Again, thanks to all. Thanks for reading and thanks for reviewing. I really don't plan for this to be a long one
but as usual this computer I have just writes stories that I have to post, no matter how long they become
Castle has an odd look on his face before he continues his conversation with Agent Shaw
"Jordan do you really think that 3XK is still alive and out there killing again? I mean we dealt with him a year ago after he tried to set me up for a murder I didn't commit"
"We have three sets of killings in three different areas. Each one resembles the Tyson MO. There were three blond haired women killed using a rope with the triple twist, just like the cases that your first captain dealt with" Jordan responds
"That sounds very suspicious but we believe that Tyson is dead. He went into the water after both of us shot him repeatedly!" Then Beckett questions "And wait a minute Agent Shaw" Beckett continues "Why are we here at Rick's publisher's office listening to all this and not down at the station?"
"Because we truly believe that Tyson is the one involved and as you well know, Rick, he can be very crafty in watching his intended target. Setting up his plan in fine detail and being one step ahead of the victim and the police. He set you up as a killer without you even knowing he was spying on you"
To add an additional punch to her statement "He even watched you two in the privacy of your bedroom if I remember the report correctly We just wanted to be ahead of him this time so we decided to meet you two here under the pretext of a meeting with your publisher and formulate a plan"
"What type plan do you have in mind" Beckett asks
Jordan Shaw opens her briefcase and pulls out a large file labeled 'Diva'
"We have already outlined what we want to do. But it requires complete cooperation of all your friends and family from Captain Gates all the way to Dr. Perlmutter"
Castle looks at the label "Why did you choose that name for the plan?"
"Mr. Castle we are hoping to get help from an unusual assistant. A woman with a very special set of talents in creating a fictional story. We need a script and a teacher well versed in acting"
A look of understanding crosses Castle's face
"We need your mother!"
Castle looks over at Beckett "Oh my! This is going to be good"
As it is true that Martha and Kate pulled off one the cities best plays to celebrate Richard's birthday this was going to be much more difficult. This time, not only will they have to convince someone that an accident really happened and the result had succeeded in the death of Richard Castle but they would probably have to convince a medical professional of the death.
"We believe that Tyson has made a connection with a doctor. A Plastic Surgeon in fact. A woman who cannot be fooled about a dead body and will already know about what proof of death we will need to show that will convince Tyson that he has finally succeeded in his quest to remove Mr. Castle from the equation"
"So you also believe that Dr. Neiman is connected to 3XK" Castle asks
"Absolutely. My latest computer models show that there is an 89.627 percent probability she was the one to help him recover from his injuries when you shot him off the bridge last year"
"What evidence do you have" Beckett asks
"We believe he was in fact seriously injured in the fall into the water after you two fired on him. We believe he was wearing a Kevlar vest, or more accurately a coat. We think that he survived the fall and was rescued by this woman doctor"
"What evidence do you have of this?" Beckett questions
"A patient was brought into a private clinic in Ramsey, New Jersey the next day after the shooting you two were involved in. He was treated by a Dr. Neiman. She would not allow anyone to touch the patient other than her own nurse who stayed in the room. She told the hospital staff that he was contagious and they had to treat anything surrounding him as a bio hazard. All bed clothes and medical supplies were to be disposed of using standard hazard containment"
"So how did you find out about him?" Kate asks.
"A hospital staff member read a small story about the two of you. It was an op-ed piece in her local paper. The history about the two of you. How it went from Castle tagging along after you and being, well you know, Castle and then how the two of you finally fell in love and are getting married. The article told a few stories about your adventures before the romance and then your impending marriage. One of the stories mentioned Dr. Neiman"
"So the staff member remembered the name?" Castle asks
"Yes then she contacted the local police and since it was a different state they locals called the FBI and this whole think landed on my desk" Jordan finishes
"Do you believe the patient was Jerry Tyson" Kate wonders
"The hospital staff never saw his face. It was bandaged the entire time. We assume that was done to hide his identity but the time line fits with the encounter with the two of you on the bridge"
"OK if we assume it was Tyson, how this connects back to us" Rick points between him and Kate
"We went to follow up on this Dr. Neiman and found where she had practiced before. In fact we followed a very long trail of facts that all turned out to be bogus"
"Just like the trail on Rick leading to the woman he was supposed to be having an affair with?"
"Exactly. Tyson has been an expert in false trails. Back stories that are set up to lead us away from the truth, but…"
Shaw takes more documents from her file "We found where the good doctor went to high school and medical school. Where she grew up"
"Did you find a family?" Castle questions
"No she was an orphan. Raised in a shelter just outside Dallas. She went to University of Texas Southwestern Medical School on a scholarship and then did her internship and Residency at Johns' Hopkins. She then specialized in reconstructive surgery helping patients with birth defects"
"So how and why did she connect with Tyson?" Beckett asks
"She volunteered to work in the prison as medical director. We think this is where Jerry got his hooks into her"
"He is good. I mean very good at taking a normal person and twisting him or her and turning them into one of his clones" Rick states
"Exactly. That is why we think he is in the middle of this" Shaw say
"But why do you think that he is after us again?" Beckett wonders
"When we started looking into her we found that she had rented an apartment in Virginia but was not actually living there, just in name only. We set up on the place for months and finally got a break after a man was seen leaving the building we used a warrant to enter and look around. What we found was chilling"
"What did you find?"
"Pictures! I mean pictures of the two of you both together and separate. Some of the photographs were obviously not for public viewing"
"Great" Beckett lets out a breath
"How personal were these photographs?" Rick asks
"There were some taken from outside your building looking in thru the windows. Fortunately nothing x rated"
The relief is evident on Rick's face. Years ago he was all on board for a little salacious picture taking. But with Kate, he is totally protective
"So where do we go from here?" Beckett wonders
"We let everyone know the plan, but because Tyson is so good at eavesdropping, I want everything done on hand written notes that are destroyed immediately after reading. That way there is nothing to track the plan. No e-mails, no phone calls, texts, instant messages, nothing to give Tyson a hook for him to use. I will get with Martha and have her write a script for me. I will have future contact handled by an agent I know from the Wyoming FBI office. He has never even been to New York so no one here knows him. He will be the only contact you two will have with me until we close in on Tyson"
"Agent Shaw, do you really think this will work?" Kate asks
"If I know your future husband as well as I think I do, then, yes I think we can pull this off"
The Cabin in the woods
Present Day
There was no way that Castle or Beckett was going to let this high pressure moment pass without a large emotional release The two spent the night engaged together in dealing with the most passion they had experienced together since that infamous rainy night two years ago when all the truths they had been holding in were told
"I promised there will always be passion. I promised we will never be boring" Castle whispers into Kate's hair as she lay beside him in her bed, in her room at her dad's cabin
"Never boring" she mutters then looking up to his face "Let's find other non boring things in the future. Deal?"
"Deal" he responds
The set up for the events of today was very, very well planned. So very well executed, and done with out even a dress rehearsal. Everyone involved played their parts to perfection
Even though Gates has never been Rick Castle's biggest fan she knew how much good he brought for Beckett and into her life. He took a great cop and turned her into an extraordinary cop. He took a woman in the depth of pain over the death of her mother and an obsession for justice, even a justice that almost cost her, her life. A closed driven woman with no personal life and turned her into an open, happy, fun woman with a bright future ahead of her Helping her look for the solution and supporting and helping to bring her to the point of the arrest of the man at the top.
And he did it all without doing it for his personal gratification but just a desire for her to be whole. But his support ultimately brought the two to become one and be the greatest team the NYPD has ever experienced
Even though Perlmutter was in constant opposition to every theory emanating from Castle's mouth he still respected Rick's desire for justice and was completely on board with the plan to seek and stop the serial killer involved. Fortunately his part was limited and there was very little he could have done to destroy the mirage they created but as it turned out his visit with Dr. Neiman was a critical event in the play that had been written.
just so everyone knows this story has a lot more twists to come. This is Not over