The Sun had come out already awhile ago when Castle woke up. Sleepy he went to the kitchen where there was Kate preparing pancakes and coffee with... "Bacon! Kate is my favourite breakfast thank you." He said leaving a tender kiss on her lips, and sitting as a child in one of the stools and beginning to have breakfast with her.

There were two cups of coffee, as usual. He turned to catch the one on the left but like lightning, she stopped him.

"That one is mine," she said giving him the other one; "this one is yours".

"What is the difference?" He asked surprised.

"None, just that I have already drunk, nothing more." She responded with a smile.

And there they sat down together for a quiet breakfast. After a while Martha came together with Alexis.

"Good morning darlings, look who I found on my way here."

"Hi dad". Alexis said happily.

They said hello to each other, and then Castle offered them to join breakfast with them. Enchanted they joined. Now it was a family breakfast, they talked about everything, laughing and eating until Beckett's phone rang. It was central, there was a case.

"Yes, thank you understood, I will be there in fifteen minutes."

"A case?"

"Yes, it is close to the library that you wanted to visit, you come with me and leave you there?" The detective said with the intention of spending little time alone with him to speak.

"Of course, let me get changed."

And there they went to the scene of the crime as they always use to. As if it were a reflex response they both got out of the car and went straight to where it was the yellow tape. A uniformed police man raised it for them and then accidentally dropped it hitting Castle in the face.

"Ouch I think reality has given me in the face." He said going back, recalling that he was no longer authorized to enter there.

"Sorry Sir, it wasn't intentional, are you okay?"

"Yes, don't worry." Bye honey, have a good day at work". And he went down street to the library.

"Hello Lanie what do we have?" Said the Inspector approaching her friend.

"Cold, I have cold and a winter that seems will be long".

"Yeah, it seems like the pole."

"Our little friend here is Kimberly Hatson, 24 years old student of dramatic arts in New York. It has a head injury caused by what I believe that it may have been a baseball bat, and a bullet in the chest hole."

"Poor girl, what's that? Is what I think it is?" The detective a bit excited.

"Yes, is the fingerprint reader that identifies at the time our victim, and seeks in all databases. It's awesome!

"As the FBI had in some other cases we had. It's impressive".

"But what this gadget can't do is an autopsy, so I'll take the body and in the afternoon I will have some more information." The forensic said giving the signal so they could be putting body in the van. "On the other hand I'd like to know why you look so tired, I've never seen you like this, didn't you slept well? ''

"I slept like a baby, it is that the coffee hadn't made me effect yet, nothing more".

"Umm should take another." They parted and her friend went little convinced. She also knew that if something was happening she would tell her.

Once already in the 12th:

The team met in front of the board to report what they had found. Ryan began.

"She had no close relatives, his parents had died she was an only child and she had broken up with her boyfriend Troy Garner a month ago".

After hearing what his friend said prepared to start talking.

"It seems that a month ago she was not going to school, went from being an outstanding student of zero faults to one that never attends class".

At that precise moment Beckett desk phone began to ring.

"Beckett".

"It's me, Lanie put me on speaker". He said with a tone a bit worried.

The detective pressed the button and did as her friend asked.

"Done, Is everything okay?"

"I was looking at the body and noticed that it had gone through a fairly extensive surgery. Each surgeon tends to have his signature, the way you do things. Kate this ones on the body belongs to Kelly Nieman."

A deep silence was made. Even the other detectives and uniformed passing by froze at the name, everyone knew what that entailed.

It seemed an eternity of silence, even a fly wasn't heard. Until the doors of the elevator opened with a beep. Castle come out and seeing what was going on he went straight to Kate without saying a word. He could see the fear in her eyes, as scary screaming inside. He put her in his arms, protecting her, caring for her, containing her. He did not know what was going on but whatever it was it had to be big to leave her under these conditions. It also didn't matter; he was going to take care of whatever it was.

"Kate..."

"She is back Castle, as she said."

He hugged her more strength and then went to Gates' office and closed the door. They spoke and when he left went to the team and told them. "They let me help in this case."

The rest of the night was spent trying to locate Nieman. With hard work they managed to locate her, they had spent a sleepless night but they had succeeded.

The day was sunny but cold, and sitting there in the back of a police car, waiting them to arrive to the police station, there were Nieman and Tyson. They were finally under arrest.

Jerry Tyson was locked in a cell and two uniformed front of him, they were actually from the SWAT team and Esposito were looking after him. No, he wouldn't escape again.

In the interrogation room, at one side of the table there was Dr. Kelly Nieman and at the other Castle and Beckett. The woman didn't seem worried or nervous, indeed seemed happy.

"As you said We'll meet again some sunny day."

"How is married life going? Sorry that I couldn't attend to the wedding, I know that the groom fled". She said with a slight tone of mockery.

"Tell us about Kimberly Hatson. Apparently you've done a pretty major surgery on her."

"Let me see, Kimberly Hatson, Kimberly Hatson". She raised an eyebrow in a thoughtful and notoriously fake way. "Sorry, I have no idea who she is".

Someone knocked the door, was a uniformed together with man on suit. He came as if the room was his and began to explain why his client could not be stopped.

The lawyer was right, they could do nothing. They had to release both.

From the end of the Hall Castle, Beckett, Ryan, Espo and Gates watched how the psychopaths in love were going unpunished.

"They have done this so we know you are back. It was all planned, this has not even started. "Castle said frustrated.

The next afternoon Kate went for a coffee for Castle to the coffee shot that was near the station. She heard a noise, as if someone was following her. Trying to stay calm she kept moving but seemed to be getting closer and closer until she turned to see and attack but in that in a moment everything turned dark. She could no longer see or heard anything not even felt.

"Castle have you seen Beckett? A few hours ago she left to buy coffee but I have not seen her, and I called but she doesn't answer". Ryan

"I have no idea, but surely she's fine."

"I think that just in case we should trace the car." Espo said concerned. "You know just in case".

"She said that she would go walking, try with the mobile".

So they did, they asked Torri that as a favour. Without hesitating for a second she accepted.

"Here, I've found her; apparently she has been for five hours in the alley two blocks down".

The three looked at each other and ran out, hit a couple of people while running, but didn't stop until they got there. It seemed that everything around was moving in slow motion.

"Kate!" The writer shouted very loud in search of an answer, but nothing, no voice coming back. Just her friends shouting the same and looking at every millimetre of the alley.

Her mobile was there lying on the ground with the split screen. The writer took it in his hands full of fear and sadness whispered "Kate..."