Hopefully this chapter meets to everyone's wants!
~CB~
Castle silently opened the metal door behind the warehouse and stepped inside, his heart and head were pounding so intensely he thought they were going to pop.
A single light was hanging from the ceiling only showing a shadow of the figure waiting for him. As Castle stepped closer the figure became more visible.
Rick narrowed his eyes and pressed his lips into a thin line, "Well are you happy now?"
Vikram sighed and stepped closer, "Rick I wouldn't have contacted you if it wasn't! It's for the best that you aren't around her for a little while."
Vikram pats his arm and walks over to the makeshift station he set up. "How did you know it would work?" Rick asked, he was curious.
Vikram snorted, "Please Rick, I could see in Kate's eyes she wanted to bring Locksat to justice so I just made it seem like we had a huge lead with Caleb Brown."
Rick dropped his eyes, it still didn't hurt any less that he knew Kate would have kept going with it and hurt him again. "But what's the difference! She hurt me by leaving, thinking she needed to do this! What's the difference If I'm the one doing it!" He hissed, he wasn't going to be a hypocrite.
Vikram lifted his eyes from his computer and leaned back in his chair, "Because that piece of paper I gave her is this address, she's going to know what's going on!"
Castle furrowed his brow in confusion, "But- You said the whole reason that I had to create a fake fight and leave was to make sure she was safe!"
Vikram nodded, "Yea because your hotel suite? Yea it's bugged! The fight had to be real! You can tell when something's fake or not." He scoffed as if it was obvious.
Castle pressed two fingers to his temple and rubbed slight circles, "Ok so let me get this straight, you had me create a fake fight with Kate, because the place was bugged and- knowing she would most likely for for the case again and it was only to make it look real but she's going to know about it when she comes here tomorrow!?" He exclaimed because he was glad she would be in the loop but he was told he needed to let her be away from him for a few days.
Vikram sighed, "Yes that's exactly why." he said with a duh tone.
Rick mumbled some things under his breath and let out a long groan, "I'm not sure why I agreed to it." he said to know one.
Vikram rolled his eyes and blew out a puff of air, "Because it's how Kate felt when she left you, yea maybe she shouldn't have done it like she did but she only wanted to protect you- but her's was a bit of an obsession, you- your's is actually protecting her and your daughter." He murmured.
At the mention of Alexis, Rick's eyes widened. "They have eyes on Alexis!?"
Vikram slowly nodded, "Yeah but she's their last resort don't worry! If you just do what you've been doing they won't know you know-trust me." He pleaded and Castle screwed his eyes shut because what parent wouldn't want to keep their child safe!?
"Ok, do what you need to do! Just keep my family safe! That includes my mother too."
Vikram chuckled, "Your mother? Isn't she on some secret resort thing in South America?"
Castle smirked, "Fair point."
~CB~
The hours passed and soon it was nighttime, Vikram had told Castle to get some rest in the room he made up for him. Castle lay in the uncomfortable bed and rubbed his hand over his face, he thought about the crazy day he had.
He had been in a taxi, on his way home from the police station when a man had gotten in the car with him.
"Ok my name's Vikram Singh-"
"Aren't you the guy who helped Kate when she broke up with me?" He hissed.
Vikram gulped, "Uh yea- sorry about that but listen! If you want to keep her safe you need to do something so that you can easily leave without suspicion!"
Castle narrowed his eyes, "What? Why!"
Vikram sighed, "If you want to keep her alive you'll do exactly as I tell you, wait for an hour, I'll be in your hotel suite with her and when you come in just act normal..She'll be hooked trust me and I hate to say it she'll probably feed you a lie about me- just create a fight with her and leave so she won't be suspicious."
Rick lowered his voice and harshly whispered, "Are you crazy!? She's just now repairing our relationship! Why would she go for your 'bait'!?"
"Because you know she can't be happy without justice." he murmured, opened the door and slipped out of the car. "And you know it's true."
~CB~
When Castle had stepped into the hotel he had been hoping it wouldn't be true, but just as Vikram had said Kate had began feeding him mumbled lies and it had hurt.
But he knew it wasn't all her fault, Vikram had baited her and he knew how hard it was for her not to want justice.
He can admit to himself that the fight he created wasn't all fake, a lot of the anger he had been holding inside had flew right out of him and it felt good, good to get it out.
He felt guilty about tricking her though. He wondered if she ever felt guilty during her time of 'Absence' from him, if she ever woke up in the middle of the night and reached for him.
Castle tossed and turned in his rock-hard bed and sighed, tomorrow was going to be a long and hard day.
She had felt sick the whole time she began dressing herself, she knew she was still hooked on this case and it made her hate herself even more- but her husband was gone and she had nothing left.
Kate discretely followed the instructions that Vikram had given her, when she came face to face with the warehouse she silently opened the door and stepped inside, the smell of food hit her and she was confused.
This was a worn down warehouse, why was the smell of food hitting her nostrils? The closer she got her mouth widened, "Hello? Vikram." She called out, she knew she was in the right place, the files of Locksat were spread all over a table.
Vikram's voice came, "Back here Beckett."
She followed the sound and walked through another rusty door, she stopped in her tracks when she saw two figured- who? But then she closely eyes the second person, she knew those broad shoulders-
"Rick?" She mumbled, because no- he couldn't.
Castle turned around and silently gulped, "Kate." he murmurs, because his hurt is still raw in his chest.
Kate feels the betrayal rise in her chest towards Vikram, "Did you lure me and him here to kill us?" She growled, reached behind her back ready to pull her gun.
Vikram rolled his eyes, "If by kill you mean save your sorry butts? Then yea." he scoffed and walked out of the lit room.
Kate's jaw was open while Castle's body was still planted in his spot. Slowly she turned to him, apology in her eyes and he had to look down because it really hurt him.
"Rick- whatever he made you do, I'm so sorry." She whispered, bravely stepped a little closer to him.
Rick sighed and rubbed the back of his neck, "No Kate- I'm the one who's sorry." he mumbles, moves to sit in a chair.
Kate's confused, she decides to sit in the chair next to him and waits for her husband to elaborate.
"Yesterday when i was coming from the police station- Vikram invaded my taxi and told me I had to create a fight with you so that I could leave and protect you." He murmured.
Kate swallowed and blinked her eyes, "What?"
"I told him I wasn't going to be a hypocrite and do what-what you did to me but he said they were watching Alexis too." He closes his eyes and fights the urge to cry.
Kate has her own tears, "He..he baited me?"
Now she's catching on.
Rick nodded, "Said he knew you'd fall for the whole Caleb brown thing and you;d attempt to keep if from me, Kate I didn't believe him but when you fed me those lies..I was so hurt." He hissed, buried his head in his hands and Kate couldn't hold back the tears.
"Oh Rick- I' sorry, I'm so sorry." She cried, pressed her cheek to his shoulder and let her own tears freely fall.
"You have to believe me, I never gave the case a second case until he showed up, I thought I had finally gotten it out of my system." She confessed.
Rick wiped his wet eyes with his sleeve and nodded, "I believe you, but it hurt to see you lie to me to try and keep it from me again! Did my trust in you mean anything?" He sounded like a scared, little boy looking for comfort from his mother.
Kate whimpered and took his hand, "Richard Castle, I love you with every breath in my body and you having trust in me makes me feel complete but I'm radioactive! Please don't give up on me, help me get through this stupid rabbit hole." She pleads, she wants to stop feeling like this. She doesn't want to even be a cop anymore, she just wants to be his wife.
Castle brushes his fingers over hers and sighs, "We'll figure it out Kate."
His wife lets out a sigh of relief and pressed her forehead to his, "I am sorry- I hope..I hope that we never have to deal with this ever again." She promises and he feels himself wanting the same thing.
"Yea, me too."
"Hey guys hate to interrupt but I actually found something huge." Vikram yelled through the warehouse, the couple stood up and made their way towards the voice.
"What is it?" Kate asked.
Vikram clicked on some files, "So you know that dud bomb you received yesterday?" He asked and earned a nod.
"Well, I compared the model to another supposed bomb scare that was in New York 3 years ago and I've gotten a conformation that it's the same maker! Both homemade though." He shows them both bomb pictures.
Kate tilts her head, "What does that have to do with Locksat?"
Vikram smirked, "Well the same bomb? It was investigated by your team 3 years ago."
Kate's eyes widened, "So whoever sent those bombs works for Locksat?" She whispered.
Vikram nodded, "Yea- By the size of the bomb I'm guessing it's a woman because no mans hand's can make that small of a 'detenator' unless he's a dwarf." He observed.
Rick added, "So locksat uses this 'woman' to scare people who get to close to him?"
Vikram nodded, "That's what it looks like."
"Is there anyway we can find her?" Kate asked.
Vikram sighed, "Maybe- even though this is homemade some of these parts looks store bought, maybe I can do a search and come up with something."
Kate patted his back, "Thanks- oh and ever try to lie to me and my husband again, you'll wish you never did."
She warned. Vikram gulped, "Got it."
"So we're not going to do the whole separation thing again right?" Castle asked and Kate shook her head, "No babe- danger or not I'm never doing that again." She promised.
Rick gave her a tender and in awe smile, his heart was slowly feeling a little better. There was still a flick of disbelief in there but he knew with time it would heal.
He was going to have the talk with her, they needed a bit more healing to do but right now their mission was to bring this case to a close.
~CB~
I hope that makes everyone feel a bit better! Trust me I'm not a angsty person! I like happy endings way more!
