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Two days had passed as the twelfth precinct along with a large amount of officers and people from other precincts organized themselves to take down the mafia that held detective Beckett's Ellie.
She and Castle were inside the van, keeping watch outside of the building the children were held captive in, while Ryan and Esposito kept charge of the rest of uniforms that were two capture Humphry, the boss and his men as well as minor folks from several parts of town and even of New Jersey.
Other precinct sections hacked the mob's systems to track down with whom they worked with and more information on how the children were "acquired".
In sum, the whole city of New York was working together to lock up these child-stealing criminals and one of the biggest arrests of the city's history was about to be made.
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Eleanor sat with Elisabeth, Grant and Nathan in a corner of their living room while Cassidy and Henry were being taken by Audrey somewhere.
It had all started when Henry had said he missed Lenny, the driver, it had been almost three days since they last saw him and the new driver, Jensen, was a mean old grouch. Audrey had spanked him and Cassie began to pull on her hair and hit her, trying to help the boy. Audrey had turned around and threw Cassie against the wooden counter's edge and Cassie had bled a lot, which got Audrey to have to call a doctor, Dr. Vaughn, who Eleanor knew because he was the one who made Grady, one of the old kids get better after he got sick, but then again, Ellie wasn't sure if Grady had gotten better, she'd never seen the red headed boy again.
Since their street was the opposite of busy, when Bethie pointed to the window and said car, Ellie sensed something was going to happen. She coud well distinguish this car's sound with that of the van Lenny used to drive, the boss's black car and the neighbor, Mr. Salzbury's motorcycle.
Audrey was nervous. That's why she hurt Henry and Cassidy so bad. She was nervous because she knew Lenny was gone and she was afraid she'd be gone too, the boss was a bad, bad man and no one ought to mess with him.
"Did Lenny give your Daisy friend your letter?" Nathan, who was the same age as Eleanor asked in a whisper, taking advantage of Audrey's bathroom break.
"I don't know, I hope so. I hope that's not why he hasn't come back. Do you think he's looking for my Daisy?" Nathan seemed to ponder for a bit and nodded.
"Mr. Lenny wasn't much o' talker, Eleanor, but I don't think he was bad… Just quiet." Eleanor nodded and the kids went back to being quiet as Audrey left the bathroom.
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Everything was going as planned. Thirteen members had already been arrested and brought into jail, waiting to be questioned and later on, trialed.
Beckett watched the third floor window closely, as if her life depended on it. Actually, Eleanor's did and that was all she could think about.
"When do we go inside?" Castle asked as he kept an eye on the streets movement and passersby.
"As soon as back-up shows up, then social-services will be waiting at the precinct. God, I've never been so nervous!"
"You're about to become a mother, I believe it's perfectly normal." Castle said with an amused grin.
"Are you okay with this, me and Eleanor, I mean?" Beckett asked for the hundredth time, wanting dearly to clarify things before she took this huge step in her life.
"You accepted Alexis didn't you, plus, toddlers aren't easy and I somehow predict you'll be in great need of my knowledge of ladies…" Castle said with a smug grin and Kate chuckled.
"I love you…" Kate said as she leaned in to quickly peck his lips.
"I love you too, babe." Castle looked back through the mirror and saw that back-up had finally arrived. It was show time, although he'd stay in the car.
"Here's my queue…" Kate said breathing out heavily before she glanced back at Caste before leaving the car, bullet proof vest on and weapon in hand.
"Detective Beckett!" One of the uniforms motioned for her to lead the way.
They split-up, Beckett taking the stairs along with officer Mallory and detective Marymount from the missing persons unit, while two other officers road in the elevator, another two guarding the building's single entrance, and two guarding the fire escape route.
As they arrived on the third floor, officers O'Brien and Esteves had just barged in and Esteves easily handcuffed the single adult that was inside—Marissa Aubrey, who was caught with a revolver in hand, however empty. The woman kicked and yelled out cuss words as the two officers obeyed Beckett's orders for them to escort Aubrey to the 12th precinct. Meanwhile, Mallory and Marymount searched the apartment for other adults when they found two of the six children tied with a thick prickly rope inside the closet, tape covering their mouths. One of them, a little girl of long blonde hair was unconscious and was released by Marymount. The little boy had tears of fear rolling down his cheek, his golden hair messy and wrists very bruised from trying to release himself.
Mallory searched the rest of the apartment alongside Beckett who was startled by a loud cry of "Daisy" as her Ellie launched herself into her arms. Kate had tears of relief threatening to fall from her eyes as she pressed Eleanor as tight as she could to her body, without hurting.
"Daisy, Daisy, Daisy…" Eleanor repeated in desperate whispers, sobbing into Kate's chest, "You came!"
"I did, I found you, we'll be okay now, alright? No one will ever hurt you again, my Ellie!" Officer Dora Mallory watched the whole scene in awe, as she held babies Elisabeth and Grant, while Marymount carried Cassidy, who had returned to conscious as soon as she was untied and drank some water, out of the apartment, handing her to the paramedics.
Eleanor released herself from Kate, who carried Henry, who had hurt his wrist, Ellie never leaving her side as she held hands with a quiet Nathan as they entered the elevator.
When Kate walked out of the building, Castle was by the door and immediately took Henry from her and placed him inside the ambulance with Cassidy, the two were to ride to the Children's hospital accompanied by a social worker, Mrs. Hannah Darcy and Marymount following in her car with Grant, Nathan and Elisabeth strapped in.
"Beckett, and the little one?" Emma Marymount asked as she rolled down her passenger's window.
"This one's with me, Marymount, I'll meet you at the hospital." Marymount nodded and drove off.
Beckett turned back to see Eleanor watching her patiently from where she sat on the front step of the building entrance, Castle sitting beside her, Ellie's arm resting lazily on his thigh. Beckett was sure she could get used to this.
"Daisy, why did they call you Beckett?" Kate laughed soundly, partly in relief and partly in the mission accomplished sense.
"'Cause my name isn't actually Daisy, Eleanor, that's the nickname you gave me, my name's Katherine Beckett, Kate for short."
"Oh." Eleanor and Castle laughed too, "That's an okay name, I like Daisy better." Castle chuckled and rumpled Ellie's golden hair.
"My silly girl…" Castle said with a smile
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