Castle and Beckett run out of the hospital and get back into her cruiser for a quick ride back uptown to the precinct. On the way Castle is on his phone calling the station. Ryan answers
"Kevin, its Rick. We have critical information. The target is the UN building"
"What? How? That place is the most secure building in the city. No one is getting in there"
"It's the air conditioning filters. They are planning to deliver contaminated filters and then let the staff install them. Virus spreads thru the ducts. Deployment complete"
"OK Castle let me call the UN and see what I can do to stop any delivery of the virus"
"I'll call Fallon and let him know what the plan is. I also have more information about their compounds."
"Got it Castle. We'll get started here I'll talk to you later"
After Ryan hangs up the phone Rick turns to his wife "Kate! This is worse than anything I have ever dreamed up for one of my stories. This would infect the entire world. It's Armageddon "
"I know" is the only response she can come up with. Rick thinks he can see actual fear on her face. A look he has never seen in the 5 years he has been around her and definitely a look he never wants to see again
Castle takes his phone back out and dials the DHS agent When Mark Fallon answers Castle gives him the information about the compounds where the group has set up. Fallon tells Castle that his department and the FBI were aware of the group but up until now had no credible proof that they were actively working on any type of terrorist action. Fallon tells Castle he will get agents mobilized in Texas and New Mexico to act immediately to raid the compounds. Rick tells Fallon that they were growing their own Smallpox and for the teams to approach both locations very carefully. There is no way to know if the virus is located at one facility or the other, or possibly both. Castle tells Fallon that they have arrived at the station and will be inside there in a few minutes. Fallon tells Castle to be ready for an update as soon as Fallon can get the raids arranged.
Castle also tells Fallon about Andrea being taken and asks if he will look into this and find out if another government agency possibly took her and where she might have been taken.
Castle completes the call as they are pulling into the garage below the building.
Once back on their floor they can see that there are now several officers are on the phone probably in contact with the UN facility people. The television monitors that are encircling the room and covering every available inch of space are now displaying cameras from every side of the building and all the approaches to the building on street level. Other techs are working on connecting to the subway cameras getting ready to bring those images to bear. Once the final cameras are brought up the room is completely filled with images of the building and every conceivable way to approach the complex.
Ryan is on the phone with the building manager and seems very agitated. This is displayed by his mannerism "Look, we don't know when. We just know that there is a threat of contaminated air filters being used. That's all we know right now. Look, we will someone down there soon."
"Ryan, are they not concerned that there might be an attack?" Castle questions
"No they say all of the maintenance supplies come to them in secure shipments from their vendors and the vendors are prescreened and security cleared. The inbound shipments are coded so only the shipper and the receiver know what is in the containers. The containers themselves are sealed and have no exterior indication as to what is inside of them. They will not accept deliveries from unknown services or even from an unknown delivery driver. Even the delivery truck drivers are pre screened"
Kate looks at Ryan "You're telling me that a delivery of filters from a filter company such as the truck we saw in the picture would not even get into the building?"
"That's what the director said. Only approved vendors in approved and coded containers are allowed in the building. And those codes are changed regularly so he says there is no way for this to attack to happen"
Castle sits down in his usual chair next to the desk "We have the what they were going to do and the where. I was sure we knew the how it would be delivered. But now I don't know" He leans his head back against the back of the chair
Kate looks over to Rick "We have another issue we have to deal with"
"What's that, honey bun?"
"Ok now its honey bun?"
"Is that better?"
"No that's not any better. Try again. We need to find out what happened to Andrea."
"Yeah we do" Rick turns to Esposito "Javi, someone took Andrea from the hospital last night very late. The doctor said they claim to be feds but they didn't leave any paperwork. Fallon is checking with the other agencies. Can you have street surveillance check traffic cameras for an ambulance leaving the hospital around the time she was taken and try to follow it to its final destination?"
Esposito turns in his chair to the phone on his desk "Working on it"
"Rick, Angie said something about she lived in Boston, yet reports are that her apartment was in Jersey. If the apartment in Jersey is not really hers then what is its connection to her and/or Andrea?"
"Kate, maybe it's really a safe house. They said it looked like no one really stays there. A safe house is only occupied when it's needed and vacant otherwise"
Beckett's phone rings. It's Fallon
"Beckett" Kate listens for a minute. "OK Agent Fallon keep us informed. OH, anything on who took Andrea? Got it! Thanks"
Rick looks at Kate as she repeats her conversation "The two compounds in Texas and New Mexico are very isolated just like Angie said. They are sending unmanned drones to survey from high altitude before they go in with an assault team. He said he is on his way down here so we can all watch the raid when it goes down. And he can find no agency admitting to taking Andrea"
"Kate, I think after the raid is over, you and I go over to the apartment in Jersey and look at it in a different light"
"Good idea Rick".
When she tries to open her eyes the entire world is a blur and the pain is horrific. The walls, the window, the dresser, even the ceiling is out of focus. Everything is out of focus. Her head is pounding. This is the worst headache she can ever remember having. It is absolutely killing her. She covers her head with the pillow trying to block the light from her eyes. It really does her no good
She hears the door open and a woman's voice can be heard. She doesn't recognize it.
"Hello dear. Welcome back. How are you feeling?"
"My head is pounding. Can I have some aspirin?"
"Not. Not yet. The doctor has to see you first. Then if he says you can have something, I will be glad to get it for you."
"Where am I anyway? And who are you?"
"You are safe for now. You have had a very bad two weeks"
"Two weeks? I have been here for two weeks?"
"No. You were somewhere else. We just brought you here last night."
"So, where is here? And who are you?"
She hears the door open. Another person enters the room and speaks. She recognized the voice immediately and she now knows that she is among friends.
"Hello Andrea, how are you feeling today?"
"Doctor Burke! I am so glad to hear your voice".