"Beckett? Beckett can you hear me?" she feels light headed when a wave of relief washes over her as she hears that voice… "Ryan, is that you?" she asks into the phone.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's me Beckett. Listen, the building that we went into, it wasn't the next arson target it was his lair, he rigged it to blow up and now we're trapped inside" Ryan yells over the roaring of the fire. "The whole place is in flames"
"Yes!" Beckett loses it. "I know, Ryan, we're right outside, we've got the whole fire department here, we thought… you guys were dead" it pains Castle to listen to the vulnerability in her voice.
"Well, we will be soon if we don't get some help" Esposito says.
They immediately get the chief firefighter so that Ryan and Esposito tell them where they are, but they can't find the place on the building plans, so Castle calls the precinct to update them and try to get a hold on the original blueprints or something.
"And you're sure you don't see another way out?" Beckett asks Ryan over the phone.
"If there is, it's covered by debris. Any idea where that way out might be?"
"Castle's on the phone with the building department. He's trying to get a hold of the original blueprints"
"We're both getting sleepy, carbon monoxide's building up…"
"Ryan, you listen to me, you need to hang on, okay? They're coming for you" she can't lose her guys in there. She'd never forgive herself.
"Appreciate the pep talk, but we both know that the fire's too hot and they don't know where to look" he's having trouble breathing.
"No, Ryan…"
"We're going to lose the phone soon Beckett so… There's something I need you to do" he needs to talk to Jenny.
Beckett goes over to the ambulance where they're taking care of her. "Jenny"
"What, what is it?" Jenny asks between breaths.
"It's him" she hands the phone to Jenny.
"It's Kevin?" Jenny takes the phone. "Is it you?" she asks on the phone. "It's really you?" She listens to the phone and she sighs relieved. "Thank god. Where are you? The baby's coming" she listens again. "Inside…?"
Lanie looks at Beckett and the detective shakes her head. It's not looking good.
"Don't say that" Jenny says on the phone. "Please, don't say that"
Beckett's looking helplessly at Jenny and Castle turns her around gently. He knows that this all is taking a tremendous toll on her, on all of them.
Jenny moans out in pain as another contraction hits her. She breathes through it. "Kevin, please!" she starts to cry. "No, don't leave me" she pauses as she listens to him. "We need a name for the baby, we need to do that together" she listens to the names he picked.
That hits both Castle and Beckett. They can't help feeling identified to that couple who may be ripped apart forever. This could be them, saying their goodbyes on the phone and one of them never being able to meet their child. It's just too much.
"I love you so much, Kevin. I love you" the call gets cut. "Kevin? Kevin?" dread covers her features. "Kevin?!" she asks desperately. She sobs as she reluctantly hands the phone to Beckett. Lanie tries to remain calm. Castle's head drops and Beckett feels numb as she grabs her phone.
A few moments later Castle and Beckett walk away from the ambulance a bit. But she can still hear Jenny's moans of pain and realizes that that will be her in a couple of months, and that could be Castle inside that building. She's not sure she would be able to go through without him by her side.
Her thoughts are interrupted by the fire investigator, they catch a lead and they discover that the arsonist is building inspector Mark Kimball, so they go find him. Beckett spots him; he's taking a video of the fire. "Kimball," she points her gun at him. "Don't move"
He immediately turns around but is met by the barrel of Gate's gun.
"Basement, is there a way out?" Becket walks towards him still holding her gun. "Is there?" she demands authoritatively.
"I don't know what you're talking about"
She takes him by the arm and pushes him against the car that's behind him. "Is there a way out?" she turns him around so that he's facing her and wraps her hand around his neck. "Those guys in there, they are my friends. If they die, you die" Nothing can stop her now. She's got him and she's going to make him tell her all she needs to know to get her people out of there. "What's it going to be? It's your choice" the look on her face tells him that she means every word.