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Enough of my idiocy and let us turn to our adventurous duo!!!
Castle listened to Beckett recounting of events to the male officer taking her statement and patched the gaping holes in his memory.
Apparently, Beckett had seen Odell complete a transaction with a club member and upon witnessing the exchange she moved into action. Not wanting to alert Odell to the police presence and give him an opportunity to bolt and magically disappear, as he had a tendency of doing, she used their "fight" to draw closer to Odell and distract him. She hadn't expected the twenty kilos of meth stashed in the booth or the inhaling of said stash, the K-9 squad was currently searching the club for more.
As the officer finished with the report Beckett sat heavily on a nearby booth and hung her aching head in her hands, massaging her temples in earnest. Her legs jittered violently up and down, an uncontrollable urge, a result of the meth slowly bleeding its way into her system.
Castle's brows furrowed in concern, "Where are the paramedics?"
"With Odell," Beckett said, her voice clipped with strain.
Castle looked at her in abhorrence and made a noise of protest.
Beckett snorted in turn and looked up at him wincing, "Druggie with a new street drug running through his veins and possible broken ribs," she said with a vicious grin, happy she'd managed to get the man back for her fly through the air, "takes precedence over a hopped up cop. Samples of his blood will give us a heads up on the newest drug product on the street."
Castle continued to scowl at no one in particular. Beckett sighed and rubbed her shaking palms on her pants, "If it makes you feel any better I ordered them to attend to Odell first."
Castle glared, "It doesn't" he almost snarled.
Beckett raised her eyes in surprise but otherwise didn't comment.
They lapsed into a tense silence that was shattered by a wicked smirk from Castle as he stared at Beckett intently, waiting, a predatory gleam not unlike "Feral Kat's" shining in his eyes.
Feeling his eyes tunneling into the back of her head, Beckett turned to capture the intense gaze, "What, Castle?" she snapped in irritation. She could feel the irritation bubbling under her skin, along with a strange sense of creeping euphoria, already anticipating the aggravation his next words were going to cause her, she knew the look plastered on his face, it was one that was intent on infuriating her.
"You are jealous!" he crowed.
Beckett lunged toward his cackling frame her arms outstretched, "I'm going to-"
She didn't get to finish her sentence or get to hear the satisfying crunch as she tackled him to the ground instead she was firmly restrained by the approaching paramedics who caught her forearms and tugged her to her previous sitting position.
Beckett turned her attention to the paramedics, "I'm perfectly capable of-"
"Uh huh, we know" the woman paramedic said in exasperation and rolled her eyes as she cut off Beckett's protest, "But we let you do your job now we get to do ours," she reprimanded in exasperation, "Plus you promised, no fights or complaints if we examined Odell first. It's your turn." She said firmly giving Beckett a hard look, daring her to protest.
"Come on Kates, no arguing. It always puts Madison in a shoddier mood than she starts the day," charmed the male paramedic with a wicked grin in his partner's direction, who returned his tease with a glare and exasperated huff.
"She prefers, Detective Beckett." Castle corrected the handsome paramedic.
"Nah, Kates doesn't mind," the paramedic said simpering in Beckett's direction and Kate responded with a giggle.
"She doesn't like nicknames" muttered Castle darkly.
"Doesn't stop you," accused Beckett returning her attention to Castle with a petulant glare.
Madison rolled her eyes at her partner, "Stop antagonizing the man, Tommy," she said and turned an understanding smile in Castle's direction. "When you occasionally hold their life in your hands and ease their aches and pains they tend to let you call them anything. It's a privilege."
"I've helped save her life," grumbled Castle.
Beckett snorted, "You were the reason my life was in danger in the first place," she said ready to throw out quite a few numerous accusations, namely ones where Castle's impulsive behavior started a domino effect of disaster. "Maddy and Tom Tom are the bestiest ever! Aren't you guys?" Beckett gushed instead, distracted by the paramedics' ministrations. She pulled one arm free to pinch Tommy's cheek as she giggled uncontrollably.
Castle raised an eyebrow at her strange behavior.
"And that would be the meth." Tommy said laconically as he took her blood pressure, "She gets like this on Morphine, too." He added for Castle's benefit, Tommy could see the man was clearly concerned.
"NoooOOOooo," Beckett protested, drawing out the vowel in fascination.
"I take it you're acquainted well with Detective Beckett?" inquired Castle, intrigued; it could make some good plot filler.
The paramedics snickered, "You must not have known her for very long though she has seemed to have restrained her danger curve lately, " Madison said with a wry grin.
"Our girl is one of the law enforcement legends in the paramedic community." Tommy said flapping his hand, "She gets tangled in some serious situations and is damn lucky."
"Or unlucky depending on how you look at it, like that time we got called to the scene on Second and Fifth" Madison said with a grimace.
"Yeah, but that was a through and through and it missed all major organs. It healed in a perfect star shape for Christoffs sakes." Tommy said with a disbelieving shake of his head.
Madison laughed, "True," then her smile fell, "Not like that time she was caught in the hostage situation on Brook Street."
Tommy cringed.
Castle paled, "Wait, as in bullets? Real bullets…going through her body?" his voice came out in a hoarse high pitched rasp.
"What other kind are there, Ricky Ticky?" giggled Kate, her voice a high childish pitch much like Bimbo Katie. "Weeeeee! Look at the shiny lights they're spinning" she said enthralled by the beam of the flashlight Madison was shining in her eyes.
"Not just bullets, we're talking knife wounds, baseball bat to the ribs-" Tommy listed.
"Enough, Tommy. He gets it, we all get it." Madison snapped.
"She gets in a tizzy when she hears one of New York's finest needs our help." Tommy said behind his hand to Castle pretending to be covert.
"She's strong." Madison said with a sad smile, "It feels like she's invincible then she goes and gets herself hopped up on meth and I have to remember she's mortal like the rest of us."
"SUPER WOMAN! I am IMMORTAL!" squealed Beckett.
Castle grinned, he should be taping this.
Tommy matched Castle's grin, "Maddy, here, has hero worship syndrome-" Maddy scowled and punched Tommy in the shoulder, "-when it comes to your Detective, Mr…."
"Castle, Rick Castle," Castle replied watching their interaction with fascination.
"You're that writer guy, right? The one following around that police officer- DUDE! Nikki Heat is Kates?" Tommy chuckled, "Hell yeah! I could see how she would inspire you to right a whole series of books. I don't read 'em but my sister has like this major girl crush on Nikki Heat.
"If only women worshipped me the way they seem to worship you Kates, I could die a very happy man." Tommy said returning his attention to Kate.
"S'not happy s'ing to die. Deaths nots a hu-happy sch-thing" slurred Kate.
Castles eyes widened in panic and he turned to Madison for reassurance. He'd dealt with addicts before for research for his books but he'd been told that their reactions where much different from a first time user. He knew that methamphetamine could cause strokes and heart failure he'd done some cursory research for a Derek Storm novel.
"It's okay. The meth is inhibiting her speech." Madison said calming his nerves.
"She's not going into cardiac arrest or anything right?" he asked hesitantly.
Madison shook her head, "There is a slim possibility but given her excellent body shape and youth it's not likely and such a violent reaction is normally a result of repetitive use. We are going to have to require that someone be with her at all times for the next twenty-four hours. A precautionary measure given we don't know the exact amount she inhaled. High doses can elevate body temperature to dangerous, sometimes lethal, levels, as well as cause convulsions so we would like her caretaker to keep an eye on her temperature."
"I feel fine. Tons of energy in fact," Kate said brightly, "I can take care of myself. All by myself…" Kate began to chirp.
"You're coming home with me." Castle said firmly.
Kate giggled, "Whoopsie! It'll be soooo much fun. Will Alexis be there? Maybe I can braid her hair or clean. I really want to clean," the words tumbled from her mouth at triple speed.
"Are you familiar with the short-term effects of methamphetamines, Mr. Castle?" enquired Madison ignoring Kate's rambling.
"Euphoria, heightened alertness and greater energy, Heart, breathing, and blood pressure rates increase, and sensations of hunger and fatigue are reduced. The users' pupils are dilated, and reflexes are faster. Rapid speech often occurs, followed by slurred speech." Castle said replied rapidly.
Madison eyed him suspiciously.
"Research." He said calming the paramedic's accusatory gaze, "I did some minimal research for one of my books just looked up the short term effects. Normally, I would have done more in-depth investigating but my publisher was pushing the date. I interviewed some meth heads but they're not the brightest group of people."
"For a good reason. Meth causes serious damage to the brain" Tommy answered.
"Are we done yet? I want to go. There's so much to do." whined Kate, "I feel like I could run miles, and miles, and miles, and miles…."
"I think I'm in for a very long night," sighed Castle.
The paramedics chuckled then sobered. "You guys can go but the minute her temperature rises bring her into Mercy Hospital. If anything else feels off bring her in." Tommy said solemnly.
"Better to be safe than sorry," chimed Kate.
Ok so I hope that was satisfactory maybe it wasn't let me kno
Was there anything specific you guys wanted in the story maybe some more salacious behavior…you'll get it…eventually Mwahahahaha…sneeze
