A seasoned tour guide lead new guides around the Smithsonian museum. One of the trainees raised a hand. "Uh... Miss Travis?"
"Yes?"
The man pointed to behind the tour guide, so she turned around to see a statue of Lincoln, but more importantly, a skull with a spike attached to it at the foot of Lincoln. When she looked up, written in blood on Lincoln's chest said "WHERE IS THE REST OF ME?"
"Oh dear god..."
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Joe and Scott were already on their way. The two had been working together for nine years, and were now in a romantic relationship.
"Alright, I just talked to the manager and they've isolated that part of the museum. The less the press know about this, the better- trust me."
They met the rest of the team at the museum and as they walked in they could already hear Max. "...I actually thinkth the Vatican was in on the Lincoln assathination. They hated Lincoln thince he defended a former prietht against the bishop of Chicago. All I'm thaying is that John Wilketh Booth was secretly a member of the Knights of the Golden Thircle, affiliated with Rome."
Joe rolled his eyes and leaned on the wall. "So what do we got?"
Gerard, the new head of Pathology after Kevin left, spoke up. "The killer left a message in blood. 'Where's the rest of me?' I assume he's referring to the rest of the remains because Lincoln seems intact. Do we have a time of death yet, Dr. MacDunagh?"
Max nodded. "Well, according to the blowfly eggth in the orbital socketth, we're looking at about two dayth."
Scott was already down at the remains. "There is something very strange about this vertebral column."
Joe raised an eyebrow. "Strange how?"
"The articulating vertebrae all appear to be from the same spine, but... they're in the wrong order."
"What, a killer dissected out the spine and separated the vertebrae? Is that a big deal?"
"It means detaching all the intrasegmental ligaments, the anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments, and the supraspinous ligament, not to mention somehow reattaching them."
"So... Big deal."
"Absolutely-- it seems the killer reassembled the vertebrae, out of order, on purpose. He's sending us a message."
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BONES AU - PART FIVE "The Serial Killer and the Hounds"
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