Ryan is the first to arrive. He wears a pair of jeans, and t-shirt. He carries a bassinet into the apartment. Castle greets him at the door. Ryan looks at Castle with a furrowed brow.

"Dude you want to explain what is going on? Why did you text me and ask me to bring this if we weren't using it anymore?"

"There have been some developments this morning," he reveals.

"What kind of developments?"

"It's early, and I would prefer to only have to explain it once."

"Esposito isn't here yet?"

"He should be here any minute. Feel free to have a seat."

"Where do you want this?"

"By the couch is fine."

Ryan makes his way into the living room. He places the bassinet at the end of the couch. His eyes are drawn to the coffee table. In the center sits a car seat. Nestled inside of the car seat is a sleeping baby. The knock on the door interrupts his train of thought. Castle pulls the door open, and Esposito comes in. He shoots Rick a disapproving look.

"Man this better be good."

Ryan looks up at his partner, "I have a feeling that it is, considering the fact that I am staring at the coffee table that has a baby on it that looks suspiciously like Beckett."

"What?!"

Castle joins the conversation, "'Sito please come in, and have a seat."

Javier follows Rick into the living room. Ryan takes a seat on the couch, positioned directly in front of the baby. Javi rests on the arm of the couch. His eyes shift between the newborn on the coffee table, and Castle.

"This is the part where you tell us what the hell is going on," Javier locks eyes with Castle.

"I called the two of you because I found that on my doorstep this morning."

"And you want us to find out who it belongs to?" Javier wonders.

He shakes his head, "I already know who she belongs to."

"Would you like to enlighten us?" Ryan speaks up.

"She's mine."

"She did show up here on her own," Esposito adds.

"I know that. There was a note."

"Can we see it?"

Castle hands Ryan the note. Javier reads over Ryan's shoulder. They finish reading, and look up at Castle, who is standing in front of them, with his arms folded across his chest.

"Kate left your baby on the doorstep? Never in a million years would she do that," Javier voices doubt.

"What my partner is trying to say, is that Beckett wouldn't abandon her child, even to you."

"Guys I know that. Why do you think that I called you? Something is wrong."

Esposito nods, "Yeah, what is wrong is that Kate was pregnant, and she left anyway."

"She probably didn't know," Ryan suggests.

Castle's eyes fall to the little girl, asleep on his coffee table. "She didn't," he says, softly.

"Why didn't she abort?" Javier makes a poor word choice.

Castle's eyes widen, "The baby?"

Esposito shakes his head, "The mission."

"Maybe because she couldn't," Ryan suggests.

"This was a message. Both of you are absolutely right. She would never abandon her child. She would never put her child's life in jeopardy for a mission. I think that she's in trouble."

"How can we help?"

"We need to talk to the people at the hospital. Maybe someone was following her," Castle begins.

Javier takes charge of the situation, "Here's what we'll do. Ryan, and I will go talk to the hospital staff. We will follow the leads. We can make this command central. You do the desk work, so you can stay here, with her, and we'll do the leg work. We can get footage from the hospital sent over to you."

"Okay," Castle agrees.

"Rick," Kevin eyeballs him, "We're going to find her."

"I have a confession to make to you guys."

Javier smirks, "Castle we know. You have been looking for her this whole time. We know that."

"You do?" He cocks an eyebrow.

Ryan nods, "Yeah. You weren't the only one looking for her."

"You guys couldn't track her down either?"

"It was like she fell off the face of the planet. We were worried she was in the river somewhere," Javier admits.

"Castle we are going to find her," Ryan promises.

"Yeah, I know."

"We should get started," Javi suggests.

"Yeah," Ryan agrees.

Ryan, and Esposito vacate their seats. Esposito heads towards the door. Ryan stops, and scrutinizes the baby. He shakes his head.

"What?" Castle questions.

"It's a damn shame she looks just like Beckett, which means she's going to have your personality."

"It wouldn't be the end of the world," Castle argues.

"What's her name?"

"Abigail," he smiles.

"May I?"

Castle nods. Ryan unbuckles the restraint, and lifts the baby out of the car seat. He smiles as she rests in his arms.

"It's nice to meet you, Abigail."

Javier clears his throat, "Ryan are you going to go all Mary Poppins over there, or are you going to help me find Beckett?"

Ryan looks up. He places the newborn in Rick's arms, and joins Javier at the door. They leave the apartment. Rick is standing in the middle of the living room, with the newborn in his arms. She opens her eyes, and he marvels at how incredibly sweet she looks. He kisses her chubby, pink cheek. He's deep in thought when someone knocks on the door.

He crosses the room with the baby in his arms. He doesn't check the peephole before he pulls the door open. He stares at the figure on the other side of the door, in confusion.

"Alexis?"

"Gram texted me, and said there was an emergency. She said I needed to get over here A.S.A.P."

"Oh."

Her eyes fall to the baby in his arms. "Why are you holding a baby?"