I watched as the Lamb opened the first of seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice of thunder,"Come and see!" I looked, and there was a white horse! It's rider held a bow, and was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.

When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come and see!" Then another horse came out, a fiery red 's rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.

When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come and see!" I looked , and there before me was a black horse! It's rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!"

When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come and see!" I looked and there before me was a pale horse! It's rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

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The fourth living creature stared back at him, causing pain whitout even knowing it, its harsh words stinging, more then the ones said before, when it proclamed that Death itself was coming. Maybe Death was coming, coming for his broken soul as tears slided down his bloody cheeks, yes, Death was coming but not for him, no, it was coming for something more valiable then his mortal life.

But as we all know, the fourth rider wasn't the first the Lamb set free, his pain begun the moment he ducked under the yellow tape that marked Deaths visit and the beggining of the end, his end.

,,'Morning, Detective!" said the cheerful writer handing the fresh pastries to the, deep in thought, detective.

,,Hey,what got you in such a cheerful mood so early?" asked Beckett,

,,Seeing you, of coarse." he said, but his sincerity going unnoticed by the detective,

,,Cute," she snorted taking her breakfest and coffeine dose from her partner ,,Anyway,there's something about this case the boys said I wouldn't like,and still don't get why they wouldn't tell me over the phon-" the words died in her throath when she saw the big black truck and people wearing wests whit yellow letters spelling 'FBI' , her expression changed from suprised to annoyed in a second.

She walked over to Ryan and Esposito who were talking to an agent.

''What do we got here boys?" she asked eyeing the broad sholdered agent in front of her, while it urked her that the comissioner didn't think the NYPD could solve this on their own, the smileing green eyed agent wasn't bad eye candy.

,,Tweny-six year old female, hanged on a tree and shot whit arows, no ligature marks nor any other signs of a struggle, Lanie said she was probably knocked unconsios and then shot." Esposito said and turned to Ryan who went trough his notebook and said ,,Her name is Natasha Burk, lives down the street at an apartment building, she's a student, has a part time job at a dinner in Main street, found her ID on her, the killer didn't take it."

She turned her eyes back to the agent who was apperently watching her the whole time, he snapped out of his daze and offered his hand to her,

,,Hi, I'm agent Jo Ruther, and you're Det. Beckett, right?" he said putting on a charming smile, she shook his hand, she sensed Castle steping closer to her and half turned to introduce him when he beat her to it.

,,Rick Castle, Kate's partner." he said shaking the other man's hand, but to her, and obviosly to the agent, it sounded more like a threat or a bearly hearable 'Back of' but still she couldn't wrap her mind on why that was.

,,Okay, if you want to, you can go see the body before it's removed and sent down to the morg." agent Ruther said

,,Castle and I will sweep the crime scene and meet you guys at the 12th." Beckett said heading thourth the crime scene,

,,Uh, det. Beckett actually you'll be meeting us at the FBI headquorter down '13th' street." the agent said.

,,What?" she turned on her heel to glare at the slightly awkvard agent.

,,As the best team the NYPD has, you were requested on this case, but as we all know this is a high profile case and it requires the latest technology and many other field officers the NYPD can't afford." the agent stated,

,,Oh, okay." she said and started walking again whit Castle close behind, he could see how tence and agittated this whole situation has got her by the way she held her shoulders and gripped her now cold coffe, his thoghts were inturupted when he crashed into her back when she stopped.

,,Castle how many times have I told you 'Watch where you're going!' ?"

,,To many to count?" he said whit a sheepish little smile on his face that said 'You can't be mad at me for too long, cause I'm cute and we both know it'.

When she just turned whitout having even a hint of a smile he felt like he was just slapped right across his face, but the kicked puppy look slided of his face as he saw the reason Beckett stopped so suddenly.

A young woman whit light brown hair hanged by the hands on a grim old winter tree, stared whit glassy dead eyes into nowhere in particular, and six or seven arows sticked out of her limp bloody body, as she slightly swayed whit the cold wind.

,,Damnation of St. Sebastian." Beckett whispered, her eyes still cought by the horrible sight in front of them.

,,What?" Castle asked sending her a questioning look,

,,What what?" she said as if coming out of some kind of trance

,,You just said something-" he started but she just walked past him to Lanie,

,,Hey girl." Lanie greeted

,,So do we have TOD?" Beckett asked ignoring Castles gaze on her,

,,Well, all the blood is already drained, the ground absorbed mostly everything, and by the state of decomposition I'd say she was here a few hours, 'bout one and two this morning."

,,This has to be some ocult killing," Castle said ,,who else would go through this much trouble just to make it seem like some biblical death?" he said turning to Beckett, but her gaze was on the hanging body.

She saw a little stray line of blood, nowhere near the arow wounds ,,Lanie, what is this?" she said lifting the victims shirt to reaveal a large cut in the side of her hip ,,Theres something in this cut," she pulled out a small wooden chip.

Castle and Lanie leaned over her sholder while she tried to read the small letters on the chip,

,, 'Those who give me their body, give me their soul, and those who give away their soul, have no use of a body' " Beckett read from it,

,,What's that on the other side?" Castle asked, she turned it and read ,,It says 'Conquest',"

,,Wow, I'm guesing that's one of the reasons the FBI wanted this case so badly." Castle said,

,,Okay, Lanie I'm gonna take this to agent Ruther and see if we can pull some prints from it, and I'll probably meet you after work for a consoult." Lanie nodded, they turned and started walking back to the crown vic when Castle stopped her,

,,What do you need a consoult about? The case?"

,,Personal, Castle." she said not even looking at him,

,,Yeah, I figured that by the secrecy in your voice, so that's why I wanna know! Maybe I can help or something?"

,,Castle are you a girl?"

,,If I say yes, would you tell me?"

,,Wow, I'm amazed that someone so egotistical as you would give away his pride just like that, why do you wanna know so bad, anyway?"

,,I'm curious."

,,Yeah well, you know what they say: Curousity killed the cat."

,,-But sadisfaction brought her back!" he said in a childishly sing-songy voice,

,,Cats have nine lives, I've got way more bullets."

,,I can get more cats, that way five cats multiply by nine lives each is...uh, way more then you have bullets!"

,,God, it's like I'm having a coversation whit a five year old!" she said entering her patrol car,

,,Face it Beckett, you can't win this argument."

,,Okay I admit it, you won, Castle." she said shruging.

,,So that means you're gonna tell me?"

,,Nope."

,,Ugh! You're the only person that can make me feel like I've lost even when I win!" he said pouting.