Title: For the Greater Good

Rating: T

Disclaimer: HA! I only own Dr. Vivian Foley.

Characters: the Squints, Zack and OC (Dr. Foley)

Summary: He had done it for the greater good-all lives over one life-but his greater good only consisted of five people, and someone needed to see that (my idealized wishes for season four and the truth of the finale).

Prologue

She knew who it was before he spoke. The dull sound of metal and plastic on wood gave him away every time he rapped his knuckles against the door, and given his crime she was more than expecting a much louder knock. The soft rapping repeated only twice almost left her disappointed. Sighing, she beckoned to him knowing that she was visible through the crack in the door. She added her voice when she realized that his eyes were downcast and starring at his shoes.

"Come in, but I'm almost sure that's it's a Wednesday, and that would mean that it's not time for your first appointment." He shuffled flicking the sleeves of his shirt down to completely cover his hands. She had only seen him in passing, and now took him in-much taller than her five feet and three inches he was attempting to take up as little room as possible. His eyes darted up once, and she managed to keep them there.

"Zack Addy?" He nodded. "What brings you here a day early?"

He shifted on one foot before beginning. "The man in the room next to me was talking to himself last night, and while I sat up due to the noise I heard him formulating a plan…With himself. A few hours ago before room checks I heard a scratching noise coming from my closet, and I surmised that he was trying to dig his way out through his closet which connects to mine." She listened to his words tumble out before gaining speed as though he had given speeches on the criminally sane often. Thinking back, she caught the almost mechanical tone as he distanced himself from the report. "If it keeps up at the current pace I think he'll eventually begin causing irreversible tissue damage and possibly tear his skin to the bone."

She nodded. "Thank you, Mr. Addy. I'm assuming you told one of the orderlies."

"They told me that hearing things was a side affect of the crazy."

'Oh, what a great place this was to be…'

"I thought that since you're my doctor, and that my name begins with an A that you would be the doctor for my neighbor since most systems work alphabetically or by room placement."

She was going to need to read his file again.

"Is that all right, Dr. Foley?"

Well no, her patient was clawing his way through a wall so it wasn't all right."

"Yes, thank you." Her body was out of the chair as he backed through her door. "I'll…Actually Mr. Addy, stay here while I handle this, and we can begin early."

"Yes, Dr. Foley."

It was as she was sprinting towards the south wing that she wondered why he had paused with her name.

It was as she was sprinting towards the south wing that Zack wondered why he had almost said, "Yes, Dr. Brennan."

-TBC-