Cursing, Castle loaded his last two nerf shells into the double barrel nerf shot gun. He would have to make these last two shots count or he was toast. Of course there were loose nerf darts scattered all over the house, but that would require him to leave the safety of his cover to get them. The detective was barricaded in his office, using a small gap between the book shelves to snipe him with her bolt action nerf rifle.
"Face it writer monkey you're toast." Beckett taunted from her post as she waited for any sign of movement. Unlike Castle, she had plenty of ammo left because she had lined up her shots where the writer went crazy and shot blindly over his cover.
Castle peered around the corner of the couch trying to catch a glimpse of his opponent. "To be honest this wasn't a fair fight to begin with."
"Don't be such a sore sport, Castle. Plus this is the first of many games so you have time to improve."
"I think whoever gets the shot gun deserves more ammo."
"Well if you didn't go all Rambo then you'd have plenty left." Beckett stated. "Now are you going to use your last two shots or talk me to death?"
Castle cursed. Of course she would be keeping track of his supply. "Okay let's do this one three. The person who gets the hit makes dinner?"
"Deal." Beckett agreed. "One."
"Two."
"Three."
Both opponents popped up from behind their cover and fired all the while, unknown to them thanks to the heat of the battle, that the front door had opened and Martha walked right into the line of fire. Castle's shot went wide and missed and Beckett's shot was right on target. It just wasn't the target she was aiming for.
"Martha!" Beckett dropped the nerf gun and bounded over the coffee table. Her dart had hit the red head square in the forehead and stuck. "I'm so sorry."
It was just seer grace that was Martha Rodgers that kept her from dropping the bags full of Chinese food she held. "Well." The older woman smiled sweetly at her son, "I brought home comfort food because I figured you're be moping around the house. I see this isn't needed."
"It's needed." After removing the dart, Castle helped take some of the bags. "Beckett was cheering me up as well."
"We're going to be finding darts for the next month!"