Title: Ambushed
Author: TracyT
Rating: K
Category: Angst, Friendship maybe a little Romance
Summary: The team is ambushed
Spoilers: None
Archive: Yes, Please!
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Disclaimer: Not mine, but I wish they were. No profit will be made on this. It is a labor of love.
Author's Note: Just had this vision in my head and decided to play with it.
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"Castle, go." Kate could barely get the words out. The pain was too much, she was losing consciousness. She gripped his arm as hard as she could. "Please."
"No, I won't leave you." She could hear the desperation in his voice. She looked over at Ryan and Esposito lying unconscious in roadway several feet away and wondered if they were still alive.
She turned her attention back to Castle. She had to convince him to go before… "Castle, listen to me. They're coming back. You can't be here." When she saw the look on his face, she knew he'd refuse to leave her. "Alexis." That got his attention. "You have to go for Alexis. If you stay, you'll die, too." She saw the shock on his face that she considered herself lost. "You can't do that to her, you can't leave her without a father." Her mouth started to tremble. She was going into shock. He saw it, too and quickly removed his coat and draped it over her.
She felt something cold on her face. It had started to snow.
She saw his distress. "Kate, I can't just go and leave you here. I'll call for help." He got his phone out.
She shook her head. "We both know it will be too late."
"No. Don't talk like that." His voice was stronger now. He called 911. Kate drifted into semi-consciousness and wondered how much blood she had lost. She was roused a few moments later when he came back and knelt down beside her. "Kate," He took her hand. "They'll be here soon, hang on, okay?" There was blood on his hand. Her blood.
She looked into his eyes, trying to convey everything she couldn't say. "Castle, please." She was finding it hard to speak now.
They heard the sound of a truck engine getting nearer, and she felt a flare of panic inside herself. "Go," she whispered urgently. "Go."
He got up and took a few steps away. He turned back and looked at her. He was clearly torn about what he should do.
"Alexis," She called out to him again.
He stared at her, looking wretched. He turned away and looked around him.
Then he ran.
Kate's vision blurred. He was gone.
"Rick," she whispered before the darkness took her.
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Rick turned back briefly and looked at Kate. She was lying almost face down, her head a little to the side, his coat still covering her. The only movement around her was a bit of her hair blowing softly in the wind as the snow fell around her. Other than that she was utterly still.
His breath hitched in his throat. He almost went back to her. How could he leave her here? He gasped in a breath and took a couple steps back toward her when he heard her in his mind say "Alexis."
He ran for the car.
TBC?