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A/N: So got this one out a bit faster than my last one! This one is a setup for a pretty exciting chapter that will be coming next week, one that will have some action adn that I am looking forward to writing! It is actually kind of funny how I got this out so fast. I saw an NCIS episode and I had this nagging idea to write a oneshot tag for an episode but then I stopped myself. There would be no way in a frozen hell I would write another canon fic without making sure my Castle readers got something new as well! So I got down and wrote this one and I hope you all enjoy it. Like always it hasn't been betaed but no one seems to complain to much so oh well. Feel free to comment, complain, criticize, suggest, discuss, or just plain PM to talk about the show as I am more than happy to field any questions. If you include a question I will be sure to answer it so don't hesitate to ask. As always enjoy the latest chapter!

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Chapter 29: Strange Feeling

Castle handled the bike like a dream, constantly being in control and leaning just the right amount into the turns they make. Beckett was likewise the perfect passenger instinctively shifting her weight along with his, completely in synch, as they effortlessly moved through the busy New York City traffic. Based on the time they were making, by blowing through traffic and traffic jams by just riding in between the cars, there was no way that the FBI, Ryan, and Esposito would beat them to the address they were heading towards. In fact they were making such good time they should have a solid ten minutes on the scene without having to even worry about the team catching up to them.

Looking back Beckett had to admit this was one wild ride she was on. Never in a million years would she have taken someone serious if they told her Castle was former CIA a week ago. Now here she was on the back of his motorcycle speeding towards a car that was owned by a KGB spy who was probably killed by another former KGB agent who was for some reason after Castle. Keeping the entire story straight in her head was mind numbing, but somehow Castle had it all together and was constantly one step ahead of the game.

Coming up on the address she looked over Castle's shoulder and noticed the car they had seen earlier leaving the abandoned building parked in the corner of a lot by itself. Looking closer she verified that the plates were the same, and that this was the car they saw the men enter the day before. Nudging Castle she pointed in the car's direction letting him know where to head. Nodding his head in front of her he moved into a nearby parking lot across the street and turned off the bike.

Getting off the bike she moved to head towards the car when she felt him grab her hand. "Hold on a second we don't want to go rushing into this too quickly," Castle said holding her in place.

Taking a minute to look at the car and the surrounding area an itch formed between her shoulders. "Something doesn't feel right," she said not quite sure of the exact cause of her feeling.

Nodding his head Castle couldn't help but agree.

(BREAK)

Castle hadn't just thrown the boys a bone when he mentioned that they should take a closer look at their latest victim's desk, he has tossed them the entire skeleton. Ryan, Esposito, and the whole of the FBI working the case were amazed as they pulled out Russian KGB spy documents from the recently deceased's desk. Thankfully Castle had hinted to them to have a Russian translator on hand to tell them what the things said.

From there everything was bagged, tagged, and sent back to be processed by the lab guys after copies had been photographed for the agents and officers to examine back in the bullpen. Once back at the station a new flurry of activity had taken off as this most current act was deemed connected to their current case.

Listening further to Castle Esposito had called the GPS company of the car that their latest victim had owned in order to get its location. "That is off of Lexington and East 89th street?" Esposito asked the person on the other end to verify the address. "Alright thank you."

"Got an address on the car," he told Ryan as he grabbed his coat and started towards the conference room where the FBI where setup.

Ryan caught Javier by the sleeve. "Woah aren't we gonna give Beckett and Castle a call? After all they are the ones that clued us in on where to look."

"We can't," Esposito said turning to face Ryan.

"What do you mean we can't? When your old partner showed up I skipped the proper channels to help you out, how is this different?" Ryan asked.

Nodding his head towards the people in the conference room Esposito explained, "Because they're involved. Listen bro, I don't like it anymore then you do and you know I think of Beckett like a little sister, but the fact is the FBI is involved. If we try and skip past them with something like this not only will we be thrown off this case again, but then we could lose our shields for impeding this investigation."

Seeing Ryan open his mouth Javier was already guessing what he was thinking. "Don't get me wrong I'm not saying Beckett isn't worth it, because she is don't ever doubt that. But if she found out we were getting in the way of solving this case she would have both of our heads on a platter and we both know she could hand us our asses without a problem. I'm glad they tipped us off, but from here on out we do our job and we protect them by staying silent about this."

Ryan tilted his head as he mulled over what Esposito said and he had to admit it made a lot of sense. Beckett would kick their asses if they put their own careers and the case in jeopardy, and Esposito was right she could do it without any problems. Then again Beckett was basically their mom here at the precinct making sure that the two of them didn't take any heat even when they screwed up. Not only that but she was like their sister as well and they didn't want to see anything bad happen to her and they always had her back.

Coming to a decision Ryan nodded his head before releasing Esposito's arm. "Ok let's leave them out of it."

(BREAK)

The FBI had operated fast when they got the information where the car was, and based on how their latest victim was killed along with all the other info on the case they didn't take any chances. Within minutes the SWAT team that was on call was rolling with Ryan, Esposito, and the FBI field agents whom were fitted in their vests and armed to the teeth.

Driving their own squad car, Ryan and Esposito where near the front of the convoy. "I'm surprised that Beckett and Castle haven't called yet. She has to have known we would have run the GPS by now." Ryan said trying to ease some of the tension they were both feeling.

"Yea well count your blessings man because I do not want to be the one that explains to her how we intentionally left them out of the loop."

"Hopefully we'll have the entire case wrapped up by time she figures out what we did. It should be coming up in about a block, look for a…"

A deafening BOOM of an explosion erupted from nowhere causing Esposito to swerve his car to the side as the FBI car in front of them slammed on its brakes. Looking out the windshield they noticed people panicking as they ran for cover as tires squealed as the rest of the convoy came to a screeching halt. Checking to ensure they were ok they peered through the windshield trying to find what exactly had caused the noise. One block ahead of them a plum of fire and smoke was rising up from a parking lot high into the sky.

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