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Three, Two, One…Murder!

It's been a few weeks since my Aunt Kate went back to work and worked things out with Castle. I still feel like there is something off, it's not the same as before. I met the new captain, her nickname is "Iron Gates". She scares me and I don't want to get on her bad side.

We were on our way to a crime scene at one of the local film studios. I wondered who died the whole time, if it was a celebrity, it would be awful, but cool. If it was just some crew member it wouldn't get much attention from the press. We arrived and I walked in between Castle and my Aunt Kate.

I looked around the set and it looked really familiar. I had a feeling I've seen this show before, but I couldn't place it. That's when we were ushered to the body of a very familiar face any young kid would recognize.

"That's Andy Randy," I said.

"You know him?" my aunt asked.

"Yeah, he's only the host of the best kids show on TV. I watched it every day when I was little, I stopped watching it once I hit the second grade."

"Hey I remember this guy, I think Alexis watched it when she was younger. He did these weird puppet shows and have on real exotic animals. He was a real riot," Castle said.

"He was awesome, I can't believe he's dead," I said.

"Well it's certainly odd," my aunt said.

"This can't be happening, we were supposed to film the rest of the show today," a man in dark glasses and a suit said.

"Excuse me, I'm detective Beckett," my aunt said to the guy.

"Oh, hey do you know when we'll have this cleared and we could finish shooting?" the man asked.

"No, right now this whole place is an open crime scene and you seem more interested in the show, than your dead actor," my aunt said with annoyance.

"Listen, Andy was a great guy, one of the best actors I've worked with, but if we don't meet the deadline for this finale show, we're screwed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars," he said.

"I know, but if we don't do our job and handle this accordingly, this will be much worse than losing some money," my aunt said.

"All right, fine. Please just find who did this," he said.

"What's your name sir?" my aunt asked.

"Brett Welkins, Andy's manager and director of this show," Brett said.

"Well Brett I may need to talk to you again, so stay in touch," my aunt said.

"Yeah, sure. Whatever you need," he said and walked away.

"Well he seemed really sympathetic," Castle said.

"Yeah, guys like him are a pain to work with in investigations," my aunt said.

"I totally understand," Castle said.

While my aunt was trying to get information off of people with Castle by her side, I decided to walk around the studio. I went through props and looked at old photos from past seasons and it was really cool. Who would have thought I'd ever be on the set of one of my favorite childhood shows.

I overheard some crew members and staff talking, and I decided to eavesdrop.

"Can you believe it's the last show? Fifteen years and now it's over. Too bad Andy isn't going to see it," a black-haired lady said.

"I know it's a shame, he was a nice guy. Who would kill him?" a pink haired man said.

"Yeah, it is. I hope the cops figure this out, but what are we going to do for the last show?" a girl with short blonde hair asked.

"I heard that the writers and Brett were thinking of putting a little memoriam in and have real fans and old guests say goodbye," the man with pink hair said.

"Sounds like a good idea, it will be straight from the heart and authentic to have a group of people who fell in love with the show and have been on," the blonde said.

"Yeah," the other two said in unison.

"Attention everyone, I want to see you all back here tomorrow at 8:00am sharp, we'll start thinking of something for the rest of our series finale. Go home, get some rest, and remember Andy," Brett said.

Everyone murmured amongst themselves while grabbing their belongings. I maneuvered through people, trying to get back to my aunt, but I took a wrong turn. I wound up in another prop department and saw my favorite puppet from the show.

"Bubbles, the orangutan," I said.

I touched the puppet and the orange fur was soft just like I imagined.

"You like Bubbles?" a man with glasses asked.

"Yeah, he's my favorite character on the show," I said.

"Glad to meet a little fan, I'm the voice actor for Bubbles and also Bingo the Dingo," the man said.

"Awesome, I love Bingo the Dingo too," I said smiling.

"Cool, my names Dillan. I started on this show when I was eighteen. Can't believe it's over," he said looking sad.

"Yeah, I pretty much grew up on it."

"Yeah, I was so happy when they asked me to be a part of this project. Fifteen best years of my life and got good pay too. Andy was like a mentor to me because I was young and it was my first real acting job."

"Really?"

"Uh-huh, they saw me at a college show we put on at the mall. They thought my character, Bubbles, was really good and thought it be great for their new kid show. I was ecstatic and ever since then I've been in show-biz."

"Cool, seems like a dream come true."

"Yeah, a bit, but we had our issues. When the show started to tank a few years ago, we knew it would be any day that it will end. Emotions have been high and everyone's been tense."

"Do you think someone on the set killed him?"

"Probably, I don't know why, but they must've had some kind of reason."

"Yeah that's true."

"Emily!" I heard my aunt's voice call.

My eyes widened and I said, "I have to go, nice meeting you Dillan."

"You too Emily."

I quickly jogged back to the front where I found my aunt looking at me with frustration.

"Where were you?" she asked.

"I ran into Dillan, one of the voice actors for some puppets on the show. We were talking," I said.

"Don't wander off like that Emily. I don't want you getting hurt."

"Fine, I'll be careful."

We arrived at the precinct and my aunt was getting filled in by Esposito and Ryan, on some new information about the case. I looked over to captain Gates office and saw she was working on paper work.

"She scares you?" Castle asked.

"Oh yeah," I said.

"Me too," Castle said.

We chuckled and heard Aunt Kate say, "Castle, we're going to Andy's home."

"Can I come?" I asked.

"No I'm dropping you off at home. You have homework to do," she said.

"Aww…Please Aunt Kate," I said.

"No Emily, now come on," she said.

I followed them towards the elevator and we eventually got to the car and she drove me home.

I was home and sitting at the coffee table doing some math homework. I decided to watch TV while doing my boring mountain of homework and I found reruns of Andy Randy's Land of the Dandy. Since I haven't seen it since I was a kid, it was actually kind of really weird and childish.

I finished my homework around dinner time and just when I looked in the fridge for some food, I got a knock at the door. I opened it up to see Castle standing there with a big white paper bag in his hand and a grin on his face.

"Did someone order some spaghetti and dinner rolls?" Castle asked.

"No, but I'll sure take it, I'm starving," I said.

"Great, your aunt said I should come check on you and bring you dinner."

"Cool. I love spaghetti."

"Good, because this wouldn't be too good if you didn't."

"Yeah, I guess not."

We laughed and Castle came into the apartment. He brought the food to the kitchen and we ate together, having a conversation about the case. He told me the details of what they've found so far and right now they only have two suspects, Dillan and Brett. I hoped it wasn't Dillan he seemed so nice when I met him earlier, but the nice ones could always be the culprit.

Castle and I watched movies together until it was bed time and he decided to stay over and keep me company. I went to bed and Castle was going to snooze on the couch.

The next day I woke up and walked out to the living room, finding Castle sleeping. One leg and one arm was dangling off the couch and his face was smushed into the cushion. He was snoring lightly and the sight made me chuckle.

I sat on the on the coffee table and poked Castle in the nose. He scrunched his face with a small laugh and then went back to snoring. I sighed and poked him again.

He giggled and said, "Stop Kate."

My eyes went wide and I was shocked, happy, and a little spooked, but was Castle thinking of my Aunt Kate. I guess Castle really did like my aunt, I hope she'll take him soon because he'll only wait for her for so long.

"Castle!" I yelled.

Castle jumped up startled and fell off the couch with a soft thud.

He looked up, glaring at me and said, "Emily, never wake me up when I'm having a good dream."

"Was it about my aunt?" I asked.

"What!? Nooo… It was about princesses and Dragons," he said awkwardly.

"Was my aunt a princess and you her knight in shining armor?"

"All right, let's move off that subject, I wasn't dreaming of your aunt. Want some breakfast?"

"Okay. I'd love some breakfast."

"Get ready we'll go to a diner near the station and then see if they've gotten any further with the case."

I got ready and we went to the diner to get breakfast. I got a stack of waffles and Castle got some eggs, bacon and hash browns. We ate and talked about different entertaining topics to pass the time. Eventually we finished and headed off to the precinct to get some info on the case. Outside the precinct was tons of news reporters and newspaper people, trying to get the scoop on a famous death.

We passed through them and headed inside, hoping on the elevator to get to their floor. We went to Aunt Kate's desk where everyone was standing around talking to one another.

"Hey Castle and Mini Beckett," Esposito said.

"Hi," we said together.

"What's going on?" Castle asked.

"We have Brett in interrogation, we think he was behind it because apparently in the event of Andy's death, he would automatically get half of Andy's fortunes. Which is worth 25.3 million dollars," my aunt said.

"Yeah, and since Andy had no prospective benefactor to give his money too, he gave everything in his will to Brett," Ryan said.

"Wow all that for some money," Castle said.

"Yeah, killing for money is a major motive in cases like these," my aunt said.

"True, so is it over? Case closed," Castle asked.

"Not exactly, he had an accomplice, but he won't say who," Esposito said.

"Actually I think I can help," we heard a man say.

We turned to see Dillan standing there with a bullet wound in his arm.

"Here sit, in my seat," my aunt said ushering him to her desk chair.

"Thanks he said as he sat down holding his wound.

"Why didn't you go to a hospital?" Castle asked.

"Because I didn't want her to get away with what she did to Andy," Dillan said.

"Who's she?" my aunt asked.

"Sandra, she's head of the props department. I overheard her on the phone with Brett, it seems like they were intimate with each other. I could tell they were a thing a few years ago, but I didn't know they were going to plot to kill Andy," Dillan said.

"Okay, we'll go find Sandra. Ryan call an ambulance for Mr. Connors, and arrest Mr. Welkins for the murder of Mr. Randy," my aunt said.

They all went their separate ways and I stayed with Dillan.

"I'm glad my favorite puppetmaster is okay," I said and patted him on the back.

"Ow," he grumbled.

"I'm so sorry," I said.

"It's cool, it was an accident. I'm glad I'm all right though too."

"I'm glad it wasn't you."

"Yeah, I could never kill Andy. He was great to me and taught me so many things to take along my life journey. I just wish I could have saved him."

"Yeah, most people wish they could've done more, but sometimes life doesn't work out that way."

"You're a smart kid. Stay in tuned with your knowledge you're going to need it someday."

"I will."

"Oh, before I forget. I was talking to some crew members and since we're having a whole bunch of people for the last segment of the show, would you like to be a part of it?"

"Really me on TV?"

"Yeah."

"That would be awesome. I'll definitely do it."

"Great, glad to have you on board."

"I called for an ambulance, should be here soon," Ryan said.

"Thanks," Dillan said.

"No problem," Ryan said.

Eventually the ambulance came and took Dillan to the hospital. Aunt Kate, Castle, and other officers caught Sandra trying to flee the city. Both of our killers were going to prison and Andy can rest well that we found his murderers.

The following week came and I was on the set once again. I had light makeup on my face and I was waiting around to be cued for the last shot of the final episode.

"Are you excited?" my aunt asked.

"Yeah, do I look okay? Am I ready for my close up?" I asked.

My aunt chuckled and said, "Yeah, yeah, my little showstopper. You look great."

I laughed and said, "Thanks."

"Hey did you guys try the mini muffins and bagels, they are so good," Castle said while taking a bite of a croissant.

"Castle you visited the catering table three times," my aunt said.

"But it's so good," Castle said.

My aunt shook her head and I said, "You should try the mini hot dogs they are so yummy."

"Ooh, I got to get one of them. Good luck out there mini Beckett," Castle said and walked back over to the catering table.

"Good luck Em. I'm going to keep an eye on Castle, make sure he doesn't stuff himself full of food," my aunt said.

"Okay," I said.

A few minutes later we were called to film the scene and there was about ten of us all together on the set that looked like a cozy house. It only took us three takes to film the shot and if you ask me it came out really well. Hopefully, when it airs next week, it'll look great and I look great.

"You got a natural here Detective Beckett. She could be in Hollywood one day," Dillan said as he walked me over to my aunt and Castle.

"Thank you, I think so too, she's a true character," my aunt said.

"Yeah, she'd definitely make a name for herself on the big screen," Castle chuckled.

"Ha, yeah, I can definitely see the drive in her. I'm happy she was able to do this, I'll see you all around. Good luck Emily," Dillan said and promptly left.

"Well little star, ready to go home?" my aunt asked.

"Yeah," I said.

We left the studio and headed home. I was anxious to see the episode and hoping I pulled it off.

It was the following Friday and today the finale was airing today. We were all at Castle's place, waiting for the show to start. Alexis, Mrs. Rodgers, Castle, my aunt Kate, Esposito, Lanie, Ryan, and I were all gathered around the living room. It finally started and we all sat there watching the last parts Andy got to film before his death.

The hour show finally was nearing a close and the memoriam played for him. After it ended my part came on and everyone watched closely:

"I'm Emily and I grew up watching this show just like some of the others here and you at home. I'm here with all the best guests, characters and fans of this show, giving a big dandy goodbye to Andy," I said.

"Yes, we are. We're glad to have a fan like others signing off the show. We'll miss you Andy," Bubble the orangutan said from beside me.

"Yes we will, Andy, rest in peace, you'll be missed. From everyone here and me this is Andy Randy's Land of the Dandy signing off, stay sweet like candy. Bye," I said.

We all waved and the scene faded to black, they placed his picture on the black ground and under it, it had his name and 1967-2011. Everyone clapped once it was over and I smiled happily. Maybe I do have a knack for being on TV.

"Good job Mini Beckett, you were great," Castle said.

Everyone agreed with their own comments and I felt over the moon. Hopefully everyone at school got to see it, maybe I can rub it in Hayley's face, but my aunt told me to be civil with her, but a little gloating never hurt anybody. Well at least I hope so, maybe I should ask my aunt if anyone's ever been murdered for gloating.