A/N: Hey guys soo here's the next chapter...I warn you it probably will get darker as the story goes along...please REVIEW, but the most important thing ENJOY!
The ride back to the precinct was silent. Castle kept staring at the window and Beckett gave him eventual glances. She was worried, but the question that was burning through her brain was how in the world did he know about those gloves? CSU checked the place twice and they didn't find any other evidence from the killer. Since she found Castle unconscious on his office chair, with an empty bottle of scotch, she knew something happened. He'd never do something like that especially because he knew about her father. What happened for Castle to do something like that?
"Are you Ok?" Beckett asked feeling completely stupid by asking that. They both knew something was wrong.
"Fine." Castle said in a low voice. They fell into silence again.
"How did you know about the gloves?" Beckett looked at him. His face was impossible to read.
"Lucky guess." He said and stared at the window until they arrived to the precinct.
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When Castle and Beckett arrived at the 12th, both Ryan and Esposito had already started the murder board. The air felt tense. The detectives on the floor were looking at the murder board half expectant and half scared. Everyone knew that this case was gonna be the toughest challenge for the three detectives and Castle. Quietly and without looking at anyone, Castle made his way to his chair and waited. Before Beckett sat on her desk, Esposito took her arm and led her to the break room.
"What the hell was that at the crime scene?" He asked, looking at Castle through the window.
"Javi I have no idea, but I'm worried." Beckett answered. "So where are we?" She needed to change the topic.
"Well about a block form the building there are traffic cameras, tech is now working to find something, prints just came back from our vic, her name is Mary Sedgwick and she worked at an animal shelter in lower Manhattan." Esposito informed.
"Okay contact the shelter see if someone can tell us where she was last night, before ending up in that building." Beckett commanded.
"Sure." He said but stopped at the door and looked at Beckett. "You better talk to him Kate, there's something wrong with him." Then he left. She walked out of the break room and sat on her desk.
"Hey Ryan, see if tech can pull something useful from that recording." Beckett said.
"On it." He said picking up the phone immediately.
"Castle are you sure you're up for this one? I mean you don't look good." Beckett put her hand on his forearm. He looked at her and was about to answer when...
"CSU just confirmed that the gloves Castle found had fingerprints that do not belong to the vic, they're running them now." Ryan said.
"I'm gonna go and make some coffee." Castle said standing up. He was acting so strange.
"Castle wait..." She started but Castle interrupted her.
"Look Beckett, it's fine." He assured her and left to the break room.
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When Castle was sure that Beckett wasn't looking at him anymore, he went straight to the restroom. He splashed cold water on his face and looked at his reflection on the mirror. What the hell was happening? First the nightmare and now this case? He didn't know how to explain to Beckett that what really happened in that crime scene was him thinking of himself as the killer. It was like the way the killer left that woman had waken something inside him. A feeling he hadn't felt before. Power. It was like he understood every single action of the murderer. It was just so obvious to him what the killer did and why he did it, that the conclusion was right there in front of them but they weren't seeing it. The had a serial killer on their hands.
He went to the break room and prepared the coffee with his hands still shaking. Beckett was not gonna let this thing go, she was going to keep asking, but the thing was that he wasn't ready to tell her anything. He had to talk to Caroline Bishop in person, so he took out his phone and sent a quick message to her.
"The case is giving a hard time, we need to talk...I need help...I think is coming back."
He pressed send and went back to Beckett's desk, what he didn't notice was that Ryan, Beckett and Esposito were looking at him seriously. Oh boy, they were gonna make him talk. He gave Beckett the mug with warm coffee as the three detectives made their way to the conference room. Sighing he followed. Castle sat down, but the others didn't.
"What's wrong?" Castle faked innocence.
"Castle explain to us how did you know about the gloves." Esposito requested.
"I already told Beckett, it was a lucky guess." Castle avoid their glances by looking at his own coffee.
"Castle you weren't yourself in that crime scene, we saw you, it was like you went to a different place." Ryan pushed. "Come on Castle we're your friends, you can tell us." Ryan sat down in the chair in front of him.
"The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime." Castle said quietly. Suddenly Beckett understood.
"What?" Esposito asked before Beckett could say something. Castle took a deep breath.
"Looking for the thing that wasn't there." He explained. "He performed a surgical procedure and he's smart, it was obvious that he used gloves." He said quickly trying not to make a big deal about it. "You have to be patient with genius guys like me guys." He joked and both Ryan and Esposito sighed in relief as they saw his friend back to normal. However, Beckett didn't smile, if so she was even more concerned. He was deflecting again.
"You had us scared for a moment there Castle" Esposito said standing up and leaving. Ryan did the same, leaving both Castle and Beckett alone.
"Don't look so puzzled Kate." He said standing up. "The crime scene took me a little by surprise that's all." He kissed her cheek and walked out of the room. He never kisses her in the homicide floor.
A/N: More to come...
