Cold Body, Warm Heart

A Castle Story By

HCBalwayshappy

He did information on this once for his book. He was going to write a story about someone being stuck in a freezing cold car, when he was in college for an assignment. Looking it up he read all about it, read stories from people who had survived. How they slowly went to numbness and barely held on. How they were scared that they wouldn't say goodbye. A lot of them were alone. Some weren't. He also knew who would go first, the girl, and he knew who he had to watch die.

Bang! They tried the door again, nothing worked. She, the girl he loved, the girl he cared so much about, the reason he was here slid down the wall and put her face in her hands.

"I'm sorry Castle," She said, looking up at him, her shadow, her sidekick, her friend. He knelt down next to her and put a hand on her forehead, she was cold. That meant to her, he was warm.

"Kate-"

"No, It's my fault, I'm the reason your here. I should have saw that coming, I let him get away! He's got a bomb, castle."

"No one could have seen this coming Kate, no one! It's not your fault, Ryan and Esposito will find us. Then we'll stop the bomb together. We're going to be okay," Castle tried to reason with her. He could see the frost forming on her hair, freezing it,and her eyelashes.

"You shouldn't be here, you have a family, people who need you, want you," Beckett shivered.

"Don't say that Kate, Javier and Kevin, your their sister. Montgomery, your his daughter. Lanie...They care about you, they'd be devastated if you died. I care about you." They had slowly moved to the center of the room now, that way if anyone did open it, they'd see them. He had Kate wrapped up in his arms.

"I shouldn't let this happen, if he gets away, the bomb goes off, people will die. It'll be my fault." She wasn't as cold anymore, she couldn't feel much. Castle noticed that she stopped shivering.

"It won't be your fault."

"Cas-" Kate tried to tell him, it was getting harder to think, to stay focused. To stay awake.

"It WON"T be your fault, we'll find the guy we'll catch him."

"Ric-"

"Just stop Beckett."

"I can't feel anything, I can't hold on any longer," She whispered, her whole body fought to stay awake. She had to tell him something before she died. She had to let him know, how she felt, and that she was so thankful for him. "I need to tell you something," each word she spoke, took so much effort, so much power. She hated feeling like she was helpless, like there was nothing she could do. only four more words, Four, Come on Kate. You can do this. She told herself.

"Castle I-" The hand that gripped his jacket fell onto his lap. Castle's heart pounded, tears threatened his eyes. He couldn't lose her, he couldn't. He wanted to grow old with her. To always have her with him, to save her. She was unconscious her small body limp in his arms. She didn't look like the super cop, now. She looked like Katherine Beckett, the fragile person that resided on the inside of the armor, that she always wore.

"No! no, Kate stay with me. Please Stay with me. I can't lose you. Your my best friend. Stay with me!" He cried, rocking her back and forth. "Please, please!"

Ryan and Esposito jumped out of their car and into the building. They got worried when Beckett wouldn't answer her phone and that Castle didn't either, so they tracked it. Castle's phone was on, they had put the tracker on it when he wasn't looking. Beckett's was disabled, they were unable to reach it. That was never good. They found castle's phone on the ground by a big door.

"Shoot! What do you think happened to them?" Ryan asked his partner, Esposito.

"I don't know Bro, but we have to find them."

"Help! Is anyone out there!" A weak voice called from behind the giant door, "Anyone, Please I need an ambulance. There's a cop down!"

"Castle?" Both detectives said at the same time, walking towards the door.

"Esposito, Ryan! In here." Castle could hardly stand the cold anymore.

"Ready Bro, on three," Javier said, since he couldn't open the door, because it was jammed..

"One, Two...Three!" They ran into the door hurling themselves inside and onto the freezing ground. Esposito looked up, his heart sinking when he saw Kate. The closest thing he had to a sister. Frost completely covered her, her face was deathly pale, and he couldn't tell if she was breathing. Her lips were blue, nearly purple. Castle looked about half as bad, frost gathered on the tips of his hair, but he was awake. His eyes dazed, and unfocused.

Looking over at Ryan who was thinking the same thing, they picked themselves up and walked over to them.

"Get-Get Beckett out of here, hurry. She's been unconscious for awhile." Castle said. Esposito leaned over and picked the extremely light Katherine Beckett off of the ground. From now on Esposito would make sure she ate, and got enough sleep. It wasn't healthy for her to be this light.

"She's so cold," Esposito said as he stepped out of the freezer. Kevin helped Castle up and they stumbled outside after him.

"Kevin, Call 911. Get an ambulance here asap." Kevin nodded and pulled out his phone after giving his jacket to Castle. Taking off his also Javier wrapped it around Kate, holding her closely and Trying to warm her up. Feeling for a pulse, he gave a sigh of relief when she had one. It was small and slow, but it was hope.

"Dang it!" He heard Ryan call out as he slammed his phone shut.

"What?"

"They won't be here for twenty minutes."

"WHAT!" Javier yelled. She might not make it that long. Castle had heard it, but he was shivering against the wall and was too tired to think.

Ryan sat down right between Javier and Castle. Beckett looked so small, so fragile. It broke him, broke them, to see her this way. He put his hand to her forehead, it was still freezing. He grabbed her hand and squeezed it, he was keeping back tears, and he could tell Esposito was also.

They finally heard sirens in the distance. Montgomery, their boss, was the first to arrive. He looked at Kate in Esposito's arm, his face fell. Paramedics came rushing out, taking Castle, to one ambulance, then getting Beckett to the other. Javier, Kevin, and Rick, stood telling the paramedics and the captain the story.

"Okay Castle, I want you to go home. Your family is waiting for you," Montgomery said.

"They are at a retreat, I want to go with Kate."

"There is nothing you can do now Castle, Well called them they are at your house waiting. Get warmed up, we'll meet you at the hospital. Kate should be fine." Truth was, not even he was sure. He hadn't been able to get anything out of the paramedics. He hoped.

"BU-"

"NO CASTLE, you are going, Thompson, is going to take you home," Roy yelled. Giving up, Castle left, reluctantly.

A paramedic came up to them, his head was down, he didn't look them in the eye. "I'm sorry, but I have to let you know. Ms. Beckett, her temperature is well below what it needs to be. I'm surprised she didn't die already. There is a slim chance we'll be able to bring her back to normal. Everything has slowed down, keeping her body from functioning normally."

"No, not, not Kate," Esposito suddenly cried out, "Not her." Ryan started to cry too, she couldn't die. Montgomery held his ground, he wasn't supposed to get attached to his workers, but these three, have crawled into his heart they were his children, so he held it in.

"We're riding with her," Ryan said, he nodded. The two partners, the two brothers, hopped in the ambulance and they sped towards the hospital. Holding their loved one's cold hands tightly.

Okay! First Castle Fanfiction and it was so much fun to write! I love the show and I can't wait to watch Monday's episode! I know that a lot of you have written your own versions of this, and they are all amazing they inspired me to write my own! Sorry about the grammar errors, I was never good with commas! I know you probably don't need another Castle story writer, but I just really wanted to write this and figured why not post it! Thanks!

-HCB