CH20
Rick was true to his word, he came back about 2-1/2 hours alter and picked up Kate and took her to his house. Made lunch for both of them. Tried to engage Kate in some small talk, but she wasn't interested. So he made sure the space master suite was ready for her, then went to his study to do some writing. Letting her explore the house on her own terms. She couldn't do any permanent damage and the most private things had code access that she didn't have.
After a couple of hours he found her in her bedroom, reading. Alexis would be home soon from school, then they could think of something they all wanted to do together to pass the time.
Kate was bored! She should be at work. Instead she was stuck here. Castle had left her alone. She had searched the living, dining and kitchen some. Then remembered there was a library in the bedroom he had set up for her to use. Finding a book to read she just stayed there until Castle came and found her.
Not knowing what Castle had planned, but maybe it would relieve some of her boredom.
Everyone was upstairs in the living room channel surfing when Alexis walked thru the front door.
"Hi Kate!" Happy to see that she was still here.
"Hi Alexis, how was school?"
"It was great, I gave my book report on Dune. I got to watch the teacher's eyes bug out! It was soooo cool!" Looking at Kate who's eyes were also wide and 'bugging out'.
"Yup, just like yours." Alexis tells her.
Blushing, "You read Dune? That's got what. Over 2,000 pages in it?" Kate questions. A 5 year old read Dune?
"Yup. It's a really cool story. A little violent, but pretty cool."
"Why don't you go wash up pumpkin and help me with dinner. Then we can see what Detective Beckett would like to play, and keep her from getting bored."
"OK!" And runs down to her room.
Rick heads for the kitchen. "What would you like detective? I've got steaks and corn on the cob. We could grill them up on the roof? Or how about an endless pasta bowl?
I've got spaghetti, fettuccini or angel hair. With either meat sauce or alfredo."
"Pasta bowl sounds good Castle. I'll let you and Alexis choose. They all sound good."
"Ok, spaghetti with meat sauce and 'Meata Balls' it is then." Trying to sound Italian. Kate just grins.
Alexis soon enters, "What are we having?"
"We are going to have 'Spaghetti with a Meata Sauce and Meata Balls', trying to sound Italian and kissing the ends of his fingers.
"You want to get out the tomato's and start slicing?"
"Ok." And heads for the refrigerator to get what she needs.
"Castle, should she be cutting,…." Kate sounds worried and that this is a bad idea.
"It's ok Kate. I like helping dad cook. I do all his slicing. He wold cut his own fingers off if i wasn't here to do it for him."
"HEY, I heard that." Rick taking offense but not really sounding like it.
"And it helps me keep an eye on him so he doesn't put anything 'Weird' in it." Winking at Kate, who only smiles wide and giggles a little.
"HEY! I heard that too!" Rick sounds offended.
Which promptly has both of them giggling.
"I'll have you know that if I didn't try new things, you would never have found out about the 'Fritos, peanut butter, gummy bear sandwich you like so much." Rick counters.
"DAD! What about the Mayo, Hershey's and marshmallow that you put in the home made chili, last time?" Alexis counters.
"I'll have you know that was a great idea."
"Yea, I was sick for 2 days dad." Alexis reminds her father.
"CASTLE!?" Kate adds her 2 cents.
"Ok, so it didn't work. It was still a great idea." Sticking to his guns.
Kate just shakes her head. "You just stick with me Alexis, we'll have him trained yet. We girls have to stick together." And gives her a wink, that gets Alexis giggling again.
"You're turning my only daughter against me detective?"
"Only if you keep trying to put her in the hospital Castle."
Dinner turns out to be eaten in mostly silence. No one seems to have anything they want to say. Though this could be because they were all hungry and it tasted great.
"You are a good cook Alexis." Kate states, causing Alexis to smile.
"Hey, what about me? I did most of the work." Rick complains.
"Like I said, you are a good cook Alexis." Kate teases Castle.
"Yeah dad. Besides, we girls have to stick together. Right Kate?" Looking at Kate with confidence.
"Right!" Kate adds a nod of her head, and a wink to Alexis.
"So what's next on your agenda Castle." Kate asks with just a little confidence.
"What do you think pumpkin? Think Kate is any good? Think she is up to it?" Rick tries to ESP his thought to his daughter.
"She'll probably beat you with one hand tied behind her back dad." Alexis smiles as she goads her dad.
"OH really! How about you put your money where your mouth is." Calling Alexis's bluff.
"Hhhmmm. If I win we eat Pizza for a week?" Alexis offers.
"And when you loose?" Rick wonders.
"Hhhmmm. IF I lose. I do the dishes for a week." Alexis offers. Hating this idea.
"DEAL! Prepare to suffer the wrath of Vigar the Destroyer, Princess."
"HA! I'm not afraid of you Vigar." Alexis stands her ground. "Dibs on green!"
"Ooohh, You're always green. When do I get to be green?"
"When you win dad. Only when you win." Alexis counters his whining.
They both head off for parts unknown, leaving Kate hanging along with her Jaw. "What have I got myself into now." Talking out loud to no one.
They are both back shortly. Alexis seems to be struggling to put something on. While Castle is returning with one in each hand.
"Castle?" Kate looks at him funny.
"These my dear detective are state of the art. "Laser Tag'. This one is yours." As he hands her the red one.
"You put on the vest. Snap it closed here and here. This is your gun. It's connected to the vest by this opti-cable. You shoot and if you hit, the lights on the person hit light up and it makes noise. Simple.
Let's get you suited up." And Rick proceeds to help Kate Donne her armor. Then tests it to make sure it works. Then helps Alexis with hers. Followed by himself.
"You need a name Kate." Rick states.
"A name?" Looking puzzled.
"Yea, a name. I'm Vigar the Destroyer. Alexis is Princess Vespa of the Rebellion. And you are, ….?"
"Hhhmmm, ….. Kate the Konqueror."
"Well, prepare to be Conquered Kate!" Rick is grinning.
"That's Konquered with a K, Castle."
"Cute detective, really cute. Take your places ladies." And Rick walks over to a panel near the stairs.
Kate is wondering what he means? Then she sees Alexis dashing off. And then all the lights go OUT!
"CASTLE!" Kate yells.
"We play in the dark, Kate the Konqueror, with a K."
'OH SHIT' Kate thinks to herself.
Kate instantly drops to the floor. She knows where Castle was standing to start. She has no idea where Alexis is, and they both know where she was standing when the lights went out.
Kate does a 180 on her hands and knees and crawls a few feet until she hits her head dead on into the sectional, and makes a right turn to get to the other side.
"I'm going to turn you to the dark side, princess!" Rick calls out.
"NEVER!" Is Alexis's reply.
"WOW. When these two play, they really play!' Kate is thinking.
"I will have you working as a slave in the salt mine, Vigar." Alexis calls out.
"And I will rub the salt in your open wounds, princess." Rick reply's.
Kate lifts herself up onto the cushions of the sofa while still staying down behind the back of it. Lifting her head, she sees a sudden flashes of green from her right. Only to be returned by flashes of blue on her left.
"Your skills are weak, princess. Soon you will join me." Rick calls out.
"NEVER!" Alexis returns followed by sudden flashes of green from her right.
Kate retreats back to the floor and crouches low and goes back the way she came. Thinking Castle is hiding in the dining room somewhere. Probably under the table so the chairs will give him more cover.
Kate slowly makes her way towards the table and decides to fire blindly, Two shots. Then she spins to her left and hits the floor and rolls to her left and fires two more times.
"Pre-pare to be Destroyed Kate with a K." Rick calls out.
And suddenly Kate sees two blue flashes and then her vest lights up and starts flashing in red.
"Ha, you are mine. Kate with a K." Rick tells her. And Kate can feel him standing just 2 feet away from her. Barely visible in the red light her vest is giving off.
Suddenly there are two green flashes and Castle's vest starts blinking blue.
"GOTCHA, Vigar." Alexis yells.
"WHAT!? HOW? You cheated!" Rick states.
"You exposed yourself to my trap Vigar. Your reign of terror is over." Alexis tells him.
"Best 2 out of 3." Rick asks.
"Deal!" And Alexis disappears.
Kate immediately grabs Castle by his vest and pulls him next to her and soundly kisses him. Her tongue immediately asks for entrance. And when granted access she pushes the kiss even deeper. Exploring his mouth and his taste with her tongue. Moaning into the kiss, she presses, pushes and explores.
Kate suddenly breaks from the kiss (It took all her will power to follow through. Castle is a damn good kisser). Pushes Castle out to arms length. AND PROMPTLY SHOOTS HIM.
"You are Konquered, Vigar!" Kate tells Castle, and Kate takes off in pursuit of Alexis. Leaving Castle frozen in place. Lit up like a Christmas tree.
Kate heads back to the front side of the sectional. It's the only place she remembers much about. Alexis has knowledge of the local terrain. Leaving Kate at a disadvantage.
Kate crawls to the other end of the sofa and peaks around the end. NOTHING! Too damn dark to see anything. She tucks her head back around to behind the sectional, and listens. Trying not to breath.
Suddenly Kate hears a soft noise just to her right on the other side of the sectional. Thinking this is her chance she lifts up onto the sectional behind the raised back and fires blindly into the dark. NOTHING!
Suddenly Kate can feel the sectional cushions move and then hears a thud as a body hits the floor behind her. And then her vest lights up! "WHAT THE,…." Kate exclaims.
""You are mine Kate!" Alexis tells her from the dark. Then the lights suddenly come on. Kate can see Alexis standing near the other end of the sectional doing a victory dance. Finishing her dance, Alexis shoots her hands up in the air, "PIZZA FOR A WEEK!"
Kate just sits there watching Alexis and her little display. Then turns to look where she thought Alexis was. All she sees is a small sitting area with a tall but not long book shelf filled with books. On the floor in front of it is a stuffed animal. She has seen them scattered throughout the house.
'She tricked me!' Kate comes to a conclusion. 'A 5 year old, tricked me.' Turning to sit on the sectional and stare at Alexis. "You tricked me." Kate says looking directly at Alexis.
"No one, beats 'Princess Vespa'. Not even Kate the Konqueror, …with a K.
You owe me Pizza!" Alexis tells Kate with a huge, predatory smile on her face.
