Chapter 8: Wonder Woman

I do not own Castle nor the majority of this plot. Plot belongs to NCIS.

I apologize for grammar errors. Will fix soon.

Another morning in the hustle bustle of the big city and it was looking like any other day. People rushing to work at the height of rush hour, parents driving their kids to day cares, joggers running through the park and the city, and everyone walking were carrying a cup of coffee, just another standard day.

Wynonna Jackson was driving her three kids to their day care in Woodside, as it was her usual routine before going to her law firm in the city. Like always she drank her coffee while driving and singing fun songs with her happily energetic kids. As she got about ten blocks from the school, traffic started to pick up because it was around the time everyone was on the road. She brought her coffee to her lips as she slowly got closer to the car in front of her, but a white SUV cut her off causing her to drop her coffee on her lap as she slammed on her breaks and grabbing the wheel with both hands. She silently cursed under her breath but noticed something odd with that SUV driving away rapidly. There was blood on the windows and a young bloodied and bruised white girl crying behind the SUV rear window. She was shocked, she turned to check if her kids were all right then got her phone to call the police.

Castle Loft

It has been four months since Kate announced her pregnancy to her friends and family, and her stomach was several inches larger since then. Several inches being used generously. It didn't bother her as much as she thought she was happy to be living the dream with the best man in the world. Everything was perfect, her career was going well, she's been spending a lot of time with her family, and of course she was spending quality private time with her husband when Alexis and Martha aren't around.

She woke up on her side with Castle's arm draped over her lazily. She smiled and reached down and slowly brought his arm to her lips and planted kisses on his hand gently. Then she slowly extracted herself from his grasp and made sure she didn't wake him. She quietly made her way to the bathroom to get dressed in sweats so she could exercise; she's been doing a workout routine every day for the last few months to maintain her health and stay fit. She generally does it during the day but if she can't she'll do it during the night. She exercised once a day and nothing crazy, only things that won't negatively affect her pregnancy. She slowly walked out of the bathroom quietly and paused to turn look at a sleeping Castle as she was walking out of their room. She smiled gently as she gazed upon his perfect silent form. She rubbed her baby bump gently then turned to go to the living room to exercise.

Couple hours later Castle walked out from their room fully dressed and freshly showered to see a sweaty Kate stretching on the carpet in front of the couches. He smiled at her as he approached, "Good morning beautiful, have a good workout?"

Kate smiled at him as he walked over to her, "Good morning and I did." She leaned forward to her toes, "have to make sure I stay healthy." She sat straight again and winked at Castle, "And to make sure I look good for you."

Castle sat on the couch behind her and leaned forward and kissed her cheek, "You always look perfect to me Kate come on." He put his hands on her shoulders and began massaging her, "Always will."

Kate purred in contentment to his movement, "That feels good Rick."

Castle leaned forward again and kissed the top of her head, "Any plans for today?"

Kate relaxed into Castle's touch and said smoothly, "I'm on call today. So I'm off till they call."

"Outstanding." He kissed her head again then her neck then her cheek. Kate moved her hand up to caress his face as he slowly kissed his way to her left shoulder. Then a cell phone destroyed the romantic moment.

Kate groaned because the phone destroyed the romantic atmosphere. She reached for her phone and answered it, "Yes, this is Castle?" She dipped her head down, "We're on our way."

A terribly parked high end white SUV sat idly in a parking lot with blood smeared in the interior of the trunk and on all the back windows. The SUV was at an angle taking four spaces and was about fifty yards away from a fitness center and twenty-five yards from the main road. The sidewalks adjacent to the main road had trees in ten feet intervals with grass in between. Overall it was a pretty calm and usually nice area in New York, but not today.

Perlmutter was standing behind the SUV taking notes on his clipboard while Ryan and Esposito did their best to figure out what happened in the trunk. Local police as usual blocked off the parking lot and patrolled the area to make sure no one crosses the tape. Ryan stood behind the SUV facing the rear window and shrugged, "Since when do we investigate stolen vehicles."

Esposito was to Ryan's right and shook his head, "Bro, we're investigating this stolen vehicle because it looks like there's been someone who was slaughtered inside it." He walked forward and opened the trunk and discovered more blood on the back carpet. He shook his head at the blood.

Ryan looked into the windows, "so where's the body?"

Esposito shook his head, "That's kind of the reason why we're here. Goes with the whole detective bit."

Perlmutter stopped writing on his clipboard and approached the two detectives, "who ever was in this vehicle was not killed in it. If the person was killed in it, there would be more blood."

Ryan looked over at him, "so who ever was in this vehicle might not be dead?"

Esposito shrugged, "Yet. Still got a missing person on our hands."

Castle and a significantly bigger Kate in terms of belly size approached the crime scene and the trio. Perlmutter who hasn't had seen Kate since before her pregnancy rolled his eyes at the sight of Castle. Kate stopped next to the car and Perlmutter spoke up before she could say anything, "Ah. Always a pleasure detective Beckett, I refuse to call you by any other name." He looked down at her, "And it seems you have been implanted with an Alien organism." Castle was standing behind Kate and was holding back a loud laugh as much as possible.

Kate rolled her eyes and Perlmutter, "You know Perlmutter. It's getting to the point where your constant attitude to my husband is becoming more annoying than my husband talking about ninjas and zombies." Castle almost slipped a loud laugh but he was able to catch himself. Ryan and Esposito looked at each other.

Ryan looked over to Esposito and whispered, "Oh Snap!"

Kate continued on her rampage where it seemed to come from nowhere, "Also I'm carrying his child. In turn she is my child. Do you get me?" Perlmutter just stood there in a bit of a shock. It wasn't Castle who snapped it was Kate of all people. Castle theorized it was because she's pregnant. Pregnancy does strange wonders.

Castle put a hand on the small of her back and whispered, "Kate, let it go. We got a case remember?"

Kate nodded and focused on Ryan and Esposito who were holding back a smile. Kate dropped the subject and rolled her eyes and the two, "So what do we got."

Esposito looked down at his phone, "911 call from a mother driving her kids to school reported a man driving a vehicle and a bloody woman screaming in the back." He looked back at the SUV, "Vehicle belongs to a Tyler Pineda he's a high end stock broker on Wall Street."

Kate nodded, "Could he be our kidnapper?"

Ryan chimed in, "Local police has descriptions on both the woman and the abductor and will bring them to the precinct as soon as possible. We'll know soon enough."

Kate walked around to see the trunk, "Does seem to have been a struggle in the trunk alright." She looked over at Castle who looked like he was connecting dots in his head. Kate smiled, "hey? You with us?"

Castle smiled, "Oh yeah." He pointed to a pair of glasses and a single high heel that were on opposite ends of the trunk, "A super villain finally discovered that Diana Prince isn't who he thought he was."

Ryan raised an eyebrow, "Diana Prince. Wonder Woman?"

Castle nodded, "Exactly. This super villain ambushed an unaware Diana Prince and kid napped her."

Kate smiled and shook her head, "Okay maybe it isn't Wonder Woman, but there is a sign of struggle in the back. Lost high heel and pair of glasses." She looked over at Ryan and Esposito, "Espo take Ryan and head back to the Precinct. Inform Captain Gates of the case and see if those descriptions arrived and find out if Pineda is the kidnapper." Esposito and Ryan nodded and took off for their car.

Kate turned around to Castle and leaned against the SUV and smiled at her husband, "Really?"

Castle looked at her confused, "what?"

She rolled her eyes, "Wonder Woman? That's your theory?"

"Hey, I like super heroes too. Come on. The high heel the glasses that look like the comics. It's totally Wonder Woman."

Kate focused then looked back into the trunk, "Why is there only one high heel." She looked at Castle, "A woman trying to walk with one high heel isn't pretty."

Castle looked around the parking lot, "I know. I seen you try to do it once or twice." Kate playfully slapped him. He walked away from the SUV toward the street with Kate following. He noticed blood on the ground and pointed it out, "Blood smears on the pavement."

Kate looked around, "She must've been carried out of the trunk by someone." She took lead this time and walked over the grass to the street. On the curb she found the other high heel and pointed it out to Castle, "There's the other high heel."

Castle walked past Kate on her right to the street and pointed out the tire skid marks. Castle squatted over the skid marks, "looks like someone left in quite a hurry. Probably the vehicle they took our Wonder Woman in."

Kate shook her head, "She's not Wonder Woman Castle. She's a poor girl who is facing danger and she's running out of time." She squatted over the skid marks, "As far I can tell she's alive until proven other wise." She stood up and looked around, "We'll get CSU over here and see if they can match the tires to see if we can find the make and model." Kate put her hands on her back and stretched for a moment then placed one of her hands and rubbed her large belly. Her back and her feet were hurting from the obvious reasons but she knew she can deal with it. Besides she works out daily so the pain wasn't new to her.

Castle stood up and rubbed Kate's back, "Hey, you okay?"

Kate stretched again and smiled, "Yeah. Our girl is getting big." Castle gave her a face, which Kate laughed at. She gently squeezed Castle's forearm lovingly, "Come on. Lets head back to the Precinct."

12th

Kate and Castle walked into the Precinct and greeted Esposito and Ryan who were standing in front of the white board looking at what they got. Captain Gates walked out of her office and nodded at the couple as they walked in. Castle sat back down on his signature chair and faced the whiteboard as Kate sat at her desk and did the same to rest her feet. Kate looked at the board, "So anything solid with the sketch?"

Esposito walked up to the whiteboard and tapped the photograph of the missing person, which was to the right of the sketch. It was a plain photo of a young white woman with red hair tied in a bun behind her head, she was wearing a black business suit, and had no make up on. It was a formal portrait, obviously for her work. Esposito spoke up, "Missing person is Ms. Veronica Taylor. She's a high-powered lawyer for a large medical insurance company based in the city. She lives in a nice apartment complex in the heart of the city."

Ryan stepped forward, "didn't show up for work today. First time in her career that she took time off."

Castle looked over at them, "What about the driver? Anything on him?"

Esposito pointed at the pair of pictures that were at the top of the board. The left was the sketch and the right was a photo. The photo was a young fair skinned man with thin facial hair, combed back hair, and wearing a black t-shirt. He spoke up, "No hits yet. But police matched the sketch to a mug shot. John Hansen arrested for car theft three years ago and claiming to live with his mother."

Gates finally spoke up, "So how does Mr. Tyler Pineda fit into this."

Ryan stepped forward, "turns out he reported his car stolen two days ago."

Kate leaned forward on her chair, "Okay. Ryan, Esposito, head to Veronica's place and see what you can find there. See if there's any clues to why someone would kidnap her." She looked over at Castle, "mean while Castle and I will head over to John Hansen's mother and see if she knows any frequent hangouts of her son."

Gates nodded and spoke up with a stern voice, "we better hurry up. That young woman's trail might go cold and I'm not going to let that happen." Everyone nodded in agreement. She turned around and left for her office.

Ryan and Esposito gathered their things and left for Veronica's apartment. Kate leaned back on her chair for a moment relishing the good feeling of no aches in her feet. She slid open a drawer on the right side of her desk and got out a box of tea. She took out a tea bag and looked over at Castle who was observing the board. She smiled, "alright. Let's here it."

Castle stood up and pointed a finger at Veronica's picture, "Isn't it obvious. She's Wonder Woman undercover as a lawyer. She probably heard the bad dealings of that Health Insurance Company and took it upon herself to bring them down from the inside." He walked over to Kate and used hand gestures to emphasize his point, "But the head of the company is actually a sinister villain with crazy powers too and found out who she really was and made it his mission to get rid of her. But not publicly because that would draw attention to his multi million dollar company…" He noticed Kate smiling up at him with a hand slightly covering her mouth. Castle looked at her with confusion, "What?"

Kate shook her head, "Nothing." She giggled gently, "It's pretty cute when you get excited with your theories." She calmed herself down then continued, "Castle can you make tea for me before we go?" She held out her hand that was holding a tea bag.

Castle smiled and took the bag from her, "Of course." He turned and went to the coffee machine to boil some water. While the water was boiling in the machine, he put the tea bag in an empty cup and waited. Once the water finished he poured the boiling water in a cup and stirred gently. He knew how she liked her tea. Nice and strong, well it had to be since she refused to drink coffee while pregnant, for good reasons. Once he finished he walked out of the break room and into the hallway. He turned his head to see the elevator open to reveal two police officers escorting a very familiar man. Castle looked over at the white board across the way and recognized that the man from the picture is the man the police have. He looked back and saw the officers bringing John Hansen toward him. Hansen look ashamed and even sad. Castle sensed no trace of anger or malice when he looked at him.

The officers stopped in front of Castle and one of them spoke up, "We got John Hansen for interrogation." Castle smiled and nodded. The officer nodded, "Can we leave him with you?"

Castle raised his eyebrows and nodded, "Of course." The officers released their grip on Hansen and turned and made their way back to the elevator. Castle smiled and said to himself, "Castle you done it again."

Castle took Hansen by the arm and slowly guided him back to Kate's desk while carrying her tea. Kate was focusing on her notes and didn't see Castle bringing Hansen over. Castle put the tea down on her desk on her right; Kate smiled to herself and picked up the cup without looking up. Then she noticed something odd. She looked up and saw Hansen and Castle who had a big smile across his face. She was shocked, she tilted her head to get a look at the board and saw the picture. Kate looked over at Castle and lipped, "How?" Castle shrugged and shook his head. Kate smiled and got up.

Interrogation

Both Kate and Castle were interrogating John Hansen, as it was their way. The unstoppable power couple in the cage with the suspect, there is nothing they can't do. John Hansen leaned back on his chair with an ashamed look. He spoke up gently, "I voluntarily turned my self in Detective Castle. I just want to do the right thing." Castle looked over at Kate with a confident smile. Kate leaned forward and said nothing. Hansen continued, "Look, I'm admitting it. I stole the damn SUV. But I didn't kidnap anyone."

Kate opened up her folder and took out the two witness sketches of him and the victim silently. Then she spoke, "How do you explain these?"

Hansen looked down and back up at her, "Look, I didn't know that chick was in there. I boosted the car without looking in the back. I didn't know she was in there."

Kate took out a photograph of Veronica and held it up, "Her name is Veronica Taylor! Where is she?!" Castle remained silent and stared silently at Hansen.

Hansen was flustered, "I told you I don't know! Look, I'm just telling you I committed grand theft auto why the hell would I do that if I wasn't telling the truth?"

Kate slammed the picture on the table. Castle spoke up, "To avoid kidnap and murder charges."

Hansen looked at Castle then at the cold stare of Kate and said frantically, "Woah! What? She's dead? No, she was alive and screaming at the back of the SUV the last time I saw her."

Kate continued her cold stare, "Screaming what?"

Hansen shook his head frantically, "I don't know, something about being singled out by some guy!"

Castle tilted his head, "What guy? We need details?"

Hansen looked down, "I didn't stick around to find out. I'm telling you I didn't kill her." Kate shook her head and drank her tea leaning back on her chair. Castle continued to stare him down. Hansen started to ramble on, "I knew it was too good to be true. Door was wide open, engine running, I couldn't help myself."

Kate put down her tea and leaned forward, "Where?"

Hansen shook his head, "At this corner store on Greene Street. I'm telling you, the first time I saw this chick. Sorry, Veronica Taylor, was in the rear view mirror when she woke up and started screaming."

Castle tilted his head and held his stare, "Last time?"

Hansen shook his head, "In the lot where I dumped the ride." He leaned forward, "I even dialed 911." He stuttered, "Yeah, I hung up, but that's got to count for something right?" Kate looked down and started to clean up the table, she closed her folder and grabbed her tea and was about to get up with Castle. Hansen noticed and nervously spoke, "wait, wait. There might've been another car… there was a silver Mercedes Benz I thought was tailing me. Thought somebody saw me boost the SUV at the garage."

Kate leaned forward again, "Did you see the driver?"

Hansen shook his head, "No. I couldn't see his face; he was wearing a ball cap. I didn't get a good look at his face." He began nervously again, "He must've followed me. He's the one you need to be looking for. I'm not a kidnapper!"

Kate got up and leaned toward him, "No. You're just the one who left that poor woman to die." Kate got up and left with Castle in tow. Hansen put his head down ashamed.

Kate and Castle exited the interrogation room and saw Gates waiting for them next to the observation room door. Gates nodded, "We're looking into that corner store lead. The 911 hang up was traced to Hansen's cell."

Kate's phone rang from her desk; she nodded at Gates then turned to answer her phone. Kate answered her desk phone, "Castle." She nodded, "We'll be right there."

Veronica Taylor's Apt

Esposito and Ryan were walking side by side down the hallway of a very fancy apartment complex, a place where only really rich people can live, like Veronica Taylor. Esposito shook his head, "Look bro, all I'm saying is that Perlmutter never liked Castle, it was about time that some one called him out on it."

Ryan nodded, "We all knew Perlmutter hated Castle but we never done anything about it."

"Yet Kate been with Castle forever, then dated him, and then married him. Now she's carrying his child. So she calls Perlmutter out on it today." Esposito was smiling after remembering the ripping Kate gave him. It was rather funny.

Ryan looked at him confused, "Wait. What are you trying to say?"

Esposito shrugged, "We should've talked to Perlmutter about his attitude before leaving it to a hormonal pregnant woman who wears a gun."

Ryan nodded in understanding, "That's true. But, Kate was standing up for her husband, so I think that's okay." He shrugged, "Besides, Castle never expressed being bothered by Perlmutter. Actually I think Castle loves to push his buttons."

Esposito laughed, "As much as pushing Kate's buttons and among other things right?"

Ryan hit him on the shoulder, "Come on bro." They rounded the corner and were getting closer to her apartment. Ryan continued their light conversation, "Anyway, how are you and Lanie doing anyway?"

Esposito smiled and shook his head, "Ah man. It's going great. Better than I ever thought. Way better than before." He smiled to himself, "It's like we got more mature since we dated last time. Ah man. It's going great."

They neared the apartment. Ryan smiled and said genuinely, "Glad to hear it man. That's great." They got to the apartment and Ryan noticed the door was slightly open and clearly looked forced opem, he quickly drew his weapon, and Esposito did the same. They flanked the door on both sides, Ryan on the left and Esposito on the right, Espo nodded to Ryan. Ryan pushed the door open and quickly entered the apartment crossing over and hugging the right side of the entrance way. Esposito followed and crossed over to the left.

The apartment was a pretty large fancy apartment that could essentially be considered a loft and it was almost as nice as Castle's except with shiny white floors. There are large panoramic windows on the far side of the apartment giving a nice view of the city skyline. White paint and shiny white surfaces, on their left is the kitchen that is shaped like an "L". Shiny black surface counters and white bottoms, stove and oven were all black were located adjacent to each other, over head cabinets were black, and the refrigerator was closest to the entrance was all white. A little further is the living room, the medium sized sitting area is square in shape and a step lower than the floor with a coffee table in the center, and couches in an "L" shape facing the windows. To the right up against the wall was a rather large HD TV with black cabinets under it that are also up against the wall. There is a coffee table just a little bit in front of the TV and a rather large L-shaped couch behind it and facing the TV. To the right of the TV was a hallway that would lead to bathrooms and bedrooms. On the walls, hung fancy modern art paintings, pictures of Europe, and pictures of her and her parents. All round fancy place to live.

But, everything looked way to pristine for the boys. The door was forced open, so something wasn't right here. Ryan nodded signaling Esposito to move forward who slowly went over to the opening of the hallway. Ryan moved over to the left and slowly searched and clearing the kitchen and living room. At that same time Esposito pushed further into the apartment to make sure it was clear. Ryan holstered his weapon, "Clear!" He began to look around her apartment to find anything that would indicate why someone would break in to Veronica's apartment. It was too perfect, something had to be missing, the door was forced open so there had to be something.

Esposito returned to the living room, "Clear." He holstered his weapon and shook his head, "Everything looks way to nice. Someone broke in, but at first glance I can't see what they took." Ryan nodded and put gloves on making his way to the counters in the kitchen. He noticed a pretty beat up purple notebook on one of the counter tops closest to the windows. He opened it up and noticed it had pages forcefully torn out of it. Ryan searched through the remnants of the torn pages and continued flipping through the notebook. He realized it was a journal.

Ryan looked up at Esposito who was searching the sitting area and called him over, "Javie! Found something." He held up a notebook, "Journal with a lot pages taken out of it." Esposito walked over to take a look. Ryan showed him the notebook, "by the way it looks of it, Veronica writes in her notebook everyday. Probably even when she travels."

Esposito shook his head, "There had to be something on these pages that made who ever broke in take them." He looked over to his right and saw a lap top resting next to cook books, "I bet who ever kidnapped her is the one who broke in here." He grabbed the laptop; "there might be something in this."

Ryan nodded, "Who ever broke in here, knew exactly what to find and where to find it."

Esposito opened up the laptop but realized it was password protected, "This has a password. We have to take it back. She might have something on here we could use." Ryan nodded.

Castle's Loft

It was late in the evening and Kate and Castle just arrived back home. Castle opened the front door and let the pregnant Kate walk in first. She made her way straight for the couches, but before she made it Castle strolled passed her and love tapped her rear causing a surprised gasp from her. She put her things down on the couch and quickly sat down, "Couldn't resist huh Castle?"

Castle was in the kitchen grabbing some fruits, "Could you blame me?" He laughed, "Even while pregnant I still think you're the prettiest woman on the block."

Kate raised her eyebrow and said in a mock hurt tone, "Only the block huh?"

He looked up and immediately regretted his decision. He stuttered, "No-no. I-I-I meant more than…" Kate laughed cutting him off.

Kate smiled at him, "You're so easy to fluster babe." She laughed, "Hey, unlike your thoughts of me. I think you're the perfect man."

Castle walked over to the couches, "You know what I meant." He handed her the bowl of fruits.

She popped a grape into her mouth, "Do I?" Castle sat down next to her at an angle. She leaned back into him and started to caress his face.

Castle smiled, "I know you do. You know that I love you. You know that I know you're the most perfect woman on the planet." He kissed the top of her head.

Kate smiled, "I love you too." She put her arm down and leaned her head back to rest on his chest. She closed her eyes, "My feet are killing me. I swear it." She felt lips kiss the top of her head causing her to smile. She continued, "Where's Alexis anyway?"

All of a sudden they heard voice call from the stairs followed by steps, "Right here!" Alexis came down and greeted her parents, "Hey Mom, Dad." She strolled to the fridge for a bottle of water.

PRECINCT

In the morning, Ryan, Esposito, Kate, Castle, and Gates were all in the Video and Tech room with Tory as she cracked Veronica Taylor's laptop. Kate and Castle were sitting on a table at the back of the room facing the TV, Ryan and Esposito were leaning on another next to Tory, and Gates was leaning on the door frame looking in. Kate whispered into Castle's ear, "is your password to your laptop something trivial and stupid?"

Castle whispered back, "Why? So you can see what picture I have of you on there?"

Kate dropped her jaw with a slight smile and gave him a playful slap, "Now I want to know you're password." She whispered again, "Married couples tell each other everything."

Castle smiled, "It's 'Alexis_Harper1994'. Her first and middle name and her birth year."

Kate smiled, "I trust you Castle. I was only kidding about the password. But its adorable that your password is your daughter."

Tory turned around to face the group, "got it." She displayed what was on the laptop to the extremely large TV in front of everyone. She nodded, "who ever broke into the apartment may have been careful not to leave any evidence of him being there, but they left this computer here untouched."

Kate leaned forward, "what did you find?"

Tory typed into the computer, "I found out what our lawyer was doing the day she was abducted." She brought up a website. Specifically a dating website named New York Singled Out.

Esposito looked at Tory, "Speed dating?"

Tory nodded, "There wan an email invitation on her computer, it's a three day event and she went missing after the first day."

Ryan realized something, "You guys said that Hansen heard Veronica screaming about being singled out right?" He pointed at the screen, "I think she was talking about New York Singled Out."

Kate leaned forward, "The corner store where Hansen stole the SUV was two blocks away from the hotel hosting it."

Ryan had gloves on as he opened Veronica's journal to one of the pages toward the beginning, "This speed dating thing makes sense because she says here that 'it is hard to look for true love since I'm always working.'" He closed the notebook, "She was looking for true love."

Gates stepped forward into the room, "But instead she found a psycho." She looked at Kate, "We're running out of time. Odds of finding a missing person alive drops after 48 hours."

Castle leaned forward, "I heard of New York Singled Out. Apparently they have an 85% success rate. Every night promises a chance of romance and finding your true love. Introduces successful men and successful women to each other which increases your chances of finding your soul mate."

Kate looked at him, "Success in what?"

Castle said plainly, "For marriages."

Kate shook her head with a smile and whispered, "How do you know this?"

Castle whispered without looking, "I'll tell you later." She shook her head.

Gates interrupted, "How about kidnappings?"

"We can work on getting a client list of the event." Castle proposed with seriousness.

Tory shook her head, "I already looked into it. Their lawyers said New York Singles is a confidential service, so they keep their client list hush-hush."

Esposito looked at Kate, "We can get a search warrant."

Kate shook her head, "Not enough time. It ends tonight."

Tory nods, "I can't tell you who is there, but I can tell you that it's the same men from Sunday night." She turns back to the monitor, "Men remain the same but the women change every night."

Gates stepped forward, "Looks like we're doing this the old fashioned way." She looked over at Kate, "Kate."

Kate stood up and stepped toward Tory, "So Tory. Do you think you can go undercover?"

Tory looked confused, "Say what?"

Ryan looked around the room, "You're the only one eligible to get in and get us information. The men stay the same so none of us can do it." He looked at Kate, "And Kate is pregnant and won't be able to move if things get hot."

Esposito spoke up, "And Lanie is out of the city right now with her parents. You're it." Kate nodded in agreement.

Castle stepped forward as well and put his hand on her shoulder, "you'll be fine." Tory looked shocked and even more scared. Gates nodded with the plan.

Later that evening the team gathered around Tory who was gearing up for her little undercover work. Tory was wearing a very nice elegant purple dress that went down to her knees and was wearing black high heels. On top of that she was wearing a gold necklace and had on reserved amount of make up. Ryan approached Tory with a pair of glasses and handed them to her, "These are video surveillance glasses. State of the art." The glasses looked like a normal pair of glasses; rectangular lenses with a black frame and silver accents. The camera was hidden in the front left of the frame.

Castle got closer and observed the glasses, "Woah! No way! Those exist?" Ryan nodded with a smile. Castle got closer to Tory to check them out, "Total James Bond. Got a laser watch too?" Ryan laughed and shook his head.

Kate shook her head, "Now. Back to work."

Tory looked at her confused, "So what am I supposed to be doing? We don't even know what the kidnapper looks like."

Esposito nodded, "That would be a problem if we didn't know what we were doing." He picked up an evidence bag that held Veronica Taylor's journal in it, "But we found a partial print that didn't belong to Veronica's on one of the torn up pages."

Tory shrugged, "So what do I do?"

Ryan handed her a small solid black device that looks remarkably like a USB drive with one side shiny and the other side not. He held out his hand for demonstration, "Use this device to scan finger prints. Shiny side is the scanner. Make sure you get everyone man you meet okay?" He leaned on Kate's desk and patted a laptop, "The scans will wirelessly upload to this computer and we'll be able to match it from there."

She shook her head, "You want me to get everyone's fingerprints?"

Kate laughed, "I know it'll be hard. But you're a knock out, I'm sure it'll be fine." Tory slouched and shook her head nervously.

Castle at the other hand was completely intrigued with this technology and said, "This is so spy movie right now." He smiled happily, "this is outstanding."

Kate smiled, "Alright. We got work to do." She got her things but then stopped and remembered something. "You're name is Lois Prince."

Castle looked at his wife shocked, "Louis Lane and Diana Prince mash up huh." Kate shook her head.

Hotel NYC

The speed dating event was taking place in a rather large hotel bar and restaurant area. The hotel is a five star hotel so it could easily manage this. The lights were dim as it was its standard procedure and it gave an added romantic effect. Smooth jazz played in the background, candles lit every table, and bar tenders tending their bar. The men of the speed-dating event were getting their nametags and making their way to the far wall near the announcer preparing for their last night with this event. The women were each sitting at individual tables waiting for the event to start. Tory was located toward one of the corners since it gave a good view of everyone coming and going. She tapped her foot rapidly under the tablecloth she was no doubt nervous.

Ryan and Castle were leaning against the bar counter in nice suits like they were guests of hotel, while Kate and Esposito sat in a van across the street monitoring Tory's camera. Kate had chosen Ryan and Castle for back up because Esposito looked too much like a cop and it would be pretty hard for her to react if something went wrong. Plus Castle being out there made it easier to track movements since he is so good at that sort of thing.

Tory looked over at Ryan and Castle at the bar nervously. Castle noticed and took a sip of his drink then smiled, "Looks like our girl on fire is a little nervous."

Tory looked forward again, "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't."

Kate who was sitting next to Esposito in the van and looking at the monitors that displayed the Tory Cam smiled gently. "You'll be okay." She said sincerely over the radio to Tory's ear piece. She took a sip of her tea before speaking, "Ryan and Castle are out there to help you if things go wrong. Which they wont."

Esposito spoke into his radio, "Just get the fingerprints. Act cute about it."

Tory tapped her foot some more, "I'll do my best."

Ryan looked over at Castle and nodded, "she got this." Castle nodded back.

The announcer of the event took a microphone and announced the beginning of the event, "Okay daters! We have a really full house tonight. So as always, be courteous to others and move to the sound of the chime. Please begin now!" The chime rang signaling the start.

Ryan and Castle leaned back against the bar and watched closely as people moved about. A rather plump man wearing a standard suit with a red tie sat down in front of Tory with a smile. He had short-combed hair, no facial hair, and a rather large neck. He smiled at her, "Hey, Lois, I'm Wade."

Tory smiled nervously and said, "Hi." She started to play with her hands under the table.

Wade smiled eagerly, obviously liking what he sees, "I'm Wade Shanahan and I'm a banker by trade, but my passion is in the form of art." Tory smiled and nodded. Wade leaned forward and continued eagerly, "How about you tell me a little bit about yourself."

Tory said nothing at first because she didn't know what to say. Kate quickly spoke into the radio, "Tell him you like computers and electronics."

Esposito jumped in as well, "Because you do. So elaborate on that super star."

Tory began nervously, her smile disappearing, "I… like computers." Wade's confident smile started to fade as he was getting a bad feeling. Tory continued nervously, "I love electronics…and… I… just really love computers really." He nodded. She began again with a little more confidence, "you can do so many things with computers. You can make art, edit pictures, edit your art, and pretty much anything." Wade smiled.

Wade leaned forward, "So Lois. Did anyone tell you that you're very attractive?"

Tory looked down, "Uh. My coworkers say things like that… sometimes." Wade smiled.

Kate spoke into the radio, "Get his prints Tory."

Tory had been fumbling with the finger print scanner under the table. She hid the scanner in her hand as she reached for Wade's that were resting on top of the table. She smoothly placed the scanner on one of his fingers and made it look like she was caressing his hand. She smiled, "I…think we may have a connection Wade."

Wade smiled and noticed a strange feeling on his fingers, "What do you have there?"

The scan of the fingerprint got transmitted to the van before Tory removed it and showed it to Wade. She smiled and said smoothly, "It's a mood reader. Tells me if you're in the mood… by the… temperature of your blood in your hand." Wade smiled and nodded. Clearly he was impressed he totally believed it.

Kate looked over to another screen in the van that showed the fingerprint scanning for matches. She looked back at the main screen and said, "Ask what car he drives."

Tory caressed his hand, "What car do you drive."

Wade leaned forward, "didn't think you were a car type of girl."

Tory leaned forward and purred, "I can be whatever you want me to be." Esposito was surprised and bit his fist. Kate looked at him in shock. Ryan and Castle who heard every word, looked at each other with amazement.

Wade smiled, "I drive a 2014 Corvette. Red with a black racing stripe over the top." The chime rang causing all the men to get up and begin rotating. Wade got up and kissed Tory's hand, "it was a pleasure." Tory smiled.

Kate took a quick sip of her tea then spoke on the radio, "Keep up that charm Tory. Just make sure you don't sound like Castle when he's in trouble."

Castle replied over the radio, "I heard that."

Esposito looked over at the fingerprint scanner and saw a negative match. He looked over at Kate, "zero for one. He's clean" He sighed, "twenty-four guys to go…"

For the next few hours Tory met with all assortment of different men. She laughed, she smiled, she questioned them, and she scanned their fingerprints on her little device. She was getting rather good with this undercover speed dating case. Ryan, Esposito, and the Castle's leaned back and watched her work and hoping for a break. Tory even seemed like she was having fun. Some of the reactions to her little fingerprint scanner were too funny for Kate and Esposito to hold a straight face. Kate and Esposito were having a little fun watching Tory work. But it was negative match to another. This lead was getting them nowhere.

Castle turned around to face the bar and sighed. The bartender with blue eyes, short combed back hair, and spoke with an Irish accent came over and asked, "get another drink for you sir?"

Castle smiled and nodded, "Yeah. Sure. Why not?" He looked at the bartender's nametag, "Thanks Denver."

Denver poured him a drink, "No problem." He placed a new napkin on the counter in front of Castle and asked, "Are you with the speed dating event sir?"

Castle shook his head, "I'm married to a really sexy cop." Denver nodded sarcastically. Kate heard that over the radio and shook her head with a smile. Esposito looking at her with a funny grin.

Denver nodded, "Had to ask sir, they get 15% off drinks."

Castle decided on a course of action. Ryan was off using the bathroom so it was easier to do this plan without him. Since this plan could only work if he is alone. Castle leaned forward, "I'm actually looking for my sister. She was supposed to meet me here an hour ago." He laughed, "Want to see a picture?" He took out his phone and showed the bartender a picture of Veronica Taylor. He smiled, "Recognize her?"

Denver's curious smile disappeared as he focused on the picture. He gave a small smile, "Vodka Martini." Castle looked at him confused. Denver continued, "She's a regular here. I seen her on Sunday evening I believe."

Castle looked a little shocked, "Really? Was she alone?"

Denver shook his head and began to clean some cups, "She was with the speed dating event. Couple guys were buying drinks for her afterwards." He gave Castle a sly smile, "you know how that goes."

"Yeah. I hear ya" Castle smiled. He continued to dig, "Any of those fellas here now? Have to make sure my sister hasn't been…violated. You know how that goes?"

Denver smiled slyly and pointed over to the man sitting in front of Tory, "There's one sitting in front of that hot girl in purple." The man was an older gentlemen around forty years old with glasses and a full head of grey hair wearing a black suit.

Castle smiled and nodded, "Thanks." Denver smiled and continued his work. Castle turned around to face in Tory's direction and spoke into the radio, "You hear that Kate?"

Kate nodded, "Yeah. I heard you." She looked at her screen and spoke to Tory over the radio, "Tory, get a print you're out of time." Before Tory could get the man's print the chime rang. The man got up with a smile and started to leave. Kate called on the radio to Ryan and Castle, "Ryan and Castle intercept that man." Ryan just got out of the bathroom and realized whom she was talking about. Both Ryan and Castle made a pincer movement to intercept.

Tory got up before another man sat down in front of her. She rushed to her last partner and grabbed his hand, turned him around, and slapped the scanner on his finger and pretended to caress his hand. She said smoothly, "I feel a connection with you Mike, I think we should…go to some place quieter." She smiled nervously, "What do you think?" The print was now being searched on their database.

The gentlemen smiled slyly and leaned into Tory and whispered, "Oh. I like that idea." He grabbed her butt with his free hand. Tory jolted.

Ryan and Castle surrounded the gentlemen and they both gave a heavy presence. Ryan spoke up, "Remove your hand before I decide to shoot you in the shoulder." The man looked over at Castle who was showing a NYPD detective badge.

In the van the scan proved unfruitful. It was a negative match. Esposito looked over and said plainly, "it's not a match."

Kate looked over at him, "What?" She looked at the scan, "Run it again."

Esposito shook his head, "He's not our guy." Kate bit her lip and shook her head. They already tipped their hand.

Precinct Interrogation Room

The older gentlemen by the name of Mike sat in the interrogation room across from Kate and Captain Gates, the heavy hitters of the mighty 12th. Gates is there because Veronica has been missing for far too long, and she decided she would help speed up the process of finding her by directly acting in this interrogation. Mike shook his head, "You have no right to arrest me."

Kate shook her head, "you're not under arrest."

Gates got up and leaned forward over to Mike and said sternly, "We just want to clear up a few things."

Mike swallowed a lump in his throat, "No one had read me my Miranda rights."

Kate shook her head, "It's because you're not under arrest."

Gates walked over and leaned next to Mike, "So you reported your car stolen Sunday night."

Mike raised an eyebrow, "Yes…is that some sort of crime?" He said nervously.

Gates shook her head, "No. Of course not." She said sternly, "But, filing a false police report is a crime."

Mike didn't like where this was going, "I think I want a lawyer now."

Kate smiled humorously, "What part of 'you're not under arrest' do you not understand Mike."

Mike looked at the malice beam of Gates then back at Kate, "So I can leave whenever I want?"

Kate sarcastically nodded. Mike tried to get up but Gates pushed him back down on the chair. Gates said sternly, "unless we charge you with a crime."

Kate spoke up, "See the thing is Mike. I need the truth. Or else I will have to arrest you for lying and throwing off a criminal investigation."

Mike leaned forward and said urgently, "But my car really was stolen."

"Which is really rough for you, but you reported it stolen from your home in Brooklyn." Kate said plainly.

Gates spoke up sternly, "Speed dating is a three day event. You stayed at The Peninsula every night. You paid cash up front."

Kate looked at her notes then looked back at him directly, "Which was wise considering you're married and attending a speed dating service."

Gates looked over at Kate, "I think I will call his wife." The boys and Tory (who was still in her dress) watched with amusement as Gates and Kate tore him apart.

Mike called out urgently, "No! Please! It wasn't stolen from my home…but you can't…" He stuttered, "My wife is at her sisters place in Union City. They just had a baby. I've been married eighteen years now… I was just trying to have a little fun."

Kate shook her head, "What we need to know is the where and when Mike."

"First day of the event I struck out. So I went to a restaurant on Greene Street and left my car near this store called Spice Corner I think, but when I was on my way back to get my car, I saw some guy drive off with it."

Kate leaned forward, "Please describe him."

Mike looked over at Gates, "White and pretty tall like that one buff guy who picked me up with the short one. He was wearing one a New York Yankees hat. I didn't get a real good look."

Behind the glass Ryan turned to Castle and Esposito and asked, "Am I really that short?" Castle and Esposito just shrugged then gave him a little nod. Ryan leaned forward to look at Tory, "Tory, am I that short?" She just smiled.

Gates shook her head, "Not good enough. You sexually molested one of my people Mike." She dialed the phone.

Mike freaked out, "No wait. Hold on. Give me a second!" Gates put down the phone. Mike continued eagerly, "When I drove up he was standing out front and he was on a pay phone." He shook his head, "I swear that's all I remember."

The team including Tory and Gates were standing in front of the large TV screen in the Video and Tech Room going over what they've learned so far. On the screen was a Google map that displayed the start and end of the vehicle Veronica was in. Esposito leaned on his right leg, "Hansen stole the SUV with Veronica in it from the store around 6 pm."

Castle nodded, "Then Yankee hat steals Mike's car at the same time and same place." He shook his head, "Wonder Woman is in deep and she needs help."

Gates glared at Castle, "Focus Mr. Castle."

Kate leaned forward and pointed at the store, which was the starting point of reference, and she spoke, "Our kidnapper in the Yankee hat stopped and used the pay phone, probably didn't want to risk being over heard by Veronica. Probably didn't figure that Hansen would come by at steal his car."

Castle looked at his wife, "So he had to steal the Mercedes to follow Hansen if he wanted Veronica back."

Ryan looked at the duo, "But we need the pay phone to find out who he was calling."

Gates looked over he shoulder at the entrance of the room and saw two police officers holding up a pay phone. Gates looked at the team and smiled, "We just got it." Kate smiled.

Tory spent her time working on the payphone to track anything and everything she could. It was already rather late at night and she was working as fast as she could. Knowing that a young woman is in danger as she is working. The team was gathered in front of their white board talking about what they know and discussing theories, including Castle's wild ones.

Tory (still dressed in her dress) popped her head out of her tech domain and called Kate, "Detective Castle. I got something." The team including Gates rushed into the Tech and Video room.

Everyone gathered around Tory who presented two partial fingerprints on the TV linked from her computer. She spoke confidently, "I was able to work through the prints on this phone and was able to match the mystery print that we got from Veronica's notebook." She turned around, "The man in the Yankee hat is definitely our kidnapper."

Kate stepped forward to Tory's right, "Did you run the calls made Sunday night?"

Tory nodded, "Already done. I already ran a trace." She looked over her shoulder to Kate standing on her right, "There were only four calls made from the pay phone that night. Three of them were used for Taxi companies." She brought up the forth with a location, "And the last one was to a warehouse in Midtown. It's a rental space." Kate was about to ask for the address but Tory beat her to it and handed her a sticky note.

Castle sighed, "Oh joy…warehouse."

Kate laughed, "Don't worry Castle I'll protect you." She said in a playful tone.

Ryan just shrugged, "Don't mind us. We'll just cover you." The team gathered their things and rushed out of the precinct.

Midtown

Kate, Castle, Ryan, and Esposito arrived to the warehouse at the dead of night in two cars. They got out and rushed to the large warehouse roll up door. The only light that was shining was the blinking streetlight, the small light over the door, and their flashlights. Ryan stacked on the left and Kate and Castle stacked on their right with weapons drawn while Esposito picked the lock.

Once Esposito picked the lock he drew his weapon as Kate and Ryan rolled up the door to reveal a dark area. Kate looked at Ryan, "Inform Gates we're going in." Ryan nodded as he got on the radio to let Captain Gates know about what was going on. Kate, Esposito, and Castle walked in first slowly. Ryan slowly followed taking up the rear. They could barely see, only thing they could see was what the flash lights were able to illuminate. This is true darkness.

Castle walked slowly behind Kate with his weapon at the ready. He was trailing near the wall when he bumped into a circuit box. He shined his light down on it and realized this was the key to the power. He whispered to Kate, "Got the power." He opened the box as Kate, Ryan, and Esposito braced for whatever would be revealed by the illumination. Castle flicked on the power illuminating the entirety of the warehouse. It wasn't as big as they thought. It was marginally long but it was not at all wide. The only things in the warehouse were beds, chairs, crates, a whiteboard, a corkboard on the wall, a cage with a single chair, and a table with a model building on top.

Ryan and Esposito pushed farther into the warehouse to clear it. Kate and Castle searched around the only things in the warehouse to search for clues. Ryan called out from the other side of the warehouse, "clear!"

Esposito also called out, "Clear!" He ran over to Kate and asked urgently, "What do we got?"

Castle opened the cage and checked what was inside. He saw ropes laying next to a bloodied chair, a purse, and cell phone. He holstered his weapon and put gloves on and searched the purse. He dug through it and found the wallet and checked the ID inside. It was Veronica's. He looked over at Kate, "It's Veronica's purse and cell. Everything still in side it seems. She clearly was tortured in here."

Kate looked down and paced the floor, "they knew we were coming."

Ryan was looking at the whiteboard, "Maybe not. You need to see this." Kate, Esposito, and Castle came over to Ryan. Ryan walked them through what he saw, "Looks like a professional crew. We got detailed itinerary, blueprints." He walked over to the table and pointed, "And a scale model."

Esposito looked at one of the blueprints, "This is for The Peninsula hotel."

Castle looked at the boards, "They are planning a heist. Looks like straight from 'The Italian Job'."

Kate looked around, "But I don't remember the crew kidnapping and torturing a woman."

Ryan was looking through some papers, "Looks like a big heist. A coin convention and auction. They are planning to hit the hotels vault."

Castle looked over curiously, "They say how?" Kate opened up a crate from the side.

Kate removed a hotel uniform on the crate and threw it on top of the table, "From the inside. They are working the place."

Ryan looked confused, "What does Ms. Veronica Taylor have to do with this?"

Castle dug through papers and saw pages of Veronica's journal and speed-read them before answering. "She was dating one of them. It says on this page that he said he is a hotel bartender and lied to her about his entire past." He flipped the page, "She also says she ran a background check on his cover. He must've panicked and kidnapped her."

Esposito looked around, "We need to hit them before they get to the vault or else Veronica is dead."

Kate looked at the timetable on the whiteboard then looked down at her watch. She called out, "They started five minutes ago." She ran to the exit, "Come on!"

Hotel

There was a white and blue single unit truck (like U-haul) with "Clean And Go" laundry supply logo on the sides, parked at the back of the hotel. Ms. Veronica Taylor was tied up and gagged in the back sitting on a pile of white duffle bags against the wall. She was scared, she was crying, she was bloodied and bruised. Every time she moved it seemed like the ropes would get tighter around her ankles and wrists, she knew she was going to die. She cried some more and prayed for a way out.

From the far end of the truck toward the roll up door she heard the Irishmen voice, the man that brought her dread. She saw him roll his neck and he said, "You really had us scared there for a minute Veronica." He had blue eyes, hair was short and combed back, spoke with an Irish accent, and was wearing white overalls. He approached Veronica slowly and smiled a devilish grin, "Thought you were FBI" He gave a nod, "Or even a detective working for the hotel… or even a cop." He reached around to his back and continued to speak menacingly, "Looks like you were telling the truth…" He took out a pistol from his back overall pocket and squatted in front of her. He licked his lips as he slowly put the suppressor on the end of his weapon then spoke in a devilish tone, "I'd wish you luck with the whole true love thing." He made eye contact with her as he screwed on the suppressor, "But I don't think it's really going to work for you. Hate to break it to you, but true love…doesn't exist today." She cried harder and harder as he spoke. She shook her head slowly in a futile attempt to spare her life. He smiled evilly, "Besides I'm not exactly the marrying type. Too much time and commitment, it's not my thing." There was a knock on the roll up door at the back of the truck catching both their attention. Veronica calmed down and looked over as He got up to roll up the door.

It was a young red headed woman with a serious expression wearing a hotel housekeeping uniform and stood behind a white and blue covered hotel laundry cart. The Irishmen looked around and nodded, "Get ready to go. Meet at the airport in two hours, take the third route just to be safe." The woman nodded silently. He continued to speak, "Clean up the warehouse. Leave no trace that we were ever there." He took the cart and rolled it up into the truck then closed the door. Veronica leaned back and cried, her hope of rescue diminished. The man walked back toward her, cocked the hammer, and pointed his gun at her and smiled, "It's nothing personal Veronica… But you just know too much."

From behind he heard a hammer cock behind him and a stern female voice saying, "Don't move. Drop your weapon." Police sirens sounded all around the truck. Kate had her weapon trained at the back of his head but then lowered it to his spine, "Or you rather have me shoot you in the spine. Do you want to be a quadriplegic in jail?" He turned his head not lowering his weapon. He was clearly thinking on a course of action. Veronica continued to cry not knowing what the immediate future holds for her.

Police cars parked in front of the truck and police officers ran up and surrounded the truck. Esposito, Ryan, and Castle with their weapons drawn went to the back and stacked at the end of the truck. Ryan slowly rolled up the door and announced, "NYPD! Drop the weapon!"

The man clearly knew he was out matched. He dropped his weapon on the ground and put his hands up. Ryan and Esposito approached him and handcuffed the man. Veronica tilted her head back and cried. Castle approached Kate and rubbed her back gently. She smiled as she holstered her weapon. Castle recognized the man, "Denver?" Denver turned and looked at him in defeat.

Kate looked at Castle, "You know him Castle?"

Castle shook his head, "No. He just served me and Ryan drinks. He was also the one who told us about Mike." Kate nodded connecting the dots.

Ryan and Esposito took Denver outside to the police cars, while Kate and Castle escorted the now unbound Veronica Taylor back to the ambulance. Veronica sat down next to a couple of paramedics and smiled genuinely, "Thank you." Kate patted her on the shoulder.

Castle kneeled in front of her with alcohol wipes and started to clean her bloodied feet. He looked up at her, "You're safe now. You're going to a hospital to get cleaned up." She smiled. Kate smiled at her then leaned back and rubbed her belly gently.

Veronica shook her head, "thank god you came… I could've"

Kate patted her shoulder, "We got you out. Don't live in the 'what if's' it'll drive you mad. Okay?" Veronica smiled gently and nodded. She calmed down enough to realize whom she was talking to, and who was cleaning her feet.

Veronica spoke gently, "Are you Mr. Castle?" She turned to Kate, "And are you Detective Beckett?" Castle and Kate looked at her, smiled, and nodded. Veronica smiled at both of them, "Its such an honor to meet you. I'm a huge fan of your books. I…"

Castle cut her off and patted her shoulder, "I'm glad your safe Ms. Taylor. I'll get you an autograph book at the hospital with a picture." She and Kate smiled.

LOFT

Castle and Kate walked back into their home late, late at night. Some could argue it was super early morning. Castle took off his jacked and helped Kate out of hers then hung both of them up on the wall. They both walked to the couches and sat down. Castle looked at his watch and saw the time. It was 03:00 AM. He smiled and leaned back on the couch. Kate found her spot, leaning back onto his chest. Castle kissed her head and said softly, "End of a hard day. Happy ending."

Kate reached for his arm and caressed his hand, "That is the difference between putting a young woman in a body bag or in an ambulance." She kissed his hand and continued, "At least we found her."

Castle smiled, "She turned out to be just like Wonder Woman." Kate laughed and dozed off on Castle.

Sorry took a while ladies and gents. Had a lot to do and lots of detail to put in this. Will fix grammatical errors ASAP.

99.99% Based on the NCIS episode "SINGLED OUT" The episode where Seamus Denver was the guest star as the bad guy. Thought it was an appropriate fit.