A Bad Day in DC

It a cold rainy day in DC and it about to get worse for Special Agent Kathryn Beckett

Chapter 2

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"You are going to die Beckett those bullets' I put in you are poison and in a few hours your going to be in pain and agony like my dad did."

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In less than an hour the two men who loved Kathrine H. Beckett were on a jet to DC. Both were unaware of her injuries but knew they had to get to her fast.

As Rick's private plane landed its ordered to follow the

"Follow Me"* truck to an impound area. As they reached the assigned area two black SUV's were waiting for them. Out of the lead SUV stepped a tall thin man Rick knew from Kate's past.

"Castle I'M the lead investigator on this case. I need to ask you some questions before you can see Kate."

"Will ask your questions as we drive to see Kate."

"Not going to happen Castle. First answer the question then we go."

"Just ask your damn question."

Rick had no reason to like Will Sorenson, he was Kate's past lover who tried to come back and woo her while he ,Castle was trying to get up the strength to tell her he loved her. He had no dough he tried to do that again after she turned down his proposal in the park.

"When was the last time you spoke to Beckett, and when was the last time you saw her."

"I spoke with Kate by text three months ago and last saw her two years ago when I ask her to marry m, and she said no."

"You have not been in DC in two years?"

"I never said that, I said I never saw Kate to speak to her."

"Castle I do not like you, but I believe you. Kate has never said she had ever spoke to you from the day you walked away from her in the park."

"You are spending time with her?"

"Only on the job, Castle nothing more. I tried to get her to date but she refused every time. She told me she lost her one true love, and was never going to take second place."

Will spoke into his sleeve and a black helo came to rest twenty-five yards away and they directed on board.

All the windows in the back are covered so they could not see out. After a twenty-minute ride they descended into an enclosed landing area. Then they were quickly ushered into an inside area that appeared as a holding area. There directed to walk thru a scanning device similar to what was at the airport. In the next area a tall straight back man in surgical scrubs waited for them.

"I'm Captain Belknap USN, I'm Agent Beckett's surgeon."

Shaking his hand Rick introduced himself and Jim.

"What is wrong with Kate, Doctor?"

"Agent Beckett been shot twice. Once in the upper arm, more a flesh wound. And once in the back. The back wound struck her clavicle bone, at an angle so it exited her left arm pit."

"Doctor these wounds seem less than life threading, than some of her other injuries. Why all the precautions?"

"As I was saying the wound as painful as they are they are secondary to the poison their dipped in."

"Poison, Kate been poisoned, and shot both? Is she receiving anti bodies is she in real danger, what going on?"

"Mr. Castle, Mr. Beckett we are doing everything we can for Agent Beckett. We think she's infected with a neurotoxin. If either of the bullet's had stayed in her body she would not have stood a chance. Because they did not the toxin are slower, and weaker, we stand a chance to stop its progress and save her life."

"ARE YOU SAYING WITHOUT SAYING THAT Kate is at this moment dying?"

"Yes I am."

Both Rick and Jim got weak in the knees and teary at the same time.

"Can we see her, please."

"Yes but you have to know the toxin has effected her lower body so far. She has no function below her mid chest and both arms are in casts from the bullets. If the effects progress continue we will have to put her on a vent to keep her alive for as long as we can. The CDC is running a screen on her blood looking for a anti-toxin for the poison . The think they are close, but Kate's life is as close to death, we hope she hangs on long enough for the serum."

They entered Kate's room after being gowned, head to toe.

She looked so small with tubes in her legs and chest. She was as pale as sheets she rested upon. They move as one to her bed side and in a very weak voice she spoke.

"Daddy, Rick I did not thing I get to see you again before I die. I'm going to miss you two. The only two men I truly loved in my life."

"Katie please stay with us, we both love you, Please, please try as hard as you can to fight on."
"Daddy I will but Mother came to me and said if you and Rick could see me and speak to me before I sleep the big sleep you would know what I must do in the end. Rick please forgive me I made the biggest mistake in my life choosing this job over you. I love you with all my heart. I will love you to the end of my life."

"Kathrine Beckett will you marry me now this minute?"

"Yes if I could, I would."

Castle went to the holding room and made a few calls. In twenty min a man in the same clean suit entered the clean room. Castle signed a couple of papers and then they both entered Kate's room.

"Ms Beckett would you put your x beside your name?"

She did and then the man spoke.

"Do you Kathrine Beckett take this man to be you lawful husband, till death do you part?"

"Yes I do."

"Do you Richard A Rogers/ Castle take this woman to be you lawful wife till do you part?"

"Yes I do"

"By the power of State of Maryland I pronounce you man and wife."

"Oh Rick I got to marry you in the end."

"Kate this is the beginning not the end, fight with all you got please don't leave me now."

"I'll try Rick ,I'll try."

So slowly did her eyes shut that did not want to close at all.

Alarms sounded and the medical staff stepped in. Kate incubated in what to Castle and Jim is a nano second. Then a machine was breathing for her, keeping her alive."

"Mr. Castle, and Beckett we are now placing her into a medical coma in hopes she can last longer."

Both men are escorted out of the room, and both were crying, and shaking. They are both hoping that this was not the last time they got to see and speak with the woman they both loved very deeply.

* A follow me truck is usually a bright yellow pick-up with an eight foot by four-foot electronic messenger board that's used to take an aircraft to a safe holding area for inspection.