Castle sat in the hospital waiting room, nervously awaiting the verdict. Martha, seeing how worried she was, tried to comfort him.
"She'll be fine. Kate Beckett is a strong girl. She'll pull through," Martha reassured him.
"What if she doesn't? This is all my fault; I should have pushed her out of the way," Castle replied gloomily. He hung his head, praying that Kate would be okay. He replayed what had happened in his head...
Beckett, Ryan, and Esposito had been walking behind the casket. Beckett had gone up to the podium to say a few words. It was then that Castle had seen a glimmer across the graveyard. He had frowned, wondering what it was, and then he remembered that the people who wanted to kill Kate were still out there, waiting. It was then that Castle had put two and two together. As he had leaped up to push Kate out of the way, a gunshot had rung across the graveyard. After Castle and Beckett had both fallen, there was chaos. Castle had looked at Beckett's face, realizing he'd been too late.
As he felt her slipping away, he frantically whispered, "No, Kate don't leave me! Kate...I love you."
Then the paramedics had taken her away, shutting her in the back of their van and speeding off towards the hospital.
The doctors finally came out of the surgery room.
"I'm sorry," he said gently, "she didn't make it. She went into cardiac arrest. There was nothing we could do. You may go say your goodbyes."
Castle stared blankly at the doctor. He didn't believe it. Kate was dead? After all they'd been through, she was dead? Castle numbly walked into the room where her body was, only slightly aware of the doctor pulling Kate's father away to talk to him. Kate's body, already cold and pale, lay on the table. Castle took her hand and grieved. Before he left he noticed something curious. On the side of Kate's neck, there was a needle-mark.
Did somebody do this on purpose? thought Castle. The more Castle thought about it, the more likely it seemed. There could be someone disguised as a doctor, someone who could have injected a poison into Beckett.
Would I listen to myself? If Beckett were here, she'd tell me I was crazy. But still, there's something I'm missing. Something doesn't quite add up here...Castle wondered what he was missing. There was something the doctors weren't telling them...
That night, as he lay sleepless in bed, Castle figured it out!
"Of course!" he shouted. "That's it! How could I not have realized this sooner? All the pieces fit! It all adds up. I'm so stupid! It's obvious what really happened...
This is all I have for now! I hope you guys like it! I'll try to post the second chapter soon cause I know this is kind of a cliffhanger. If you read this, please review it! Also, I'm curious to know what you think has really happened, so after you read this, please PM me, telling me what you think happened.