Synopsis: Walker and Trivette must find Gage and Sydney before time is too
late.
Walker and Trivette were pacing Walker's office. Rangers Sydney Cooke and Francis Gage were almost three hours late for their check-in phone call.
They were working undercover in a drug ring based in Dallas, Texas. Already one cop was dead and two missing in action. That's when the local cops called in the big boys, the Texas Rangers. Walker had sent Sydney and Gage by themselves because the drug lord knew and could recognized Walker and Trivette in an instant. And now after two weeks since sending the two younger rangers in, Trivette and Walker were waiting impatiently for the call from their partners and friends.
"Walker, Sydney and Gage are probably occupied or just forgot to call- in today," Trivette tried to reassure him. He knew Walker was worried about them and he to was afraid for his friend's lives.
"I just have this gut feeling something isn't right, Trivette." Walker picked up the speed while he was pacing when he thought about all the possibilities of why he received no phone call from Sydney and Gage. The phone's loud ring drowned out Walker's thoughts.
"See, that's probably them now," piped Trivette.
Cordell Walker pressed the speaker phone button on his black phone. "Hello?" he asked.
"Aah, Cordell Walker, you remember me don't you? I have a piece of information to hand to you. I have your two Texas Rangers. I believe their names are Sydney Cooke and Francis Gage. Now I'll give you three choices on ways we can deal with this little problem. One, you can find them. Two, you can meet my ten million dollar ransom and safe passage out of the United States. Or thirdly, you can have them killed. You have two days to make your decision. Any questions?" a dark evil voice croaked.
"How do I know they're still alive?" Walker asked. He was afraid to hear the honest truth.
"Get over here bitch!" The man yelled. Clunking chains could be heard in the background. "Talk woman!" he commanded.
"Walker, don't give in! We're fine just." Sydney was cut off by her kidnapper.
"Well as you can hear she's still alive, for the time being. Let's see forty-seven hours, fifty-six minutes, ad twelve seconds. I'll be sure to keep in touch with you." Before he hung up he laughed awkwardly.
"What are we going to do Walker?" Trivette asked.
"We're going to find them," Walker said while pounding his fist on the desk shaking everything that was upon it.
~Drug Dealer's Basement~
"You can shout or what ever the hell you please," a grungy looking young man said. Nobody's going to hear you but you sexy, we might keep you as our toy!" He stroked her cheek with his index finger. Sydney came back with a mighty reflexive slap to his left cheek. He grabbed his cheek and immediately socked her in the eye.
"Don't you touch her again!" Gage shouted as he stood up off the cold cement floor.
"Or you'll do what, macho man? You have no room to talk. I don't need to keep you nor do I want to," the stated. He walked out of the pitch black cell as soon as he was done with his speech. He locked the steel door behind him.
"Syd, are you okay?" Gage asked sympathetically. Since the cell was pitch black they had a hard time finding each other so the tried to feel for each other.
"I'm fine. I'm fine," Sydney reassured him. Gage finally found Syd's face and felt a sticky solution.
"Syd, you're bleeding!" Gage declared.
"Gage, honestly I'm fine. That guy hit my nose and gave me a black eye. But really I'm okay," Sydney was in pain because of her injuries to her face but she didn't tell Gage because she didn't want Gage to know.
"Are you sure you're okay?" He asked. He always was afraid of her getting hurt or even killed. When Gage saw that man hit her he felt a feeling he never felt before: hatred and the need to protect her. This was a feeling that he pushed away from time to time with Syd. He just realized, after all this time he actually, truly loved her.
"Gage, really I'm perfectly fine." Sydney Cooke was getting a tad bit upset with Gage. She kept thinking 'he probably thinks this little girl can't take care of herself. A man must protect her.'
~Ranger Head Quarters~
"Where do we start at?" Trivette asked Walker.
"I'm going to talk to Alex about getting a search warrant for the glass plant where the illegal drug trafficking is taking place. Trivette, look up Jared LaFevear and see if his old cell buddies are out." Just then Assistant District Attorney Alex Cahill walked in, who still had no clue about the predicament her friends Sydney and Gage were in.
"Walker, did Sydney or Gage call yet? They should've called by now, shouldn't they have?" Alex was panicking. She knew how dangerous being a Texas Ranger was with all the mishaps with Walker.
"Alex, someone is holding them hostage. I really need a warrant for the glass plant where we put Gage and Sydney in place. I just have a feeling if we have a warrant we will find them in there somewhere."
"I'll try to get a warrant, but it'll be hard to find a magistrate to get a signature for a warrant with it being two day before Christmas. Most judges around here are on vacation and you'll need more proof then just a feeling. I'm sorry Walker. I'll do my best." Alex placed he hand on his shoulder.
"Two days before Christmas? I've forgotten, with this and the sudden rise in case load." Walker and Trivette stared at each other. They had two days to find them or they would be killed on Christmas day. Alex caught Walker's and Trivette's grim stares.
"What's wrong Walker?" Alex became very panicked.
"If we don't give in to their ten million dollar ransom and a safe way out of the country within forty-eight hours, they'll execute Sydney and Gage." Walker could tell she was troubled so Walker held Alex close to him. Trivette saw his cue to exit so he did so.
~Syd's and Gage's holding cell~
Syd was grateful that she was in this jam with Gage then any other ranger. She had a hard time admitting to herself that until this moment she had lied to herself. It took years for her to admit that she loved Gage with all her heart. When she feel asleep that night she kept dreaming of them together on an island, walking hand in hand leaving footprints in the golden sand with the horizon peaking out over the water.
"How are you holding up?" Gage's voice interrupted Sydney's superior dream.
"Good and you?" Sydney said. She was lying through her teeth. She had an intense headache.
"Fine," he paused. "You know Walker is going to find us, don't you?" He could tell even in the dark she was afraid to die even though she put her life in danger every time she had her Texas Ranger badge on.
"Gage, I honestly don't know if he will make it here in time." She was going to agree with him but she could tell no lie to him.
"How long does he have to find us?" he asked. Sydney only knew how long they had to live because she was there when Jared LaFevear told Walker over the phone.
"When he called he said that he had about forty-eight hours to find us. Christmas day we will either get the gift of life, or death." She couldn't go on any further. The thought terrified her.
"Christmas day?" Gage asked without a clue.
"Alex and I are probably the only people at H.Q. who remembered that the day after tomorrow is Christmas."
When Gage found out that he may only have less then two days to live he decided he must tell her how much she meant to him before it was too late.
Just then the door was slammed wide open.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: WHO IS GOING TO BE AT THE DOOR? YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT TO FIND OUT! PLEASE REVIEW, THIS IS MY FIRST WTR FANFIC AND I HAVE TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS LIKE IT, SO FAR.
Walker and Trivette were pacing Walker's office. Rangers Sydney Cooke and Francis Gage were almost three hours late for their check-in phone call.
They were working undercover in a drug ring based in Dallas, Texas. Already one cop was dead and two missing in action. That's when the local cops called in the big boys, the Texas Rangers. Walker had sent Sydney and Gage by themselves because the drug lord knew and could recognized Walker and Trivette in an instant. And now after two weeks since sending the two younger rangers in, Trivette and Walker were waiting impatiently for the call from their partners and friends.
"Walker, Sydney and Gage are probably occupied or just forgot to call- in today," Trivette tried to reassure him. He knew Walker was worried about them and he to was afraid for his friend's lives.
"I just have this gut feeling something isn't right, Trivette." Walker picked up the speed while he was pacing when he thought about all the possibilities of why he received no phone call from Sydney and Gage. The phone's loud ring drowned out Walker's thoughts.
"See, that's probably them now," piped Trivette.
Cordell Walker pressed the speaker phone button on his black phone. "Hello?" he asked.
"Aah, Cordell Walker, you remember me don't you? I have a piece of information to hand to you. I have your two Texas Rangers. I believe their names are Sydney Cooke and Francis Gage. Now I'll give you three choices on ways we can deal with this little problem. One, you can find them. Two, you can meet my ten million dollar ransom and safe passage out of the United States. Or thirdly, you can have them killed. You have two days to make your decision. Any questions?" a dark evil voice croaked.
"How do I know they're still alive?" Walker asked. He was afraid to hear the honest truth.
"Get over here bitch!" The man yelled. Clunking chains could be heard in the background. "Talk woman!" he commanded.
"Walker, don't give in! We're fine just." Sydney was cut off by her kidnapper.
"Well as you can hear she's still alive, for the time being. Let's see forty-seven hours, fifty-six minutes, ad twelve seconds. I'll be sure to keep in touch with you." Before he hung up he laughed awkwardly.
"What are we going to do Walker?" Trivette asked.
"We're going to find them," Walker said while pounding his fist on the desk shaking everything that was upon it.
~Drug Dealer's Basement~
"You can shout or what ever the hell you please," a grungy looking young man said. Nobody's going to hear you but you sexy, we might keep you as our toy!" He stroked her cheek with his index finger. Sydney came back with a mighty reflexive slap to his left cheek. He grabbed his cheek and immediately socked her in the eye.
"Don't you touch her again!" Gage shouted as he stood up off the cold cement floor.
"Or you'll do what, macho man? You have no room to talk. I don't need to keep you nor do I want to," the stated. He walked out of the pitch black cell as soon as he was done with his speech. He locked the steel door behind him.
"Syd, are you okay?" Gage asked sympathetically. Since the cell was pitch black they had a hard time finding each other so the tried to feel for each other.
"I'm fine. I'm fine," Sydney reassured him. Gage finally found Syd's face and felt a sticky solution.
"Syd, you're bleeding!" Gage declared.
"Gage, honestly I'm fine. That guy hit my nose and gave me a black eye. But really I'm okay," Sydney was in pain because of her injuries to her face but she didn't tell Gage because she didn't want Gage to know.
"Are you sure you're okay?" He asked. He always was afraid of her getting hurt or even killed. When Gage saw that man hit her he felt a feeling he never felt before: hatred and the need to protect her. This was a feeling that he pushed away from time to time with Syd. He just realized, after all this time he actually, truly loved her.
"Gage, really I'm perfectly fine." Sydney Cooke was getting a tad bit upset with Gage. She kept thinking 'he probably thinks this little girl can't take care of herself. A man must protect her.'
~Ranger Head Quarters~
"Where do we start at?" Trivette asked Walker.
"I'm going to talk to Alex about getting a search warrant for the glass plant where the illegal drug trafficking is taking place. Trivette, look up Jared LaFevear and see if his old cell buddies are out." Just then Assistant District Attorney Alex Cahill walked in, who still had no clue about the predicament her friends Sydney and Gage were in.
"Walker, did Sydney or Gage call yet? They should've called by now, shouldn't they have?" Alex was panicking. She knew how dangerous being a Texas Ranger was with all the mishaps with Walker.
"Alex, someone is holding them hostage. I really need a warrant for the glass plant where we put Gage and Sydney in place. I just have a feeling if we have a warrant we will find them in there somewhere."
"I'll try to get a warrant, but it'll be hard to find a magistrate to get a signature for a warrant with it being two day before Christmas. Most judges around here are on vacation and you'll need more proof then just a feeling. I'm sorry Walker. I'll do my best." Alex placed he hand on his shoulder.
"Two days before Christmas? I've forgotten, with this and the sudden rise in case load." Walker and Trivette stared at each other. They had two days to find them or they would be killed on Christmas day. Alex caught Walker's and Trivette's grim stares.
"What's wrong Walker?" Alex became very panicked.
"If we don't give in to their ten million dollar ransom and a safe way out of the country within forty-eight hours, they'll execute Sydney and Gage." Walker could tell she was troubled so Walker held Alex close to him. Trivette saw his cue to exit so he did so.
~Syd's and Gage's holding cell~
Syd was grateful that she was in this jam with Gage then any other ranger. She had a hard time admitting to herself that until this moment she had lied to herself. It took years for her to admit that she loved Gage with all her heart. When she feel asleep that night she kept dreaming of them together on an island, walking hand in hand leaving footprints in the golden sand with the horizon peaking out over the water.
"How are you holding up?" Gage's voice interrupted Sydney's superior dream.
"Good and you?" Sydney said. She was lying through her teeth. She had an intense headache.
"Fine," he paused. "You know Walker is going to find us, don't you?" He could tell even in the dark she was afraid to die even though she put her life in danger every time she had her Texas Ranger badge on.
"Gage, I honestly don't know if he will make it here in time." She was going to agree with him but she could tell no lie to him.
"How long does he have to find us?" he asked. Sydney only knew how long they had to live because she was there when Jared LaFevear told Walker over the phone.
"When he called he said that he had about forty-eight hours to find us. Christmas day we will either get the gift of life, or death." She couldn't go on any further. The thought terrified her.
"Christmas day?" Gage asked without a clue.
"Alex and I are probably the only people at H.Q. who remembered that the day after tomorrow is Christmas."
When Gage found out that he may only have less then two days to live he decided he must tell her how much she meant to him before it was too late.
Just then the door was slammed wide open.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: WHO IS GOING TO BE AT THE DOOR? YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT TO FIND OUT! PLEASE REVIEW, THIS IS MY FIRST WTR FANFIC AND I HAVE TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS LIKE IT, SO FAR.
