Chapter 11

The female undercover they had selected for the job was named Natalie. She worked Vice and Narcotics. She was good with the plan that the boys had come up with. She just did not want to let them down she knew about the file thefts and Jim's murder and wanted to prove that she was up for the job. So after meeting the plan was going to go like this...Natalie would be the decoy and lure out Jerry Tyson, Espo would be scanning the meet site protecting them from above. Ryan and Rodriguez would be scouting the meet site on foot close by to provide support for Castle and Natalie. Castle was going to be using the Bionic Ear long Range Listening device with a max range of 1000 meters. It was more than enough to do the job. With everyone knowing their assignments, they would meet up at the Central Park Zoo at 4 pm.

With everything set Espo would take up position in the National Law Enforcement Building, it was a little ironic that a sniper had picked this location to possibly take someone out. The call was made to 3XK and Natalie had moved over to the park bench by the Wollman skating rink. Everyone was in place. It was now or never. Little did anyone of them know that their well-thought plan was doomed from the start. The only problem was that Jerry Tyson had already known that Dr. Kelly Nieman had been predisposed of in a 55 gallon drum filled with chemicals 4 days earlier. He was anticipating the teams every move He knew where Esposito was, as well as Ryan and Rodriguez. He just could not find Castle, he would make an example of the decoy and Castle himself for thinking that they could actually trap him.

45 minuets later entering the park at E.60th street Jerry Tyson moved quickly towards the ice skating rink. Castle had spotted Tyson and Castle radioed Ryan asking if he had spotted Tyson. Ryan transmitted that he did not have a 20 on him. Tyson was dressed in black jeans, a military OD green fatigue jacket with the hood draped over his head. Harder to spot, Ryan looked intently. Rodriquez on the other hand had spotted Tyson a mile away. With all the radio traffic Natalie had a hard time separating the boys from the other operations going on within the park. This would be the only mistake she would make of her career. Tyson had now spotted where Castle was as he walked over to the park bench where Natalie was. Sitting down next to her she was totally taken off guard and before she knew it Tyson had slipped a knife into her side and severed her renal artery When she died she was still sitting on the bench looking forward, like there was nothing wrong. Tyson had stood up and made his way over to Castle, who was trying to hide behind a large oak tree. He would make him pay for trying to be smarter than him. Castle never saw Tyson coming many shots rang out and people who were in that part of the park scattered for cover...