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Kate shoved the note into her pocket and walked up to the waitress. She pulled a five dollar bill out of her pocket, but the girl waved her off.
"Mr. Castle got it. See you later Detective Beckett."
"See ya Alli" Kate said. She ran out into the snow and smiled happily. It had finally stopped snowing, but accumulated a little more. Kate trudged her way through the snow, taking the walk to the precinct. It had got a lot colder while she was in Remy's, but she wanted to tough through it. Kate Beckett wasn't a quitter. And with the amount of fun she'd been having through her scavenger hunt, she didn't want to give up now.
Kate pulled her phone out of her pocket and dialed Rick's number, holding the phone to her ear.
"Yes my dear?" Rick asked into the phone.
"Castle, when is this going to be over? I want to see you" she pleaded into the phone.
Rick smiled and laughed, the sound of a car driving past him loud in the background.
"Rick, where are you? I want to find you now."
"You're getting there Kate. I promise. But you just need to stick with this. You got my note at the coffee shop, right? You're almost done. You trust me right?" He asked.
"Richard Castle, I trust you with my life. So believe me when I say, I believe everything you're saying. I just miss you." Kate whispered the last part quietly into the phone, part of her hoping he wouldn't hear her.
Rick smiled, loving the person he was talking to. "I miss you too. Now hurry your beautiful butt up so I can give you your present."
"Beautiful butt? Have you been looking?" she asked, and he gasped into the phone.
"I… Um…" he began, but she laughed into the phone.
"Don't worry Castle, I don't mind. See you soon?"
"See you soon Detective."
Kate hit the end call button on her phone and slid it back into her pocket, trudging through the snow to get to the precinct. She arrived at the precinct and went inside, riding up the elevator to the homicide floor. She walked in and smiled. The precinct was empty, and she loved it.
"What does he have planned here?" she asked herself, looking around the precinct. There was no sign on anyone having been there for hours, which was odd for that time of night. Her men had off, but the night shift should have been there. Kate walked into the break room to make herself a cup of coffee but stopped short, smiling. There was a note taped onto the espresso machine, with her name written on the front of it. She pulled the note off and turned on the machine, opening the note up.
Kate,
You're almost there. Have fun finding your present. It's hidden.
Rick
Kate sighed and tossed the note onto the counter. She grabbed her phone and called Rick again, tapping her foot as she waited for her coffee.
"Yes?" he asked her.
"Where is the last note? I want to come see you."
He could tell from the tone in her voice that she missed him. "You need to search. You'll find it. Just think about it. Where would I hide something?"
"Knowing you, you would hide it somewhere completely obvious."
Rick smiled into the phone. She knew him too well. "Good luck" he said, hanging up the phone.
"Ugh!" Kate cried out, looking around the precinct. She couldn't see another note anywhere. Kate wandered around, sipping her coffee, searching every open space she could think of. She checked the elevator, the break room, the boy's desks, and the Captains office, all before walking over and collapsing into her chair. She replayed Rick's words over and over in her head.
"Where would I hide something?"
Kate sighed and took another sip of her coffee before putting herself into his mind. "If I was Richard Castle, and I wanted to piss off Kate Beckett, where would I hide something…" she mumbled, kicking her feet up onto her desk. She sat there and thought for a moment, before the idea of where he would hide her present popped into her head.
"Aha!" she called out, practically falling out of her chair. Kate collapsed onto the floor and crawled over to his chair, running her hand along the bottom of the sear. Her fingertips raked over a piece of paper and she ripped it off the chair, a huge smile spreading across her face. Kate pulled the note open and read the final letter, smiling happily as she did.
Good job honey, you did it. Here's your last clue.
A good old fashioned duel was always one of my favorite past times…
Rick