A/N: Hey everybody! This is my first fanfic, so I hope you like it! Sorry if it sucks, and sorry if i forget to update! :P
Disclaimer: I don't own these fabulous people. :)
As Kate Beckett locked her car outside of the precinct, something felt off. She couldn't place it, but something definitely wasn't right. She looked around, thinking she'd see some masked murderer.
"You've just been around Castle too much," she thought to herself.
Seeing nothing out of the ordinary, yet still uneasy, she cautiously began walking towards the precinct door.
And that is when Kate Beckett disappeared.
Castle strolled into the 12th humming his favorite tune, two coffee cups in his hand. He was more than a bit surprised to find Beckett's desk empty. Looking around, he spotted Esposito and Ryan and walked over to them.
"Hey Espo, Ryan."
"Sup Castle," Esposito replied, not looking up from the stack of papers on his desk.
"Have you seen Beckett?" Castle asked.
"Nope," Ryan said. "Probably just running late."
"Probably," Castle echoed, and sat down at Beckett's desk to wait.
10 minutes passed, then 20. After a half an hour, Castle was done waiting. He picked up his phone and texted her, asking her where she was and if she was okay.
Just then, Lanie walked in. "Hey guys, I got some progress on the cause of death. Probably something you'll wanna see, Beckett."
"Beckett's not here," Castle said.
"Really?" Lanie asked, skeptical. "When I came in, her car was parked out front."
They all looked at each other for a moment, then Ryan broke the silence. "Let's go take a look."
Sure enough, when they walked outside, Beckett's car was parked in her usual spot, front row, third from the right.
"I'm getting a bad feeling about this," Esposito said nervously.
They looked around the lot for a few minutes before Lanie practically screamed. Everyone ran over.
"What's wrong?" Ryan said. Lanie said nothing and just pointed down.
On the ground was a police badge.
Beckett's police badge.