A/N : Chapter 1, no review. Okay I have to admit it, it sucks. I'm trying my best to make it better. And first of all I want to say sorry if I make Castle pray. He's not in a specific religion, I only make this like a Christian because I don't know how do other religions pray. Thank you.

Prayers - Survival Days
Chapter 2

Ever since the shooting, Castle always have a daily routine. Woke up at 6, prayed for Beckett, prepared himself, went straight to the hospital.

This is day 3, and she shows no improvement.

"God, same thing again today. I just need Beckett. She is part of my life now. Well, we once kissed, we nearly die in each other arms, we saved hundreds of New Yorkers from a bomb, and now, she is lying helplessly on a horrible hospital bed. All we need is justice, God. Please. Wake her up. Amen."

He always prayed the same thing all over again in 3 days. His heart was totally broken with the fact that he failed to save Beckett, and he couldn't do anything other than wait. Wait for any improvement. But how if she didn't make any improvement at all? What would the doctor do? Sit down and do nothing? It was so ridiculous, but then, what else could he do? He didn't go to medical school, so he barely knew anything about what to do when people got shot. And he knew one person who knew, Josh. Nevermind, it was not a good idea to talk to Josh.

xxxx

"Good morning, Mr. Castle." the same nurse greeted him with a same smile every day.
"You coming for Ms. Beckett, right?"
"Yeah." answered Castle with a lower, hopeless tone.
"Oh come on, you shouldn't be like this. She is not dead. She is a tough detective, right? She's in room 376."

She was such a nice nurse. She got a good purpose, to cheer him up. But sadly, nothing could cheer him up right now except for Beckett's smile.

"Thanks, you're very nice."

He slowly walked to Beckett's room. He wasn't suprised seeing to see the same thing all over again. His muse, Katherine Beckett, lying on a bed.

"Good morning, Detective Beckett. How are you today?" said Castle as he tried his best to keep a big smile plastered on his face.

Silence fills the air.

"Oh yeah, you can't answer my question, can you? I totally forgot about that."

He laughed with himself in sadness, and burst into tears.

"Come on, Kate. I thought you are the most powerful woman in the world. You have survived in so many things, Kate. I know you can. But why are you still unconscious within 3 days?"

"I'm your partner, Kate. I am totally worried about you. How if I lost you forever? Do you think I can deal with that? Do you think I'm strong enough? You're wrong, Kate. This three years. I was never absent to shadow you each day. Do you think that it's for my research' sake?"

All of a sudden someone's footsteps startled him. Ah he knew it. It must be Josh.

"Oh, Rick. You're here again."
"And you're also here again, Josh."
"Yeah he's my girlfriend, Castle."
"And she's my partner."
"Your partner? You got to be kidding me. You are her shadow! You are only tailing her for 3 years."
"Whatever, but she's also my bestfriend so I deserve to be here."
"Castle, I might need a time alone with Kate, can you please leave and come back next time?"
"Alright, fine, if that's what you want. I am too tired to fight."

Castle let out an exasperated sigh, and he leaves.

"Keep fighting, Kate."

xxxx

Alexis felt pity to her father. Her father lost his usual appetite, and his sense of humour. He changed 180 degrees within this 3 days.

"Hi, Dad. I bet you just visited hospital again, right?" she tried her best to keep her voice as usual as possible.
"Hey pumpkin. Yes, I did."
"So, how is she doing?"

She knew that it is a stupid question to ask. If Kate made at least a small improvement, there must be a facial expression change occurs.

"Nothing changed, darling. Keep praying for her okay?"

"Always, dad."

Always. He always missed saying that word to Kate whenever she thanked him on anything. But now everything felt so different. He had no one to be shadowed. He showed up at the precinct rarely, sometimes only to check how the boys are doing. He tends to stay inside his room by himself, doing something so called 'writing' but only staring absent-mindedly instead.

Alexis couldn't stand it anymore. She wants her old daddy back.

xxxx

At 10 pm, Alexis sneak out of her house, and she went to the hospital by taxi. She's not hesitated, she knew what she was going to do.

"Excuse me, do you know where is Ms. Katherine Beckett's room?"
"She is in room 376. Are you Mr. Castle's daughter? You two looks alike."
"Yes, I am. But please, don't tell anyone that I am here, especially my dad. I was supposed to be asleep at my house by now."
"Yeah, sure. Follow me"

The nurse ushered Alexis to Beckett's room.

"This is Ms. Beckett's room. I gotta go."
"Thank you so much."

She started to turn the knob with full confidence. She was totally shocked, seeing her savvy role model lying on a bed powerlessly. She sat down on a chair beside her bed, and started talking.

"Oh Kate. So this is the reason for every changes occur to my dad. You look so ... terrible."

"At first I felt so pity about you, but you made me really angry! You hurt my dad's feeling. You're just nobody. Not even our family. I wonder if you never showed up in my dad's life, he couldn't be as broken as nowadays. He's still a famous author with a character called Derrick Storm, not Nikki Heat. He could write dozens of books instead of going to the precinct, and risking his life every single day!"

"You are a very selfish woman, Kate! I never could imagine that you could do all these things to my dad. I thought you love each other. You gave him hope, and now you're just gonna let it disappear? I'm not gonna let it happen, Kate."

"You wanna know what can you do? WAKE UP!"

Alexis scream out loud while shaking Kate's shoulders. She really felt all her emotions were mixing into one. She was angry, sad, guilty, and also desperate at the same time. She knew that screaming like that won't help Kate to wake up, only a vain attempt. But at least she already spilled all of her feelings.

She gently touch Kate's hand. It's so cold, not like the usual. She really missed the warmthness of Kate's hand, and moreover, her heart. Alexis always respect her as her own mom. Beckett is so much better than Meredith, or even Gina. She really missed their private girl conversations , her wise advices, and everything she ever did with her. Kate always made every single minute she spent with her very memorable.

When she put her gaze on Kate's vulnerable voice, someone got into the room without knocking.

Oh no. She shouldn't be seen by anybody, especially her dad.

"Who's that?"

A/N : I really really hope that you like this chapter. I think that Alexis and Beckett have a pretty strong relationship, and the idea just popped out in my mind. Do RnR!