A/N: Hey! well thank you soo much for the reviews from the previews chapter! Yes I killed off Josh but not because I didn't like him, but because I thought it would be an unexpected twist somehow...soo Again PLEASE REVIEW and ENJOY!
Since Castle came to the homicide floor of the 12th precinct it became a better place to go to work, yes it was busy and maintain a serious air, but you could see the people almost enjoying work while Castle was there. At least that was Kate Beckett's impression. However today, was different. Not only everyone at the 12th including Gates misses him but sadness and determination flooded the air while every detective on the floor was driving crazy by the lack of evidence on Castle's case. Every once in awhile an officer or a fellow detective approached either Ryan, Esposito or Beckett to ask about him and with nothing but helplessness in their eyes they said no progress so far.
In the meantime both Ryan and Esposito were reading files and checking background on two ex NSA agents called Harry Mayfair and John Michaelson, while Beckett was digging on Andrew Thompson, but so far nothing. Gates on the other hand was with Lanie doing the DNA test on Agent Reynolds. To be perfectly honest Beckett didn't know what to think about Reynolds being Castle's father. Yes there was a resemblance, but the personality was completely different. She didn't know how to feel because although her and Castle talked about his father she never pictured him as NSA agent. He had told her not to worry about it back when she asked him about it, but she could see in his eyes it bothered him.
"Yo Beckett..."Esposito called pulling her out of her thoughts.
"What is it?"She asked.
"I think we found something."He said. Beckett approached to their desk."OK so we checked on all the missions Mayfair and Michaelson had, but it appears they weren't partners until a mission back in 2003 in Russia with a private security corporation."
"Wait..."Beckett said, remembering something."I think Andrew Thompson worked on that mission as well, but not as an NSA agent."
"That's because the mission was in cooperation with the CIA and guess who were the agents..."Ryan said.
"Andrew Thompson."Beckett said immediately.
"That's right, and his partner at the time Sophia Turner."Ryan said.
Well that was something Beckett thought. However there are a lot of pieces of the puzzle missing. Was it just a coincidence that Sophia Turner worked on that mission? What does it have to do with Castle?
"Ok that's good, but I don't see how is that gonna help Castle." Beckett said with a little of desperation in her voice.
"Because that is the reason Richard was kidnapped in the first place." the voice of Agent Reynolds said. Gates was behind him.
"What's this about Captain?"Beckett asked with poison in her voice because no matter what he said she didn't like him.
"The tests confirm that Agent Reynolds is Castle's father." Gates said strangely calmed."He'll be joining the team." They all looked completely surprised, but the had to suked it up because it was Castle and even if they didn't like this new team member, honestly they could use the extra hands.
"So you say that this mission in Russian was the reason why the kidnapped Castle?" Beckett asked all back to business.
"That's right detective. The mission was to infiltrate in a russian gun corporation, get intel about illegal gun trafficking to terrorist groups in the middle east." Reynolds said. "The mission failed and caused and one of the NSA agent's family to disappear. Later it was buried in the archives of the CIA and no one ever talked about it. A year later Richard started doing research with Sophia Turner. When Agent Turner was killed both Harry Mayfair and John Michaelson saw it as the best opportunity to looked for the files on the mission in the hope that they could find Mayfair's family."
"Ok but what does it have to do with Castle? I mean, yeah he knew Sophia Turner but does he have any idea about that mission?" Beckett asked.
"He probably doesn't know anything about it, but Sophia might have used him to hide those files on the mission." Reynolds said.
"That makes sense, but it doesn't help us find him."Esposito said.
"No but I have an idea." Reynolds said." I believe that they called Captain Gates."
"Yeah but we weren't able to trace the call." Beckett said.
"But I recorded the phone call. Maybe we can get something from the background that can leads us to where he is." Gates said.
"It's worth a shot."Ryan said standing up.
"Look I don't wanna be a pesimist but what are the real chances we will actually find something that leads us to him." Esposito said.
"Espo we have to try.''Beckett said in a small voice.
"She's right."Gates said. "In the meantime is there anything else you might wanna tell us Agent Reynolds?" She looked towards Reynolds, who seemed absorbed in his own thoughts.
"I think we should look in Richard's apartment, see if Sophia might have hide something in there, maybe if we can contact Mayfair and Michaelson we can use it as a way to get Richard."
"Ok. Beckett, you and Agent Reynolds go to Castle's loft see if you find something, in the meantime Ryan Esposito and I will work on the phone call." Gates commanded.
"Yes sir." Beckett said. And with that she and Reynolds walked towards the elevator hoping to find something in Castle's loft.
A/N: Working on more chapters... :)