I decided to upload the prologue and chapter one at the same time. I figured 200 words wouldn't be enough to tie you over until the next time I update.

EDIT: Ok, in my haste it has been brought to my attention that I had my timeline a little skewed, but I have fixed it. This is the time line:

Castle b.- 1971
Beckett b.-1980 (She is younger than Stana)
Charlie b.- 1986
Charlie d.- 1996 (Same year as the first Stargate mission to Abydos)
Alexis b. 1993
Johanna Beckett d.-1999
Sam and Jack married- 2006
Castle and Beckett meet in 2009

I hope that makes sense now...it does for me. Thanks to Reikson for letting me know my error. I hope to be as accurate as possible.

Chapter One: Uncle Jack

Ring Riing

The phone that was at ear level on Kate's side of the bed was incessant. Blindly, she fumbled around ana managed to answer it.

"'lo," she mumbled. It was her only Saturday off of the month; she didn't want to be disturbed.

"Katie?" the voice on the other end sounded concerned.

Kate sat up in bed, "Dad? Are you ok? What are you doing calling this early?"

Jim chuckled, "Early? It's amost 10am. I figured you'd be awake by now."

Kate looked over at the alarm clock that was on the other side of the bed. The time clicked over to 9:59 and she wiped the sleep from her eyes. "Sorry, dad. I didn't realise the time."

"It's ok. Long week?" he asked.

"The longest," she conceeded, "was there something that you wanted? I'm still in need of sleep."
She had found that she needed a lot more sleep as she was still partially recovering from the gun shot wound that ripped through her body a little over six months ago.

"Yes, sorry," he continued, "I just received an invitation for your Uncle Jack's anniversary party; your name is on it too. Did you want to go?"

Kate thought for a moment, "Uh, sure, just send me the details and I'll get back to you."

"Sounds good. I'll let you get back to seep now, Katie."

"Thanks dad, I'll talk to you later." Kate hung up her phone and placed it back onto the table beside the bed and sunk back down into the matress.

"Who was that?" asked a weary voice next to her.

"It was just my dad; I'll tell you about it later," she replied.

"'kay," he pulled her close to his body and nuzzled his face into her neck, "I love you."

"I love you, too, Rick."

A few hours later, Kate and Rick sat together in his loft at the breakfast bar, picking at the remains of their lunch.

"So tell me about this Uncle Jack of yours," Rick asked.

She took a bite of her sandwich and, after swallowing it, she started her story.

"Well, he's not my uncle by blood. He and my dad went to college together. Uncle Jack was the one who introduced my mom to my dad. Uncle Jack was the best man at their wedding and vice versa. When I was born, they made him my god father. Uncle Jack went on to the Air Force Academy in Colorado and dad and mom moved back to New York. When I was about six, Uncle Jack and his wife Sara had a son, Charlie. Uncle Jack went away a lot with the Air Force but he loved Charlie so much. He was such a cute kid." Kate paused and tears formed in her eyes.

"It's ok, Kate. You don't have to tell me anything else if you don't want to," Rick ran his hand up and down her arm, soothing her.

"I'm ok," she took a deep breath and continued. "When I was sixteen, we got a phone call. Charlie had accidentally shot himself with Uncle Jack's gun. He died. We flew out to Colorado for his funeral and Uncle Jack was a complete mess." She paused again before going on, "He wasn't the same after that. He started on a new project for the Air Force and it was about three years later that my mom died. He was there for the funeral but we hardly saw him as the years went on. A few years ago he was promoted to General. I think the last time that I saw him was at his wedding. I was on mandatory leave due to an injury and I was able to fly out to Las Vegas to see it. I hadn't seen him that happy in a very long time."

"And now you're invited to his anniversary party?"

Kate nodded, "Yeah, it'll be good to see him again."

"When is it?" he asked.

"In a couple weeks. It's in Colorado Springs. Apparently all their friends are there and it was easier for them to organise."

Rick smiled, "Well I think the break will do you good. You've been working hard to get back to full strength and you deserve a break."

Kate sighed, "I know, I just don't know if the Captain will let me have those days at such short notice. She's a stickler for the rules."

Rick looked at her dejected face, "I'd offer to go and ask for you, but she doesn't really like me much."

"That's very true," Kate laughed, "I'll work something out. Maybe I can work double for the next week to make up for it. I'll talk to her on Monday morning."

"Good plan," Rick thought for a moment. "Would there happen to be a plus one on that invitation?" he asked.

She smiled at him, "I though that it was implied that you were coming with me?"

"Ah, how stupid of me not to realise." He reached over and placed a soft kiss on her lips. "I love you."

She rested her forehead against his, "I love you, too."

And there is chapter one. I hope you enjoyed it. If you would be so kind as to let me know what you thought, I would be forever in your debt.

The first few chapters will be introducing the characters again to see how they are all connected. It'll give a bit of a back story so that the non-Stargate or non-Castle watchers will be able to follow this story.

:-) Sam