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Prompt: Set after 7x07 - Kate is beaten up badly by a suspect (while Rick is in meetings with Black Pawn and Paula made him turn off his phone) and put in the hospital...(not Maddox but somebody like him) and Rick goes on the warpath to hunt him down. Even enlisting his father to find the guy. (Think Target when Rick tortures the driver for his state of mind)
"Don't promise me, unless you can do it, because I will never forgive you. Just like I can never forgive myself."
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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. - Khalil Gibran
Richard Castle sat at the wheel of the Black Range Rover driving along an empty road heading to update New York, A quiet and controlled rage coursing through his body. He had discovered who had orchestrated this heinous act, who had put a hurting on Kate leaving her in a coma dead to the world around her.
Through his enhanced interrogation of Declan O'Reily who was left a quivering mess by the time Castle was done with him, The later still taking note of the bruises and splits in his knuckles as he thought back to what O'Reily had told him before ending his suffering.
Declan O'Reily was secured to a metal chair that had been bolted to the concrete floor in an isolated warehouse somewhere in the City, O'Reily was secured to it's structure with heavy duty cuffs. He was covered in blood numerous wounds covered his body blood spilling from his mouth as a heavy punch flew towards his face, His head snapped to the side from the hit spraying blood in the same direction, his captor crouched and took a fistful of hair lifting his head forcefully.
"I can make this all stop Irish, I can make your pain go away just give me what i want and this ends" Said Castle his face obscured by a black balaclava.
"Fuck you" screamed O'Reily defiantly.
Castle nodded before he stood to his full height and gripped the man left shoulder before plunging his thump into a hole created from an earlier bullet, O'Reily screamed in pain against his attackers iron grip as searing pain coursed through his body..
"GIVE ME A NAME! GIVE ME A NAME!" screamed Castle as he removed his thump and deck O'Reily around the face once again snapping his head to the side, Castle repeated with the opposite fist he didn't stop as he continued to rain bombs on O'Reily's face.
Castle stopped breathing hard as he gripped the Irishman jaw and lifted his head "Give me a name O'Reily and your pain goes away, but if you continue then you will know pain like never before. Now this is your final warning are you going to give me what i want or are going to sit there and defy what i have asked for" Said Castle his voice devoid of all emotion as he stepped towards a metal table with a black briefcase which the former Navy SEAL opened.
"You don't understand these people will kill me if...if i talk" gasped O'Reily his entire body racked with pain so some he was slurring his words.
"These people" whispered Castle as he turned towards O'Reily in his hand two filled syringes, without warning Castle plunged the first the injectors in O'Reily's chest. It was Adrenaline the natural drug immediately lifting O'Reily's body with renewed energy, Castle then slowly edged the second needle slowly into O'Reily's neck.
"Now listen to me Declan in this syringe is a drug known as Hyoscine-Pentothal a present from some friends of mine, now unless you give me what i want i will inject you with this drug and you will experience pain beyond anything you can imagine. Now i will give you five seconds to give me what i want before i inject you and will continue to do so, that is until your body gives out and you suffer massive cardiac arrest. NOW DECLAN GIVE ME A NAME!" screamed Castle his thumped posed over the plunger.
"No! wait..."
5
"Please you have to understand...
4
"Give me a name"
3
"Your a dead man if you think you can handle them" laughed O'Reily
2
"They are the dead men, NOW GIVE ME A NAME!"
"Please..."
1
Castle then injected the syringe into O'Reily's neck suddenly an intense pain washed over his entire body, like nothing he had ever felt it was like someone had set fire to his entire body from the inside. Castle stepped back and watched as the bound man thrashed in vain against the pain his body was feeling, Hyoscine-Pentothal was a neural inflammatory designed to cause intense pain for long periods and break a subject quickly.
A present from the Agency.
Castle then gripped O'Reily's head and pushed it back as his cold blue eyes bore it's pain filled greens, O'Reily was almost convulsing in pain he could barely stand it.
"Are you going to give me what i want Declan" asked Castle.
O'Reily couldn't take the pain anymore and started to spill his guts "ahhhhh Samuel...Bracken ahhhhhh" screamed the helpless Irishman.
"Bracken!"
"Yes, the brother of former Senator William Bracken, He paid me to lure those cops down to the underground parking structure, he said he would have guys waiting and make that bitch cop pay for what she did to his brother. Now please make this pain stop" cried O'Reily.
"What's his end game? Why now"
"Because baby brother lived off the money from his Bracken's illegal deals for years and when he went down that dried up, he needed this to look a cop killed in action so it wouldn't trace back to him and with her gone he could restart family empire" said O'Reily.
Castle released the man who was now crying in pain and agony, before he reached behind his back and pulled .50 Desert Eagle coloured black.
"Declan you have been most helpful and now as I promised your pain ends" Castle said in an impassive voice before he fired a single round into O'Reily's head, the massive boom the gun created kicking up dust as O'Reily slumped forward his head almost split apart from the high calibre round.
Castle turned and closed the briefcase the sat on the table before exiting the enclosed storeroom where O'reily had been held, As the door closed he pressed the release on a remote detonator he removed his pocket. The storeroom was soon engulfed in an intense flame explosion Thermite Charges would remove any existence of O'Reily and his stay in captivity, as Castle exited the warehouse completely he pressed the second button as further Thermite charges and C4 plastic explosives completely blew the secluded building to pieces.
Leaning against the black Range Rover were Hunt and Svetlana
"Did you get what you needed son?" asked Jackson
"I did i think it's time we paid someone a visit upstate" said Castle removed his balaclava.
Hunt smiled "Outstanding"
A country retreat in upstate New York resting on the secluded shores of a nearby lake, A home that had been in the Bracken family for Generations. Inside four mercs hired by one Samuel Bracken were talking over beers and poker and tasked with his protection, the Bracken family member shorter that his older brother with short brown hair and a square jaw stood by the window a glass of scotch in his hand.
He knew that he needed to get his family back into a position of power and with the downfall of his older brother, it was now up to him and his first step was getting rid of the cop who had started that decline.
Detective Kate Beckett
So he came up with with a plan, a plan that would have the tenacious detective meet her end at the hands of a criminal like Declan O'Reily, But he didn't account for the interruption to his plan that would leave the Detective in a bad way but still alive.
'Damm that bitch, why can't she just die' he thought angrily
The younger Bracken turned and walked towards the Poker game in the den, It was at that moment a body covered in blood flew over the railing from upstairs and crashed through the table. The mercs moved to investigate as they rushed upstairs gunshots were heard before suddenly everything became quiet as footsteps could be heard coming down the stairs.
"Samuel Bracken, How nice to meet the younger brother of William Bracken the ever so famous former Senator" Said one of the mask Gunmen a silenced M4 assault rifle slung across his chest, dressed in full tactical gear and a face mask.
"Who are you?" asked Bracken.
"Who am is not important Mr Bracken, But we have come for some answers and if we do not like those answers then you die" Said the masked gunman.
The second masked attacker then grabbed Samuel by his shirt and threw him towards a nearby reclining chair, The first then pulled a black Desert Eagle from is thigh holster and pointed it at the younger Bracken.
Castle
"Wait...wait please just tell me what you want? I'll give you anything just please don't kill me" pleaded the man.
"Did you give the same option to the female Detective you and your boys beat almost half to death" growled the second attacker in a distinct Russian Accent
Svetlana
Bracken sneered that mention of that person "That bitch got what she deserved" he said only to received a solid punch from Castle.
"That female Detective just so happens to be my wife and i would appreciate if you left out the name calling" Said Castle as he fired a single round into Bracken's knee cap, once again the high calibre round shredding soft tissue and bone. Bracken gripped his blood soaked leg, he screamed in agony and leaned forward only to be knocked back by a solid punch from the former Navy SEAL.
"Now Mr Bracken you are going to answer some questions for us" asked Svetlana as she directed Castle to lower his weapon, his body language telling her that he was inch's away from killing the man.
"Fuck you, fuck all of you I'm not telling you anything" screamed Bracken.
Castle lifted his leg and pressed his boot into the blood remains of Bracken's knee once again causing the man to scream in pain.
"Does this end with you or are their more of your family members out their wishing to cause harm to others" asked Svetlana.
"I wanted that bitch to pay, she cost my family everything and with my brother in prison it was up to me to take revenge" said Bracken sneering at his captors.
Castle grit his teeth and fired yet another round into Bracken's other knee again all that remained were the remnants of blood and bone from the high calibre round, Castle then removed his hood and goggles and put his hand to the younger Bracken's throat.
"I just want you to know Bracken and be aware that my face will be the last you ever see, you picked the wrong family to mess with and now you will pay the price" Castle smirked before his decked Bracken with the but of his hand gun, Svetlana then proceed to the wrap duck tape around the man body secured him to the chair.
Svetlana then pulled out several time delay charged each packed with C4 plastic explosive each one read 'One Minute' she placed them around the house, Castle reached into his own pack and pulled out a Thermite grenade before he pulled the pin and tossed it into Bracken's lap.
"Detective Beckett sends her regards" said Castle as he stepped out the back door followed closely by Svetlana, they both stepped towards the Range Rover as Hunt stood leaning against the vehicle a lit cigar hanging from his mouth.
"What? no fireworks" he said
At that moment the house blew in a large explosion leaving nothing of the structure that once stood their, Hunt whistled at the damage done before he turned to his son.
"Want a job at the Agency Richard?"
Castle shook his head "No this is the last time i break out Lieutenant Richard Rodgers, Sorry Dad"
Hunt took a long draw of his cigar "Well it was worth a shot, come on lets get you back to the city" said the agent as he jumped into the drivers side and drove away. Leaving behind the smouldering remains of what was left of Samuel Bracken.
In the following weeks the fire at the lake house was attributed to a gas leak, it helped that hunt had arranged an Agency clean-up team to remove any incriminating evidence before authorities could arrive at the secluded property. The same went for the warehouse blown apart in the City, once again attributed to a gas leak somewhere in the building.
When news reached former Senator William Bracken housed in the Super max Wing of Sing Sing Correctional Facility he was seething with rage and immediately requested a meeting with his lawyer. His lawyer said she would look into it and she exited the prison removed her glasses and wig before dumping them in a nearby trash bin, Svetlana Tanarov had entered the prison posing as Bracken's lawyer and passed a message to a guard inside.
That afternoon Bracken on his one hour of yard time was shanked and killed by a drug addicted prisoner serving life, The message that Tanarov has passed required the guards on duty look away for five minutes for a small fee which was more than enough time for the addict to end the reign of Senator William Bracken whose family was no more.
It was weeks later the news still reporting the death of both William and Samuel Bracken with each being attributed to accidents or fate depended on your point of view, The Police at the both crime scenes did not suspect foul play and as such closed each of the cases.
Step Three: Complete
It was been almost a month since Kate had been admitted to the St Luke's hospital and had improved significantly since her arrival, He surgeries had been completed without incident and her breathing tube removed and now the only drugs she was taken were painkillers, antibiotics and muscle relaxants.
Her husband Richard Castle had been at her beside the entire time, with his mission complete it was now time to ensure his wife, his Kate pulled through. He met with her Doctors every day getting updates and ensuring she was provided the best medical care.
He was so devoted it often took his Mother, Daughter and even Father-In-Law to pull him away from Kate's bedside for food and rest.
In fact it was late early morning when Castle felt a slight movement under his hand, the one that was clasped with Kate's. He lifted his head and came face to face with a soft pair of hazel eyes.
"Kate..." whispered Castle.
"Hey..." she replied.
Castle stood from the uncomfortable plastic chair and layed a soft kiss on her forehead, he cupped her cheek "I'm so happy to see you" he said grasping her hand in his and kissing them.
Kate smiled grasping his hands just as hard "What happened" she asked in a scratchy voice having not used it for a while.
Castle smiled as he wiped an errant tear that ran down his cheek, "Well it's a long story Honey" said Castle.
Kate smiled as he laced her fingers with his and looked at him "I've got time" she said.
Castle nodded "Fair enough, I love you Kate i can't describe how happy i am that your awake".
Kate smiled and gripped his hand tighter "I love you too Rick" she said.
Castle then began to recount a redacted version of events, Kate would be happy to know the full details in time but not right now. There were still many things to still sort through but that could wait, it could wait for as long as needed because none of it matters all that mattered as that Kate was ok.
Because right now she was safe. They all were.
Part Two Done!
Now i hope this is what Shutterbug5269 was looking for, Dark Castle is kind of fun to write really idea's just flow.
Enjoy Everyone
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