804. Chapter 804

After 3XK

Episode 3.06

By

UCSBdad

Disclaimer: I wouldn't kill to own Castle, but I might be rude. Rating: K Time: See above.

Captain Roy Montgomery stood by the murder board with all of the precinct gathered around him. "People, this is serious. 3XG has struck again."

Rick Castle looked puzzled. "3XG? I've never heard of that one, Captain. Are you sure you didn't mean 3XK?"

Others echoed Castle's question, looking at their captain with questions in their eyes.

"No, this is 3XG. He's a serial groper, people. And we're charged with getting him and bringing him to justice."

Detective Kate Beckett spoke up. "Sir, we're homicide. Shouldn't this be Vice's case, not ours?"

Montgomery shook his head. "Not this time, Beckett. Yesterday Mayor Weldon and his wife were out walking in the park near here with Congressman Oldman and his wife. The two women were walking on the inside of the two men when a stranger pushed between them and goosed both women. Goosed them hard. Then he ran away. Now 3XG has an MO of goosing three women and then stopping for a few months until things die down. Mayor Weldon and Congressman Oldman want this dirtbag caught and caught right now. Understand?"

Castle raised his hand. "Um, sir. Isn't Congressman Oldman's wife a lot younger than he is?"

Montgomery nodded. "Yes, and she's very attractive as well. So?"

"And wasn't she in a series of porno films…."

"That was never proved, Castle." Montgomery snapped. "And it's not relevant."

"I disagree, sir. It's all about the story. Now Bob's wife is a great woman, believe me I like her a lot. But, she's….Um, she's well…."

"She's skinny as a rail, Castle. Bony as a rib joint's garbage can. So what?"

"I'm just wondering why he wouldn't concentrate on Mrs. Oldman instead. She has a…. " Castle decided to quit while he was ahead, or at least not too far behind.

"Target of opportunity, perhaps." Beckett said.

As the cops went about their jobs, Montgomery motioned to Beckett and Castle to come into his office. "Mayor Weldon remembers you, Kate. And he thinks you'd make a great decoy to draw 3XG out."

Beckett looked suspicious. "A decoy, sir?"

Montgomery nodded. "Yes. He wants you to wear this." Montgomery held out a brown paper bag. "You'll walk around the park area with Castle. He'll be carrying your weapon and shield for you."

Beckett looked suspiciously at the paper bag. "Sir, I don't think ….."

"Mayor's orders, Beckett. Mayor's orders."

Beckett grabbed the bag and headed for the locker room. She came out in five minutes wearing a bathrobe clutched around her. "Sir, this is awful. The spandex shorts are three sizes too small and you can see half of my….," She glared at Castle and whispered, "…behind. And I can't possibly bend over in these and the sports bra is a push up. He isn't into boobs."

"One, it's the mayor's orders, Beckett and just because he hasn't groped a woman's boobs doesn't mean he won't in the future." Montgomery said.

"Beckett, come with me, please." Castle said.

She moved away from him. "If you touch me or look at me anywhere but in the eyes, I swear I'll…"

"Beckett, I won't do anything to you. Well, maybe die of an overload of the brain's pleasure centers when I finally see you. He thought.

He took her to the break room and took out his phone.

"If you take a picture of me Castle, I'll kill you."

He pushed something on his phone and he could hear a phone ringing. "Hi, it's Rick Castle. Is Bob around? I need to talk to him."

Beckett could only hear Castle's half of the conversation, but it was bad enough.

"Bob, Rick Castle. I'm with Detective Beckett. She's not at all happy with the outfit she has to wear. I'm sure it was some gofer in your office who went a bit over board and…"

"You picked the outfit out yourself? I didn't know that."

"Beckett's….Um, rear is….Yes, it is. But I really think that…"

"If Beckett were to be made a school crossing guard on Staten Island, would I still shadow her? Yes, I would."

"No, I don't want you to shut down the entire New York City Public Library system."

"Bob, just because his wife got a bit…manhandled is no reason for Congressman Oldman to pressure the IRS to audit everyone in the 12th's income taxes. And I'm sure her returns would stand any amount of scrutiny."

"Yes, Bob, Beckett does understand that an order is an order. But….Hello. Hello?" He turned to Beckett. "He hung up on me."

Kate glared at the phone, hoping that the glare would travel to Mayor Weldon. "What did Weldon say about my rear?"

"Nothing. Nothing at all."

"Castle, do not lie to me. Now, tell me what he said. Now!"

"He said you have the mostperfectassthathaseverexisted." He rushed the words out.

"What did he say? Slowly enough for me to understand."

"He said you have the most perfect ass that has ever existed."

"And when you said "Yes", you were agreeing with him?"

Castle just nodded.

"That's sweet, Castle. But I still hate this outfit, but this undercover job. Now let's get out of here. An order is an order."

She handed Castle her Glock and her badge. "I don't expect to see your drool all over them when I get them back." She said sternly.

Once outside, Beckett threw the bathrobe back to the desk sergeant, who stood there in slack jawed awe and didn't even try to catch it. Castle just stared as she walked away. She turned on him. "Castle!" She hissed.

"Coming." Castle said, which was quite correct. "Everyone can see….I mean your….It's mostly not covered and your front is….definitely in front of you."

As they walked down the street, Beckett got a lot of attention, but no gooses. Several men propositioned her. Beckett kept her head down, but one particularly obscene comment caused her to look up. What she saw shocked her. "Castle every male in the 12th Precinct is at the park. And that's Captain Dobbs from the One Nine. And that's Boyd from narcotics. He's supposed to be deep undercover. And he's married!"

As more men made obscene remarks, Beckett moved closer to Castle. "Put your arm around me. I don't want all these other guys to hit on me." As she slid his arm around her trim and toned waist, she spoke again. "Not that I want you hitting on me, Castle."

As they got to the park, they saw Mayor Weldon and his wife. Both were glaring at the officers that were following Beckett around. The mayor got on his phone and soon the officers disappeared.

As Rick and Kate made their third turn around the park, Kate was goosed, hard. Very hard. In a flash, the perp was on the ground with Kate slapping the cuffs on him.

"Ashley?" Castle screamed. "You're 3XG?"

Ashley began to cry. "I can't help it, Mr. Castle. I saw Detective Beckett and I became obsessed with women's asses. Especially hers. Did you know it's the most perfect ass in the whole world? There never has been and never will be a more perfect ass." Then Ashley began to cry.

Beckett handcuffed Ashley and read him his rights. Then she hand him over to one of the three hundred and fifty four officers who'd responded to her call for backup. As Beckett glared at them, Castle offered her his coat, which she tied around her waist.

Later, Castle called a friend of his from the loft. "Paul, did you get it?"

"Luckily I had my telephoto lenses with me. I got some great shots of her. My god, her ass is perfect. And the rest of her, too. You know we could make some money from those shots."

"Not as much as you'll make from making sure I'm the only one who ever sees them."

"Okay, I'll have them over to you tomorrow morning."

Castle hung up. He was positive that he'd never see more of Kate Beckett than he'd seen today, but he could dream.