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Boston

"She's in Boston?" Gates raised her eyebrows and folded her arms. Castle nodded once.

"It's the only place I know that has a disused morgue. It's just like that sick son of a "

"I know a detective in Boston." Esposito stated as he searched his desk for his cell phone. "Jane Rizoli. Good cop. I think she is still there. Her brother, well her baby brother is a cop too."

"Can you get hold of one of them? See if they know if anything has happened at the morgue?" Ryan asked as Esposito nodded.

"I can do better than that Bro." He smiled. "I can get us there in an hour. Jane and her team may be able to help but we know this sicko better than anyone."

"I want to be there." Castle stated. "Whatever way this goes. I want to be there."

"OK." Gates nodded, suddenly seeing the pain in the writer's eyes. "You get to be there. I'll call my counterpart in Boston. Get ready to go over there. He owes me a few favours. "She smiled slyly before heading back to the sanctuary of her office. Esposito threw his leather jacket on as Ryan grabbed his wallet.

"You heard the Captain." Esposito stated. "Get ready to go. Castle call Alexis or your Ma, tell them we are gonna be out of New York City for a while. That we have a lead."

"He could be bugging our calls." Ryan stated.

"Yeah, he'll know we are on to him." Castle frowned. "Kate."

"Let him think we are. Tell them we are heading to where we believe 3XK died. That we will be gone all day."

"Throw him off the scent." Ryan smirked. "Yeah, might work."

"I need more than might." Castle snapped.

"We are as much in the dark as you are." Esposito snapped. "Beckett is my friend. She's a damn good cop and you aren't the only one who loves her."

"Like a sister." Ryan nodded. "Gates was right. The 12th is family. Now we do this." He handed Castle the smart phone he had bought just a few weeks earlier. Castle nodded, knowing his friends were right.

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Kate felt sick. She had no idea where she was or if the others knew she was still alive. Nothing Tyson said could be trusted. That was the only thing she knew. Nothing the man said or did could be believed. She bit her bottom lip, trying not to think of the pain in her lower back or the way her knees seemed to burn every time she moved.

"He is on the wrong scent." He smirked as Kate kept her eyes firmly on the ceiling. She had no wish to look at him any more than she had to. There was no way she was going to give him the satisfaction of knowing how scared she really was.

"Kate. Katie? Katherine."

Her eyes narrowed. Only her mother had ever referred to her as Katie, Katherine was used when she was in trouble with the Principle in High School. Kate was only reserved for those who knew her. To the rest of the world she was Detective Beckett. He was not going to strip her of that now.

"Detective." She snapped. "My name is Detective Beckett. I am an NYPD Detective from Homicide Squad."

"Yeah? From where I'm looking Detective 1st Grade. You are bait." He snarled as she looked away. There was no way she was going to believe she was a victim.

"Why?"

"Why?" He snapped. "Why didn't I kill you when I had the chance? Why didn't I leave Castle to rot? To leave your body the way I left the others?"

"Because you aren't the one in charge." Kate suddenly realised. "You never were. No, it's her. It's that plastic surgeon." The crack across her face turned the world black as she slumped back down, not quite unconscious but not fully alert either.

"You let her work it out."

He looked up and snarled. "She's bright. And like Castle said, good at what she did."

"He'll find us. Him and his police friends." She knelt in front of Kate as she looked over her injurues. "You enjoy yourself Honey? Looks like you did."

"Yeah well." He snarled as the doctor looked at the state Kate was now in. "If he does find us, I get to make him suffer. This isn't about killing Richard Castle."

"Then what?" She turned to watch him as Tyson smirked.

"This is about making sure he knows who has won."

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A/N Please review. Castle may need his friends more than he thinks. Can Rizoli and Iles help? How is Laine? And can 3XK be stopped?