Desperate Measures

by theresadelicot9

Once again Castle is caught in a mystery as to why a serial killer is calling him to tell him about the killings of the three so far. Captain Beckett sets out to begin the investigation with the recording of the killer on Castle's cell phone.

2. Chapter 2

Desperate Measures

Chapter Two

It was at this time that Beckett answered the call from her husband. "Castle, how are you and the kids this evening?" she asked him calmly.

Castle had to take a deep breath before talking to his wife. "First of all the kids are fine. They are all with my mother taking them out for the evening. Otherwise, I just received a strange phone call thinking it was a fan of mine."

"Okay, what's wrong then Rick with you sounding strange to me?" she said, sitting up in her swivel chair.

"This caller with a muffled voice told me that he or she has murdered three people and that I needed to speak with you about the murders." He remarked quietly taking a deep breath into his lungs.

"Babe, I am sorry to say we have sitting in the morgue three bodies all found in different sections of Manhattan. The Mayor and police commissioner have full teams working on those murders having to be serial for the most part."

"Castle, were you able to record the phone call from where the location of the call came from?" She takes her glass on the desk needing cold water with her throat suddenly dry.

"No. But the telephone will undoubtedly be able to come up with a possible address. Otherwise, I will be driving to the precinct to help with the serial case." He tells her while standing up from his chair in his private office.

"NO! You're not doing any such thing, Castle. You're needed at home to finish up the last of those chapters for Black Pawn Publishing." She screams at him with the request.

"I AM NOT STAYING HERE WITH A KILLER AT LARGE!" he cried out in his response.

"Jesus h. Christ, Castle, what is wrong with you?" she exhaled deeply talking to her husband. Do me a favor Rick, please check on your mother and the kids?" she says strongly.

"Fine, I will call my mother to find out how they are doing." He ended the conversation by redialing his mother's number.

Meanwhile at the Coroner's Office

Doctor Sydney Perlmutter had been keeping himself busy with the last body Nancy Wong killed inside the Manhattan library. Her family had given him to do the autopsy on their daughter age 45 years old.

She had been working at the library for the past eight years as a librarian for the most part. His assistant Jerome had taken the DNA samples, along with blood and other items that were found on her purple purse and hair.

It was at this time that Sergeant Esposito and Detective Kevin Ryan had been waiting for a report on the body. Even though their families weren't able to stay around. Since the father and mother were in mourning and needed to be alone for now.

Frustration was setting in for Dr. Perlmutter having worked a great many hours late with his relief Doctor Anne Anderson would be coming into work soon. She will be taking over for the next three days.

Taking off his mask with throwing it into the bin. He covered the body to be placed in the cooler bin number six in the next room. After the disgusting chore was done. He then went to speak with the two detectives from the 12th precinct.

Walking out he found them sitting down on a bench looking at their cell phones. "Gentlemen, you wish for a verbal report before typing it up for the Captain and my superiors?"

"Yes, doctor, what exactly did she die from?" Sergeant Esposito will ask him the first question.

"Blunt force trauma to the right side of her brain to bleed out along with two knife wounds to her chest. I will be receiving a report on the hair samples that were found on her purple purse and her hair as if she had put up a real struggle." He advised.

"When you get the report or Doctor Anderson to have the report sent over to the 12th precinct?" Detective Ryan says to him finishing up with some of his notes.

With the shake of his tired body needing to go home to his home, family, and grown children home from college at Suny and Harvard.

"Of course, I will Detective. I am just too tired to make jokes the light of the situation and even the author Richard Castle." He was annoyed having to mention his name.

Sergeant Esposito will say the following to the doctor. "We can both understand your meaning about the serial killer and the three bodies so far. I just hope to god there won't be anymore?" he says with remorse with his tone of clinical voice.