Again Rick's Memories in the Coma are in italics
Kate is sitting in a totally uncomfortable device that they call a chair next to the outside windows in Rick's hospital room. This chair might just qualify as cruel and unusual punishment if it were inside a prison. Kate thinks she will take it back to the station and use it in the interrogation room. If she does then she will probably be able to get a confession from every suspect she brings in. All she has to do is to tell then they will stay in the chair until they confess
She has tried for three days to sleep but here in the hospital room, it's just not possible in this chair
She hears a quiet sound coming from the direction of the bed. It is the sound of the rustling of bed sheets. She snaps up from the chair and walks over to the side of the bed. She thinks she sees a slight movement in one arm. She waits several minutes before returning to the torture chair.
I am trying to open my eyes again. I think I see a light. In front of that light I see the most beautiful woman in the world. Kate Beckett. Why do I think so much about her? Where do I come off thinking that I even had a chance with her?
I have no chance now that she's married. I saw her ring on her finger. She married that doctor guy.
Why does she still come here? Or maybe I am just wishing she is here. She should be with her husband. I remember going to the wedding. She was wearing the most beautiful dress. Was it blue, maroon, navy?
I need to wake up my mother and my daughter needs me. Kate has her husband now. So I know my love for her was unwanted. I will just move on. I don't want to move on but I will.
Why do I keep hearing Kate's voice calling me? I want her. I just want her. I love her but she is married to someone else.
OH! My head hurts
The room door opens and Beckett sees her two other partners enter. Kevin and Jenny Ryan along with Javi Esposito quietly step inside.
"Hey guys" Kate speaks very weakly and quietly
Jenny steps over to Kate first "Hello Kate, how are you doing?"
"I've been better" Beckett responds while looking at her unconscious husband
Esposito speaks up "Is there any news or changes in his condition?"
"No, Javi. Nothing definite yet. He opens his eyes sometimes and I think has is trying to wake up." Then she glances over and it is obvious she is fighting tears "I want him back"
Both Jenny and Kevin put their arms around her. One on each side
Esposito asks Beckett "Have the doctors said anything at all? Do they know when he is going to come out of this?"
"No real answers Javi. They think it is only temporary and he should wake up very soon. They say the EEG is normal. That means his brain is working. He does not have brain damage" Kate steps over to the bed and rubs her hand up and down his arm
"So they don't believe he has any permanent damage?" Jenny asks
"No. He had swelling on the brain from the bump on his head and as soon as that swelling goes down, he should wake up"
While the four are talking the room door opens and Martha and Alexis enter.
"Hello Ms. Roger, Alexis" Esposito begins "Good to see you"
"OH Hello Mr. Esposito" Martha seems to always be very formal even with her son's best friends
Martha firmly speaks to her daughter in law "Kate, you need to go home and rest. You are no good to Richard if you are sick. So please darling. GO HOME!"
"Martha. I need to be here when he wakes up. He needs to know I am here."
"Kate, I don't need to worry about you" Martha insists
Why are we in the cemetery again? Roy Montgomery's funeral. What happened to Roy? He was killed by the men who killed Beckett's mother
I see a muzzle. "Kate" I hear a gun shot. Kate is hit in the chest
I am holding her head. She is bleeding to death. I can't loose her
"Stay with me Kate. I love you! I love you Kate"
Then a voice comes from the bed that shakes everyone "Kate! Help! She's been shot."
The entire group turns toward the bed. Castle's eyes are still closed, but he did just speak out loud
Kate rushes to grab his hand "Rick can you hear me?"
"Someone get help. Beckett's been shot. She's bleeding!"
"Rick I'm right here. I am OK I survived the shooting." Kate has tears pouring from her eyes
"Lanie, come help. Get an ambulance. Quick" Then he suddenly gets very quiet. His eyes are still closed
Then almost a whisper "Stay with me Kate. I love you. I Love you Kate"
Beckett is now completely falling apart just remembering the moments surrounding the event that brought Rick to utter those words. So much pain, yet so much love passed from him to her. The strength that came from his love that he gave to her kept her alive that fateful day.
Beckett leans up to Castle's face. "I love you Castle. I love you. Please hurry and come home to me" She places gentle kisses to his eyes, cheeks and then finally his lips.
Castle goes calm again.
The room door opens and a doctor enters the room "Hello everyone. I am Doctor Sydney Evans I am the attending this evening are you the Castle family?"
Martha takes the stage as she always tries to do "Yes doctor. I am Martha Roger. This is my son and this is Alexis Castle his daughter "pointing out her grand daughter "and she is Katherine Beckett-Castle, his wife" Martha direct the attention toward Kate
"Very nice to meet everyone. I am just here to make a visit and do an evaluation on Mr. Castle. Would it be possible for everyone to join me in the conference room and let's visit about his condition?"
The entire group leaves the patient room and proceeds down to the main floor and a conference room in the administration wing of the hospital
After everyone is settles, the doctor begins with a report about the lab results, the brain scans. EEG EKG, CAT Scans, MRI and reports on test after test. He tells the family in great detail the outcome of each and every one of the tests. After he gives the reports he asks if they have questions.
Kate starts up "When is he going to wake up?"
"Mrs. Castle. I wish I could give you an answer. We just don't know. The brain is a very complicated machine. He might wake up in a few minutes, it might be days, weeks or I am afraid he might never wake up but we believe there is a good chance he will recover soon. We just don't know right now"
"Can't you give us any better news?" Martha questions
"Mrs. Roger. I wish I could give you an exact answer, but the truth is we simply don't know right now"
The conversation continues to center around Castle's mental status. After almost an hour of conversation the group breaks up and step into the hall.
Esposito and the Ryan's tell the Castle women that they are leaving and heading home. Kate tells them they she will call if anything changes.
Kate, Martha and Alexis leave the elevator and walk toward Castle's room when Beckett senses that there is something wrong. Her pace increases the closer she comes to the empty room. The room has been cleaned and the bed made and there is no indication that Rick was ever there
She runs to the nurse's station "Where is Richard Castle?"
The nurse looks at her questioning "You came here a little while ago and took your husband with you by ambulance"
"I was here? I was not here"
"Yes Mrs. Castle. I recognize you. You came and took him out. It was definitely you"
"I was in a meeting downstairs with your attending Doctor Sydney Evans"
"Mrs. Castle, there is no Doctor Sydney Evans in this hospital."
Kate steps back to against the wall, places her hands in her face as she slides down the wall