...July 30th 2015...
...New York City...
An electrical sound made itself known in the house of Richard Castle. Castle lunges forward, his ears quite alert, and an overwhelming desire to investigate it tugged deeply. Castle slips out of bed putting on his pink slippers and puts on his blue robe. Castle lightly taps on Beckett's shoulder.
"Beckett," Castle said. "I heard something electronic."
"Go back to sleep, Castle," Beckett said, turning over putting a pillow over her head.
"Fine," Castle said. "I will investigate it!" Castle takes out a toy light saber. "Mawhaahaha!"
Castle tip toes out of the room, through the door, cautiously holding the toy lightsaber. Out of all the stupid things he did for the sake of writing and investigating unusual occurrences this is so his day. Asides to being in an Alternate Universe, getting abducted multiple times, nearly dying on numerous occasions and meeting a time traveler this unusual sound promised to be different. Castle, along with Beckett, has saved the world a lot of times.
Two of which are classified.
Castle makes his way to the living room with the lightsaber beaming on against the plastic glass surface. Could it be a malfunction of the kitchen? No, can't be. Castle edged closer and closer to the living room until he is in there to see an unusual sight. There is a ball in the living room strangely lacking furniture. This moving crystal-like ball is large enough for a man to enter all the while sizzling and sparking small electrical balls.
What is this?, Castle thought approaching the unusual ball.
"What are you?" Castle asks the ball out loud.
No answer.
Just cackling electricity.
"Well, that was a complete waste of my time," Castle acknowledges.
Castle steps forward lowering the toy lightsaber right towards the ball.
"But why is it here?" Castle asks, out loud curious of the spectacle.
"Castle!" Beckett calls. "It is three in the morning!"
Castle turns towards the direction of their room.
"I'll be right back, Beckett," Castle said. "I am investigating an electric ball."
Castle turns back towards the electric ball and he went closer to the ball. All until he is all inside of the ball. The electrical ball zaps away leaving the living room intact with furniture and a burned piece of rope from the blue robe on the floor. A strange loud sound echoed through the apartment drawing Beckett out of bed picking her gun up off the counter. Lights went out throughout the city.
"Castle?" Beckett calls, walking towards the door with her gun lowered.
She opens the bedroom door to the living room.
Castle is not there.
"Castle!" Beckett shouts, going in. "Come out. Stop hiding." She closes the door behind her. "This is no time to play a joke on me!"
Still there is silence.