Castle fanfiction - Show Continuation (Season 9)

Chapter 1: Pulse

Castle's POV:

"Kate-..." I'm in shock of what just happened, had we really been shot? It all happened so fast... my heart is pounding, I can feel a puddle of blood forming beneath me. In a panic, I tried and struggled to find my phone in my pockets to call someone, anyone. I'm quickly loosing vision, but I think I managed to call Ryan. As soon as I pressed the call button, I started to really pass out, dropping the phone as an extreme pain shot through my body.

It felt like only five seconds had passed. I heard sirens and people yelling. I couldn't breathe, at all. It felt like this was it, that this was the end. I heard footsteps approaching, and fast. Then I felt cold hands on my pulse, and then more yelling. I recall hearing someone yelling "he's alive!"

I suddenly felt all my senses dull and fade away into darkness.

~~Time Skip~~

I thought for sure everything was over, but I slowly start to regain my senses. I can feel blankets over me, I can hear a quite beeping sound in the background, but other than that it's silence. I slowly open my eyes and see the sun lighting up the room I'm in. It's the New York Hospital... It feels strange now, I can breathe way better. It feels like my throat is almost too clear. My heart isn't racing, and it isn't impossible to open my eyes. I look around the room to find nobody here. It's basically just a normal, boring, old hospital room. I look to my right and see a ton of flowers and cards sitting on the night stand next to me. Almost everyone who works at the 12th left me a "get better" card.

After I went through about a quarter of my cards I realized that Kate wasn't here. I didn't know if she is alright. The pain I felt in my heart comes back to me. "KATE!"