Three Days Later

Life has been relatively normal considering what had happened just a few days ago. Walker sat in the living room watching his son play with some action figures on the area rug. Ray was getting so much bigger and looking more like his grandfather each day. Come next year Ray will be in kindergarten. Hard to imagine his youngest child will be in school, especially since he still remembers when Ray was just a baby.

Ray looked up and gave Walker a big smile. "Daddy! Can you come down here and play?"

"Sure." Walker gingerly moved himself down to the floor and picked up a robot. "What's this guy's name?"

"Megatron! He's the bad guy, I don't think you want to be him." Ray handed Walker a red and blue robot. "That one is the leader of the good guys. You should be him."

Walker beamed. "Okay, I will." He attempted to turn and winced as the motion pulled at his stitches. "Sorry, looks like daddy is stuck in this position."

"I don't mind." Ray picked up a male action figure and put a gun into his hand. "I'm going to capture you, dad!"

For the next thirty minutes Walker sat on the floor playing with his son, happy for the small distraction. Unfortunately, it was now time to do his daily reading and comprehension exercises. But as he attempted to get up the pain in his side intensified and he had to quickly sit back down.

"Daddy, hang on! I get Mommy!" Ray quickly jumped up and ran out of the living room to fetch Alex.

Walker was more embarrassed than ever and had to fight the urge to get up on his own. Soft footsteps came into the living room, signaling Alex's arrival to help him out.

"Cordell, hang on let me help you up." Alex gently took hold of his left arm and pulled making sure to take it easy so as not to pull out any stitches. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, just couldn't get up." Walker shook his head as he slumped down onto the couch. "Thanks, Alex."

She patted his knee. "No problem." Angela came into the room followed by Corbett who was using a cane to get around. "Hey there, Angie, Corbett."

Corbett grimaced as he shifted his left leg forward. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, just couldn't get up." Walker quickly noticed that Angela appeared nervous. "Angie, what's the matter?"

She bit her lower lip then glanced up at Corbett. "Dad, I was wondering if I could help you with your lessons?"

Walker slowly stood and went to his daughter with a big smile on his face. "Sure, you can help me. Do you want to get my books?" Angela nodded her head. "Why don't you go get them and I'll meet you in the dining room."

It was strange that his daughter wanted to help him out with comprehension drills, wonder what changed her mind? He glanced at his brother to see Corbett nervously nibbling on his thumbnail. Corbett gave Walker a sheepish smile then a shrug of his shoulders. He then limped over, got a few puzzles from beside the couch and brought them into the dining room.

Angela sat down on a chair with two of Walker's word find books and some pencils. "I like these books, dad." She flipped to the page that was dog eared and leaned her elbows on the table. "How can I help you?"

Walker slowly sat down next to his daughter, took hold of one of the pencils then glanced at the puzzle on the page. "Well, you can help daddy if he gets stuck." He read the word "bagel" allowed then started to search for it. "Did you find it already?"

"Nope, did you?"

"I haven't yet." Because of the damage done to his brain, picking out patterns was difficult to do, especially if it involved words. After three minutes of searching he took a deep breath then tried his search again. "Found it yet?"

"Yep!" Angela glanced up as Corbett sat down across from them. "Want me to show you?"

Walker shook his head. "Nah, just spell it out for me."

Angela leaned over and tapped her pencil on the word "bagel". "B-A-G-E-L."

"Remember, bro look for the first and second letter."

"Got it." Walker circled the word then went on the search for the next one in line. "Thanks." The next word was a bit more difficult and with his daughter's help he was able to find it. "Thank you, Angie."

Having his daughter help him actually made the drills a bit more fun to do. To Angela, finding the words was a game to her which in turn made Walker relax. Hopefully his daughter will help him out more often, he actually enjoyed having her here.

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Alex leaned against the breakfast bar with a smile on her face. She was so happy to see her daughter getting involved with Walker's comprehension drills. For a long time Angela wanted no involvement with any of the drills, wonder what changed her mind? Whatever happened she could tell it made Walker and Angela both very happy.

Her cell phone began to chirp and she quickly went to pick it up. "Alex Cahill-Walker."

"Hey, Alex it's Gage." Her friend took a deep breath. "Just came out of a eight hour interrogation with Billings. He was only able to mention a few things, but nothing about which officers have turned."

"I still can't believe it was Billings." Alex noticed by mentioning the ex-Ranger's name it brought Corbett and Walker's attention towards her. "What did he say?"

"He told me that he was the one that placed Walker's old badge on the porch and told Marcellinio's men where Walker had parked at the hospital." Gage's voice showed Angela how angry he was at this information. "Billings is the first recorded Texas Ranger to turn. I just hope there isn't more out there."

Alex nodded in agreement. "Just don't get what would have made him betray the Company like that?"

"According to Billings it was money. And quiet a bit of it." He took a deep breath. "We have a team watching over his family who is, right now in protective custody."

"It's a shame that Billings didn't think about his family." Alex shook her head. "Keep us updated, Gage." She flipped the phone closed and sighed heavily. "Susan, Matthew and Jenna are in protective custody right now. Billings hasn't talked yet."

Walker shook his head. "Still can't believe Jimmy's old partner was involved. I wonder for how long?" His attention went back to the word search book before him. "Never would have thought a Texas Ranger would turn on his own men."

The words held a lot of pain and Alex knew what Billings did frustrated many old and new Texas Rangers, including Walker. Wearing the star was a huge honor among Texas law enforcement and now, the very men that were legends in Texas were being scrutinized by their very own peers. How will this effect the Texas Rangers? Will the public still respect them?

She shook away the thoughts and went into the living room to check on her son. Ray had gotten bored with his action figures and was now watching a cartoon show on television. Wonder how all of this will effect him? He's so young to be dealing with so many emotions. Hopefully it won't effect him later on in life.

Ray turned around with a huge smile on his face. "Mommy! When is Uncle Jimmy coming to visit?"

"Later today." Alex bit her lip at just thinking about her friend and the betrayal of his old partner. "After cartoons why don't you go upstairs and clean your room."

Fort Worth, Texas

The interview left Gage rather cranky and all he wanted to do was to go home to his family. He hasn't seen his daughter in nearly a day and he knew Lyana must be cranky. And unfortunately, thanks to new developments in the case he may be away from home for a few more days.

He rubbed his hands down his face then leaned backwards to pop his back. How did Trivette or Walker do this all the time? The long hours was driving him mad and he knew once this case was closed he will be taking a much needed vacation.

A light knock came on his door and in walked Captain Jesus Ortega. "Gage, you busy?"

"Nah, Ortega." He waved his friend inside. "Come on in."

Ortega came in with several folders in his hands then closed the door behind him. "What Billings did is causing some serious trust issues within the Company." He threw the folders down onto Gage's desk and sat down in front of him. "That is Billings', Williamson's and two other Texas Rangers that I'm now currently watching, files."

"Williamson? Why him?" Gage flipped Corbett's file open to see several things red flagged. "He's changed his tune and is possibly the best eye witness we have."

"Does it not seem strange to you that he just shows up out of nowhere and is Walker's twin brother?" He shook his head. "And considering we have men on the inside, they could have rigged the test results…."

Gage actually had to laugh at Ortega's paranoia. "You don't know Corbett. And if you did, you will see that he is definitely Walker's twin." He rocked back into his chair and shook his head. "Corbett and Walker went up to the Reservation, saw proof that Walker indeed had a twin at birth…."

"It says here that Williamson is Walker's identical twin brother. Emphasis on the word 'identical'." Ortega flipped the folder open to show Gage Corbett's picture. "Sure he looks like Walker, but he has a darker complexion, hair and is even taller…."

"Alex and Walker have looked into that. Identical twins aren't as identical as you may think. That's just a stereotype."

Ortega shook his head. "I'll have to look into that." He took a deep breath then lifted up another folder. "Sergeant Larry Abernathy from Company E."

Gage lifted the folder up and scanned through the file. "You think he's involved?"

"Not sure, but he and Billings were good friends in college. I have Captain Bowen watching him right now…."

The door to the office burst open as a young Ranger came running in. "It's Billings! Something has happened to him!"

"No!" Gage got up and ran out of the office with Ortega right behind him. "I thought somebody was watching him!"

The young Ranger whose name was, Gary Conner frantically shook his head as he led Gage to the stairwell. "We were!"

Gage's cowboy boots thudded against the stairs as he took two at a time. "Who was watching him, Conner!"

"Me and Ranger Hemming, from Company C."

Ortega let out a loud curse. "He was the other Ranger I suspected Gage!"

He moved in front of Gage as the reached the floor with the holding cells. His hands slammed the emergency door open allowing the three men access to the floor. Here, everybody could see a team of paramedics running down the hallway towards the cells with two Texas Rangers and five officers following them.

When Gage finally reached Billings' cell he noticed the paramedic team was already hard at work on trying to save him. They did several chest compressions, checked for a pulse then would repeat the process over and over again. After several attempts with the defibrillator paddles it was finally called; Billings was dead.

Gage let out a curse as he rubbed his hands down his face. "This is getting way out of hand." He turned to Ortega. "I'm afraid the FBI needs to start background checks on all Texas Rangers."

"Right, I'll make the call." He patted Gage's shoulder. "Secure the scene. I want to make sure that any evidence, stays at the scene. Don't let anybody touch Billings."

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I did research on twins and it is true that identical twins can look different. If anybody wants, I can send them link. :)