remainder of the substance in his system was making it hard to think.
"Apparently he thought there was a chance you were going to run from the building and leave us." Brennan said. "Or so Agent Carson said in his follow up interview with Wilson."
Carson was caught off guard by Brennan's directness and simply nodded.
"He obviously didn't know you." Booth said with an encouraging smile.
"Yeah, he should have known I would need a ride home." Sweets joked and it took them a second to get it.
"You've got a good team here." Carson said getting up to leave, he felt like what he was, an interloper on the team. "With all their science stuff, they saved you Dr. Sweets."
"And he us." Cam added and they all smiled.
"We don't have to go for another drink do we?" Sweets asked and they all laughed.