Chapter 1: The Accident
"STOP! NYPD!" Beckett yelled as she took off after the suspect. Ryan and Esposito took off in a different direction, in hopes of cornering the suspect. Castle took off following Beckett as she ran through the warehouse. She disappeared around a corner and the clanking of her heels was accompanied by two gunshots and a snap that Castle had only heard once before-when he was 11 and broke his arm.
The next few seconds seemed to slow down as he came around the corner. The first thing he was Kate at the bottom of a set of stairs, her leg in an awkward position beneath her. He quickly made his way down the stairs to her side. She was cut up and barely conscious. He sat down at her side and took her hand then the world went back to its normal speed. He could make out Ryan calling for two ambulances while Esposito quieted the suspect.
"Beckett…Kate…come on Kate you have to stay awake," Castle said to her as she started fading. She opened her eyes, "good girl."
"Did we…" her sentence trailed off.
"Yeah we got him," he said with a small smile.
"Castle, I," she whispered out, "it hurts."
"I know, I know it does, I broke my leg when I was younger," he lightly squeezed her hand.
After that Ryan came in showing the paramedics to Beckett first, this upset the suspect all over again. She winced every time they moved her. Castle held her hand the entire time. As they moved to get her into the back of the ambulance, Castle looked briefly at Ryan and Esposito. They were watching as the paramedics looked their guy over. He caught their eyes and they nodded as if to say 'we got this, go with her', he nodded back. With speed that only comes from practice they loaded Beckett into the back, Castle still firmly holding her hand, and sped off to the hospital.
A nurse led Castle to a waiting room as soon as he had walked through the doors. He wasn't sure how long it was but soon was joined by Beckett's father and then Lanie and eventually Ryan and Esposito, the Captain stopped by for a bit too. The last people he thought he'd see walk through those doors were Martha and Alexis. He pulled Alexis in for a hug and then led them to a corner of the waiting room.
"Mother? Alexis? What are you doing here?"
"We were told about what happened Richard."
"By who?"
"By another officer, Dad. We were trying to rind you. You didn't show up for your poker game."
He pulled Alexis into another hug, "I'm sorry I didn't call you."
"It's alright Richard. Now look I think someone's coming to talk to the group." They looked towards the door and sure enough a doctor was almost in the doorway.
"Family of Katherine Beckett," everyone in the room who was sitting stood and all those standing turned and faced the doctor. Jim Beckett stepped forward but they all looked expectantly at the doctor, "Ok. She has a broken leg, two cracked ribs, a sprained wrist, and a couple minor lacerations that needed a few stitches. But she hurt her head pretty hard when she fell and has some swelling of the brain. We've put her into a coma to give her body time to take the swelling down on its own," He stopped to let all the information sink in, "She's stable and been moved into a room. She is allowed visitors but only two at a time." During the doctor's speech both Mr. Beckett and Castle had paled considerably. Slowly Jim went and stood beside the doctor. No one else came forward, till Martha pushed Castle forward.
"If you'll follow me," he said before taking off down the hall. After turning the corner he stopped at room 315, "We put her in her own room. The nurse's station is right over there if you need anything else." He shook both men's hands and went on his way.
Hesitantly they made their way into the darkened room. She was pale, deadly pale, was the first thing Castle noticed, and then his eyes took in where they had patched her up. She looked tiny in the bed surrounded by the machines that were monitoring her vitals. Mr. Beckett had taken a seat in the chair beside the bed. Castle stayed near the door to allow Mr. Beckett a few moments with his daughter. He began making his way to the other side of the bed after about fifteen minutes. He picked up her hand and held onto it for dear life. Something was wrong…her dad's watch, 'where is it? And her necklace?' he thought while looking towards the small table beside the bed. He carefully put her hand down and walked out of the room and marched up to the nurse's station.
"Where's her watch and necklace?" He demanded.
"Good evening to you too sir," the nurse at the stations said, "what can I help you with?"
"I'm looking for Katherine Beckett's watch and necklace."
"I'm sorry sir personal belongings can only be signed out to family or the owner."
"Alright, thanks," he said dejectedly as he walked back to her room. He stopped at the door looking at it like it held the answer to a question. He reached for the handle but instead of entering he whispered 'Until tomorrow' and walked back to the waiting room.
Hello, so I started this story before the finale so it takes place in a different world. But oh my god that finale. . .crazy. But let's face it Beckett is about as dead as Booth was on Bones in that one episode. And I haven't seen a story like this out there so if it is similar to someone's I haven't seen/read it. Also I do not own Castle.
