Disclaimer: The characters of, "Sons of Thunder" and "Walker Texas Ranger", are owned by Chuck Norris, Aaron Norris, CBS and whoever else was involved with the creation and production of these two shows. Any new characters and story lines that come into play are of my own creation. No copyright infringement is intended. This is a fanfiction intended for entertainment purposes only and no money is being made off of it.

guardianM3: For those of you who don't know or haven't yet read the stories before this one, I suggest you that you do. First, there is a story that is sort of a prequel under the TV show "Walker Texas Ranger" which is titled "Introducing Kendra Stone". The volumes all are under the TV show "Sons of Thunder". The first volume is titled "Kendra Stone Meets the Sons of Thunder: Volume 1" and the second volume is "Kendra Stone Volume 2: Missing".

Chapter 1: The Beginning

Saturday, August 17 at 9:27 PM

Her face is hidden within the shadows, as she stands deathly still on the stage in a beautiful thin-strapped dress that shows off her curves. Her heart is pumping uncontrollably and the adrenaline rushes through her like a rampaging flood. Her eyes are wide as she takes in everything before her with the rays of light from a single light bulb behind her. She can barely make out the figure standing just out of reach of the light. She sees her own shadow before her on the scuffed wooden floor but the shadow does not reflect the tears in her dress or the streaks of dirt and blood on her and the dress.

She takes a moment to wonder how in the name of the heavens she got into this…situation.

She doesn't move as the gun is raised into a small patch of light and is aimed right at her heart.

One Week Before

Saturday, August 10 at 7:30 AM

Trent was sitting at a table in Uppercuts reading the newspaper. The bar was empty except for him and Butch, of course, so he was enjoying the few moments of peace and quiet. He was looking intently at one particular section of the newspaper as Carlos come into the bar and sauntered over to Trent.

"Hey Trent, it seems that we are both early." Carlos commented and when his friend didn't answer, he looked at what Trent was reading. "Trying to find a place to live?"

Trent didn't look up from the newspaper when he answered his friend. "Yeah. Since I keep coming and going at odd hours of the night, I'm trying to find my own place but it needs to be close to home so I can still help out."

"Why are you looking in the newspaper? Butch probably knows someone who is a real estate agent. Heck, he is practically a real estate agent. Why don't you just ask him?" Carlos said as he sat down across from Trent.

Trent shot his friend a look. "I can find a place on my own."

Kim came into the bar, spotted the boys and went to their table. She took one look at what Trent was reading and said, "Why don't you just ask Butch to help you find a place?"

Trent sighed as he closed the section of newspaper he had been reading.

Kim sat down with the boys as Butch came over with two mugs and a pot of coffee. "Good morning. How are all you doing?" Butch asked as he poured coffee into the cups and set one in front of Carlos and Kim and he refilled Trent's cup.

"Trent's looking for a place to live." Carlos said and then took a sip of his coffee, after he had added cream and two sugars.

"Really?" Butch said as he picked up the coffeepot and gave his undivided attention to Trent.

Trent sighed and decided that his friends were probably right. "Yeah. Do you know of a place not to far from my family's house?"

"Yeah. There's a place just a block from you. You didn't know about it?" Butch asked.

"No. I'll have to go check it out. Thanks Butch." Trent said as he began to put the newspaper back together.

"You're welcome." Butch said as he left.

"So, are you going to the reunion?" Carlos asked Trent.

"Yeah, are you?" Trent asked setting the newspaper off to the side.

"Of course. I can't wait to see Daisy Fields." Carlos said with a grin as his eyes stared off into the distance as he reminisced about one of the most beautiful girls that Dallas High had ever had.

"Isn't Daisy Fields too old for you?" Kim asked knowing full well that Carlos tended to date younger women, mostly women who were eighteen or nineteen.

"No. In fact, she is three months and ten days younger than me." Carlos replied with a sly grin.

"Did you guys receive invitations to Jimmy and Erika's wedding?" Trent asked hoping to keep the two from bickering.

"Yeah. I can't believe Trivette is getting married in two months." Carlos said as he shook his head.

"Why can't you believe that? We know that you will never get married and even when you are eighty years old, you'll still be chasing eighteen year old girls." Kim remarked and then paused as she thought about it. "That's just creepy and disturbing. I can't believe I even said it."

"I can't believe you even thought it." Carlos replied.

Kendra sat down between Carlos and Kim as Butch came over with the coffee pot, a mug, five plates, forks and butter knives. "Morning, Butch. Morning, guys." Kendra greeted as she accepted the mug from Butch and took a sip.

"Morning, Kendra. Breakfast will be ready in ten minutes." Butch said as he went to finish the meal.

They had begun the early Saturday morning breakfast tradition once Trent and Carlos had gotten back onto their feet. They would each take turns cooking and alternating what they had for breakfast and it would always take place at Uppercuts.

"Decided not to bring Hunter along?" Carlos asked Kendra teasingly.

Kendra didn't reply for several minutes as she scanned the headlines from Trent's newspaper. "Hunter is busy and for the last time Carlos, he and I are just friends."

"Aren't you two going out tonight?" Carlos asked.

"Yes, but as friends." Kendra said forcefully and defensively.

"Didn't he tell you to dress up? That means he is taking you to someplace really nice, which implies…" Kim said and then stopped as Kendra shot her a look.

"That sounds like a date to me." Carlos remarked and Kendra went to smack him but he knew it was coming and he dodged the blow.

"Here's breakfast." Butch said as he brought over three plates. One plate had two towers of waffles, another one had sausage and the last one had bacon. "I'll be right back. I have to get the toppings." Butch said as he took off again. He returned with some butter and maple syrup.

Once grace had been said by Trent, the plates of food were passed around and everyone loaded up their personal plates. They chatted and laughed all through the delicious breakfast.

guardianM3: Remember reviews are helpful and are always welcome. So please review! Is how I set up the date and time all right with all of you? I just want to make sure that it is easily understood and readable. I hope you all have enjoyed the first chapter of volume three. I know most of it is kind of short and boring but the following chapters are more interesting, at least I hope you guys will consider them interesting. I've placed the genre as mystery/general. The general part is going to change, but I haven't decided to what yet and if you guys have any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated but I suggest you wait for a few chapters.