Kate Beckett x Reader - Change of Fate / Chapter 1
Kate had never felt so helpless in her life as she did now, not even at the point in her age when her mother was brutally murdered and left to die in an rotten alley. She was a detective and yet she had no plan where her partner and best friend was, not to mention her unborn baby, although that is exactly what she should know as a good partner.
You'd been gone for more than 24 hours now, there was not a single reference to your stay and she didn't know where, who or what had taken you but she knew exactly that you wouldn't have left voluntarily. That's what the medium-sized blood stain in your living room told her when she had a queasy feeling and drove to your apartment that night and found it.
You had given her the key as soon as you found out about your pregnancy so that she could come over whenever she had an uncomfortable feeling in her stomach, she needed distance from Castle or she had to know that you were okay if you missed her calls for a few hours.
She was protective of you like a lioness. Anyone who got in your way had to get past her first. But this time she came too late and wasn't there when you really needed her.
And for that she hated herself.
"Beckett," she startled and casted her angry and at the same time sad and thoughtful look at Esposito while she was still thinking about you and the unborn baby. "We have a lead, hurry up!"
Immediately she realized the said words and her mind began to process things too quickly, already circling around the thought of holding you in her arms. With a speed, she let the chair she was sitting in, flying against the wall behind her. The brunette clutched her jacket, weapon and badge and disappeared to the elevator.
She couldn't drive her company car; Esposito had taken the key from her. She was too shaky and upset to drive herself. Instead, he got behind the wheel, also hoping the nightmare was soon over for both you and his best friend.
He was afraid of what she would do if she got her hands on the guy who had done whatever to you, but he was prepared, Espo knew how the woman next to him was when something was taken or hurt from her.
Kate got out of the half-moving car and ran around it to immediately grab a vest and put it on herself. She tied her hair in a ponytail and wanted to walk in, but was stopped by Ryan by a firm grip on her arm. "Wait for us, you don't know what or how many people you will find!"
Angry and nervous, she bit her lip and took a few steps back to the car where she stood with both feet firmly in the ground, as a sign to Kevin that he could let go of her and that she waited and wouldn't go in there alone. She knew the rules by heart, but this was different. Not only was her mind screaming at her to go in there immediately and not waste one more second, but also her body. As if her legs would want to step through that door on their own; she had to control herself.
Her entire body shuddered of fear of what was going on behind the closed metal doors of the large hangar. She had already gone through every single possibility in her head, but she was still afraid that the worst scenarios were more realistic than finding you. Whether you were in there at all or it was a clue into the void yet again.
In the meantime the whole cavalry had arrived with an ambulance and gathered around the three detectives and Castle, the captain was also there and directed the whole thing, Beckett couldn't. The brunette didn't even listen to the instructions. She just wanted in - in and find you.
Snipers had already moved on the roofs and looked through the window ceiling of the hangar, there was no one to be seen yet. And that had given Kate a punch in the stomach.
Fully armored men divided themselves to the three different entrances and waited for the starting shot to enter the building while the three detectives stood at the front door and waited for the captain's confirmation. Kate looked at her intently and she nodded. Two armed men opened the thin yet heavy doors and they moved in like a swarm of bees. Kate was the first of the group to enter, gun drawn.
The hangar hadn't been used for a long time, nobody had taken care of the things; boxes were everywhere and blocked the view, making it harder for them to see any attackers before the exchange of fire.
Full of adrenaline, she held her flashlight with a firm grip under her gun and kept walking forward. She broke up with some of her members and tried to find a way through that maze to get to the end. She had to watch out for you every inch of this building.
"Captain, in the back there is something elongated, seems to be some kind of tub." said one of the roof gunners and Kate's heart began to beat faster. "I think I see feet, but I am not sure."
It was the channel on which everyone had to switch on, Beckett had heard everything and she was the only one that was near it, she already saw it from afar.
Her light permeated over the entire floor and her gaze was fixed on something glittering on the floor. Kate looked around once more and ran in the direction of the shiny object. In front of it, she knelt down and took it in her hand while squeezing it hard. The shock ran through her entire body.
It was your necklace that you got shortly before your mother passed. Kate clearly remembered the story you told her about this jewelry; it went on for several generations and you wanted to give it to your baby girl when she turned 18, just like you got it.
"Y/N!" she screamed desperately as she turned around in hope you'd answer. Her eyes made themselves independent and encompassed the lifeless body. She caught her breath in her lungs as she drew in a sharp breath. "NO!"
She was in the field of vision where she could look past the tub from every corner, and there you lay; in a puddle of water - soaking wet and motionless.