I hate 6x23 so I did this.
Forgive me
Castle and all the players belong to ABC and Marlsow.
i do this for fun, not money. No copyright infringement here
The flames reach up towards the tree limbs above. The fire threatens to spread to the nearby grass and the meadow just beyond the ditch where the car is jammed.
The smoke issuing from the badly damaged car is choking to the lungs of everyone nearby.
Unfortunately the nearest fire rescue station is several miles away and it is evident that the car will be completely consumed long before any water is used in an attempt to quash the inferno
The fire department can be heard far in the distance as approaching whaling of
Sirens can now be heard
The highway patrol has stopped Kate Beckett for attempting to run down the hill to attempt a futile rescue of the driver.
She is standing on the top of the hill with tears streaming down her face. Her mascara following the path off her cheeks and finally landing in dark blobs on the bodice of her mother's beautiful white wedding dress
Other cars from the Hamptons house arrive moments later. The occupants fly out of the doors even before the cars come to a complete stop.
Kevin Ryan, Javier Esposito, Lanie Parish, Alexis Castle and Martha Rogers all rush to Kate's side and join her in her emotional frenzy.
The next vehicle to arrive contains Victoria Gates and as is her station in life she immediately seizes command of the incident even thought it is outside of her jurisdiction.
She moves beside the highway patrol officer and identifies herself to the officer as a captain with the New York City Police Department
"What happened here?" She asks
"It appears the Mercedes was run off the road by a Black SUV. A witness said the Mercedes tried to avoid the accident but the SUV was determined to cause this" the officer points to the flaming vehicle
"What about the driver?"
"The witness was not in a position to get a good look but he said the car burst into flames just moments after it crashed into the tree. We assume the driver was killed in the crash"
The sound of the fire engine finally pulling into the incident drowns out any chance of continuing the conversation
The fire fighters make quick work of extinguishing the fire once they bring their hoses to bear on the inferno. The fire captain directs his crew to perform the standard search once the site is safe to approach
A senior member of the local police arrives to take command of the incident. He has assessed the scene and based upon the dress of the group he assumes the worst.
When you see a woman in a long white wedding dress and several men dressed in tuxedos and the ladies in their finest attire it does not take a college degree to put the pieces into place about what was planned for today.
The lieutenant is just hoping that it was not the groom in the car. He soon discovers that this is apparently the situation
Once fire department states that the scene is safe to approach, Captain Gates tells Lanie, Ryan, and Esposito to go and make a determination based upon their training.
Kate, Martha and Alexis are told to go back to the Rolls Royce and are seated inside waiting for their friends to return after their examination of the situation. All three women have empty faces as if their very souls have been taken from them.
Martha makes the first statement "Maybe he got out of the car before it caught fire"
Kate fails in trying to choke out a response. She just stares out the front window. The back seat of the car is quiet when the rustling of shoes on a gravel surface bring their attention to the person approaching
The local authorities represented outside are appreciating the assistance of the officers from New York taking the lead in this. They did not want to be the ones to tell this family the outcome from the events of today
Just moments after the two men and one woman step to the open door of the fancy vehicle, there are screams of pure pain escaping the limo
Lanie stays with her best friend while Ryan and Esposito rejoin their captain and the local police. When they approach the assembled crowd, Ryan speaks to Gates "Sir, Lanie has made her determination. We want to get permission of the local authorities to take the body from the car and return to the city to complete our investigation"
The local highway patrol ranking officer contacts the local police chief to get his permission to release the body to the New York officers since the accident actually happened inside the Hamptons City Limits. The chief of police, knowing those involved, gladly relinquished his case to those more experienced
Lanie gets into the Rolls Royce and closes the door. After just a very few minutes the car pulls away and begins its return trip to the Castle house with the four women inside the rear
The two men wait for a local mortuary to arrive with a hearse for transport and they ride back to the city and to the morgue where Doctor Perlmutter is waiting for them at the main door. He personally escorts the gurney containing the body bag into the examination area. He tells the assistants that he is taking care of this one personally and if he need s any help he will call them.
At the beach house the four women have changed back into their street clothes and have packed for their return to the city.
At the front entry Kate stops and looks around the house then she steps off the porch and into the passenger side of her dad's car while Alexis and Martha climb into the back of a town car waiting to take them back to the loft.
Just before pulling out Jim Beckett steps to the limo and tells Martha that Kate is not returning to the city just yet. She cannot go to the loft and her apartment is empty and both places contain too many memories for her to deal with at this moment.
Martha asks where Jim is taking Kate and he says that Kate wants to go to where they went after Johanna funeral to Coney Island and walk the beach looking for something to add to the stick man she has kept all these years and then she will decide what to do. He tells them Kate indicates that she wants to go ahead and go to the island where they planned for the honeymoon
The two cars pull off the drive and move in the general direction of the city
Once they are all well on the road, Jim Beckett changes direction and turns his car toward his cabin in upstate New York
The drive into the woods is in total silence causing the time to pass slowly. Jim and Kate do not say one word to each other until he pulls his car into the driveway of his cabin.
Kate reaches across the front seat and gives her father a kiss. She then takes her suitcase from the back seat and closes the door to the car. Jim pulls away quietly as Kate enters the front of the small and isolated vacation home.
She closes the door and latches the dead bolt lock then drops her bag on the floor
She hears a sound come from behind her.
She turns in the direction of the noise and lets out all the air from her lungs in a gasp…