Kate woke up to a hand around her waist and the fall and rise of Castle's chest on her back. She wasn't sure what time it was but when she looked toward the window the sun was either just coming up or just going down. She figured Ryan and Esposito had probably started looking for her and Castle. She rolled over and put a light kiss on his cheek to wake him up.

"Hey," he said as he smiled, keeping his eyes closed.

"I'm going over to the window to see if I can get any service. Will you come with me? I know that we aren't hand cuffed any more but if the guards come in we can't have them know we are free," Kate said as she stood up. She walked over Castle's tired body.

"Just a few more minutes."

Kate bent over and pinched his ass. "Now."

"Ouch what was that for?" Castle asked. He brought his hand to his pinch mark and rubbed lightly to ease the pain.

"Well one, they think we are a couple so we have to keep up that appearance and two because I need to make sure Ryan and Espo know where to look so I need to get them our location now."

"Fine." Castle rolled over and say up, "that bed is actually quite comfortable. I slept pretty well. You?"

"Yeah, I too, actually. I was pretty cold for a while. I guess I ended up using your arm as a blanket because when I woke up, it was around my waist." Kate smiled and joked at Castle.

"Oops. Sorry." Castle's face was bright red.

"It's fine Castle. Now c'mon we need to get to the window."

Kate and Castle walked over to the window and like they did before, Kate climbed on Castle's shoulders to try and get better service.

"I got service. It's 6:30 in the morning. We have a few hours before breakfast is served. I'm going to call Ryan." Kate dialed and waited for a pick up.

"Ryan," he answered warily.

"Hey it's Beckett, can you do a trace on my phone. Castle and I were drugged and kidnapped by a chemist named Peter Khrushchev. Don't ask the less you know the better. I have no idea where the hell we are but we have a fridge and a toilet in the basement where we are being held and so our captivity seems to be not so temporary. I'd like to get out of here as soon as possible."

"Gotcha. Yeah give me a sec. I'm at home so I need to pull up my computer."

"Hurry up Ryan! I can't hold her up forever," Castle yelled into the phone as encouragement.

"Beckett what was that?" Ryan asked.

"Oh nothing. Castle is just complaining because the only way we have service is if I'm on his shoulders by the window," Beckett answered with a chuckle.

"Hold on. Beckett, put me on speaker."

Kate pushed the speaker button on her phone, "okay."

"Hey, Castle, just for you I'm going to take my time tracking Beckett's phone. And it can't be that bad, she doesn't even weigh that much. Quit complaining. It could be Espo on your back, that was rough," Ryan laughed into the phone. "Beckett, I got your location but it'll take me a while to get there, but I'll bring back up. I'll be there as soon as I can though."

"Wait, Ryan why will it take you so long?" Kate asked with a seriously confused tone.

"Um Beckett, you're in Maryland."

"Holy hell, how did we get here? I didn't think we were out for that long." Kate was now really confused. "Okay. Thanks Ryan. Hope to see you soon."

"Okay, you too. Hang in there." The line went dead.

"Well, Beckett, we're in Maryland. I don't know how we got here but I'd like to get out of here."

"Me too. The last time I was here was for an Orioles' game. They were playing the Mets." Kate smiled as she opened up a little more of her past to Castle.

"Hmmm... When was the last time I was here?" Castle pondered for a few seconds. "Oh! It was for a book signing. A Heat book signing. It was on my tour after I went with Gina to the Hamp..." Castle stopped his sentence because he knew how much it hurt Beckett to talk A) about his exes and B) about the summer when she dumped Demming only to be rejected by Castle. "Sorry." He looked back down at the ground.

"Castle, it's fine I'm over it. Can I get down now?" Kate asked.

"Oh yeah sure. How is this going to work though? Last time we fell over and that really hurt my ribs so let's not do that again."

"Oh. Shit. I totally forgot about your ribs are they okay? Here what if lift myself onto the ledge with my elbows, you come out from under me, then you help lower me down from the ledge?" Kate suggested.

"Yeah that'll work."

"Ready? One. Two. Three." Kate grunted out as she lifted herself from Castle's shoulders. Castle quickly ducked and got his back to the wall. He gripped Kate's hips which seemed so small in his hands. He lowered her off the ledge, her body sliding down mere millimeters away from his own. When she was finally on the ground she looked up. Biting her lip, she smiled. "Thanks," she giggled. God, did that laugh kill him and even more so the way she bit her lip. He smiled.

"Always," he whispered. What was this woman doing to me he thought. He lost his next thought the moment he looked into her eyes. Some inexplicable green that was heightened by the slight amount of light sprinkling across the room. She was immediately lost in his eyes as well. She bit her lip. Next thing she knew, her eyes swiftly moved without her permission down to Castle's lips then back up to his eyes. Bad move. She couldn't handle this tension any more.