hey guys,so his just a bit of an update.

lift of horrors-deleted.

moving on-completed for the moment,have writters block on the story,I'll come back to it.

nothing to lose,more to gain-Still working on it with ladyash.

The Castles-taking prompts since it is a one shot story,about Caskett,Gracie,Martha and Alexis.

always(one shots),leave that for awhile so I can finsh up my other stories

WARNING THIS IS NOT A FLUFFY STORY LIKE MY OTHERS.

Thank you to my beta don't know what I would do without you girly.

"Mr. Castle." 3XK sneers at Rick, holding a bloody and bruised Beckett by her arm.

"Don't tell him anything, Castle." Beckett spits out, her face contorted in pain and fear, tears staining her cheeks.

"Shut up." Tyson pushes the gun further into her side.

"Kate!" Castle takes a step towards her.

"Don't come any closer, Mr. Castle, or you will be a widower." He warned, a menacing look on his face.

"Tyson, it's me you want, not her."

"I don't know, she seems pretty fun."

"If you had." Castle's blood is boiling at the thought of him touching his wife.

"Oh no,no, no, Mr. Castle, we didn't get that far, did we sweetheart?" He chucks Beckett to the ground, then.

Castle rushes to her side the moment she's down and unties the ropes that are bounding her. When her arms are free, she throws them around his neck and he holds her tight. "Kate, did he?"

"No, Castle, he was telling the truth. He didn't touch me." He still holds him tight, never wanting to let go.

He finally woke up from something moving on his chest. He knows he's safe and that she's safe and that they're in bed. He's been having this dream for ages now. Sometimes it's different, and sometimes it's on repeat. Either way, it's not real, just a dream. But it feels so real.

Beckett stirs, sensing him tense up. She looks up at him half asleep. "Castle?"

"Hmm?"

"Are you okay? This is the third night in a row you'v had the nightmare."

"I'm fine, go back to sleep." He rubs her arm, trying to comfort her.

"You sure?" She sits up a bit.

"Absolutely." He fakes a smile.

"Okay." She pecks him on the lips before snuggled back into his chest and falling asleep.

The next morning, Castle went to go see Alexis after a vague ext that she wanted to talk to him. No detail, just a quick: We need to talk.

"Hey dad, come in." She gestured him to come inside, a warm smile on her face.

"Hey sweetie." He got right to the point. "Is there something wrong?"

She sat on the couch and patted the cushion next to her. "Yes there is."

"What is it?" He eyes grew big hoping something wasn't seriously wrong with his little girl.

"Kate came over an hour ago to talk to me. Dad, she's really worried about you."

"She told you about the nightmare, didn't she?"

"Yes, dad, she's just looking out for you." Alexis took his hand in hers.

He looked at her, then. "Do you remember 3XK."

Alexis nodded.

"I have this dream where we're in this dark room, and he has Kate. She bloody and has bruises all over her. It's always as different scenario, but in one of them, she dies.

"Dad, he's dead."

"That's what we thought the first time." He looks towards the window, embarrassment and anger inside of him.

"You saw him, you even saw the body. It's over." Alexis kisses his cheek and releases his hand. "Everything's fine. Please, for me and Kate, try to relax."

'I will, Pumpkin, thank you." He pulls he into an embrace before heading out and dialing a phone number.

"Hello?"

"Lanie, can you do me a favor?"

She sounds surprised. "What is it?"

He gets into his car, and answers quickly. "I need to see the body again."