Chapter 9:

Beckett and Castle's cell… 7:00 AM

They woke up very hungry, there stomach hurt and their heads were pounding. They had only eaten rice and tacos in two days therefore they felt very weak and had trouble staying conscious. Kate decided to speak first. She knew that you wouldn't die not eating for 2 days but she felt like she would.

"Castle… Are you awake?" She asked with a low tired voice.

" Yes I am. So hungry." He replied

"Me too. I just wanted to tell you that I love you and thank you for being there for me."

"Always."

"You are the best husband in the world." On this last sentence, the detective felt her body give up and she only saw darkness.

"Kate? Are you ok?" He noticed she wasn't moving or responding. He checked so see if she was breathing. His wife was taking in oxygen but she was still unconscious. The writer decided in this moment he would do anything for her. He was so scared for her health and safety that he started screaming as high as he could.

"HELP! HELP! PEOPLE HELP!" He was screaming so loud his throat was sore.

A little later, someone came in.

"What… what do you want?"

Castle recognized this voice from before but he didn't know from where.

"Please we are so hungry. My wife just passed out. Do you have any food for us?" Begged the writer.

"We have some food but it will be for the day so do you want it now?" Asked the masked person.

"Yes please. I want her to wake up." The concerned writer just wanted to see the detective's eyes open. He wanted her to wake up so they could figure out a way to get out of here.

"Alright," said the man. "I'll bring your food in soon." He left, shut and locked the door behind him.

A few moments later, the man returned with a plate of food. The food consisted of coffee and buttered baguettes. Castle was so thankful there was coffee because he was so tired and knew Beckett was as well.

Castle tried to wake Kate up by putting the beautiful smell of coffee in front of her nose. Slowly, her eyes started to open and she weekly said.

"Castle… Do I smell coffee?" Her eyes were only barely open. With a smile, Rick said to her.

"Yes you do indeed! In fact, why don't you sit up a little so that we can eat. I don't want you to pass out again. Here we have some coffee and buttered baguettes."

The detective took the food and ate it slowly. She did not have much energy to eat very fast.

Once they were finished, the writer spoke out loud.

"Maybe we haven't eaten much, but we sure have had delicious meals. Why would they give us such good things to eat? We are held hostage and we have had three amazing meals! Rice, tacos and now buttered baguettes? Why all these different meals and why are they together? Maybe the killer is a ghost and has visited many places around the world, and he picked his favorite meals?"

Beckett was a little annoyed at his speculating so she spat out what she had the energy to say.

"Castle, please… how could a ghost bring us food?"

"You're right, he couldn't. That would be funny though. A ghost in Mexico, wearing a sombrero! Haha." Castle giggled a little and quickly stopped. "Sombrero! Why didn't we think of this sooner! Rice is Asia, Tacos is Mexico and the buttered baguettes are France. It makes perfect sense! Beckett this is an international crime!"

Beckett was a little intrigued and asked Rick.

"What do you mean international crime?"

The writer replied very happily, "Think about it honey, the first lady we interviewed, Lola. She was wearing that Asian suit and the first day we ate some rice. The second person we interviewed, Sam. He is Mexican, remember when I tried on his sombrero in the office? And the third guy, Buck the security man replied to one of our question in French. That's it! They were leaving us little hints as to who they were along the way. They want us to figure it out but they think we will die in here, which is why they gave us the clues. There are three different murderers and three different stabbing marks."

"Castle, that is a crazy story and yet, I think I may agree with you. The IT probably got on to Mario's hacking and then he told the others who needed to keep the company working. They were that desperate for the job? If the information that Mario found got out, it would be a big problem for all three of them." Beckett took a deep breath and said, "Ok, we need to find a way to call Ryan and Esposito to tell them where we are."

"Wait… Where are we?" Castle asked seeming a little confused.

"Let's think about this for a little bit. All of them work at the same place and are from different parts of the world. Where could we be that would be convenient for all of them and would not be found by anyone?"

They sat in silence just thinking about this.