Kate opened the door, her weapon drawn. She holstered it after she saw who it was.

"John. Jane."

She stepped aside and let them in. "Kate. Kevin." Jane said, giving them both hugs. "Are you two okay?"

They nodded. "As well as you would expect under the circumstances." Kevin told her.

"We have a lot of things to go over." John said. He stopped when he realized they weren't alone.

"Who are these people? I thought you would be alone."

"This is Javier, my partner. This is Lanie, our ME and Rick Castle, Kate's partner and-" he stopped when she elbowed him in the side.

"Shadow." He corrected, wincing.

"It's dangerous for them to be involved, Katherine. I told you this." John said with raised eyes.

"They were determined to work the case even if I took them off. I couldn't risk their lives like that. If they were going to risk their lives, they might as well know everything that they are getting into."

They all sat down in Castle's living room. "You placed Jenny and Castle's family under protective custody earlier this morning, correct?" Jane asked.

"Of course. They were in danger." Kate said.

"We will allow you to contact them later and explain everything to them. Now, tell us everything." Jane said in a quiet yet demanding voice.

Kate and Kevin quickly filled them in on the events of the last couple of hours. When they were done, John sat back, confused.

"I was sure he was dead. I mean, we have his body. It was buried and left. You two were safe." John sighed. "Do you have any idea how he found you?"

"Yes." Kevin and Kate said at the same time.

"How?" Jane asked, sitting forward.

Kevin and Kate gave her such a look that she immediately understood. "Oh."

"What?" John asked. The rest looked curious as well.

Kate and Kevin shook their heads while Jane leaned over and whispered to John so that only he could hear, "The Nikki Heat series."

John looked up and glared at both of them. "I told you that that wasn't a good idea."

"I don't care." Kate said, sitting back.

"That's it. You two both need to go back into the Protection Program."

"No way in hell." They both said, angry.

"You can't force us." Kevin added.

"Why not?" Castle asked. "Wouldn't you be safer?"

"In theory." Kate said.

"What?"

"If we go into the program, we will physically be safe. But we would be separated and leaving the team to themselves."

"Kevin, think of Jenny. It would keep her safe." Jane tried to convince him.

He glanced at Kate. "No. We are fighting. I refuse to run from this man for the rest of my life! We will beat him."

"At what cost?" John asked.

"I'd rather die than get placed in the program." Kate snapped.

"Kate, maybe you guys should to stay safer." Kate looked over at Castle.

"If we hide, we are letting him win…again. Plus, I am not leaving you guys. There is no guarantee it will ever be safe to leave."

Castle finally grasped what she was trying to tell him without words.

Kevin leaned forward. "Keep Jenny safe. But I will stay with Kate and fight this out. It's our fight."

"I am confused." Lanie interrupted.

Everyone turned to her and Esposito.

"Why would you be placed in the Witness Protection Program?"

"We witnessed this man kill our parents." Kevin said.

"I don't think we actually told them that we saw it." Kate said with a shrug. "Well, we did."

"We will help you find this man." Esposito promised.

"Wait." John said. "I don't think I actually every agreed to you two not going back into the program."

"Well, we aren't." Kate snapped.

"We refuse." Kevin added.

Kate and John seemed to have a conversation with their eyes. John's eyes darted to Castle before it dawned on him.

"Are you dating Castle?"

Kate blushed. "So what if I am?"

Lanie and Esposito were looking back and forth between everyone. "You know what, I am done trying to follow all of this."

Kate gave her friend a small smile as she reached over and took Castle's hand. "Yes, I am dating Castle."

"Kate!" John exclaimed, getting up and pacing.

"Look. It's not like I chose to fall for him!" Kate called to him.

"You should have fought it!" He yelled.

"I did! I fought it for four years! I got tired of the constant battle. I thought the killer was dead. But even if I knew he was alive, I would go back and do it all over again. You can't just change how I feel by telling me what to do. I refuse to listen. I love him and you are just going to have to get over that, okay?"

She was breathing hard by the end of her rant. Kevin pulled her back onto the couch that she had jumped off of in her anger.

"Relax, Kate."

"Don't you dare." She turned to him. "You agree with him."

"Wait. Why shouldn't we be dating?" Castle asked, confusion on his face.

"It's dangerous." Jane said quietly with a glance towards Kate.

"Castle, why do you think that she pretended she didn't hear what you said? She was trying to protect you by not dating you."

"Why?"

"The Five Point Killer was supposed to be dead, but we knew not all of his associates were. We knew many personally. The Five Point Killer is targeting Kate in particular. We all warned her about dating seriously until we knew nobody was coming after her. That being said, you two are great together and she is much happier with you."

"You have got to go into the program." John said.

"Not this again!" Kate groaned.

"Yes! You need to get away from him! All he does is put you in danger. You wouldn't have been found except for the book and dating him puts both of you in great danger."

Castle's eyes widened as he grasped what he was saying. "He found you through the Nikki Heat series?"

"No." Kate said as the rest said, "Yes," at the same time.

Castle looked surprised and upset. "I put you in danger?"

"Castle, he would have found us anyway. It isn't your fault." Kate said, grabbing his hand.

"Kate's right. He definitely would have found us." Ryan admitted.

"But-" Kate cut him off.

"Excuse us." She said as she dragged him from the room. They needed to talk.

AN: So here is the next chapter. Some of you are probably thinking, "what is it with this chick and the Witness Protection Program?" I must admit, that I think the idea is cool, so expect mentions of it in my future stories as well.

If anybody has any story prompts or ideas that you would like me to write on, I would love to hear them. I am not guaranteeing that I will actually write them, but chances are pretty good that I will. Thank you for reading!