The 44 magnum copycat.
Rick was bored. That was never a good thing, but it was even worse now that the other Jr. Agents were finished with their first round of classes. New classes started in a few weeks and Rick so far had tested out of the basic classes and was now looking to take the next level of tests to see what else he could test out of.
He was sitting at his desk next to Will. Ken never requested a desk for the front of his office after seeing how well Rick worked with the team. He let him stay out in the bullpen with the rest of the Jr. Agents. Rick looked up from the cold case file in his hand and saw it was still only ten. His day started an hour ago and he was already on his tenth cold case file and he was starting to Fray around the edges.
"What wrong with you now Castle?" Olivia asked smirking at him.
"What's wrong is, I'm bored! This was never supposed to happen! We have no new major crimes case. White collar is so dead that Peter took the day off to go antique shopping with his wife, and Beckett hasn't called in a week!" Rick said tossing the file on his desk.
"Relax Castle, it's a slow Monday. I'm sure we will have a new case by the end of the day." Mike said looking up from his desk next to Will. Rick smiled at the round faced young man with the thick glasses. In the month since he met Mike the kid had scored high on all of his tests, and solved enough cases with Rick and Will to get out of the pool. Now he was a Jr. Agent like the rest of them.
"How do you know we'll have a case soon?" Rick asked.
"Because you told me Mondays were good days to get new cases." Mike said.
"And just what did I say Jr. Agent Forester?" Rick asked smiling at Mike like a proud father.
"People are found after the weekend party rush. It's Trash day in half the city, and it's 97 degrees outside with a high of over a hundred. Someone is going to end up dead soon." Mike said.
"Very good Jr. Agent. You mentioned the heat. Tell me the top three favored methods of killing in a heat wave?" Rick asked recalling the facts from Jordan's book.
"Blunt force trauma, Stabbing, and GSW." Mike said buffing his nails on his shirt with a smirk.
"Very Good Jr. Agent." Jordan said approaching the bullpen. "What is the peak times for murder in a heat wave?" She asked.
"11AM-1PM and 4PM-6PM, Ma'am. The lunch rush with the hottest recorded temperature, and the after work rush." Mike said.
"Very Good. For your reward you don't have to leave this nice cold air-conditioning to go get coffee and donuts. That just leaves four of you. If one of you can name three famous summer heat wave spree killers you also get to stay." She said and Rick raised his hand. "Oh no you don't, not you Mr. I'm bored. If you're that bored then you get to go. Olivia looks like she has the right answer."
"Sam Burkwist. The L.A. slasher. And the Huston Hammer." She said with a little smirk.
"I see you put them in reverse order of Popularity of weapon but in order of fame. Olivia stays. The rest of you go. Here is a list of drink orders and donuts. Be gone minions!" She said waving them towards the elevator.
"I see you conveniently forgot to include money for all this." Rick said smiling.
"Take it out of your Jr. Agent pay." She said laughing.
"Yes Boss. Come on boys, let's go." He said leading them to the elevator.
The trip to the coffee shop was uneventful but coming back Rick spotted Beckett, Ryan, and Esposito walking into the building ahead of them. "Hey Coppers! You forget where your little station house is?" He asked smirking.
"Blow it out you're ass Castle. I'm here to see your boss." Kate said waving Ryan and Esposito over to help carry some of the trays.
"About what? Do you have a case for me?" Rick asked leading them to the elevator.
"We do, and this could be a bad one. I figured we should bring it to you guys ASAP. You are the Hooker whisperer after all Castle. Maybe you can help us with this one." Kate said at the got off on the tenth floor.
"Hey guys, What brings you down here?" Jordan asked when they came in.
"We may have a case for you guys and I wanted to bring it over personally. I know there was some bad blood between use for a bit but I hope this shows how much that's changed." Kate said as she walked into the conference room. She stopped when she saw only Jordan, Ryan, and Esposito walk into the room. She stuck her head out the conference room door and saw Castle standing with his team. "You coming or what?" she asked.
"I'm following the rules Detective. Jr. Agents are not allowed into the initial meeting. When Jordan says we have a case, then we get to start working it. That's the rules." Rick said shrugging.
"Oh," Kate said.
"We'll be waiting." Rick said grabbing a donut.
"So Kate, what do you have for us?" Jordan asked getting her attention. She was very proud of Rick. He followed the rules even though he knew the detective.
"Right," Kate said walking over to the table with her thick file. "We have five dead hookers and I think they are related. I also think they started dropping when you guys caught the 9mm John. The first murder happened the day after the press conference you guys held about that case three weeks ago. The next one dropped a week later. Than five days later. Then three days later. These two girls died a day apart. This guy works fast. He also works all over the city. That's why it took so long to put together. These last two girls were handed to my team. When Laine did a ballistics search for any case with a similar MO she found these three and then yesterday we found this girl." Kate said.
Jordan looked up from the file in her hand. "Shit Kate, this is bad. This level of escalation is staggering. Ryan call the others in." Jordan said standing up.
"I was right to bring this to you." Kate said nodding the herself.
"You were right. This has the potential to get way worse." Jordan said as Rick and the other Jr. Agents walked in. Ken followed behind Rick. "Ken, remember that guy Orenstein in D.C.? This looks like the same type." She said coming to stand next to Kate at the head of the table. "Kate if you will start over while I start putting this up?" Jordan asked grabbing the first file.
"Okay. We have five dead hookers killed by the same guy. I think he started killing because of the 9mm John. The first murder happened the day after the press conference you guys held about that case three weeks ago. The next one dropped a week later…"
"Slow down Detective." Rick said. "Give use the W's of the first girl." Rick said giving her a reassuring smile.
"Sorry. The first girl was 18 year old Carmen Morales. She was shot in the face once with a Large caliber gun, like a .45 or a .357 at close range. She was killed in an alley in Queens three weeks ago. Time of death was early morning between 4-6 AM. Seven days later a Jane Doe in Brooklyn with the same MO. Five days later a high end hooker named Desire was killed in the financial district. Then two days ago we found another Jane Doe in the park. Yesterday was a repeat." Kate said handing out files.
By this point Jordan had the time line on the board. "Okay, what are we looking at?" Jordan asked.
"You don't know?" Kate asked.
"I have a good idea but let's see what everyone else thinks." Jordan said watching the team spread out the files on the table.
Rick walked away from the group and looked at the time line before shaking his head sadly.
"Do you want to go first fearless leader?" Olivia asked Rick.
"No, go ahead." Rick said smiling sadly at her.
"Well, we're looking at a glory seeker. He watched the press coverage the 9mm John got and he wants some too. He uses a revolver, and he's either patrolling, or delivering. He's not going to stop until he gets his press clippings." Olivia said.
"Very good Olivia. Now profile him. Who are we looking for Rick?" Jordan asked.
"We're looking for a white male, in his 30's. he drives a cab, but not for a major company. He's a gypsy cab driver without a medallion. He works for cab companies that treat him like dirt but he can't move up because he drinks. He's got below average intelligence, but he thinks he's smarter than he is. He has an abusive relationship with either his mother or wife. He's owned the gun for a long time and he's been thinking about using it. He's looking to get his name in the papers. That's why he's moving around. He killed this first girl in Queens. When no one made a big deal out of it he moved up to Brooklyn. Then to the Financial District, but still no one cared about a dead hooker. When he shot the Hooker in the park he came back a few hours later and saw you guys working the scene. That's when he knew where he would get the most attention. He repeated his kill yesterday, but instead of going to the press last night you came to us this morning. He's either going to kill two women today, or not a hooker. Either way it's going to escalate." Rick said looking at the timeline.
"Rick, you were spot on." Jordan handed him the paper she was writing on and it had all the things he said.
"So how do we catch this guy?" Kate asked looking mildly shocked at the level of detail Rick added.
"We either force his hand or play to his ego." Rick said.
"What he means is we take this to the press and either tell them he's a weak, impotent, sad little man that can't get it up and needs to kill hookers to get his small equipment to work. Or we say this guy is the smartest criminal ever but for him to get the credit he needs to come in." Olivia said.
"Whatever we do, it's has the chance to either stop him from killing again and force him to come in, or send him on a killing spree." Rick said.
"I think we should force his hand. We have the detective call him weak and wait for him to come after her." Olivia said.
"I don't think that's going to work." Jordan said looking over the report again. "He's already weak, and pushed around. I think he'll lose control and go on a killing spree if we do that. Let's try talking him up and ask him to come in. We might get lucky." Jordan said.
"I like that plan better. I don't like to be a target." Kate said.
"No, you are still going to be a target. Both of you are. We need to slut you two up and put you two on camera. This guy likes to kill pretty women. Look at his victim's. Hot women, that show some cleavage and legs. If you want to get through to this guy you two are going to have to show some skin." Rick said.
"Why both of us? Can't the good detective do it?" Jordan asked.
"Because you two represent two of the three popular body types, shorter and curvy, and tall and thin. Really we should toss Olivia on stage with you two. She's the medium between you. Also now were looking at a redhead, a brunette and a blond. No matter what he's feeling like today you three cover all the bases." Rick said dragging Olivia out of her chair and putting her between Kate and Jordan.
"We also cover all the age ranges." Will said.
"Should we add Fey to the lineup? In case our suspect is craving something Asian?" Dash asked laughing.
"It's nice that you find this situation funny Daschle." Jordan said with an edge to her voice that was easy to hear.
"You know, even though I want to hurt most of the men in this room right now. They do have a point." Olivia said looking at the two older women.
"I'm willing to do this if you two are." Kate said.
"Sure why not? Let's set it up, Rick, call Jenna and have her bring her van, we're going to need a lot of choices and we have to do this fast. We need to be on the eleven o'clock news. That's in a half hour." Jordan said looking at her watch.
"On it boss." Rick said pulling out his phone.
"Jenna?" Kate asked.
"You'll hate this Kate, but you'll love the results." Jordan said with a smile.
Ten minutes later and Jenna stepped off the elevator pushing a rack of clothes. She set up in Jordan's office and as soon as she saw Kate she was on her.
"Yes you I have plenty of things for. You're what a 2 or a 1? I have skirts and tops, fashion week in Japan just ended and I got a shipment of a lot of good stuff." He said pawing at Kate as she dragged her into the office.
"What the hell was that?" Olivia asked looking shocked.
"That was Jenna, she's a bit hyper and overbearing but you get used to her." Jordan said laughing.
Three minutes later Kate was shoved out of the office in a pinstriped vest corset top, short jacket, and matching mini skirt, black stockings with lace tops and six inch black stripper heels. Her hair was down and wild around her face. She had on bright red lipstick and heavy black eyeliner highlighting her dark eyes. Every man in the room and half the women swallowed hard and blushed when they saw her. Jenna came out of the office and Olivia took one look at Mike looking at Kate and all but rushed into the office.
"Damn Beckett, I didn't know you could look like that." Esposito said looking at her chest. The corset top did something truly magical to her body.
"Eyes up Espo, and if I catch you staring I'll pluck out your eyes." she said with a sexy little smirk. She looked at her reflection in the conference room window and she had to admit that Jenna did know what she was doing.
"Yes boss." He said looking straight ahead.
"You look damn fine Kate, I think you should talk to Jenna after all this is over. She can do wonders for your look." Jordan said smiling at the detective.
"Yes, maybe a few of those suits you're wearing." Kate said cocking her hip and sharing a smile with Jordan.
The door to the office opened and Olivia came out looking like a wet dream. She had on a black vest, with a white dress shirt left all the way open to the middle of her black lace push up bra and a matching skirt so short it could have been a belt. add to that the fact that she was wearing black stockings held up by suspenders and six inch spiked stilettos. She too was sporting the cherry red lip-gloss but she had her long blond hair in a tight bun and she took out her contacts and put her black plastic framed glasses giving her a sexy school teacher look that had the guys wishing they were back in school because they were all hot for teacher.
Mike made a sound at the back of his throat and he got dizzy when he saw her. Will grabbed him to steady him on his feet and the shorter man thanked his partner with a nod. She walked right up to Mike and smiled an innocent smile as Jordan laughed and walked into the office.
"How do I look Mikey? Am I sexy?" She asked in a deep sexy voice. She accented her question by biting her lip and Mike did fall back into his seat as he choked on his own spit. "What's the matter Mikey? You hot for teacher?" She asked with a sexy smirk.
"Easy Moss, you'll kill the kid." Rick said shaking his head.
"Did I hurt you baby?" She asked taking a seat in his lap and bringing his face closer to her cleavage. "Can I kiss it and make it all better?" She whispered in his ear as she grinned her ass into his lap. She eeped when Mike grabbed the back of her neck and pulled her in for a deep long kiss that had her panting.
"You and that outfit are coming over to my place tonight." He said in a deep masculine voice full of raw sexual need that totally reversed the power struggle they were playing with.
"I am?" She asked in a breathy voice.
"Yes you are, you see I've been talking in class and not turning in my home work. I have a lot of extra credit I need to work off. You're going to have to ride me until you're satisfied with my work." He said with a look in his eyes that did something to her that she never thought would happen to her.
"Yes, I think your going to have to work very hard Mr. Forester." She said regaining some of her confidence.
The office door opened up one more time and Jordan came out looking almost the same as she did when she went in but the subtle changes made to her look turned her into sex on two well sculpted legs. She was wearing a black suit but the jacket and white button up shirt were about three sizes too small leaving the shirt un buttoned down the her red lace push up bra. Her skirt fell almost to her knees but it was split on both sides showing off her toned legs in black lace top stockings and her matching stripper heels. Hers were in a Maryjane style. Her lips were a darker shade of crimson, and she had a few other makeup touches but they were subtle. Her hair was in a messy bun but there was one piece of the whole ensemble that made Rick's pants just a little too tight. She had horned rim glasses on a beaded chain around her neck that fell down to her cleavage. Jenna walked out of the office and took in her creations with a smirk.
"Yes this will do nicely. I give you sexy secretary." She said adjusting Kate's corset to shove her breasts up higher. "Sexy school teacher." She said adding a yellow number 2 pencil to her vest pocket. "And my personal favorite, Sexy Librarian. So what do you think Rick, did I pull off your request?" Jenna asked looking excited.
"I think you did better than I expected. What ever this is costing me, take double and buy yourself something nice." Rick said without breaking eye contact with Jordan.
"Thanks Rick," she said going back to her rack.
Rick walked up to Jordan and in a very soft tone whispered to her. "Tonight is going to be a very good night in the Castle house. Mother was going out with Chet, and the girls were spending the night at Page's house. I have book shelves that need attending to." He said kissing her neck.
"Yes I think you do, but we have to be quiet." She said in a husky whisper.
"Yes ma'am." He said with a smile.
The rest of the day flew by. They did the press conference at eleven. By noon the killer, William Robert Carter, a white thirty five years old cab driver living with an abusive wife walked right into the front doors of the FBI building with the gun. A .44 magnum revolver. He confessed to all the murders they knew about. He also confessed to killing his wife before he turned himself in. the three women changed back into their normal clothes and they were on the one o'clock news to tell the public it was safe again. Also to explain why they were dressed like sluts on the eleven o'clock news. By five o'clock they had everything filed and the prosecutor already had charges lined up to file in the morning for the .44 Magnum John.
At quitting time everyone scattered out of the office. On the ride home both Jordan and Rick were quiet but they were both sporting grins. When he pulled into the parking garage Jordan stopped him from getting out.
"Take it around the block a few times and then come up." She said with a sexy smirk.
"Yes Ma'am." He said restarting the car.
Rick drove around the block three times and when he opened his front door Jordan was standing there waiting for him in her sexy librarian costume. She had a few book in her left hand and the brass ruler from his desk in her right hand. Her glasses were perched on the tip of her nose and she gave him a penetrating stare over the rim of her spectacles.
"Library card?" she asked in a clipped tone.
"Library card?" He muttered before scrambling for his wallet.
"Did you come to the library for something in particular?" She asked as he fished out his old library card.
"I came in looking for a fantasy and I think I just found one." He said handing over the card.
"Well Mr. Castle. It seems that you have an overdue book in the system." She said giving him a cold eyed stare.
"I do?" He asked feeling nervous.
"Yes, it says you checked out the Joys of Sex and you never brought it back. Did you check out that book Mr. Castle?" She asked looking at him over her glasses again.
"Yes I think I did." He said pulling at his tie. This was getting a little too real. He was having all kinds of flashbacks.
"Well did you read it?" She asked.
"Yes Ma'am." He said meekly.
"Good, I hope you studied it cover to cover because I plan on testing your knowledge tonight, and I'm a very harsh critic. You're going to have to work very hard to prove you took out that book Mr. Castle." She said running the brass ruler over her collar bone, down her chest and between her cleavage.
"Yes Ma'am." He said with a smile as she pulled the pencil out of her bun and let her red hair cascade down her back.
Rick woke up the next morning to the sound of the alarm clock ringing. He rolled over to shut it off and his abs cramped up. He looked down on his chest and saw "I'm a good little reader" written in red marker across his chest. That made him remember last night. He smiled a goofy smile and that's the face Jordan saw when she rolled over in bed.
"Hello Madam Shaw." He said.
"Mr. Castle. I see you passed out last night after your sixth review of the materials. You're going to have to do better then that next time." She said in a husky voice. She reached under the covers to touch him but he flinched.
"Sorry love, but I'm a little sore." He said with a smile.
"You think you're sore? But I could still go another few rounds. I don't think I've ever had anything that good ever." She said rolling over and laying on his chest.
"Yes well, Madam Shaw is a task mistress." He said smiling at her.
"She is, but she was pleased with you last night. I don't know if I'll be able to walk into work or anywhere today, but I loved every second of last night." She said tracing the words on his chest.
"Then let's play hooky and take a long hot soak in the tub. I'll cook us a good brunch and then we can lay in bed and watch movies." He said tracing circles on her back with his fingers.
"That sounds good. Let me call Ken. You go fill up the tub." She said grabbing her phone off the table.
"Yes Ma'am." He said with a smile.
"I like the sound of that." She said watching his ass as he walked into the bathroom. She called Ken's office and he answered with a smirk on his face.
"Hello Jordan. What can I do for you?" He asked.
"Can it you old coot, you know why I'm calling. We got a case of the honeymoon syndrome. We're not going to make it in today." She said.
"I knew you would call. Olive made the same call a few minutes ago for her and Michael." He said laughing.
"I plan on hearing form Will anytime now. I saw him and Melissa leaving together yesterday. They barely made it into the car. If something bad happens I have Fey and Dash. If they call in Avery can handle it. If it's something bad then I'll call you. Don't worry about it. Take the day off. The office will still be here when you get back on Wednesday." He said.
"Good, see you then." She said hanging up and walking into the bathroom. Rick was in the big Jacuzzi tub full of hot water and lavender bubbles. She slipped into the tub and sat in front of him. He held her to his chest
"This was a good idea." She said with a sigh as he rubbed her back.
"Yes, I have those from time to time." He said kissing her neck softly.
"This is almost perfect all we need is…" She stopped talking when Rick opened a small door in the wall behind it were two stainless steel champagne flutes and a bottle of the expensive champagne he liked in a mini fridge. He popped the cork and filled the two cold glasses. "How long has that been in there?" She asked but he knew what she was really asking.
"A long time. I've been waiting for a situation like this for six years. I've never had someone to share that bottle with." He said wrapping his arms around her. "I'm lucky you came into my life when you did. This bottle is almost over due." He said laying his chin on her shoulder.
"Well I'm glad I showed up when I did." She said intertwining their fingers as they sipped their drinks in a comfortable silence.
They sat like that until they were both pruney. They took a quick shower after that and dressed in gym shorts and a t-shirt for Rick, and boy shorts and one of Rick's button down shirts for her. Rick made a platter of eggs, bacon, and bagels while Jordan changed the sheets. They ate in bed and watched old movies on cable. That's how the girls found them when they came home from school. They both climbed into the big bed a and laid with them as they watched the end of Roman Holiday.
"I'm hungry." Kelly said looking up at Rick.
"Well, it's taco Tuesday. I'll go start cooking. You guys can help out when you get the chance." He said hugging all three of them as he got up off the bed. When he left the room the girls turned on Jordan.
"Spill! You both look really happy. Did you guys have a good night?" Alexis asked with a big grin.
"We did. And when you're both in college I'll tell you about it for now lets just say we're both very happy." She said holding the two girls close.
"Good." Kelly said with a smile.
