Thanks for the nice reviews so far. This is my first fanfiction so I will try not to suck too much. I only started cause so many people took too long to update stories and then I read stories with a similar plot to mine but didn't like where they were taking it. And sorry about this short filler chapter but it was a good place to cut off. I have more written so I will update either tomorrow or the day after. Thanks again and hope you enjoy!

Previously...

Upon opening the door she saw a beautiful girl who had blonde wavy hair and must have been about 5'6 already. She had a baby face somewhat so she must have been about 14 or 15. She had been shot in the stomach. Upon staring so intently, Kate noticed the girl take a shallow breathe.

"CASTLE! Get the paramedics up here now. She's alive." Kate was shocked but glad she found her. She leaned down over her. Kate gently stroked the young girl's hair. "Hang on pretty girl. Help is on the way."

"Need…to…hide…" she spoke softly. She was trying to open her eyes but could only squint to get a blurred vision of the detective kneeling in front of her.

"He's gone. It's ok." Beckett slowly kept rubbing her hand through the girl's hair. Something felt familiar about her. And she almost felt as if she knew this young woman.

Paramedics came running in. They quickly hooked the girl up to oxygen and gently placed her on the stretcher. They were muttering tons of medical stuff and were out the door in a flash.

Beckett wasted no time in following quickly behind. She needed to make sure she was ok. Maybe the connection just knowing what it was like to be shot was why she was feeling this way but it felt like more.

"Castle, come on. We need to follow them to the hospital and make sure she's ok. Esposito and Ryan can handle it for now."

Castle had picked up the pace and was following right behind her. He didn't know why Kate was acting this way but he knew it must be important to her. So he jumped in the car and Kate sped off.

They had reached the hospital in minutes. Kate had sped almost the whole way there. But honestly who cared, she was a cop. Upon entering the emergency room they could hear a whole fleet of people screaming at each other in the back. The young girl must have just been taken back.

"Detective Kate Beckett, NYPD, here to check on the young girl that was just brought in," Kate spoke with her professional stern voice. She made sure to mention that she was the police so they couldn't give her the whole speech on family only knowing about patient being crap.

The nurse had gotten up and walked back behind the desk to talk with a few of the nurses running by. "It appears she will be going into emergency surgery to stop the bleeding and patch up her stomach. Have the girl's family been notified?"

"She doesn't have family. I don't even know her name but she belongs to the state. The girl was injured in the shooting at the orphanage. Not sure if you caught a glimpse of it on the news."

"Oh no! That's absolutely terrible. Well detective if you could get her name and file from the state for us that would be helpful. Just leave me your number and I will call you as soon as she is out."

Kate jotted down her number on the piece of paper quickly. "Castle, stay right here. I'm going to run outside and make a quick call to Esposito. He can get the information and fax it over."

Castle nodded. He watched Kate pace out of the hospital entrance rather quickly. Never had he seen her so attached like this. Well, besides her mother's case. But this was different. Something seemed to trouble her about the whole thing.

Pulling him from his thoughts, Beckett strode back in and sat next to him. She looked like a ghost and just pure out exhausted. He wasn't sure what any of this was.

Kate couldn't believe the name Esposito had given her. It couldn't be. No way in hell could it be. The odds of this happening were slim. She glanced at Castle to see him studying her. His compassionate heart had him reaching over and grabbing her hand but still had a confused look on his face. If he only knew. She thought this was a secret she could keep forever. No wonder she felt this instant connection with the girl. And now she started seeing similarities.

"Did you get her name?" Castle asked, still looking rather confused.

"Jessica." Kate paused not wanting to continue on. She kept repeating the name in her head and without realizing it she spoke the words out loud. "Jessica Beckett."