"Castle?"
"I'm right next to you."
"What is that?"
"It's dark." The writer squinted his eyes and saw a dark figure lying on the ground. "I think I see it."
Kate ran ahead and knelt down. "This woman's missing her hand! Oh… Do you think the hand sent to me was hers?" Castle caught up to her.
"Help! Someone help!"
"Give me something to stop the bleeding!"
Castle knelt down. "Use your jacket!" Kate did just that, wrapping her blazer around the woman's stump. The two were unaware when a cloaked figure walked towards them, carrying a two by four.
Kate was pulled out her trance only when she heard the two by four connect with the back of Castle's head. She stumbled away from the woman lying on the ground and looked up at the dark figure advancing on her. Her back hit the wall, her breath came in gasps. The man cocked his head to the side and chuckled softly.
The blow from the wood hit her in the side of her head, and the last thing she heard before she blacked out was a gunshot.
"Jane, should we wait for SWAT?" Ryan questioned her, looking at the brunette expectantly.
"No, let's go ahead. We'll be fine with the five of us." Jane led the way into the warehouse doors. They walked down the hallway, armed and ready. When they rounded the corner, Jane saw a hooded man standing over a body on the ground.
She aimed her gun. "Put your hands behind your head!" The man turned, and the detectives saw that he was holding a weapon.
"Put the weapon down! Slowly!" The man started to aim the gun at the bodies on the ground. Now that Jane was closer, she saw there was more than one. Jane pulled the trigger and the man went down. All five detectives rushed over.
"I hope you didn't shoot Castle," Frost said, as they ran down the hallway.
"Yeah well. At least he won't flirt with Maura if he's dead."
"Really? I heard she's into dead people."
Jane reached the man she shot, secretly happy that she didn't shoot Castle, and she took his pulse. "He's dead," she confirmed, frowning. "I really hope this is our killer… Who are the other people?" Esposito, Ryan, and Korsak looked up.
Ryan spoke, "Call an ambulance. Castle and Beckett are unconscious and Mrs. Byrne looks like she's bleeding out."
The brunette's eyes fluttered open as she slowly came to. A doctor walked in and smiled at the waking detective.
"Detective Beckett! It's so good you're awake!" The doctor smiled as she checked Kate's charts. The brunette was looking at her, a confused look on her face. "I'm your doctor. Dr. Larson."
"What… What happened? How is Castle?"
"Calm down. Richard and you are both fine. You both suffered from head injuries and he's already been discharged."
"How long… Have I been out?"
"About five hours since it happened. You should get some sleep, Detective."
"I think we would've made great friends Detective," Castle said as he shook Jane's hand goodbye.
Jane's face took on a fake smile. "If only you hadn't been trying to steal my girlfriend the whole time you were here."
Castle's eyes almost bugged out of his head as he turned to say goodbye to Frost and Korsak. Maura offered to tell Castle, to try to make it up to Jane. Jane had declined and had waited for the perfect moment, and this was it.
She hugged both Esposito and Ryan; she actually quite liked them. Kate stepped up next. She smiled at Jane and remembering her captain's words, she agreed, Jane was a force to be reckoned with.
She whispered in Jane's ear, "I think I'm going to miss you, Jane."
"You too, Kate. Don't hesitate to call."
"I won't. Hope things work out between you and Maura." The two broke the hug, and the four people turned to leave. Jane watched as the elevators closed.
"I'll miss them, but not Castle."
Frost nodded. "Yeah, I hate rich folk." When Jane shot him a glare he added, "But not Maura of course. She's great, I mean-."
"Gotcha Frost. I got it."
~FIN~
Author's Note- Alright! Everythings all tied up! Please review!