Title: When History Repeats Itself
Disclaimer: I do not own anything Castle. I don't own Lilly Castle either, nor do I own the name Giorgios 'Yoyos', or Hello! Project (I stole one of the member's last name, sorry). Also, the Kensington in this fic is in no way associated with the Kensington from my other fic.
THANK YOU'S: Of course a HUGE thanks to all my reviewers, and SPECIAL thanks to photofreak83, for giving me a nice name idea, Believesvueo for pointing out I misspelled Chile (my apologies for that one, I fixed it immediately), TheRealValerie for letting me borrow Lilly Castle, and DAWA and DoorMatt for letting me borrow their first names for 2 of the chars. Virtual cookies to all of you!!
As soon as the worst part of the explosion was over, Kate and Alexis got up from under the table and started working. Part of that work was checking if Lilly and Rick were okay. They hugged them, and led them to a spot on the crime scene, at which Lilly could calm down.
After they called 911 for help, Kate called the Twelfth Precinct to tell them about what happened, and Alexis called her boss at the New York Times, to ask permission tom write the article. Both of them were covered in ashes, but that didn't bother them.
"I'm taking you're gonna write an article about this?" Kate asked Alexis, who nodded in response. "I just got permission from my boss. This is going to be in the news anyway, and since I saw what happened, I'm the best fit for the job." "Then I don't think you'll mind taking witness statements for me?" Kate asked her. "You'll need them anyway, and that way, I can start fencing off the area." "Of course I don't mind. Ryan, Esposito and Lanie will be here soon, right?"
Kate nodded. "They told me they'd be here as soon as possible. They still had to pick up a suspect for our latest case though." Alexis nodded, and they started working.
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While the two women were doing their jobs, Lilly and her father were still under the table. Lilly was shaking with fear, and her blue eyes were filled with terror and confusion. It was like she didn't exactly know what was going on, but she knew that is was bad, and that lots of people were hurt.
"Daddy, what's going on?" She asked, still shaking a bit. Rick Castle pulled his daughter into a tight hug, and tried to reassure her. "It's nothing dear." He said, but Lilly wasn't that easy. "But the explosion… the agents…" Rick sighed. "Lilly, how much do you know about other religions?" Lilly blinked, and closed her eyes to think. "Well… there are the Christians, the Jews, and... the Islam?" She opened her eyes again. "But I don't know that much."
Rick smiled softly. "Well, it's a start. Lilly, you know that sometimes, the people with different religions don't get along?" She nodded. "Yes, Lexy told me once, because of one of her articles." "Of course she did. Then I guess you also know that some people take their beliefs very seriously?"
Lilly nodded slowly. "Serious enough to do this, sometimes." Rick added. "Oooooooh, so that's why…" Rick nodded. "Yes, that's why."
Lilly looked at the damage of the explosion, and at the people who were currently being put on brancards. "I still don't understand." Rick hugged his daughter again. "When you're older, you will." "Daddy, do you think this'll happen again?" Lilly asked, her eyes filled with fear again. Rick shook his head. "No, I don't think so." Lilly nodded slowly, but didn't seem too convinced. "Hey, you know what? Let's go for ice cream when your mother and sister are finished." He said, smiling.
Lilly nodde happily. "YEY! And then, Lexy will tell us about Chile, right?" Rick grinned, happy that his daughter had forgotten about her other question for now.
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Kate had just finished fencing off the area, when she heard a car driving towards her. 'That's probably Ryan and Esposito.' She thought smiling. But as she looked in the direction the car came from, she realized it wasn't Ryan's car, nor was it Esposito's. It was a black car, with blinded windows. She sighed; She recognized the car as one of the FBI's.
"Great." She murmured. "My family almost gets blown up, and now the FBI's stealing my crime scene." Je was just praying it wasn't Will sitting in that car.
For once, her prayers were heard, as a tall man with short, dark brown hair got out of the car. He was wearing a dark blue FBI jacket, with dark blue jeans and black shoes. He was followed by another man and a woman, both of them wearing the same FBI jacket. The woman had long, brown hair in a pigtail, brown eyes, and under her light blue jeans Kate could see a pair of white trainers. The man had short, black hair, and almost as dark eyes. 'Probably his team.' Kate thought, while walking towards them.
"Excuse me," She said, holding up her badge and ID. "Detective Katherine Castle, NYPD. What is the meaning of this?" She asked the man, who was currently ordering the other 2 to do something. He sighed and turned around to face Kate, holding up his own badge and ID. "Special Agent Giorgios Kensington, FBI. Those 2 are Special agents Ogawa and Doyle. We're here to take over this crime scene." He said, before turning around to face his team. "Well, what are the 2 of you waiting for, get to work!" He shouted. They nodded and rushed off.
"I'm sorry about that, they're quite lazy." He said, while turning back to Kate, who seemed pretty annoyed. "What? Like you never get yelled at by your boss." He said, trying to defend himself. "First of all, no. I never get yelled at by my boss, because I'm the boss." She said, which caused the man to look very surprised. "And second of all, what do you mean? Taking over the crime scene. The NYPD was here first!" Kensington laughed. "You're in charge of your team? That's just ridiculous. And the FBI is taking over, because this clearly was a terrorist attack, which makes it our jurisdiction."
Kate sighed, knowing she didn't stand a chance against him when it came to handing over the case. The more personal argument however… She was about to say something when she was interrupted by Alexis. "Here Kate, the witness statements you asked for." She said, while handing Kate her notebook. "You can give those to me." Kensington said, while snatching away the notebook.
"Hey, that's mine!" Alexis protested. "You have no right to take that away from me without my permission. And why would I give it to you in the first place?" "They're taking over the case Alexis, it's okay." Kate told her. "Ah, explains a lot." She turned to Kensington. "But I do want my notebook back though." She said.
He nodded, and handed the small, brown notebook back to Alexis. "Here you go. You understand we're gonna have a few que-" But Alexis interrupted him, ripping a few pieces of paper from her notebook. "Here are the witness statements, mine included." She said, handing him the pieces of paper.
Kensington blinked, and took the pieces of paper. "Well, thanks." He said. "OGAWA!" He shouted. The woman, who was currently busy taking witness statements, looked up in surprise. "HERE, NOW!"
The woman excused herself and ran over to Kate, Alexis and Giorgios. "What is it, sir?" She asked, looking at him with her big, brown eyes. "You're done taking witness statements. This kind woman was nice enough to provide us with her own."
Ogawa looked at Alexis and smiled friendly. "Thank you miss…" "Castle." Alexis added helpfully. "Alexis Castle." "Kayleigh Ogawa." The girls shook hands, before turning back to Kate and Giorgios again. "So, what do you want me to do now?" Kayleigh asked.
"We have to keep the press away for now. The crime scene has to be processed first." "I'm sorry, but that's not possible." Alexis said to them. Giorgios sighed annoyed. "And why is that not possible, miss Castle?" He asked in a semi-friendly tone. "Because I'm the press." Alexis said smiling. "Let me properly introduce myself to you; Alexis Castle, reporter for the New York Times."
Kensington groaned. "You're not serious, are you?" Alexis shook her head. "I am dead serious. Just live with it. But don't worry, I think I've got everything now. I'll be gone soon. Unless when you have some more questions for me or my family." "Who is your family?"
Alexis pointed to Rick, and Lilly, who seemed to have calmed down a little after the promise of getting ice cream. "Those 2 are my father and little sister. And Kate her is my stepmother." She said matter of factly. Kensington studied them for a while, and shook his head. "No, for now I haven't got any questions. But please leave your phone numbers, so I can contact you if I think of anything."
Alexis took her pen from her pocket, and wrote down the numbers. "There you go. Now, if you'll excuse us, it looks like my little sister is quite shaken up."They waved goodbye, and walked over to Castle and Lilly.
"MOMMY, LEXY!" Alexis smiled as she picked Lilly up. "Hey Lils. Have you calmed down a little?" Lilly nodded. "A little. Daddy said we'd go for ice cream when you were finished. So, are you finished?" She asked, looking at Kate, who nodded. "Yes Lilly, we're finished."
"YEY!" She shouted, as Alexis put her down. "Then, you're gonna tell us all about Chile, right?" Alexis nodded, and they walked towards the Ice cream bar, leaving the site of the explosion behind.
And that was chapter 2^^ It took me quite a while to finish this one, but I think I'm pleased with the result. It's the longest chapter I've ever written =D
I Have no idea when the next chapter'll be up though, since I just got this deal from my parents. me + tons of homework = me going to awesome concert in Paris, but me - tons of homework = lots of fanfiction, but me not going to the concert. So sorry guys, but I REALLY wanna go to that concert!!
Please review, they MIGHT encourage me to finish my homework sooner, so I can write more =D. When you do, also leave a happy birthday to my best friend DAWA! Her birthday is on the 17th of March, and because she let me borrow her first name, I thought I had to do something in return. Virtual Cookies to everyone who whishes her a happy birthday!!!
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