Previously on Castle…

Castle and Beckett along with Ryan, Espo and the rest of the 12th precinct were celebrating that they had closed once and for all LokSat. All the police station were celebrating in one way or another when Lanie entered.

"Hi Lanie"

"I'm gonna yell at you later, but for now I'm just glad you're bot OK"

Now…

After the long day they both had passed, thinking that their other half had died, they needed a long well-deserved hours of sleep.

"I feel I could sleep a week"

"How about some breakfast first best way of start off a hibernation"

"You know what, why don't we just order in, you don't have to cook"

"I love cooking for you"

"And I love when you cook for me, I'm gonna go change" – said Kate going to their bedroom

"All right" – responded Castle on his way to prepare breakfast

"Hey Beckett, if Mason had an incinerator in the basement why would't he just dispose of Caleb's body there?" – In that instant Caleb came out of his hiding and shot Castle in the chest, causing him to fall to the ground and preventing him from being able to utter a word. Upon hearing this strange noise coming from the kitchen Beckett began to suspect. Determined picked up her phone and dialed Espo, but he didn't answer, she tried to call Ryan and Lanie, but neither picked up. Seeing that she wouldn't have backup she picked up the gun she had left on the bedside table, and headed for the kitchen.

"Ohh! I told Mason that you would figure it out. But the old man wouldn't listen to me" – Caleb told Rick as he approached Castle to kill him at gun point.

"Caleb don't" – Rick pleaded

"Sorry Rick, but how I'm gonna enjoy my retirement with you and the missus hunting me?" – said Caleb with the finger in the trigger.

"Castle!" – yelled Beckett emerging from the bedroom seeing Caleb in their kitchen aiming to Rick who was already wounded, and shooting her husand's agressor.

The crossfire that preceded killed Caleb, Kate stood watching as Caleb's life left his eyes, when suddenly a stong and agonizing pain flooded his entire torso and she fell to the ground. When she sawher husband lying there and bleeding out the only thought that crossed her mind was that if she was going to die it would be in his arms. She placed the gun down and started crawling to her husband, Rick must have tought the same as he began to crawl to Kate, they both met halfway, already with no strenght they both held hands waiting for their tragic end.

Meanwhile in "The Old Haunt"

"That's weird" – said Espo checking his mobile and seeing a missed call from Beckett.

"What's wrong Javi?" - Asked Ryan who was at his side, meanwhile Lanie and Vikram were staring at them with intrigue.

"Beckett has called me not long ago, but I don't know why, she had given us the rest of day off" - commented Espo worried.

Ryan and Lanie both worried took their phones and saw that they also had a missed call from Beckett.

"Beckett also called me" - Ryan said

"Me too" – Lanie exclaimed

All three of them ran out from The Old Haunt heading to the car, while Espo was driving as fast as he could to the loft, sirens placed and bypassing all the traffic lights and broking many traffic laws Lanie called Kate while Ryan called Castle.

"Javi... Kate does not pick up the phone and she always answers me ..."

"Castle doesn't answer either..."

"Try calling to the loft" - said Esposito stepping on the accelerator and thinking the worst.

"They also don't respond... what if something has happened to them ..." - Lanie said with tears in her eyes.

"We're almost there, I'm going as fast as I can ... we will get in there in 2 minutes" – Espo told Lanie trying to calm her and himself.

Meanwhile in the loft Castle and Beckett were holding hands motionless trying not to waste what little energy they had left in case any help arrived. Kate noticed as Rick no longer took her hand so tightly and his breathing was becoming more erratic. Kate focused on Rick trying to know how he was, but his breaths were getting smaller and difficult to do for the writer when suddenly Rick completely let go of Kate's hand and she felt his hand was getting colder, she turned her head to look at her husband's eyes but saw what he feared most, that his beloved writer passed out.

The rational part of Beckett feared worst, if they did not get help soon Rick would die, and seeing how things were going it was very probable, but on the other hand she hoped to have alerted Espo, Ryan and Lanie and wishing they were coming to rescue them, as she knew that if Rick died she couldn't bear it.

These were her last thoughts along with regret of the moments that she could not share with Castle, the damage it would do to her father to lose his only child, the pain that would feel Martha and Alexis if Castle died, what would Alexis do without their father... when her vision began to get dark, Kate no longer heard the wrong breathing of her husband, not even her own breathing, when suddenly the door of the loft opened letting Espo, Ryan and Lanie into the loft, who rushed to rescue both of them.

The last thing Beckett could saw and hear before passing out was Lanie saying – "We've got you girl, hold on..." – Trying to hold all her emotions and trying to focus on her friend