I'm so sorry. I wrote the rest of the story a while back and thought I posted it. I write in another program and then just copy it to the site. I forgot to ever copy it.

Chapter 20

Beckett tried to concentrate on Baker's file but she found herself glancing at her phone to see how long it had been. The address was at least fifteen minutes away. It'd been over an hour, so with suit up time and drive time they should be calling any moment. If everything went well. As if on cue her phone rang. Unfortunately it was Castle and not one of the boys.

"Castle I'll give you a call back in a little while. The guys went out to pick someone up and I'm waiting for their call."

"OK no problem sounds like you're making progress." Castle knew that she was anxious waiting there for their call. He could hear it in her voice.

"Yes. Talk to you later."

As she laid it down it rang again. This time it was the call she'd been waiting for. "Espo, how'd it go."

"Piece of cake. The guy was watching TV, opened the door and came without a fight. We're bringing him back now. You ready?"

"As soon as you get here."

"I'm on my way. Ryan stayed back looking for evidence. It was a two bedroom apartment. He said he lives with a Ronald Hockett. Ryan said he was from his squad."

"Yes I remember the name. We'll try to find out where he is."

Twenty-five minutes later Esposito lead the handcuffed man through the bullpen to the interrogation room. The man wasn't tall, he was quite average in stature, but wearing a white t-shirt Beckett could see that he was very strong. He definitely had the strength to have committed the murders.

Esposito came back out to where Beckett was waiting. "He hasn't said a word since we left. He's restrained. Do you want me to go in too." Esposito, as former military, knew what this man was capable of. He knew Beckett could take care of herself, but he still worried.

"No, I've got this. We may need you to be good cop later and use the military connection." Esposito nodded as she entered the room and the door closed.

As she entered he watched her wheel herself up to the other side of the table. She saw his eyes soften. Internally she smiled knowing that there was some humanity still within him and perhaps that was something she could use.

As Beckett went in to the interrogation room, Captain Gates came out of her office. "Esposito did you all get Baker."

"Yes, Sir Beckett is in with him now. Ryan's with the crime scene unit looking for evidence."

"I'm on my way downtown for a meeting but keep me updated." She turned and walked toward the elevator.

Esposito turned and was about to enter the viewing room when he heard someone ask where Robert Baker was. As he turned he saw a man holding Captain Gates with a strange looking knife to her throat. Esposito drew his gun but the man was good. He keep himself hidden and his back to the wall.

"Put the guns down or she gets it." Everyone looked to Esposito for direction. He thought for a moment and then slowly lowered his gun and the others in the bullpen followed his lead.

"OK now I need to know where Robert Baker is."

"Sir he's right here in the interrogation room. Would you like to watch?"

"No I don't want to watch, but I want to make sure he's really here."

"Yes sir, right this way." Esposito began to lead him toward the door.

"Open it." The man was still keeping his back to the wall and an eye on the room. Esposito opened the door slowly. Hockett peeked inside. Through the glass he could see Baker inside with a female detective interviewing him.

Having seen Baker inside he relaxed just a bit. "OK everyone onto the elevator." In the middle of the day most of the precinct was out. The ten people who were left all got inside the elevator. "Now throw me a pair of handcuffs." As someone tossed a pair out he released the elevator button and put the cuffs onto Gates. Sitting her beside the door he grabbed a tool from his pocket and removed the metal panel for the elevator controls. Inside it he ripped out the wiring eliminating the chance that the elevator would return and hopefully stranding the occupants somewhere between floors.

"Where's the stairs?" Gates pointed over to a door to the right. Jamming the fire ax through those door handles Hockett grabbed Gates and headed to the interrogation room.

"Mr. Baker I'm Detective Beckett and I have a few questions for you. Can you tell me where you were on Tuesday night?"

"What happened to your legs?"

"Sir that's not important. Right now we are here to talk about you. Can you tell me where you were on Tuesday night?"

"Did it happen on the job?"

"Mr. Baker, I'm trying to help you out here. The quicker we get these questions out of the way the quicker you can get out of here."

"Detective Beckett let's not play that game. You and I both know there's no way you are going to let me out of here."

"Why's that?" He didn't have a chance to answer before the door burst open. Beckett saw Captain Gates with a knife to her throat and the face of Ronald Hockett just over her shoulder.

Hockett was wide-eyed and sweating as he closed the door behind them.

"Mr. Hockett." Beckett wheeled herself out from under the table so he could see that she wasn't a threat. "Look Gates there is going to be more trouble than she's worth. Why don't you let her go and we'll deal with this ourselves?"

"No I think two of you are better than one. Plus when we start out of here we are both going to need a shield."