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Chapter 13
"Captain, You can't be serious"
Captain Gates nodded from behind her desk, Stood infront of her the shocked forms of Castle and Beckett. Who had arrived back at the penthouse with Jason Hawkins he was immediately passed to Esposito and Ryan for debrief.
"Unfortunately I am Beckett, A friend of mine at the FBI field office here in New York explained warrants have been issued for your arrest along with Mr Castles"
Kate crossed her arms and started to pace a track across the office and back again. "So what are our options Sir" she asked.
"You need to get out of the City, The country even until we can sort this mess out" Gates said standing up knuckles pressed to the wood as she leaned forward.
"But were will we go" Kate exclaimed panic creeping into her tone.
"Your mother's file. Kate, It's only thing that can clear our names and finally expose Renadyne" Caslte spoke up for the first time since entering the office.
Kate eyed her partner, "But we have no idea where to start?"
At the moment Cora barged into the office nearly tripping over her own feet until she was caught by Castle, She strode over the desk and slammed a USB flash drive infront of the Captain "I finally figured it out Captain" Cora said trying to catch her breathe.
"Explain"
"Since we retrieved the flash drive I have been decoding and reviewing the information contained inside, Once I managed to bypassed the encryption I found it"
Gates sighed "Cora get to the point already"
"Paris, it kept appearing in the files" Cora said before he turned to look at Kate "Your mother had a good friend by the name of Giselle Delacourt a former New York assistant district attorney. The documents explain that she holds a copy of the file my system is still decifering the remainder but it's a good place to start"
"Well looks like were heading to the City of Lights" Castle quipped
Kate gave him a hard look, "This is hardly the time for jokes Castle"
With shrug of his shoulders and a smile on his face "I'm just trying to lighten the mood"
"Well don't"
"Now you two get out of here, We'll relay information as soon as we receive it"
"Thank you Sir"
"Yes, Thank you Captain" Castle added
The pair exited the office, They found Espo and Ryan both leaning against the wall. Ryan immediately hugged his pseudo older sister "Be careful Beckett"
"You too Ryan"
Espo clapped Castle on the shoulder, "You know I like you bro, But you've got to promise me that you will look after Beckett"
Castle smiled, He promised himself that he would help Beckett and if that meant laying down his life to keep her safe so be it. "You got it Espo, She'll be protected"
With final hugs given they walked towards the door as they stopped with Cora, Who handed them brand new Iphones "These are encrypted and scrambled to the max, You can make calls or texts and it cannot be intercepted a little something I designed for CIA"
Kate smiled and wrapped her around the young woman "Thank you Cora"
"Be safe Kate"
They finally exited the penthouse and descending in the elevator to the parking garage, Caslte kept glancing over trying to gauge her emotions. It's not everyday you are branded a traitor and a terrorist "You ok?"
Kate huffed "Oh yeah Castle I'm fine you know still getting attempts in my life more so now that I'm now stuck with you, We have both been branded terrorist by our own government and if they catch us will will spend the next thirty years behind bars so yeah Castle as you can see I'm doing ok"
"Well as along as your sure" Came his simple reply.
Kate didn't reply only crossing her arms and staring directly ahead, She was storming towards there car almost before the doors fully opened. Castle followed behind as he opened the drivers side door and climbed in.
"I'd say we have roughly sixty minutes before were are traced, Is there any where you need to go" Rick asked starting the engine.
Kate just sat staring out of the window "My Apartment, I need to grab a few things"
"Alright"
Castle manourvered the car into daytime New York traffic, Roughly fifteen minutes later they pulled in to the underground parking garage of Kate's apartment building. Kate jumped out and rushed towards the elevator and rode it the top, Exiting at the buildings penthouse floor she slammed the key into the lock quickly opened the door once inside she strode towards her bedroom.
She grabbed a small duffel bag from her closet first grabbing her red leather jacket, Body armour, Mask and visor, Secondly her Katana sword still wrapped in it's original purple velvet sleeve she placed it carefully on the bed. Throwing in some other essentials she lifted the bag up throwing it on her shoulder grabbing her sword and stode towards the front door she locked the door behind her and descended in the elevator.
Below in the garage, Castle as nervously tapping his fingers against the steering wheel as kept checking his watch. He still needed to get back to his house grab his supplies and make it back to Laguardia before the feds could catch on.
"Come on...come on" He muttered.
Suddenly the blare of a siren caught his attention as marked NYPD cruiser pulled into the garage, It stopped as two uniformed officers stepped out hoping they were going into the building for another reason. Castle held his breath that his luck would hold out however that was soon shattered as first officer stood behind the Audi the second stepped the drivers window, Rick slid the window down "Everything ok officer?" he asked innocently
"Good day Sir, just conducting a routine patrol saw you waiting in the car" He asked looking directly into Castles eyes "Please state you reason for being here and your license and registration"
"Well I'm just waiting for my girlfriend to come down, she lives in the penthouse" Castle explained reaching into the glove box pulling his registration and producing his license, both under false details but thanks to some creativity and Aria the information would appear in the DMV systems.
The officer looked over the details for a moment, "Please step out of the car"
Castle nodded as he stepped out of the car "Everything alright" he asked still playing the innocent citizen.
"Hands to the car, Spread you legs" Said the patrolman "We have received reports of a car matching this description trying to avoid arrest after escaping federal custody"
"What!, Officer I have no idea what your talking about"
The cop pulled his cuffs from his belt and attempted to slap them on Castles wrist, That wasn't going to happen, As soon as he felt the first metal bracelet around his wrist he spun grabbed the officers wrist and twisted his arm up driving him forward his head bouced off the window and slid to the ground.
The second patrolman had returned to the vehicle, When suddenly a large fist broke through the glass and impacted the side of his face knocking him out. Castle turned as he noticed the first cop get to his feet and reach for his radio thinking quickly reached into the waistband of his jeans and pulled an extendable baton, Which he launched through the air the heavy metal spinning rapidly as he stuck the officer in the midsection he dropped the floor on his knees groaning in pain from the strike. Moving a hand down to holster to pulled his service weapon.
He stopped when he felt a cold edge of metal being pressed into his neck, "I wouldn't do that if I were you" Said Kate the sharp edge of her Katana drawing a trickle of blood from the mans neck.
"Who are you?" Asked the cop
"Who were are is not important, But what you now going to do is call dispatch and tell them this call was a false alarm and no code words. If I find out you did anything apart from what I just said I turn you in a pez dispenser" Kate said with such menace it made Castle shake.
"Jesus Christ, Alright...Alright. Dispatch Unit 03-12 reporting all clear false alarm"
"Roger Unit 03-12, Dispatch out"
Kate then lowered her sword and with a vicious spin kick to the back of the cops head sent him sprawling onto the concrete floor out cold.
Kate sheathed her sword and walked towards the car, Castle stood dumbstruck at the sheer aggression that was rolling off the young woman in waves. He was broken from his revere by a voice "You coming Castle?"
"Yeah, Coming" He said walking towards the car, but not before retrieving his license and registration. Starting the engine and pulling out of the garage and going New York Traffic once more.
One more stop to make.
Cruising through traffic the anger was still flowing though Kates veins like an vengeful red tide, She had been been branded a terrorist and now they had go on the run and escape from their own country. Her fist clenched her fingernails cutting crescent shaped marks into her hand 'Dammit, Dammit, Dammit' thought Kate pounding her fist into her thigh muscle.
"Hey, Hey Kate" Castle said noticing the the tidal wave of emotions she battling "We are going to make this right"
Tears shone in her hazel eyes forced herself to look at him "How is this ever going to be right Castle, Renadyne took everything from me, Now this it's too much" she said as lone tear slid down her cheek.
Caslte reached over taking her hand in his "I know Kate, Renadyne has taken a lot from us but now we start the process of taking everything from them"
Kate saw the determination and intense resolve in his eyes he meant every word, A small smile appeared it was nice to finally have someone to stand with her "Thanks Castle" Her only words in response.
Happy to of cheered her up even a little bit Castle brought his eyes back to the road as they pulled alleyway behind his rather expansive house on 247 Central Park West. Cutting the engine they both stepped out, Kate whistled in awe of the large home "You rich or something Castle?" She asked
Approaching the rear garage door and punching in a six digit code and metal shutter quickly slid upwards "I'm no Bruce Wayne, But I do OK come on we'll be safe here for a while"
The pair entered the house Kate was awestruck at the size and opulence for the property, but sensed and almost simple quality, everything had a function it wasn't placed here or purchased just because the owner could.
"Aria, Are you awake" Called out Rick.
"Always Sir, But would you mind telling me where you have been for the last week and why you didn't even bother to call" said the distinctively computerised voice of Castles personnel AI computer system.
Castle pouted sometimes he wondered why he let his creation gain a gift for sarcasm "Aria I'm sorry, I know I should of called"
"Well I surpose I should be used to you not calling anyway, But how can I assist you and Ms Beckett" Asked Aria
Kate squeaked and looked around frantically, "How you do know who I am?" She asked
"Through bio-metric scanning and cross matching records contained in DMV records, Social Security numbers and even the CIA that also includes Augment records held by Renadyne" Kate just nodded dumbly in response she'd never had a conversation with a machine before "Also I used Facebook and Twitter" Finished the AI.
Castles head popped out of a doorway at the far end of the hallway "Are you on Facebook?" He asked
Folding her arms in defiance "Castle we are about to become international fugitives I don't think Facebook's such a good idea"
Castle displayed his signature pout "Yeah your probably right"
Minutes later he stepped out the room a duffel bag slung over his shoulder, in hand his Katana sword and Laptop bag. "Let's go find our missing file" He said to Kate who smiled in reply "Aria please switch to lockdown mode, Secure all materials against incursion and that's includes yourself"
"Right away Sir, Be careful won't you"
The pair then exited the same way they came in as the house at 247 Central Park West secured itself, Locks slid into place as titanium alloy blast plates slid over each door. In her basement lair Aria's central processing hub moved down into the blast door protected chamber beneath the house she would still function but was now protected.
Forty five minutes later duo pulled into the Knight Industries private hanger at Laguardia, Kate rushed up the stairs of the Gulfstream as Rick shook hands with Hanger Chief before climbing on board himself. He quickly took a seat in the pilots chair and began start up procedure, The Rolls-Royce engines ran up to speed as the white jet moved out of the hanger and onto the taxi way.
The blare of sirens could be heard in the distance as NYPD cruisers and three black SUV's rushed through the gate and sped onto the runway.
"This is the FBI, Power down your engines and surrender or lethal force is authorised" said a voice over a PA system.
Castle checked his window as he saw the assorted cars race towards the aircraft, "Kate I need a few minutes to get us in the air" He shouted through the open door "Check the case at the back I'll open the door when your ready"
Kate marched over the case at the rear of the cabin flicking open the tabs and lifting the lid, Inside was a cache of weapons she grabbed an M249 SAW light machine gun loaded a box of ammunition and fed the belt into the receiver slamming it shut and pulling back the slide as it chambered the first round.
She approached the door and nodded to Castle through open cockpit door as the door moved out into the rushing air stream, Shouldering the weapon Kate opened fire bullets striking the concrete and spraying the sides of two NYPD cruisers puncturing their tyres stopping them in there tracks.
Agent Blake Hill in the lead SUV swerved left avoiding the stream of gunfire, From the cockpit Castle observed the SUV swerve through a series of rearview mirror suddenly and idea came to him. He suddenly increased the power of the left side engine to full and trimmed out the sudden power shift with the rudder controls at his feet.
Hill felt the SUV buckle under the jetwash and had no choice but to swerve back in the other direction and right into the line of fire from Kate's M249, A stream of bullets struck the hood as smoke billowed from underneath as the SUV grinded to a halt. With one final flurry of rounds Kate ducked back inside as the door slid closed.
"Alright let's go" Castle murmured
Pushing the power to full for both engines he pulled back on the controls as the gleaming white business jet took to the skies, Leaving behind bullet riddled and smoking cars.
Agent Hill climbed from his vehicle and kicked the side in anger and frustration as he pulled his phone from his Pocket, he pressed the device to his ear "Yes, Patch me through to Interpol"
More trouble was coming Beckett and Castles way.
Hi guys my longest chapter yet, Again until i can find a Beta any and all spelling and punctuation mistakes our my own. So please be gentle and Please let me know what you think with, reviews, follows, favourites, and constructive criticism all welcome
So i'm now going to hide behind the sofa and you can all tell me when it's safe to come out
Knight Rider Alpha.
