To Continue Forward

A Castle Story By

HCBalwayshappy

After the party, the three detectives went to Beckett's house just in case Bonner was following them. As soon as they were there, they waited for a little over an hour then headed out. They were on their way to Bonner's house. They hadn't told Montgomery, for fear that he wouldn't let them go.

Once they reached Bonner's house, they pulled up across the street. They had called and got permission from the neighbors to park in their driveway. Using the cameras, they installed in the van they surveyed the house. It seemed as if no one was home.

"Looks like there is a window open on the second floor. One of us will have to climb up and-," Javier was cut off.

"There is no way, I can fit through that," Ryan said, looking at the small window, "Looks like it's you going in Beckett." Glaring Esposito continued.

"As I was saying...Beckett you'll have to find a way up to that window. Take this head set, we'll keep in tough that way, leave your radio here and silence your phone. If you find anything that could-," He was once again cut off.

"Help us put away Bonner, got it. I'll get a picture and send it to you," Kate smiled, she was anxious to get going.

"We'll be right here, if he shows up..Get out of there as fast as you can. Evidence or not, got it," Ryan said, the boys looked at Beckett.

"Got it." With that, she opened the back of the van and stepped out.

They watched as she crossed the street and headed towards the window, Javier looked over at Kevin, they both shared the same expression.

"I've got a bad feeling about this," Esposito stated.

"Me too," Ryan replied.

"I found a way up, there's a branch that comes pretty close to the window. I'll see if I can jump from there," Beckett's voice came through.

"Be careful Beckett."

They watched as she found a way up the tree and started slowly trying to cross the branch, without falling.

"It's about 7ft off from the window and a little less than a foot underneath it. I think I can make it."

Standing up, they saw as she stood up on the branch, got as close to the edge as she could and jumped. Grabbing the ledge with one hand Beckett, hoisted herself up and through the window, but the belt that held her gun got caught.

"Beckett, Come in. What's wrong?" Esposito's voice came through.

"My Belt is stuck...Hold on, I think I got it..." She shot out as she fumbled with the clip. Getting it undone, she tried to pull it around and inside the window. As she almost had it, the hand that was keeping her from slipping, slipped and she fell forward, dropping her belt she tumbled into the room. "Shoot!" Sticking her head out the window she saw her belt and gun on the ground.

"What happened?" The worried tone of the guys voices asked.

"My gun, I dropped it outside."

"Crap. Okay, I'll have Ryan go get it. Just get us some evidence and get out of there."

"Okay." Turning around, she pulled out her phone to use as a light. Shining it around the room, she saw kid stuff everywhere...Toys, T.V., Books, boy and girl. Strange. Taking a mental picture of the room, she made her way into the hall. There were two more doors. One was the bathroom, "That must be his bedroom." She said to herself. Opening the door, she walked into the room. Shining her light onto the shelf, Beckett looked at the photos. It was Bonner and women, they had a little girl and boy in front them. By their looks, she could tell they were twins.

"Esposito, did Bonner have a family?"

"I don't remember seeing anything, but he might have. We'll have to check," Javier said. Kate looked under the bed, under the mattress, felt the walls for any secret places, she checked his drawers. Sighing she finally went to the closet. Opening the door, she shone the light. There were no clothes. Nothing, a plain closet. Feeling the walls, she felt a slight bump. Digging her finger inside, she got a grip on it and pulled it. It swung open. There were photos. Pieces of hair, maps, licenses, lists.

"Oh we so have him now, Esposito. I have something, I'll check downstairs." There was no answer in her headphones, "Esposito?" Reaching the kitchen, she called him again.

"Beckett? You there! It's Bonner. He's back...," She heard Esposito gasp, "Get out of there! He surprised us and Nearly caught us. He's going inside now. Where are you?"

"I'm in the kitchen, I hear him coming in."

"Try to get out the front door, is there anything else you see to escape."

"No," She heard a click., "He's in and he locked the door."

"Try to get out the window again."

"Oh my, that was great!" Bonner sighed, talking to himself. "She was a real cutie and a little more fighting. I bet I made her so happy, her heart was broken. I made it whole again. Oh, she got blood on my shoes..."

Kate hid the feeling to go beat him up and slid behind the counter, away from the sink as he made his way inside.

"Those cops, will never find me. They probably haven't made the connection yet. Silly,silly. I'll be out of here maybe I'll take my time with the fifth one. Since she's not a child, I can change my style." Not a child?

Taking slow, quiet breaths, Kate started crawling towards the stairs, she made it there and started walking up. She made it and quickly stepped into the kid room. "Okay, I'm back to the window. " Suddenly she heard the thump of footsteps coming up the stairs. Holding her breath, she waited until she hear the shut of his bedroom door, but she never did. Instead she heard his steps coming closer to the Kid room. Crap! Running towards the window, without a second thought she jumped and landed on the ground just as he entered the room.

Sticking his head out the window, he looked down. Seeing nothing, he shut it and turned off the light. Breathing a sigh of relief, she stood up, in pain from her fall. She started towards the van.

Beckett? Are you okay? Kate!"

"Yeah, Yeah, I'm okay...I'm okay."

Oh my! Okay...that was really boring. I was bored writing it. Sorry about that. I just knew if I didn't write this chapter soon, I would never finish this story. So I sat down and got it done. Sorry for the wait. I'll try to make this better...Whether it's good or not, I'll finish. Thanks for your patience and your review. You all are great...Thank you.

-HCB