It's the eyes
Castle was using all available cover in moving around whilst Beckett faced down the killer. He was never as scared as he was now. This wasn't the sanitized and sometimes air conditioned environment of an interrogation room, this was a war zone where he and Beckett were the invaders.
Invaders with a cause though. Ryan and Esposito had been captured by a hitman, and taken to the building they were in. It had taken Castle and Beckett a little effort find him and a bit more effort to get into the building he was using as a hideout.
Speaking of effort, they were going to have to talk about entry methods soon or so Castle figured. Beckett was still firing. She had already taken down one hood that was about to shoot Ryan. The hitman and the other guy were still firing at her though.
From the corner of his cover position Castle watched Beckett reload. Her two opponents were holding fire, eyeing what she was doing. As silently as possible, Castle moved.
Or at least, he wanted to. Somebody pulled him by his collar and janked him to his knees. The next thing that followed was the barrel of a big calibre on the edge of his face and a pair of very hard looking brown eyes that told him in no uncertain terms to be quiet!
Castle heard the soft crackling of a radio " Betty Blue, status?"
" The female had one male with her, I've got him contained." Castle didn't respond to the euphemism. " Stay in your position, Betty Blue." The radio squawked and went silent again.
Kate Beckett reloaded with determination that would have made John Wayne stand up and take attention. She stood back from the crates she used as cover and tried peering over the edge of them. Her Glock pistol was out in the same stance as she aimed for the gangster with the MP5. She knew that Lockwood, the hit man, was of to her left someplace, in cover.
There were three shots instead of two, and then came the sound of running feet, at least 4 men by the sounds of it.
A voice called out, it was a deep one, clearly belonging to someone who had seen a thing or two " Area clear?"
Beckett heard two more voices respond "Cool breeze, area clear. Dirt Diver, area clear."
" You and your friend can come out now, miss." Kate peered around the edge of her cover. She saw three men standing in the area where Ryan and Esposito were held captive "Ryan? Esposito?" And after a little pause " Castle?"
" We're okay, Beckett." To her right, Castle appeared. He looked a little pale but was in one piece from the looks of things. " Just peachy."
Beckett now walked up to where Esposito and Ryan were held. Castle and his ' minder' not too far behind. What she saw next, made Kate Beckett wonder about any and all Hollywood and Castle written cliches she had seen or read about.
