Hey, so this is my first Castle story, not sure how long it'll be, depends if people like it I guess. This is an idea that just kinda came to me and I thought it was kinda creepy. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Sadly, I own none of it :(
Life for Kate Beckett was pretty good at the moment. Okay, there was some evil murderer out there who wanted her dead, and she still hadn't caught her mother's murderer, but she knew that she'd get there. She was closer than she'd ever been, and she had someone who she knew would help her through right until the end. Someone who loved her. She smiled involuntarily at that. Someone who loved her, but not just anyone. Castle. Castle loved her, and she finally knew it. She'd loved him for such a long time, she could hardly remember when she'd started loving him. All she knew is that she'd never thought that he'd felt the same, until that awful day. That awful wonderful day. The day she'd nearly died, but the day he'd told her he loved her. Of course, he didn't know that she knew, and he didn't know that she loved him too, but she kinda liked having that control. She'd tell him when she was ready, for now it was just enough to know that he loved her and that he wasn't going anywhere.
She walked into the 12th precinct with a smile on her face, and rode the elevator up feeling positive about the day ahead. Just as she was stepping out of the elevator a mail man apprehended her
'Excuse me, miss, are you Detective Beckett?'
'Yes,' she smiled at him 'You need anything?'
'Just for you to sign for this,' he said handing her a package
'Oh, great, thanks,' she said, slightly confused. Had she ordered something? Oh well. Maybe it was a present. She tucked the package under her arm and walked into the bullpen. When she set her things down on her desk she noticed a little commotion at the other end of the room and walked over to see what was going on. Her murder board was completely surrounded by people and she couldn't even get to it to see what was going on
;Hey, Ryan?' she called
'Boss,' he greeted her more seriously then was usual for him
'What's going on?' she asked, concerned
'Check it out yourself,' he said parting the uniforms with his arms. Beckett stared at the board for a minute, taking in the information.
'Oh god,' she sighed when she'd finished 'He's back,'
'Who's back?' Castle asked from behind her. She turned to face him and he absently placed a coffee in her hands
'The triple killer,' Beckett said carefully, remembering what Castle went through with the guy, and remembering the own painful pang of fear she'd experienced when, for just a few minutes, she'd thought he was probably dead.
'3XK?' Castle asked, a slight defensive note creeping into his voice. Beckett knew how responsible he would feel 'Who's he killed then?' Castle asked, coughing uncomfortably
'Diana Craig,' Esposito offered from the board where he was writing down lots of theories followed by big red questions marks '26, had a live in boyfriend Terry Hanson but we're not really bothered with him,'
'Yeah it's by the book 3XK,' Ryan continued from his partner 'Only thing is there's not a book which released all these details so it has to be 3XK, ironic huh?' they all just looked at him 'Just saying!' he protested 'Anyway, as I was saying, strangled with green rope, left in a peaceful sleeping position. And of course, she was blonde,' Beckett sighed, this was gonna be a hard case, and it was gonna reopen wounds that Ryan and Castle were carrying
'Right,' she said, addressing her team carefully 'Assuming that Diana is the first victim, we can expect two more within the next week unless we can stop him. So, let's move to stop him. Esposito get an APB on him, Ryan I want you to dredge up all the security footage that you can from around the crime scene, if we're lucky we might be able to get a pretty accurate time frame on the murder, then we can work out how far he's gone,'
'What d'you want me to do?' Castle asked looking desperately like someone who wanted to help, but didn't know how
'Castle just, just go with Ryan to check on surveillance okay?'
'Kay,' he replied a little sulkily, Beckett guessed that he wanted to help her, but she needed to have a little alone time to sort out her thoughts. She headed back to her desk where she sat done and pulled the parcel towards her. She opened it absently, there was a note in there, not long, not more than a side of A5, but she'd only read the first few lines when she had to stop herself. It read:
Dear Kate,
Most girls are told that they're one in a billion, or one in six billion, or at least they like to be told that. As it is, you are only one in three. One in my three.
At this point she stopped reading, and a terrible chill came over her. She glanced down into the envelope, saw a packet of something and pulled it out. Then she looked at the murder board with all of 3XK's previous beautiful blonde victims on, and then back to the packet of peroxide in her hand.
Hey so hope you like it! Reviews appreciated! :)
Emz xx
