The Final Show/Down Prequel

The First Encounter

Dallas/Forth Worth Area, June 1994.

An armored money truck is seen rolling down Fort Worth. It was reported that the money would be delivered to a bank in the Metroplex where a businessman was supposed to pick up 50,000 in cash.

As the truck was driving on an open road, a black Chevy Tahoe was seen tailing it. The man on the passenger's side looked over at the rearview mirror and started to seem puzzled.

"Hey, do you think we're being followed?" said the passenger.

"What do you mean?" said the driver, who was focused on delivering the money to the bank. "It's just that this black car had been behind us for miles now." Said Sam.

Then behind a sign somewhere stood a man dressed in black and a shaved head. He had an ice cold stare in his eyes, and one of his eyes looked like he couldn't see well out of it, but he could. He then picked up his .50 caliber sniper rifle and looked through his scope and aimed at the passenger, then put his finger on the trigger and squeezed and went right through the windshield and shot him. Suddenly, the driver jumped in shock and tried to pull over on the side of the road, then aimed towards the driver and shot him too.

Both of them were dead on impact of the shot. Then the Tahoe pulled over and parked a good distance away from the truck and out walked these four men, also dressed in black clothing but wearing ski masks went towards the truck and set a bomb on the backdoor to open the truck. After the door was blasted open, the men went in and took the money that was in there. One of the guys gave the shooter a signal and the shooter nodded. The thieves were off, and behind the sign, the shooter drove off in a separate vehicle that he drove himself.

Meanwhile, at Ranger headquarters, Walker pulled up in his newly bought 1994 Dodge Ram 1500. He walks in and starts talking to Trivette and C.D.

"Hey, C.D., hey, Trivette." said Walker as he greeted his two friends. "Hey, Cordell." Replied C.D.

"How was your weekend, Trivette?", asked Walker.

"Eh, could've been better. As you know, I took some time off, so I rented some movies." Said Trivette. "What did you rent?" asked Walker.

"Let's see, 'Lone Wolf McQuade', 'Die Hard', and 'The Last Boy Scout'. Have you seen any of those?"

"I am not too fond of that first one. That guy, what's his name? Chuck something.", "Norris, Chuck Norris."

"Yeah, no real Texas Ranger is like him. At least I don't think so." Said Walker.

"Relax, partner, it isn't supposed to be taken seriously. Besides, I was digging the guy who played the hacker in 'Die Hard'. Just played the role really well." Said Trivette.

C.D. added his imput, "I have seen that last one you mentioned, Jimmy. The one guy who played that who played that businessman in that one, really good actor, I tell you."

"Agreed, Big Dog." Said Trivette.

Suddenly, the phone rang. Walker picked up. "Hello, this is Walker." Walker had a puzzled look on his face.

"What's wrong? Who was it?" asked Trivette.

"That was somebody who witnessed a murder and robbery take place outside of Fort Worth. Come on, we have to get going." Said Walker.

They were at the freeway where police cars were parked and ambulance was there.

Trivette asked Walker, "So what was it? A robbery and a homicide, what?"

"It appears that it wasn't some ordinary robbery. Investigators told me that the drivers were shot dead in an instant. They said it looked like it came from a .50 caliber rifle. As for the money, the door had exploded. They said a bomb could've been planted on the back of the truck."

"So what you're saying is that whoever did this probably had this planned from the start. These guys must be good." Said Trivette.

"That's what it looks like.", Walker thought, having a look of suspicion on his face.

"You don't think it is the same guys who robbed those other banks in San Antonio, Laredo, and other parts of Texas, possibly Dallas?" asked Trivette.

"It's possible, Trivette. We don't know for sure. Besides, I think I know who you might be talking about. I can sense it." Said Walker.

A news reporter stands at the crime scene talking to the camera. "We have reason to believe that this was no accident or a petty theft. Texas Rangers and FWPD have reason to believe that this was a homicide and a robbery. As of now, we have no proof as to who did this, but we can say that the killers and robbers are still at large."

Four guys were watching the news report. One was Dollarhide, a big guy who sported a beard and curly hair. Another was bald but had a mustache and goatee, his name is Shilts. Graves was the third one had black hair and was clean shaven, and the last guy had long gray hair and light colored eyes, who went by Chastain.

"Hey, Lavacot, did you see this?" said Chastain to a man who walked in with a shaved head and a bad eye, and his name is Emile Lavacot.

"No, Chastain, but I am not surprised that this job made the 6 o'clock news. But I can say that whoever witnessed this action won't live much longer." Said Lavacot to Chastain, the man with the long gray hair.

"Seeing as we are wanted in other cities here in Texas, how long until we get out of here?" said Dollarhide.

Lavacot stated the big plan that he has. "Well, you see, we have one more job and that is to rob a bank in Dallas. We have about 8 million dollars right now. There is supposed to be another armored truck heading towards the largest bank in the Metroplex. The biggest one in all of Tarrant County. It is stated that the truck is supposed to carry 12,000,000. That would mean that we would have twenty million dollars. We rob that truck or we wait for it to hit the bank and then we make our move. After that, we escape. I know a guy who can fly us out of Texas. Wherever we go, that doesn't matter. We won't be stopped."

Back at Ranger Headquarters, Alex walks in and approaches Walker and Trivette.

"Jimmy, Walker, I heard about what happened. What do you think it is?"

Trivette was at his computer looking at names of people who had robbed banks in the past. "I don't know. Walker believes it's the same guys who had ravaged their way through just about all of Texas. The guys who robbed that truck must be good. The guys who robbed banks in Lubbock, San Antonio, they were that good because otherwise those guys would have been put away already."

"Walker, I want to know from your side of the story." Said Alex.

Walker gave Alex a look of intuition. "Any bank robber usually just goes in and holds a bank hostage, takes the money, leaves. 90 of the time, the robbers don't go away uncaught. Either they get arrested or they get killed for not cooperating with the law. Nobody saw the faces of these guys, but my guess is this: The robberies that happened in the past, it appeared that they were done by real pros. The leader of the gang is said to be the craziest one of them all. They also kill the hostages if something goes wrong or leave any potential witnesses to the heist at hand. The same thing happened when they robbed armored trucks. I think I will need lots of help. It would take more than me, Trivette, and C.D. to take these guys down.