Just Being There
A Castle Story By
HCBalwayshappy
That day they arrived at the given address, not surprised to see an abandoned building in front of them. It was gray and made of stone, just plain. The windows were boarded up and everything was quiet, Castle could almost see the tumbleweed bounce across the front of the building. It really was too quiet.
They had police officers stationed several blocks away from the building, ready to take action at any moment. For now though, they were alone. Dressed in T shirts, jeans, and tennis shoes the detectives and the writer were ready for whatever may come at them. Though they all felt very vulnerable without their weapons with them. As they walked into the building they noticed it was very dark and hard to see, they all stood by the entrance.
"Welcome Detectives!" A cheery voice sang over an intercom, "You made to your final test!"
"Why? Why these tests?" Castle asked, the answer started to dawn on Beckett.
"Ah, Mr. Castle good question. I have a feeling Ms. Beckett knows this answer, don't you Detective?" The three men turned to look at their boss.
"You want to get caught, don't you? Why not just turn yourself in?" A booming laugh sounded through the room and then quieted down to a small chuckle.
"The only way I'll go to jail is if I'm caught by the best, and I think that is your team. It started awhile ago, the precinct seemed to be catching on to me, so I decided to test them. Test their skills, their love, their care for the job and each other. After some time, they stopped and they gave up. No justice for the families, no case going into the solved cabinet, just another murder left there, never to be looked at again. I don't want to be thought of as just that guy they never caught, I want everyone to know what I did. To show those other killers, I don't run away."
"Why test them, why not just see if they could find you. Just let them solve the murder."
"It's fairly easy to figure out who killed someone sometimes, other times it's hard to find the person. They knew I killed the girls, but they didn't know where I was. I was too good, you see? When that one girl, died before you reached her, I loved seeing your emotions, the anger, the pain, the new determination to find me, to stop me, the concern you all had for your partners," The voice said with an expressed sound, as though he was telling a story to a group of people.
"You went farther than any other team, you were so determined to save every new victim I got, to stop me. I have one more test to give you. Each of you will enter the door with your name on it. Then you have to find me! Don't worry Detectives, it's only hide and seek. Though I would watch your back." The lights in the main room came on and they saw the four doors that had their full name placed on it. Kate winked to her partners and they all opened their doors and stepped through at the same time.
Thompson laughed, knowing fully well he had all four of them in his trap. As he watched them from his hiding place on the second story of the building, he didn't see what was going on in the streets below. He didn't know the Detectives had test of their own give.
Hey! Sorry it's been forever since I last posted. I really have no excuses either! Sometimes other ideas pop into my head and I want to write that one and just not finish ones I have started, but I don't like finishing things either. Anyway, sorry this is short, I think its the shortest chapter I have ever written in a story, not a lot in it. Thanks for the reviews and I hope I can make the next one so much better for you all. After staying with this story after this long, you deserve at least one good chapter. Hopefully that will be the next one and hopefully I'll update sooner. So Thank you so much! For all the reviews and everything else. You are all the best! Thank you!
-HCB