Soooo, the 3rd chapter is her! Hope you enjoy! I will try to post the next one on monday =]

Alexis was the first to get back from the shock.

"You are saying… Bob, like, the previous counselor?"

"Yes."

"The one that died 10 years ago in a terrorist attack?"

"Well… as you can see he is not dead." Kate was still waiting for Castle to say something. It seemed he was trapped in past memories.

"But… we were there. We saw the explos-" wait, what?

"Why were you two there?" She needed Castle back to the present. "Rick?"

"Uh…. oh. It was a charity party. It was a good place to get credits working as a waiter. Alexis was 8 and I didn't have anyone to stay with her so she went with me."

Something clicked in the detective mind. She looked to the prosthetic arm and then to Castle's face. He was trying to hide but he still had guilt inside him. He thought it was his fault.

"Your arm." Kate pointed with her chin.

"Yes. Dad went to the bathroom and asked me to stay behind the bar table so I wouldn't get lost. Next thing everything was on fire. I didn't know what to do and I wanted my dad. So I went to run there when a piece of the ceiling fell on top of me. My arm got crushed. Passed out with the pain. When I woke up I was in the hospital." Alexis was curled up in her dad's side, the pain visible in both their faces.

Kate wanted to say she was sorry but knew it wasn't what they wanted to hear.

"I got stuck in the bathroom," Castle kissed the top of her daughter's head, "got a good part of my body burnt. It was a horrible day, Detective. We survived because we were far from the explosion epicenter. Now I want to know how the counselor survived."

"Bob knew that something was going to happen. This group I am part of, we exist before Bracken assumed the counselor chair. Bob didn't want to give into the corps pressure, so they wanted to take him down. We didn't know how to stop the attack and we couldn't tell anyone because we would get killed. So we did the only thing we could…."

"You faked his death." wow. This was better than his books.

"Yes. The corps used a ground group to take the blame. Some of them were part of our group. We took ten years to gather all the evidence. To take down everyone that we need to. And now we will start to move. And we need your help, Rick."

They wanted his help. He could take down the people who hurt his daughter. Who hurt him. Finally he could do something beside write and give hope to the ground people. They read his book because the hero always won, and now, they could win in the real life.

"I want to help too," Alexis talked first.

"I am sorry Alexis, but it could be dangerous. It could go all wrong"

"Do you know Fire Ghost?" Castle got up and went to the kitchen. "And do you want something to drink?"

"Uh… water please. And are you talking about the famous hacker?"

"How do you think nobody found me Detective? And… since we are in the subject. How did you find I was Castle?" He sat again and offered the glass of water.

"One day I will tell you," ok, his pouting was adorable and Kate decided it was fun to tease him. She turned to Alexis, "so you are Fire Ghost. I still don't like it but to have you in our team would be amazing. We actually had to cut our communications using the net for fear of stalking cops. Do you think you can hide our talk?"

"Of course. I created an anonymous network that uses old cables and radio towers that are not monitored by the cops. I can supply the devices to access the network, just tell me how many people will use it."

"Great. And you, Rick. I will need you to write something to get their attention. They need to think that something is gonna happen and it will begin here in the ground."

"Of course. I already have some ideas." She didn't have to know that she was the inspiration right? "But I need time. Probably in one month I can give you a draft and you can see if it will get their attention?"

"Sure. Let's meet in one month?" Something flickered in his eyes. Was it…. disappointment?

"Yeah…. one month is good." It was horrible, he wanted to see her everyday. But it would seem creepy to ask that. They didn't know each other. But he hoped they would.

"Ok. Then I will set up a meeting so you two can see the others." Kate got up and headed to the door. "Be safe and I will see you in 30 days, Zion Bar." Not giving time for answers, Kate Beckett vanished.

Castle and Alexis looked at each other. Thoughts of doubt, hope, fear… was it this easy? A sudden encounter just put both within a group that wanted to take down counselor Bracken and diminish corps power over the government. Too good to be true but probably their only hope.

"Do you trust her?" Alexis was still looking at the door.

"I don't know why, but yes. She could have arrested me. She hid her tattoo and let her tracking device at home. It's the first time I see a cop hiding from the other cops."

"But it would be good to be sure right?"

"Yes. Go on and see what you can find about her. If something happens at least we will have some cards up our sleeves. Meanwhile I will write."

Castle stood up and went to his office. Time to write something. If the attention of the corps and cops needed to be in the ground, it meant that a lot of people from this group were in high places. People with money. He didn't know if they were trustworthy but something made him trust her. And he would do this for her.