(A/N: Hey all, sorry it has been forever since I have posted an update but between work, school, and a million other things….well you get the picture…LOL. Without further ado, here is the sixth chapter of "Beckett in Wonderland". Hopefully since I have had a back up of ideas over the past few weeks I should be rolling out chapters at a steady rate from here on out… hopefully Thanks again for everyone who has reviewed thus far and have also added this story to their alert lists.)

Ch. 6: Like a Prayer

(Castle's P.O.V)

Truthfully at this point, I don't know what to believe anymore; maybe I am fool for actually believing that Kate, no, that Detective Beckett would find me. I mean how could she? Whoever had snagged me made sure to leave no trace behind…

"I'd get you out."

There may not be a clock on the wall but something was telling me that my time was just about up if…

"Don't you dare Castle…you stay with me…I love you."

Okay this is just perfect, maybe my brain has been without oxygen for too long and now I have finally lost it.

I turn my attention to my now very noticeable and very unwanted companion in the room with me. Whatever hope I may have had is beginning to falter as Death leisurely strolls closer to me.

Richard Alexander Rodgers, your time is close at hand and therefore thy soul is soon mine.

I feel myself helplessly gulp at its ominous words and I can almost see its ghostly form…smile No, that can't be right and I cannot be here, once again at Death's door.

Fear is nipping at me from within my current form and it is then, in this moment that I choose to stand my ground; toe to toe, face to face with Death for my last time.

"I'm not dead yet and you are sadly mistaken if you think I won't go down without one hell of a fight."

Even as those words leave my mouth, I can feel Death's hollowed out eyes starting right through my…I guess my soul. I suppose I now know what Beckett feels like when I do the same to her.

Yep, it is very creepy.

…

"CLEAR!"

(Beckett's P.O.V)

*Ten minutes ago*

As a cop, being nervous could go one or two ways; preferably in your favor. My training officer always told us that if you weren't nervous, or scared, as he always phrased it, then you had no business being in this business. Nervousness gave you that extra edge, but on that rare occasion, it could also be your enemy and right now, especially now, I was having that foreboding feeling of being backed into a corner I couldn't get myself out of.

"Get your head in the game Kate, his life depends on being focused and right now, you are anything but focused!"

As I mentally jumped on my case, I could feel the stares of every single officer currently in the bullpen staring down at me, waiting for me to say those sacred words that were reserved for all who wore the badge.

"I have asked every one of you here because we have an officer possibly…"

For whatever reason, I couldn't bring myself to finish that sentence, because then that would mean this nightmare was in fact real and not some sick or deranged trick my mind was playing on me.

I know that Castle is in serious danger and somehow judging by the looks of Ryan and Esposito, along with Castle's daughter, they knew he was too, making this game plan, this briefing all the more important.

"Castle is missing and it's our job to go find him…alive. He may not wear a badge but I'll be damned if he isn't one of our own. We all in one way or another have been touched by his… ruggedly handsomeness."

I actually felt the tension briefly leave the air as the sound of quiet laughter filled our ears until my face contorted back to a sea of emotions.

"Alright, the plan is simple…"

"CLEAR!"

We all watched in pure horror as Castle's body violently jolted from the jolt produced by the AED currently attached to his body by the paramedics.

It had only taken us fifteen minutes to reach the building Castle was being held in. SWAT followed by half of dozen officers, including myself, Ryan, Esposito, even Captain Montgomery, from the twelfth precinct, stormed in by force, quickly securing the building before splitting off into teams, searching the place for any signs of…

*Flashback*

"Oh my God…RICK!"

*Back to the present*

I can feel my mind already beginning to try to forget the memory of when the Captain and I entered what one could only describe as a the fifth circle of Hell to find Castle's half beaten, lifeless body sprawled out across the floor with a dry pool of blood underneath him.

From that moment on, I felt like I had somehow entered the Twilight Zone because everything had started moving in slow motion, if only for me.

Roy had immediately jumped on the radio for a medic team to get to them while my screams alone had quickly ushered in the rest Castle's Calvary. And before I knew what my body was doing, I was already kneeling down by Rick's side, initiating CPR, praying to a God that I had long ago stopped believing in.

*Flashback*

"1…2…3…4…Castle don't you dare die on me…you can't die on me…you have to live, damnit, you have to live!

Don't you dare Rick, you stay with me, I love you."

*End of flashback*

"He's going to make it because he knows that if he doesn't, we'd all kill him."

I found myself turning around to look at Ryan, whose words actually brought out a half, lopsided smile from me before another's voice filled our ears.

"You found me…Kate…"

(A/N: So, what did everyone think? Long chapter, I know that much, LOL, and the only reason why I did that was because it has been almost two months since my last update and I felt it only right for me to give ya'll an extra something special. That and I couldn't stop writing once I got on a roll. I do apologize for the evil cliffhanger, but if I were to keep it up, I would have the story all wrapped up in one long chapter, which, by the way, is my longest one to date.

Please don't forget to read and review And don't worry, I should have the next chapter up shortly. Thanks again!)