S01E04 - The Man in the Bear (03/07)

Oct 12, 2012 23:12

Fandom: Bones
Pairing: Seeley Booth/Zack Addy, Angela Montenegro/Jack Hodgins, Vincent Nigel-Murray/Wendell Bray
Rating:T
Spoilers:Season 01
Series:Seventh story of Bones Revisited - Season 01
Summary:My version of the fourth episode. Zack and Booth travel to Washington State to investigate a man eaten by a bear, only things are never that simple. Angela and Hodgins deal with the aftermath of their date. And a surprise appearance by Vincent and Wendell. Contains slash.



Author Notes: I change the character highlighted on each scene. Words in italic are their thoughts.

Main characters in each scene are Vincent Nigel-Murray (The Help), Seeley Booth (The People in Aurora and The Police Station), Jack Hodgins (The Suitcase), Temperance Brennan (The Bone Gatherers), Zack Addy (The Continuous Arch and The Cannibal) and Wendell Bray (The Peruvian Soccer Team).

Chapter Two

In which the case takes a dark turn.

Medical-Legal Lab

Jeffersonian Institute

Wendell and Vincent were sitting side by side while examining the photos Zack had beamed. The youngest of the couple was enunciating his findings ('It helps me focus, Miss Montenegro. And it doesn't bother Wendell.' 'Wendell?' 'It really doesn't.').

"These are Falstaff kerfs, which suggests a hand saw. The cut marks on the breakaway spurt...here should give us the number of teeth per inch, but to me it just looks broken."

"Angela could help us if we ask."

"Do we really need to? She unnerves me."

"You're only fully comfortable around me or Zack."

"True, but she is…"

"She is what?" - The artist walked up to them.

Scary and able to appear from thin air.

"Such a lovely maiden."

"Suck up. What do you two want?"

"Could you work it up to a three dimensional image, see if that helps us?"

"Upload all the digital info Zack sent you to my mainframe. And Vincent?"

"Yes?"

"I don't bite. Unless asked very nicely."

The black-haired squint blushed as he understood what she'd said. Wendell called out after her:

"I'll be sure to tell Hodgins that!"

I like the way Wendell protects me. Makes me feel safe.

Aurora

Washington

Booth was taking notes while talking to the sheriff walking through Aurora.

"Somebody cut that guy's arm off, Sheriff."

"Couldn't be a local, somebody missing an arm, that's something you'd notice."

The person might've been dead when the arm was cut off.

"How many people live in Aurora?"

"326 in town, another couple hundred in the unincorporated surroundings. Maybe 1200 on the Indian reservations."

"Tourists?"

"Hikers, campers. It's beautiful country so they don't realize how dangerous it is. On average we lose a couple of people each year, cycle of life hey?"

"Lose anyone recently?"

"Woman, 29." - He pointed to a missing poster taped on window of a store. - "Ann Noyes from Olympia. Disappeared a couple of weeks ago, her parents said she was an "experienced" hiker."

Booth looked at the blonde woman on the picture.

Poor girl.

Police Station

Aurora, Washington

The agent and the sheriff walked in the police station. It was a very shy station, only a couple of computers rested upon the wooden desks.

"You must have a few resident crazies?"

"Juvenile bush drinking, couple of domestics, a bar fight or two? Joy riding. The only felons we have are poachers. They shoot the black bears and sell the gallbladders on the black market. Park ranger handles that stuff."

Zack and Brennan entered the station.

"Can I help you?"

"Yeah, thanks, I'm with him."

"Suddenly I wish I was FBI." - He said to Booth before turning to Zack. - "What about you, kid?"

"I am also with them."

"Are you sure?"

That guy doesn't know how thin the ice he's treading over is.

Booth chuckled in an attempted to lighten the mood of his squint.

"Sheriff Chris Scutter, Drs. Temperance Brenan and Zack Addy."

He shook both their hands:

"My first forensic anthropologists." - The sheriff gestured to the chairs. - "Please."

"We need to find the rest of the body."- Zack said as sitting down.

"Sherman, that's Ranger Rivers, traced the bear's route back a week. Said he didn't find anything."

"What is he, some kind of Indian scout?"

"Sherman is a Flathead Indian, but since the bear was wearing a GPS collar, he didn't have to fully utilize his native powers."

"Did he check the scat?"

"What, you think there are more people parts in the bear crap?"

"We could maybe go out with Sherman tomorrow, take a look?"

"Oh, yeah, now that you've met Bones and Zack, you're all about the inter-agency cooperation."

"Bones? Now I don't think that's anyway to talk to a lady."

Lady's the last thing she is.

Zack whispered to his lover:

"She's anything but."

My psychic, ladies and gentlemen.

Brennan thanked the sheriff and got up.

"Do you have dinner plans, Doctor?"

"We're working." - Booth dragged her and Zack out of the station. - "Thanks for that."

Break Room

Medical-Legal Lab

Hodgins and Angela were sitting on the couches across from each other.

"All I'm saying is, why cut somebody into pieces?"

"Pack'em up tighter, maybe. Say, in a suitcase"

"How did a bear open up a suitcase?"

"I never said the guy got around to put it in a suitcase… And Brennan is always saying you sciency types can't jump to conclusions."

"You set me up! Are you taping this?"

"As Booth will remind you, you were the one with the camera."

"Since you're so fond of reminiscing, how about helping me remember the last part of our date?"

I have been hanging around Zack while he's on the lit mode a little too much.

She doubled over in laughter.

"Stop that!"

"Sorry, sorry." - She took a deep breath. - "Will this make it up to you?"

She pressed her lips to his.

Yeah, that'll do it.

Forest surrounding Aurora

Washington

Sherman was talking to the two forensic anthropologists and the agent:

"We've been looking for that female hiker since she went missing. But sometimes you never find a trace; they fall in the ravine, the river. So how do you two like the Evergreen Lodge?"

"Very nice, we have a beautiful view of the mountains from our terrace."

"You guys have a terrace?"

"Yes."

"I'm sharing a bathroom."

"You're welcome to use ours, Seeley." - Zack said in a low voice.

Booth's face lighted up:

"Thanks, Zack."

Sherman stopped walking and pointed to the ground:

"This was where the bear was shot"

"Where did he get before he died?"

"About a hundred yards."

"How do you know that's the right way, Booth?"

"Not hard to track a wounded bear"

The agent walked ahead of the others.

"Ever hear of the Bone Gatherers? Collecting bones so that the dead can make the journey to the next world?"

Brennan answered with a 'Not even sure I believe in the next world.' while Zack said 'Yes, I am familiar with that.'

"Doesn't matter what you believe in, miss. You're Bone Gatherers, that's a good thing, helping the spirits move on."

"Thank you. That's probably the best job description I'll ever get." - Zack laughed.

It is a nice description.

"Over here!"

"You find something?"

"Some bear scat in the woods. I think he was here and he headed off over there.

"Okay." - The anthropologist said as she took out a pair of gloves. - "See if you can find some older samples."

Booth, Sherman and Zack step back as Brennan opened up her bag and took out a container.

"She ain't the squeamish type, is she?"

Wouldn't be able to do this job if I was.

"I'm going to go out on the limb here and guess they don't get a lot of eligible good looking women coming through town."

"I have an assumption that the only eligible good looking woman in town is the veterinarian, Seeley."

"Poor guys."

The couple broke into laughter.

Rapid Express/Medical-Legal Lab

Aurora, Washington/Jeffersonian Institute, Washington D.C.

Charlie was reading Brennan's book ('Bred in the Bone') as she and Zack entered the room carrying another box to ship.

"Hey, I just finished chapter seven." - He said as he put the book down.

"This has to go to the lab."

"Do you do all the stuff the girl in your book does?"

Brennan started to write on the waybill, saying only:

"I'm slightly uncomfortable discussing that with you."

"No, I'm not talking about the sex...I'm talking about the running, and the shooting. I mean, if you do do all that other stuff that's great too for you and...uh...whoever you're doing it with."

Zack took pity on the guy and motioned for him to stop:

"Breathe, Charlie, breathe."

The man from Aurora took a deep cleansing breath before changing the subject:

"More bones?"

"No, it's bear scat."

"I can deal with that."

Zack's phone started ringing.

"Hello?"

A Brit voice was on the other side:

"Zack?"

"Wait a second, Mr. Nigel-Murray; I'll put you and Mr. Bray on speaker."

Because I know he's by your side.

"The person who belonged to the arm died approximately a week ago and the bear ate it one to three days after that."

"Anything from the saw?"

Wendell started talking:

"Angela is entering the date into the holographic display. I've found something else neither me nor Vincent could categorize. Can we beam it to you?"

"Okay, hold on. Dr. Brennan is setting up the link."

"Give me a second; I'm connecting to the satellite." - She said to no one in particular.

"Yeah, alright." - The British squint answered.

"And, we're linked."

"Dr. Brennan, me and Vincent have been focusing on…"

Charlie took the package and put it to the side, walked around to look at the computer screen.

"Who are them?"

"My assistants, Vincent and Wendell."

"Hey guys."

"Who's that?" - said the squint from England.

"The overnight guy Charlie... Ok, we're set up; you can send us the pictures.

"Hey, Vincent, does your boss have a boyfriend?"

"That depends. Are you talking about Zack or Dr. Brennan? Zack has one but Doctor Brennan doesn't. Are you extremely good looking?"

Only Zack heard a loud 'Vince!' before Charlie answered:

"Yes, I am, Vincent."

"Guys, these are bite marks."

"You mean from the bear?" - The blond squint was curious.

"No, black bears have premolars that are small and pegged like. These marks show double cusp pattern."

"Pigs are double cusped. Did you know that pigs rank #4 in animal intelligence behind only chimpanzees, dolphins and elephants?"

"Hey, Vincent, are you extremely smart?"

"Yes, I am, Charlie."

Wendell bit his tongue so he wouldn't say 'And taken!'.

"Pigs have six incisors; these marks were made by four incisors, like a chimp but these teeth form a continuous arch."

The squints in the lab gasped.

"So, uhm, what's got a continuous arch?"

They all answered him together:

"Humans."

Zack broke the silence that had formed with a solemn voice:

"We just don't have a killer on our hands, we have a cannibal."

Sheriff's SUV

Aurora, Washington

The Sheriff's SUV is parked. Brennan is sitting in the passenger seat while the Sheriff is eating in the drivers' seat. Booth and Zack are standing next to the car, talking through the window.

"Wendell and Vincent will have the Odontologist at the Jeffersonian take a look, but we are all in agreement."

The sheriff took a sip from his drink.

"The cannibal. You mean a Hannibal Lecter type deal?"

"I don't know what that means."

"No, Dr. Lecter cooked his victims and used a recipe book." - Booth looked mildly shocked at his squint. - "I've read the books."

Gifts from Rick and Kate.

"You're certain that a human being gnawed on that bone."

"It gnawed, removed the flesh."

The sheriff began to look sick while eating.

"That's...that's really not good."

"Are you sure, Bones, have you never seen anything like this before?"

"Of course I've seen this before. I did grad work among the Waori of the Amazon and they have a long history of cannibalism. I've also seen evidence of cannibalism in some twelfth century Native American sites. It's not a big deal."

"It kinda is, Bones."

" Have you ever..." The sheriff trailed off.

"Eaten human flesh?" - Zack completed.

"I've never been offered it before."

"Maybe if you've had?"

"It's an interesting question. I would have to measure my own social inculcation against objective scientific inquiry."

"Okay, that's sick."

"Maybe we're looking for somebody that needs to be rescued. Maybe the young man died and the missing girl, hungry and lost came upon him needing food…

Sheriff Scutter cut in:

"Sawed him up and barbequed him..."

"There was no evidence that the hand was cooked."

"She does not look like the type of girl who would chew on raw flesh."

"I agree with Booth."

"And if it isn't her, we're dealing with some psycho cannibal killer."

"This is sick..."

The sheriff finally stopped eating.

"Sick…" - Zack whispered slowly and exchanged looks with his boss before continuing. - "Somebody eating raw human flesh is going to be sick!"

Medical-Legal Lab

Aurora, Washington/Jeffersonian Institute, Washington D.C.

Wendell, Vincent, Hodgins and Angela are going over the evidence.

Angela was looking at the photos of the arm.

"Are those teeth marks?"

"Yes, and the drag marks is where the flesh was ripped right off the bone."

"Did you know that…" - Vincent had started saying but Angela glared at him. - "I guess you do."

"Ugh, it's like a zombie movie. Somebody gnawed on this arm like some kind of man-corn?"

"According to that Peruvian soccer team that crashed in the Andes, human flesh tastes like frogs' legs."

"Ew, Hodge."

"As if we needed another reason not to eat frog."

"I'm going to make a cast of these markings." - Wendell said standing up. - "We won't get a full dental impression but we'll at least get something. Keep me company, Vincent?"

We'll get done in no time and then…

The blond squint and the British squint left.

"Angela, if we were a Peruvian soccer team and crashed into the Andes. Who would you rather eat, me, Zack, Brennan, Booth, Wendell or Vincent?

Angela sighed loudly, gave him a look and left.

"What?"

character: wendell bray, pairing: vincent nigel-murray/wendell br, character: zack addy, character: jack hodgins, character: seeley booth, pairing: seeley booth/zack addy, pairing: angela montenegro/jack hodgins, series: bones revisited - season 01, character: temperance brennan, fandom: bones, character: vincent nigel-murray

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