Title: For You
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters used in this story. They belong to whoever own the rights to Walker, Texas Ranger.
Author's Note: Sorry about the long wait on the update. I've been tied up with school, church, and such.
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Chapter 11: Helpless
Alex fell. And not just any fall either. As she was moving from the wheelchair to the bed, she lost her grip. She realized then that she had forgotten to lock the wheels and there was nothing to stop her from what was to come. She hit her head on the side of the table stand.
Lifting up her head, Alex felt around to see if she was bleeding. She didn't feel any blood. Using her arms, Alex tried to lift herself up off of the floor, using the table for support. After several failed attempts, Alex realized that she would probably be staying there until Walker came home or someone came to check on her, which was several hours away.
Laying there on the ground, looking around at her surrounding to see if there was anything, she could use to help her, Alex noticed something. She could no longer feel her right left; while her left one was in so much pain, she didn't think she would be able to handle it. Alex, knowing that even though the pain hurt it meant that she was okay because she could still feel it, grew more and more worried that the fall had caused something to go terrible wrong with her right leg.
Alex searched around the room for the phone. The only one she saw was 15 feet away and Alex knew that there was no way she would ever be able to reach it. So she turned to the next best thing, Alex yelled for help. She knew she was in the middle of the country, the nearest neighbor a mile away, but maybe out of luck, someone would be driving by and would hear her yell.
She yelled for what felt like forever, but no one came. And the pain in her left leg was going more and more intense as the minutes passed. Alex knew that if she didn't get help soon, the pain would knock her out, and that wouldn't be good.
The phone rang a few minutes later, and the machine picked up. It was Walker.
Alex, I'm just calling to check on you. Sorry, I know you hate me checking on you, but I just wanted to make sure you were okay. I guess you're taking a nap sweetie, so call me when you get up. I love you Alex.
Alex cried. Walker thought she was taking a nap, so he wasn't going to be out to the ranch anytime soon. She was alone, alone and helpless. There was nothing Alex could do to get out of the situation; soon the pain took over, knocking Alex out.
A few hours later, Walker tried to call Alex again, but he got the answering machine. He was starting to get worried, even if Alex had been taking a nap she would have been up by now. 'Maybe she just can't get to the phone,' Walker thought to himself, 'Or maybe something else happened to her.' Walker was beginning to get really worried.
"Trivette, I'm gonna take a ride out to the ranch to check on Alex, do you want to come with me?" Walker asked his partner as he stood and grabbed his cowboy hat.
"Is everything alright?" Trivette asked, getting a little concerned.
"I'm sure everything is fine, I just want to go check on her, that's all."
And with that, Walker and Trivette left to head towards the ranch.
Arriving at the ranch half an hour later, Walker didn't notice anything unusually about the ranch, so he and Trivette decided to head inside. Walker went to open the door and realized it was unlocked. 'That's strange,' he thought, 'Alex never leaves the door unlocked when she's hear by herself. Maybe she just forgot.'
Stepping inside Walker called out Alex's name several times but didn't get an answer. He and Trivette searched around the downstairs looking for Alex.
Walker stepped into the bedroom and saw Alex lying on the floor, unconscious.
"Trivette, she's in here." Walker called out. "Call the paramedics."
Trivette grabbed his phone and called them as he walked into the room. Walker had reached into a nearby drawer and grabbed a handkerchief. He folded it and placed it on Alex's head where it had been bleeding.
Trivette hung up the phone and walked over to Alex's side.
"Is she okay?"
"I don't know Trivette. I don't know how long she's been unconscious and I don't know if anything is wrong. I just don't know." Walker told his partner as a tear escaped his eye, he was truly worried about Alex. "I shouldn't have left her alone for so long. What was I thinking? Alex can't get around the whole house by herself and I run off to work when she needed me."
"Walker, she's gonna be fine. Besides, you know Alex didn't want you around her all day. She loves you man, but even in a wheelchair, Alex was determined to keep her independence."
Walker continued to look down at Alex, not knowing what else to do besides hold her.
The paramedics finally arrived and loaded Alex up into the ambulance. Walker road with her and Trivette followed in the RAM. When they arrived at the hospital, Walker wasn't allowed to go with Alex and had to wait in the waiting room with Trivette.
It was the longest wait of his lifeā¦
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Sorry that's so short. I'm gonna write more, I promise. I haven't forgotten about this story and I still know how I'm gonna end it. Just hang in there with me till things lighten up and I hope you guys won't be disappointed.
