Genre: Crime, Drama, Family, Romance, Humor

Rating: M for violence, language and sexual situations

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters featured on the show Castle, they belong to the creator of the show, ABC, and the others who do own them.

A/N #1: Okay, so since this chapter is so short, I'm going to post the next one in about three or four hours for you readers, so look out for it then!

A/N #2: I was pretty amazed by all the feedback I got for the Prologue, but so happy to get what I did, so I definitely need to say thank you for them! vetgirlmx (Was happy to see you liked them going to the Hamptons, and not surprised you like when they go since you're right, they can be a family without having to worry, it's why I like writing them going there! Glad to see that you want to see what surprise Alexis has for Castle. And you're right; they're good at surprises, lol. Lol, you're right, kids definitely ask for dogs; I did when I was little; so I thought it was about time to have her ask. But happy to see you enjoyed her asking. Oh, and very glad to see you like the Fosters, lol, wasn't sure what readers thought of them, but luckily now I know what you do! But so happy you want to read more of the story already, now you can!), LoveAbby (I loved seeing that were so happy to see the next story. And I wish I could help you out and get you pictures for the positions, but they're in my head so a bit hard to do that. But glad you enjoyed reading the beginning of this story), pcol22 (Glad that you liked the Prologue, both halves of it. And yeah, I think their weekend was going pretty well too, happy to see my writing conveyed that, don't want to have readers trying to figure it out! And I'm so glad that reading made you want to be on vacation yourself, means I wrote it pretty well!), Beckett-Castle4ever (Glad to see you liked the family time I had there, had a feeling readers would and again, so happy to see proof of that!), tt520438 (Really am happy to see that already you're liking this story even though I haven't gotten to where the case starts yet! And glad that you liked the family time as well, lol, good to see another reader enjoying that. And you're welcome for the two chapters, basically the longer chapter, lol, nice to see you like that!) and sammysgirl78 (Lol, saying it again, but happy to see yet another mention of the family time, and also am happy too that you enjoyed it! And you caught how Julia was with both Castle and Beckett, definitely justified in calling them her parents in your review, lol. And I did love reading what you said about Julia's relationship with Castle changing so much over a year, 'cause you're right, it has grown quite a lot! Glad you like how Castle's doing things he did with Alexis, but then again doing new things, I figure that would happen since he's also doing this stuff with Beckett too, so there would be the different part. Had to laugh at what you said about their chess game later that night, though I absolutely loved reading you thought that about it, 'cause that's what I was aiming for, lol, making it as hot as possible since you don't see that word used with chess, lol. And I'm happy too you want to read more already, so great!). So was really great to read all the reviews I got, as I hinted at above, lol, and I loved reading them and am so appreciative of the time taken out to write each one!

A/N #3: The title of this chapter, and for subsequent chapters until I mention otherwise are lyrics from the song Maxwell's Silver Hammer by The Beatles, from their album Abbey Road.

Down Upon Her Head

Opening the door, the young woman smiled and said, "You must be Bob."

"I am, Kendra?" the man asked on the other side.

"Yes, please, come in," the woman said, stepping aside for him.

"I have to thank you for letting me pick you up, I was lucky to get out of my class when I did," the man said.

"It's not a problem, so how long have you been doing your internship at Manhattan General?" the woman asked.

"About a year," the man said simply.

"Just wondering, since I've never seen you around before," the woman said with a slight smile. "So what are we doing tonight? Or is it a surprise?"

Breathing out with a slight laugh, the young man said as he held out two little pieces of paper, "I got us two tickets to the action movie that opened last Friday. And after, since you know the area around the theater I'm guessing; since it's right down the street; you can pick where we eat."

"Great, just let me get my purse," the woman said. She turned and said, "Is it cold outside? I was surprised seeing you wearing a jacket since it's pretty warm and-" Before she could finish her sentence, she was cut off by the sound of the man running after her before she felt a sharp blow to the back of her head, pain exploding into pinpricks of light that nearly blinded her. She staggered, and feeling the blood as it ran down her back she tried to walk to her phone at the table next to the door to her room.

Before she could get far enough, there was the same explosion of pain as she was hit again. She her vision swam with light and she tried to stagger away without any luck. A third and fourth time, and she was on the floor, blood pouring through her black hair. She reached out with her right hand; only able to move that side of her body; and tried to touch the doorway to her bedroom, only to have her hand slide against the white paint to the floor uselessly.

As the dark began to swallow her in its grasp, she heard running coming up to her and the yell of, "What did you do? Jerry, what the hell have you done!" as the bars of a familiar song being hummed followed the sound of blood pooling along the floor as it slid away from her.