Title: Kidnapping Castle
Pairing: R. Castle and K. Beckett
Summary: So Castle is in the hospital busy recovering from surgery, Maddox and Bracken are in lock up, Smith's death has been ruled a murder. Let's take a look at what is happening between Castle and Beckett in this chapter and call the story a wrap afterwards.
Disclaimer: I don't own Castle
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AN: Normally I leave this for the end of the chapter but I myself skip AN's when I read, so I thought I'd just grab your attention right here. This is the end of the story folks, I am thinking of doing a short sequel would any of you be interested in something like that? Anyway, thank you for reading my latest story and I hope that you have enjoyed it!
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Chapter Nine:
RC POV:
A faint beeping sound echoed throughout the sterilized white room that I was in, looking around slowly I felt bewildered for all of a few moments before I realized that I was in a hospital.
Memories of what had happened to me started to trickle into the forefront of my mind before they could consume me my eyes landed on the two red heads that were sleeping at my bedside. Mother was fast asleep her hand clasping my left one while Alexis was resting her head on the bed right beside me.
At the sight of them I immediately calmed down, the dark thoughts that had been taking me over were pushed back as I gazed down at my pair of favourite red heads.
I smiled at the sight of them, I wanted nothing more than to scoop them up into a huge hug and never let go. But I was barely able to lift my head. My arm was a mess, pins around and on my fingers, my arm was bandaged thickly. Every part of my body hurt but it felt distant, whatever drugs they had me on were working wonders.
Turning my head to face Alexis fully, I stared at her. Marvelling like I always do over the fact that she was indeed my daughter, this perfect young woman that was so strong and smart, who had a good heart as well. A small smile found its way onto my face as I started to fall asleep, at ease with the knowledge that they were both alright.
I could faintly remember Kate being the one coming to my rescue but she wasn't in the room, I just hoped that she was okay as well. Right now though, I couldn't summon the strength to worry over her.
Mother looked exhausted and Alexis seemed sick, probably from worry. That was enough to worry about in this moment, maybe when I woke up again I would be able to ask someone about Kate. Maybe she would even be around.
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KB POV:
I was sitting in another uncomfortable plastic chair, this time in the ICU waiting area when the boys arrived. They looked worn down; I could hardly fault them for not getting any rest. I hadn't been able to sleep last night either, tossing and turning, my mind filled with memories of what Castle…. No, of what Rick looked like when we had found him.
It was a miracle that he was still alive, that Maddox hadn't just killed him when he left to meet with Bracken. I didn't want to think about either of them, as it made me want to reach for my gun and put a bullet in each of their heads.
They would get what was coming to them of that I was certain, yet no amount of punishment and jail time would undo what was done to Castle or bring my mother back to life. I would just have to accept that justice was delivered and leave it at that.
We sat quietly in the waiting room, not a word being exchanged as we waited to see Castle. I had to see that he was alive for myself, I was certain that the boys felt the same way. A bit after nine in the morning, Martha made her way into the room. She was still wearing the same clothes from yesterday but her expression was no longer that of fear and pain.
She looked worried but relieved at the same time. I scrambled to my feet when I saw her, eager to find out how Castle was doing, to find out if he was awake yet and if I could see him. The boys naturally followed my lead. But before we could say anything Martha had started talking.
I had seen a completely new side to this woman, one that I had never thought existed, and normally she was always so pleasant and light-hearted. But she could be a tough broad when needed.
"Come on dears, Richard is awake and the Doctor has already checked in on him." Martha said warmly with a smile on her face as she beckoned us closer.
"How is he Martha?" I asked immediately, eager for any news about him.
"Why don't you see for yourself dear?" She asked kindly coming to a stop at a private room.
I rushed into the room, not wanting to wait another moment to see him. And there he was…
He was pale and banged up but he was alive and breathing. He was awake, he would be okay now. The boys all but tripped over themselves in their haste to get close to him, Esposito managing to compose himself slightly better than Ryan who looked close to tears. I would tease him later about crying like a girl but for now my eyes were stinging with unshed tears, it was so, so very good to see that he was indeed alive.
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RC POV:
The nurse was shooing everyone away, not listening to their pleas and demands to stay longer. I was glad to see them all but I was struggling to keep my eyes open.
"Kate?" I called softly; my throat was scratchy and raw.
"Yeah?" She asked that tender smile that she had been directing at me since she entered the room still firmly in place.
With a quick glance at the others they seemed to get the message that I wanted some private time alone with Beckett. I watched as they left, the nurse huffing out that we had five more minutes before Kate was to leave. I turned my attention to the beautiful woman leaning over me.
"Thank you for saving me." I said sincerely looking up into her eyes.
"Think nothing of it Castle; you would have done the same for me." She replied bashfully.
"It means a lot that you came to my rescue, I know that you must be mad and hurt at me for going behind your back and we will talk about it, I promise. But thank you." My eyes never left her face one while I spoke, I didn't want to miss anything.
Mother had told me that she had revealed what I had been doing to them, I was hardly mad at her for trying to do what she could to safe me. But I knew that in a few days, once the worry and fear had eased, Kate would be mad at me. It was just a matter of time.
I could only hope that she understood why I had done what I did, why I had kept things from her, she was a reasonable woman but when it came to her mother's case reason and logic were completely lost on her.
"I'm just glad that you okay Castle." She said softly, a tear sliding down her cheek. "You gave us all a bit of a scare there, I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"
She leaned down and kissed my cheek softly before stepping out of the room, a small smile tugged at the corner of my mouth. Less than a minute later and I was fighting a losing battle with the Sandman, it was time to get some rest.
Things were going to be okay after all, my relationship with Beckett might just improve.
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AN: Any thoughts on the last chapter? Thank you for reading my story, and as always, happy reading.