Promise is 'Always'

A Castle Story By

HCBalwayshappy

Pictures. Pictures of children. Pictures of the Moms. More Pictures. They surrounded the entire room, plastered on the walls. Then there was the worst part, pictures of dead children. Looking at those ones, Kate realized they were of the children on the other wall, the ones where they were alive.

"He kidnapped all of them," Kate whispered to herself. Being a Homicide Detective she's seen the worst, but the job still has a way of surprising her. She still wondered how people could get that way, could think of doing that, or how they do it. She found a picture of Kaitlin on the living wall. Looking over on the 'dead' wall she saw that she wasn't on there...yet.

"Who could kill children," Ryan suddenly said, not expecting an answer.

"Might want to take a look at this," Esposito said. He was standing in the corner of the room. There was a box on the floor, the only thing on the floor. With a questioning look Beckett stepped forward and knelt down by the box it was small, and had letters written on the side. Next. Inside there was a picture of another little girl and Mom...Then a picture of her and the boys.

"Next? As in his next target?"

"I guess so," Esposito said. He found it strange also, they didn't fit his standards for one. They weren't girls and Beckett didn't have any kids. He watched as Kate took the picture of the little girl, and held it out to Esposito. Taking it in his hands he looked at Beckett.

"Find this girl, let's make sure they are still safe. I'll check and stay here and look for any clues as to where Kaity might be. Far as we know, she's not dead," Kate said, and she exited the room, so CSU could check it out. How many has he killed? They all couldn't help, but wonder.

When Esposito and Ryan reached the precinct, they had found the girl. Luckily she wasn't that hard to find, one of the neighbors had met the girl and her Mom and confirmed that they live a couple blocks down the street. They were safe and at home, the Mother was hysterical, and she nearly kissed Javier when he told them they were putting a protective detail on her.

"Okay, so we know that he has killed several other people before," Ryan stated as he took his jacket off.

"Then how come we never heard of it?" Javier asked.

"Maybe he buried the bodies," Ryan suggested

"But why not bury Saria."

"Well, apparently the neighbor said her dog was going crazy last night barking, maybe he thought he didn't have time."

"Or just getting too confident."

"Then why leave a note?"

"I could use one of Castle's theories right now," Javier said shaking his head, Kevin nodded, "Why don't you search missing persons and look for Mother's and Children that disappeared together."

"Okay." Looking over at Beckett's empty desk, he noticed she left her phone. Walking over to it he picked it up turning it one in the process. Javier noticed she had a missed call...Castle. Figures, when she can't answer, he calls. Hitting the redial button he listened to the phone ringing. He signaled Ryan to trace the call.

"Castle."

"Hey Bro, It's me Esposito."

"Esposito? Why are you on Beckett's phone?" Javier couldn't help, but notice the disspointment in his voice.

"She forgot it."

"so you're working a case? Is it part of the CIA...or aliens?"

"No, murder/kidnapping," Javier laughed, "Castle, why didn't you say goodbye?"

"I- I- don't know."

"You really hurt her Castle, you know that? Leaving a note, turning off your phone, not telling her where you moved."

"I just couldn't take it anymore, she was pushing me away."

"That's what she does, do you know how long it took her to trust me?"

"Look I'm not having this conversation with you...tell Kate I'm sorry, and I'll call her soon."

"We miss you Castle, she misses you. Even if you don't shadow her anymore, still be her friend."

"Tell her. Bye Esposito." He heard the click, indicating that he hung up. Javier sighed.

"Did you get it?" Ryan nodded. Suddenly Ryan's phone rang, "Ryan...yeah okay, we'll meet you there."

"What?"

"That was Beckett..she wants us to meet her at a warehouse, I guess they got a call. Someone saying they spotted a man dragging a girl who looked like Kaity in there,"

"How did he know?"

"I guess the Father put her name and picture on the news, he recognized her from that."

"Let's go." Please be alive. They both thought as they ran out the door.

The paper holding Castle's whereabouts slowly dropping to the floor.

Alrighty we are coming to the end of this story, two or three chapters, four more at the most. Sorry that it's so short, I just can't seem to get the chapters anymore than this length. I guess it all adds up in the end. Anyway sorry if this story is moving to slow, or too fast, or too confusing. Just let me know, if you have any questions, suggestions, or ideas. I'll do my best to answer them in the next chapter. Thanks for the reviews! They mean a lot. And I know I've said that before, but it's true. Thanks!

-HCB