I seriously didn't have a clue how to continue. But, last night at 2am, I got struck with inspiration. I also got some ideas for other chapters, so I'll try to update a bit sooner… I can't promise anything though.
Citgo does exist, but I don't think they actually fix gas leaks. I just needed a name
Chapter 5
"Mr. Edison, do you know if Jer- Ty had any friends here, or anyone who might know where he could be?" Kate asked.
Edison thought for a few seconds. "Well, he mostly kept to himself, but maybe you can talk to Ray Thompson. He gets along with everyone, and I believe I've seen the two of them talking from time to time."
"And where can we find Ray?" Booth asked.
"Down the stairs, turn right, second door on your left. I hope you get what you need."
Booth nodded and stood up. Kate stood up as well.
"Thank you for your time, Mr. Edison. We appreciate it that you could talk to us on such short notice."
"Not a problem."
With that, Booth and Kate went out the door to find Thompson. They found him exactly where Edison had said he would be.
"Ray Thompson? Special Agent Seeley Booth, FBI. This is detective Kate Beckett. Can we talk to you about Ty Marshall?"
Thompson turned around to them. "Yeah, sure. What do you want to know?"
"We're looking for him in connection with a homicide investigation. From your boss we heard you two talked from time to time and we were wondering if he maybe told you where he was staying."
Thompson looked down, almost embarrassed.
Kate joined the conversation. "Ray? You can tell us everything, you know that, right?"
He looked up again. "He never talked about that. But… I'm kind of a nosy person and… the day he left I saw his mail. I didn't mean to look through his stuff, but when I walked by I looked at it and I saw the address. A real address. It wasn't from a hotel."
"Do you remember it?" Booth asked, while taking out his notepad and a pen.
"Yeah. Err… 1187 24th Street Northwest."
"Thanks a lot, man. This is really useful."
"Glad I could help."
Xxx
Hodgins walked towards his wife's office to… He didn't really know why. He just wanted to see her. But when he entered, there was someone else present. His 9 month old son Michael was sleeping on Angela's lap. She was absentmindedly stroking his little tummy while seeming to be deep in thought. She didn't notice Hodgins until he squatted down in front of her.
"What are you thinking about?" He asked her.
She turned to him and sighed. "Everything."
Hodgins stood up and sat next to her on the couch. He put his arm around her shoulder.
"Don't worry. They'll catch him. And if they don't, I'll do everything I can to protect you guys from him. I promise." He kissed her on the head and stroked his son's nose. Together, they watched him sleep.
"He's so cute, isn't he?" Angela said.
Before Hodgins could answer, he heard Booth's voice; "We've got his address!" They both knew what that meant and they stood up. Angela put Michael in the crib she'd placed in her office for the time being. She stroked his head one more time before she exited her office together with Hodgins and they walked towards the others.
Xxx
Once they were all on the platform in the middle of the lab, Booth spoke up.
"So, Beckett and I went to Citgo and we talked to some people. We got Tyson's current picture and his current address. 1187 24th Street Northwest. To be sure, we looked into it. It checked out. He lives there under the name Ty Marshall. I called Caroline to get a warrant and called in a SWAT team. Ryan, Esposito, you'll be joining us. You can already get ready, 'cause-"
Just then, Caroline walked onto the platform, waving with the warrant.
"Here you go, Cher. Just don't get yourself killed, OK?" Booth took the warrant from her and nodded.
"Thanks, Caroline."
And she was gone again.
"That's what I wanted to say: she'll have that warrant in no time. Let's gear up and catch the bastard."
Xxx
Booth, Beckett, Ryan and Esposito all got into one car and drove to Tyson's apartment. When they arrived, the SWAT was already there. Their leader approached them.
"Do you wanna go first?"
Booth nodded.
"Okay. I already have some men by every exit. Your guy won't escape unless he has magic powers."
A few minutes later, Beckett kicked down the door.
"Jerry Tyson? Hands up where we can see them!"
No reaction.
They went in and cleared every room. He wasn't there.
"Guys, here's another door," Ryan said.
Booth, Beckett and Esposito came closer. Beckett nodded her head and Ryan kicked down the door. They entered the small room. Tyson wasn't there. But a body was. She was pretty, blonde, young and her arms were folded over her chest. On the floor next to her was a note. Beckett put on gloves and took the note.
Oh, come on, you didn't really think it would be that easy, did you?
For me it was easy, though. Placing an envelope in the break room with this address on it, and just waiting till nosy Ray saw it.
I don't have much more to say other than to be careful. You never know what could happen while you're out on the dangerous streets of D.C.
Love, you-know-who
"Dammit!" Kate said.
"What?" Ryan and Esposito asked in unison. She silently handed over the note. Booth looked over their shoulders to read the note as well.
"I should have known this wasn't real. That it was a trap. Dammit!" She said again.
Ryan gave the note to Esposito and walked over to Kate. He put his hand on her shoulder, a bit unsure.
"You couldn't have known this. Neither of us could have. And we will catch him, really. And we'll do so before he hurts one of us, okay?"
Kate nodded.
When they got outside, they saw some police officers standing there.
"Guys, can you call the CSU? I'll take care-" Booth was cut off by his ringing phone. Caller ID told him it was Angela.
"Hey, Angela. What's going on?"
"Booth, get your ass down to St. Elizabeth's Hospital if you wanna see your daughter's birth!"
"What? Bones is going into labor?"
The heads from the 3 detectives shot up when they heard the word 'labor'.
"She's not due for another… What the hell am I saying? I'm on my way!"
He hung up and turned to the police officers. "Get a coroner here too, but let them only do the prelim, and then have them send the body to the Jeffersonian. Okay?"
They nodded.
"C'mon Booth, you don't want to miss your child's birth, do you?" Esposito called to him from the car before stepping inside. Booth quickly ran towards the car and got into the driver seat. He wasted no time in starting the car and driving to the hospital. Kate, sitting next to him in the passenger seat, noticed he was tense, but she also saw an enormous amount of joy in his eyes.
"I wonder how Rick would react if he heard I was going into labor," She thought.
"Wait, what? Where did that come from? We're not even married, let alone expecting a kid."
Kate was interrupted from her thoughts when Booth braked and got out of the car. She looked up at the building and saw they had arrived at the hospital. She quickly got out, along with Ryan and Esposito. They caught up with Booth, who was already inside.
"My girlfriend is going into labor. Her name's Temperance Brennan. Where can I find her?"
The nurse looked up at him. "Let me see. Temperance Brennan… She's in room 056. Just go down the hall, take the first hallway left, she's in the third room on the right."
"Thank you." He went into the direction the nurse had said, on a brisk pace. Kate, Ryan and Esposito followed him, but they didn't go into the room. Instead, they sat down in the waiting room where the others were already seated.
Esposito sat down next to Lanie, who was seated next to Cam. Next to Cam was Sweets and Ryan sat down beside him. Kate sat down next to Rick, who was across from Esposito. Next to Kate was Angela, who was holding Michael. Hodgins was seated beside her.
Rick wrapped one arm around Kate's waist, unknowingly mimicking Esposito and Lanie's position.
"How did it go with… you know?" Rick whispered to Kate.
Kate froze. She hadn't thought about that anymore. She didn't want to ruin the mood, so she stood up and gestured for him to follow her.
They stopped walking when they stood in front of a laundry room. Kate opened the door and pulled him with her. She turned on the lights and leaned against the wall, her eyes closed. Rick just stood there in front of her, not sure what to do.
After a few seconds, Kate opened her eyes and looked him in the eyes before looking to her feet.
"We went in and searched every room. He wasn't there. Then, Ryan found another door. I was sure he'd be behind it, but… He wasn't. Instead, there was a body. That of a blonde woman. There was a note next to her body." Kate swallowed. "He asked if we really thought it would be that easy. He had planted the envelope with the address on it for someone to see and tell us. And then he wrote that we should be careful. That we wouldn't know what could happen. He signed it with 'love, you-know-who'. The sick bastard." Kate was still looking at her feet, but now she raised her head and met his eyes. Rick saw hers were full of tears.
"Oh, Kate," he murmured and he pulled her into a tight hug. He kissed the top of her head and she started to cry. Everything she'd bottled up about this case came out.
Rick held her, kissed the top of her head and whispered soothing words until she calmed down. When she did, he pulled back and wiped the remaining tears from her cheeks with his thumbs.
"Thanks, Rick. Now let's head back to the rest. I think they're getting strange ideas about what we're doing." She smirked.
"You might wanna freshen up a bit first," he said. "You're smudged make up will only support their strange ideas."
Kate smacked him on the chest. Then she walked out of the laundry room, looking for a bathroom.
Xxx
Meanwhile, in room 056
"You're doing great, honey, everything is great" Booth said, while holding Brennan's hand.
"Would you just stop saying that? Everything is not great! And it's YOUR fault I'm laying here, undergoing this excruciating pain!" Brennan yelled. "I hate you for doing this to me," she murmured after that.
Booth looked hurt.
The doctor, who was standing next to Booth's chair, whispered in his ear. "She doesn't mean that. Trust me, I've heard much worse in here, but when you're holding your little bundle of joy later on, everything will be forgotten. You have my word on that."
Just then, Brennan crushed Booth's hand again. The doctor got back into his previous place and looked.
"Ms. Brennan, you're ready to push."
Xxx
A while later, Booth came out, a huge grin plastered on his face. "Come in."
They all rose from their seats and followed Booth into Brennan's room. It was a tight fit, but eventually they were all standing around the bed. On that bed was Brennan, holding a little white/pink bundle. She was looking at her daughter, but then she looked up and they all saw something they'd never seen before on her face. She was glowing and her eyes shone with joy. She no longer looked like the down-to-earth .
Booth took the little girl from her and looked at Angela. "So, godmother, you wanna hold her?"
Angela nodded and she handed Michael to Hodgins. Booth walked towards her and put the baby in her arms.
"She's so beautiful," Angela said. She went on cooing to the little girl in her arms.
"What's her name?" Cam asked while looking over Angela's shoulder to look at the baby. No one had thought about asking that and they all looked towards Booth and Brennan. Well, except for Angela. She was still whispering soft words to the baby in her arms.
"Her name is Jade," Brennan said. "Jade Angela Booth." At this, Angela did look up.
"You- You named her after me?" She asked with tears in her eyes. "I- I'm honored, really."
After this, Jade got passed around from person to person. Kate and Rick were the last ones to hold her, since they were across from Angela on the other end of the semi-circle. Rick put one arm around Kate's waist as she held Jade in her arms.
While standing there, a baby in her arms and the arm of the man she loved around her, Kate felt something. She imagined standing in their baby girl's bedroom, holding their bundle of joy. She'd denied it before, but in that exact moment she knew that this was what she wanted. Starting a family with the man she loved.
Little did she know, that said man was thinking the exact same thing.
Xxx
Really, he'd just been lucky. Usually he planned every single detail, but this opportunity was too great to ignore. And the guy had really pissed him off last time. Seeing him again made the anger come back. He was so ready to hurt him, in every way possible. And he figured that now was just as good a time to start as any other, maybe even better. None of them would pay extra attention now. Their minds would be with the baby, not him. He chuckled to himself as he watched his next victim from a park bench across the street.
Yes, Jerry Tyson was ready to start his last mission: Revenge on Richard Castle.
I'm really trying to put in more Caskett, but somehow I can't seem to fit it in. I still hope you like the Caskett moments that are in here.
Please let me know what you think, I would appreciate it.
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