The evening passed quietly as Beckett fell asleep pretty much as soon as she closed eyes. Castle got comfortable in the chair next to her bed and pulled out his laptop. He didn't get much work done as he found himself getting tired really quickly. He knew he was going to have to get some real sleep sometime soon. Maybe he would head home tonight. It was a minor miracle Beckett had been letting stay over night the past two and a half nights. He had barely left her side since her nightmare. It had been 5 days since the day she was shot. Castle couldn't decide if that time had passed quickly or slowly. Most of it was a blur, but it was almost as if time had stopped since the shooting. He always found himself holding his breath and waiting, but some moments had flown by in a fit of intensity and emotion.

"Good morning," Beckett said quietly breaking him from his thoughts.

"Hey, how you feeling?"

"Not too bad."

"You want me to get Amy?" He figured she probably needed to get to the bathroom and didn't want her to have to ask.

"No, I'm ok. If I hit the pain pump now, I can wait the few minutes for it to kick in before I have to get up."

"Makes sense."

"Just give me a couple more days, and I'll let you help me hobble to the bathroom."

"It's ok. I really shouldn't have pressured you yesterday."

"No, you didn't. Besides you should learn how to help me if I'm going to be staying with you," Beckett smiled.

"Really?"

"Yeah, if you're sure it's not a problem?" She asked shyly.

"No, not at all," He answered.

"Ok."

"Ok," Castle smiled. He was going to say more but his phone started ringing.

"Go answer it. I'm going to call for Amy," Kate said hitting the button on the side of her bed.

He stepped out into the hallway and picked up his phone,"Castle."

"Hey, how's Beckett?" Esposito asked. His voice was tight and stressed.

"She's good. What's wrong?"

"There was a break-in at her apartment. The place is trashed," he explained.

"Damn it," Castle muttered.

"It looks like it happened during the night. One of her neighbors called it in this morning when he noticed her door busted in. We talked to him and all her other neighbors, but no one saw anything."

"So no one was hurt?"

"No, it doesn't look like it."

"At least there's that. How bad is the damage?" Castle asked.

"Pretty bad. We're not sure what all was stolen, but her computer is gone, and her is desk is completely empty."

"Ok, um, on the window in her office, she set up a murder board for her mother's case. There was a bunch of pictures and note cards with information. Did they take it?"

"Yeah, there was nothing like that. I would have noticed it. But let me go back in there," Esposito said as he walked back into Beckett's office. "The window is empty, but... there's tape on the shudders. This is where it was."

"So they were looking to see how much she knew and to take all of her resources?"

"Looks like, but they were thorough. If she was hiding anything, they probably found it."

"So what do we do?" Castle asked.

"One of us needs to let her know, and she needs to make a list of anything that she thinks they would take: anything about the case, weapons, and valuables. The gun safe in her closet was opened, but there is a piece still in it. My guess is they didn't want a gun that they knew ballistics would be traceable."

"I'll talk to her."

"Let her know that CSU is checking the whole place for prints and any evidence."

"Ok, thanks Esposito. I'll call you back," Castle said hanging up. He took a deep breath and tried to school his features.

"What's wrong?" Beckett asked as soon as he walked in. So much for trying to play it cool.

"I just got off the phone with Esposito... Someone broke into your apartment," he explained.

"How bad?"

"Bad. He said it was torn apart pretty good. They took your computer, emptied out your desk, and took your window murder board. He didn't know what else."

"Was anyone hurt?"

"No." Castle answered.

"They want to know how much I know."

"Looks like," he confirmed.

"They already shot me, they can't leave me alone?" Kate nearly whispered as tears filled her eyes. Castle could see her crumbling.

"I'm so sorry," Castle said as he sat down at her hip and gently put an arm around her.

"Any chance they found some evidence?" She asked and leaned into him.

"CSU is still processing everything."

"Ok," she said quietly. Kate turned slightly and curled into his side. He moved a bit closer to her, and she put her head on his shoulder as he held her. Castle was worried she was in pain in this position, but he knew she had just had a dose of medicine, and she didn't seem to be uncomfortable. He gently rubbed his hand up and down her arm as she cried. Kate hated letting him see her like this, but at the moment, she really didn't have a choice. She needed him. After about ten minutes, she shifted and tried to sit up. Castle guided her back against the pillows and held up her water cup for her.

"I'm fine," she said taking the cup from him and taking a drink before putting it down.

"You don't have to be. It's ok to not be ok," he said gently and took her hand.

"I'm fine," she repeated. Beckett needed him to stop looking at her like that or she was never going to pull it together. "You need to up the security at your place. They know we work together," she added after a moment.

"I will. Try not to worry."

"How can I not?"

"I don't know," Castle shook his head.

"I need to see how bad it is. Can you ask Esposito to send pictures?" She asked as she continued to settle down.

"Yeah, but are you sure you want to see? We can clean it all up for you. He said that he just needs you to make a list of things that you think would have been taken so they can figure out what all was stolen. We can take care of everything else if you want."

"No, it's my apartment," Kate answered firmly.

"Ok, well let's make that list and we'll go from there," Castle said picking up his phone and pulling up a new email to Esposito.

"Um, it seems like they pretty much wiped out my office, and that's where most of my information was. There was a box of my mom's papers and her appointment book in my closet. It wasn't really hidden just stuck in a place I wouldn't have to see it often. I'm sure they took it, but my dad would recognize it. He should go over there and look around. He would notice if anything I had of mom's was missing."

"What about weapons? Esposito said the gun safe in your closet was opened, but there was still a gun in it."

"Yeah, my back up. My usual piece should be in the keepsake box on my dresser. It has a picture of my parents on the lid. My gun is in the drawer. I didn't take it to the funeral."

"Any others?" He asked as he typed out the information she said.

"No, I just keep those two at home. Actually, Esposito should take them. They shouldn't be sitting in my empty place with all of this going on."

"Ok. We'll tell him. Valuables?" Castle asked.

"I don't think they were looking for money or valuables."

"Still."

"I don't know, Castle. I can't think of anything they would want," she answered frustrated. "I don't keep much cash at home, but I didn't take a purse to the funeral, so all my credit cards and stuff should have been there. I had my debit card and driver's license on me. My dad has them."

"Ok. He has your badge too, right?"

"Yeah."

"Jewelry?" Castle asked.

"My dad should be able to look through it. The really nice things were my mom's so he would know."

"Ok, um, electronics?"

"I'm not you, Castle, I don't have a bunch of toys, and besides, they didn't want that stuff anyway."

"You know there has to be a full police report for the break in," he said gently.

"Yeah...Ok."

"So we know they have your computer, but what about... tv? Wait, I feel like I've never seen a tv at your place?"

"Nope. I don't watch much, so I just use Hulu. I'm never home to watch anything when it airs anyway."

"E-Reader? Kindle? iPad?"

"iPad. Actually, they probably would have taken that. It was linked up to the same cloud drive as my computer."

"Find My Mac!" Castle nearly yelled.

"What?"

"Do you have Find My Mac set up?" He asked.

"Yes! Gimme your laptop. I can log into iCloud and pull up the GPS," she answered excitedly.

"It might not work. They probably disabled it," Castle said as he grabbed his laptop and turned it on.

"I can try." Beckett quickly pulled the website up and typed in her information."Damn."

"What?" Castle asked sitting back by her side and looking at the screen.

"It says my computer and iPad are both still at my apartment," Beckett explained and pointed to the icons on the map.

"Maybe they just haven't turned them on or connected them to the internet yet. One of them might put off a new signal once it goes back on line," Castle said hopefully.

"I can remotely delete everything saved on them, so they won't get anything."

"Maybe we should wait a bit. If they don't know we're tracking it, we may have a better shot. They will probably pull your hard drive instead of actually using the computer, but we might get lucky with your iPad, as soon as it connects to Wi-Fi, we'll get a location."

"Yeah, Ok. I guess we will just keep watching it," Beckett agreed.

"I'm going to call Esposito. You want to call your dad?"

"Talk to Espo first. I want to send someone to pick my dad up and make sure Ryan or Esposito stay with him at my apartment."

"Right, good idea."

Castle called and relayed all the information to Esposito.

"What's your Apple lD?" Castle asked looking to Beckett.

"What?" She asked confused. She had zoned out a little as Castle repeated everything over the phone.

"Esposito is going to have Ryan head back to the precinct and see if tech can find anything. They need a way to identify your computer and iPad so they can try to track them," Castle explained.

"KateBeckett. All one word. " she answered.

"Creative," he smiled.

"Shut up. It's professional."

"It's not your work email," he prodded.

"Castle. Focus," Esposito snapped over the phone.

"Right, sorry Espo. Her account name is 'KateBeckett', all one word . We'll keep watching it here too."

"Ok, great. Did you guys make up a list?"

"Yes. I will email it to you as soon as we hang up. Can you send someone to go pick up Jim at work? Beckett said he should be able to take a look around to see if anything she had of her mother's is missing."

"Sure, no problem."

"And you'll stay with him?" Castle asked.

"Of course," Esposito confirmed.

"Great. I'll let you know if the GPS changes."

After he hung up, Castle and Beckett continued to watch his computer screen hoping for it to change. They sat next to each other in perfect silence just staring at the screen.

"Sorry to interrupt. You two look very focused. I just need to check your vitals," Amy said entering the room.

"No, it's fine. Actually, Beckett give me that. You should not be working," Castle said as he stood up and reached for his laptop.

"I'm fine, Castle," she answered sharply.

"You said you were going to let other people handle this. You did the necessary part. Let me watch the screen."

"I need to do something, Castle!" Beckett snapped.

"Ok, ok. Let Amy check you out, and we'll watch together," he relented.

Amy worked quickly. She took Kate's blood pressure and temperature and marked them down in her chart along with her heart rate and oxygen level from the monitor.

"Everything looks good. Just a reminder though, you do need to try and keep your heart rate down. I know it's difficult, but it is important to do your best to keep your stress down," Amy told her kindly.

"Yeah, ok. I will," Beckett nodded.

"Let me know if you need anything," Amy smiled as she left.

"Thank you," Beckett answered. She collected her thoughts for a moment before looking over at Castle."I hate that I'm stuck here, and everyone else is doing all the work."

"Everybody wants to help," he replied.

"I know but..."

"This is your case and your life," Castle finished for her.

"Yeah," Beckett answered quietly.

Castle sat back down next to her hip and set his computer on his lap. She grabbed his hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. With their joined hands resting on the edge of the laptop, they watched the screen praying it would change.

A/N: Sorry about the delay. If anyone is unfamiliar, Find My Mac is a service from Apple that let's you GPS track your computer or device on their website. I'm a PC person, but I have an iPad. It's a really cool system. Any way, Let me know what you thought of this one. Thanks so much for reading and for all your reviews, follows, and favorites.

Thanks,

Meagan

Disclaimer: I don't own Castle