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Paris
Gates looked at Ryan and Esposito who didn't know more then she did. "She said she had to go to Paris."
"Paris? Why would she go to Paris?"
"She didn't say why." Ryan looked worried, and so did Espo. Gates knew she couldn't do anything about it. She knew Kate longer then just today. Normally she would order her to come back. Not to fly to Paris, but this time, something was holding her back. They knew Alexis is kidnapped and that they took her to Paris. But what they didn't know is why Kate suddenly left in a hurry to go there.
When Beckett landed in Paris, she had no idea where to go to. She didn't know who to look for, and she didn't know how Castle was doing. Was he still alive? She promised herself, after thinking that, not to go down that road. "Stay optimistic Kate," she told herself.
"Miss Beckett?"
"Yes?" She turned around to an older person. Male. He wore a hat. "Do I know you?" she asked staring at the person in front of her. "No, you do not. But I know your boyfriend." Kate's look turned big as the word 'boyfriend' came up. "Rick? Who are you?" With a little hesitation he had to tell her who he was. "You have to promise me something. Never bring what I'm about to tell you up again. After this is all over, I'm dead to the world." It was silent for a while but Kate nodded silently. "I'm Rick's father."
"Wait, what? His father?"
"Yes."
"How the hell should I trust you? First you come to me, knowing my name apparently and now you say your Rick's father. I can't believe this." Hunt knew Kate, he had been spying on her and his son since Castle was a little kid, and when he met Kate 4 years ago.
"I'm following my sons since the day he was born. I know he has a daughter, Alexis, and I also know she's kidnapped. Castle got shot trying to safe her." He paused. "I also know Castle started working with you 4 years ago when he first joined the precinct staff for his books. You're his muse." Kate hated that word. She told Castle never to call her his muse again. Now, Kate knew Hunt can be trusted. He knows things about Castle she probably doesn't even know. "Can you take me to him?"
He nodded. "Yes, follow me."
As they walk out of the airport, they get in a cab. Hunt didn't want to take the risk of renting a car, afraid to be found. His job came with a high price, and he had to pay it all his life. He couldn't risk to put Kate in danger. She might be cop, but she's a NYPD cop, not a Paris cop. It was out of her jurisdiction to do something when something might happen.
Both remained silent the whole trip to the hospital. Hunt had left the mansion before paramedics came to the scene. But as a spy, he knows everything, so he also knew to which hospital Rick was taken. When the car stopped in front of the main entrance they got out of the car and walked inside. Hunt also knew in which room Castle was and when he saw an empty bed, he feared the worse. As a nurse walked by, he grabbed the poor woman by her arm. "Where is the person who is supposed to be in this room?" She looked at Hunt. "I don't know," was the only English sentence she seemed to know. He let the nurse go and looked around. Kate knew exactly what he was going to do, because she had the same idea. When the coast was clear, she looked in the computer to see Castle's name. "He's taken in to surgery an hour ago."
"That's impossible, they operated on him right away when he came to the hospital. There must be come kind of mistake." Kate's fear began to take over. Fear what might happen to Castle if they might be too late. She told herself not to go down that road, but after seeing and hearing this she wasn't so sure of herself anymore. As a cop she knew what could happen if you weren't on time. "Please be okay," she whispered to herself.