She dreaded knocking on that door. She had given tons of families bad news before, but this was Martha, not just a random person. She needed to quit wasting time. She need to knock on the door so she could tell Martha, then she needed to get back out there and find Castle.
She slowly brought her hand up to the door, taking a deep breath. Here goes nothing, she knocked. The door swung open and Martha stood there looking stunning as usual.
"Why hello dear. If you came for Rick he's not in. Him and Alexis went out for a father daughter day." She's so happy right now. How was Kate going to tell her something that would bring her world crashing down?
"Actually I'm here to see you."
"Oh, well come in then." She said gesturing for Kate to sit on the couch.
"Martha, something has happened." She said trying to get strait to the point. "Ca…Rick and Alexis have been…" She had to clear her throat. "Kidnapped, from Rick's no car a couple blocks over." Saying his name, his first name, made this all the more real.
"Oh no. no. no. no." Martha said with tears running down her cheeks. Then she started to full on cry. She wrapped her arms around Kate's and Kate started to cry to. Not as bad as Martha, but still this was killing her inside. Then her phone beeped.
Oh boo hoo. You're not very good at this are you? A true detective would actually be doing something to stop me. By the way, some old friends of mine are going to be stopping by the precinct. Don't worry, there good guys. There here to help you. Ta Ta for now.
"What is it dear?" Martha asked.
"The stupid ass hole who took them is pissing me off. He's taunting me." Kate said handing Martha the phone.
"Oh, well, I guess we better get down to the precinct then." Martha said surprising Kate.
"We?" She asked.
"Well you don't expect me to sit around her and do nothing. That's my family he's got and I'm going to help find them." Kate understood where Castle got his stubbornness from.
"Okay but if we get a lead or have to go out your going to stay at the precinct."
"Oh of course. It wouldn't do any good if I ended up getting myself kidnapped too."
The drive to the precinct was quiet. If Martha were Castle Kate's ears would be ready to fall off. When they got there the place was more crowded than usual. Kate picked out a couple semi-familiar faces from the crowed. She couldn't see any of her team though.
"Kate." Montgomery said from his office. "In here." Kate and Martha slowly made their way to his office.
"Martha, good to see you again." Ryan said.
"Sorry about the circumstance's though." Esposito said squeezing Martha's shoulder.
There were three unfamiliar faces in the office.
"Kate I would like for you to meet Detectives Natalie Horen, Jake Nickels, and Craig Bentley."
"Nice to meet you." She said shaking each of their hands.
"They are here because we are pretty sure the guy who has Castle is the same guy who has been traveling through the states taunting cops. He did the same thing to them." These must be the friends he was talking about. Kate thought to herself.
"He kidnapped my husband of four years and we didn't get to him in time. I'm here to help you get there in time." Detective Horen said.
"He took my fiancé and high school sweetheart. We weren't able to get there in time. I'm not going to let the bastard do this again." Detective Bentley said firmly.
"My case was different. He took my wife and my son. We go to them on time but there was nothing left behind that could lead us to him. My wife and son said they never saw his face and that he never talked. He would hand them notes if he was telling them something. I figure that's kind of a good thing because he couldn't sound scary to my 6 year old but also we had nothing to describe him at all." Detective Nickels said.
Kate just listened, taking it all in. At least in his last case he left them alive. But that doesn't mean he will do it again.
"Has he done this to other people too?" Kate asked.
"There are at least two more cases that we know of."
At least Kate now knew that it wasn't someone with a personal grudge against her. She wouldn't forgive herself if they were kidnapped because of her. Of course t they were kidnapped because she's a cop. She can't blame herself for that though. She was lost in her own thoughts when her phone beeped again.
So you've met my friends. They are nice people don't you think? I'd like you to do something for me, okay? I want you to tell Nickels that I'll come back for his kid when he's older. His wife lived by sheer luck but I have to admit I can't kill anyone under the age of ten, they go to quick. It's a weakness I'm admitting but it doesn't apply here. Now then, stop standing around getting to know each other and do your job!
"What is it?" Nickels asked after Kate started to silently stare at him for a brief amount of time.
"I'm sorry." She said and handed him the phone. His face instantly turned white.
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