FIC: Science and/or Art (Crimin4l Numb3rs)
Sorry for the long wait, I was incredibly busy and then my betas were busy. The good news is that I've managed quite some progress on one of my other Numb3rs fics so hopefully that'll be out soon too.
Title: Science and/or Art
Series: Crimin4l Numb3rs
Author: Valerie Vancollie (valeriev84 [at] hotmail.com)
Characters: Ian Edgerton, (Charlie)
Rating: PG
Summary: Edgerton gets briefed on Dr. Charles Eppes.
Spoilers: Uncertainty Principle, Sacrifice, All's Fair, Longshot
Timeline: Set between Fantasy and Third Person.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Numb3rs characters, items or situations. I only lay claim to the original aspects of the fic.
"This is Dr. Charles Edward Eppes," Agent Hendricks stated as he brought up a photo of a young man, hardly more than a boy, with a mass of curly hair. "Goes by Charlie."
"Doctor?" Ian questioned, examining the face.
"PhD in mathematics. A genius, apparently, turning the science into an art or something like that. He's five years younger than Eppes but they graduated high school together before he flew through college. He was in England for a while but moved to join his brother eight months before Eppes left Quantico."
"Do we know why?"
"Not definitively, but my profiler thinks he could have gotten homesick. Charles has spent most of his life with at least one member of his family; his mother even moved across the country to be with him at Princeton. With his parents dead, that leaves only Eppes."
"So they're traveling together," Ian paused. "Is Dr. Eppes along voluntarily?"
"It would appear so. The question is whether he's aware of what his brother is doing."
"Maybe he's helping his brother," Agent Kevlin suggested.
Agent Martin snorted. "A mathematician help a former Fed commit crime? What's he gonna do, count the number of guards at the bank?"