I have a suprise... due to my nexs 3 chapters being short, I have decided to post them all today. Plus, I have been moving the past 2 days which means tomorrow I need to do LOOOTS of work and may not have time to update. So here you go...

Disclaimer: Nope, no Castle ownership here :)

As Kate made her way to the precinct she tried to stay as close to the buildings as possible. She had no idea where her captor was and if she happened to pass she wanted to make sure she wasn't seen. At times she hated that the city was so busy but right now she was thankful for it. It made it easier to walk to the precinct unnoticed.

She had thought about catching a cab because it would have been faster and much easier to hide from the woman that would soon be looking for her but without her wallet or police badge, it was going to be difficult to convince a cab driver to take her anywhere. So she continued her walk.

Kate still wasn't sure exactly what her captor had looked like which is what made the hiding even more difficult. She had an idea of her physique but when it came to facial features, she was never really able to see her properly in the candlelight. A number of the women on the street could have been the one that had kept her hidden away all day.

Whenever she saw a woman who appeared to have the physique of the woman who had kidnapped her, she would duck behind the closest object or run to hide behind a person as they walked by. Her actions did result in some curious looks from passers by but, as long as she didn't attract the attention of the wrong person she really didn't care what others thought.

She turned the last corner and seeing the entrance to the precinct within reach, she couldn't help but plaster a huge grin across her face. She couldn't wait to run into the elevator and go find Castle. She was pretty certain that he would be there, it wouldn't matter how late it was, she didn't imagine he would go home without knowing where she was.

It was strange the amount of excitement she was feeling, it was like she hadn't seen him in months when it was really only one day. But, when you've been kidnapped it makes all the little things that you normally take for granted seem all that much more meaningful. The smiles, the glances, the coffee's, and not forgetting the morning kiss she was so used to receiving now, all the things she received daily, seemed that little bit more special.

As she got closer, she started thinking of Ryan and Esposito who were sure to have been with Castle all day trying to find leads to find her, and she had to admit she was pretty excited to see them too. She practically ran the rest of the way to the building, and headed straight to the elevator, not even stopping long enough to say hi to the person sitting at the front desk. Right now, all she wanted to do was run into Castle's arms and tell him that she loved him.

She reached her floor, with a gigantic smile on her face she stepped out of the elevator and looked over to her desk. Castle wasn't there and her smiled dropped a little. So she looked over to where Esposito and Ryan's desks were, no one was there either. Her smile dropped a little more. The break room was empty and so was Gates' office. The boys weren't there, and Castle wasn't there. Her smile was now gone completely. For a short moment she was filled with sadness. They weren't looking for her.

She walked over to Esposito's desk to see what they had been last looking at. Finding a bunch of paper and notes, she couldn't really figure out what any of it meant, so she thought she would check his computer. Luckily, Kate had figured out Esposito's password some time ago. Nobody was aware that she knew it, not even Esposito himself, but one day she knew knowing it would come in handy. She typed in the password and a picture popped up on the screen which made her gasp.

There in front of her was a picture of her sleeping body being carried by her captor through Castle's building. They hadn't stopped looking for Kate, that's exactly what they were doing right now.

She was going to call the boys to tell them where she was but she suddenly realised that not only had she not eaten all day, but she also hadn't used the bathroom, and it seemed now that she felt less in danger it was all catching up with her. So she first headed into the bathroom and then into the break room to see what she could find to eat in the refrigerator. She was sure there would be some sort of left overs in there. Nobody would mind if she had a bite. If they boys weren't back when after she had fed herself, she would call them.

With food in her hands, the woman walked down the stairs careful not to trip over.

She spoke as she took the last few steps down, "well it seems that Mr Castle is a gentleman. He bought me dinner. Are you jealous Detective Beck…" She had reached the bottom of the stairs only to find the room was empty. The detective that should have been cuffed to the bed was no longer there.

For the second time that day, the food she was holding ended up on the floor.

She picked up the flashlight that had been on the floor since the morning and turned it on shining it around the room. Detective Beckett had definitely escaped. The cuff that had been around her wrist was left open on the bed with the other end still attached to the bed pole.

She picked up the cuff to inspect it. It had not been snapped open, so Kate must have somehow picked it open. She looked around the bed finding nothing. She had no idea how Kate had managed to escape. It was then that she realised maybe she had help and they were waiting for the right moment to bust in on her. She had to get out of there and she had to do it fast.

Even if Kate hadn't gotten help, she had no idea how long Kate had been gone for and she knew she wasn't far from the precinct so she could be back with back up in a matter of seconds.

There was no time to pack up anything or to even take the cuffs off the bed. She knew that the detective had not gotten a great look at her and she was certain she had managed to get out of Castle's loft unnoticed. She knew that even if the cops were able to get prints from the room, they wouldn't be able to trace them back to her. Leaving the room exactly as it was, the woman ran back up the steps and into the street hailing the first cab she could out of there, before she was caught.

Ok, so I know it is probably unlikely that Kate would get to the precinct and not call someone straight away. And I know that there would most likely be others there that would be aware of the situation and would make it known that she is back, but for the purpose of my story, I'm pretending thats not the case.