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As soon as the elevator dinged, Kate Beckett walked into the homicide floor. It was her first day being detective. She was wearing a plain v-shirt with a black leather jacket. Blue comfortable jeans and killer stiletto heels.
With caffeine pumping in her system, she walked into the captain's office to see Captain Roy Montgomery. She knocked on the door and entered the room.
"Ah, Detective Beckett! Just the person I wanted to see!" Roy said.
"Sir?"
"Here's your new badge and your piece," Montgomery handed her her badge which read 41319 and a glock 17.
"Thank you, sir."
Then a bulky hispanic guy with an army buzz cut hair walked into the office.
"Right on time. Beckett, this is your new partner, Javier Esposito."
"Nice to meet you, Detective Beckett," Esposito said.
"Likewise, Detective Esposito."
"We were actually supposed to have one more. A cop from the narcotics division, Detective Kevin Ryan but we couldn't get a hold of him."
Then an officer knocked on the door and asked for Beckett.
"Body dropped," Beckett and Esposito said in unison.
When they reached the crime scene, they saw a man running away. By instinct, Kate Beckett and Javier Esposito chased after him. They split up along the way, Espo took a turn while Beckett was right on his tail.
Before he knows it, Esposito had tackled the guy right in his blind side. Once he got up, Esposito drew out his piece and pointed at him.
"Who are you?" Beckett asked as she did the same.
"I don't want any trouble," the man said as he raised his arms above his head.
"Well too bad, you got trouble," Esposito said as he took a step forward.
"Search him," Beckett told Esposito.
Detective Esposito placed his piece back into its holster and went to search the guy. Just as Esposito pulled out a gun out of its holster inside the man's jacket, the man used the back of his head and slammed it against Esposito's head. Detective Javier Esposito went down as the man got to his feet, simultaneously pick up his gun and kicked Beckett's gun out of her hands.
With one swift move, the man caught Beckett's piece in mid air and used it to hit her. Before she knew it, she was held at gun point with her own gun.
"Who are you?" Kate barely whispered.
Her hazel green eyes met his piercing blue ones. He kept his gun back into its holster while keeping Beckett's gun pointed at her.
"I'm sorry, detective but the lesser you know, the better."
"I will find you! I'll hunt you down if I have to," Kate hissed as her head began to throb.
"No you won't..." the man squat down, still pointing the gun at Beckett. Using the gun, he titled Kate's head.
"That's nasty. It's going to leave a scar. I recommend you have that check," the man said softly as he examined the cut on Kate's forehead.
"I'm sorry about this," he whacked her head again.
Just before Kate passed out, she heard him say, "We'll see each other soon, detective," before leaving them in the alley.
Detective Kate Beckett's eyes snapped open as she jolt awake. She jumped up and reach for her piece and found it gone. She searched the place. She was in the ambulance van. Then she felt a sharp pain in her head. She found that she was no longer bleeding.
Groggily, she got up and stumbled on her feet but just in time, her partner, Javier Esposito caught her.
"Hey, you okay?"
"Fine. What happened?"
"The guy got away."
"How.. When did they get here?" Kate asked, referring to the paramedics and other uniforms.
"A couple of uniforms were canvasing the area and one of them spotted us but we were unconscious. They called it in and now here we are."
"Captain Montgomery wants to talk to you."
"I figured. Thanks, Espo," Kate said.
"Espo?" he asked, amused.
"Yeah. Esposito's too long. Is it cool if I call you Espo or Javi?"
"Fine by me."
"Cool," she said with a smile before heading towards Captain Montgomery.
"Sir, you wanted to see me?" Kate asked.
"Yeah, I heard you got beat up."
"Yeah well, I saw a man running from the crime scene, we chased him down and caught him."
"He looked so innocent, and then suddenly, he knocked out Esposito and me."
"He called us," Roy said.
"What?"
"The guy you fought is one of ours. He's currently undercover and he didn't want to blow it by revealing his identity in the open."
"Who is he?"
"Your new partner, Detective Kevin Ryan."
"That was Kevin Ryan?" Kate asked.
"Yeah... Beckett, I want you and Esposito to take the week off."
"With all due respect sir, I still have a case to solve."
"I have another team to solve this."
"Go home, get some rest. Ryan knocked you out pretty good. You might get a concussion."
"But sir!"
"That's an order, Beckett. Go home."
"Fine." With that, Kate Beckett hailed a cab and headed to the loft.
Kate dragged her feet to the couch and flopped on it as Rick came out of the office.
"Kate?"
Kate took a pillow and covered her face, not wanting Rick to worry.
"Hey. I'm sorry I disturbed you."
He walked towards her and pulled the pillow away from her face and took a seat beside her. He called her out again. With a sigh, Kate sat up and removed her hands from her face.
"Oh my god! Kate, what happened?" Rick said worriedly as he cupped her face.
"Rick, it's nothing..." Kate lied.
"Kate, don't lie to me. This? This is not nothing!"
"Alright! Okay... Me and Esposito were chasing what we thought was a runner, so we got into a fight. The man knocked both of us out. The man? Turns out to be my soon-to-be partner, Kevin Ryan."
"Why didn't Esposito help you?"
"Ryan knocked out Espo first," Kate said.
"And he's supposed to be former special forces? He left you unprotected!" he hissed.
"No! Rick, no, please... Don't do anything stupid. Ryan was undercover and he had to stay in character! Please it's not their fault!"
"Please, Rick! Leave it at that! It's done!" Kate pleaded.
"Fine but I don't like it one bit."
"I don't expect you to," Kate said softly.
"I just... I don't know what I'd do if you got hurt..."
"I know... I know," Kate cupped his face and gave him a slow kiss.
She hated seeing him like this. So vulnerable, so lost knowing that he could do nothing to protect her. As she kissed him, she could feel the sadness, the passion, the love pouring out of him. The kiss soon became heated as their mouth fight for dominance. It was too much. Too overwhelming for Kate to handle. She burst into tears and pulled away from the kiss. She rested her forehead against his and sobbed quitely. Castle cupped her face with both hands.
"Kate? What's wrong?"
"I'm sorry, Rick... I'm so sorry..." Kate pulled away from his forehead and held both his hands. She planted a soft kiss on the palm of his hand.
"Why are you apologizing?"
"I just..." Unable to form the words, Kate just crashed into his chest and began sobbing.
Rick Castle just held her until she stopped crying, occasionally muttering soothing words in her ears. By the time Alexis came home from school with Martha, Castle and Beckett were found sleeping in each others' arm on the couch.
That's all I have for you! What do you think of a special appearance of Kevin Ryan? Or in this case, Fenton O'Connell? Tell me what you guys think of this chapter by reviewing! I appreciate all your reviews but it saddens me if there isn't, but I'll live.
Special shout out to Soprano009! I really liked your suggestion and I will maybe add it in future chapters (The one about Kate and Alexis thing). Again, I love you guys and thank you so much for reading! If you have any suggestions, feel free to add them in the review or PM me. Once again, thank you and until next time.