Well this is my first foray into Castle fanfiction ( after cramming the first two seasons this past week), so be gentle, but critiques & comments are always enjoyed :)

There was a dull ache, that dull ache that always started in the pit of her stomach. It started in her stomach, it tossed and turned until it flipped it's way up to her chest and she swore she could feel her heart beating like it was a separate entity from her body. She could feel Castle's warm breath on the back of her neck, and he was saying something she was sure , but she couldn't focus on the words. The guy they were tracking had taken flight and they had trailed him to a summer carnival in the burbs. The whole crew was there and once they lost him in the crowd they split to cover the most ground.

"Beckett... Beckett... BECKETT."

"Mmmmh?"

"The Ferris wheel."

"The Ferris wheel?"

"You'll get a better view from the top."

Once they got to the Wheel, Castle stepped back and made a forward motion with his hands,"So , I'll wait down here and you go up there spot him and we'll have time to grab some cotton candy before the night's over."

"You'll wait down here...When have you ever waited?"Beckett turned to look at Castle and cocked her head to the side, "Castle, are you... are you afraid of the Ferris Wheel?"

"Nope" He replied all to fast, "Not at all. Thought I'd be handier down here. I'll wait here. Keep a lookout. Down here."

" I really need your help up there though Castle. And since you're defiantly not scared of the Ferris Wheel, you're coming with me."

As Beckett turned away with a growing smile on her face Castle nervously wiped his hands on his pants. They hopped the line with the help of Beckett's badge and grabbed a carriage. The little carriages were open air and the wheel must have been at least 200 ft, a perfect way to get a view on their guy.

"You're looking kinda green Castle."

"."

She was staring him down for the opposite side of the cart as they started ascending. She watched him as he nervously looked back and forth from the view to his feet. Smiling to herself she jumped over to the other side sending the small carriage rocking and Castle into all but a fetal position in her lap.

She patted his head ,"Aw, it's ok Castle. I'll buy you some fried dough when we get back down and everything will be ok." A few moments later, when he turned to look at her she realized she hadn't taken her hand of his hair yet which was, she discovered, impeccably soft.

Jerking Castle's head of off her lap she jumped and moved to the edge, "Help me look. He's gotta be out there somewhere. Remember , ripped white shirt and jeans, red baseball cap."

Castle kept his head down looking at the grated floor of the carriage.

"Oh come on, you..."

"What did you say our guy was wearing?"

"Ripped white shirt , jeans, red cap. Why?"

"Because he's in the cart underneath us."

Beckett Radioed Ryan and Esposito and told them to surround the perimeter and get them to stop the ride till they had backup. They guy was dangerous. He was responsible for the murders of five civilians, four of whom had witnessed him murder his brother. They recently had just found case to believe he was after another.

"This is going to be a book title for sure. Midsummer's Night Heat: The Ferris Wheel's not the only place she's on top..topppp", Castle stuttered as the wheel came to a screeching halt. The booming announcement coming from the ground saved Beckett the trouble of an eyeroll.

"Mario Diriguardi, you are under arrest. We're going to lower you down where we will then have cops escort you to the station. Do you understand?"

Kate was bent over the side trying to get a glimpse at Diriguardi when he grabbed a gun out of his pocket immediately putting it to the head of the frightened girl sitting across from him as he spoke up, "Don't start the ride yet. Leave, all of you. Or the girl gets a bullet."