Been rewatching Castle, currently on Season " and had to write this s7 ficlet. I have read a few fics on here but not all so apologies if this has been done before, I'm not sure it has so I hope you enjoy. I'll admit it's short but I wanted to get this out there and see what people thought.. so let me know! Cheers :D
Fire; lifesaving; for cavemen and scouts, but deadly to those that don't like roasted marshmallows or buffalo. That was Kate Beckett's current predicament; much like her own a few years previous, although she managed to escape that fiery explosion, her partner weren't so lucky.
Kate Beckett stares at the flames growing higher and higher; watches as the flames entangle the car, she feels the heat warm her face and knows that she is standing too close and should move but the stinging makes her feel; lets her know she is still alive, unlike the man in the car.
A leaf falls from a nearby tree; Kate follows the leaf as blows through the breeze until it catches fire from the car inferno. Kate looks away from the wreckage not being able to stomach anything else dying in that car. Kate watches as another leaf falls; she gets lost in the dance of the leaves, almost missing the white piece of paper fall from the tree mistaking it for another leaf. Kate's detective instincts kick in; sees several pieces of paper hidden up the tree, Kate makes a run for the tree. Kate runs past several officers; who must assume she has had enough and finally fled the wreckage, she ignores the calls of friends and family who have gathered beyond the tape line conversing with officers; Kate is on a mission, what is on them pages?
Kate grabs at a page as it flies towards her, she has to blink several times to clear her vision; blurred from the flames and the tears, once cleared she is met with a page full of words; speed reading several words stand out: Rook, Heat, inferno, loss. What was this? Kate's stomach sinks, she knew what this was; spinning around Kate yells to friends and family and anyone who would listen.
"Everyone, grab those pages! Don't let them burn; Ricks life depends on it!" Kate yelled while frantically grabbing as many of the pages as she could. Alexis who was closest although not knowing what the pages could do; her father was dead, she started grabbing for as many of the pages as she could. The others watch with solemn faces only seeing two lost women trying to cling onto a fraction of hope.
"Javi read a damn page and then grab some more would you!" Kate yells while running towards the car and gathering pages from the floor. Esposito releases a pained sigh as he watches his friend hurting, but he does as she says and grabs a floating page from another nearby tree. Everyone who is stood around Esposito as he reads that one piece of paper knows that something serious is happening; not just the death of their loved one. Esposito's eyes bulge at first in shock then close in anger.
"You heard her! Don't let a single damn piece burn!" Esposito starts gathering pages as does Ryan and Lanie, and as they read the writings on the pages they both draw the same conclusion Kate did; Rick was alive, and an old friend had him.
Kate looks around her and sees no more pages, she stops her search having gathered quite a lot and knowing that her friends and family were gathering up the remaining pages Kate starts to read some of the pages that she had found; tears fall down her face as she reads the words upon the pages; her tears a mixture of relief, anger and fear. Relief that Rick is alive, anger at who had him, and fear for who had him and how long Rick being alive would last, and who else would die at the hands of this menace? For there was a body in the wreckage; not Rick's, that she was certain; whoever it was, that was her second clue in this game; as game she was going to win, just as she did all those years ago.
Scott Dunn was behind bars yet somehow he'd just made the first move; a move that sucker punched Kate but not for long; the son of a bitch blew up her apartment, now ruined her wedding day, and took her fiancé hostage; Scott Dunn was going to pay.
Dunn...dunn...dunn... There's so many ways s7 can go and having just finished Boom I had this feeling that Dunn was a great character to bring back, 3xk seems so predictable, so guys would love to know what you think and more may come your way ;)