Chapter 10

Morning at the precinct…

"Yo Ryan! I don't think this is drug related. Three of the employees at Byron Enterprise have not showed up for work these past few days. They all say they were sick."

"Well that can't be a coincidence. There is no way they have all been sick for the exact amount of time that Beckett and Castle were taken. Where could they have taken them then?" Ryan asked.

"Remember that taxi Mario took? The one we wanted to see where he had been dropped off? Well I think maybe that was their meeting place and maybe that will lead us to where they are. Check if the other employees have been to the same place as Mario. I found that he went to this abandoned warehouse owned by Byron Enterprise. " Espo said.

After doing a little research on the suspect's credit card records, Kevin said, "I found it. According to their phone records, they were at the same place on the same days. To top it off, Lola made a mistake and charged another taxi for the exact same amount yesterday."

With this, both detectives ran out of the precinct and into their car. They called Gates on the way and went as fast as they could to the abandoned building.

In Byron Enterprise warehouse…

Castle and Beckett had thought for a while about how to escape but had no luck finding a plan. All the walls were solid, the door was locked and they were too weak to think of anything else. Instead, they lay together on the floor just talking. Thinking that Esposito and Ryan were doing everything they could. What if it wasn't enough? What if it took them more days than expected and they starved to death?

"Castle… are you still awake?" Beckett whispered very weakly.

"Yes. I can hear you. Are we ever going to get out of here? There's no more food left to eat and we can't get out of here." Rick admitted very softly.

"Remember when we were in the cold refrigerator?" The detective did not wait for the answer and just kept on talking. "I did not have a lot of faith that we would be able to get out of there alive but we did. Contrarily to what I thought before, this time I think that we will be able to make it out alive. Espo and Ryan always find a way to find to us and we get out of the situation. The same thing will happen this time. They are great detectives and we can always count on them." She said with a smile. It wasn't very convincing but it brought a glimmer of hope to the writer.

"What if they don't? We need to save these last few moments together and never look back." Richard said with a single tear moving down his face.

Beckett could not stand seeing Castle sad like this. To console him, she placed a tender kiss on his lips. She waited for his reaction. He did not back away so she stayed against him.

After a few moments, the door to the room opened and there they stood. The three kidnappers. They were no longer wearing masks.

"We heard you guys figured everything out so there is no reason we should wear these uncomfortable things on our faces." Admitted Lola

"Wow the lovers really taking advantage of this alone time I can see." Said Buck.

"Well not for long because we are getting out of here. Lola the idiot used her credit card to get over here and now the police will probably come. You are so stupid." Replied Sam angrily.

"I forgot cash Sam. Stop blaming me and lets get these two out of here!" Yelled Lola.

The three criminals lifted Kate and Rick. They were about to leave the building when they ran into Ryan and Esposito. The detective and the writer were too weak to run away so Lola, Sam and Buck dropped them and ran off.

Noticing that the male detectives were not running to catch the kidnappers, Beckett said, "Go catch them! We'll be fine here! "

Giving Kate a little smile, Javi said "Don't worry Beckett, we got the police all around the building. There's no way that they will get away. Now lets get you guys home. It's been a long few days hasn't it?"

The couple could not stand. They had only eaten a little bit in three days so Ryan and Esposito had to bring them to the ambulance. The ambulance had some crackers inside so Kate and Rick that.

Once cleared by the hospital, they drove back to Castle's loft. Ryan had agreed that with all they had been through, Castle could have the Ferrari back. They ordered a lot of Chinese food and ate until they were too full to get off the couch.

After sleeping for three days in an abandoned building, the couch was pretty confortable and they fell asleep in each others arms laying together in their eating spot.