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Chapter 2
As the men approached her, she counted them in her mind. 'One…three…six…seven, two stayed by the door. Nine total. Nine men whose faces' couldn't see because they were covered by black ski masks with only their eyes and mouth showing. Their eyes! She needed to start profiling anything she could for when she got out of here.'
As they got within an arms length of her, they stopped. And Stared. She looked each one of them in the eyes and what she realized drove her heart into the ground. They all had the EXACT same eye color. They had to be wearing colored contacts. Bracken was stepping up his level of vindictiveness. No reprise. Every detail thought through and checked off a list. She bit back a smile because even if the situation she was in now was dire, it meant he was also beginning to get more paranoid. More careful and still reckless as he was still stupid enough to kidnap an upcoming FBI Agent. Not to mention that Castle would and could spend millions of dollars if it meant possibly getting her back. Then she had the boys and Laine. Even though they were miffed at her for taking a FED job they still thought of her as a sister and would move heaven and hell to get her back as well. Lost in her thoughts of her family she missed one of the men moving behind her. When she felt the needle press into her neck and as her senses start to dull she thought 'This is going to get old really fast,' and darkness consumed her once again.
It was 10 A.M. at the precinct and Ryan, Esposito and Castle were tired but showed no signs of stopping. After Kate didn't come home last night he called the boys right away because he knew something was wrong. She wouldn't just disappear like that without letting anyone know. Not now. Not after they got engaged. Not after they finally sat and talked. Poured their feelings out. Their thoughts. Hopes. Dreams. Fears. Future. Together. No. Something happened.
"Dead end bro," said Esposito, breaking Castle from his thoughts.
"There has to be something to go on. A lead somewhere. Someone had to see something," replied Castle.
"There's not."
Castle sighed finally fearing the worst. "He took her didn't he? Bracken."
"With Beckett taking a FED job, he probably got spooked," said Ryan. "He's careful, and with how close we've gotten to him in the past, there is no doubt he was meticulous this time."
"Well, what's our next step then?" asked Castle.
"Bro, we want Beckett back too, probably not as much as you, but there isn't a whole lot we can do," said Esposito. "We have nothing. Nada. Only our suspicions and before you say anything yes Ryan and I both agree this was Bracken. But we can't just go knocking on a United States Senators' door with nothing. Our careers would be over with any accusations we would make and that not going to get us any closer to getting Kate back."
"Espo's right. As much as we want to nail him, we just have to keep digging. Find something to get us an in."
"And if there's nothing to find, then what?"
"We don't give up. We don't stop looking. Ever," said Ryan, putting a comforting hand on his shoulder. "And it looks like help just arrived."
All three turned to see a bunch of FEDs stepping off the elevator and make their way to Gates' office.
"Come on Castle. Let's go see about getting your fiancé back."
The three made their way to Gates' office, hoping for some good news.
Kate woke to a bucket of ice cold water thrown over her. As her sight adjusted she found out she was on the cold concrete floor. When she tried to get up she encountered a problem. Her wrists were taped tightly together behind her back and her legs taped together at her ankles. Her shirt and shorts were gone, leaving her in just her sports bra and thong. She was exposed and cold. Very cold. Suddenly she was yanked to her feet by two men and dragged over to a metal tub full of ice and water and pushed to her knees. She went down with a grunt and expected to hit her knees against the cold concrete only to look down and see styrofoam pad. 'Strange.' She looked up and found three of the men in chairs sitting on the other side of the tub and two other standing behind them. One of them finally spoke.
"I hear one of your partners got a treatment close to this a couple years ago. Let's see if you enjoy it as much as he seemed too."
He gave a nod to one of the men behind her. She tried to turn but her head was forced down into the ice cold water. She struggled for air as she tried to force her head back above the water but he was using his other hand to pull her hands gaining all the leverage he needed. Her lungs were burning. She didn't have time to take any sort of a breath before being forced under. Just when she thought she'd black out he let her up. Taking a deep breath and choking and coughing on the water that made it into her lungs. While still trying to catch her breath a plastic bag was put over her head and pulled tight causing her to struggle for breath again. After what felt like forever the man relented and let her breath again.
"What do you want?" she asked.
Water.
Air.
"You haven't asked for any information."
Bag.
Air.
"What's the point of all this?"
Water.
Air.
"Tell me something!"
Bag.
Air.
Her lungs were on fire. She had never been tortured like this before. When she saw Ryan again she'd have to thank him for not giving up. This was hell and she knew it would only get worse from here.
"We want nothing. We need no information. The point is to torture you. Fuck you." The men laughed at his comments.
The man doing the talking was obviously in charge. The time he made giving his little speech let her catch her breath and do the only thing she could from her situation. She spit into his face. The laughing stopped. He stood and wiped the spit off his mask with his shirt and walked around the tub. The man holding her taped wrists gave up control as the man she spit on grabbed wrists and pulled up forcing her to lean forward until her head was hovering just above the water.
"I heard you were feisty. And when my men and I were told what our limits were, we got excited. Then we shown your picture. And I have to say, you are just a beautiful now as you were in the picture," he said into her ear as he ran his other hand down her back and onto one of her ass cheeks. "Only now you are wearing less clothes." He gave her ass a squeeze and licked her cheek as the other men cheered him on. "And I think all of my men will agree with me when I say, we are so looking forward to getting to know you more…intimately over the next few weeks," he finished giving her ass a hard slap.
She felt disgusting. And pissed. She wanted to kick his ass but was in no position to do so.
"We are done for today," he said, standing up and letting her go. "Take her to her room."
Two men escorted her to a door and opened it. One of them took the tape off while the other stood several feet away holding a gun on her. After the tape was off she was quickly pushed through the door and had it closed behind her. When she saw what her room looked like she grew even more confused. First the padding on the floor and now this? She stood silent staring a double mattress placed on the floor. Blankets. Pillows. A small stand with a light and books. And a full meal with plenty of bottled water at the base of her mattress. What in the hell is going on?
End of Chapter 2
AN: Well that it for chapter 2! I hope I did it justice as I've never written a torture scene before. I also hope I am confusing the hell out of people! Don't worry, there is a point to all of this. I promise! Feel free to take a guess! As always, please review! I love hearing what you think and/or where you think this story is going. I am always open to suggestions my readers would like to see. If you have a suggestion on a way Kate could be tortured next chapter, let me know, because she will be tortured again! Again please review. I hate begging for reviews but I work 10-12 hour days, night shift, in a warehouse, so getting to read reviews while I'm at work keeps me occupied! Thanks to everyone that has reviewed, followed and favorited! Until next time…