There is no way that either Rick Castle or Kate Beckett thought they would be standing in the penthouse of a building they were buying, looking into the bathroom at two dead bodies. Especially how the day began in a romantic bubble, now ending this way.
Standing just behind them with his eyes wide open and his mouth on the floor, is the inspector.
"Uh…I need to go now" her turned and he is heading toward the door as fast as he can.
Beckett turns around quickly. You are not going anywhere"
"What do you mean?"
"You are a witness to what we found" she points to the front of the loft "you need to step outside in the hall and start making notes about what we just saw."
"Why do I need to do that?"
Castle has been to enough crime scenes since he and Kate met, he knew the answer "The quicker you write down what have seen here, the more accurate. So, write it down. We will be doing the exact same thing"
He looks back to the kitchen counter "Fine! I will go in there and do this"
"NO" Beckett responds "You have to leave the space. We do too. We might contaminate evidence"
As they are walking out to the corridor, Kate is on her phone calling the homicide into dispatch. After hanging up, she looks at her husband "not a good way to spend our alone time while the kids are away"
He knows she is right.
Within 10 minutes a uniform shows up with a little cockiness in his voice and his weapon drawn. He is too eager. She can tell he is a rookie "What happened here?"
Beckett responds with firmness in her voice. "Put your weapon away…"
"Look lady. Someone called in a murder and I need to see what is happening here"
Before the rookie can continue, his training officer walks up behind him. "COLE! Holster your weapon"
The rookie glares toward the senior officer "But sir, this is a murder scene and we need to make sure that the murderer is not here and secure the area and…"
The training officer looks at Castle and Beckett the he realizes who has discovered the bodies. He squares himself "Sorry Captain. My recruit is just a little to eager to catch a criminal and have his name on the arrest report "he glares the younger man "I strongly suggest you holster your Glock and show respect for Captain Beckett."
The younger man seems a little impressed with who is here. He places his weapon into his holster then turns toward Castle "Sorry sir. Did not know who you were"
Sargent Riley looks at the recruit "That is her husband, Richard Castle" He points toward Kate "This is Captain Beckett. She still holds the record for murder case closure from when she worked in the 12th precinct many years ago."
The junior officer is visibly set back for his obvious mistake. "I am sorry Captain Beckett. My mistake"
Placing her best 'I am senior officer here' look on her face. "We can discuss protocol and crime scene observation later, but right now, I want you to start a canvass of all the units in the building"
He is very dejected knowing that canvass buts him far away from the actual investigation that will be happening here very soon "But sir…"
His objection's are silenced when his TO puts up a hand and then points toward the hallway and the elevator doors on that floor. "Start on the first floor. And detail every name you speak to and note anyone that does not answer"
He nods his head and walks away to begin the canvass.
"He is a little eager" Riley remarks as the elevator doors close "Sorry"
"How long have you had him?" Beckett asks
"A week…a very long week so far"
"I am sure" Castle looks towards the now empty floor "Rookies are not normally allowed to take a lead for at least a year on the job, let alone rush in ready to shoot someone"
"True" Riley confirms "I hope this little embarrassing event will teach him a lesson"
"Me too" Beckett agrees
"I checked and the CSU team should be here any minute"
"Good"
Riley takes his notebook from his pocket and looks toward the two "Of course, I still have to make notes"
"We know." Pointing toward the door "We were doing an inspection. Rick and I are in the process of purchasing the building and this is the normal final step before signing the papers"
Riley seems to have a question on his face "I guess captains make more than I thought" he laughs to let them know he is trying to bring levity into the conversation
"Not hardly" Kate remarks "My husband is a little richer than the normal husband of a police captain"
"True. Those hot Nikki Heat books have been read by everyone I know…" he stops talking realizing that she is the model for the ultra- sensuous detective "So. Please continue"
"We had just finished the roof and came to the penthouse expecting it to be empty but…"
Rick finishes "Like the three bears. 'Someone has been bathing in my tub and he is still here'"
Kate wastes no time in poking her husband then looking back to the uniformed officer. We have notes we made as to what we saw.
"Thanks".
The elevator doors open to allow the CSU team access to the crime scene. The obvious leader steps forward to the group "I am Lieutenant Casey. What do we have?"
Pointing, once again at the open door to the unit, two victims"
Several suited members begin to head to the area to begin evidence gathering.
"Who discovered the bodies?"
"Castle and I did. I am Kate Beckett, and this is my husband, Richard Castle. We were doing an inspection when we discovered them. We immediately pulled everyone out of the unit to not contaminate the crime scene any further."
"Former detective Beckett from the 12th?"
"That would be her" The voice of Javier Esposito responds from behind them.
Casey spins "Javi? Long time so see, and what are you doing here? I heard you were in a special investigations group"
"Yes, we are" raising his thumb toward Ryan. This is my partner Kevin Ryan" Then pointing at Beckett "and this is my boss, Captain Beckett"
The CSU lead realizes who he has been talking to. "Sorry ma'am. I am glad we had an officer here first."
Kate pulls out her notes "I have detailed everywhere we went and anything we touched before discovering the bodies"
He takes her notes and looks at them "That makes our job a lot easier. Usually the scene has been messed up by a dozen people trapesing around the bodies and generally messing up the evidence. We can get started" He looks at the group. If I need anything else, I will contact you…and I will let you know what we find"
"Thanks" then Beckett turn to her two partners. "And what are you doing here?"
Esposito answers for both of them "Our boss finds a man's body tied up, and in a bathtub, and a woman on the floor, also dead, you know we ARE going to get in on this?"
As Beckett walks up behind Castle "Glad to see you two. I was going to call you in anyway"
"So, we are claiming jurisdiction on this one?" Ryan questions
"Absolutely"
Before the four can finish their conversation, the elevator bell rings again signaling the arrival of another investigator. This time the chief medical examiner.
Esposito looks at the Lanie as the exits the cab "Hey. The gang's all here"
Ryan finishes the thought "Then this one should be solved quickly"
"Let's hope so. Castle remarks
"Alright you two. What do you have for me so far?"
Beckett responds first "Two victims in the bathroom. One male evidently drowned in the tub and a female dead on the floor. She has no visible signs of trauma"
Do we know who they are?" Ryan is starting to take notes
Castle looks to his notes on the building occupancy "This unit is on a short- term lease to a…" he flips a page "Olivia Meyers"
Lanie has a surprised look on her face "The movie actress, Olivia Meyers? I had heard she was living in the City"
"Evidently!" Rick responds "The lease just ran out the end of last month. The unit was scheduled to be empty"
"Not empty enough" Espo comments
As Lanie starts toward the door, Ryan makes a comment "I can't be the actress" All eyes turn at him "She is in Europe making a movie"
"And how do you know this?" Espo asks
"People magazine."
No one stops glaring
"Wait. It said her boyfriend was staying here until she came back"
All five pair of eyes turn and look at the door
"Then who is the woman?" Castle remarks