Author's Note: Thanks for reading and reviewing! Please review to let me know what you think. Castle season six finale tonight. I have my box of tissues and sleeping pills to sleep through the hiatus. Thanks and enjoy!

I did not sleep that night. I laid awake on the metal seat, staring at the wall. Demming did not leave the lights on when he left that night. It was complete and utter darkness. There was no sound either, my thoughts echoed through my head.

I looked at my watch and it said that it was three in the morning. I heard a door open. I quickly turned my head towards the shadows. One light came on and the silhouette came out of its cover.

"Ms. White? What are you doing here?"

"Hello, Jasper." She said with a smirk on her face.

"You told the police a lie. I never changed my campaign name."

"I lied about a lot of things. For instance, my name isn't Emily White." She pulled off the blond wig and shook her natural brown hair out. "Мое настоящее имя Елена Маркова." She said in a thick Russian accent.

"I'll be honest with you. I have no idea what you just said."

"My real name is Elena Markov. Silly American." She laughed. "Your father hired me to keep an eye on you. I did what he needed and he needs one last thing done."

"What?" I gritted through my teeth.

"To give you a way out." She said holding out a white pill in her leather clad hand. "It's cyanide. It's painful, but this will all be over in nine seconds."

"Why don't you just kill me now?"

"Not my job." She grabbed my arm through the cell with a blink of an eye. She pressed down on a nerve and my hand opened. She slowly slid the pill in and folded my fingers over it. "He said to do it in front of Alexis. Give her something to remember. And if you don't, he'll make sure that when you get sent to booking. He will have someone " With that she walked slowly backwards into the shadows and slipped away. The lights went back off and I was left alone in a cell, in the dark, alone with a cyanide pill in my hand.

I held that pill in my hand staring at it for hours, debating whether or not I should end it all. I quickly hid it inside my pants pocket as I heard a door open and the lights turn on. Demming came in.

"Someone wants to see you."

"Who?"

"Jim Beckett." He said.

Jim Beckett walked in a suit, briefcase in hand. Demming opened the gate and pulled in a chair for Jim. I stood and shook the man's hand.

"Mr. Beckett, I wish we were meeting on better circumstances."

"As do I do." He said sitting.

"I'm not trying to sound rude or anything, but what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to help. You need a lawyer and I am a lawyer. So here I am. You did a huge thing for my family, helping my Katie move on from the past. Getting justice for Johanna. You did a very brave thing and I want to help you. I know you did not do these heinous crimes and I think I can help."

"How?"

"All they have on you is bank notes and testimonies. Bank notes can be faked, that's reasonable doubt. Those testimonies are all from convicted criminals. Put all the evidence together and that is enough to put reasonable doubt in jury. I think all we need is a really good testimony from you and Alexis and you'll be good."

"Ok. Now, I have never done this before. What happens when they book me?"

"They're going to transfer you to city jail. You'll get booked and then they'll put you in a cell to await your trial. Don't worry, I'll try to get protective custody. A coupe of guys owe me a favor."

"Thank you." I smiled. "Jim, could you do me a favor and send in Castle and Beckett? I just really need to talk to them."

"Ok. I'll get them. Listen, don't worry. We're going to get you out." He said standing. I held out my hand and he took it, pulling me in for a hug in the process.

"Thank you, Jim. Not just for this, but it'd be real easy to watch me go down to because of name."

"Just because you both share blood does not make you like him." He said pulling back and grabbing his briefcase. "I'll go get Katie and Rick."

He left me alone. Soon enough, Castle and Beckett came through the hallway and into the holding cell. Castle gave Beckett the chair while he stood behind her.

"How are you doing?" Beckett asked.

"Your Dad put my mind to ease some. But still I'm here."

"We're trying out best. Demming won't let us on the case because he is saying that it is a conflict of interest. But, we are doing things from the outside right now until the mayor calls Castle back."

"I can't wait to see the look on Demming's face when he get's his ass handed to him by the mayor." Castle said with a smile. "Something wrong?" He said noticing my expression.

"I had a visitor last night. A woman. It was Miss White but it wasn't. It was a Russian. Dark brown hair, kinda look like you. Anyway, her name is Elena Markov and she gave me this." I said taking the pill out of my pocket. " Cyanide, she told me it was my first option and if I didn't choose this then my father would have people waiting for me. They're sending me to the tombs. I'm not gonna last the night."

"Protective custody isn't going to do jack either." Beckett said.

"They're going to kill me and there isn't anything that we can do." I said.

"We can do what I did when Tyson set me up. We can fake an escape and get you out until we have the evidence you need." Castle suggested.

"I'm not running. I'm done fighting."

"Think about Alexis."

"If I can't be strong for myself how am I supposed to do that for someone else. I love her. But I can't keep doing this cycle of always being torn apart from her. If it ends, it ends. She'll get over it. She has a support system."

"You're just gonna give up. That's it. You're gonna let him win."

"I never had a chance! At least you can get on with your lives! Ever since I came into your lives, it's been about me! I'm tired! I'm done. He won. I lost. It's not your fight."

"We're not done. We have never given up on anyone and we're not going to start now." Castle said.

"Do what you have to do." They both stood to stand and were about to leave. "Castle! Don't let her waste time on me. Make sure she moves on."

"I don't think she will." With that they both left.