Alexis found herself in the grossest bathroom she'd ever been in, but she had to pee so bad it didn't even matter. As she relieved herself she looked for windows of which there was none, muttering a curse under her breath, she flushed. She attempted to wash her hands with the sliver of nasty soap left in the equally nasty dish.

There was no mirror so she could only guess the state she was in, she opened the door to find a man in a clown mask instead of Napoleon. He took her by the arm, "boss says your to come with me." He spoke with an accent that sounded Italian. He steered her past the room she had been in to a larger room set up with chairs, a a table.

Napoleon waved at her to sit, "your going to call your father love. Niko tells us he's a author and he's quite rich. So my boss figures your daddy can afford to pay us back what Niko owes."

He handed her a phone, "fore we call, I'm going to warn ya, try to tell your daddy anything besides the script in front of you, I'll kill you then I will find your daddy and that sweet looking fox he is shagging and I will kill them, and yer nan. Got it."

Alexis felt sick how long had they been following her and PI, she swallowed then nodded. "Yes" she sobbed "please leave my family alone."

"We will, just be a good love and do as the paper says." He nudged her and she dialed.

Castle thought if his mother got up to pace one more time, he may be forced to drastic measures. Tension was high at Casa Castle, Martha was busy pacing, and wringing her hands, Beckett was making them dinner although he doubted anyone would be eating, suddenly the phone rang. Martha sat still, beckett dropped a glass, and he grabbed the phone. "Hello" he answered, his heart in his throat.

"Daddy."

That one word sent him reeling, he motioned to Beckett and she got on her phone to call the boys.

"Alexis, sweetheart are you ok, where are you? " he asked, his heart racing.

"I'm ok daddy, PI and I we got into some trouble. All you have to do is get five hundred... Daddy we are in Long Island please come.. " The phone became muffled, he heard what sounded like a struggle.

He screamed into the phone "don't hurt her, i will pay! I will pay any amount..." He was cut off by a dial tone.

Castle knew Beckett and his mother were shouting at him, but he was numb frozen. He sat down, the phone still in his hand. He then did something he hadn't done since he was ten and his dog Skippy died, he buried his face in his mothers lap and sobbed.

Alexis knew she was as good as dead, but there was no way her father was going to pay for PI's mistake, so when Napoleon started hitting her she curled up into a ball. She read once less damage was likely to occur. The clown came running in, and Napoleon ordered him to take her back to the room until he decided what they were going to do with her.

She was thrown into the dark room, her body on fire from Napoleons steal tipped boots. PI was sitting up, he had soilt himself and he was crying, as much as Alexis hated him, she crawled next to him and took his hand.