Hey, here is my new story Bullet throught the heart. WARNING if you are a fan of Gina don't read this fic.

Diclaimer: No i don't own Castle and neither do i make any money from this fic

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6.00pm Thursday

Kate Beckett looked up from her book to see her phone going off. She stretched out of the bath and grabbed the increasingly annoying phone and answered it. "Beckett".

Lanie answered and replied solemnly "we got a case"

Beckett had never heard Lanie say 'we got a case' so sadly before. "What else is up Lanie?" She asked.

Beckett heard Lanie sigh into the phone and say "The thing is Kate we have already have the ID of the victim and of the other person who is in the ambulance on their way to the hospital with a gunshot wound in the chest."

"So?" replied Beckett "isn't that a good thing?"

"I'm afraid not" whispered Lanie "Its Castle and his ex-wife Gina".

Beckett sat up in the bathtub, almost dropping the phone as she sucked in a short sharp breath of shock. "Please tell me Castle is the one in the ambulance" Kate whispered as tears threatened to fall from her eyes.

Kate heard Lanie draw in a breath and she prepared herself for the worst as Lanie spoke "He is" is all she said, but to Kate those were the only words she had wanted to hear.

As Kate rushed to get dressed after ending the call with Lanie, her phone started singing its tune again. "Beckett" she answered trying to mask the sadness and hysteria in her voice as the voice of the Captain came through.

"Beckett" he said "the boys can handle the crime scene; you can head over to the hospital."

"Thanks captain" was simply all Beckett said as she grabbed her coat and headed out the door.

As Kate walked into the hospital waiting room after learning that Castle was in surgery, determined to be there when he woke up, she remembered Alexis. She picked up her phone and dialled Alexis's number.

A cheery hello came from the other end and Kate hated the fact that she was going to take that away, but Alexis had the right to know. Kate solemnly passed on the news to the now sobbing teenager who was on her way as fast as possible, saying that her dad was more important to her than the college she was attending for the summer.

As Kate ended the call with Alexis, a nurse came through saying that Castle was out of surgery though he was still unconscious. She was ushered through multiple corridors until she came to the room Castle was in.

After opening the door she let herself look at the pale form of an almost unrecognisable Castle with dozens of tubes sticking out everywhere along with the machine which uttered bleeping noises which Kate was so grateful to see.

Kate sat down in the chair beside Castle and grasped his hand. She was content to just listen and watch him breathe. Unexpectedly the door opened and the rest of the team walked through the door. Ryan and Esposito just stared at Castle with a grave expression on their face. Montgomery observed the scene from the door while Lanie walked up and placed her hand on Kate's shoulder while watching Castle.

Kate was watching Castle's face; he looked at peace she thought; when all of a sudden Castle took a deep breath and lay still. The machine to Kate's left stopped beeping and just screamed a continuous noise. Kate leapt up as dozens of paramedics scrambled into the room and she screamed at Castle to wake up as Lanie gently pulled her towards the door. The last thing Kate saw before the door closed was Castle's body rising up as the paramedics shocked him with the paddles making her scream and sob even more.

Kate leaned against the wall and slid down until she sat on the cool floor with her head between her knees and continued to sob as she kept repeating the last minute of time in her head. After a solid 10 minutes Kate looked up to see a doctor exit the room and head down the corridor. She looked up to see that Lanie was sitting next to her rubbing her back and the boys were standing with their faces glued to the window on the door.

Kate lifted her head to look into the eyes of her friend who were also wet from tears and she asked Lanie "what just happened?"

"Castle died" Lanie whispered, not wanting to send Kate back into the state she just appeared from.

Kate took a deep breath and looked Lanie in the eye "and?"

"And he was dead for over three minutes until the paramedics finally managed to revive him. He'll be on a breathing apparatus overnight so he will be fine"

Kate sighed in relief as she registered the news.

"Come on girl" said Lanie as she stood up gently pulling Kate up with her' "it's time to go home".

Kate protested but Lanie was a determined woman and soon they were riding in a taxi back to Kate's apartment. Finally Kate remembered that there was also Gina, who hadn't been so lucky and that this incident was also a case she was determined to solve. So she asked Lanie "what did you guys find at the scene?"

"Not a chance Kate" replied Lanie. "I'm not going to let you stay up all night mulling over the case, you need to sleep, and I'll tell you in the morning.

Kate grumbled in response but deep down she knew her friend was right.

8.00am Friday

Kate was up at the precinct bright and early, determined to get this case solved. She stared at the murder board and thought to herself that she wished she would never see Castle's picture up on the murder board ever again. After talking to Lanie about what they had found at the crime scene which was really just what you would expect from a bullet entry, blood spatters and shell casings and Lanie examined Gina's body to find the type of gun used for the Murder of Gina and attempted murder of Castle was a police gun.

Kate watched as Ryan and Esposito as they walked into the precinct looking the same as she did, tired after a sleepless night. The three detectives went through Castle's and Gina's financials but nothing jumped out as being alarming. Kate was shocked to see exactly how much money Castle had.

Kate heard the precinct elevators open and when she looked up there stood a tired looking Alexis clutching an overnight bag and her light make up ruined by tears. Kate stood up and opened her arms out to Alexis who immediately ran into them and started crying. Kate gently quietened Alexis as she led her into the break room to get a hot drink and to talk about what happened.

Kate walked out of the break room not even 10 minutes later after an exhausted Alexis fell asleep on the couch. Together, her Ryan and Esposito decided to pick up Lanie and head over to the hospital to see Castle.

After being stuck in the New York traffic for 20 minutes Kate, Lanie, Esposito and Ryan arrived at the hospital and they saw a dramatic difference in Castle's appearance since last night. He had fewer tubes sticking out of him and he looked more alive. They all took their places sitting around Castle almost willing him to wake up and the doctor came in to give them all a briefing of current state. He said that Castle was stable though not out of danger and that he may be confined to the hospital for only a week if everything went according to plan.

After the doctor left Kate took Castle's hand and traced patterns on his palm. She looked up to find two bright blue eyes staring at her and she looked at him and smiled and said "Hey Castle". He looked around the room and then back at Kate. Then he screamed…

Thanks for reading! reviews are really appreciated! I'm sorry about the ciff hanger but i kept writing and felt that this was the place end. I feel that this fic is worth continuing but i don't want to waste my efforts so please tell me if i should continue!

Thanks :)