BONES AU - PART THREE "The Cannibal in Question"

CHAPTER NINE

"Whoa..." Joe whispered.

Kirstie grinned. "Want to see where it ends?"

Scott and Joe spoke in unison. "Yes."

Kirstie lead Scott and Joe to a sculpture. The origin of the laser beam seems to be coming from the eye of it. "From that spot you'd be able to see every corner of the vault." She explained.

Joe's eyes widened. "Okay everyone be very quiet from now on."

Scott nodded and whispered. "I don't get it. What does it mean?"

Joe sighed. "Gormogon. He's been watching us this whole time."
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After awhile, Joe found Scott sat behind a computer screen in the vault when he ran down the stairs.

"Bones, tech guys, they did a sensor sweep? That eye's broadcasting a signal - both audio and video. It's white light activated so it probably wasn't triggered by Kirstie's laser."

Scott looked over at him. "Okay... what do we do?"

"Exactly what Malo said, use it against Gormogon."

"Care to explain how?"

"See, I haven't got a clue."

"Hm... What- What if we fooled him into thinking that we're transferring the sculpture, he might try to grab it."

"Nah."

"And why not?"

"Because I didn't think of it. Look it's a great idea, but if you're going to sell it you're gonna have to put Father Cooper's kneecaps in the silver skeleton."

A while later, Scott and Joe are still in the basement while Scott put the kneecaps in the silver skeleton - obviously over acting, hoping that Gormogon is watching them.

"I do this under extreme protest. Who knows about this?" Scott said in a clearly tyring-too-hard voice.

Joe rolled his eyes. "Just you and me, Bones. Not even the driver knows what we're transporting. The truck will be here any minute."

"The MRI at Bethesda will tell us if Gormogon hid anything within the bones." Scott said, still kneeling in front of the skeleton.

"Like...?"

Scott spoke a little louder. "I don't know, That's why we need the MRI at Bethesda."

"Shhhhh... Don't have to scream, I'm right here, Bones." Joe whispered.

Scott nodded and whispered. "Riiiiiight, I got it."

Joe rubbed the bridge of his nose with his two fingers. "You almost done?"

"Yes. I'm done. Now we can load it onto a truck and take it to Bethesda." Scott said loudly. Joe face palmed.
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On the streets of D. C., Joe and Scott, were in a yellow cab. Joe's driving behind the truck that transports the Sculpture while Scott is sitting up front.

Joe spoke into a walkie-talkie. "Alright, everybody keeps their distance. I don't want to spook this guy." He lifted finger off the TALK button and Scott spoke up.

"Question."

"No, You can't drive. We're undercover and I'm the taxi driver."

"Passengers don't sit in the front seat."

"You're not a passenger, okay? You're a trainee. And I'm training you how to drive a taxi cab."

A motor cycle drove up next to the taxi and the driver took a look at Joe and Scott before speeding off ahead of them. Joe took up the walkie-talkie again. "Okay, all units be advised. I got a motorcycle with no plates."

The motor cycle followed the truck and they went behind the corner. The person on the motor cycle dropped a backpack on the ground. Scott and Joe come behind the corner, and they saw the backpack lying on the street. They almost hit the backpack, but Joe hit the brakes of the cab just in time.

"BONES, GET DOWN!"

"WHA- WHY?!"

Joe tried to drive the car behind the backpack but he was too late and the backpack exploded, flipping the taxi cab over a few times - while Joe and Scott were still in the car. After everything happened so fast, they were both bleeding and had injuries and neither moved for a few seconds. Then Joe comes to, but Scott still isn't moving. He looked over and whimpered.

"B-Bones?"

((sorry it's short, but gotta have them good cliff-hangers, ammirite?))