The two detectives, their captain along with her husband are all in route to the crime scene running their cruisers code three

"What did dispatch say about the scene?" Castle asks his wife as they move rapidly in the direction of a warehouse area where the reports of shootings were reported"

"Shootings? More than one?" Castle asks

"That is how dispatch took it and sent multiple responding units to the scene. According to the early information there is two scenes almost next door to one another and there ae dead bodies allover"

"That sounds like a gang war" Castle Comments

"Yeah it does. Dispatch said that they had reports of hundreds of rounds being fired. The 911 operator said he heard a large number just in the time he was on the phone with the first caller. More than one citizen called and reported the gunfire and each call taker reported the same things were heard on the phone coming from two different buildings"

"So were the calls coming in at the same time? Maybe the operators hears the same events"

"No. The calls were just a minute apart so there were a lot of rounds fired during the course of the event" Beckett responds to her husband

The crime scenes appears in front of the pair as Kate pulls her cruiser into a defensive posture behind several marked cars. The duo get out and are immediately stopped by the perimeter officer, As they approach the area of the lot they can see four black SUV's. Plain with no license plates. There are officers around the vehicles examining the units and getting the VIN numbers from the ID plates under the windshield

Beckett takes out her Id and presents it to the uniform "I am Captain Kate Beckett of the 12th homicide unit and we were called in"

"Sorry, no one is allowed inside until the area sweep has been completed by Tactical"

"Were you told that we were called?"

"Yes, captain, we are told to expect you and your team but still there is a large shooting field inside and until SWAT has made sure it is safe, they are not letting anyone inside, especially a command level officer such as yourself"

Kate turns back toward her team and her husband as the four step away from the barricades "Espo, see what you can find out from the field commander" she turns to her other partner "Ryan do a quick sweep and see what you can determine, then let's meet back here and compare notes"

"Yes, sir" the two men respond in unison and the two detectives move out to their respective assignments

Kate sand Rick walk along the barricades respecting the authority of the uniformed officer that halted them from entering the scene

"Rick, there are black SUV's here just like the mercenaries used when they attacked me just after killing my former team in DC" she is pointing toward the vehicles parked just outside the building

Castle is standing with his hands in his coat pockets thinking about the situation in front of them "If the vans are still here, that means that the occupants did not survive the assault to come back to them and leave the scene"

"Or what about…these belong to the property owner and they are just parked here?" Beckett comments

Then a man's voice appears from behind the pair "Mr. Castle is correct this time"

Castle and Beckett spin around and come face to face with Agent Gray. He has once more appeared from no where with no visible means of arriving without being seen

"The occupants from these vehicles are scattered all over inside" he points toward the warehouse building

Beckett remembers the very spooky nature of the CIA agent "how do you know?"

"I have been inside"

"I thought they area was cordoned off and no one is being allowed inside"

Agent Gray turns to Beckett with a face that screams 'you know I am a spook?'

Castle looks at his wife then turns and picks up on the conversation "Of course, Agent Gray has been inside" then looks at the agent "and what did you see?"

"All twenty of the operatives that came in have been neutralized"

"No one was left alive?" Beckett asks

"No! And it was done with precision. There were a lot of small arms fire and it appears the men on the floor are the only causalities. No other bodies are inside and there is no indication that anyone else was injured"

"Are you telling us that even you do not know who did this?" Castle asks

There is a moment of silence "No. Not totally"

Castle looks at Beckett "That means, he has no idea"

"I figured that out"

Castle and Beckett hear the voice of Lt. Esposito calling to them from across the parking lot "We can have access now"

Beckett comments first "Good, now we can…" her statement fades as she notices that Agent Gray is no longer beside her or Castle. He has, once again, vanished without a sound. The two both look all around them and there is no evidence the man was ever there at all

"So cool" Castle comments as his wife is rolling her eyes and she turns toward the Hispanic detective "On our way"

The three are joined by Kevin Ryan as they move rapidly to the entrance of the warehouse. Just inside the door, they are met by a very large African
American man "Captain Beckett" he extends his hand "I am Captain Hodges, Tactical division. Are you up for a weird one?"

Castle comments under his breath "If he only knew about our normal cases"

She looks sideways at Castle "What do you have Captain?"

"Follow me" and the man turns and begins to enter the warehouse building. As soon as they enter the main room, it is evident that this was a killing field. Bodies are scattered everywhere. They were apparently involved in a fire fight that they lost. And lost badly with 100% causalities.

After covering their footwear with shoe covers and donning examine gloves the team enter the main room. The group of five now silently walk around carefully avoiding the spent shell casings and blood spatter.

Finally after several minutes, they start looking carefully at the individuals now deceased on the floor. This is when Beckett recognizes one of the men as the leader from the initial attacks several months ago. The same man that Allison Hyde had transferred to her"

"This just proves that she was a scapegoat for Lock Stat" Kate comments

"He got back into circulation for his boss. He must be an important operative" Castle looks at Esposito "Wouldn't you agree Javi?"

Having Castle ask Esposito for his opinion show Javier that Castle holds no hard feelings after his open lack of faith in the writer

"Yeah. He must be the lead for the team" Esposito looks around the room and comments "This was an ambush"

Kate looks at her detective "Are you sure?"

"Yeah. Look at the room. The walkway goes all the way around the top. Once the attackers were inside then shooters from up top opened fire. These men" pointing at the bodies on the floor "never had a chance"

"I would have thought that these men would be expecting this? Ryan comments

"They would have if they were in the Middle East but not in a grain warehouse in New York City. They simply were caught totally off guard"

The team continues to walks around looking at the scene as the CSU units start their evidence gathering

When the team arrive on the second floor mezzanine they see the shooter's perch. It appears that there were more than two dozen shooting locations

"Beckett, look here" Esposito call to the captain "The spend cartridges are 45, 9, 40. A mix of a lot of different weapons"

"Is that unusual?" Castle asks

"Oh, yes. A shooting team would all be carrying the same weapons just like those on the floor down there" he points toward the lower floor "They are all carrying the same rifles. The shooters up here were all using different weapons. Almost like a group of militia all bringing in their hunting rifles"

"Are you saying these professional hit squad were taken out by a militia group?" Beckett asks

"No. Just whoever did this drew on a lot of different shooters"

After returning to the main floor Beckett has the area secured. She goes to the command post sets up her command. Once the team gather she is briefing them when a man enters and identifies himself as Zachary Sutton with the US Attorney General's office and he was taking over the case

"I am Captain Beckett and this is my case and NO! You are not taking jurisdiction here. The last time one of your collogues did that the she ended up dead and the suspects vanished until today" she points toward the building "and now they are back and dead on the floor inside the warehouse. So you can go call whoever you want, but I will not release this scene to you"

The man is obviously not happy with her statement

"Do I make myself clear Agent Sutton?"

"We will see about this Captain" and the angry man walks out of the van

Rick looks at Kate and whispers in her ear "so sexy"

She looks up to him "We can look into that later" She then speaks to the group "Get me data as fast as you can. I want names of victims, I want to know who owns this building. I want to know who owns the vans outside. You all know what to do. Let's get to work"

The group disband and head out to do their jobs then Beckett speaks to her husband "I need to call downtown and tell them I just told the feds to go to hell"

"I am, going to enjoy listening to that conversation" and they start toward her cruiser and take a trip back to the station

When Beckett arrives back to her office there is already a message for her to call the commissioner, the DA, and the mayor. She shows the notes to Rick "They didn't waste any time, did they?"

Just as they sit down the phone rings and the desk officer tells the captain that she has a visitor. A confused look appears on her face then she looks at Castle

"Vinnie 'The Scar' Cardano is downstairs and say he need to talk to us about the events in the warehouse"