Snag

Much like Castle had busted his knee a number of years ago; it seemed that Beckett had also busted her knee. Although the way her knee got busted up was a bit nobler than the way Castle had busted his. Beckett had decided to help out in the field when it came to chasing down a suspect.

The suspect had taken a lead pipe that rested in an alleyway and swung it at Beckett. The lead pipe had made contact with Beckett's knee. Just as Castle had whisked Beckett away after he had found her in the hallway of the motel they had stopped by while they were trying to bring down Bracken; Castle whisked her away when he saw her lying on the ground in the hallway.

This time instead of heading up to Vermont; Castle had gone straight to the nearest hospital.

"We could use a doctor here!" Castle called.

Two nurses rushed over.

"What happened?"

The section of the hospital they had walked into had been extremely busy. One of the nurses brought a wheelchair over.

"My wife was hit in the knee with a lead pipe by a suspect. She's the captain at the 54th."

"Okay; just fill out this paperwork sir; and we'll get to her as soon as we can."

"You'll get to her now. Screw the paperwork."

The nurses wanted to avoid a scene so they took Beckett in. Hours later Beckett came out in the same wheelchair she went in. A cast had enveloped her entire right leg to just above her knee.

Crutches rested on Beckett's lap as she was wheeled out of surgery. Beckett was accompanied by a nurse and the doctor that worked on her. In the waiting room; everyone from Jim to James Royce were waiting for her to come out.

Castle rushed over to Beckett's side.

"Everything is fine; babe."

Castle looked to the doctor.

"Broken knee cap. Everything should be fine in four to six weeks."

With that the nurse and doctor left to return to the other tasks they had. Beckett got up and got around with the help of her crutches.

The kids were happy to see that everything was okay with their mother. Jim and all the others were just as relieved.

Ryan and Espo told Beckett that they got the guy that took the swing at her. Beckett was pleased. Over the next four to six weeks everything would be on the boys at the 54th while she recovered.

Four to six weeks off; Beckett knew she'd go crazy. After all she went crazy when she spent time recovering at her dad's cabin from her shooting and the surgery following Montgomery's funeral.

"Hey, Beckett. What are you doing here? Didn't think you were back until next week."

"Yeah well, two months of listening to crickets in my dad's cabin was driving me nuts."

" It's okay. You don't have to make excuses. We know you missed us. That's why you couldn't stay away."

"Shut up."

"I'm gonna go nuts." Beckett said once she, Castle and the kids were in the car.

Castle just nodded. This was the safest route for him to take. Both of them knew it.