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~Chapter 1~

"And even if there is... one" Beckett tried to fight back the tears. She loved the captain, he was the reason she was a homicide detective. But he was taken away from her, the same way her mother was taken from her. Her mind went blank. What was she going to say next? She racked her brain for the words, but before she could say them, a bang.

"KATE!" Castle ran towards her. Then it hit her.

Pain. Castle jumped on her, causing immediate contact with the ground. Castle was on top of her in an instant. She couldn't breathe. She tried as hard as she could, but she could only breathe in, shortly, and not breathe out. Pain. Her chest throbbed. She put her hand over it, blood soaking her glove.

"Kate... sshhhh... Stay with me, Kate. Don't leave me, please." Castle rubbed her arms up and down. She had to stay with him. But she was blacking out fast. A tear rolled down her cheek. She didn't know she had enough strength to do it. At least this was how she expected it would happen. She wasn't freezing, but for some reason, this felt much, much worse. She hung on for as long as she could.

"Kate, I love you. I love you, Kate."

Had he said it? Was she going delirious? She suddenly felt happy. Like she could close her eyes. She tried to smile, but the pain over took her whole body. She felt ready. She closed her eyes. Everything went black.

A single tear rolled off Castle's nose on to the grass. Thump! It seemed way to loud. Was he going in to shock? There she was, in his arms, limp. Eyes closed. Is she dead? No. She wasn't. But close. All his energy was focused on Beckett. Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion. Everyone was still crouched down, from the shooter. But Castle knew Beckett was his one and only target. And the sniper succeeded. Mostly. "Kate? Kate? Stay with me! I love you! Do you hear me? I love you!" He said while shaking her, trying to get her back. But nothing. He sat down at her feet. "Breathe. Just breathe." He thought that to himself, but also was thinking that for Beckett. Her chest, was only moving up. Barely down. He was worried. He was going to los- no, he wasn't going to think that way.

Castle lifted his hands. Blood. Beckett's blood. It felt different. Being so nosy, he got blood from victims on his hands all the time. But nothing felt the way her blood felt on his hands. Hot.

Seemed to burn his hands like nothing else he had felt before. He breathed in and out, holding his hands up. His breath was all he could hear. Everything was spinning. Sirens. He heard sirens. Good. Someone knew what was going on.

Before Castle knew what was going on, Lanie and Esposito were there, Lanie checking her vitals while Esposito put a hand on Castle's shoulder.

"Castle, are you okay? Is she responding?" There was pure horror in Esposito's voice. Castle couldn't find the words to say. "Lanie, honey, how is she?"

A tear fell from Lanie's eye. "She's breathing. Just barely, but breathing. She doesn't have much time. I need oxygen. She needs oxygen. Or she won't last much longer." The ambulance was there. As the paramedics loaded Beckett's limp body on to a stretcher and covered her mouth and nose with oxygen, Castle had the strength to stand up, to see most of the people there were gone. All who were left were Alexis, mother, Jim Beckett and Ryan. Ryan was trying his hardest to keep Jim from running towards his daughter, but Ryan knew that the killer might go after him, too. Ryan covered Jim as he ran to the ambulance and crawled in. The doors closed and it left.

"Dad!" Alexis cried as she ran towards her dad. "Are you okay? Beckett? Is she okay? Dad, is that her blood?"

Castle walked up to his daughter getting close to her. "Listen Alexis, I need you to go home. And mother. It's not safe. I will keep you updated. Please go."

"But dad-"

"I mean it. Go!" Martha ran up to Alexis and pulled her to the car. Alexis watched her dad get in to a car with Ryan and Esposito with horror on her face. It reminded Castle of the moment he told Alexis and mother to go to the Hamptons after he got out of the freezer. He climbed in to the waiting car.

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