Principal Figgins was sitting at his desk, nervous, his face and palms filled with sweat. Drumming his fingers on the desk, waiting for the detectives. There had been a lot of disappearance in McKinley High; too much until the NYPD had to come to solve the case.

A knock on the door startled him, making him jump in his seat. His secretary's face then peeped into the room. "The detectives are here, would you like them to enter the office?" she asked.

"Yes, yes.. Send them in.." he replied nervously. He wiped his sweaty palms on his suit, took out his handkerchief and wiped his face. The secretary then entered, alongside with a man and woman. The man was wearing a black suit, with sunglasses obscuring his eyes. He had brown hair and had expensive clothing on him. The woman had light brown hair, wearing a vest and she looked quite annoyed by the man. Rolling her eyes whenever she made eye contact with him.

"Good afternoon. I am Detective Kate Beckett, from the NYPD and this is Richard Castle." said the woman as she showed her police badge to Principal Figgins and the man took out his sunglasses and flashed him a smile.


"I believe that a couple of your students have been found in New York, coming from schools near this area. All of them stated that they had been drugged, thus suggesting kidnap.. They were found by Detective Mac Taylor and his team.. And they are working on the case back in New York while we will investigate it here, with the Ohio Police Department." said Beckett as she sat down on the seat opposite of Figgins.

"Oh, um, how are the students..?" asked Figgins, his voice faltering. He quickly took out his handkerchief and started dabbing on his face.

"They're in stable condition.. But we suspect that the kidnapper may be in this school and may be working or schooling here.." explained Beckett.

"So, its our-" said Castle, receiving a hard glare from Beckett. "I mean, Detective Beckett's job to track down the kidnapper." he added with a smile.

"Oh, you're not a detective..?" said Figgins with a surprised look on his face.

Castle then smiled widely and said "Nope, I'm a writer; you know, Nikki Heat? Derrick Storm? By the way, do you have any of my books in your library, if not, I'll be glad to supp-"

"Castle, case here..? Your books can come later." said Beckett sternly to him. He then gave her the sad look but she ignored him.

"So, we will ask and question all your staff and the students. And we will be investigating the school, possibly during school hours and after." she continued explaining.

"Okay, I'm just glad you're here. The students and teachers are getting even more scared by the minute, and we might not have enough teachers and staff left if this continues." said Figgins.

"Okay, then. Castle, let's get to work." said Beckett as she stood up and pulled Castle by the arm out of Figgins office.


Castle was staring at the school trophies displayed on the shelves. He wanted to touch them, as some of them seem very fancy. But Beckett had specifically told him to not touch anything, while she discuss security with the others.

He felt sad, as he had to leave Alexis, Martha and the others back in New York. But this would be good for his book, he could imagine it already. An alien kidnapping students in McKinley, bringing them to its secret lair for dissection. His train of thought was interrupted when somebody yelled at the top of his voice "HELP ME!"

He looked over in shock at the direction of the voice. It was a kid in a wheelchair getting pushed by a few jocks. From the way Alexis talks about school, it can be a very brutal place to some. He ran towards the jocks, yelling as loud as he can in the most intimidating voice he can muster. "Hey! Leave him alone!"

The jocks turned and stared at him which made Castle shudder. Hopefully they won't mistake me as a teen.. he thought. At first, they glared sharply at him until when he got closer, his fists clenched, ready for a fight. One of them suddenly exclaim "Oh my God, its Rick Castle!"

That jock suddenly jumped up and down in excitement and went near him and asked "Can I have your autograph? I mean, I love your stories. I have the whole collection! Guys, this is Rick Castle. My most favourite author!"

Castle, in shock at the same time thanking his stars he was a celebrity, took out his pen and said "Sure.. And your name is..?"

He then signed a piece of paper and gave it to him. He then said to them "Well, don't bully that kid.. And scram.." All of them left in a hurry, muttering apologizes as they passed.

"Are you alright?" he said to the kid in the wheelchair. The kid looked horrible, his face covered in bruises. He looked very relieved when he saw Castle. "Thanks.." he muttered.

"Do they always bully you like that?" asked Castle.

"Ermm, yes.. I'm Artie. Artie Abrams." he said, introducing himself. He held out his hand which Castle shook.

"Rick Castle, nice to meet you." he replied, smiling. Artie then explained that he was from the Glee Club, that's why he got bullied by them and that he was also looking for a fellow member who was missing from yesterday. Castle listened intently as he told him the story of his missing member. His name is Kurt Hummel.

"You can come to the choir room, where he was last spotted." said Artie. Castle looked left and right, in case for Beckett. But she was nowhere in sight.

"Alright, I'll come!"


The choir room, in Castle's opinion, was the most depressing room in the whole school. Everyone's heads was looking down, a few of the girls were crying and one of the boys even looked close to tears. But he saw their teacher, a man with curly hair, trying to console them.

"Guys, its alright-Kurt will be back!" he said in an optimistic tone.

"No, he won't. Prancy Smurf can't even defend himself right." one of the cheerleaders said in a pessimistic tone.

The boy who was close to tears jumped up angrily. "He can defend himself! He always carries tasers and pepper spray wherever he goes; especially after the Karofsky incident!" he yelled.

"You know, Blaine, he could always have been tackled from the back..." she replied.

A Jewish girl stood up to protest. "Enough of your mean and hurtful words, Santana; Kurt's gone and he may never-" she stopped herself, sobbing, burying her face at the shoulder of a very tall boy, which Castle presumed is her boyfriend.

"Guys, enough! Kurt will be back; I'm sure of it!" said their teacher.

"Mr. Schue, you can't fill us with stuff that might never come true." said one of them in a thick Irish accent.

Castle raised his hand meekly, causing the entire Glee Club to turn and look at him. "If I may ask, what happen to this... Kurt Hummel?"

"Are you one of the detectives?" one of them asked.

"No, I'm a writer- I'm here with my partner. Rick Castle." he replied.

"Now, let's think; who would kidnap your dear friend there?" he continued while walking around in a circle, thinking hard.

"Unicorn hunters." said the blond cheerleader, looking very blank. All of them, including Castle, turned and stared at her. She then shrugged and continued "Well, unicorn horns are rare plus they are like, endangered. Plus, Kurt's unique. of course they want him."

"I can only think of a few people, the jocks and Sebastian Smythe." said Santana, sounding very positive. Castle turned towards her and asked "Who's Sebastian?"

Blaine then answered in an angry tone, "A Warbler, he hates Kurt- a lot. He wanted to throw a Slushie that is tampered with rock salt to him, but Santana, I don't think that Sebastian would do this."

Castle then resumed pacing through the room, thinking very hard. Until he heard Beckett yelling his name. Uh-oh.. he thought. He then said "See you!" and hurried out of the room. He wanted to run to the boys washroom to hide from Beckett, she did say to stay at the trophy room, but he bumped into her when he opened the door.

"Castle, I told you to stay at the trophy room!" she exclaimed.

"I got bored, then I saw some kid getting bullied, so I went to help, turns out he was a friend of the still missing Kurt Hummel! I didn't touch anything!" he explained to Beckett.

He didn't know that the whole Glee club was watching the whole scene inside the choir room. They saw her yanked Castle's ear and he was screaming "Ow! Apples! Apples!"

"Are they married or something..?" asked Santana. She then exited the choir room and went to Castle and Beckett, "Hey, the Glee club would love to help you guys find Kurt; and the others." she said.

Castle then looked at Beckett then at Santana, grinning, "Absolutely-!"

"Not!" interrupted Beckett. "I'm sorry, but we have protocols." she said to Santana.

She then shrugged and replied "I come from Lima Heights, and I know many people who would know what happen to Kurt and the others, so I can ask and get what I need."

Both of them stopped and looked back at her, "Please..?" said Castle to Beckett. "They sound useful.. And there could be witnesses among them.."

"But I can't place civilian lives at risk.." said Beckett, but she was interrupted by Castle making a very pitiful puppy face at her, "Pleasee..?" he pleaded. Santana could see her trying to avoid eye contact with him, and she was trying very hard not to smile.

"Alright, just this time." she finally said. "But the police department will not know any of this." she then stormed off, behind her, Castle gave Santana a thumbs up as he followed Beckett.