Hey, this is my first Story hope you enjoy. A very different take on 4x01.

It was a warm but breezy day in New York. As NYPD Detectives carried the coffin of a former detective the fall leafs crunched under their leather shoes.

Detective Richard Castle. Stepped up to the wooden podium took a deep breath and started to read the speech out. He was half way through the speech when he felt something hit him right in the heart.

He fell to the ground the last things. Rick's heard was his wife's screams and cries for him. And Detective Ryan yelling officer down officer down!

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Three months later. That day still haunted him still invaded his dreams. He knew his life wasn't going to be the same again, but he didn't expect it to be this way.

It breaks his heart whenever his daughter would ask Kate. "What's wrong with daddy?"

Today was the day he was going back to work. He needed to find and get some answers on why? he was shot. His heartbroken when he held his crying wife in his arms last night begging for him not to go back and that she couldn't risk losing him.

That morning he wake's to his five-year-old daughter Alexis sleeping in the middle of the bed. Kate's side of the bed is empty he hears noises coming from the kitchen.

He kisses Alexis forehead and heads down the stairs. When he reached the last of the carpet stairs and onto the cold wooden floors. He walked over to his son was sitting in his high chair babbling away to himself and playing with his toy. He kissed his head and then walked over to his wife was washing up after cooking.

He wrapped his arms around her waist and pressed a kiss to her temple. "Morning."

"Morning," Kate said back her tone was sort of icy.

"You're not mad at me are you?"

"I'm not mad Rick, I'm scared."

"It's the first day back, I will have to do the tests to get my gun and badge back and will be on desk duty till then," Rick reassured his wife.

"Will you keep me updated?" Kate asked.

"As much as I can." Rick kissed her temple and let go of her

"Can you feed Jayce While I see if Alexis is awake," Kate said changing the subject and going upstairs.

Jayce's babbling started to get louder as Rick prepared. Jayce's baby cereal. "It's coming buddy, It's coming," Rick said getting him a bottle out of the fridge.

Rick pulled up a chair from the dining table to start feeding his son. "I love you, Jayce I hope I can keep telling you that for the rest of your life you and your sister, I love you all so much."

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"Welcome back, Castle," Ryan said to him as he stepped off the lift.

"Thank you, Ryan, Glad to be back."

"How's Kate and the kids going?"

"Kate was scared about me going back to work, how's Jenny going?"

"Good Jenny went back to work, had a bit of a hard time of leaving Sarah Grace at the daycare."

"That's good that Jenny is back at work."

"How are you?" Ryan asked.

"I've been better," Rick admitted.

He walked over to his desk. "Where's Espo?" Rick asked Ryan.

"I'm right here, bro." He said walking out of the breakroom. "Dam It bro, you really gave me a scare," Espo said giving him a quick hug.

"Any leads?" Rick asked hopefull.

"All we know is that you were shot by a sniper," Ryan said looking at the ground. To avoid the disappointed look on Rick's face.

"But you're still looking into it right?" Rick asked once again hopeful.

"Sorry bro, but Captain said to close the case cause we have no leads," Espo said also avoiding his face.

"Well, thank's for trying," Rick said sadly and begun walking to Captain Gate's office to tell her that he was back and ready for duty.

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"NYPD, OPEN UP," Ryan and Espo said at the same time before kicking down the door. When they entered the apartment they had their guns raised and their eyes on the look out for their serial murder.

"Clear," Espo said lowing his weapon.

"Javi get here, " Ryan called out. Espo ran to the bedroom to see Ryan standing at a door in the bedroom.

Espo walks closer to the door. "Oh my god." He said shocked. There's a wooden board hung up in the closet along with pictures of Castle, his wife and his children. Also photo's of a sniper and a picture of Detective Daniels the detective which Castle was shot at his funeral which had a big red mark through it.

"I think we found, Our killer, Detective Daniels killer and Castle's shooter.

"Daniels had a family too, why is Castle's family only on there?"

"We need to get back to the 12th right away, Report it to the Captain and get Castle's family safe," Espo said in a hurry.