Bullet Through His Head
"Get out of here!" She hollered when a soft creak sounded through the apartment, "Leave, go! Forget me! Ple…" she stopped talking when a fist connected with her face.
Don't come in here. Don't come in here! Go away like I told you, just go away, don't get yourself hurt, I couldn't stand that. Listen to me for once you fool, listen to me and creak away!
Her wishful thinking was shot down when the door flew open and Castle stood there with his dear 'Writer' vest on, "Shoot me, let her go."
"Why, why should I do that?" Her captor snarled.
"Because to hurt me would leave her more devastated then if you were to just kill her."
I don't care if that's true, you aren't supposed to say that! You're just supposed to leave! Oh, God! Oh, God! No, this can't be the end. Move faster you fool! Get the hell away from here! I told you to get out of here! She thought as the gun that was being pointed at her shifted to Castle's chest, "No don't shoot him!"
The gun flashed back and she sighed mentally as her captor began talking, "So you'd rather have me shoot you in front of him?"
"Yes, I'd rather be shot then watch him get shot!" She screamed, the tears streaming down her face long forgotten, "It's what I deserve, it's what I deserve."
Castle looked at her, his blue eyes wide with horror, after hearing what she had to say, "No," he took a step forward stopping when the gun pointed at him again, "you don't deserve any of this! Any of it! It wasn't your fault that guy died, this man is just too stupid and blinded by death to realize that! The bastard committed suicide, and as sad as that is, it's not your fault! You could not have stopped him because you didn't know him!"
"Forget about it, it was my fault, I could have stopped him! Now get out of here! Leave and forget about me!"
"I can't do that, I love you…" He gave her a hopeful look that was wiped away with the glare she was giving him.
"I love you too, but you had nothing to do with it, I did. Shoot me, get your revenge, leave him out of this," she looked at her captor, again somewhat happy when the gun turned away from Richard.
"No, you don't get it do you? I'm not going to stand by and watch you get shot!"
"Then leave! Get out of here! Forget about me!" She cried hoarsely, desperate to keep the gun aimed at her.
"I think that's a wonderful idea, get the hell out unless prissy here's going to allow you to die," her captor said evilly as he pointed the gun back at Castle.
"Don't do this, you'll cause me too much pain, I'll go crazy!"
No! Shift the gun back! Don't shoot him! Don't kill him! Let him go, it's me you want, you said it yourself! Don't do this to me, don't kill him, kill me! Kill me!
"You don't think that will happen to me if you die?" She cried. Damn! That's not going to help me get the gun back my way!
"You're stronger then I am! Always have been, always will be!"
"You need to shut up! Shut up both of you!" The man shouted and shook the gun causing her breath to catch in her throat.
God, no don't shoot him. Please don't shoot him!
"Get out of here! Get out and forget about me! Go! Let him do what he wants, I deserve it." Please don't shoot him! Don't kill him! Turn the gun back to me, shift it back, pay attention to me…
She sobbed harder, partly happy, when the gun did point at her again, "Castle forget about me, just turn around and leave. It's what I deserve!"
"Listen to her you dumb shit or I'll shoot you both!" The man growled when neither seemed to hear what he had said to them, and Castle just kept on yelling.
"What type of crap has that man shoved into your brain! You had nothing to do with that guy swan diving off of a building! You did all you could do after finding a body, find out what happened! It was a suicide, there was no explanation otherwise! He left a note, and his money, and everything! It wasn't any of your fault."
She hated seeing him this way, so not like his usual joking self. He was chewing her out, hammering a nail into her head, trying to get her to see his point, but all she wanted was for him to go. She didn't want anything bad to become of him, and the world was still in need of his obnoxious humor… there was no way she was going to be blamed for taking that away, "Leave and forget about me. Go tell someone a stupid joke, forget I ever existed. Forget that I love you, forget that we belong together, forget it all and move on with your life!"
"No!" He shouted loudly and slammed his foot against the ground.
"Shut up! Shut the hell up! Both of you!" The man yelled above the echoing thump from the foot stomp.
"Please?" She begged him. With her eyes, and her voice, she pleaded that he would for once just do as she told him to.
"Shut up! Shut up!" The man pointed the gun back at Castle but neither seemed to notice, they were too busy arguing.
"Please, just leave me. Castle leave," she ordered, hoping he'd get the message and get the hell out.
"Never!" He yelled again and shook his head, "You had nothing to do with the death of Aaron! There was no way for you to stop him because you never knew him until we found his body flat on the floor!"
"You know, I'm done with this. I'm done listening to this shit," She heard her captor say, and she didn't even have time to scream before a shot rang out and Castle's body slumped to the floor, blood and brain matter spilling from the shot that went through his head.
"Noooooooo! Castle nooo! Don't die on me! No!"
"Ooh, little girl sad that she lost her friend? Well don't worry, you'll be joining him…" She sobbed as she found herself staring down the barrel of a .45 caliber handgun and a second shot cut through the crisp, cold air.
/ Screaming Kate lurched out of bed, tears streaming down her face, her blanket wrapped tightly around her body from obvious tossing and turning. Her voice caught in her throat as felt for her forehead, relieved when nothing was there. Looking around she sighed when it was in deed the familiar sight of her apartment bedroom. Just a dream… just a dream…
Unwrapping her hands from her blanket she reached for her phone, fumbling and cursing when it dropped onto the floor. Leaning over she picked it up and pressed 3, praying it would go through.
"Hello?" a male's groggy voice asked when the call was answered.
"Oh, Castle… thank God you're alive! Oh, thank God!" She sobbed, relief flooding through her far stronger then it had when she first woke up to find she herself was still alive.
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