HEARTBREAK

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Kate is seriously injured at a crime scene. It affects the relationship between her and Castle.

The 12th homicide team was working on a case in the Soho section of New York City.

The victim was thrown out of a moving car, or truck. Esposito, and Ryan were canvasing the neighborhood.

Kate was checking with CSU text on tire tracks. She was on the side of the street, kneeling with her back to on-coming traffic's. Kate did not hear the first warning of a speeding car approaching, so she was slow to stand up and move at the warning of a speeding oncoming car.

The car did finally turned at the last minute but didn't stop and still struck Kate on the passenger side fender and grill of the car. Kate was impacted hard it propelled her up in the air landing, thirty feet from point of impact, and she rolled like ball.

Everyone rushed to her side. Kate was rolled up in ball, bleeding from so many areas.

One of the traffic officers checks for a pulse, he found none. He started CPR. A second panicky officer called 911, almost crying she notified the PC's office.

Because of several factors, medical condition, time of day, distance to a true TRMA-1 center, a Medi-Vac Helo was dispatched to the scene.

The Paramedics kept doing CPR the whole way to Helo then to the center.

Fourteen floor at 1PP

"Commissioner office, Baker speaking."

"Baker this is Captain Gates, of the 12th, One of my officers has been injured at a murder scene. The officer is my Lead Detective Kate Beckett, Sadly the officers at the scene report that Officer Beckett is unlikely. (Unlikely in police speak, means the victim is not likely to survive), please tell the Commissioner she is on the way to New York Presbyterian Hospital, by Medic-Vac chopper."

Baker notified the Commissioner, and they left for New York Presbyterian hospital.

The Captain also placed a call to Kate's former partner, Richard Castle. She got a voice mail telling her Rick was out of the area. To reach him she needed to call a number that followed the voice mail. She called and got this.

"RCE, Inc. Barbara speaking. How may I help you?"

"This is Captain Gates, NYPD. I need to reach him as his close friend Detective. Beckett has been seriously hurt, with the code words (Unlikely)."

"Captain Gates I'm sorry I will try to contact him ASAP. I will make sure; he calls as soon as he replies."

"Thank You Barbara."

Twenty minutes later, in a faraway place Rick is pounding on his laptop. He is interrupted by his cell.

"This better be good Paula."

"Sorry Rick but the office got a call on that special line you set up.

There was some kind of accident at the 12th. It involved Kate Beckett, she was hit by a high-speed car, at the scene of a body dump.

Gates told the service that, Kate is in the New York Presbyterian hospital. She is in the ICU, and she said the on-scene medic said the code word (Unlikely), she said you would know what that means. Again, sorry to interrupt you."

"Paula, set up the fastest transport out of here. I am going to her."

"I'll call you back ASAP as things are arranged.

Sorry for the bad news."

Paula called back and within an hour after she called Rick was on his way back to NYC. It was going to take a full day for him to get back.

At the New York Presbyterian hospital ICU, Kate remained comatose in ICU. Her list of injuries was a small book. First was two broken arms and wrists. Two broken ribs, front and back, serious back injuries, and a skull fracture, and a lot of internal damage.

In the ICU Kate was on round the clock watch. She was on a ventilator with two IV-line pumping Fluids and Blood products into her. They were trying to stabilize her so she could survive surgery.

Kate looked so small in the bed with so many tubes, and lines poked into her. The noise of the vent, the beeping of the monitors made everyone who was allowed in the room, to get a head ach.

The only person who never complained about it was Castle who was limited to five minutes per hour. He was their 24/7, for six weeks till Kate stabilized so she could have her first operation. She remained comatose the entire time.

The first operation was on her head to release presser of building up fluid. It went well and her chances of recovery went up to 50/50. They placed cast on her legs, wrist, shoulder.

When Kate came out of her coma, she had mild memory loss, so she was unsure of what happened to her, but she was physically improving so she was transferred to a rehab hospital for recovery.

While she was their things started to change. She started to withdraw from Rick quickly. After ten days she asked him to limit his visit to once a week.

Then when he came the next week, he was told he was barred from visiting her at all by her request, it was stated she felt he was inhibited her recovery by his presents. So, she would like him to stay away till she called him.

This hurt him very much and he took it as a kiss off, he had not seen her in person for two years.