The Bones in the Serial Grave (A Bones/Criminal Minds Story)

Updated: 4/3/14

 Maggie and her husband Jonathan were hiking through the thick heavily wooded forests of Orson National State Park in Washington D.C. This was supposed to be a fun day trip for the two of them, but Maggie was tired, hot, and hungry. All she wanted to do was go back home and take a nice hot bubble bath. Jonathan had said the hike would only take about an hour. He had said that at least two hours ago.

“John were lost,” Maggie complained. She swatted angrily at a swarm of mosquitos, following her husband’s green backpack along the dirt trail.  

“We’re not lost Mags,” Jonathan replied. “I forgot this was the longer path. The next rest area is less than a mile up the path.”   

“Oh sure you forgot,” Maggie muttered quietly to herself. “It’s going to take us forever to get back to the car.”

Maggie directed all her frustration into a rock laying on the ground. However, the rock turned out to be the tip of a much larger rock. The rock stayed put, instead of skittering off the side of the hill, causing a sharp searing pain to blossom up Maggie’s foot. Maggie stumbled, tripping, stretching out hand to grab a branch or something to stop her from falling down the hill. The something that she grabbed happened to be Jonathan. With a cry of surprise from Jonathan, they both went tumbling down the hill. Their arms scrapping on loose stones and their cloths ripping on twigs and thorns.

“Omph!” Jonathan exclaimed when Maggie landed on top of him.

“Sorry!” Maggie said getting off him quickly. She looked around to see where they had landed. It was a flat soil covered area with a ruff hardly used road leading away. Maggie looked up and could barely see the path from where they had just fallen.

“Are you alright?” Jonathan asked. He slowly started getting to his feet. Reaching down to pull Maggie to her feet.

“I’m fine,” Maggie snapped. She straightened up and took a deep breath in before giving a small smile. “Sorry, just not the hiking trip I expect. I just have a few bruises, banged up my leg. You?” Jonathan shrugged. The dirt under her feet gave way some and a loud crunch made her glance down at the ground. Something white was sticking out of the dirt.

“What’s that?” Jonathan asked. He bent down and started digging whatever it was out.

“Oh, just leave it John,” Maggie sighed. “Can we please leave?” She winced as she put weight on her sore leg.

“Looks like part of a skull,” Jonathan said. “This doesn’t look like an animal skull.” He brushed the dirt off the bone and showed it to Maggie. The empty skull sockets stared back at her.

“It’s a human skull!” Maggie cried out in disgust. Jonathan dropped the skull in alarm. They looked around the clearing, the disturbed patches of dirt more noticeable. There were several white bone parts sticking up out of the ground around them.

“Oh, my-“Jonathan muttered. Both of them were hardly daring to breath.

“Let’s get out of here,” Maggie said.

“Yeah, let’s get out of here,” Jonathan replied. They practically sprinted up the hill, bruises and sore leg forgotten. Both were trying to forget what they had just seen. 

*This makes me happy! I am combining two of my favorite shows!!! Bones and Criminal Minds!!! Since they always show ether the people who get killed or the people who find the bodies I thought I should do that. What'cha think?

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