Disclaimer: Chuck Norris, Aaron Norris, CBS and others own the characters of "Walker Texas Ranger". Any new characters and story lines that come into play are of my own creation and no copyright infringement is intended. This is a fanfiction intended for entertainment purposes only and I am not making any money from it.

Chapter 1: The Situation

Walker put his truck in park, jumped out and closed the door. He knew that his partner, Trivette, was right behind him as he walked toward the officer in charge, Lt. Nelson. He looked around and saw that SWAT team leaders were at the van that housed all of the tactical gear and computer equipment.

"What do we have, Lieutenant?"

"Ranger Walker. Ranger Trivette. I'm glad that you two are here. We have about fifteen hostages on the first level of the Dallas National Bank. There are four suspects wearing ski masks and waving around assault weapons."

"What about the offices above the bank?" Trivette asked.

"We were able to get the civilians out since there is a different entrance but the bank has two. The first one is in the front and the other is in the back used for cash pickups and emergencies," replied Lt. Nelson.

"Have they made any demands?" Walker asked.

"No, nothing yet," Lt. Nelson said shaking his head. "We were able to gain access to the cameras inside the bank."

"The bank robbers didn't take out the cameras?" Trivette said in surprise.

"No, we were thinking they were rookies but with that hardware, I would say they are pros."

The Rangers turned their attention to the screens that gave them a look inside the bank.

Trivette could see that the hostage takers had gathered the hostages in one large group in the center of the bank, while they stood behind them far away from the windows.

"Wait a minute. That's the new cop," said Sergeant Russo pointing at one of the screens that showed the hostages sitting together on the floor of the bank.

"We have a rookie on the inside?" Trivette asked as he looked at the screen and at the person that the Sergeant had his finger on.

"She's not a rookie. She's a transfer from some state up north. Her name is Lucy Silver. She's a detective."

Trivette thought he detected a bit of wonder in the Sergeant's voice or else he found her attractive.

Lt. Nelson frowned running a hand over his baldhead. "I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing right now."

"If they find out she's a cop, that would be a bad thing," Trivette said as he stood up straight, his dark chestnut eyes moving from the screen to the building filled with innocent people.

Walker looked at Sergeant Russo. "What do we know about her?"

"I know she's only been in Dallas for about a week, but she helped to clear two cases within that time. That's all I know about her though."

Walker looked at Trivette and saw the look of disbelief on his partner's face.

"I'll contact her partner and her Captain," said Lt. Nelson as he pulled out his phone and took a few steps away from the van.

Walker turned his eyes back to the screen and locked onto Detective Silver. He had a feeling that the longer the hostage situation continued, the detective was going to strike as soon as she could.

Lucy's butt had fallen asleep a half hour ago and it wasn't helping her ability to focus. The bank robbery turned hostage situation had her adrenaline pounding through her veins. She had to remain where she was so she wouldn't endanger the civilians. It was a waiting game but she knew that the longer the wait, the more intense the situation would get and the chances that the hostage takers would start killing.

She sighed softly and ran a hand through her strawberry blonde hair to calm her nerves knowing that rushing into action without vital information on the building and the hostage takers would lead to the deaths of innocent civilians.

She casually moved her head to study each member of the hostage takers again. Her emerald green eyes focused on the man whom she believed to be the leader. He had a medium sized frame, was approximately five foot nine, and was standing in the far corner, well away from the hostages and the windows.

The second man, about six foot seemed to be the rookie of the group as well as the one whose nerves were evident by his pacing about six feet from the huddled group of hostages.

The third and fourth members of the group were both six foot two and looked as though they were body builders. She had a feeling that they were brothers, but she didn't want to jump to conclusions. One of them was talking to the leader in whispers while the brother was on her far right, watching the hostages and the pacing man.

She moved her eyes and looked out the windows in front of the bank. She closed her eyes and made a quick map in her mind of the surrounding buildings. She saw the best locations that the SWAT team would place its snipers. Waiting for at least two of the gunmen to be in the right position so the snipers would take them out before she could make her move.

The hostage takers hadn't taken out the cameras, which made her wonder if they were experienced or rookies. She shook her head, knowing that three of them were definitely not rookies. All of them were dangerous, even the rookie, because if the rookie was to become nervous, the situation would get even worse.

She opened her eyes and turned her head back to the hostages, seeing the fear in all of them. She silently promised that none of them would be harmed. Now, she had to wait for the right moment to strike.

Fifteen minutes later after arriving at the scene, Walker saw a car racing down the street and knew that it had to be Detective Silver's partner and Captain.

Two men stepped out of the car. One was an older man in his fifties, with thinning blonde hair while the other was younger, late twenties, and had dark hair.

The older man spoke first. "I am Captain George Thompson. This is Detective Sun."

Lt. Nelson quickly introduced the members of his team and the two Rangers.

"How well do you know Detective Silver?" Trivette addressed Detective Sun.

Worried blue eyes of the detective met with the deep, brown eyes of the Ranger before he answered. "She's smart and a good detective."

"That's it?"

"Yes, Ranger Trivette, that's it. I've only known her for a week."

Trivette was going to say something else but Walker shot him a look and he decided now wasn't the time for any more remarks.

"I'm friends with her former Captain. He told me a lot about her before she transferred. She's smart and has a strong sense of justice. She's not one to back down on a case until it is resolved."

"Any idea what she might do in there?" Walker asked.

"She's going to make a move so the SWAT team can take out a couple of the gunmen so she can take out the other two," Captain Thompson said with certainty.

"We have to help her. She's my partner and I want to make sure that she's my partner for a long time."

"That's what we are going to do, Detective Sun," Walker answered.

"Yeah, but she's not going to let any of those civilians get hurt. As my Captain said, she's going to make a move. And soon." His eyes filled with concern.

Walker turned and looked at the building with a worried frown. If the Captain was correct about the Detective, it wouldn't be long before she acted. Walker just hoped that the SWAT team would be able to take down the men inside before any innocent people got hurt.