Chapter One Tone Death Murder Spree
Martha Rogers was exhausted having been studying her Lines for the new play called "Tone Death Murder Spree" off Broadway, otherwise something new to hit her fancy and her students.
It was her manager Jerry Roberts had offered her the role of a life time, and she did need the money. Even if it meant she had the save every penny having to be on her own now, not that she didn't mine it a bit having privacy of her own choosing .
Rehearsals were going non stop for the last week, and everyone was working really hard to get the play into shape.
When it was time for her scenes with Darleen going over the death scene, she never realize that it would actually happened.
Martha went looking into the back of the stage to head out to Darleen's dressing room. Darleen Sommers was a up and coming singer at the age of 26 years of age, this would be her big chance at possible stardom.
When she knocked on her door and walked inside, she was not prepared to see a dead Darleen instead of alive and well, along with a knife through her back.
She screamed...
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Kate Beckett and her husband Richard Castle were in the middle of playing games in bed, even though not officially together, it was another of those "TIME IN" sessions.
Castle was loving every moment of being together with his wife.
Coming in from the kitchen with drinks and food, Beckett was more interested in Castle, she rolls over to be behind his back setting down the trays next to the bed.
"Yum, this is just wonderful!, she bites the back of her husband's ear. He smiles back at her by taking her hand and placing it else where. He winces at how hard she was kissing him in a most tender spot after two rounds of frantic, crazy sex.
A Few moments later the phone rings, it's Beckett's, since she never really turned it off in the first place.
"Castle, please get that for me!" She says while getting up to talk on the phone.
"Captain Beckett's phone, how can I help you?" He asked in his usual stupid tone.
"It's Ryan, I need to have you and Captain Beckett to come to 34th street in New York City, it's the new off Broadway musical "Tone Death Murder Spree", Castle, Martha found the body in one of the dressing rooms, we have her here at the Precinct giving us a statement, but you need to go to the sight and investigate, I understand Lanie and Alexis are on the scene right now.
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Hunter in charge of the musical, was really upset at the fact that the show had it's share of bad news the past few weeks, and now this! He was told to wait for the captain of the 12th precinct to arrive, along with the entire crime scene unit, and county medical examiner.
Sergeant Javier Esposito with his partner at the 12th precinct with Martha Rogers, had to keep telling Mr. Hunter to shut up three times with his "Oh, I sorry" routine.
In the back of the stage...Lanie Parish and Alexis Castle were placing the body onto the gurney after checking the area for clues, other then the fact she was stabbed into the back along with piercing the chest.
"Alexis, leave it open for now, until Beckett and Castle get here." She tells her, while Alexis went off to check the area further.
Esposito came over to speak with Lanie after having to get back from his honeymoon with Sung Wung.(Please read Differences Between The Two to understand).
Otherwise he did his usual routine with the investigation and having to run into Hunter a fews to be a real pain.
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Out back the rest of the group for the musical were practicing to keep up with there vocal chores and mostly for there own selves, they were missing Martha Rogers and her support to have everything done before the opening.
It was now up to Judith Brothers to take over the main singing role from Darleen Sommers. Judith was 23 years old, six feet, weighing at 160 pounds with light brown hair, and a voice like an angel.
When everyone was told to leave for the night, with the police were still out front checking out the crime scene. Judith had gone to her dressing room to change, before leaving out the back entrance. She was just glad the alley way had lights to see where she was going in the first place.
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Martha Rogers was told to go home as well at the Precinct after giving her statement to Sergeant Anderson and Lt. Alverez.
She didn't feel up going home right away, instead she headed on over to the Old Haunt for a quick drink and something to eat. She knew that her son was at the crime scene, so it would be just the regular Bartenders this evening.
After saying good night to the detectives, she went directly to the bar with very little traffic getting into her way.
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In the alleyway of the musical, Judith had felt like someone was watching her in the first place, she kept turning around her to see if anybody was following her.
She was lucky to catch a cab at this time of the night, she was able to make it into her Manhattan apartment, her parents were currently away in Paris for a two week vacation, it had given her the peace and quiet to study her music.
Judith takes the elevator to the fifth floor, while passing several of the neighbors in the hallway.
She was able to find her keys very quickly before opening the door, and trying to turn on the light with everything in her hands.
She was able to get to her bedroom, before someone in a black hood came up from behind her to cut her throat with a sharp razor edge blade, while dropping her body onto the brown rug. The knife is dropped next to her body and having to leave the front entrance having taken off the hood and throwing it down the laundry chute.