five minutes later the police and ambulances showed up. another three minutes later Lanie ran up gasping for breath.
"Did you run here?" Castle asked, getting a nod as she tried to catch her breath.
"Where is she?" She finally asked. He pointed to where Kate was helping an elderly woman over to a paramedic all while arguing with one about if she needed help herself. Lanie shook her head as she all but flew towards her friend. "Kate Beckett!" Lanie called, getting her attention. The elderly lady already safely in the paremedic's care Beckett turned. At the sight of an annoyed Lanie and a smirking Castle she groaned. Lanie continued to lecture her as she waved off the hovering official and dragging her over to an empty curb. She dug through her previously unnoticed medical bag, pulling out gloves and snapping them on, beginning to look her over.
"Lanie Im Fine", Beckett insisted, but winced as the cut on her head shifted. Lanie gave her a half glare half knowing look and continued. Once the cut itself had been taken care of Lanie went on to check her for a concussion. At this point Castle moved closer so he could hear what she had to say.
"Well, no concussion, but you'll have one hell of a headache", Lanie finally said, making both Cop and Writer sigh in relief. "But i would like you to come back to the Morgue with me, just so i can make sure. I also have some pain meds for the headache", Both nodded, still relieved, though for differant reasons. Beckett was helped up and ,with a final assurance to the attending officers that she would have her own incident report in soon, they were off.
They arrived at the morgue not long later. Lanie motioned them into a seperate room rather than the acctual morgue with a muttered responce about the fumes not being good for a headache. Neither questioned it, trusting her to do what needed to be done. Instead they took in the little break room they had never known exsisted. Castle waited until Kate had taken a seat before sitting beside her on the little couch, keeping a casual space between them. They sat in an awkward silence for a long moment until Lanie came back in with a cup of water and pills along with an ice pack. Kate thanked her, downing the pills quickly before putting the ice pack to her sore head. She still had to much adreniline to really feel the injury fully, but she knew she would soon enough.
"Better?' Castle asked, big blue eyes full of worry. Kate opened her eyes, when had she closed them?, and gave him a small smile.
"Yeah, im fine", She said softly, touched that he cared so much. He studied her, not looking convinced.
"really? because you look like i feel after a night of drinking that i dont remeber", he said. Kate didnt know whether to glare or laugh. So she settled on a sigh and light shake of her head. "But seriously how are you feeling?" He asked, grin fading. She was about to awnser with an anoyed "im fine", but Lanie stopped her.
"Girl, after all these years, we both can see through that little act of yours. Awnser the man", Lanie said, arms crossed. Kate looked between the two before sighing. This wasnt a battle she was going to win.
"I have a massive headache. Im nauseus and tired", she said softly but briskly. Lanie nodded, all three of the symptoms were expected with a head injury. She turned and picked up a single small bottle, tipping out another set of pills.
"This should help with the Nausea", she said, handing them to her. She gave a grateful nod, dowing them with quickly. "anything else?" Lanie asked her, watching her closely. She shook her head. She glanced at Castle and saw that he looked convinced. Finally she nodded. "Good then we can get started." Both Cop and Writer looked at her, confused, making Lanie smile.
"what do you mean, get started?" Castle asked, confused and slightly suspicious. Kate looked on, still slightly disoriented, unsure of what was going on. Lanie only gave them a knowing smile and backed out of the room, closing the door as she went. The two shared a look, confused, though Kate was starting to get a very bad feeling. Casutiously, Castle strode forward and tried the door handle. It was locked. Both realized they had been trapped, for whatever reason. Again their eyes met, this time in exhasperation. They werent going to be leaving until Lanie and whoever else got what they wanted.
"Dun dun duuuuuuuuh."
"Castle!"
"Sorry."