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School's out for the Summer, but Murders in Session (Part 2)
I was being checked out by a nice woman doctor to see the damage done. I had to get a cat scan and a few other tests to see if I had permanent damage or if it was just a traumatic experience that I tried to forget. The doctor finished up and turned to my aunt Kate saying, "I think she's just suppressing her memories. She's been through a lot in the past eight months; losing her mother, getting kidnapped, and now this. I think once something triggers her memory, everything will come flowing back."
"So she will regain her memory," my aunt said.
"Yes, I'm pretty positive this is just temporary amnesia. But just because it's temporary, it can still be awhile until she gets it back," the doctor said.
"Okay, thank you Doctor Rider. When can I take her home?" my aunt asked.
"We'll keep her for one more night of observations and then you can take her home tomorrow," Doctor Rider said.
"All right, see you later," my aunt said.
"See you later, detective," the doctor said and left.
"I can't believe all that happened," I said.
My aunt looked over at me and said, "Me either, but I'm glad you're okay. I just hope you regain your memory."
The door opened and in came that writer, Castle.
"Hey, does mini Beckett have her memory back yet?" Castle asked.
"Not, yet we need something to trigger her memory," my aunt said.
"You'd think my handsome face and awesomeness would help trigger her memory," Castle said with a chuckle.
"Castle, seriously!? I think that is a face one would so easily forget," my aunt snickered.
"Ow, you know how to shoot a guy down," Castle said in a mock hurt tone.
"Yep, with my words and my gun," she laughed.
He laughed too and said, "I'm glad I get the words and not the gun."
A beep went through the sound system in the hospital and the announcement said, "All guests, please take the time to say goodbye because visiting hours end in five minutes. Goodnight."
"My aunt checked her watch and sighed, "Guess it's that time. See you later Emily, I love you."
She leaned over and placed a kiss on my head.
"I love you too Aunt Kate," I said.
"See you later mini Beckett," Castle said.
"Bye," I said to him.
They left and I sat there in silence trying to pick up on any of my memories that I lost. When I got nowhere with trying to pluck memories from my brain, I decided to watch some cartoons. Once it got late a nurse came in to turn off the lights and I turned off the television to get some sleep.
The next day the doctor came in to check me out once more and then a few hours after my aunt arrived to take me home. She brought me some jeans, a t-shirt, and my black converse sneakers. I went and changed in my hospital room's bathroom, while my Aunt Kate filled out paper work to release me.
She drove us home once we finished with the paperwork and she had a quick chat with Doctor Rider. On the way home my aunt spoke up, "Emily, I want to ask you something."
"What do you want to ask?" I asked.
"It's completely up to you, but I want to bring you down to the precinct and have you check out a few people we've caught who could be SeththeOhMighty1. We already apprehended BrokenArrows and his two accomplices."
"Who?" I asked confused.
"Right I forgot you don't remember, but you helped us locate the web site to put a stop to a case we're on. So far we've booked and fined almost half of the people who were members of the website," my aunt said.
"Oh, wow. I mean, I guess I can try. I'd love to fill in the empty space in my memory."
"Okay, but if it gets to stressful, we can go home. Okay?"
"Okay."
We drove to the precinct and my aunt led the way to their floor. We got of the elevator and a Hispanic man around my aunt's age greeted us.
"Hey, Kate. Hi mini Beckett," a Hispanic man said.
"Um... Hi," I said.
"Oh I forgot, I'm Esposito. I work with your aunt," he said.
"Oh," I said.
"I'm going to show her the mug shots of the men we found. I hope one of them will jog her memory," my aunt said.
"Okay, I'll go get those for you," he said.
"Thanks," she said.
"No problem," he said and left to get the pictures.
My aunt led me to an investigation room and I sat down in one of the metal chairs. Esposito came in about a minute later, holding a stack of photos of the potential perps.
Three hours of going through the pile of mugshots twice, not once did one of them trigger my lost memories. I was tired and frustrated, it was weird having a feeling of emptiness and unknowingness in the back of mind. It's like I know it's there, but I can't seem to grasp it.
"Come on Em. It's getting late and you've been searching for hours. I think you need to go home and rest," my aunt said.
"Okay," I said.
She took us to her apartment and as soon as I got in my pajamas, I hit the sheets and practically fell right to sleep. I was having a crazy distorted dream last night, I couldn't seem to see what was happening, but I did know it wasn't good. I awoke with a fright and my aunt came into my room with concern filling her face.
"Emily are you okay?" she asked looking me over.
"I'm fine Aunt Kate. I had a horrible nightmare," I said.
"It was probably a memory coming back. Do you remember anything?"
"No, I can't it was all jumbled and fuzzy."
"All right, try to get some more sleep. Okay?"
"Okay, can you stay with me?"
"Sure, I'll stay with you.
I cuddled into my aunt's side and she rubbed my back soothingly. It felt really nice and I slowly drifted off to a peaceful sleep without any nightmares. I woke up around 9 am and my aunt wasn't in my room. I yawned and got out of bed, I decided to look around my room to see if any memories flooded back, but nothing. I sighed quietly to myself and walked out of my room and headed to the kitchen.
When I got there I smelled the aroma of yummy pancakes and saw my aunt cooking at the stove.
"It smells delicious Aunt Kate," I said.
"Thanks Em. I thought it be nice to have a nice breakfast together, it's a rare occasion," she said.
She placed three more on a plate full of other pancakes and took them to the table. We started eating in silence until my aunt spoke up, "Hey, since I have the day off today, I thought we could go shopping for groceries and then go to the park and a restaurant, maybe get some ice cream. What do you think?"
"That sounds great."
"Okay, let's finish this up and then we'll get ready."
I nodded and we finished up our tasty breakfast. We got ready for the day and headed to our nearest supermarket.
We've been shopping for about twenty minutes and we were getting a lot of different items. We were in the can goods aisle and my aunt was looking at some stuff. I saw a young man looking at something at the other side of the aisle. He looked oddly familiar, but I couldn't place him.
The young man turned his head down to where my aunt and I was and my memories came flooding back to me. My mom dying on our couch, me moving in with Aunt Kate, meeting Castle and my aunt's co-workers, being kidnapped, private school, and so many other things. My main memory of focus right now was the man in the aisle staring me down, Seth.
"That's him, that's Seth!" I shouted pointing him out to my aunt.
"Shit!" Seth shouted and bolted down the aisle.
My aunt quickly ran after telling me to stay there. I wasn't going to listen so I bolted down the aisle trying to pick up my pace to keep up with the chase. We got outside and Seth knocked over a bin of fresh produce that was set outside. My aunt dodged all the produce on the ground and kept up with Seth.
Eventually she caught up to him and plowed him into the wall of a building. He hit hard and dropped to the ground holding onto his side.
"Don't move," my aunt said.
"Screw you. That kid was supposed to have amnesia," he said.
"You brought my memory back," I said.
My aunt pulled out her phone and called for backup. Since she was off duty, she didn't bring her gun or other police items with her. Suddenly Seth lunged for me and wrapped his arm around my neck.
"Don't hurt her. You don't want to do this Seth," my aunt said, worry filling her voice.
"Let me go, and she'll be fine," he said.
"No, I can't let you go. You are a danger to this city," she said.
"Fine, then we'll be seeing you," he quickly dashed off with me struggling in his arms.
I tried relentlessly to break free, but it was no use, this geeky terrorist kid sure had a nice grip. I heard my aunts shouts get farther and farther as we ran down twist and turns of many different alley ways that I didn't even know existed. Eventually we got to a busy intersection where he grabbed onto the collar of my t-shirt roughly.
"Keep walking, don't draw suspicion," he said.
We walked calmly as we passed tons of New Yorkers barely sparring a glance in our direction. I guess being dragged conspicuously wasn't a big sign that I needed help. I caught a glimpse of a sign that was a little ways down from us and it just so happened to be a book signing for Castle, what luck. I read it quickly before we reached the building and saw it was happening right now. It looked like people were lining up and excited to get an autograph of the awesome writer.
As we got closer, I took the opportunity to bolt from my capturer and run into the bookstore. Seth was hot on my tail and I needed to catch Castle before it was too late. People gasped as I pushed through the line and I finally reached Castle sitting at a table filled with his newest Nikki Heat novel.
"Castle help!" I yelled.
"Emily!?" he said.
Seth grabbed me and tried to take me away. Castle stood up and grabbed my hand, holding it firmly so Seth couldn't pull me with.
"Let her go," Castle said in a warning tone.
"What are you gonna do about it? You're just a writer who follows a cop around, I'm not afraid of you," Seth said.
"No, but you should be afraid her," Castle said nodding behind us.
I turned around to see my Aunt Kate holding a gun someone probably lent her when the cops arrived and Ryan and Esposito was backing her up.
"Now, if I were you Seth, I'd surrender," my aunt said.
Seth looked around seeing he had nowhere else to go and let me go. He put his hands up slowly surrendering to the cops. Ryan grabbed Seth and put his hands behind his back, securing them with hand cuffs. As Ryan and Esposito escorted him out of the building, the crowded book store erupted into applause and excitement.
My aunt holstered the gun and placed a hand on my shoulder, "You okay?"
"Never better, at least now I have my memory," I said with a small smile.
"You have your memory back!?" Castle said with excitement.
He hoisted me up into my arms and I laughed with pure joy.
"I'm so happy I have my little mini Beckett back. It was getting pretty boring without my little sidekick, plus I thought you'd never remember me," Castle said.
"How could I forget your ruggedly handsome face," I said with a small cheeky grin.
"My point exactly," Castle laughed.
"I'm so glad your back, Em," my aunt said.
"Me too, I felt lost for the past few days. I'm glad I can put things together without having jumbled up blocks," I said.
They nodded and my aunt said, "We'll let you get back to your book signing."
"Come on stay a little bit. We have cookies and drinks, and I'm doing a little book reading after I'm done signing," he said.
"Well, I guess Ryan and Esposito can handle the rest of the case. We can get Emily's statement later, it has been a pretty rough few days for everyone. It's up to you, Em," she said.
"Hell yeah I think we should stay," I said.
Castle stifled his laughter and I could feel his body rumble while he held me. My aunt's eyes widened and then glared at me, she said firmly, "Emily Marie Beckett Roswell!"
"Well she's certainly back to normal," Castle chuckled out.
"Yeah to normal, I think she hit her head to hard," my aunt said.
"Sorry," I said with a guilty smile.
"Its fine just don't let it happen again," she said.
"Will do," I said.
"Hey, Emily? Do you want to help me hand out my books to the fans? I'll sign them and then you give it to the fan," he asked.
"That be awesome. Can I Aunt Kate?" I asked.
"Sure, have fun," she said.
Castle brought me behind the table with him and the book signing was back up and running. My aunt hung out in the back watching Castle and I interact with the fans. Even a few of them were happy to see me and thought I was cute. I peered back over at my aunt and saw that she had a small smile on her face and I knew she enjoyed these moments.
Eventually the signing was over and it was time for Castle's reading of an excerpt from his book. I was standing with Aunt Kate eating a chocolate chip cookie listening to the dramatic events that Nikki Heat was going through while trying to find her niece with the journalist, Jameson Rook, by her side. It was compelling and amazing, when he ended the excerpt, I wanted to hear more so bad.
Castle got a standing ovation and soon people were filing out of the bookstore or meandering around. Castle came up to us and asked, "How was it?"
"It was awesome! I want to know what happens," I said.
"Maybe I can read it to you when you stay over my place again," he said.
"That would be great," I said.
"It was really great Castle," my aunt said.
"Well thank you, but I couldn't have done it without my two muses. That's why I specifically got these two copies for you two and written a special message for you both," Castle said handing my aunt and I a book.
I turned to the front page and saw writing from Castle in black ink: "To the adorable and amazing mini Beckett. You inspired me to make Nikki's niece just as awesome and brave as you. Keep up the awesome police work. Your one of my top favorite people and I love you like a second daughter. I hope for many more awesome and fun times together, Emily. Love, Castle."
"Thanks Castle, this is so cool. I appreciate it," I said.
He gave a small smile and said, "It's no problem."
"Thanks Castle, I look forward to solving more cases with you. No matter how much you drive me cray, you're a big help sometimes," my aunt said.
"Well you know I am pretty awesome," Castle laughed.
I chuckled and my aunt rolled her eyes at him, "Yeah sure Castle."
"Hey, my mom, Alexis, and I are going out to dinner tonight to celebrate. I'd love for you two to join us," Castle asked.
"Can we…" I pleaded with my aunt.
"Sure, if it's not too much trouble," she said.
"Not at all," he said as he smiled charmingly.
We went out to dinner having a great time with Alexis, Mrs. Rodgers, and Castle. As I looked around the table and saw everyone laughing and talking joyfully, I thought to myself that this is a moment I hope I never forget. I hope I get many more moments like these with the same group of people. Maybe one day, this will be the family that I longed for. I just hope Aunt Kate and Castle see it before it's too late.