Chapter 7

This story has become very AU because Beckett's not the captain and Gates is still there in my story. It's already that way with it being a crossover. Thanks for reviews and follows. I appreciate it.

It's been hard watching Castle with what's going on with Beckett in the new season. I'm not liking her that well so far but hopefully it'll change.

Disclaimer:Neither show is mine.

The next day the quartet got ready to interview Marie Gold's family. Martha right away came over and started her job as babysitter for the baby.

The four stood outside Marie Gold's door. Beckett knocked on the door. A tear streaked black curly haired woman answered. "May I help you? I'm not interested in whatever you're selling. We're grieving."

"Don't worry we're not selling you anything you potentially don't need." Jane said.

"Those ladies aren't using their lovely giles to make you buy anything." Castle said pointing to Lisbon and Beckett who in turn both rolled their eyes at the comment.

"I'm Detective Beckett from the NYPD and this is my consultant Richard Castle." Beckett said pointing to Castle and showing her badge. We want to ask you a few questions regarding Marie Gold."

"I'm the writer." Castle said.

"I'm Agent Lisbon of the FBI in Austin." Lisbon held up her badge.

"Patrick Jane. Consultant for the FBI."

"You found who killed her?" The woman asked. "I'm her mother and want to know. Beverly Gold."

She led them into a living room with a Bohemian style area. "Sorry about the bright colors, Marie started becoming obsessed with this type of décor. Not really my taste."

A young woman was playing with a young boy close to five with some cars and in a playpen were two babies around six months old.

"No, we didn't." Lisbon said taking a seat on the couch. Beckett and Castle joined her. Jane walked by the playpen and the little boy.

"Didn't this person realize her children need their mother." Beverly said looking towards the children.

"They're beautiful children." Jane said to the girl watching knealt down and looked at the children.

"Cody here is five and Amanda and Amelia are six months old." The younger woman with light brown hair said. "I'm Britney, Marie's sister."

"Amanda and Amelia are the same age as my daughter." Jane said bending down to look at the babies. "Hello, little girls."

"We want to ask a few questions." Beckett said. "Where was Marie the night she was killed?"

"Well, she was here most of the night though she went to the grocery store to get milk for us and formula for the babies. She always went at night ever since they were born. Sometimes she got upset when people judged her using formula instead of breastfeeding. She couldn't do it, she had trouble. I told her it shouldn't matter and it was ridiculous she went at night. She should've gone during the day. After all, they're her children. Apparently some of her coworkers made her feel guilty and she'd see them when she went during the day."

"Do you recall the names of her coworkers?" Beckett asked. "Where did she work?"

"She worked at Lily's, a dress shop in the mall. I don't know her coworkers. She didn't really do anything with them." Beverly admitted.

"Is the father of the children involved?" Lisbon asked. She remembered the judgemental glances when she and Jane went out with the baby and she'd get out the bottle of formula. She decided not to breastfeed because it wasn't practical with being an FBI agent and she wanted Jane to feed the baby. When Jane noticed the looks of disdain he'd read the people like a book and annoyed them. Having a mentalist for a husband proved very useful in situations like that.

"No, he left when she was pregnant with the twins. He's a no good scumbag." Beverly said.

"What's his name?" Beckett asked.

"Joe Collins. He never was very nice to me. I don't know where he went. I know it was out of town." Beverly admitted.

"We learned from a Sabrina Mackson, Marie would go to Austin once a week to a writer's group." Castle noted.

"Yes, I do recall her going to Austin for the reason. Actually, that's when she decided to redecorate her house. Her sister, Britney and I moved in with her after the twins were born. We knew she couldn't possibly take care of her son and the twins all by herself."

"We noticed that with the other victims and that they changed their clothes and furniture." Beckett added. "We've had several in New York the last few months."

"She loved writing and sometimes she let out frustration of her life in it." Beverly said. "I just don't understand why anybody would kill her."

"We don't either. Writers are needed in this society. We'll do our very best to find her killer." Castle said.

After visiting with Marie's family, Jane announced. "We need to look at the body."

"Are you sure you want to do that, Jane?" Lisbon aksed Jane knowing he could be affected. Sure, she knew he had seen many bodies from working with them, but a new serial killer might bring him back old, painful memories of his first family's murder.

"I never saw Samantha's in person. I might get a clue if I look closely." Jane said.

"We'll have to call Officer Ladd about that." Beckett reminded reluctantly.

"Oh, him." Jane responded in contempt remembering the officer complaining about Lisby being in the room.

"The non-family man." Castle remarked.

"If you want to see the body that's what we'll have to do." Lisbon said.

Beckett raised her phone up. "Officer Ladd, we would like access to the morgue."

They arrived at the morgue. Luckily, the body hadn't been ready for the visitation and funeral arrangements. The next day it would go to the funeral home to get prepared for the memorial set up by the family. The mortician greeted the agent, cop and consultants. "You're wanting to see Marie Gold."

"Yes." Castle answered.

The mortician pulled out the body still marked with the X. "It'll be a challenge to make her presentable for the funeral with that scarring."

The quartet looked around the body.

"It's not right those children are without their mother." Jane said look sadly.

"I know. It's so wrong." Castle responded.

"Jane, what do you see?" Lisbon asked.

"These cuts are similar to Red John." Jane said sadly. "Except the MO's different."

Beckett examined the body too. "Really? I did research about him. He had the bloody face."

"Yes." Jane answered. "But this killer puts his sign right on the body. "

"What do you think, Jane?" Lisbon asked.

"She knew the killer. All of them had some sort of a encounter with him. She smells like pine cologne and whiskey. She's not the one who drank it." Jane said.

"You got that by smelling her?" Castle asked.

A few minutes later they left the morgue and headed on their way. They had Wylie at the hotel who stayed in a room with the computer google the type of cologne they smelled. It ended up being an expensive brand. They would check that out tomorrow.

That evening after returning from interviewing Marie Gold's relatives, the quartet returned to the hotel earlier than expected. Jane and Lisbon came in their room along with Castle and Beckett and seeing Martha making faces at the baby on the bed.

"She's been up all day and she's been a little cranky."

"We apologize for having you come this far. We didn't expect anybody to do that." Lisbon said.

"No need to apologize, she's been a delight." Martha said as she picked up Lisby Michelle and handed her to Lisbon.

The baby cried immediately after being moved. "I'm sorry, honey, we were gone." Lisbon responded. "What's wrong, sweetie, it's Mommy. You know me. Are you hungry? Do you want Daddy?"

"Being in a different environment may confuse her." Jane said observing his daughter. "She's realizing it now. Princess, we're back." He took her but still she cried. "Mommy's not singing her bad song."

Lisbon glared at him. "It's not that bad."

"May I ask what song?" Castle said curious.

"Livin on a Prayer." Jane answered trying to settle Lisby down.

"Not one I expect to be sung as a lullaby." Castle admitted chuckling.

"I sang it to my brothers and they liked it." Lisbon reminded. Was Jane ever going to stop teasing her about the song?

"Oh, dear, I did notice a little white tooth coming in her mouth." Martha said.

"Yes, she is starting to teethe and we forgot her teething ring. It's never been too bad." Lisbon remembered.

"I'll get ice." Castle offered. "Yes, you just getting teeth in. It hurts." Castle spoke to the baby cutefully. The baby looked at him and held out her hands.

Castle carried baby along with a washcloth and the ice bag. "We'll get your mouth all feeling better. Then you can let your mommy and daddy feel better." He walked to the ice machine down the hall. "This will be a challenge. Here hold the cloth." Lisby looked at the cloth and grabbed it with her little hands. He heard footsteps behind him, but figured it was another guest coming to get ice. In an instant darkness, came over him.

Meanwhile, back in the room. "It looks like we may have a stowaway in our luggage." Beckett smiled. "Castle certainly likes babies."

"It's good for her to be with other people." Lisbon said.

"Thought about little Castles if you don't mind me asking?" Jane said.

"We've talked about it, yes, we want a baby. Castle already has a grown daughter." Beckett admitted. "So, I don't know."

"Teresa and I didn't talk about it. She just happened but we love her dearly." Jane admitted. Lisbon looked at him seriously not wanting to go into their private life.

"I realize it happens when you're not trying." Beckett admitted.

A few minutes later Castle and the baby didn't come back. Beckett was starting to get worried as well as Jane and Lisbon. "He's taking a long time. I know it's a challenge to carry a baby and get ice. It's been too long."

Jane instantly went to panic attack at the thought his daughter was missing. This can't be happening. He couldn't lose another child. Lisbon tried to calm him. "Patrick, I'm sure she's fine. Castle just is wandering around the hotel for some reason."

"He was just getting ice. He's done this before, I wouldn't think he would wander off with the baby." Beckett said. "I'll go look."

"I'm going with you." Jane said.

"Jane, you shouldn't as you're going to get too worked up." Lisbon put a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

"I need to look for her." Jane said. "Teresa, how can you be so calm."

" I'm worried too. Fine go with Beckett. I want to stay here in case Castle comes back to the room." Lisbon said

Beckett and Jane scowered through the hallway and to the ice machine where Castle was headed. They saw ice scattered on the floor and the washcloth he brought with him and in the corner by the ice machine Jane noticed a small paper. He picked it up trying to keep calm and read the words "Tyger Tyger following the rest of the lines of the poem. This couldn't be. They got all the Blake members unless his fake list proved true after all. He couldn't think. His daughter was kidnapped. He needed to find her.

"Oh my God, the Blake association. This can't be! We got everybody." Jane said as he panicked as he started rushing to the elevator nearby. "No, no. I knew I didn't want to be involved with another serial killer."

"Jane, we'll find her." Beckett said. "What is that you found?" Beckett said taking the paper from Jane's shaking hands.

"The Blake Association's signature card." Jane said shakily pushing the down button. Beckett followed Jane. She knew she couldn't stop him from searching for his daughter. She knew very well what panicked parents did when their children went missing. This was Castle rushing off to Paris to find and rescue Alexis except this time Jane's child was an infant which made the search even more urgent. And the fact he already lost one daughter to a serial killer, she knew he didn't want to lose another one. It relieved her a little that Castle was with her. She worried over Castle of course. They stopped at the floor below of the three story building and searched. She realized she couldn't always keep up with a desperate Jane knocking on doors asking about a baby and a man being held hostage. Of course some of the rooms were empty. They searched the first floor and he did the same thing. She decided while he was knocking on the doors, she went to the front desk. "Excuse me, I'm Detective Kate Beckett, did you see this man with a baby." Beckett took out a photograph of her and Castle. "They might've been with someone else."

"Detective we haven't seen that man here." The desk clerk answered.

She then decided to call Officer Ladd. "Officer Ladd, we need an Amber Alert issued. A child's missing."

"Yes, Detective." Officer Ladd responded. She gave him the details and explained it could be related to the serial killer case and that her husband was missing as well.

Beckett managed to find Jane. She was relieved he didn't venture further past the hotel surroundings. Lisbon had mentioned Jane had a tendency to take off without telling anybody where he was going. "Nobody's seen them." Jane said panicking even more going into a full fledged panic attack and tears were forming in his eyes. He hit the wall with his hands, people taking notice. She needed to get him to his wife. She led him carefully to the elevator. He wasn't doing well, she knew that. "Come on, Jane. Let's see Lisbon"

They arrived at the third floor and Beckett knocked on the door. Lisbon opened. "Did you find them?"

"No, I believe they've been kidnapped." Beckett said.

Don't worry the baby will be fine. I had planned on having Castle kidnapped, but my imagination took another turn and added the baby with him and Jane being panicked.