Okay, sorry it's another short chapter. I just wanted to get one posted! Get your review in, cause I'm doing shout outs the next chapter! :)

Beckett was getting her makeup on for the finals show. When the whole experience turned upside down. First a high pitched scream, then a yell to call the police. Being a cop herself, she perked right up and ran to where the screams and yells were. If she had to, she would blow her cover. If it was a dead body, she would definitely blow her cover. She came to the scene. It was Miss Kansas. She had been shot in the chest, with a sniper bullet. The reason she had come, because there was a threat to Miss Kansas, was ruined. She went in cop mode and took her badge from the secret pocket in her dress and flashed it to the girl who let out the screams. Miss California. She looked up at her, confused. Beckett would have a lot of explaining to do. But for now, she needed to call Castle, Ryan, Lanie and Esposito, and figure out when she was last seen. It scared Beckett to think she, of all the girls, might have been the last one to see her. Castle was there in a flash, since he was at the theater. "Kate?" Sarah asked, running to the scene, to see Beckett talking to Castle about some things he needed to know about Clara, Miss Kansas. Beckett turned around. "Sarah, I have a lot of explaining to do. But I don't have time right now." Sarah's eyes sparkled with tears. "So you mean this whole thing, was a lie? Or friendship, our secrets, are any of them true? Is your name even Kate?" Beckett didn't know what to say. She felt like a traitor. But she had to do what she did. "I'm sorry Sarah." "Yo, Beckett!" Esposito yelled. Beckett bit her lip when Sarah nodded, more tears forming and walked away. Beckett looked away, focusing on the scene. "Thank you." She said as Ryan handed her a pair of gloves. "Our victim's name is Clara Routfield, she's 23, from Colby, Kansas. Like you all know, someone was after her, and he got to her before I could do anything. Most likely a sniper, judging by the bullet." She must have been shot a while ago. Beckett felt sad, looking at where the wound was, just right to her heart, if she got to a hospital, she would have lived. But why did no one hear the shot?

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Castle noticed the change in her face. She didn't look happy anymore. She looked like she was solving a murder. Maybe for someone she knew. But when she moved around, all Castle could do was call doctor Reynolds. He hoped she was waking up, since she had been out for almost forty eight hours, but no luck. After doctor Reynolds came and checked her vitals and brain activity, he nodded and left, letting Lanie in. Jim had gone home. Tried to get some sleep in an actual bed and shower. He also left to get some fresh clothes. When that happened, Castle realized he was still in his blood stained black suit.

"Dad, I'm gonna get you some fresh clothes. Okay?" Alexis had asked a few hours earlier.

Alexis left before Castle could protest. It would start here, and he knew that he would probably end up being forced home tonight. No, he would not leave. Not with Josh coming tomorrow. He knew he would have to stay with her until Josh got here, and then would be pushed away when Josh came.

"Castle, you know when she wakes up, you're gonna have to not be here all the time." Lanie said, snapping Castle over his thoughts from that previous events. She had sat down in the seat that Jim usually occupied. Castle nodded.

"That's why I don't want to leave right now." Lanie nodded and looked down at her best friend. She still looked to pale and lifeless. It gave Lanie bad chills. Time passed, Lanie and Castle not saying anything. They both held either hand, and starred unmoving at Beckett. Castle snapped out of his trance when Lanie spoke up again.

"Ryan wanted to know if you've opened up that envelope, yet."

"I started. I decided I would finish it when Beckett was awake."

"Why?"

"It's information on her mother's killer. I just, I feel like I need to do it with her."

"Castle, last time I checked Captain Montgomery sent it to you. Not to Beckett. Now, do you want to tell our girl that we found the guy who had Coonan kill her mom, or do you want to tell her that he's still out there? And let me remind you, if he's still out there, he'll go after her again. If she gets shot again, Castle, her body won't be able to make it. Okay? So I'm telling you now, open it all the way, and read it. Or Immah smack you."

Castle felt horrible. Here, he thought he was doing the right thing, only to be given a Lanie talk. He nodded and took it out of the drawer and started to read the papers.

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"It just doesn't make sense. Why would he go out, just anywhere, when the cops think he's dead?" Ryan stated, confused, still watching the footage of the bar to wrap his brain around it.

"Well, maybe he didn't know. I mean, Beckett didn't notice anything else. I don't blame her. And with so many fake cops going around, if he escaped before Beckett got in there, if the captain missed..." Esposito tried to add things up. But nothing seemed right. "The officer that told you that Lockwood was dead, had you seen him before?"

"No. Then who's body did they bring in?" Ryan asked.

"I don't know. But we can get Lanie and ask her to pull him out."

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"It's not Hal Lockwood." Lanie said, obviously, angry that they pulled her away from her girl.

"Are you saying the body you have is not Hal Lockwood, or the guy we have on the video is not Hal Lockwood?"

"The guy you see in the video is not Hal Lockwood. The man in here is Hal Lockwood."

Lanie uncovered the face, and it was definitely Hal Lockwood.

"Then who's this guy in our video?" Ryan asked. This whole thing was making his brain fuzzy. He only wished Beckett was here, cause she would take charge, and nothing would be confusing to her.

"I think we need to talk to Jonah again." Yelled Esposito, already leaving the morgue.

Okay. Hope this cleared things up. I'm gonna write more, and I wanted to write more, but there's definitely gonna be more with this whole Hal Lockwood sha-bang. Or else what's the point in wasting my time on that? LOL. Click a review, please! I give shout outs next chapter! :)