A/N Hey, I was listening to a Lisa Gerrard song and inspiration just hit me. ( listen to her songs they're chilling.) I hope you enjoy this.
Disclamer: I don't own Castle, if I did they would go on hiatus.
The pain was incredulous, a burning sensation like she had never felt before. The warm, sticky liquid that seeped through her fingers, splashing to the ground below. Her knees buckled beneath her, carrying her swiftly to the harsh ground. A cracking sound heard as bone met concrete. The pain not even felt, the cold floor chilling her bare skin on her lower arms. Her eyes feeling heavy from the loss of blood. Her voice almost a whisper as she cries out in pain, her body to exhausted to make an effort. She doesn't want to die here, this is not how she imagined the end.
Her arms now so weak she is unable to apply the necessary pressure to her own wound. The blood now flowing freely staining her shirt and the concrete below. The perpetrator has long since fled the scene, leaving her there to in all intense purposes bleed to death. She just wishes he was here, so that she could see his face one more time. His rugged features etched into her mind, her brain now playing tricks. It projects a image of him in her vision, but she knows deep down he isn't there.
Her body now numb to pain, passed the foreseen point of no return. She sees flashes of her life before her: Ice skating with her mum in central park, the day she met him all those years ago, the day she realized that he was what she needed. She finds it ironic that she is dyeing in the same way as her mother but instead of an alley, she is alone in an abounded warehouse. She takes a sudden raspy breath in before she succumbs to the darkness that is beckoning her in. Her body becomes loose, her arms fall to the side. Her eyes close but the blood continues its path down her abdomen.
It is Ryan who finds her first, the tears pricking his eyes as he reaches her lifeless body. The adrenaline coursing throughout his body as he searches her neck for a pulse. His voice cracking as he shouts to the others….
"I've found her, she is alive but barely, get help in here now."
He bites back the sobs as he places his hands over the wound, applying as much pressure as his body will muster. Her skin a pale colour, her lips tainted a shade of blue. He hears footsteps as his partner runs to the scene, suddenly they come to a screeching stop.
"Oh my God…..Noooooo!"
This is swiftly followed by the sound of retching, and sharp intakes of air. His partner's stomach contents now covering the floor in the corner.
" Pull yourself together man, I…..we need you to be strong here. You're the strong one out of the two of us, don't fail me now."
He regrouped himself before sitting on the ground behind her and pulling her body into his arms. He leans down and can hear her breathing, it's shallow but it is there. He tries to rouse her, stroking his hand up and down her arm. Trying to provoke a response, he just needs her to open her eyes or murmur or anything.
" Kate, I need you to look at me, I need you to make a sound for me."
His tears running over his skin and splashing on to her forehead, as he pleads with her over and over again. Finally a sound that he will never take for granted again, she moans in pain. He gives a deep sigh of relief, they're not out of the woods yet though. Ryan's arms aching from the amount of force needed to stop the bleeding. He shouts out in anger.
" Where are the Fecking paramedics? For fecks sake."
The unmistakable sound of a siren is heard echoing through the warehouse before two Paramedics come into view. They work on her, placing a drip, running her blood pressure etc, before they scoop her up on to a trolley. Ryan still needing to apply the vital pressure runs along side as they rush her to the waiting ambulance.
Ryan hops into the back, his arms aching like anything but he knows he needs to continue doing this. Esposito runs for the squad car, as the ambulance doors are shut and the van begins to move off. He hand shaking as he puts the key in the ignition. He has to support it with the other just to get the car started. He pulls out missing an oncoming car by an inch as he tries to keep up with the ambulance.
He has to weave his way around the rush hour traffic as they head back into central New York. His sirens blaring through the city sounds. He needs to call Castle, to tell him what has happened. He doesn't want to though, how do you tell someone that the person they love is close to death once again. Why did Castle have to choose today to write. He should have been with his partner, hell Espo & Ryan should have never let her head off alone. They had gone one way and she had gone the other as they entered the warehouse. It was only when they heard a scream that they realized something was gravely wrong. Beckett never screams.
He pushes the third speed dial on his phone and waits for the writer to pick up, dreading the oncoming conversation. Castle picks up on the second ring.
" Hey Espo, having trouble solving a case without me and need some help?."
Castle chuckles down the phone line.
" Rick."
Castle's laughter automatically stops and he can hear his voice tighten.
" Espo you never call me Rick, What has happened to Beckett?"
He can hear the pleading in his tone, his own voice cracking with emotion as he replies.
" She's been stabbed, we were apprehending a suspect when he stabbed her. We're heading towards New York Presbyterian hospital. Castle she didn't look good."
He hears noises over the phone that sound like Castle rushing around the loft.
"I'll be there in 10 minutes." is all he hears before the line goes dead.
He pulls into the hospital drive, the ambulance already parked up. The back doors open and he sees his partner step down. His shirt soaked in her blood, and it makes him sick to the bottom of his stomach just looking at it. His hands caked in fresh bright red blood, smudges of it on his face. A team is waiting and they whip Beckett away. He leaves the car in the emergency only area, and follows his partner in a run through the emergency doors. They make it to the Rhesus doors before they're stopped in their tracks by a nurse. She tells them they can't go any further and they will update them when they know more.
He turns to face his partner. Ryan's head is in his hands, blood now smeared everywhere. His body racked with sobs, he places his hand on his shoulder. Trying to comfort him, but not doing to well himself.
" She opened her eyes in the ambulance, she looked right at me. Such pain in her eyes, but I could see her willingness to fight."
Before he can respond he hears his name being shouted, he looks round to see Castle running towards him.
" Where is she, where is my Fiance?"
Espo has to grab him by the back of his shirt as he attempts to run through the doors.
" Castle, you can't go back there, I'm so sorry but you can't. We need to wait for news."
Castle leans against one of the walls, tears brimming in his eyes. Epso's heart breaks at the sight. All they can do now is wait.
Twenty minutes pass, they have relocated to the seated area. They still haven't heard any news, Castle pacing up and down and they can't get him to sit. The doors open and a nurse steps through.
" Family & Friends of Kate Beckett."
Castle gets to her first closely followed by the guys.
"I'm her fiance, how is she?."
" She is in surgery, they have managed to stop the bleed. They're checking for any other injuries but they don't think they will find any. She will be rather sore and sleepy for a while but she is going to pull through. I will come get you, when she's settled in her own room. Please be patience."
He sighs in relief as the nurse heads back into Rhesus. The boys clap him on the back.
" I knew Beckett was a strong one. No knife can stop her."
Ryan heads home to clean up and change , while Castle rings his mother and daughter to tell them the news. Espo tries to get in contact with Beckett's father, but he is at the cabin and the reception is terrible. Then all they can do is wait.
A/N: What you think? Should I do another chapter or leave it here?.