It's Always New York
Chapter 1
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Murder, violence, gangs, mad science, alien invasions and more all happen in this one city that never sleeps.
Gangs gain and lose power every day, people are killed, heroes rise, and beings we can't even imagine are created.
All of these events will collide around the head of one man, an ordinary man of creative, artistic talent.
The sound of Bach's 'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor' coming from his nearby cell phone woke him up. Checking the alarm clock beside his bed, he saw it was 5:30 in the morning. Picking up the phone, he answered "Really Beckett, this early?"
"Bring a coffee Castle," Beckett replied "And meet us at the Crytek building downtown, we got a fresh one."
Richard Castle rose from his bed and went about his usual morning routine – albeit about two hours too early for his tastes – and grabbed two coffees before heading out. The Crytek building was across town from where he lived, but he managed to make it by 6:00. He got there and found Beckett waiting outside for him.
"Didn't expect you to come." Said Beckett, accepting the coffee Castle handed her.
"What can I say, genius never sleeps."Castle replied.
"So why are you here?"
"Very funny. Who's our unlucky victim?"
"I can answer that." Said Esposito, coming out of the building "Victim is 52 year old William Rogers, head of genetic research here at Crytek. His partner, Dr Nathan Gould, is talking to Ryan right now."
"The body was found inside the building?" asked Castle "Couldn't we see who did it on the security Cameras?"
"We checked, but the cameras in the genetics room where he was killed were turned off for maintenance." Esposito replied, as they entered the Crime scene to find Lanie looking over the body. "That, and no one here heard anything, so it's likely the killer used a silencer."
Beckett nodded before turning to the M.E. "Hey Lanie," she said "What have we got?"
"Cause of death is three GSWs to the chest, based on body temp and lividity, I'm placing time of death between three and four this morning." Lanie replied.
"What was he working on?" asked Beckett "Maybe that's what got him killed."
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"Did Dr Rogers have any enemies, or anyone who might have wanted to hurt him?" asked Ryan.
Nathan Gould hesitated for a moment before answering. "I can't really think of anyone who would want to hurt him, the people here loved him. He was just so driven to succeed, so intent on finishing the project."
"So you can't really think of anyone who might have wanted to hurt him at all?" Ryan asked. Gould shook his head. "What was this project, might I ask?"
"Sorry, but that's classified." Gould replied, visibly uncomfortable.
"I'll try to keep that in mind unless it becomes prevalent. I still have to ask, where were you last night between three and four this morning?"
"Three to four? I was at home asleep. I never get up at that kind of ungodly hour unless I really have to." Said Gould "My apartment has a doorman, you could check."
"We will, do you know of anyone else who had access to this area?" said Ryan.
Gould thought for a moment. "Well we do have interns, but they wouldn't be able to get in here without me or Bill."
"Well you'll still have to give us their names." Said Ryan, getting out his notepad.
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A few hours later, at the precinct, Beckett sipped her coffee as Ryan and Esposito interviewed the last of the interns.
Castle sat in his chair next to her desk. "Why would anyone kill a scientist at Crytek? Crytek's done a lot for this city, and now someone kills one of their finest? What's the motivation? Money, revenge, both?" Castle seemed to think about this for a moment before saying "Aha! I've got it! A man hired William Rogers to resurrect his dead wife with the wonders of science, and Will accepted the challenge. He unfortunately realizes a few days later that the task he's taken on is too much even for him and he's forced to tell the man that he can't do it, but the man doesn't take no for an answer."
Beckett shook her head. "So you think he was killed because he was a failed Dr Rogerinstien?"
Castle opened his mouth, but shut it just as quickly. "Okay, that one was farfetched even for me..."
"Yeah, but this might not be," said Esposito, entering the room with Ryan "The intern we were just talking to told us that Rogers was having a heated argument with a man outside the Crytek Building yesterday and that security had to escort him away."
"Maybe he came back for a bit of payback." Said Beckett "Did we get a name?"
"No, but the security cameras got us a face, and we put a name to it." Said Ryan, handing Beckett a folder. "Have a look."
Beckett opened the file and looked it over as Castle read over her shoulder. "Let's go pick him up." She said.
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"Harry Osborne," said Beckett, as she looked at the young man in front of her. "Son of Norman Osborne, and the man who will inherit ownership of Oscorp when your father dies despite being just starting at Empire State University."
Harry looked at the detective and the man next to her "What about it?"
Castle spoke up "Well it's just that we have a witness who saw you having quite the argument with a mister William Rogers the other day, and we were just wondering what that was about."
"I'll tell you what that was about," said Harry "That guy wanted to talk to my dad, but he was out of town, so I went to see what he wanted. The guy demands to know if I had anything to do with one of one of his partners being gone. I got mad at the stupidity, especially since the guy isn't dead, he probably just got fired or something and we fought."
"The witness says things got violent." Added Beckett.
"For a bit, yeah, but in the end his bodyguard comes and tells me to get lost." Harry replied.
"You must have been mad about that, huh?" asked Beckett.
"You're damn right I was mad."
"Is that why you killed him?" Beckett asked, deadpan.
Harry was going to say something, but froze before he could. "He's dead?"
"He was killed early this morning," said Beckett "Not too long after your fight."
"Wait, I didn't kill him, I was at my friend Peter's house, getting ready for the new school year." You can check that."
"Wait a second," said Castle "You mentioned a bodyguard."
"Yeah, his big guy with an accent that got between me and Williams."
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"So Williams' partner Nathan Gould admitted that he and Williams did, in fact have a bodyguard." Said Esposito.
"Which begs the question," added Castle "Where was he when his boss was killed?"
"Can you give us a name for this bodyguard?" asked Beckett.
"I can do that and more." Esposito replied "He's a recent immigrant who's been staying with his cousin in the city, the guy's name is Niko Bellik."
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And that's chapter 1.
As usual, give me any feedback you can think of, and give me any franchises that take place in New York that you'd like to see in this story.
In the words of Castle, "Do a hard fade to black, musical sting."