Red Tape (A Bones fanfiction)

Chapter 2

Two

"So, Bugboy, what do you have here?" Booth asked.

"Well, Cam found rubidium on the body...." Hodgins replied.

"Woha, speak English please." Hodgins stared at Booth.

"Oh right, you're not King of the Lab like I am. Anyway rubidium is the type of metal that atomic bombs or atomic weapons are made of. I thought you would know that ex-military and all."

"Well not all army's use atomic weapons Bugboy."

Booth walked away when Angela ran into him.

"Oh gosh, sorry Booth, I was going to tell Hodgins that I think I found a match to our victim."

"Who is it?" Booth asked.

"I think the victim's name was Joe Dallas. He was 31."

"Why would a 31 year old have atomic metal on him? Because if he was killed by an atomic bomb, first off, we would know that an atomic bomb blew up and his body would have been blown to pieces." Hodgins said.

Booth thought about his one and only experience with atomic bombs. They were deadly. Even the smallest bomb would obliterate anything in a 25 mile radius. He had just snapped out of his train of thought when Faith came walking by.

"Faith, wait!" Booth yelled. Faith turned around.

"Yes?"

"Can you look up any atomic bomb or atomic weapon testing in the past 2 weeks please?"

"Of course Agent Booth." She hurried away.

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    Back at the lab, Bones was staring at the remains of Joe Dallas. After a while, she noticed something strange about the victim's skull. It had a tiny web like crack and hemorrhagic staining around it. According to her, it was a post mortem injury.

Speaking of that, they had not figured out the cause of death yet, and Bones was getting annoyed at the fact she couldn't work with anything but the bones. Even though Hodgins was working on the metal found on the skull, there was nothing else to work off.

Meanwhile, Booth was talking to the victim's mother, and as most people knew, it was his least favorite part of any case. All he was thinking was that he wanted to get through with it because the victim's mother needed to know. 

"No!" She was speaking between sobs, "He-hic-can't be- hic-gone!" "I am so sorry for your loss." Booth said. It felt like the only thing that he could do.

"If your-hic-really sorry-hic-you would find out who did this-hic-to my little boy!"

"Trust me 'mam, we are doing everything that we can, but we also need your help. First off, what happened to his father?"

"Oh, Arthur-hic- passed away five years ago-hic- from lung cancer."

"Ok, second question, are you aware of any enemies Joe had? School, work, anything?" She sadly shook her head,

"No, I'm not..... wait a second, there is this one girl from work, her name is Ivy Gartner. They haven't ever gotten along in seven years of working together. Then, last month, they had a huge shouting match at work. She said something about if he ever got near her again,she would stab him in his in his sleep."

"Ok, thank you for your time." When she got up, she looked into his eyes,

"Find who did this Agent Booth, or I swear to God I will hunt them down myself."

On that note, she took her bag and swept out of the room.