Katherine Beckett's last case?
After six months in Washington, Beckett returns.
In her first case back something goes wrong
"Doctor you have my permission to try this, she will die with out it so we have to try."
So began the long nights wait, for the fate of Kate..
At 5am a very tired looking Ralf Mason, Kate's Neurosurgeon, comes to the door of the waiting room. Castle is the first to notice him and shakes Jim awake.
"Dr. Mason what going on? Is Katie all right, please tell me she alive?"
"Mr. Beckett she alive and the operation went well. I remover a small clot and a small amount of brain tissue. She is in recovery now and will remain their till she is stable. When she is stable we'll transfer to SICU. (Surgical Intensive Care Unit) She seems to be fighting now to live something she was not doing before surgery it may give her the edge to live. Please remember she is still only 50/50 now. You can see her in recovery as soon as she stabilized. I am limiting the visit to one at a time for only five minutes at a time."
"Thank you doctor for your work tonight."
"Thank me when she is out of the SICU, good night for now Cindy will come and get you when you can see her."
Both Rich and Jim slumped down on the couch from hell. Tears began to show in both their eyes, both loved the woman who laid in the next room fighting the fight of her life.
A little over an hour Cindy the nurse came in to tell them Kate was stable and one could see her now. She warned them that Kate was still in a medically induced coma so she could heal faster, and that she had a lot of tubes and line keeping her alive.
Rick made Jim go in first as she was his daughter. He waited for Jim's return, trying to get his thought in order.
[Kate got a wonderful job offer with the Justice Department, suddenly. A job that required a move in two weeks to DC.
She did not tell him about the job till he found the boarding pass. He got mad at her for keeping secrets and lying about going to DC for the interview. She ask him to talk to her , he let her speak but he did not listen then she took the job.
She tried to call him and he blocked the calls. Then after six months she comes back to the 12th and assumes her place as if nothing happened.
In the meantime he blocked her out and met a great woman named Susan Fuller. They had been dating for five months and he had started to have feeling for her.
When Kate came back his head went in to scramble mode, the feeling he had for Kate came back, and jammed with the feeling he had developing for Sue.
It was then he first thought for Sue's wellbeing came forefront.
It was almost twenty-four hours since he even thought of her. He search out his phone and call her number.)
He greeted by a very sleepy voice.
"Hello Rick is that you?"
"I'm so sorry I did not call. I've been at the hospital waiting for the doctors to help Kate."
"I know it all over the TV, they said she died twice getting to the ER. Is she still alive Rick?"
"Yes and no, she in a coma and the only give her 50% of living and if she does she may never speak or be normal."
"I'm so sorry for her and you Rick. I now know how much you still love her. I'll pray for both of you. Please keep me up to date on her progress and anything I can do. I have to get fixed up for work but please call me if anything changes, I love you Rick."
The phone went dead before he could answer. He had a feeling nothing was going to be the same.
Before he could think more Jim was at the door. Castle nodded the unsaid command that it was his turn to see her.
The room was bright with lights, machines out numbered people three to one. He was led to Kate by Cindy.
His first look stopped his heart for a moment, she looked Pale almost as white as the sheets she was on.. She had three V lines flowing into her a Cather for out flow.
Most of her head covered by bandages and a O2 electro placed on he chest and legs and she over all look like something from outer space.
He moved over to her and took the one hand with nothing covering or on it.
"Kate it me Rick, I find I am still in love with you, please come back to me and we'll work it out. I can only stay a few minutes so fight to get better I'll come in and see you every hour till you wake up and we can talk to each other, I love you Kate."
A hand on his shoulder told him his time was up. He rose up and went to the waiting room looking for Jim. Jim greeted him with a cup of coffee and a hug. They spent the night exchanging stories of their past with Kate.
At seven in the morning Cindy found the two men sleeping. As much as she hated to she woke them up.
"Jim, Rick I'm going off duty now Adele will be taking over for me. Kate became stable at 5am so they are going to move her to SICU in an hour. Her last EEG showed a lot more brain activity, than in the past hours. It looking good for her so far."
"Thank you Cindy for everything ."
Kate transfer to SICU was only the beginning of her recovery.
Kate remained in SICU two weeks then she's transferred to a private room.
During this time she never woke up. Also during this time many things happened around her.
The driver of the truck that hit Ryan's car ran away from the accident but was found two-day later dead in a dump of a rooming house with ten thousand dollars in his things. He died from the injuries of the accident.
The personal lives of all the people around Kate Beckett changed that day.
The FBI took a more per look at the attempt on a former FBI agent.
Rick took up semi perment residence at the hospital with Kate. After being released from SICU, she then moved to a private suit. They kept her in a coma for three weeks after moving her to the private room.
everyone waited tp see if Kate would wake up and what shape she would be in.
