In Hiding
Editor's note: This story has Mature Content. Reader discretion is advised. There is nothing graphic, however, sex and violence are discussed. The topic alone is for mature readers.
I repeat: Reader Discretion Is Advised.
There is no major character death. This is a Caskett story.
This is a slightly alternate Universe story.
One Chapter only.
The world had changed over the last generation. Worldwide, people had come to the realization that races like Vampires, Succubi, and Incubi actually existed.
The new United States administration had recognized that and various agencies were instructed not to persecute these races. The US Government was not interested in persecuting or prosecuting them simply for their race. That wasn't to say that they were welcomed with wide open arms by the vast majority of people. In fact, nearly half the population wanted them hunted down and either killed or imprisoned for life.
After all, every one of them wanted to kill people in one way or another. All three of them wanted to suck humans dry. Either drink people's blood or drink some other bodily fluid. Each even had a brothel set up in the deserts of Nevada.
If someone wanted to have sex with either a Vampire, Succubus, or an Incubus, that was the place to go. It was closely regulated by the state just like the other more normal brothels in the area. So, if a person really wanted something different or thought they could get a rush from sex with one of these, that was the supposedly safe place to go.
Now one would think that these places would be surrounded by pickets carried by people with or without weapons in an attempt to prevent these places from getting Johns or Janes. In reality, the truth was the opposite. They were shunned by all but those that wanted to try it.
It wasn't the guards since there were none. In fact, no one on the site even had a single solitary weapon of any kind. No guns, no RPGs, no missiles, and the place wasn't mined. Save for a few cameras, the place wasn't guarded at all. It was a quiet place. And as buildings went, it was a nice one.
It was also a very busy building. Apparently people came from all around to try it. China, India, Russia, Korea, Panama. Name it, and they came. But there wasn't a line out front that wrapped around the building or anything. However, that didn't mean the prostitutes that plied their trade here were bored. Far from it.
Yes, part of the contract allowed a Vampire to bite a human and drain some blood if that human allowed it and signed the form agreeing to it. The same for Succubi and Incubi, though what they took and needed was harder to regulate.
What prevented violence at the brothel was the prostitutes themselves. Everyone knew that a Vampire, Succubus, and Incubus was stronger than literally any five to as many as ten of the strongest humans.
If they wanted a human dead they could snap their body into two by breaking their spine seemingly by looking at them. Worse, each had a method they could use to effectively hypnotize humans to the point where they would allow them to kill them.
That was part of the challenge and allure of visiting this brothel and having sex with one of these. Part of the law enforced by not just the state but their own kind was that they would not convert you during your visit. Both them and the John or Jane was forbidden to even bring up the subject.
While a normal human brothel made a certain amount of money monthly, this brothel made several times that amount monthly. Actually, the cost of visiting one of these prostitutes had gone up just about every month since it had opened.
But the writing was on the wall. It was November 4th and it was voting day. It was widely believed that the present administration was going to be thrown out. The opposition party had run on the belief that Vampires, Succubi, and Incubi were here straight from HELL itself.
What any of the three did for the country didn't matter. Even if one of them was on the verge of curing cancer, they had no place in this nation.
For that reason, those that had the resources had already left the country. Or if they were unable to leave, they were in hiding. A number of them didn't believe that they could or would be found. That unless they changed or shifted into a Vampire, Succubus, or Incubus, no one would find them out.
As far as they knew, there wasn't a detector that could reveal that they weren't human, therefore they should be safe.
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Kate was in her office. She was Captain of the 12th Precinct now. Her original captain was dead. His replacement, Captain Victoria Gates, had accepted a transfer. It wasn't a promotion, but it also wasn't a demotion even though Gates saw it as one. However, she had only herself to blame for it.
Montgomery had run the 12th and had the support of everyone in his precinct. He treated everyone with respect. Gates had come in, thrown her weight around, and pissed off everyone. It took nearly two long years for 1PP to understand just what she was doing to this precinct before they offered her a transfer. She could accept it or be asked to tender her resignation.
Kate didn't know what Gates thought of that, but she was gone. She had passed her Captain's exam and she was given command of the 12th.
Castle was right there with her all the way. They were even married and they were both incredibly happy.
"Captain Beckett-Castle? Reporting as ordered." Rick stood ramrod stiff and even saluted her.
"You keep that up, babe, and I'll find a way to make you pay for it." Kate didn't know how just yet, but she would think of something.
"Like tie me to the bed, perhaps?" Rick grinned at her but held his salute.
"No! For one the straps wouldn't hold you. And even if they did, you'd break our bed and I don't want to sleep on the floor," Kate countered.
"Good point." She had him there. Rick dropped his salute even though his wife of less than one year hadn't returned it. Not that he expected her to. He was just being silly, or in her eyes a jackass, but he knew she loved him almost as much as he loved her.
"Tell me, how can I help?" She actually had called for him, so she wanted something from him.
"Have you finished our escape plan?" Kate whispered since her door was still open. They were both betting that once the voting was over, the new administration wasn't going to waste a moment. All known Vampires, Succubi, and Incubi would be rounded up and either detained or killed outright. It would be carried outby the military or any one of the militias affiliated with that political party.
The writing on the wall was clear, their days of equal rights were about to be over and that concerned both of them greatly.
"Completely, even Alexis knows what to do should we get separated," Rick assured her. He hated being this serious. Being this serious was no fun. However, he was all about family even if the years had reduced his family a little over the last two years.
"Good. I'm getting phone calls telling me that my officers are responding to more and more calls. Nothing major yet, but it's only a matter of time. Though that's not why you're here.
"I can't risk sending anyone because of all these calls and Lanie has data she wants us to have. Consequently, I need you to go downstairs and across to the morgue to obtain it and bring it back," Kate said. "Everyone else is out in the city. This precinct is damn near empty."
"Consider it done, wife." Rick grinned at her. It was still a new enough word to him that he liked using it. They might be married for something more than a year, but both of them felt like they were still in the honeymoon phase.
Kate grinned back at him. "Thank you, husband." She was happy to be married to him. Granted, it had taken her far too long to reach this point, but she was happy to be here.
He was still standing there. "Dismissed, husband."
Kate shook her head after he left. Still, she was worried about what was going to happen. This country was changing and not for the better. The good years were ending. She and even Rick was betting there would be armed units patrolling, looking for Vampires, Succubi, and Incubi.
She was also betting she would have no control over them. They would report to someone way over her head if they chose to report to anyone at all. Half the states in this country had laws allowing citizens to carry weapons so long as they were in full view at all times.
She had no illusions regarding that law being enforced by anyone, not even her officers. The vast majority of people with weapons would carry them concealed. Worse, those laws didn't limit just what weapon people could carry. For example, if you had a mini-gun, you could carry it if you had a way to do just that.
This country was changing and they needed to be careful.
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Rick was still gone, but she wasn't worried about him. Besides, knowing Lanie like she did, she would stop him to talk to him. To grill him to find out all she could from him and her husband would likely do just that.
Just then, Kate's desk phone rang. "Beckett."
"Mom." Alexis was on the phone. It had taken a lot of hard work on Kate's part to prove to Alexis that she wasn't asking for Alexis to call her Mother, Mommy, or Mom. Kate would work just fine for her.
However, for about the last three months Alexis had started calling her Mom. Thankfully, not Mommy or Mother, just Mom. Kate hadn't called her out on it, and she didn't do it all the time.
Kate could almost tell what Alexis was thinking by how she addressed her. She was slowly learning that Kate, Detective Beckett, Captain Beckett, or Mom all seemed to hold a certain meaning.
Mom to Kate meant Alexis was stressed over something. That something could be a boyfriend, that she presently didn't have. Unlike Kate in her teenage years or her one year in college, Alexis didn't swing both ways like Kate did. So, girlfriend to her meant more like Lanie was her girlfriend. A close friend that happened to be a girl.
It could mean she was stressed over a test. Something personal was happening, and instead of talking to her dad, she was turning to her. Usually it meant it was a female thing that Alexis might be bashful about talking to her father about.
"Alexis!" Kate was happy to hear from her.
"Mom, I think the loft is under observation." It sounded like Alexis was almost whispering.
Kate sat up straight. Could it be starting already? "Why, sweetie?" Rick called her Pumpkin on occasion while she called her sweetie when she wanted to get really personal.
"I'm a block down after taking the Metro. I stopped to get some soda for the loft. I saw this guy sitting in a black car, a Mercedes, no less, and he's taking pictures of whoever goes in and comes out of the building. I haven't tried to see if there's another one at the garage entrance," Alexis told her, her voice shaking slightly.
"You know what to do and where to go, Alexis. Your father and I will be right there as soon as we can. You're human, so go now. Get a taxi and have him take you to the car service. Call me when you get there. Then take the phone apart and drop the parts in the trash.
"Get going, sweetie, and don't stop for anyone or anything," Kate cautioned. "We've planned for this. It's just happening a little sooner than we planned."
"Alright, but I really hate this," Alexis said yet again. She was smart and understood why they were doing it. But didn't mean she had to like it.
"Get going, sweetie, before you're spotted. Your father and I will be right behind you." Kate hung up, shut her eyes for a moment, and then took out her own cell phone. She sent her husband a coded text, removed the battery, and rifled her desk for that tiny pin she needed to eject the SIM card. Once it was out, she found the scissors, cut the SIM card into two pieces, and pocketed everything to be thrown in a trash can outside somewhere.
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Rick pushed the door open and saw Lanie looking over a dead body. They'd been very busy lately. The country was nearly in a civil war. The police were busy, Lanie was busy, and the press was busy trying to cover it all. "Hey, Lanie."
"Castle. My favorite writer." Lanie was happy to see him.
He waggled his eyebrows at her. "Oh, now I'm your favorite writer."
"You became my favorite writer when you married my girl and started taking care of her. Giving her everything she needs," Lanie informed him.
"It's my pleasure. So, Kate tells me you have a report she wants."
"I do, let me find it." Lanie left him and went into her office to search for the folder. "Found it." She brought it back and was just handing it over when Castle got a text message on his phone.
Rick read the message aloud. "Miles to go before I sleep."
Lanie's eyes were huge. "OH, NO!"
The funny Rick was gone. "I have to go. You're with me. Grab your go bag, and let's go."
"This really sucks, Castle," Lanie moaned.
"Tell me something I don't know. Most everyone I know has already left. We're the hold outs around here." Rick watched her hurry back into her office and saw her come out with a large backpack. It wasn't a camping size, but it was bigger than a kid's high school backpack meant to carry books. Because of overcrowding, schools just didn't have that many lockers for students.
"Follow me. Kate will meet us there," Rick said and left his report behind since it was worthless now.
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Lanie got in the same taxi and watched Castle take his cell phone apart and do the same for hers. Once they were out of the taxi, they found a trash bin, tossed in the parts, and walked away.
He and Lanie went into a specified parking garage where they found Kate standing next to a Jeep Wrangler 4WD 4 door Rubicon that was waiting for them. The Jeep wasn't under any of their names, but Rick and Kate had keys for it.
"Sorry, Lanie," Kate apologized. Like Alexis, she was human and didn't really have to do this. It was just Lanie didn't like where United States was heading. Plus, Kate was her very best friend. Thankfully, she had finally pulled her head out of her ass and married Castle. So, Lanie was going where they went.
"I can't believe this is happening." Lanie hugged Kate. "Any idea what started this? Besides what's been happening." Lanie knew the direction this country was headed. But why now was what she meant.
"Alexis called me. She spotted a man sitting in a black Mercedes taking pictures of everyone coming and going from the loft building. I told her to meet us there," Kate explained.
"She's one smart girl." Lanie was still impressed with her.
Rick took all the credit for her when he said, "She's a chip off the old block."
Kate rolled her eyes. "Get in, babe, before your head gets so big it won't fit." She took out the keys, unlocked the doors, and got behind the wheel. She knew where to go and was hoping Alexis was already on her way.
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It took them two hours to reach it. "So, do I get to know where we're going now?" Lanie questioned as Kate pulled into a parking place. They were at the East Hampton Executive Terminal.
"British Virgin Islands," Kate replied. "We have a villa there that's set aside just for this."
Lanie's face lit up. "Ooo, please tell me it's on a beach and is filled with topless men everywhere!"
"Right outside the back door. Can't miss it." Kate got out, tossed the keys on the floor, and left the Jeep behind.
Just inside they spotted Alexis walking their way. Rick got hugged first, followed by Kate, and then Lanie. "Our flight plan has already been submitted and I've had a fuel truck fill the tanks," Alexis reported. "We should be ready to go."
Kate hugged her tight and kissed her forehead. "You really are amazing. I'm sorry I wasn't your birth mother, Alexis. I would never have let you go."
"You got me now, Mom," Alexis said and squeezed her just as tight.
"Airport, so how are we getting there?" Lanie asked. She only knew the Castles had a plan. She had wanted to be included but was willing to stay in the dark for security reasons.
"We have a King Air. It'll get us where we want to go. We'll need to stop for fuel along the way, but so long as we're out of here, we should be fine to get there," Alexis explained.
"So, we have a pilot?" Lanie inquired, not really sure just what a King Air was.
"You're looking at her," Alexis informed her and beamed at her. "I even have my instrument-only rating. Piece of cake." Alexis kept smiling as Lanie's mouth fell open.
"You!?" Lanie was shocked again.
"When I didn't have a class, I had a flight class. It's actually pretty fun." Alexis led all of them outside to the plane.
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"Here's the keys." Alexis handed them over to Kate so she could open it up. Alexis needed to detach the tie downs and remove the wheel chucks.
Lanie was a little impressed already. It had a black belly, black rear tail, and black engines; everything else was white. She found seats and tables on the inside. The entrance was way in the back on one side.
"Come with me." Alexis tapped her shoulder and kept going forward. "Have a seat." Alexis pointed at the seat on the right.
"You're sure this is safe?" What if she touched something she shouldn't?
"Positive, Lanie. Just keep your feet and hands to yourself, and enjoy the view." Alexis sat down, put on her headset and shoulder hardness, and then pulled out her checklist.
Lanie followed her lead and put on a headset and the seat belt that went over her shoulders. She watched Alexis reading something and reaching for various toggles.
It looked incredibly complex to her. Three screens in front of her, lots of dials, toggle switches, and she didn't know what all. Then there was the massive back of something on her right that she didn't even dare brush up against. It was full of all kinds of toggles and switches and god knows what.
Lanie was listening to Alexis asking for start-up permission. When it was granted, she began working other controls and everyone could hear the engines firing up. Even with her headset it sounded noisy.
Now Alexis was telling someone she was ready for taxi and was told where to go. Lanie watched her push levers in the middle forward while holding onto the half wheel in front of her. Just like the one in front of her.
Lanie was too scared to talk. Alexis kept talking to someone, so what if she said something at the wrong time? Still afraid, Lanie said nothing and just watched.
Finally they stopped and Lanie could see the runway going that way. But they weren't on it. Now Alexis pulled out a book and seemed to be reading from it; she began pressing things and slid one of those levers in the middle.
Alexis told someone she was ready, but she used call letters again that Lanie was guessing was them. Lanie heard they were cleared for runway access, to take-off when ready.
"Hold onto your lunch," Alexis teased her as she pressed the levers forward and the plane went faster down the runway till finally they were in the air. Alexis instantly moved something and that caused a noise.
Eventually, Alexis stopped pressing things and then completely let go of everything. "Is that safe?" Lanie pointed at the half wheel in front of her.
"We're on auto-pilot," Alexis explained patiently. "As long as you input the right thing, you're fine. I shouldn't have to touch a thing unless someone calls me."
"I saw backpacks back there," Lanie mentioned.
"We have go bags just like you do. Ours happen to be here in the plane. I think there's water and maybe some snacks back there if you want something," Alexis offered. "We won't be landing for fuel for a few hours."
Lanie decided she was good and just watched.
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When they landed, Lanie and Alexis got off to use the restroom and buy a sandwich to eat, leaving Rick and Kate behind while the plane was refueled.
They didn't eat till Alexis was back on auto-pilot.
Alexis made their last stop and landed at Teddy Bay International Airport where they were directed where to park for long term parking.
A shuttle took them to what would be home, perhaps for forever.
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The Beach House, Oil Nut Bay, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
"This is home," Rick announced as he pulled out keys to unlock the front door.
Just inside was a courtyard, grass, trees, and two very interesting sculptures. Another locked door and inside was living room on the right, dining with a table that seated that seated twelve on the left, a lovely open wood beam ceiling, and a large, all white kitchen. Lanie followed Kate, dropped her backpack, and watched as she opened a wall of glass that led out to a patio.
Out there was more seating on the right and dining on the left. Just beyond it was a pool. Past that was a bit of grass, palm trees, then sand, followed by ocean. It really was right there.
"This is home," Kate told her. "Two master bedrooms, four guest bedrooms, six full bathrooms, and one half bath. A total of five thousand eighty-seven square feet. This is Oil Nut Bay. We only own this house. However, there are a group of us that own all of this area.
"The house to our left, to the left of that is the resort complex with two pools, restaurant and mini grocery, left of that is another house and two in-law buildings. Save for a few of us like you and Alexis, the rest of us are either Vampires, Succubi like me, or Incubi like Castle.
"This complex is all us. You're safe here." Kate grinned at her. "No one here will touch you…unless you want them to."
"This should be interesting." Lanie knew of and had met Vampires, Succubi, and Incubi besides Rick and Kate, but she'd never had sex with any of them. She wasn't even sure if she should.
"Lanie, he or she since I'm not sure what the one single Vampire I know of is, but they won't bite you unless you want them to. As for the Succubi, you might be best to stay clear of them for now unless you want to be converted. And regarding the Incubi, you've never had an orgasm until an Incubus has given you one, six, twelve, or more.
"Trust me, an Incubus knows what he's doing in bed, if you even make it that far." Kate grinned at her. "Pool, grass, or ocean. Pretty sure there's one that's single around here somewhere or will be, if he isn't here yet. If memory serves he's either in the resort or in one of the in-law buildings.
"Next to us is an Incubus and a Vampire and their children. All four of them, if I remember correctly. And yes, Vampires can have children. Just a Succubus like me can't have children. Alexis is it for me, and she isn't even mine.
"But I'm not sorry, I knew what I was doing when I let her convert me. Then Castle showed up. I might have been stupid at the start, but I woke up. He gives me vast amounts of what I need to live, and I give him what he needs in large amounts.
"We're perfect for each other. Anything, Alexis?" Alexis joined them probably after choosing a bedroom.
"The kitchen's empty. Save for equipment to cook with, we're barren," Alexis sighed.
"We can see if the mini market is open in a minute," Kate said. "Lanie can come with us since only you two eat food."
"Do I want to know what this place cost?" Lanie queried because this place was totally amazing and gorgeous.
"Nineteen point five million US dollars," Alexis revealed. That had Lanie coughing since she couldn't swallow that number.
"Dad sold the house in the Hamptons, the Ferrari, and the building the loft was in. We were actually renting the loft. That guy can have it now. This is so much better. All I have to do is sign up for online college and I'm set." Alexis was looking forward to her classes.
"She's been after us to just get it over with and move here for weeks, months really. Castle and I just weren't ready. We paid cash." Kate knew they still had a few million to live off of.
"Welcome to the British Virgin Islands." Rick put an arm around Alexis and one around his wife and smiled at Lanie. "We're happy you're here, Lanie. There are a couple of other humans in this complex, I believe. But they might not be here yet."
"Resort complex, I think," Kate shrugged. "After that I don't know much."
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Alexis and Lanie had selected their bedrooms. The kitchen had a little food now. The restaurant slash bar and grill wasn't open at the time. Right now Kate was taking off all her clothes. "I need you, babe. My need for your seed is growing fast." Kate got on the bed on her hands and knees and waited her her husband to pound her pussy and fill her pussy with his cum.
That was one thing she'd learned about an Incubus. Whenever her husband climaxed, it was a lot and he had no trouble filling her completely. In turn, she gave him what he needed so badly.
Only her husband had learned where her G-spot was located. She was soon on her third orgasm as she gushed out large amount of her own cum for him to swallow to satisfy his need. However, he didn't stop.
By the fifth orgasm Kate's mind had long since shut down. Her body was simply reacting to what her husband was doing to her. She was barely conscious as she was forced to let her body experience orgasm after orgasm.
By the time he stopped she could barely take in a breath and she was a sweaty, stinky mess. As her mind finally allowed her to regain consciousness, she found herself being fucked. She wrapped her legs around him and let him fill her with even more of his cum.
She was a damn lucky woman, and she knew it.
Kate was standing in the shower with her arms around him. She let the water fall over her naked body and leaned her head against his shoulder. "I love you and I'm still sorry it took me so long. I was being stupid."
"You were always worth waiting for," Rick murmured as he held her close. "Oh, and you get to sleep in the wet spot since you created it," he informed her with a grin.
Kate burst out laughing. If her husband wasn't such a damn good lover there wouldn't be a wet spot. "I'll sleep on you tonight and change the sheets in the morning."
She was a Succubus and knew how to pleasure a man to get the cum she need to live. And he, as an Incubus, knew how to pleasure a woman to get the cum he needed to live. They were perfect for one another.