Rick and Ryan are walking on the set of the newest action movie. The crew is all set up and the director just says "Action."
Rick stops mesmerized by the action. The scene ends Rick has not moved. He is so enthralled seeing all his heroes in one place. Ryan is likewise immobile until the Director yells "Cut…That's a wrap. Set up for scene 52. You guys have an hour break."
Ryan comes up to Brock Harmon.
"Are you Brock Harmon?" Ryan asks the man with his back turned to him.
Brock turns around quickly.
"I'm not signing autographs right now?" He says as he stops to look at Ryan's out stretched badge.
"NYPD Homicide…We would like to have you answer some of our questions." Ryan intones which spurs Rick into action.
"Brock may I call you that…It is an honor sir to finally meet you." Rick says all fanboyish.
"As I live and breathe Richard Castle…My ex wife used to rave over your books." Brock says with eyes just as wide.
"Guys break it up…A much as I like a mutual admiration society function. There has been a murder." Ryan says being the sensible one.
"Yeah it is sad that someone has died…Who is the dead man?" Brock asks.
"Wait you do not know? It has been all over the airwaves." Ryan says puzzled.
"You have been shooting…All night I suppose?" Rick asks.
"Yeah we have me and the boys been at it since 10 pm last night. We only have one more scene then it is a wrap for today." Brock says wiping down his sweaty body with a towel.
"So who is dead?"
"Brock I understand you were friends with Lance Delorca? How well did you know him? " Ryan asks.
"Lance Wow Lance is dead? This is sad…I knew he was down on his luck but really murder?" Brock says.
"So Brock do you know why he is in New York? Do you know where he is staying? When we found his body, there is nothing indicating his whereabouts." Ryan says.
"Do I know why he was here? Well I wanted him in this picture. However after the first day on set he left to see his doctor. The Doctor would not clear him to work. So I hired him as a consultant. He never returned to the set. I set him up to stay at my place but he disappeared from there too. I even got him a cell phone. You say he did not have it on him?" Brock says disappointedly.
"You say he went to see a doctor?" Rick asks.
"Yeah, He is well was in stage four cancer. The poor guy was obsessed." Brock says.
"Really what was he obsessed about? I heard he kick that cancer a few years back." Rick says.
"Well yeah after the bone marrow transfer it was gone. Then he caught a retrovirus in the Congo. The cancer returned with a vengeance. After that he was obsessed with making everything right. He was convinced that the Actor who played El Jefe was actually a drug kingpin. I mean crazy or what?" Brock says.
"Yeah Crazy…One more question was this a closed set?" Rick asks.
"Yeah, the Director wants no distractions. Kat even was locked out. She was quite put out about it. She overslept." Brock says. They are setting up for her scene now. Do you guys want to stay?" Brock asks.
Upon those words Rick lights up as Kat and her Son enter the set. Rick notices Brock's son does not look anything like him. While Brock is tall and wide, his son was shorter plus wiry. He looks much like Kat. Rick had the impression that he looks much more like Lance.
"Hi…I…" Rick stutters.
"Rick Castle…Are you related to the Lt?" she asks.
"Er yeah she is my wife." Rick explains.
"Lucky you…So what do you have here?" She asks taking the old 80's poster from his hands.
She unrolls it then smiles.
"Do you have a pen? What would you like me to write?" She asks smiling.
"Oh anything you would like…I had such a crush on your moves in the films. They were awesome." Rick says fanboying again.
"Well if you want to see those moves up close stick around." She says.
Rick just nods as she signed the poster then handed it back to him.
Ryan starts talking to Brock's son.
"So what can you tell me about Lance?" Ryan asks.
"Well he called me the other day. He said he had proof that El Jefe was back in business." He says as the director is busy placing people on their marks.
The shoot is about to start.
"Action" the director says.
The shoot is amazing and finally the director calls "Cut"
The actors all stop as Ryan continues his questioning.
"So is Lance always calling you?" Ryan asks.
"Yeah…why not…? I mean, he is my Dad." He answers. "I just found out when they were searching for donors. My Mom and Brock told me. Brock felt bad for Lance. He adopted me while I was just a baby. Are you trying to find out who killed my Dad?"
"Yes we are…So did you know where your Dad was living?" Rick asks.
"Yeah he gave me a key. It is the Reabassador hotel Room 123. It is a SRO on the Westside. It is a real dump." He says.
"Do you know why he was living there?" Rick asks.
"Yeah he seems to be reliving his CIN days. My Mom told me all about them. How he was really a spy. That is why he left both me and my Mom in Brock's hands. He said his enemies were numerous. He could not allow them to use both my Mom and I against him."
Rick winces a bit hearing that tale sound eerily like his own Father's tale. So that had a very big ring of truth.
The young man handed over the key to the SRO. Ryan thanks everyone.
They head back to the precinct.
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As they enter the precinct. Rick could hear Kate talking to someone on Skype. Rick left the boys to add to the white board as he stuck his head in to interrupt.
"Rick I am glad you are here…" Kate says as she closes the door behind him. "I am having a very unsatisfactory conversation with Col Bergen of the CIN."
"I am pleased to meet you Col." Rick says as the Col eyes get wide.
"You are his…!" the man gasps.
Both Kate and Rick look puzzled.
"That is a new one…" Rick says then realizes what the Col. meant. "You know my father?"
The Col breaks down.
"Yes I know him…So you are his son…What do you want to know?" The Col asks defeatedly.
"Well for starters…" Rick says as Kate interrupts.
"I want confirmation…Did Lance Delorca work for you or not?" Kate pointedly states.
The Col. looks at Rick then Kate the sighs reluctantly.
"Yes I can confirm it. He works for me." The Col. says.
"So you admit you are working an op on foreign soil?" Rick asks.
"Yes he has not worked for me for sometime. He was out of the game then 2 weeks ago he contacted me through channels using his old codename El Cobra." The Col says. "So why has he not contacted me directly? Why is he using you Rick Castle for this meet?"
"I'm so sorry to report Lance is dead. We found him in an alleyway next to a movie theater. Do you know why he is there?" Kate asks.
"Lance is dead? How did he die?" The Col asks visible shaken.
"Well the ME has not determined that. So what sort of op was he doing for you?" Kate asks.
"Well he was undercover in the 80's as that action star. He was convinced that the movie company or someone in that company was moving lots of drugs into Spain. He believed it was one of two people." The Col. says. "Unfortunately, the pipeline shut down so we pulled him."
"So let me guess the Actor who played El Jefe as the prime suspect?" Rick asks.
"Yes that is who he claimed to have the goods. I set up a meet but he did not show. I figured something went wrong. I scrubbed the op. Now you tell me he is dead?" The Col. asks.
"Col. I suspect you have a mole in your dept." Rick says.
"That may be true we have had quite of few ops scrubbed recently." The Col. says thoughtfully. "Well I must go…Do you need anything else?"
"No Thank you for your cooperation…I will make sure you are notified when we know something more." Kate says.
"Thank you Captain…Lance was a dear friend… Catch whoever did this Please!" The Col says as the connection ends
"Good hunting" Rick says at the end.
Kate sits down behind her desk as Rick slips in behind her then starts massaging her neck muscles.
"Ooohh you have such magic hands…I'm glad I married you." Kate purrs.
"Oh is that why? Only for my hands…?" Rick teases.
"That and other things…So tell me what have you learned?" Kate says swiveling to face him.
And Kate was gone the Captain is back. Rick fills her in on all they have learned. Rick kisses his wife then exits the room to fill in the boys.
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Rick walks out with a smile on his face then runs into Sully.
"Well heelloo Mr. Castle" the younger slovenly man says with splotches of mustard on his tie in his high reedy voice. "Is the Captain in her office? I was sent to report to her"
"Yeah the Captain is in her office…Just slow down a bit." Rick says.
"I really need to see her" Sully says. "I don't want to make Captain Gates wait." Sully says.
"Wait don't you know?" Espo asks being amused watching Rick handle the other detective.
"Know what?...Look I was razzed by you last time I was here…Is it going to start up again? Since, last time it was not funny either." Sully says grumpily.
"Sully it is no joke honestly…Were you not here for the funeral?" Ryan chimes into the conversation.
"Funeral what funeral…? Guys what are you not telling me?" Sully asks.
Kate getting exasperated with the twenty questions outside her door steps up to end it.
"Detective Sullivan, my office now…!" Kate says stopping all conversations. "Don't you guys have a murderer to catch?"
Sully turns around expecting Captain Gates then sees Kate then faints right away.
"Oh this is just great." Kate mutters "…Get Lanie up here!"
Rick carries the younger man to the couch in the break room.
"You two get back to work!" Kate orders.
Both Ryan and Espo look at each other.
"I think the Lt. is channeling Gates. Spooky huh…?" Ryan says.
"Yeah very spooky..." Espo agrees.
Rick sits next to Sully as Lanie appears.
"So what happened?" Lanie asks.
"Lanie, aren't you supposed to be finding out what killed our vic?" Rick asks.
"Well I couldn't find anything with Perlmutter out. I gave it to Dr. Morgan." Lanie says as she examines Sully.
Rick looks a bit sheepish when the good Doctor's name is said.
"Well it looks like Sully did not break anything but this knot on his head…Did he hit his head?" Lanie asks.
"Yeah when he saw Kate he fainted. His head did hit the floor." Rick replies.
"More like bounced off the floor. Chica." Espo adds.
"Espo Kate is going to get after you…" Rick warns.
"No she won't she sent me in here. Tori has something." Espo says.
"Well do not look at me…Just go…" Lanie fusses.
Rick gets up then follows Espo to Tori's lair.