Chapter 8

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Castle woke up realizing he was in a chair tied with plastic ties that were making his hands sore. Great, kidnapped again. Just what he wanted. He already worried Beckett to death with his two month disappearance before their grand wedding. After they discovered him, it took a little bit for them to get on their feet again and finally they just used a justice of peace at the Hamptons instead of the fancy wedding they originally planned. He looked around the place and realized he was in a old warehouse. Seriously? Couldn't kidnappers be more creative than an old warehouse? And tying up the hostage in a chair? Really? What could they possibly want with him this time? Most of the time he and Beckett were together when kidnapping was involved. Then he remembered the baby? Where was Jane and Lisbon's baby? Last thing he remembered he was holding her by the ice machine. Why didn't he just go alone to get ice? He didn't have to take the baby. Then she wouldn't be in danger. Jane and Lisbon would be worried sick over their child. A man in a dark clothes made his way towards him.

"Well, Mr. Castle, I have you here. Jones did very well." The man said.

"Why am I?" Castle stared at him.

"You're a writer, aren't you? I've been wanting to meet your acquaintance. Your books are quite thrilling. Too bad your muse wasn't with you. The baby sufficed." The creepy man said.

"Where is she? Don't you dare touch her!" Castle said seriously.

"She's being taken care of." The man said.

"I said where is she? I want to see her." Castle said again.

"I don't recall you having a new child? I don't remember reading in your biography of your recent book." The man said again.

"She's my new friends' baby from the FBI. They're be coming for her. I want to see her." Castle hissed.

"Jones, bring the child here." The man talked into a walkie talkie. "Who's child?"

"Patrick Jane and Teresa Lisbon." Castle answered. "They're be worried sick over her."

"Oh, yes, that's right. Patrick Jane killed my boss."

"What! You knew Red John. Jane just told me about him killing his family."

The man named Jones came in carrying Lisby Michelle who luckily looked unharmed but she was crying very hard. "How do you get her to stop crying?" Jones annoyed not holding her properly by holding her out.

"You're holding her wrong for one thing and she's teething. She needs coldness to soothe her." Castle sneered. "If you're going to hold us hostage, I'm taking charge of the baby. I don't trust your goon."

"Fine. You can take her." The man untied Castle's ties. Jones handed Castle Lisby Michelle.

"Honey, it's okay. I'm here. You don't have to be with the mean man." Castle glared at Jones.

"Yes, of course I know Red John. He's my inspiration." The man said."Oh, Jones get some ice in a washcloth for the baby." He looked to Jones.

"What do you have against writers?" Castle asked. "And get diapers." Castle looked to Jones.

"I have nothing against writers. They inspire me especially you." The man said.

"She'll need baby food and bottle and formula, a baby toy." Castle continued listing off baby needs.

"How much does a baby need?" Jones complained.

"Well, you should've thought it through when you decided to kidnap the baby with me." Castle reminded.

Meanwhile, in their room Lisbon was trying to keep Jane calm. He was practically catatonic and having a panic attack. She realized this must have been him when he found Angela and Charlotte dead. Then he was required to be in the mental institution. She wanted to make sure she didn't have to resort to it again. She knew at this moment she had to be the strong one in this relationship. As much as she was deathly worried about their daughter, she needed to keep calm and be in her cop mode.

"Jane, Beckett's team are already on the lookout. Wylie's been looking at the security footage from the hotel." Lisbon said.

"Remember, Castle's with her and he's going to makes sure nothing happens to her." Beckett reassured also.

Martha paced around the room. "Richard shouldn't have taken her with him." Martha worried. "It's better if he's the only one."

"You're not worried about your son?" Beckett asked.

"Of course I'm worried about my son but to have the baby kidnapped." Martha said.

"We couldn't have guessed someone taking them. It has to be the killer assuming it is." Beckett said. "Castle's a writer, he's after writers for some unknown reason."

"And our daughter got in the middle." Lisbon said. Jane still was not speaking.

"Teresa, can I speak to you." Beckett said. Lisbon left and walked over to Beckett. "We found a note." Beckett reached into her pocket and handed it to Lisbon. Lisbon read the poem quickly.

"Oh, my God, Blake Association. But we arrested the members."

"That's when Jane panicked." Beckett said. "And restlessly searched through the hotel and then he didn't say anything."

Martha heard his daughter in law and agent and came up to them. "I don't imagine this person would kill a child." Martha said.

"Actually, Martha, the leader of this organization, a serial killer, killed Jane's first child and wife." Lisbon confessed whispering. She looked over her shoulder seeing if Jane was going to get out of his depressed stupor. He hadn't uttered a word since he and Beckett returned. He just sat on the bed staring into space.

"Oh, dear, how awful." Martha said. "I can't imagine."

"I'm hoping he gets out of it." Lisbon said worriedly. "I can't find her without him."

"If you need me to stay with him if he doesn't while you investigate, I will." Martha said.

Lisbon went by Jane seated on the bed. "Patrick, please say something."

"We'll leave you alone with him." Beckett said worriedly herself at her husband's disappearance.

A knock on the door sounded. Beckett walked over and answered it revealing Wylie with a laptop along with Ryan, Esposito and Cho.

"He's bad. Isn't he?" Cho immediately commented seeing Jane. Lisbon nodded positively and her face full of worry.

"We got the footage of the kidnapping from security." Wylie pulled up the video on his laptop and went close to Jane and Lisbon. The silent video showed the kidnapper with a hat and dark glases take the baby and putting a bag over Castle's head. Another person held the baby incorrectly and the person who knocked out Castle woke him up and pulled him behind with his hands tied.

"Yo, a guest mentioned they saw them head north towards the warehouse district." Esposito said. "

"We're planning to head that way." Ryan answered.

"I'm going with to search too." Lisbon said.

"Lisbon, you don't need to, you should stay with your husband." Beckett said.

"I have to go. I'm the one who needs to be strong. Of course, I'm scared for her, that's why I need to go. I carried her for nine months." Lisbon said teary eyed but then wiping them.

"You can stay with him if you need to. Do you think he'll come around?" Beckett asked.

"I hope so. I'm the one who soldiers on. That's what Jane says. He gets paralyzed with fear when it comes to me and now our child." Lisbon looked back at Jane. "Our colleague was killed in the line of duty and he couldn't handle it and ran off. He did it before we married." Lisbon explained.

"I'm sure a lot of it comes from his first family's murders." Beckett noted.

"Yes, he wanted to protect me and our child of course. I didn't listen to his fear. I stood my ground on a cop is who I am. I realize now I'm more than that. I'm a mother and wife as well. I'm being a mother wanting to get her child back."

"I know this is different. Castle disappeared for two months right before our wedding. I had to find and searched endlessly and tried to find clues." Beckett admitted.

"Sounds like the same. Jane wants to protect me. I know I should be honored by that, since it's only natural as a husband and man. With me being a cop, I feel I don't need protection. I'm supposed to protect others and not myself. He thinks differently." Lisbon admitted.

"Oh, yes, our cop instincts make us think we're invincible when we're still as vulnerable as anybody else. I was a wreck when he disappeared."

"I wouldn't exactly call Jane the typical manly man here."

"Castle isn't that either but when he protects the one he loves he does it."

Castle continued watching the baby, and she had calmed down since he had taken her. The kidnapper left, whom he never found out a name. Jones brought some baby items and diapers surprisingly. He also brought the cold washcloth. Castle wondered how Jane was holding up. He adored his daughter and spent time being a stay at home dad like he himself was once. Like himself, he probably suffered from separation anxiety. And the fact Jane lost his first child to a serial killer didn't help much. So if Castle were in Jane's shoes, he'd be a complete mess like when Alexis was kidnapped. He held onto Lisby Michelle for Jane. He was going to keep her safe.

Footsteps echoed coming from the door on the side of building. He looked up from the baby and saw the kidnapper coming towards him.

"Well, Mr. Castle, I've got the flight set up with a friend." The kidnapper said.

"What are you talking about?" Castle asked with surprised expression.

"We're going to New York, of course."The kidnapper said.

"Why?" Castle asked. "Who are you?"

"You're going to take me to your place." The kidnapper said. "You don't need my name. That's just frivilous information." He said grinning an evil grin.

"You want to go to my loft?" Castle asked worriedly.

"No, of course not. I want to go to your place in the Hamptons."

"Nobody besides my family and friends know about that." Castle said.

"Well, let's just say, I know people who have an idea." The kidnapper said. The kidnapper walked around.

"You can't just take us to New York! This child's parents are deathly worried over her. They have to know where she is and that she's safe!" Castle said seriously.

"You are going to teach me to write. Those other writers were quite poor." The kidnapper said.

Castle didn't know how to react to that confession. This guy killed the writers because he thought they weren't good enough? Marie Gold's children were left without a mother for a ridiculous reason like that. The first victim didn't have a chance to graduate because of a reason like that? Everyone else who was killed, that was the reason?

"Fine, I'll make a deal with you. I'll teach you to write but only if I can communicate with the baby's parents and my wife." Castle bargained.

"I don't think that will work." The kidnapper said looking at Castle.

"Then you won't get a writing lesson. You can do whatever you want with me, but don't hurt the baby." Castle said.

"I wasn't planning to do anything to the child." The kidnapper took his walkie talkie. "Jones, bring a computer in."

As Beckett and Lisbon were preparing to go out on the search, Beckett said, "We need to formulate a plan for the search. "On where they could be."

"That's the thing, Jane's the one who usually has the plans." Lisbon confessed. "He's pretty shaken up." She said turning to look at her husband who still hadn't spoken. She had tried to get him to speak. He was too much in shock over the kidnapping of their baby. She needed his ideas as crazy as they sometimes were. She needed his skills.

"And Castle's not here." Beckett said. "He usually comes up with ideas."

After showing the security footage, Wylie was still researching the warehouse district in Corpus Christi. There were several empty buildings and any of them could be the one. Then Wylie's computer started beeping. "There's a call coming through?" Wylie said. He pushed the answer button. Instantly, Beckett and Lisbon took notice. Soon on the screen Castle appeared with Lisby Michelle. Beckett smiled at the sight of her husband.

"Beckett, does everyone see me? Can you hear me?" Castle asked.

"Yes." Beckett looked to Lisbon who nodded positively.

"I don't know where I'm at and I can't share much. I just want to let you know I'm safe and the baby's safe. The kidnapper doesn't want to harm her at all." Castle said.

"You can't give us any clue?" Beckett asked.

The baby looked around while Castle talked and she looked at the screen and recognized her mother and her father. Jane seemed a little more alert though hadn't spoken yet. The baby put her hands on the computer screen Castle was using.

"Hi, sweetie. We'll find you. Your Daddy misses you." Lisbon said.

Jane looked at his daughter. She was safe and Castle was with her. He never imagined something happening to her. He didn't think he would handle it again if she was taken away and now they needed to find her. He needed to say something to his wife. She and the team had been trying to get him out of his shock.

"Honey, I miss you. " Jane finally said. "I know we'll find you. I'll make sure of it."

Lisbon smiled at her husband's response. Everyone else was happy too noticing Jane getting out of his shock.

Another voice echoed in the warehouse where Castle was located sounded, "Mr. Castle, we can't wait all day. You communicated! Now get off."

"Sorry, I have to go. Kate, I love you, Honeymoon and Always." Castle said looking at the screen whispering making sure the guy couldn't hear him. Then the call ended.

"What does that mean, Beckett?" Lisbon asked.

"It's obviously a code." Jane said.

"Jane, I'm so glad you're back." Lisbon put her arms around her husband.

"We had our honeymoon in Arizona. It was also for a case though. That doesn't make sense though. Why would they go to Arizona?" Beckett questioned. "Castle's telling us something."

"Always means something to you, Beckett, right?" Jane asked.

"That's what we said in our marriage vows. Oh, they're going to the Hamptons."Beckett said. "That's what he's telling us."

I plan on a couple more chapters to this story. I'm determined to finish my crossover because I've been really enjoying writing it.