Hey so I decided (plus some persuation from all of those who reviewed this story) to make a second chapter for this story...I wasn't planning to really but I'll try...please review that I love to read what to feel about the story...and off course ENJOY it...
It wasn't the first time Detective Beckett had seen such a devastating scene. But this time she looked at it with the eyes of a fiancée terrified that the love of her life might be already dead. She couldn't help but feel hollow inside. She didn't cry. She felt numb. It was like a very bad dream...the worst of her nightmares...the only one that she wanted to come true. She barely registered when Ryan and Esposito helped her out of the car. She didn't remember how she got to the police comand post. She didn't noticed Ryan asking about Castle, because she couldn't stop herself from looking at the rubble that once was an office building.
She couldn't stop thinking about those last moment with Castle on the phone. How she heard someone saying that they found someone. That someone was him. It had to be. But in the middle of that chaos nobody was giving her the answers she was desperately trying to get. She was grateful to have Ryan and Esposito by her side, since she could barely hold it together and keep herself from passing out. The noises, the sirens, the people screaming, the sound of the walkie talkies, were all muffled and replaced by the sound of her own beating heart and the rush of blood to her ears.
"...so for now there's no apparent reason for the explosion." She heard Esposito said to the police comander. "What about those who've been rescued from the debris."
"Look Detective, in the middle of this chaotic situation it's very hard to identify every single person we find."
"Well there must something right? Like a list...anything we need to know about this man!" Ryan said almost loosing his patience.
"Look I'm sorry...I really am...but I don't have anymore information than what you've heard in the news...so I encourage you to wait."
"We heard it." Beckett said quietly.
"What?" the comander looked at her confused.
"My...my fiancé and I were on the phone when I heard someone yelling they found him." Beckett looked at the floor, trying to keep herself from breaking down in tears. She had to be strong right now. For Castle. "Please comander...he's like one of us...I just want you to check if someone fits his description." The comander looked at her with compasion. He really wasn't trying to be the bad guy and he knew that there was a process he needed to follow...send the families to the hospitals where the victims were being taken. But this was different. He could see the desperation in the Detective's eyes, combined with determination and love. There was nothing he could do to stop this woman to get the love of her life back.
"It's a long shot, but I'll contact our guys in search and rescue to see if they found someone with Mr. Castle's description."
"Thank you." Beckett said as Esposito held her hand, offering some sort of support.
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"I can't get to him." said one of the paramedics as he dove in further to reach the man that just had lost consciousness in front of him.
"Can you tell if he's alive?!" Another man trying to make his way into the mess of concrete and rubble.
"No...he's buried under a huge piece of concrete!" The paramedic tried to dig in from the side to see if he could lucky and get to the man.
"You have to be careful there buddy...we don't want another collapse!" said the guy from search and rescue.
"Man I think we're gonna need more help over here...call the comand post!" said the paramedic. "Wait...I think I can get to his neck..." The paramedic reached for the man's neck through the heavy piece of concrete covering him. "He's alive!" a rush of joy passed through the young paramedic. "He has a pulse! Is weak but is there! We're gonna need more help to get him out!" He called to his partner who was already talking over his walkie-talkie. "Hang in there buddy, we'll get you out soon." he whispered to the victim.
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Daylight had gone like the blink on an eye and the three detectives still had no news about Castle. They were sitting inside the police command post with their clothes all dirty from the dust and debris. They offered to help in the thought that they might find Castle, but it only crushed their spirits and hope even more as their search came up empty. In that moment, the commander walked in with three bottles of water, a walkie-talkie and a solemn expression on his face.
"Sir did you find something about Castle?" Beckett asked immediately as she stood up.
"Detective you may wanna sit." the commander said in a low voice, giving her one bottle of water.
"Just tell us." Beckett snapped.
"There's a man fitting Mr. Castle's description..."
"Great, where are they taking him?" Beckett interrupted.
"Let me finish Detective." the commander's tone was demanding, yet compasionate. Beckett didn't like that. "A couple of hours ago, one of the Search and Resuce teams reported a man with Castle's description buried about six floors under the rubble."
"What do you mean a couple of hours ago?" Ryan asked.
"He's still buried." In that moment Beckett's stomach dropped.
"Is he still alive?" She whispered.
"According to the paramedic who found him he's lost consciousness but he's still alive."
"Wait how do you know it's Castle?" Esposito asked.
"Because he was on the phone when they first saw him." Beckett sat down. She didn't know whether to relieved or even more worried that Castle was still inside in god knows what condition.
"You said they found him hours ago, why isn't he out then?" Esposito asked again, his voice rising.
"Detective is not that simple..." the commander tried to reason.
"Send more men in there then." Ryan snapped. "He's one of us commander."
"I can't send more men in there."
"Why not?!" Esposito growled at the commander.
"Because the area he's in is unstable and we could cause a second collapse, not to mention risking the lives of my people as well as Mr. Castle's!" the commander replied.
"How long is it gonna take to get him out?" Beckett asked with her voice strangely calm.
"About four hours." the commander lowered his head. It felt like a stab straight to the heart.
"Four hours..." Beckett repeated in a whisper.
"He's under a concrete pilar, probably weighting over 100 pounds...and the paramedics have to stablilize him before removing the pilar." the commander explained. "Look and very sorry I don't have any more information and I know how it sucks to be powerless about it, but the best you can do right now is wait until they get him out."
"What are the guarantees that he'll still be alive by then?" Beckett asked grasping at any hope she had within her.
"It all depends on the extend of Mr. Castle's injuries, which at this point I have no information about, we're now trying to get direct communication with them, but due to the large amount of debris on top of them is hard to get a stable radio signal." Beckett avoided Ryan and Esposito's expressions. She couldn't handle their faces while she could barely keep herself from breaking down into sobs. "Look I'll take you guys where the main communication line is, but you have to promise not to interfere unless you're asked to or it's strictly necessary deal?"
"Deal." said the three Detective at unison.
A/N: Okay so I hope you ejoyed it...turns out I'm gonna need to write about two or three chapters more of this thing but hopefully it will have a propper ending...please review and thank you very much for reading this...