A/N: Hey everybody! Thanks for all the love on this story! :D This is the next chapter, hope you like it!
Disclaimer: Not my characters
Beckett was curled up on the floor weeping. After she had told the man the so called location of the box, he had beaten her. Hard. She didn't know if her story had been believed, but no matter how much she convinced herself that Castle was safe, she couldn't. She had failed, and now the best thing that had ever happened to her was about to disappear too.
She laid like that for what seemed like hours. Her broken body shook with every sob, creating sharp, jabbing pains throughout her. Her blood stained the floor, the red fading into the cold concrete. Salty tears ran down her cheeks, smearing the blood that was already there. Hunger pangs stabbed her like a knife to the gut, and her mouth was dry with thirst.
She heard a pounding coming from somewhere, and she braced herself for the worst.
Then, someone tumbled through the wall.
"Beckett!" he cried and ran over to her.
She looked up, and immediately recognized the only man she had ever really loved.
"Castle," she whispered.
As Castle tumbled through the wall, his thoughts were on Beckett. Hoping, praying that she was there.
His prayers were answered. As he hit the concrete floor with a thud, he looked around. His eyes immediately fell on his one and only true love.
"Beckett!" he cried and scrambled over to her.
Her eyes fluttered open, tears blurring every detail of her eyes to smudges. "Castle," she whispered weakly. She moved to sit up, but found she hurt too much to do so.
Castle cradled her in his arms, and Kate, beaten and bloody, gave in immediately. They sat together on the cold cement floor, not looking up when a group of officers dropped in, or when Esposito and Ryan ran over, or even when the medics came to take Beckett to the hospital. They practically had to pry her arms from around Castle.
As they wheeled her onto the ambulance, she said, "Wait."
The medics looked at her. "What is it, hon?" a nice looking lady asked.
Beckett reached a trembling hand out to Castle. "Castle."
"Hon, he's coming in his car," the lady said.
Kate looked up fearfully. "Please," she begged. "Castle."
"Alright hon, I'll go get him." The lady turned to the others. "Load her up. I'll go grab her boyfriend."
As the medics loaded Beckett into the ambulance, the medic walked over to Castle. "Mr. Castle? She wants you to ride with her."
Castle nodded, gave a small wave to Esposito and Ryan, and walked over to the ambulance with the medic.
As he climbed on, Beckett's hand reached out. "Castle," she said with a small smile.
"Beckett," he replied, smiling back and reaching over to hold her hand.
They sat like that the whole way to the hospital.