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Summary: This takes place in season 2 episodes 17 and 18. Yes, I am going to just say it, this is a Caskett story about how Alexis and Kate's daughter (whose name I am still holding and you will find out in the story. So just read it.) It is about when the bomb goes off can Castle fight the flames of the fire and save both Kate and her daughter or will he have to choose between the two.

If you have already read this first chapter, please read it again, it is a little different, more realistic and no mistakes now that I have a Beta, so thank-you to The Little Monster 1024.

"Kate, are you in there? Kate?" Rick Castle yells while he debates whether or not he should jump on the door to knock it down. "Ow, ouch." He picked himself up off the floor of Kate's floor. He realized that breathing was going to be a difficult thing to do very shortly. "Kate, Kate..." He calls out franticly, knowing that he shouldn't breathe in the fumes of the flames.

As he is looking around not having a single idea as to where to start looking for his partner, he can just make out a faint cough of someone to his left."Kate?" Castle says hoping that it is most definitely her and that she is alive. That's when he sees the charcoaled color hand grasp the side of the cast iron tub. The next thing he sees makes a jar full of relief spread across his face.

He can see her hair pulled back into a tight pony tail that is starting to come loose as she lifts her head up and looks down at her body in pain. She tries to lift her body up again and can feel the pain shoot through her spine and another coughing fit starts up. Right as she is going to put her head back down she can see him, her partner, the man she has grown to care for over time. He's is trying so hard to get to her, but is blocked by debris and parts of the apartment that are collapsing and falling down on top of him.

As he reaches her, part of the bathroom door is on top of the tub, her back is turned away from him, and she is still in a coughing fit while trying to get up. "You're alive," he says and it comes out with a sigh of relief at the end, "oh, and you're naked." He just realizes as he looks down into the tub where she is still currently at. 'Oh, so that's why she was turned away from me when I entered the bathroom.' "Castle turn around." Kate Beckett says with just a tad bit of annoyance in her voice.

Rick nods and does as she says not wanting her to be mad at him for the next half a decade. Once she is done coughing he speaks his thoughts taking a leap of faith that she won't kill him for what he is about to say."You know, the apartment is on fire right now might not be the time for modesty." He says watching the fire spread like a wildfire.

'He has a point,' she thinks to herself while bringing her knees up to her chest and wrapping her arms around them and hugging them to her chest. She takes a few deep breathes and leans back against the tub, her back still to him. "Castle," she says taking a deep breath, her daughter's welfare being the only thing on her mind. "Hand me a towel." Kate says and raises her right arm up to him, still not facing him.

He goes to reach for a towel with his right hand but stops. "The towels are on fire." He states with worry creeping into his voice, but tries to hide it with courage and bravery. "Well what about the bathrobe?" She asks swerving her head from the left trying to see the bathrobe. She can feel the panic rise up into her chest worried about her daughter, and not being able to get to her.

He goes to reach for that with his left hand and stops halfway, mouth gaped open going to speak but stops midway through the first word. Going for another tactic he tries to ask her a question instead. "Do have anything that may not be flammable?" He asks annoyance evident in his voice, but makes the mistake of turning his head and chest around to talk to her. "Castle," She hisses and waves her hand for him to turn around before bringing it back down.

She thinks she can hear the faint sound of a sorry from him, little does she know that he is already beating himself up for that, afraid that he lost her trust after trying so hard to gain it back again after the incident that had happened last spring. The incident that almost made her run back into her ex-boyfriends arms, and end their partnership forever. She raises her right arm up again and says, "Give me your jacket."

Keeping his face trained on the fire ahead of him he quickly slips his jacket off and turns around, but keeps his head turned to the side. Using her left hand to push down and pick herself up Beckett speaks to Castle. "Don't look," she says her words short but effective. "I'm not… I'm not looking." Castle states his voice not wavering at all and showing pure honesty. Holding his jacket up and keeping his head turned to the side, but eyes closed, Kate watched his faces gauging his reaction as she leaned back against his jacket and he wrapped it around her slim figure.

"Alright?" Castle asked having let go of his jacket hoping she had a good hold on it. Taking a deep breath making sure she was covered up the most she could be she breathed out yeah in response. He turned around and thought she looked very sexy and hot in his jacket. 'What's happening to me?' He asked himself. Taking her left arm and hand with the left side of his body he let her lean against him while his right arm snaked around her waist and gently picked her up and carried her out of the bath tub.

"I dove into the tub just as it blew." Kate said clinging on to Castle for dear life as she walked on unsteady legs. "Can you walk?" Rick asked holding on to her as he realized her legs were unsteady.

"Ah, yeah, it's just; I'm a little banged up." Kate said hopping on one foot while Castle supported her upper body with his strong muscular form, which Kate couldn't help but notice. 'Jeez, what, did I hit my head when I dove for cover?' Kate asked herself.

She tries to walk faster and get to her daughter's bedroom faster than before. She can hear Castle chant behind her nice and easy, nice and easy. She stopped for a second and breathed out a yeah to acknowledge him, she looked deep into his icy blue eyes and for once didn't see that light that always shone through his eyes, she saw a worry, scared and understanding mature grown-up. Their eyes spoke volumes to each other, and when she was on her way to pass her kitchen her legs gave out and crumbled into Castles warm, strong, loving embrace as he caught her just in time before she fell to the floor.

"No, no Castle I have to get to her. I have to get to my daughter." Kate said trying to stand back up as her voice cracked at the end of her sentence.

"NO Kate, NO. I will go get her, but Kate we need to figure out where the bomb exploded form, okay?" Castle asked while rearranging her ankle so that she didn't hurt it any more. 'Oh my gosh, he just used my first name.' Kate thought to herself as her heart quickened at the thought.

"Uh, okay. Well it is not that bad in the bathroom and the kitchen which means the bomb had to have gone off on the opposite side of the house." Beckett stated quickly going into cop mode.

"Alright, so the bomb must have gone off down this hallway." Castle said while surveying the damage done to the rooms down the opposite hallway where Kate's bedroom is. Having remembered from before when he spent the night, wanting to protect her from that psychopath that's still out there, that the hallway opposite of her bedroom was her own bedroom and own bathroom, plus her guest room. On the right side of the hallway was her daughter's bedroom and bathroom, and on the left side was her daughter's playroom then Kate's home office. "Hey Rick, can you see which room had the bomb in it for me, please." Kate said looking up at him through glossy chocolate brown eyes. He could tell that she was either in a lot of pain, or worried about her sweet little baby girl, probably both come to think of it.

Castle nodded his head in acknowledgement and walked slowly over to the hallway stopping at the first room on the right and peering in to the room. By just looking at the extent of the damage Rick was able to tell that this was the room where the bomb went off at. Having known what was in that room, he solemnly walked back over to Kate his eyes starting to get glossy from unshed tears. He squatted down and looked Kate in the eyes; he pulled her into him and spoke the words Kate never ever wanted to hear. "Kate," Castle said making sure she had his full attention, "the bomb was in the first bedroom on the right side of the hallway." He could literally feel her flinch in his arms and take in a deep breath trying not to cry.

"The bomb went off in Emily's bedroom."

Alright, well that was only the prologue; things will get more intense in the next chapter. I will try to update soon, but no promises. Reviews and PMs are always welcomed, as well as any suggestions or questions I will be more than happy to answer for you. Love all ya'll.