Title: Life's Chances
Summary: LaRue hasn't died yet and Walker and Alex are married. About 6 weeks ago, LaRue kidnapped Alex. But that's not the worst part.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story. They belong to whoever owns the rights to "Walker Texas Ranger"
Author's Note: Story is set in November 2000. ALL the characters will be in this story at some point except CD because he died in October 2000.
Now to the Reviewers:
WaLkErAnDaLeX4eVeR: Glad to hear you thought it was funny. Here's the next chapter. Enjoy.
anabuhnahnah: I can also see Alex flipping out over being on bed rest. Happy to hear you liked it.
Space-Case7029: Glad to hear you liked it. I'm wondering if you really know what the baby is going to be? But sorry you won't find out…yet.
Stephykatz: I hope you think that this story is getting better. Happy to hear you like it.
sn855850: Thanks for the review. Glad you liked Trivette's gift.
Thank you to all the Reviewers. I enjoyed reading what you all had to say. I was happy to hear you guys thought it was funny.
Author's Note: I tried getting this chapter up as quick as I could. I know you are enjoying this story and I didn't want to make you guys wait. So I got my homework done (well I still have a quiz to study for and a chapter to read) and I started typing. So here's the next chapter. The next one won't be up until Friday because like I've said I have MEAP testing next week. One more thing, Alex's kitten is really just like mine. Everything that her kitten does it what mine does, the only difference is the name. The name of Alex's kitten (you'll soon find out) is what I want to name my kitten, but my parents won't let me. So that's just a little background on why Trivette gave Alex a kitten.
Okay here's the next chapter. Enjoy!
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Chapter 7: The Other One's Back
Over the next few days, Alex's kitten barely left her side. They quickly became two peas in a pod. Alex named the little gray and white kitten Chance. When asked by Walker why she named the kitten Chance, she told him it was because it was chance that she had even gotten the kitten. But most importantly there was a better 'chance' that the baby was his and she hoped it was. So 'Chance' just seemed to fit. Soon enough Alex had to leave Chance. She now wasn't crazy about going back to work, but Alex knew that she was on bed rest and couldn't take care of herself because she wasn't allowed on her feet. So Alex had to go back to work where she couldn't do much. Alex was mainly going to be research for cases and call around to get things for Walker, Trivette, Sydney, or Gage needed. Of course she had to do all of this from the couch in her office because if she couldn't be in bed the couch was the next best thing. Alex had finally agreed to all of this, so on Monday morning walker got up a few minutes before Alex so that when Alex did get up, he would be able to get her the things she needed before carrying her off to work. So Walker made breakfast before he carried Alex out to the truck and headed off to work.
"Walker, I can walk in on my own" Alex said as she opened the door and started to get out of the door when Walker stopped the car, only to have Walker grab her arm to stop her.
"Oh no you don't. The doctor only agreed to this because I talked him into it. And I promised you wouldn't be on your feet for more then five minutes a day. Which you used up in the shower so no you're not walking in. I'm going to carry you" Walker said, once again his protective nature showing through his voice.
"You know, I know you're protective of me, but this is overprotective. So who are you worried about me or the baby?" Alex asked him.
"Both. Now wait a minute and I'll be over to get you" Walker answered her.
"Fine. I guess I don't get a vote in this" Alex said.
"Sorry. Not this time" Walker said as he got out and went over to get Alex out. Walker then carried Alex up to her office before going to his. As Walker walked into Alex's office he placed her on the couch.
"Now if you need anything, anything at all, don't be afraid to ask. I talked to Abby and she said she's more then willing to help out. Okay. I'll be back around noon to pick you up for lunch. Now is there anything you need before I leave?" Walker asked Alex.
"No. I'm just going to look through some of these books and find some stuff needed for other cases" Alex told him, still not happy about having to be dependent on other people.
"Okay. I love you Alex"
"I love you too Walker"
Walker left and went down to his office after he stopped and talked to Abby for a minute.
"Hey Walker" Trivette said as Walker walked into the office of Texas Rangers Company B.
"What?" Walker asked.
"You are never gonna guess who got out of jail three days ago" Trivette told him.
"Who?" Walker asked starting to get an uneasy feeling about where this conversation was headed.
"Victor LaRue's brother, Michael" Trivette told him.
"WHAT!" Walker yelled causing a lot of people to stare at him. Walker worst fear had just come true. Michael was out of jail and that meant trouble.
"Yea, he was released for so called good behavior"
"Oh my gosh. What am I going to tell Alex?" Walker said out loud.
"Well the truth" Trivette said not knowing what else to say to Walker at the moment.
"No. Well yes. But Michael helped LaRue kidnap Alex. And Michael wanted his turn with Alex and we got to Michael before he could. What am I going to do now that he's out?" Walker questioned Trivette.
"You're going to stay calm and tell Alex" Trivette said.
"No I can't right now. I don't want to scare Alex" Walker said as he thought of what the knowledge that Michael was out of jail would do to his almost 8 months pregnant wife. "Knowing Michael is out would scare Alex. She has too much to worry about right now with the baby and being on bed rest and all. I don't want to scare her and cause her to relive the memories I know she wants to forget. I can't tell her right now"
"You've got to tell her sometime Walker"
"I know. I know. Just not right now" Walker told him and went to work, though his mind was very clearly else where.
Walker arrived in Alex's office a little before noon to pick her up for lunch. What he found when he walked in made him smile. Alex was asleep on the couch. Walker stared at her for a minute as he watched his love of his life sleep. Walker bent down and placed a kiss on her cheek and Alex started to steer under his touch. As Alex opened her eyes, she saw her cowboy smiling back at her. She laid there for a minute and looked into his eyes as he looked into her eyes.
After several long moments, Alex spoke up. "Hi Cowboy. I guess I most have fallen asleep" Alex said as she smiled at him.
"Yea you did. You feel like lunch?" Walker asked her.
"With you?" Alex asked playfully.
"Yes with me" Walker said just as playfully.
"Well then" Alex said as she held out her arms so Walker could pick her up. As much as she hated being on bed rest, it did have its advantages once she thought about it. After all, she out to be closer to Walker when he picked her up and she did love being in his arms.
"Oh so now you like me carrying you around"
"What's not to like? I love being in your arms"
"And I like holding you close. So what do you say, do you want to go to lunch or stay here and say sweet things to each other?" Walker asked her.
"Umm… can't we do both?" Alex asked.
"Tell you what. We can say sweet things on the way to lunch and on the way back from lunch. How does that sound?"
"That sounds like a date" Alex said and with that Walker walked out of Alex's office and they headed out to lunch.
Walker and Alex arrived back from lunch about an hour later. Walker was glad that Alex had enjoyed herself because it helped him to keep his mind off of telling Alex about Michael although he knew he had to do it soon.
"Okay. I'll be back soon and we can go home" Walker said as he walked into Alex's office. He noticed that there was something on her desk. Walker sat Alex down on the couch and then he walked over to her desk and picked up the small box.
"What's that?" Alex asked as she saw what was in Walker's hand.
"I don't know" Walker said as he opened the gift. Walker was shocked at what he saw.
"Walker was is it?" Alex asked when she saw the look on Walker's face.
"Nothing" Walker said. "It's just something I needed for a case I'm working on and I guess they sent it to you on accident. Nothing to worry about" Walker hated lying to Alex, but he didn't want her to know what was in the package.
"Okay. If you're sure" Alex said.
"Of course I'm sure" Walker said as he walked over and kissed Alex. "I'll see you later sweetheart. I love you"
"I love you too Cowboy" Alex told him.
Walker left Alex's office and walked back down to his office.
"Hey Walker. Wow man, you look like you've seen a ghost" Gage said to him as his boss walked in.
"No just something's happening and it shouldn't be" Walker told Gage.
"What's happening" Sydney said as she walked in.
"I tell you once Trivette gets here" Walker told her.
"Well I'm right here" Trivette said as he walked into the office.
"Okay. Do you remember what I told you this morning Trivette about Michael and LaRue and Alex?" Walker said.
"Yes" Trivette answered.
"Well look what I found on Alex's desk a few minutes ago" Walker said as he handed the package to Trivette and Sydney and Gage looked on.
Inside were pictures of Alex. A very pregnant Alex. There were pictures of her at home, at home in their bedroom, there were some of Walker carrying Alex, a few of Alex and Chance, and then there were some from that very day. A couple of Walker carrying Alex to the truck, and into work, and then there was one or two showing Walker and Alex leaving for lunch. The last one was a picture of a very pregnant looking Alex and this one had words written on it.
'So this is what my brother did to you. Got you pregnant. Well soon you won't have to worry about the baby because there won't be one. I'm coming after you Alexandra and my brother isn't going to have to worry about being the father of that child you are carrying. Because you won't have a child when I'm through with you'
Trivette, Sydney, and Gage were now at a lose of words. They didn't no what to say to Walker. Alex's life and the life of their unborn child were now on the line. What they were going to do seemed to be the question all four of them were trying to answer with little success.
"Walker, just tell us what to do and we'll do it" Sydney told him after several long minutes of silence.
"I don't know what I want you to do. All I want is for this guy to be behind bars again. But don't say anything to Alex please. I don't want her to worry. I'll take care of it. If you guys help me. So Trivette can you try and run a location on Michael. And Sydney and Gage can you please go through records and see what else you can dig up on Michael. As for me, I'm not sure what I'm going to do, all I know is I have to go check on Alex" Walker told them.
"Okay Walker" Gage told him.
"Yea we can do that for you" Sydney was next to speak.
"Anything else you need just let us know okay. Cause we aren't going to let anything happen to Alex" Trivette told Walker reassuringly.
And with that Walker was off to go and see Alex…again.
This time when Walker walked into Alex's office she was awake.
"Hey didn't I just see you?" Alex asked when she looked up and saw Walker coming into her office.
"What? Not happy to see me?" Walker asked.
"Of course I'm happy to see you; I just thought you had work to do. That's all" Alex said.
"Well I missed you and had to see you. Are you okay?" Walker asked her.
"Yea. I'm fine. Did you need something?" Alex asked him. Usually she didn't mind having visits from Walker, but this was different, something was up and Alex could see it written on Walker's face.
"No. I didn't need anything"
"Is something wrong?"
"Not yet"
"Walker what's going on?" Alex asked as she grow tired of playing 20 questions.
"Nothing. Stop worrying. Everything's fine"
"If you say so" Alex said. She would find out what was wrong with him later at home.
"Okay I'd better get back to work"
"Okay. Bye Walker"
"Bye Alex" Walker said as he kissed her and left.
Walker walked back into his office 10 minutes later.
"What's wrong now?" Trivette asked seeing the look on Walker's face and wondering what else could go wrong today.
"Nothing. I just kind of lied to Alex"
"What? Why?" Trivette said blankly. Walker never lied to Alex about anything.
"Well I told her everything was fine and it's not"
"Walker you've got to tell her"
"I know. I will. Later. Tonight. At home. I'll tell Alex" Walker said as he wondered to himself how he was going to tell her.
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Walker and Alex arrived home a little after six that night. Alex had told Walker that she didn't really want to eat his cooking again tonight (Alex loves him and all but truth be told, Walker can't cook) so they decided to order pizza from the office and pick it up on their way home. When they got home, Walker sat Alex down in the living room and they decided that that's where they wanted to have dinner. Sitting in front of a nice warm fire, wrapped in each other's arms. They stayed that way even after they had finished dinner. Walker with his arms around Alex and Alex leaning back against him. Their first day back at work was over and they were happy. The once work alcoholics who claimed they were married to their jobs were now happier in the arms of each other (although they always liked being in each other's arms) at home on the ranch. They were happy to be away from the rush of their offices. But for once Walker didn't completely enjoy this time of the day with Alex. True he was enjoying it, but his mind was so clearly else where. Walker was worried about his wife and unborn child and what Michael might do to them. Alex looked up at Walker and could once again see the worry on his face. So she decided that if he wouldn't tell her, she would just have to find out for herself.
"Walker, what's wrong? I know something's bothering you, I just don't know what" Alex spoke up.
"I'm just worried" He said and he realized that by the end of this conversation, Alex would know that Michael wanted her and he still wasn't sure he wanted to add yet another worry to Alex's list of worries. But he knew he had to.
"Worried about what?" Alex asked as she looked up at Walker.
"About you and the baby" Walker stated.
"I'm fine, the baby's fine" Alex told him, not sure where this conversation was headed.
"No. I have more to worry about then just making sure you're fine. I need to make sure you're safe" Walker said, still not wanting to tell Alex about Michael.
"Okay Walker. I'm safe and the baby's safe"
"For now you are"
"Walker you are really starting to worry me. Please tell me what's going on" Alex said as fear and worry started to grow inside of her.
"Alex…" Walker stopped and didn't know how to continue.
"Alex, what?" Alex asked him.
"I don't know how to tell you this" Walker told her.
"Then just tell me. Whatever it is we'll get through it together like we always have and always will" Alex told him as she started to grow more worried.
"Alex that package in your office today, well it was from Michael LaRue and it said that he's coming after you and the baby and that when he gets done with you there won't be a baby. He thinks the baby is his brother's and he doesn't want his brother to be a father even though his brother is dead" Walker said before he knew what he was saying. Walker could now see the fear in Alex's eyes and he knew that she was scared not only for herself but for the baby as well.
"Okay. What are we going to do?" Alex asked and her voice showed how scared she really was.
"Well I'm not going to let anything happen to you. Where ever I go, you go. And where ever you go, I go. I'm not going to let anything happen to you or the baby Alex. I promise" Walker told her, hoping Alex would be okay. But Walker knew how much Alex had been scared of LaRue and LaRue's brother was just as bad as he was.
After several long minutes Alex spoke. She looked up into Walker's eyes and they showed fear as Alex said "Walker. I'm scared. I'm scared for the baby. I don't care what he does to me as long as he doesn't hurt the baby"
"I know you're scared honey. And he's not going to hurt you because he has to go through me to get to you" Walker said reassuringly.
Alex thought about what Walker had said before she spoke again. "Walker, I'm still scared" And Walker could see in Alex's eyes that she was truly scared. Not for herself, but for the baby, for their unborn child. Walker remembered that when Alex had first been put on bed rest she had felt bad. One reason had been because she thought she had failed in protecting their unborn child. Walker was now determined to never make Alex think that again. He was a man on a mission. A mission he had taken time and time again. But this time it was different. This time Walker had to worry about Alex and the baby.
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Okay everyone there's the next chapter. Hope you all enjoy it. And I was only joking about the whole 'Walker not being able to cook' thing. I'm sure Walker is a wonderful cook. Sorry to leave the chapter like that but I'll write more by the end of next week. I promise. I think you will all enjoyed the next chapter. I personally think it's good and the birth of their baby will be soon. It should be in a few chapters if I have everything planned out right. Please read and review. I would love to know what you all think. Thanks.
