Sorry I haven't updated in a while I bruised my thumb pretty badly after slipping on a slug and crashing into a wall and a few bricks falling on my hand, anyway it made typing quite hard so here is a slightly delayed chapter. Hope you enjoy it!

"Alexis, honey what's wrong?" Lanie asked caringly as the ginger teen walked into the lab on a sunny Monday morning with tear stained pink eyes and a gloomy air lulling around her.

"Nothing, I'm fine." She said adding a fake smile to her face.

"Honey, don't tell me your fine, because anyone can tell that something or someone has clearly upset you."

"It's nothing, really."

"It clearly isn't nothing, but since you're not going to tell me yet I'll just have to wait."

"Hey, where's Castle." Lanie greeted Kate. Curious about the where-about of Castle.

"Oh um... he had some writing to do so stayed home today. Do you have an autopsy report yet"

"Oh ok, well the victim died of a gunshot wound to the chest as expected, but his toxicology report shows that he had overdosed on some sort of party drug and we're running tests to find out what it is and that's not all we found a weird type of tattoo on his back." She said handing Kate a photo.

"What is that some sort of code?" Kate said examining the evidence Lanie had just given her.

"I'm not sure, the computer geeks are looking at it."

"Ok thanks, anything else."

"Yes umm, do you know what's wrong with Alexis?" The ME asked in a hushed tone. "She's really upset about something and I don't really know what." Lanie asked. "Come on Kate tell me."

"Well, Rick and I fought last night and I think she overheard it and well..."

"Well, what."

"It upset her, she's just got used to the fact that I'm going to be in her life a lot more and well... I don't know it was stupid really."

"Well whatever you and writer-boy were fighting about make up because whatever it was it is really upsetting Alexis."

"I know

"How are you feeling about it?"

"Ok."

"Don't give me that girl, this is your first serious relationship since god knows when, you need to let your feelings out."

"I'm doing fine Lanie it was just a silly fight we've been through worse."

"What was the fight even about?"

"My mother's murder."

"What about it?"

"This case it may be related."

"Kate stop, if this case is related to your mother's murder then you need to stop you know what happened last time, and you might not be so lucky this time."

"Lanie do you think I don't know that do you think I don't wake up every morning wondering why I'm still here. This case it may be related it's not definite and I will investigate it till I'm sure it is and if it is then I promise I will take myself off of this case."

"Girl you better because if you don't then you will die and there are too many people in this world who care too much about you for you to end up in this morgue."

"Honey, I know and don't worry it will be fine." Lanie told Alexis as they stopped for lunch.

"How?"

"Kate told me."

"What did she tell you?"

"She told me that last night her and your dad were fighting"

"Did she tell you what about?"

"Yes she did and Alexis you have to stop worrying about it, she promises that as soon as it's definite that it is related to her mother's murder then she is taking herself off the case, you don't need to worry about it she's learnt her lesson and she knows that she has too much to lose."

"Lanie, In worry everyday about both of them my dad is un armed and is off chasing all sorts of drug lords and killers and Kate's leading him into it, but this is different what if... what if she doesn't... what if she..." Alexis trailed off her tear stained eyes were starting to produce more tears.

"Honey, don't worry about that. Kate Beckett has a lot to give the world and by no means is she finished yet."

"Kate why are you phoning me its 4am in the morning?" The ME said rolling over to face her alarm clock.

"It's Alexis she's missing."

TO BE CONTINUED

So... what do you think? I was getting bored of all the Caskett stuff so decided to add a bit of drama to it. Did you like it? If not I can delete the chapter or they can find Alexis really quickly. So reviews are really important because if you don't review might just kill her off (and also I really need your ideas about what to do with the story.) P.S I had to flip a coin to decide if it was going to be Kate Alexis who were kidnapped.