Ryan and Esposito had also realized what Castle and Beckett had about Kevin McCann being at both the places that Amir had. After talking to Montgomery, and explaining, he had given them permission. Now, they were pulling up to the abandoned warehouse where this whole case had begun, and climbed out of the car.
"Bro, look." Esposito said. "Isn't that Castle's car?" Kevin looked, and then nodded. They looked at each other then drew their guns and snuck into the building. They quickly confirmed that the building was empty and that the bomb wasn't here. But then, neither were Beckett or Castle, and they were getting worried. But then, something caught Esposito's eye.
"Dude" he said, pointing to a large crate. "What's that?"Ryan looked over at him, and then they walked over to investigate.
"It's locked." Ryan said. Esposito raised his gun, getting into position. Looking over at Ryan, he nodded and tensed as Ryan slowly unlocked it, ready for whatever might be in there. But as Ryan threw open the door, the only thing he was hit with was a blast of cold air. He took a step back for a second to adjust then peered into the container. It was empty. Except….
"Shit!" Esposito cursed as he recognized the unconscious bodies of Kate Beckett and Richard Castle. He and Ryan ran over to their friends. "She's alive. Barely." Esposito said, checking Kate's pulse.
"Same here." Ryan said, doing the same to Castle. Both of them were ice cold, with blue lips, frozen lips and very shallow pulses. Who knew how long they had been in here. Reaching down, Esposito scooped Kate's limp body out of Castle's arms, who was still holding her, even when unconscious, and carried her out side. Gently. He laid her down on the ground and draped his jacket over her. He couldn't help but notice that she was already wearing Castle's. Then he went back and helped Ryan carry out Castle. They laid him down next to Kate, and Ryan covered him with his coat. As he did so, Esposito reached for his radio.
"This is Detective Esposito." He called. "Requesting immediate medical assistance. I have two hypothermia victims in need of immediate aid." Esposito gave the dispatcher their location, who told him that ambulances were on their way. Meanwhile, Ryan was placing a call to Montgomery to inform him of the situation.
"Sir, we have a problem." He said. "We just found Beckett and Castle in a freezer. Severe hypothermia. We don't know how long they were in there. Both are unconscious. It doesn't look good." Ryan nodded as Montgomery spoke. "Yes sir. Ambulances are on their way. Yes sir." He said once more then hung up his phone. "Captain's on his way." He told Esposito who just nodded as he looked at his unconscious friends. This was not good.