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Chapter 14
Night had descended over continental Europe, A soft and gentle summer breeze blew over the English channel coast of France as a large eighteen wheeled truck stopped on a beach side road.
Halcon opened the drivers door and jumped down from the cab, He had returned to his native Spain when he received a call to get to France as soon as possible, Whistling a happy tune as he pulled down the tailgate and jumped in the back before closing the door behind him. The interior of the truck filled with computers and a single seat. Flipping through the start up procedure as the screens came to life showing passive radar scans of the surrounding coastline, Still whistling his happy tune he flipped another switch as the roof retracted and two long range RIM-67 surface to air missiles rose up into the air.
Halcon gripped a nearby joy stick and shifted the turret to the right as cross hairs appeared and locked on target.
"Sir, We are locked on target" Halcon spoke into an earpiece "How do you wish to proceed?"
"Eliminate them and end this now Halcon"
Halcon smirked and slapped his palm down a large red fire button as a single missile streaked off it's rail, Solid rocket fuel carried through the sky at a speed of over mach five.
A Gulfstream G650 shone in the clear sky and full moon its Rolls-Royce engines pushing it through the sky over five hundred miles per hour, That was until a missile like a streak to light impacted the plane blasting it to pieces as a large fireball lite up the night sky only for it to disappear as debris fell into the sea below.
In the truck Halcon observed the planes destruction with a smirk "Sir target has been destroyed" he said
"Good work, Stand by for further orders"
Halcon leaned back as the back of office chair reclined, With his vision averted he failed to notice two black shadows streak through the sky.
"Next time you want to jump out of the plane" Kate shouted through the radio in her oxygen mask "A little warning would be nice you jackass"
Up ahead Castle looked over his shoulder "I said i was sorry, What more do you want from me?"
Kate glared at his back through her goggles "Just you wait until we get down Castle your ass is mine"
The partners had managed to escape the planes destruction through a Knight Industries threat early warning system and military grade wingsuits, They drifted down to the ground in a controlled descent homing in on a locator beacon as they deployed their parachutes and gently touched down.
Kate removed her helmet shaking out her long brunette locks as she unclipped her chute an tugged off her wing-suit she slung a backpack off her shoulder and kneeled down to the ground.
Castle had shed his equipment as he pulled a Mag-lite from his pack and flashed twice into the darkness.
Two flash's replied back as car engine started and drove towards the pair, A black Audi Q7 pulled up and a man stepped out with a thick and neatly trimmed beard and combed back hair, This muscled and toned body was covered by a shirt and jacket, his boots pressed into the mud as he smiled at Castle.
"Ricky Castle, What are you into his time?" Said a clear American accent
Castle shook the mans hand "David Worth, nothing i can't handle" He said as his swept a hand in Kate's direction "Allow me to introduce Kate Beckett"
Worth smiled at the brunette beauty "A pleasure Ma'am"
Kate smiled "Nice to meet you"
Turning back to Rick, Worth pointed to the car "She's gassed up and stocked, i hope you know what your doing Rick?"
Castle grasped his friends hand "I am and thanks again Worth, I owe you one" He said opening the trunk as he grabbed the keys from his friends outstretched hand.
Worth smirked "I'll take one dinner date with Ms Beckett and call it even"
Rick narrowed his eyes and clipped Worth over the back of the head "Pick another favour, Idiot"
"Can't blame a guy for trying?"
Castle just rolled his eyes and climbed into the drivers seat as Kate climbed into the passenger sides smiling at the clear display of male bravado "Bye Worth" She said simply
Worth made a phone with his fingers and whispered "Call Me"
Castle shook his head as she started the engine and gunned it as the tires spun kicking mud and dirt into the air covering the bearded man "Real mature Castle" shouted Worth.
Castle just stuck his hand out of the window as he drove off into the distance.
It was morning as they approached the outskirts of Paris, Kate had long fallen asleep in the passenger seat as Castle sat sipping a large coffee. He reached into his pocket pulled his Iphone and placed it a dock on the dash.
"Aria are you up?"
"Yes Sir, How was your flight" replied the AI.
"Eventful, Aria i need you to locate a Ms Giselle Delacourt she a resident here in Paris" Castle said taking another sip of his coffee "Can you do that?"
"Of course Sir, Locating now" Said Aria and moments later had a location "Rue Benjamin Franklin, Building 5, Apartment 676"
"Figures an American living in Paris would live there" Rick mused "Thank you Aria"
"At your service as always Sir"
Kate head lulled to the side as she felt the car pull to stop, She opened her eyes and sat up the smell of coffee assaulting her senses as Castle held out a cup to her, "Grande skinny latte, two pumps of sugar free vanilla"
Kate smiled taking the cup as their fingers brushed and held for a few seconds the same electric charge arcing between them "Thanks Castle, So where are we"
Castle leaned his forearms on the steering wheel and stared out of the windshield, "We are at the address of Giselle Delacourt, The name detailed in your Mothers flash drive"
Kate nodded sipping her coffee "So are we going in?"
"I was just waiting for you to wake up"
Kate just rolled her eyes and opened the passenger door and stepped onto the sidewalk as the pair walked into the luxurious apartment building. Stepping into the elevator and ascending to the sixth floor and walked down the hallways as they approached apartment 676 and knocked the door.
The door opened and a middle aged woman with greying blonde hair tied in a bun, with wrinkles starting to appear around her beautiful face, dressed in jeans and a cotton jumper, "Yes how may i help you" she asked
"Are you Giselle Delacourt" The woman nodded "My name is Richard Castle and this is Kate Beckett" Said Castle pointing between them "May we come in and speak with you for a moment"
"Beckett? your last name is Beckett"
Kate nodded "Yes my mother was Johanna Beckett, She was your friend i remember she spoke about you often"
Giselle nodded sadly as she walked over to her white fabric couch as sat down folding her hands, "I knew this day would catch up with me sooner or later, I was so saddened by what happened to Johanna she was my best friend"
"Ms Delacourt, The reason we have come to you today" Said Castle linking his arms behind his back as his stood off the side "We received details that information was passed to you by Johanna in relation to her investigation into Renadyne Industries"
Giselle nodded "Yes, roughly a week before she was killed" She said looking directly at Kate as she sat next to the older woman on the couch "Johanna handed me a file and several flash drives and asked me to keep them safe"
"Where did you hide them, Giselle" asked Castle
"The files are located in a safety deposit box at Rothschild & Cie Banque at his main branch in La Defense" Giselle answered as she reached into her jumper to reveal a chain with a key cut in a distinctive style of groves and hash marks. She reached for Kate's hand turned it over and dropped the key "Here, Johanna would want you to have this now"
Unshed tears appeared around Kates hazel eyes "Thank you Giselle"
The older woman smiled "She loved you so much Kate, I know she would be proud of you"
A lone tear ran down the younger woman's cheek thoughts of her Mother now at the forefront of her mind, It all came down to this getting the justice for her mom they way she had fought for justice her whole life.
Suddenly one of the window panes shattered into numerous spider web cracks, Giselle slumped forward blood blossoming across the material of her jumper. A bullet straight to the chest she was dead before she even hit the floor.
Beckett and Castle dived to the floor avoiding the windows staying out of the line of sight, "Did you see the shooter" She asked
From his position on the floor Castle shook his head, "No it was two fast" A beep in his ear caught his attention.
"Sir, You need to evacuate the building" Said Aria over the comm link "A team of heavily armed men has just entered"
"Aria can you identify" Asked Castle as he slid towards the nearest window, facing in the direction of the snipers bullet.
"It appears to a team from Interpol, Facial recognition indicates Inspector Albert Cesar is leading them" Explained Aria "A warrant has been issued by Interpol for your arrest"
"Just perfect, Aria find us a way out of here"
"Already done, At the end of the hall is a service stairwell. CCTV from the building indicates it is clear but it won't remain that way for long"
"Right" Castle replied as he slid over to Kate who's gaze was fixated on the body of Giselle "Kate we need to go" No response "...Kate, Come on Kate, If you don't want her death to be in vain we need to leave right now"
Kate shook her head as she took Castle's hand they sprang to their feet and bolted for the door, Several more high powered rounds shattered yet more glass but missed their intended targets.
Once in the hallway they ran for the service stairwell just as the Interpol team got off the elevator, Locking eyes with the armed members of law enforcement did little for what happened next.
All hell broke loose.
There we go folks, Another update in the bag.
I've got to say this was a little hard to write, And I'm not entirely happy with it. But as standard favourite, follow and review let me know what you think. Constructive criticism always welcome.
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