His cell phone was ringing and he knew it was Kate because he assigned "The Death March" to her cell number. The phone was still ringing somewhere, where, exactly, he had no idea. Finally remembering where he left it and then reaching for it on the night stand he knocked if to the floor, rolling over to search the floor he went too far and rolled off the bed. "Damn" he muttered to himself. Looking at the digital clock he had to rub his eyes to make sure he was reading it correctly it was 3:17 am why the hell was she calling at this ungodly hour and on a Sunday no less. Picking up the phone he answered "Castle." Kate asked

"What took so long to answer your phone?"

"Well, if you must know detective I was asleep and then I knocked my phone off the nightstand and then I fell off the bed trying to answer said phone."

"Well get up and dressed Castle murder never sleeps. Meet me at 2251 E. 19th Street."

Pulling on his jeans, a pullover shirt and his jacket then bending over to throw on his shoes he felt a slight pain in his abdomen. Thinking nothing about it, he thought "Well hell I am 43 and getting old is a bitch".

Kate had asked Lanie what had happened and did she have a possible time of death. Lanie replied, " Kate the male died around 1:13 am the female, on the other hand, hung around for about another hour before she died". Kate wondered how this could have even happened. They were both naked and in the process of making passionate love when the male was killed. He was killed by someone plunging a javelin into the left side of his back and piercing his heart killing him quickly. However the female while she was wounded could not move from where she was because the javelin had gone through the male with such force that it ended up pinning her to the couch. Either the killer wanted information or just liked to torture his victims, he waited until an hour had passed and drove another javelin into the other side of the male and through the females heart as well. She died after being in such pain for over an hour.

Castle arrived about 30 minutes later and much to Kate's amazement he stretched out his hand to her with a hot latte and a bear claw. He saw the smile on her face immediately. Walking over to the crime scene he looked at the victims and almost lost whatever was in his stomach. Kate noticed his reaction and asked

"Castle what's wrong"?

"Beckett I know this boy" he used the term boy because he was barely 19 and not yet a man.

"He helped tutor Alexis with her AP test about 4 months ago. His name was Mark and he was a sophomore at NYU."

The last time he saw him he was a little overprotective towards his daughter and made that fact known after he was done tutoring her. Alexis never found out about their little talk. Inhaling deeply he told Beckett that they were both murdered with a weapon called an Angon and on the end of the blade there should be a barbed head to maximize injury. But these are too short, they should be around 6 feet long these are only about 4 feet long. Kate looked at him with a look he knew all too well.

"What." He asked her

"How do you know all this"?

"Well, I was researching a novel about the middle ages and this weapon came up".

Walking back over to where she was standing he thought he heard something and told everyone at the crime scene to shut up. Most everyone stopped what they were doing, looked at him chuckled, and then ignored him going back to their duties making just as much noise as before. He made the same request again and this time everyone became quiet.

Kate "Do you hear that?" She thought he was losing it too and said "hear what Castle?" That whimper, he heard it again it sounded like a child was sobbing. He knelt down by the lower cabinets in the kitchen found the one where he thought the sound was coming from and looked to Beckett. She drew her Glock 26 and gave Castle the okay to open the cabinet door. The look on their faces was one of shock. Inside the garbage cabinet behind the pail was a little boy about 7 or 8 years old. Looking in Castle asked the boys name. He said very quietly that his name was Michael. Kate never heard it. Castle asked Michael "how long have you been in there?" He answered with I was playing a game of hide and seek I had a great hiding spot but after a while no one came looking for me. Kate asked him "what time did you go into the cabinet?" Michael told them the little hand on the clock was between the 12 and 1 and the big hand was closer to the 9. What they did figure out is that he probably fell asleep for about the last two hours.

The CSU tech's were being very loud in the course of their duties and neither Kate or Castle could barely hear the soft-spoken child.

Rick asked, "Michael is there a place where we can talk to you that's a little bit quieter?"

He responded "My dad has an office right over there." pointing his hand out of the cabinet right past the crime scene. Castle reached into the cabinet to offer his hand. Michael retreated further back into the cabinet, then Castle had an idea.

"Michael how about a piggyback ride to your dad's office?" When Alexis was little and too tired sometimes this got her to her bedroom without a fight and thought that it might work here. Michael was a little hesitant at first, but he seemed to trust the man with the blue eyes and the lady with the brown hair. Getting down on his hands and knees he coaxed the boy to climb onto his back. Getting up Castle felt the same pain in his gut as he did earlier at home. Kate just realized that Lanie was still with the bodies on the couch and needed to shield Michael from the sight. She had two CSU techs raise a blanket covering the scene. Castle walked quickly past the scene and through the office doorway. Kate then closed the door to the office.

Michael wanted to know what was going on with all the people in the living room. Kate told him that someone had murdered his babysitter and that they were looking into collecting clues to find out who did this to her. Michael had asked why his sister was laying on the couch with no clothes on. Kate looked at Rick utterly lost they thought they did a good job at hiding the scene, but apparently he got a glimpse anyway. Kate thought to herself that this was handled so badly such a rookie mistake why could have she not seen the resemblance between the Michael and his sister. There had been no ID because they were both naked, but still she should have known. Castle turned towards the book shelf while Kate continued asking Michael questions. Rick had asked, "Michael where are your parents?" Michael asked Rick for a glass of water before he would answer. Castle thought this was an odd request, but he picked up a glass and filled it with tap water from the mini bar and handed it to Michael. Drinking most of the glass he again asked Michael where his parents were. Michael told him that his parents were on a business trip and had a meeting too. Kate asked, "Do you know when they will return"? He said, "I know that they are flying into an airport, but I am not sure which one. Castle had asked what Michael's last name was and he told them it was Capshaw.

Castle looked over to Kate and gave her a look to move over to the other side of the room. Kate understood and met him there,

"Kate what will happen to him?" Kate thinks a second and tells Castle

"He will more than likely go into CPS temporarily until his parents get back."

Castle wonders if Michael has any relatives nearby. Castle walks over to Michael and asks him,

"Michael do you have any relatives near here?" Michael tells him that he has a brother about 3 blocks away, but he works at night and goes to sleep during the daytime. Kate is impressed with his determination and walks over to the both of them and takes Michael's hand walking out of the bedroom to find a uniform to run down the address of his brother. Walking out of the office Castle looks down and sees blood on the floor and wonders why the team did not see this before. Looking over to the doorway Castle glances towards the dresser mirror and sees now that he has blood running down his upper lip and his chin. Looking for something to clean up his blood loss, he finds a washcloth. He dampens it and then he starts to worry that Beckett would be pissed that he got his blood anywhere near her crime scene, so he cleans up himself the best he can, but the blood still oozes out. Leaning his head back, he takes the washcloth and pinches the bridge of his nose closed.

Kate, getting tired of waiting for him, yells out his name "Castle!" He jumps when she calls out his name and he says "I'll be right there" He notices that there is blood on his shirt by his stomach, so he buttons up his suit jacket hiding the blood stain. Lowering his head the bleeding has stopped for now and he looks presentable. Walking to where Beckett is waiting by the door with arms folded across her chest "Are you finally ready to go?" His only answer is "I'm sorry" Walking down to the car they have Michael in tow keeping him until they can contact his brother. Getting back to the car Castle wonders if there is anything to the bloody nose he just had and thinks that it is just stress and it was probably a one-time thing.

Getting back from the short drive to the precinct Kate, Castle and Michael take the elevator to the 4th floor. Kate looks for Karpowski and sees her motioning her to come over. "Hey Karpowski could you do me a big favor?" She agrees and Beckett asks her to set Michael up in the lounge so he can get some sleep. With that taken care of Kate fills in Espo and Ryan in on the case. Castle was always in awe of how she commanded men, right away she had the boys running down leads. She started looking into the whereabouts of Mr. and Mrs. Capshaw. About 25 minutes later she tracked them down to the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco. Leaving a message for them she did not expect them to return her call tonight being there was a three hour time difference. 10 minutes later she answered her land line "Detective Beckett" She listened to what was being said on the other end and after verifying who was on the other end she had calmly but officially told Jeff Capshaw that his daughter had been murdered.

So Kate turned to where Castle was sitting by her desk and asked "So Castle, any wild or made up theories about this case"? He turned and looked right at her, but she got the feeling he was looking through her rather than at her at that moment almost like he was daydreaming.

He stood up and said, "Kate I am pretty sure you and the boys can handle this investigation without any of my wild theories. My being here would just be an interference in the progression of the case. So I think I am going to head home and get a shower and some sleep it's almost 6 am now."

Beckett looked at him with a look on her face that he had never seen. She thought to herself that he never leaves me at the start of a case and especially since he knew one of the victims. Castle rises from the chair and walks over to the elevator and pushes the down button.

Kate can't believe what has just happened but soon when they get a break from the case she will call him and find out what's wrong. Without giving his behavior a second thought, Ryan comes to her with the information on the boyfriend that Rick knew.

Castle stands in front of the elevator doors wishing the doors to open quickly...